The Wizard: Grinding Experience Starting with Knight Breathing Techniques 41

“Boar Knight?”

“That’s right. When Old Toby was taken by the Boar Gang, I investigated this person specifically, so I shouldn’t be mistaken. I didn’t expect him to still dare to appear so openly in Icewind City after joining the Wilderness Brothers Association,” said Sir Fredrick.

Li Wei was also surprised. He hadn’t expected that he had sold his weapons to his potential enemy.

After all, the Boar Knight had taken Old Toby, and Li Wei had always wanted revenge for this.

“Did the Boar Knight recognize you?” Li Wei asked.

“No. We were both wearing masks, and when I saw from afar that it might be the Boar Knight, I had our militia handle the transaction,” Sir Fredrick replied.

After all, he was also a Dawn Swordsman who had fought his way to fame. Even with a mask, there was a small chance he could be recognized if he directly met the Boar Knight. Sir Fredrick was quite cautious in this regard.

“Should we continue trading armor with the Boar Knight?” Sir Fredrick asked hesitantly.

Li Wei pondered for a moment before saying, “Although the Boar Knight is my enemy, he’s very quick to pay. Let’s not alert the snake for now, continue the transaction, and find a more suitable opportunity to turn the tables.”

“Should we tamper with the armor we sell, for example, making some that look the same but are of poor quality, and sell them to the Boar Knight? Otherwise, wouldn’t this transaction be strengthening our enemy’s power?” Sir Fredrick asked again.

“No need. The Boar Knight is a qualified blacksmith himself; he would likely discover any tampering, leading to suspicion. As for strengthening the enemy’s power, there’s no need to worry too much. After the Boar Gang joined the Wilderness Brothers Association, their enemies are not us, but the Church, the Kingdom, and the entire aristocratic ruling class.”

“The Boar Gang wouldn’t be able to consume so many weapons and equipment. He’s most likely preparing them for the Wilderness Brothers Association. That explains why the Boar Knight invited me to join a mysterious organization at our first meeting – it was probably to get me on board to forge armor for them.”

“In short, we are not the Boar Gang’s target at all. The weapons and equipment we sell to the Boar Gang are just a drop in the bucket for the Wilderness Brothers Association.”

“Since that’s the case, let’s just go with the flow and earn the Wilderness Brothers Association’s money first. When the time is right, for example, the day these rebellious Wilderness Brothers Association members rise up, we’ll fish in troubled waters and take back Old Toby and everything we sold to the Boar Gang!”

“We’ll consider the money we earn as compensation for the Boar Gang’s taking of Old Toby.”

Li Wei sneered.

Li Wei lacked nothing more than patience.

With his proficiency panel, his cultivation speed far surpassed that of ordinary people.

As time went on, the gap in strength between Li Wei and other people in this world would only grow wider.

The Boar Gang, the Black Mountain Duke…

Once he became a Legendary Knight, he could destroy them, either with his personal strength or the power of his followers gathered by the strong personal charisma of a Legendary Knight.

Li Wei was only fifteen years old.

Time was always on Li Wei’s side.

…

Black Water Valley.

Black Snake Castle.

Holy Radiance Era 1007, the First Moon.

Three months after the assassination attempt, Li Wei finally built his shelter within the castle.

To be precise, the shelter wasn’t inside the castle but in the mountains behind it. A tunnel connected it to the castle, leading directly to the underground level of Li Wei’s castle, the hidden chamber containing the Black Snake Breathing Technique.

This shelter wasn’t large, only twenty square meters, and Li Wei had dug it all by himself. For secrecy and safety, he hadn’t even asked the serfs for help. He’d used the Golden Cross Slash extensively for digging.

Only Sir Fredrick knew about his work. This made Sir Fredrick both amused and speechless.

Inside Li Wei’s shelter, a considerable amount of jerky, grain, and purified water were stored—it looked like a doomsday shelter.

The shelter’s cramped space gave Li Wei a sense of security, similar to the feeling of invincibility he had as a child when hiding under his blankets.

On the ground of the shelter, Li Wei, shirtless, practiced his breathing technique.

Suddenly, Li Wei opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning. He exhaled a breath of white air, the air shooting out like an arrow for several meters. He stood up, his bones cracking with satisfied smile.

He ate some food to replenish his nutrition.

His overall aura seemed stronger than three months ago. His muscles were more perfectly toned. Even the former governor Schwarzenegger would pale in comparison to his perfect physique.

His skin had a faint bronze hue, starkly contrasting with normal white skin. He was nearly six feet tall, and his arms were probably as thick as many adult men’s thighs. The power they contained was imaginable.

It was hard to imagine he was still only a sixteen-year-old boy.

This imposing, incredibly masculine appearance pleased Li Wei. This was a real man; those skinny young men with arms like bamboo poles were no real men.

Besides digging tunnels and building the shelter,

Li Wei hadn’t neglected his cultivation in these three months. The Golden Cross Slash skill, used as a digging and stone-breaking skill, saw a crazy increase in proficiency—a 4,000 proficiency increase in three months. A fifth of the 20,000 progress bar was completed in just three months.

The Black Snake Breathing Technique, thanks to the Black Snake Elixir, also increased by 5,000 proficiency. At this rate, provided there was a supply of Black Snake Elixir, Li Wei could raise the Black Snake Breathing Technique to the fifth level by the end of the year and become a mid-level knight.

However, Li Wei had run out of Black Snake Elixir, and to improve quickly, he needed to find a way to get Dragon Saliva Fragrance. So he decided to end his seclusion and leave home again to get a large amount of Dragon Saliva Fragrance at once.

Besides the Black Snake Breathing Technique, the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique’s improvement was even more rapid.

The reason why Li Wei’s aura was so much stronger now was because his Frost Wolf Breathing Technique had just broken through to the fourth level.

With the foundation of the Black Snake Breathing Technique, a large supply of elixirs, and the ease of condensing a life seed again, and considering the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique’s simplicity—its difficulty was incomparable to the Black Snake Breathing Technique—

All these conditions combined meant that Li Wei, from beginner to now, had cultivated this breathing technique for only six months, raising it from the first level to the fourth.

After reaching the fourth level of this breathing technique, on the surface of Li Wei’s heart, beside the “Black Snake Seed,” the life seed condensed by the Black Snake Breathing Technique, a black wolf-shaped mist was lying beside the black snake mist.

This wolf-shaped mist was the life seed condensed by Li Wei’s Frost Wolf Breathing Technique: “Frost Wolf Seed.”

That’s right, Li Wei now had two life seeds in his body!

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