Needless to say, Wiggins only became a senior knight when he was in his forties or fifties. It is almost impossible for him to make further progress in strength in this lifetime, as senior level is already his limit.

As for Diane, although God gave her a beautiful appearance, he took away her talent for cultivation, and she is just an ordinary person.

Bretton's high talent for cultivation is more likely to be inherited from the previous generation. After all, his grandfather and grandfather-in-law are both very talented.

Having said that, talent is only one aspect. The key to Bretton becoming a mid-level knight at the age of fourteen is his persistent attitude towards practice and Diane's strict requirements and teaching since childhood.

Without these two days, especially a persistent heart, talent alone will not be enough.

There are many geniuses in the world, but many of them end up being mediocre.

"If he keeps this mentality, he should be able to become a senior knight when he's sixteen or seventeen, right?"

Roning looked at Bretton who was walking over and couldn't help but feel envious: "What a great talent!"

"You're not bad either."

Lu Lans smiled and said: "You are only eighteen years old. With your current strength, you are a rare genius anywhere."

In fact, the old man never understood why Roning suddenly transformed himself into not only a magician but also a knight with one foot in the bronze level?

But he didn't ask too much.

Everyone has their own opportunities, just like the other party can pick up magical items such as space rings.

Lulans looked at Bretton with satisfaction in his eyes.

However, if he compares these two half-brothers, he still hopes that Wushanling will be inherited by Luo Ning in the future.

Because Bretton only focuses on cultivation and has little exposure to other things, he is more suitable to be a supporter.

But in the short term, let it be as it is; he is not in a hurry to change anything.

"Grandpa, brother, mother asked me to come here to inform you that lunch is ready and you can start eating anytime."

Luo Ning stepped forward and patted the other person's arm: "Congratulations, you have become an intermediate knight."

Brayton scratched his head and said modestly, "Compared to you, brother, I am still far behind!"

As he spoke, he took out a dagger about ten centimeters long from his pocket and handed it to Roning.

"This is the birthday present I prepared for you, I hope you like it."

"oh?"

Roning took it with some surprise. He didn't expect Bretton would prepare a gift for him.

Come to think of it, he didn't even remember when the other person's birthday was.

The dagger is made of wood, not only the sheath outside, but also the blade inside is made of wood.

Holding it in your hand, it looks just like a toy for children.

The words "Happy Birthday" are engraved on the scabbard of the dagger, and the pattern of the Wushan family is engraved on the blade of the dagger, but the coloring is a bit inaccurate, and it is not a pure golden mountain range.

Roning looked through it twice. He originally thought that this dagger had some secrets, such as a magic array engraved on it.

But alas, it was just an ordinary dagger carved out of wood by Breton.

Not to mention things like spell diagrams, it probably wouldn't work to use it to cut meat.

Roning smiled and put the dagger away. Even though it was not worth much, it was a token of someone's thoughtfulness after all.

"Thank you, Breton. I like your gift very much!"

"hey-hey……"

Bretton felt a little embarrassed. After hearing that Roning was going back to Wushan Castle to celebrate his birthday, he began to think about what gift to prepare.

The first thing he thought of was weapons, but he had seen the Liuyan Sword and knew how extraordinary this sword was, so he didn't plan to buy any weapons.

What's more, spending money to buy a weapon outside would not reflect his feelings.

He thought about it and finally decided to do it himself, and then he made such a dagger.

Despite careful polishing for a while, it still looks a bit rough.

Lulans watched the scene with a smile. He didn't expect that the relationship between the two brothers was quite good. This was also thanks to Ronin's open-mindedness and Bretton's lack of obsession with the right of inheritance.

If it were someone else, after what Lu Lans did, even brothers would become enemies.

"Maybe I should have waited."

Lu Lans thought, if he had not thought about destroying Roning at the beginning, but waited for a few months to see, perhaps none of these things would have happened?

After all these operations, it turned out that he was too rash.

"Let's go, don't keep Diane waiting too long."

He asked, "Is Wiggins back?"

"No, he probably won't be back before noon, so we don't have to wait for him."

Lu Lan Si hummed indifferently.

Luo Ning smiled and said, "Father is so concerned about the stability of the border. With his support, there shouldn't be any problems over there, right?"

"Oh, concerned about the stability of the border? He's not that enthusiastic!"

Lu Lans sneered: "The reason why he doesn't want Chishan Town to be lost is because he has a share in the iron mine?"

Luo Ning looked strange.

He thought Wiggins was defending the rare victory in his life, but he didn't expect there was such a reason behind it.

No wonder Diane seemed hesitant when I mentioned this matter to her just now.

The Wushan family is the owner of Wushan Ridge, but that doesn't mean every penny will go into the pocket of Wushan Fort.

There is a lot of money to be spent, such as the maintenance of the castle and all the expenses of the Knights, each of which is a huge figure.

Apart from these expenses and the remaining budget, it is unknown how much money will be left to reach Wushanbao.

What's more, even if they arrived at Wushan Castle, Lulans was the owner here, and Wiggins would get even less.

In this case, it is more important to earn some "extra money".

Just like Wiggins had a share in the iron mine in Chishan Town, the income brought in naturally went into his own pocket.

Now the Polante Bandits are eyeing Chishan Town covetously. It is clear that they want to take Wiggins' private property. Naturally, he will not agree.

Lu Lans also turned a blind eye to such things.

As long as they don't threaten Wushanbao's ruling status and don't affect its operation, the rest of the people below can do whatever they want.

He doesn't have much energy to take care of these things, nor does he have much interest in managing them.

Without Wiggins, the atmosphere at the lunch was more cheerful.

As the official manager of the castle, Diane was particularly enthusiastic towards Roning today.

Not only did she ask the kitchen to prepare many of his favorite dishes, but she also specially prepared exquisite pastries and rare mead for him at lunch.

In addition, although people thought the conversation would be dull, Dai Anni showed concern for Roning, asking about the development of Wu Bei Ling, and Roning's life. She even wanted to know about Roning's personal emotional issues.

Bretton was full of doubts when he saw this scene, and kept asking in his heart: What happened to my mother? No wonder he was confused.

At the beginning of the year, Breton wanted to find Roning to practice sword skills, but Diane was against it.

Today, not only was she so nice to Roning, she even let Breton practice and communicate more with his brother to make up for his shortcomings in swordsmanship.

This abnormal state made Roning feel a little awkward. He could only concentrate on eating, making humming and ah sounds in response.

Among the people present, probably only Lu Lans was not surprised. He ate the steak cut by the servants and took two sips of delicious beer.

In Lu Lans's opinion, it is normal for Diane to have such a change.

All of this ultimately stems from her trip to Black Python City not long ago. (End of this chapter)