The Wizard: Grinding Experience Starting with Knight Breathing Techniques 63

Chapter 0063: Fourth-Order Limit! Wrestling with a Bear! (3rd Update! Please chase reads, please vote for monthly tickets!)

Setting aside other matters, Li Wei dedicated all his time to cultivating his breathing techniques. He temporarily halted his training in the Golden Cross Slash; the basic Ripple power was already sufficient.

Finally, at the end of the Wheat Month.

Li Wei’s last cultivated breathing technique, the Giant Bear Breathing Method, surprisingly reached the fourth order first.

Li Wei——

Giant Bear Breathing Method: Fourth Order (Limit), Special Effect: Beginner Strength.

……

[Beginner Strength: Your strength surpasses that of ordinary people. You possess stronger explosive power, capable of wrestling a giant bear and fighting a wild bull with your bare hands.]

“As expected, the breathing techniques with fewer small person illustrations are easier to cultivate. Coupled with the support of the bear blood elixir, the Giant Bear Breathing Method, which I cultivated last, has become my second breathing technique to reach its limit.”

Li Wei chuckled wryly. He found this speed perfectly normal.

Especially since the bear blood elixir he used wasn’t from just any bear; it was the blood of a Northern Giant Bear whose strength rivals a Knight after reaching adulthood.

Therefore, this progress was perfectly reasonable.

“Old habit, let’s try it out on the three brothers.”

Li Wei got up, used a secret passage to reach the castle, and then went to the three brothers’ enclosure.

“Xiaobai, come here.”

Li Wei beckoned, and Xiaobai obediently came over.

The little fellows were almost four years old now, and their weight had exceeded one ton, reaching the maximum size of brown bears in his previous life.

However, their strength far surpassed that of brown bears.

Their formidable strength and physique were something Li Wei envied.

In the last battle with Tieshan, if it weren’t for the three brothers, Li Wei might not have been able to defeat Tieshan.

The injuries Tieshan inflicted on the three brothers had almost completely healed thanks to Li Wei’s meticulous care and their powerful self-healing abilities.

In short, the three brothers now possessed the strength of low-level Knights.

Once they reach adulthood, they’ll generally have the combat power of mid-level Knights.

And the three brothers, being stronger male bears, could even rival high-level Knights, or even peak Knights.

These three fellows, once fully grown, would be a tremendous asset to Li Wei.

High mountain warhorse cavalry is weak, Northern Giant Bear cavalry is the most awesome!

Therefore, despite the high cost, Li Wei continued to raise these three gluttons.

The Dragon Mother could conquer the world with three dragons; I, Li Wei, will use three Northern Giant Bears, not to conquer the world, but for self-preservation—it’s excellent.

“Xiaobai, bite this end of the rope.”

Li Wei said, throwing a thick hemp rope to Xiaobai.

Xiaopang and Xiaohui came to watch intently. Xiaopang, as always, wanted to try, but Li Wei stopped him.

“Wait a minute, Xiaobai can’t win a tug-of-war against me, you guys go next.”

Li Wei said.

Xiaobai wasn’t happy. He was a proper Northern Giant Bear, after all.

Although he was still a child, wasn’t Li Wei also a child?

So, Li Wei decided to use a primitive method to see if the “wrestling with a bear” mentioned in the “Beginner Strength” description was true.

“I hope Panel-bro didn’t lie to me.”

“Let’s begin, Xiaobai!”

Li Wei said, pulling the rope back forcefully.

Xiaobai pulled back, biting the rope.

Strictly speaking, this was an unfair competition.

After all, Xiaobai weighed one ton; even without exerting much effort, it could easily overwhelm Li Wei.

Li Wei was 1.9 meters tall, and his weight, due to the increased density from cultivating breathing techniques, reached over 300 jin (approximately 150kg), but compared to Xiaobai, he was still the underdog.

However, Li Wei himself was a low-level Knight, nearing mid-level.

Black Snake Breathing Method, fourth order; Giant Bear Breathing Method, limit; multiple breathing techniques combined, plus the “Beginner Strength” special effect, meant he wasn’t entirely without a fighting chance.

Heave.

Heave.

The man and the bear panted, engaged in a tug-of-war.

Li Wei’s muscles bulged all over. On the surface of his heart, the “Giant Bear Seed” born from the Giant Bear Breathing Method pulsed, infusing black energy representing strength into Li Wei’s arms and core strength areas.

The Black Snake Breathing Method, the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique, and the Sea Demon Breathing Technique, though not specialized in strength, were all at the fourth order, providing Li Wei with some negligible boost.

Li Wei’s face was flushed red; Xiaobai’s nostrils puffed out hot air and steam.

Finally, after five minutes, Li Wei was slightly inferior to Xiaobai.

In terms of pure strength, even though his Giant Bear Breathing Method was at its limit.

Compared to a Northern Giant Bear, this naturally gifted heavyweight beast, he was still quite lacking.

“It seems the description’s ‘giant bear’ refers to ordinary giant bears, not the Northern Giant Bear, the king of bears. However, this level of strength is enough to overwhelm most people.”

Li Wei was satisfied with the effect. He didn’t waste any time, returning to his shelter. After a brief rest and adjustment, he resumed his breathing technique cultivation.

The Giant Bear Breathing Method had reached its limit. Li Wei checked the status of his other breathing techniques.

The Human-Faced Spider Breathing Method was only a thousand proficiency points away from the fourth order. He would cultivate this one next.

Without elixirs, and with its inherent difficulty higher than the Giant Bear Breathing Method, the cultivation speed of this technique was slightly slower. However, Li Wei was now very proficient in breathing technique cultivation, so his progress was still smooth.

Holy Radiance Era 1007, Harvest Month.

The wheat yield within the Black Water Valley territory increased by about ten percent compared to the previous year.

At the beginning of the year, Li Wei had invested considerable manpower and material resources in land reclamation, cultivating more farmland. He also had the serfs use some natural organic fertilizers, which led to the increase in yield.

However, due to the limitations of this world’s agricultural technology, future improvements would inevitably become smaller and smaller. The key to improving agriculture still lies in cultivated land area and the number of agricultural laborers.

The current population of Li Wei’s territory was lagging behind the speed of economic development. Encouraging childbirth was one aspect; the most important thing was to quickly replenish some fresh blood.

Generally, the way lords in this world increase their population is through imperial allocation, buying and selling serfs, or absorbing refugees fleeing from natural disasters and man-made calamities. However, Li Wei’s location is remote. Even refugees, when fleeing, would go to wealthier areas, rarely coming here.

Li Wei could only buy serfs. In this era, the buying and selling of serfs was normal. Li Wei instructed his subordinates to buy a batch of serfs from the Icewind City slave market. Most of these people were refugees who had lost their homes due to war, many of them with injuries and illnesses.

However, Li Wei had no choice. Healthy, strong slaves were in high demand, monopolized by the great nobles.

Therefore, as long as they didn’t have any infectious diseases, ordinary injuries and illnesses were barely acceptable.

These people were arranged by the steward to various work positions such as the mill and the iron mine.

Li Wei remained indoors, diligently cultivating his breathing techniques in his shelter while strengthening his defenses against the Deathbird’s call and the unknown assassin seeking his life.

One day, inside the shelter, Li Wei opened his eyes, his gaze piercing. The hairs on his arms stood on end.

“Human-Faced Spider Breathing Method, fourth order.”

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