Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 180 Fifth-Order Demonic Blade! Silver Mountain Dragon! (1st update! 5000 words, please vote!)

With the completion of the fifth level of the Sun Meditation Technique and the attainment of 30 points of mental power, Li Wei officially entered the realm of a first-ring senior wizard. Next, he still needs to gradually catch up with the upper limit of his magical power.

After advancing to the first level of Senior Wizard, Li Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief. All the previous busy work had been for this day.

With a continuous supply of Six God Flower Elixir, Li Wei felt that he should be able to break through to the level of a second-circle wizard around the age of fifty.

This speed is actually quite fast. Even if it can't compare to the Elemental Children supported by various powerful forces, it's not far behind.

After all, Li Wei started his wizarding journey late and was originally a child of chaos. If it weren't for the proficiency panel and the Fire God Dance effect, he probably wouldn't have been able to become a formal wizard in his lifetime.

Over the past two years, Li Wei and Green's relationship has grown increasingly better. After all, in just the past two years, he has contributed nearly 10,000 gold coins to Green's Tower's GDP just to purchase the key materials for the Six God Flower Elixir formula.

In addition to other miscellaneous expenses, Li Wei's Tai Shi reserves, despite a steady stream of income, have dropped from 30,000 to less than 20,000.

Therefore, in the outer sea area, there are very few wizards who can afford to use the Six God Flower Elixir for cultivation. Most people just let things take their natural course, unlike Li Wei who spends money like crazy.

Even Green was reluctant to use too much of the Six Gods Flower Elixir, because Green's aptitude was not good enough. He felt that he would only ever reach the level of a second-circle wizard, and using it would be a waste. Therefore, he did not expect to cultivate very quickly, and he could earn more money by selling the saved Six Gods Flower Elixir.

By gradually developing and expanding their wizarding family in this way, outstanding descendants may emerge in the future, leading the family to rise and directly becoming a powerful third-ring wizarding organization.

"After two years of dormancy, besides meditation, I've also completed half of the Golden Serpent Breathing Technique. In another two years, I'll reach the twelfth level." Li Wei felt gratified.

Besides the Golden Snake Breathing Technique, other breathing techniques have also made progress, albeit at different rates, but none are as advanced as the Golden Snake Breathing Technique. Ultimately, this is due to the difference in the secret medicine.

Based on his years of experience, Li Wei has basically figured out the secret to quickly mastering the breathing techniques on his body: the ingredients of the secret medicine should be as close as possible to the primordial beast symbolized by the breathing techniques, both in terms of bloodline and elemental affinity.

The Golden Serpent Breathing Technique, so far, only requires extraordinary-level snake blood, ambergris, and dragon horn powder. There are no restrictions on elemental affinity. Therefore, the Golden Serpent Elixir made with Yoman snake blood is perfectly sufficient. However, as the evolution level increases and the bloodline becomes purer, Levi is unsure whether there will be further requirements regarding elemental affinity.

Before reaching the Legendary level, the Crimson Lotus Breathing Technique only required the blood of a hybrid dragon, whether it be an earth-type Earth Dragon or a water-type Leviathan. However, upon advancing to the Legendary level, an additional requirement arises: the blood must be that of a fire-type dragon hybrid; otherwise, the elixir's effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Because we need to continuously evolve towards the Crimson Lotus, we require more specialized and compatible blood. Undoubtedly, the Crimson Lotus, this fiery behemoth, is a powerful being with an affinity for fire elements. However, Li Wei currently lacks a hybrid dragon with fire element affinity, which means that, despite both being made from Yoman snake blood, the Crimson Lotus Breathing Technique's cultivation speed is far slower than the Golden Serpent Breathing Technique.

The Black Whale Breathing Technique also has no restrictions on elemental affinity. Currently, it seems that as long as one has extraordinary whale blood, it will work. Li Wei is still using Leviathan's blood, which is barely enough, although the effect is definitely not as good as that of second-ring whale blood.

In short, after advancing to Legendary level, the choice of secret medicines can no longer be as arbitrary as before; it must be more targeted.

Therefore, Li Wei's purpose in emerging from seclusion this time is to gradually resolve the issue of his breathing technique's secret medicine.

In addition, there is another skill that has finally been upgraded after a long ten-year journey of grinding for experience: the Black Magic Blade.

Li Wei————

Black Demon Blade: Tier 5 (1/30000)

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"The Black Demon Blade has no limit; who created it?"

At this moment, Li Wei began to wonder what kind of divine being created this black energy technique. Perhaps even the creator of this Black Demon Blade never imagined that Li Wei would use the proficiency panel to gradually grind this skill to level five, completely transcending the limitations of the mortal realm and making this black energy usage technique a truly extraordinary secret art.

Of all of Li Wei's skills, the Black Magic Blade is the slowest in terms of experience gain, because there are no shortcuts or secret potions for this skill; it relies entirely on Li Wei's hard work.

Therefore, Li Wei spends some time every day honing his skills in using dark energy.

One of the conditions for the Black Demon Blade to advance to the fifth tier is to possess the mental power of a formal wizard.

This was naturally no problem for Li Wei.

So not long after reaching the fourth-tier limit, Li Wei successfully broke through the limit of the Black Demon Blade and reached the fifth tier.

