Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

After more than two months of cultivation, Su Li had grown from an ordinary mortal to the peak of a mid-level trainee knight.

Although he wasn't very diligent in his training, unable to compare with hard workers like Hilde who forgot to eat and sleep, he acquired far too many treasures and auxiliary training tools.

Dragon bloodstone strengthened his physique, light-scaled fish enhanced his aptitude, fire velvet rabbits directly improved his realm, and Hilde even helped him adjust his breathing and rhythm mouth-to-mouth, so his cultivation progress was very fast, fast enough to shock other knights.

He only awakened his knight bloodline one day before his 18th birthday, but in less than two months after awakening, he crossed two realms and was about to reach the high-level trainee knight stage. This was a speed of rise that many elite knights didn't have when they were young, even Orstein, the champion-level knight, cultivated at this speed when he was young.

This further strengthened the view of others that the lord had the ability to help knights break through.

But Su Li knew very well that Hilde, the female knight, deserved the credit for his rapid cultivation. She didn't forget to cultivate the breathing method in her knight training, after all, Su Li had brainwashed her that way. As a female knight, she would guide his breathing rhythm, and when serving him, she would also master the rhythm, so Su Li only needed to enjoy it comfortably.

Men who often cultivate know that once the rhythm is controlled by the female knight, they will inevitably devote themselves wholeheartedly, especially when looking at the female knight's delicate and beautiful face, and charming demeanor, their breathing will change with the female knight's rhythm.

So Su Li also promoted his cultivation while enjoying it, some passively and some actively, after all, he would occasionally run the [Candle Holding Breathing Method] to enhance his combat power.

Perhaps he could successfully break through to become a high-level trainee knight before the territory's batch of fire velvet rabbits grew up.

Reaching the high-level trainee knight stage meant that he had finally touched the threshold of the extraordinary world. Breaking through to become a formal knight would push open this heavy door and see the strange and fantastical world behind it.

So Su Li was full of curiosity about extraordinary abilities and divine grace abilities.

Hearing Su Li's question, Fandar, who was more knowledgeable, explained: "Your idea is obviously unrealistic. There are so many believers of the gods, they cannot respond to every believer's prayer."

Su Li asked: "Isn't it possible even for a generous god like the Dawn Goddess?"

"Oh, Goddess Leia is of course an exception." Fandar said righteously, his face full of unquestionable pride: "Whether or not each believer will receive divine spells depends on whether the gods are generous. Like Goddess Leia, as long as you give her moderate respect, she will bring food. Her believers basically master one or two basic divine spells, just like the priests, pastors, and nuns of the Dawn Goddess Church will use simple healing spells, and the higher the clergy, the more divine spells they master."

"This is because the Dawn Goddess is relatively wealthy, and her believers will also piously give her offerings in return."

Su Li asked curiously: "Does our territory also need to give her offerings in return? What needs to be prepared?"

"That is natural. The Spring Birth of All Things ritual dedicated to the Dawn Goddess will be held in the fields. At that time, the priestesses and believers will gather together to sing and pray to the goddess for a good harvest. As offerings, some of the remaining winter stocks of food will be plowed back into the ground or fed to livestock. That night, those who hope to find a new lover or give birth to a new life this year will place gifts dedicated to her at the Dawn Goddess's shrine and stone circle. These are usually the personal items of the petitioners, but hand-woven clothes, large loaves of bread, and fruit-carved figures are common offerings."

"In addition to this grand ritual, after the harvest, rural communities believe they must put something back into the soil to repay Leia's generosity. Offerings can be the first bundle of wheat harvested from the field, the first ripe fruit, or the first cub born to the village's livestock. The offering must be something that can provide nourishment for the growth of life—Leia has no interest in gold or material wealth."

Su Li nodded. If that was the case, he, as the lord, could accept it, indicating that this goddess was not greedy, just leaving the first bundle of wheat in the ground would suffice.

But he couldn't help but be curious and asked: "What would happen if we didn't make offerings?"

A trace of anger appeared on Fandar's face, as if all of this was absolutely unacceptable, and even thinking about it was blasphemy against the goddess. He said seriously: "That would anger the goddess, and she would cast the divine spell [Leia's Request] on the priests of the Dawn Church. The priests would uncontrollably sing subtle harmonies, gathering the melodious threads of resentment from the depths of the earth—demanding compensation from those who have not expressed gratitude to Leia. All humanoid creatures within the community who have not treated Leia or the Leia Church kindly since the last vernal equinox, who have not offered sacrifices to powerful natural spirits, will lose one year of life and continuously gain a layer of fatigue for three months."

