“Congratulations, Lord Chen Yue. It's the first time I've seen Lady Venia so surprised.” Outside the Emerald Tower, Aina congratulated Chen Yue with a smile, her eyes filled with envy that couldn't be concealed.

  Since the moment of reg

  istration, Chen Yue had become an official member of the Apostle Association in the Tianye Empire, and his status was much higher than that of Aina, who was just a follower.

  After Aina's explanation, Chen Yue learned about Venia's identity. Each country on the Apostle Continent could only set up one apostle branch. The scale of the branch was linked to the level of the country. The branch established in the Tianye Empire, a fourth-level empire, was a third-class branch. There were no positions like branch president or elders. The highest position was that of deacon, and Venia was one of the three deacons of the association.

  “Such an elegant woman is actually one of the three leaders.” Recalling Venia's identity, Chen Yue was a bit astonished.

  With her noble status, attracting her attention was already quite an accomplishment.

  “Just call me Chen Yue.” Shaking his head, Chen Yue said with a smile. That title of “Lord” really sounded awkward.

  “That won't do.” Aina shook her head vigorously and refused to agree no matter what. “It's getting late. Where do you plan to rest?”

  “I just arrived in the Free Capital and haven't found a place to stay yet.” Chen Yue was a bit helpless. So much time had been wasted that it was already completely dark. Besides, he had to formally receive Venia's training early in the morning every day. It seemed that he could only make do for one night.

  However, Aina's answer made him feel much relieved. The Apostle Association occupied a large area in the Third District, and there were quite a number of empty houses. As an official member, Chen Yue could choose one to live in for a long time.

  After solving the urgent problem, Chen Yue felt much more relaxed. Chatting and laughing with Aina all the way, he soon arrived at the residential area.

  After some contact, Chen Yue didn't put on airs everywhere and act as if he were superior, which made Aina, who had been feeling uneasy all along, feel much more relaxed. She became less restrained when chatting and laughing, but she was quite persistent in her address and refused to change it at all.

  “Lord, you should be careful of Wolf.” When saying goodbye, Aina seemed to have made up her mind and said solemnly.

  “Wolf?” Chen Yue went through the name in his mind. There was a vaguely familiar feeling. Then, a handsome face that looked rather sunny popped up in his mind, allowing Chen Yue to connect the person with the name. To Chen Yue, this was just a stranger with whom he had no interaction, so he didn't take him to heart. It wasn't until Aina mentioned it rather solemnly that he felt something was strange.

  With this thought, the extremely jealous gaze of that young man in the Emerald Tower immediately came to his mind, as well as the burning feeling on his back when he and Aina walked out of the door. It seemed that someone was staring at him viciously with extremely malicious eyes.

  He was startled in his heart.

  Carefully looking around, there was no one in the deep darkness of the night. Aina then let out a sigh of relief and slowed down her speech and said in a low voice, “Among the first-order apostles, Wolf is the top student. However, I've heard that he didn't get this position properly...”

  After quickly saying these few sentences, Aina didn't dare to stay any longer. After a whispered goodbye, she quickly ran into the night and disappeared.

  The breeze blew on Aina's face, making her feel cool. It took her a long time for her rapidly beating heart to calm down. She couldn't believe that she, who had always been cautious, would say those words. Aina couldn't help but sigh softly. If it weren't for having a good impression of this young man and not wanting him to encounter trouble for no reason, perhaps she wouldn't have been so impulsive.

  “Improperly...” After staying in place for a moment, as if nothing had happened, Chen Yue strode towards the selected house. There was still an unretracted smile on his face, but his heart was fluctuating more than ever before.

  Although Aina didn't say it explicitly, with this way of speaking, the hidden murderous intent that hadn't been revealed was self-evident.

  Since transmigrating to this other world, this was the first time Chen Yue had felt such a strong threat to his life.

  Those who aren't envied are mediocrities. Obviously, the information revealed during the registration had made Wolf extremely wary. He hadn't thought of living an ordinary life. In his heart, he also knew that such trouble would come eventually. He just didn't expect it to come so soon.

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  He hadn't even established a firm foothold in the Apostle Association yet...

  However, he wasn't someone to be easily bullied either.

  Clenching his fists slightly, Chen Yue's eyes suddenly became sharp.

  ...

  The next day, as if nothing had happened, Chen Yue got up very early. After doing some physical exercises for a while, the appointed time was almost up.

  The “Health Preservation Formula” still hadn't improved. Chen Yue only practiced the first six postures and didn't dare to try the seventh one again. However, he wasn't worried now. Since the accident happened because of summoning the familiar spirit, he believed that he would definitely be able to recover during the following basic training.

