Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 73 Dual Cultivation
Lei Duoli began to recheck one by one, and found that many people had secretly hidden the materials of the Rock Armor Earth Dragon. Although it was only a few pieces, it was enough to make him furious.

"You guys are so bold!" Redoli said gritting his teeth, the staff in his hand flashing with a dangerous light.

Even Monroe was found to have two scales. He scratched his head and said with a wry smile, "Sir, this is just a souvenir I picked up. You see, such a small scale, it's not going to be of much use, is it?"

Lei Duoli was so angry that his face turned blue, but with so many people hiding materials, he couldn't hold them all accountable. He could only say coldly, "Everyone, hand over the materials you've hidden! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

Robin stood aside, secretly thanking himself for being prepared.

This time, I was able to avoid Lei Duoli's inspection thanks to the powerful functions of the system space.

However, he also realized that he had to be more careful and not easily expose the existence of the system.

"It seems that I have to be more cautious in the future." Robin thought to himself and tightened the bottle of earth dragon blood in his hand.

Robin returned to the temporary dormitory, closed the door, and immediately opened the system panel.

The current situation does not allow him to easily take out the magic core, but global experience is a resource that can be used at any time.

He took a deep breath and focused on the basic meditation method.

"System, add global experience to the basic meditation method." Robin muttered in his heart.

[Ding! Consume 92 free experience points to upgrade Basic Meditation to Giant Rock Basic Meditation (Beginner).]

A large amount of information suddenly flooded into Robin's mind, as if a new door had been opened.

He felt that his mental power became more solid and his perception of the earth element became clearer.

The data on the system panel is also updated accordingly:
[Name]: Robin
[Occupation]: Knight/Wizard
[Level]: Knight (Early Stage) Wizard (First-Class Apprentice)
【Skill】:
Level 2 Swordsmanship: Increases sword attack power by 20%, experience: 161/20000
Level 2 Combat Technique: Increases the power of close combat attacks by 10%. Experience: 108/20000
Level 2 Archery: Arrow attack increases by 20%, Experience: 681/20000
Level 2 Forging: Able to forge most weapons and equipment, with a 30% chance of producing low-quality weapons and equipment and a 70% chance of producing ordinary weapons and equipment.

Archery Skills: Earth Explosion Arrow (Concentrates earth force arrows, explodes after hitting the target, consumes a lot of energy)
Earth Dragon Breathing (Advanced Knight Level): Primary Life Recovery, Primary Earth Elemental Perception, Knight Level Experience: 1352/10000
Snake Breathing (Knight Apprentice): Basic agility, greatly improved body flexibility, Knight Apprentice level experience: 201/1000
Dragon Devouring Breathing Technique (???): You can practice other breathing techniques at the same time, devouring the life force of the breathing technique you are practicing to help yourself break through the bottleneck.

Knight Apprentice Level Experience: 201/1000 (Can also learn Breathing Technique: 1/1)

Giant Rock Basic Meditation Method (Beginner): Primary Spirit, Primary Earth Elemental Perception, First-Class Wizard Apprentice Experience: 1/1000
[Equipment]: Damascus steel Tang sword, pulley compound bow
Free Experience: 311
Robin's eyes lit up when he saw the "Primary Earth Element Perception" added to the Earth Dragon Breathing Technique on the system panel.

He realized that there must be some connection between breathing techniques and meditation, and that they might even complement each other. If the two could be combined, perhaps the efficiency of practice could be greatly improved.

"Breathing techniques and meditation must complement each other, or I can start with both." Robin whispered to himself, his heart full of anticipation.

Reality soon hit him hard.

That night, Robin attempted to meditate, attempting to improve his mental strength through the Giant Rock-based meditation method. However, the results were minimal. He gained only five points of meditation experience overnight, while leaving himself mentally exhausted.

"Without a system, based on this efficiency of meditating one day and resting two days, it would take me at least two months to get started with meditation." Robin rubbed his swollen temples, feeling a little helpless. "And during this time, I can't do anything else, otherwise the efficiency will be even lower."

He sighed, realizing that his previous thoughts were too naive. Meditation was far more difficult than breathing techniques, especially for someone with mediocre talent like him. It was almost impossible to improve quickly through conventional methods.

"If things had continued normally like this, I wouldn't have been able to get into the sect in a year." Robin laughed bitterly, gaining a new understanding of Redolli's generosity. "No wonder that third-class wizard apprentice was so generous in taking me in. He just wanted to make money from me from the beginning."

Robin recalled Redori's arrogant look and felt a little annoyed.

But he quickly calmed down and realized that complaining would not solve the problem.

The most important thing now is to find a more efficient way of practicing.

"Since conventional meditation is too inefficient, I can only rely on the system." Robin opened the system panel, looked at the remaining 311 points of global experience, and calculated secretly in his heart.

Global experience is the key to improving your strength, but it must be used wisely.

Now that you have mastered the basic Giant Rock Meditation method, you can consider investing your experience in other skills, such as Earth Dragon Breathing or Archery, to improve your overall combat effectiveness.

"Perhaps, I can try to combine breathing techniques and meditation." An idea suddenly flashed through Robin's mind.

He recalled the feeling he had when he practiced breathing techniques before. That kind of control over the original force of life might help him enter the meditative state faster.

Robin took a deep breath and began to regulate his breathing according to the Earth Dragon Breathing Method, while focusing on the Giant Rock Basic Meditation Method.

Gradually, he felt that the life force and mental force in his body began to resonate with each other, as if two streams merged together to form a more powerful force.

"It really works!" Robin was secretly happy.

He felt that his mental power was improving slowly and steadily. Although the speed was still not fast, the efficiency was much higher than that of simple meditation.

At this moment, a prompt suddenly popped up on the system panel:
[Detected resonance between breathing method and meditation method. Do you want to consume 100 global experience points to activate "Dual Cultivation Mode"?]

Robin chose "yes" without hesitation.

This kind of opportunity is hard to come by and must be seized.

[Ding! Consume 100 global experience points to activate dual cultivation mode. Breathing and meditation cultivation efficiency increased by 50%.]

[Can simultaneously practice both: Giant Rock Basic Meditation and Earth Dragon Breathing.]

The corners of Robin's mouth rose slightly, and his eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Next, I just need to keep gaining experience and improving my strength." Robin whispered to himself, his tone full of determination.

(End of this chapter)