"If five or more individuals within a community are affected by this divine spell, then the land within a radius equal to the number of priests in the Dawn Church in this area multiplied by ten miles will be affected by this divine spell, losing soil fertility and becoming barren for the next ten years."

How amazing.

Su Li listened attentively and fascinated, the divine power of this world is truly the primary productive force.

So Su Li assured Fandar: "My learned religious advisor, please rest assured. I will not miss the sacrifices to the Dawn Goddess. If we hadn't received the divine grace of the Dawn Goddess in the first place, that would be fine, but since we have received the goddess's blessings and gifts, it is only natural to make sacrifices."

A satisfied smile appeared on Fandar's face, the wrinkles on his face almost gathered into a flower, and he said excitedly: "Respected Lord, although you have been resisting, I sincerely believe that you are really suitable to be the God-Chosen Champion of our Dawn Church. Your race's genes are engraved with the virtues of self-improvement and active progress. You will be an outstanding example knight, honor, justice, faith, and compassion, you are so perfect in all these knightly virtues."

This flattery made Su Li very comfortable, but did his race's genes have faith in them? He wasn't sure.

So Su Li waved his hand with a smile and said: "Let's go back to the topic we were just talking about? Gods don't provide divine spells to every believer?"

Fandar nodded, directly summarizing it into one sentence: "As far as I know, most gods don't. Only knights with outstanding abilities can come into contact with divine spells at the formal level, and most people usually don't acquire their first divine spell until the elite level, and most people will never come into contact with a second one in their lifetime."

"And gods like Uric, the White Wolf God, who are more harsh and mean, even their elite knights may not necessarily receive divine spells, because he encourages knights to use their own strength to defeat stronger opponents."

Su Li immediately turned his head and looked at the elite knight, Beast Slayer Jerome and asked: "My elite knight, do you have Uric's blessing?"

Jerome proudly raised his chin and said: "That is natural. I possess the divine spell personally bestowed by Lord Uric, Shatter the Weak. This is a powerful divine spell that is permanently bestowed upon me. When I fight, my heart is filled with Uric's contempt for the weak and cowardly. If the enemy's attack is parried, blocked, or dodged, I can immediately launch another combo attack against the enemy under the divine power of Lord Uric, to crush the weak with heavy blows and continuous slashes."

Su Li nodded slightly. From this point of view, although they are both war gods, the White Wolf God and the Sun Goddess obviously have different focuses. Uric's divine spells are more inclined to increase the individual combat power of soldiers, while the Sun Goddess's divine spells are more inclined to increase tactical abilities. Of course, it is not absolutely clear-cut, for example, Hilde's divine spell enhances her individual combat power.

Then next, Su Li would have to weigh which god he should choose to believe in.

Until the afternoon, he was thinking about this matter. In this extraordinary world with cultivation abilities, obtaining higher strength meant a longer lifespan. In this regard, Uric undoubtedly had a relative advantage.

But as the lord, he wouldn't bravely charge into battle. His values wouldn't allow him to be such a reckless man. As the commander of the three armies, he should sit in command, and where the sword's edge pointed was where tens of thousands of elite armored soldiers fought. In this regard, the Sun Goddess's divine spells were undoubtedly more advantageous.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh and asked Hilde: "Can't you believe in multiple gods? There should be more tolerance, and the coexistence of gods is right! A knight as excellent as me should become a double-god chosen, or even a triple-god chosen."

Hilde replied regretfully: "I'm afraid this is difficult to achieve. The Empire is already tolerant enough, allowing the people to freely believe in all the gods. But for a believer to become the chosen of multiple gods, it is only possible in those evil god cults."

This is like a loyal minister not serving two masters, and a good woman not serving two husbands.

Thinking about it, Su Li could also understand the mentality of the gods. If Hilde served him and another man, he would instantly explode. Let alone letting her continue to be his guardian knight, he would probably take immediate action and strangle these two bastards.

Therefore, it is understandable that the gods of the Order side and the righteous gods do not allow a knight to be their believer and visit the temples of other gods. Reaching such an agreement is better than having a holy war of faith to compete for believers.

The external threats to the Empire are already numerous enough, and the gods of the Order side are absolutely not allowed to have internal strife and hold each other back.

While Su Li was thinking about the gods, a deep and excited voice came from afar: "Lord, Lord, I have brought you good things. According to our agreement, it is time for you to give me the troll brew."