Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian survived and returned to the hotel.

As soon as they entered the room, Gu Xingmian came out of his spirit body and asked the question he had been holding back all the way: "Do you know that Temple Knight?"

Xiao Qiong shook his head.

He had never had any memory related to the Temple Knight.

Gu Xingmian asked in confusion: "Why would he let us go when he was fine?"

It couldn't be that the Temple Knight also had the habit of doing good deeds every day, right?

Gu Xingmian began to use his imagination gained from years of reading online novels: "Is it possible that he is your long-lost father, uncle, brother or something like that?"

Xiao Qiong: "..."

Gu Xingmian: "It is also possible that he saw that you have a unique talent and wanted to pass on his skills to you, so he is eager for talent and let you go?"

Xiao Qiong: "..."

Gu Xingmian clenched his fists: "It can't be that the temple knights want to betray the temple, so they deliberately let you, a dangerous person, escape?"

Xiao Qiong patted him helplessly: "Okay, stop talking about this nonsense, go and have a rest."

Gu Xingmian rolled his eyes. This was his experience of being immersed in online novels for many years, and he really had no tact.

However, after going through so many things tonight, he was indeed tired. He was about to enter Xiao Qiong's spiritual body to rest, but for some reason, he suddenly remembered the obscene words he heard in another noble family's house, as well as the thrilling experience in Xiao Qiong's spiritual body.

He was in his twenties, and was full of vigor and vitality. Tonight was so stimulating. What if he had a dream at night and dreamed about it again? What if he had a physiological reaction?

If he was in his spiritual body, the two of them felt connected, and it would be embarrassing.

So, Gu Xingmian stopped.

Xiao Qiong asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Gu Xingmian was startled by his sudden voice. Looking at Xiao Qiong's upright face, he suddenly felt guilty and coughed twice: "Well... I'll sleep on the bed tonight."

After he finished speaking, he quickly passed Xiao Qiong, climbed onto the other bed, wrapped himself in the quilt, and pretended to fall asleep quickly.

Xiao Qiong paused, didn't say much, and turned to the other bed.

Gu Xingmian hadn't slept alone outside for a long time, and he felt very uncomfortable. He tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.

In a daze, he dreamed that he was pressed under Xiao Qiong.

Xiao Qiong was shirtless, and his explosive muscles seemed to be restraining something. However, under this kind of pressure, the lines of his muscles became clearer and deeper. An extremely strong sense of oppression enveloped Gu Xingmian, causing his heart to beat faster.

From Gu Xingmian's angle, he could just see his rolling Adam's apple, and the traces of sweat rolling down his tan skin, which had a different kind of sexiness.

Gu Xingmian swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

Then he heard a chuckle from above his head.

Xiao Qiong leaned down, his vibrating chest pressed against his. He twisted his body uncomfortably, and then he realized that his hands had been fixed by Xiao Qiong.

The tip of his nose seemed to be enveloped by Xiao Qiong's breath. He felt Xiao Qiong's cheek against his, and then something soft gently held his earlobe.

Gu Xingmian's earlobe is a sensitive point, and he shuddered subconsciously when stimulated like this.

But soon, he found that the sensitive points on his body were not just his earlobes, but also his eyes, Adam's apple, clavicle, belly button... and further down.

...

Gu Xingmian suddenly opened his eyes.

A familiar figure walked towards him against the morning light.

Gu Xingmian was still immersed in his dream, staring at him blankly.

Xiao Qiong said helplessly: "Not awake yet?"

This voice directly dragged Gu Xingmian out of his dream. Thinking of the thought that just crossed his mind, he was so panicked that he almost jumped out of bed: "Wake up, wake up, wake up!"

Xiao Qiong looked at him in confusion, as if he realized something and looked under him.

Gu Xingmian had never been so agile before. He rolled into the quilt and a muffled voice came through the quilt: "You go out first, I will wake up in a while."

Gu Xingmian shrank in the quilt, his face flushed, until he heard no movement outside, he stretched his head out of the quilt and sighed.

But after a while, he lifted the quilt and looked at the part of himself that had not subsided.

No, it doesn't matter.

At the age of twenty, people are full of vigor and vitality. What's wrong with having some dreams and physiological reactions after such a great stimulation?

This is normal!

Woo...

He prepared himself mentally and went to the toilet for a long time to make sure that there was no problem before leaving the room.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Xiao Qiong leaning against the wall by the door, which almost scared him to death.

"You, you, why are you here!"

Xiao Qiong raised his eyebrows: "Today is the award ceremony, and we have to go to rehearsal later. Don't you remember?"

Gu Xingmian was startled, and then he realized that he had forgotten such an important thing.

It's all because of last night...

He covered his face and was about to drill into Xiao Qiong's spiritual body, but he didn't expect to be pressed on the forehead by Xiao Qiong.

Xiao Qiong bent down and slowly approached him.

