The Wizard: Grinding Experience Starting with Knight Breathing Techniques 32

Chapter 32: Third-Tier Frost Wolf Breathing Technique (Seeking Paid Subscriptions)

A fire of anger burned in Li Wei’s chest.

The Black Snake Knight wasn’t collecting taxes while alive, but now that he’s dead, they start collecting? And they even have the audacity to call it waiving late fees in honor of his father’s contributions.

But ultimately, reason calmed him down.

Regardless of whether these laws are good or bad, laws, after all, were created to maintain the interests of the rulers from the very beginning.

It can only be said that weakness is the greatest sin in this world.

“The amount is rather large; I can only pay in installments,” Li Wei said.

“Acceptable, but late interest will be added, along with the taxes Black Water Valley owes for the next ten years. Starting now, Black Water Valley will pay the church one hundred and fifty gold coins annually, and after ten years, you will resume normal taxation,” the priest said indifferently. This was essentially a high-interest loan from the church.

In fact, usury was a significant source of income for the church. Tithes and indulgences alone couldn’t sustain it.

“Fine,” Li Wei agreed. He couldn’t confront the church yet. Although this meant paying a total of 1500 gold coins to the church within ten years, he could only accept it. The old man had already calculated everything, clearly aiming for his territory. For now, Li Wei could only temporarily agree, unable to resist. But who knows what might happen in the long ten years?

…

After signing the contract, the priest and the Radiant Knight swaggered away.

Li Wei narrowed his eyes, his inner killing intent rising before being suppressed by reason.

Sir Fred sighed.

“Should we find a chance to take out Abraham in the next couple of days? With our combined strength, killing the Radiant Knight wouldn’t be difficult,” Sir Fred suddenly suggested.

“It’s useless. If we kill Abraham, the church will send other priests. Unless we can wipe out the church’s Radiant Knight Order, it’s pointless,” Li Wei said.

“Money isn’t a problem. One hundred and fifty gold coins a year, we’ll pay it. However, one day, I will reclaim every single coin with interest,” Li Wei said, then returned to his cultivation. He was too weak; besides making empty threats, he could do nothing.

Both the church and the Wild Boar Gang were bullying him because of his weakness. Sir Fred was nearing fifty, his physical strength declining, while Li Wei was young and still growing.

Li Wei’s method was to endure.

Unrestrained anger was useless. The rules of this world were like this. How could an egg compete with a stone?

Even if an ordinary person were extremely angry, they couldn’t beat a tiger. How could he, not even a full-fledged Knight, fight a behemoth like the church?

“I have the Skill Proficiency Panel; my future is bright. I can’t throw my life away because of a moment of impulse.”

“The top priority is to become a full-fledged Knight.”

After the incident with the church, Li Wei cultivated even harder.

In this life and his past life, he had never been so diligent.

Practicing the Black Snake Breathing Technique, comprehending the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique, forging, managing his territory— countless tasks weighed down Li Wei, leaving him no respite.

Holy Radiance Year 1006, Warmth Month.

The most pleasant time of the year in Black Water Valley, neither too cold nor too hot.

Two months had passed since Li Wei began practicing the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique.

Just when Li Wei was about to give up on the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique, one day, after completing his usual practice, he suddenly felt that long-lost familiar sensation. This feeling was just like when he first started learning the Black Snake Breathing Technique.

Li Wei was ecstatic. He opened his Skill Proficiency Panel.

Li Wei—

Black Snake Breathing Technique: Third Tier (6467/10000)

Frost Wolf Breathing Technique: First Tier (1/1000)

Golden Cross Slash: Third Tier (7000/10000), Special Effect: Advanced Vibration

Beast Taming: Third Tier (Max), Special Effect: Wild Heart

Forging: Third Tier (4123/10000), Special Effect: Guaranteed Fine Product

…

“Finally mastered it!!!”

Li Wei excitedly jumped up. Once recorded by the Skill Proficiency Panel, the rest would be much easier.

He hadn’t been this excited in a long time, because it meant he could learn other bloodline breathing techniques without needing noble blood.

It only took a long time to master it, but that wasn’t a problem.

Once it’s on my panel, I’ll grind you to dust!

Li Wei was full of confidence. He suddenly had an idea.