  Outside the Emerald Tower, when Aina saw Chen Yue, who looked as usual and even smiled and greeted her, she suddenly felt relieved. But she was also a bit worried whether he had taken her words last night to heart. She couldn't help but feel a bit hesitant. When she saw Chen Yue winking at her secretly, she couldn't help but chuckle. At this time, Venia just came down from the ninth floor.

  “Nine o'clock. You're very punctual.” Venia was dressed in formal clothes and nodded at Chen Yue. “Let's go.”

  “Ah, sorry, Lady Venia. I'll go and open the training room right away.” Aina, who had just come to her senses, said repeatedly with a panicked look on her face.

  “Aina, there's no need.” Venia shook her head. “I don't plan to conduct this training within the association.”

  Aina was completely confused. Usually, the basic apostle training was all carried out in the training room. What was Venia's plan this time?

  “The training rooms in the association are only for ordinary training.” Venia smiled. “However, in the request you made to me yesterday, Chen Yue, there was the point of being the most suitable for you. The training rooms in the association can't meet this requirement at all. So I don't plan to conduct it inside. The specific training content will be determined at any time according to your growth situation and acceptance level. You should be prepared.”

  The last part was said to Chen Yue.

  “I'm okay with that.”

  “Then let's go, Water Spirit.” With a light shout, the water elemental familiar spirit that had been seen yesterday appeared on Venia's shoulder. Its small arm waved, and immediately countless clear springs surged up around the two of them, lifting Chen Yue and Venia high into the air.

  Looking at this scene in front of him in astonishment, this was the first time Chen Yue had witnessed the ability of a high-level familiar spirit. The ability to manipulate elements and cast spells instantaneously was difficult for humans to master. Perhaps only familiar spirits and high-level magical beasts had such an ability. Compared with this four-star familiar spirit, his own frozen rabbit was like a baby who had just learned to toddle.

  Looking at more and more clear springs under his feet and the flowing water slowly changing its shape until it finally turned into a flying beast made of water elements, a strong strange feeling and... longing arose in Chen Yue's heart.

  He must master this ability.

  Looking at the water-shaped flying beast under his feet that seemed as solid as real with extremely hot eyes, Chen Yue stomped his feet. It was quite firm and didn't feel like standing on water at all.

  “Water element simulation, being able to manipulate water elements to combine them arbitrarily, is one of the abilities of my familiar spirit. Including this, the water puppet.” Venia explained.

  As soon as she finished speaking, with a “splash” sound, the water on the back of the flying beast puppet shot up into the sky and flowed around the two of them to form a transparent water curtain, surrounding them.

  “Wait.” Just as the flying beast puppet was about to fly into the air, Chen Yue suddenly remembered something and quickly stopped it. “Lady Venia, I remember that flying isn't allowed within the Free Capital.”

  “That's only for ordinary people.” Venia smiled faintly. In her view, all of this was quite ordinary.

  Chen Yue fell silent and once again realized the dominance of apostles, which made his desire to become stronger even stronger.

  The flying beast puppet rushed into the air like lightning. Its speed was actually no slower than that of a flying eagle at its maximum speed. Moreover, as long as the familiar spirit could hold on, this speed could be maintained forever.

  Standing on the flying beast puppet, Chen Yue had another new feeling. It didn't have the weaknesses of a real flying beast. From the very beginning, Venia had raised the altitude to 10,000 meters, far exceeding the limit of flying beasts.

  “No wonder...” Chen Yue suddenly understood. Even without the special rights of apostles, just with this altitude, no one would have the ability to stop them.

  From a distance, it seemed that two people were moving rapidly. Through the transparent water layer, Chen Yue soon felt dizzy.

  It seemed that Venia had noticed Chen Yue's embarrassment. With a thought, she directly commanded the familiar spirit to make two streams of water surge up on the water surface and transform them into two chairs, and then she beckoned Chen Yue to sit down.

  After the two of them sat down, Venia asked Chen Yue to summon the frozen rabbit and open the life halo. Then, her face became solemn.

  “Chen Yue, in the days to come, I will conduct the most comprehensive training for you to help you master the basic abilities of an apostle.”

  “I understand.”

  “That's good.”

  “Also, I'll remind you of one thing.” There was a faint smile on Venia's lips, but in Chen Yue's eyes, it suddenly seemed a bit devilish. “Since the moment you sat on the water puppet, the training has already begun.”

  “Ah?”

  Not understanding what Venia meant, Chen Yue slowly thought about it. Suddenly, he felt empty under his buttocks. The solid water chair suddenly exploded, and then a big hole appeared in the water below. In the next moment, Chen Yue, who suddenly lost his weight, fell down without any resistance at all.

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