The scene similar to the one in the dream made Gu Xingmian's heart rise, and he felt a little bit guilty: "...What's going on?"

Xiao Qiong picked up a small piece of feather with his fingertips and straightened up again: "There is something stuck on your hair."

Gu Xingmian was stunned, and then he remembered that the pillow he slept on last night was a feather pillow, and it must have been accidentally stuck when he got up this morning.

It makes sense. Xiao Qiong has always been upright, how could he be like in the dream...

He was ashamed, thinking that his head was full of yellow waste, he thought that others were also yellow waste like him, which was really wrong.

However, he did not notice that Xiao Qiong's gaze deepened slightly when he fell on him.

This award ceremony was presided over by a bishop.

The highest-ranking person in the temple is the high priest, and below him are priests of various ranks, but they rarely leave the central city and are very mysterious. What is more well-known to the world is the bishop who is in charge of the temple's foreign affairs

. However, the four-school league was led by the college and the military region from beginning to end, and even the various awards that followed had nothing to do with the temple. This so-called award ceremony was more like taking out the temple as a mascot and stamping it.

No wonder the other three colleges didn't seem to care much about the award ceremony, and none of them showed up.

The award ceremony was extremely long.

At first, the players of Mosca College were still very excited, and gradually, they began to yawn secretly or make small movements.

Gu Xingmian took the opportunity to slip out of Xiao Qiong's spirit body and ran to Carlos.

He came to ask Carlos about the Temple Knights. Without Eric, there was no source of gossip, and Gu Xingmian could only rely on himself.

Carlos was not surprised when he heard his question. He just thought he was curious and said, "It is said that the Temple Knights are given power directly by the gods. They do not need to use cards, but can use skills directly. They are very loyal to the temple and generally do not leave the temple."

The card masters next to them heard their discussion and came over.

"Yes, the Temple Knights are really strong. There are even rumors that a Temple Knight is as strong as an army!"

"If the Temple can send a team of Temple Knights outside the defense line, maybe they can kill all the evil spirits..."

"Hush! You are crazy, saying such things in Central City!"

...

Through their words, Gu Xingmian collected a lot of information about the Temple Knights, and then pretended to ask casually: "Then... do these Temple Knights have families?"

Carlos was stunned. When most people see the Temple Knights, they should think about how strong they are. Who would care whether they have families!

Gu Xingmian said confidently: "Of course, they couldn't have jumped out of the cracks in the rocks, they must have family members!"

Other card masters: It seems to make sense...

Carlos shook his head: "I don't know about that. The Temple Knights don't appear in public very often. It is said that the Temple will only send Temple Knights to rescue when the military asks for help. But they are indifferent and almost never interact with outsiders, so the news about them is not widely known. Very few."

Gu Xingmian was shocked: "So exaggerated? Then will they get married and have children?"

A card master next to him said: "I don't know whether they get married and have children, but I heard that the Temple Knights bear the power of the gods in mortal bodies, so, their lives are not very long..."

Gu Xingmian heard the gossip, and then quickly returned to Xiao Qiong's spiritual body to share with him. After telling him the information related to the Temple Knights, he hesitated to speak.

[Don't you think that the whole Central City is very strange?]

Xiao Qiong: [Huh?]

Gu Xingmian: [I can't say, but the Temple is said to use the blood of the nobles to suppress evil spirits, and there are these Temple Knights who are like fighting machines. This method is so evil, how can it be made like a villain. 】

Xiao Qiong did not speak.

Gu Xingmian asked in confusion: [Why don't you refute me?]

Xiao Qiong: [What you said makes sense.]

Gu Xingmian was shocked.

He is an outsider and will not be affected by the environment of the Saint-Rovisian continent, so he can analyze relatively objectively and calmly, but Xiao Qiong is a native of Saint-Rovisian. He grew up listening to the story of the battle between the temple and the military district against evil spirits. No matter how much people say that the temple is greedy, no one has ever really resisted the temple.

It can be seen that in the hearts of the Saint-Rovisian people, the temple is still recognized.

But think about it, the power of religion is very strong, and there are really gods here. Generation after generation has been subtly influenced by this, and it has become a part of their beliefs.

Gu Xingmian thought that Xiao Qiong would at least symbolically refute him.

Unexpectedly, he recognized him so easily, which made all the words he had prepared useless and very annoyed.

Feeling a little depressed from his spiritual body, Xiao Qiong raised the corners of his mouth slightly and shook his head.

Just when the award ceremony was held, Admiral Gwen, led by a priest, walked to the seventh floor of the divine tower, where the high priest Douglas was waiting for him.

The two sat opposite each other at a long table.

Douglas said with a wry smile: "Admiral Gwen, nice to meet you again."

Gwen was very calm: "I guess the high priest already knows that the Feilong Defense Line has been breached? Then there should be no need for me to say more."