Once he was strong enough, he would collect all the top-tier Knight breathing techniques, strength-type, speed-type, endurance-type, defensive-type—he wanted them all!

Even if he couldn’t become a Wizard, by accumulating a large number of breathing techniques, he should be able to stand at the top of this world.

Even surpass the achievements of legendary Knights! Become the undisputed God of Mankind, the King of the Century!

In an instant, the gloom of being robbed by the church vanished.

“Heh, old dog Abraham, you just wait.”

Li Wei struck while the iron was hot and continued practicing the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique.

Days passed one by one.

At the end of the Flowing Fire Month, Li Wei personally led his team, carrying the armor and weapons he had forged, to the Shining Tavern in Icewind City to make his scheduled trade with the unknown knight, still under the name of White Wolf Geralt.

A total of six sets of fine plate armor and nearly a hundred knight swords, sold for less than three hundred gold coins. Unfortunately, he didn’t meet the knight selling Dragon Saliva Fragrance. Li Wei went to the Emerald Merchant Guild, but they were also out of stock.

In the end, he returned to his territory with the gold coins, resolving the territory’s tight financial crisis.

However, the territory’s iron ore was completely depleted.

Li Wei had no choice but to rely on his limited knowledge from his past life and search along the Black Water Valley. After spending a considerable amount of time, he finally discovered a small exposed iron mine tens of miles upstream of the Black Water River, finally resolving the ore crisis.

To ensure a stable supply of iron, many militiamen, in addition to training, were assigned to mining, logging, charcoal burning, and iron chain making. The number of blacksmith apprentices was also increased.

Li Wei planned to develop the forging industry into a major pillar of his territory’s economy, while ensuring the stability of basic agricultural production. Ordinary knight swords and shields would be forged by Xiaomi Lan and other blacksmith apprentices, while the most important armor would be personally forged by Li Wei. Once Xiaomi Lan became a full-fledged blacksmith, he would recruit the old blacksmith Toby back, and he could finally relax a little.

In this way, from mining, charcoal burning, smelting, to the final forging, the division of labor was clear. Under such efficient operation, the output of weapons and armor finally increased significantly.

Of course, Li Wei didn’t neglect his people. The most outstanding blacksmith apprentices earned as much as 1 gold coin a year, which made the apprentices, who had never seen a gold coin before, overjoyed and highly motivated.

In the Furnace Month, within a month, the territory produced four sets of armor and fifty knight swords.

When the Wheat Field Month arrived, it was the wheat harvest season again.

After harvesting this year’s wheat, Li Wei was surprised to find that in the first year of implementing the new policies, wheat production had increased by five percent.

This was an unprecedented increase.

Indeed, in this era, the best way to mobilize productivity was to give the laborers the motivation to eat their fill.

In addition, Li Wei’s progress in the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique was also very rapid. The Frost Wolf Breathing Technique also had a secret medicine, but compared to the Black Snake medicine, the Frost Wolf medicine was much simpler, the main ingredient being wolf meat.

Li Wei had plenty of wolf meat in his castle; he ate it every day.

With an ample supply of wolf meat, the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique progressed from First Tier to Third Tier in just four months.

To add to the good news, Li Wei’s Black Snake Breathing Technique also made substantial progress!

(This section does not count towards the chapter word count: Some readers have commented that the pace of this book is too slow. Let me explain: The knight part of this book may be slightly longer than other wizard-type novels because, on the surface, this world is a low-martial-arts world where extraordinary power is not very prominent. How the protagonist walks the path of wizardry will certainly require time to explore, similar to a Xianxia novel where an ordinary person seeks immortality. Also, the knight’s upgrades will be faster later on, as the early stages involve laying the groundwork for the worldview. If I pursue a fast-paced upgrade and turn it into a flying-lu style novel filled with dialogue and fighting, then the book might be refreshing in the early stages, but it might collapse quickly later, with a high probability of a bad ending. Also, the author’s main job is a lawyer in Beijing, and work and commuting take up most of the day, so the time for writing and editing is limited. If you find any problems, please point them out in the comments section. I will reply and make corrections when I have time. Finally, I beg for paid subscriptions. You only need to spend one yuan to become a valuable paid subscriber, which is crucial for the survival of a new book. Thank you!)

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