Douglas narrowed his eyes: "I am also very sorry that the Feilong Defense Line was breached, but I already warned the First Military Region a few months ago. It seems that Admiral Gwen did not take the temple's warning seriously."

Gwen did not expect that he could actually turn the tables.

He raised his eyes and said, "Don't be nervous, High Priest. I'm not here for the defense this time."

Douglas frowned, "Then what are you here for?"

Gwen smiled, "Not long ago, a group of card makers were causing trouble in Denning City. There happened to be a team of soldiers in Denning City at that time. They were captured and taken to the First Military Region for interrogation. I thought they were just ordinary thieves, but they surprised everyone when they revealed their identities."

Douglas' eyebrows jumped and he suddenly thought of something.

Of course, he still remembered that after the defeat in Cor City, he didn't want to be exposed, so he secretly sent someone to tell the card maker family that Gu Xingmian was the mysterious owner. He wanted to use them to kill Gu Xingmian, but who knew that they didn't kill him, but Gwen got hold of him.

He didn't believe that Gwen was just chatting with him. It must be that these idiots had revealed something that made Gwen suspect him.

The relationship between the military district and the temple is a bit subtle.

The military district guards the four directions, seemingly guarding the temple high above in the center, but in fact, over the years, the temple has been completely hollowed out.

As for taxes alone, outsiders only think that all the taxes go into the pocket of the temple, but they don't know that part of the taxes is used as military expenses. As for how much this part is, it is also decided by the military district.

The guards of each city are inextricably linked to the military district, and the rulers have to rely on the guards of the military district to avoid being harmed by evil spirits.

The temple got the title in vain, while all the benefits went to the military district.

Not to mention, since the establishment of the four major academies, even the communication with the gods on the card drawing day and the granting of cards have been gradually taken away from the temple, so that civilian card masters only want to enter the military and disdain the temple.

Thousands of years ago, the temple and the military shared power, but they have been devoured unknowingly until now.

By Douglas' generation, the temple was protected, but in fact they were trapped in the central city.

They were already at odds with each other, maintaining a precarious peace.

Thinking of this, Douglas showed a fake smile: "Oh? Who is it?"

Gwen tapped the table lightly: "Actually, it doesn't matter who is behind them. I am more curious that there is someone who is more informed than the card maker family and the military district, and knows that UR Card is the mysterious owner who announced the star pattern to the public."

His eyes fell on Douglas, "Isn't the high priest curious?"

Douglas was certainly not curious, because he was the mastermind who revealed the news to the card maker family.

He didn't know why Gwen suddenly brought this up, so he just said: "Has Admiral Gwen found out the mastermind behind it?"

Gwen shook his head.

Douglas breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although even if Gwen found out that it was him, she couldn't do anything to him, but with the relationship between the temple and the military district, he really didn't want to cause trouble.

But Gwen said, "Although I didn't find out, I found something else."

He paused, "In fact, in addition to the attack on the Feilong Line of Defense, there was another place that was also breached by the evil spirits. Does the high priest know where it is?"

Douglas was already a little impatient: "Admiral Gwen, there is no need to keep us in suspense. Just say whatever you want to say."

Gwen folded his hands and leaned forward slightly: "This time the four-school league was held in Cole City, but in the last game of the second round, the two The map where the detachment was located was invaded by evil spirits. "

Douglas' pupils shrank slightly, but his face did not show any flaws: "Oh... I have heard of it."

Gwen stared at his expression intently: "At first, we didn't think much about it, but this map contains the only UR card in the St. Roberts continent, and Principal Baker's plea, so I had to spend more time on it, but it was also a coincidence that I saw the same thing in Cor City as in Quilmo City..."

Douglas' heart skipped a beat.

He sent people to do both Quilmo City and Cor City, but Cor City was too anxious at the time, and he was always worried about whether there would be any flaws. Now Gwen's sudden mention of it hit the mark of his hidden worries.

Although he reacted quickly and pretended to be nothing.

But Gwen was still quick to notice his flaw at that moment.

In fact, Gwen's words were half true and half false.

He didn't see the same thing. It was just that Gu Xingmian told him before that he felt uncomfortable in Quilmo City and Cor City at that time, so he wanted to try Douglas.

Now Douglas's reaction made him realize something.

Before, Leus and others suspected that the mastermind wanted to kill Gu Xingmian because Gu Xingmian had value or ability that they didn't know about.

After suspecting the temple, Gwen also had various speculations.

Given the greed and stupidity of the temple, if Gu Xingmian's ability would really harm their interests, it is possible that they would kill him.

But after being exposed, Douglas would only be angry.

Just like when they exposed the defense line and passed off inferior materials as good ones.

Rather, it was out of guilt.

Douglas's panic at that moment made Gwen have another completely different and terrible guess.

A chill instantly jumped from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

The author has something to say:

I'm sorry, there is not enough tonight, I will continue to make up for it tomorrow, but because it is slowly finishing, it is a bit difficult to write. I will try my best.