Inside the scorching black fire cave, Li Wei stood upright. Behind him, a black evil spirit, a full seven meters tall, appeared. The spirit's six arms were wrapped in black ribbons that billowed without wind, swirling around its body. It had three heads and six arms, each wielding a sword, and was incredibly imposing. Li Wei felt that the current Asura had a certain charm reminiscent of Nezha, the Third Prince of the Nezha.

Besides the evil spirit's increased size and power, the details on its body also became more intricate. This seemed to be related to Li Wei's mental strength; the stronger Li Wei's mental strength, the more details appeared on the Nine Swords Asura. At this moment, the evil spirit wore scale armor similar to that of an ancient general from his previous life, exuding a battle-hardened aura!

Li Wei tilted his head, and the evil spirit tilted its head as well.

"I wonder if I can fight against the Second Ring in my current Nine Swords form."

Following the previous pattern, Li Wei's strength increases dramatically with each advancement of the Nine Swords Asura Evil Spirit form. The Nine Swords form is undoubtedly Li Wei's strongest form at present, followed by the Crimson Lotus form and the Giant Whale form.

"Forget it, I can't have such dangerous thoughts. Even if I have a lot of trump cards, I shouldn't always think about challenging opponents of higher levels. Wouldn't it be better to just advance directly and then crush them?"

Li Wei put away the Nine Swords Asura Evil Spirit.

In his view, this evil spirit was similar to a "Dharma form," a product of the combination of spiritual power and "magical power," and the magical power was naturally the black energy.

"To advance to the sixth rank, you may need the mental strength of a second-circle wizard, which is more than 50 points of mental strength."

Li Wei only has 30 points of mental strength now, and there's still some time before he leaves. However, with the meditation aid potion at hand, that day is almost here.

Now that Li Wei's mental strength has reached 30 points, he can learn the two spells he has long coveted: Will-o'-the-Wisp Body and Great Fireball.

He arrived at the depths of the cave, where he usually crafted magical arrays. Before him lay a pool of scorching magma, where dense fire elemental power gathered. He was going to practice the Great Fireball spell here.

Li Wei took out the spellbook of the Great Fireball spell and began to construct the spell model for the Great Fireball spell.

The Great Fireball spell is simply an advanced version of the Fireball spell, so it's very easy to build. You just need to add and improve some spell structures on the basis of the Fireball spell.

In less than a week, Li Wei had completed the spell model for the Great Fireball spell.

Li Wei has already mastered the basics of the Great Fireball technique.

Li Wei————

Fireball: Tier 5 (1/30000)

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"As I expected, the proficiency of the fifth-order Limit Fireball spell was perfectly inherited by the Great Fireball spell. The limit of the Great Fireball spell should be the sixth order, one order higher than the Fireball spell, while second-order spells start at the seventh order."

Li Wei has now almost figured out the levels of these magical arts.

Having mastered the Great Fireball spell, Li Wei now possesses six first-level spells. The other five are: Water Prison, Green Smoke Escape, Rock Body, Scarab Touch, and Nature's Tale.

Next, there's another life-saving skill left to learn, which allows you to elementalize your body at the first level of Wizardry to avoid a lot of damage.

A body of will-o'-the-wisp.

In Li Wei's opinion, this should be the most powerful spell of the Death School at the low level, bar none.

Generally speaking, elemental spells are only available to mid-level or even high-level wizards. However, the Death School can use the overpowered skill of Will-o'-the-Wisp Body even when they are low-level wizards. This greatly ruins the game experience for other wizards.

However, the elementalization of the Will-o'-the-Wisp Body can only be considered semi-elementalization, similar to becoming a spiritual entity of an evil spirit. While it grants immunity to basic physical attacks, it cannot completely negate the knight's black aura or some elemental spells. Furthermore, the Will-o'-the-Wisp Body has a long cooldown, so this elementalization certainly cannot be compared to the true elementalization of a high-level wizard. Even so, this spell can only be described as monstrous.

The Will-o'-the-Wisp Body and the Rock Body are similar, both being passive spells that require the spell runes to be solidified directly on the body. However, the Will-o'-the-Wisp Body requires several times more spell power to cast each time than the Rock Body.

Li Wei seized the opportunity and began constructing the spell model for the Will-o'-the-Wisp Body.

The Will-o'-the-Wisp is a spell of the Death faction, but since it is related to fire, it can still receive some of the blessing from the Dance of the Gods of Fire. Therefore, although the construction of the spell model was not as smooth as that of the Great Fireball spell, Li Wei still managed to complete the spell model within half a month.

Unfortunately, the initial level of the Ghostfire Body is only Tier 1, so you have to start grinding from scratch.

Li Wei chanted a spell, and eerie green magic runes began to light up on his body. Most of the lit magic runes instantly went dark, but the magic runes on Li Wei's right arm remained lit. Then, with a bang, Li Wei's arm suddenly burst into flames, turning into a ball of green ghost fire.

Li Wei stretched out his left hand, which passed directly through his right arm.

"A first-tier Ghostfire Body can only elementalize parts of the body..." Li Wei was somewhat speechless.

The position of this first element is random and completely beyond Livy's control.

"Alright, let's grind it out slowly."

Li Wei inspected his Blackfire Island once after leaving the pass.

The herbs are growing well, and in a few years, some of the short-cycle herbs will be ready for harvest.

In addition, the larvae of the Sacred Armor Scorpion have almost grown up, and during the time that Li Wei was in seclusion and raising them, many more Sacred Armor Scorpion larvae were born.

The entire cave was teeming with armored scorpions, numbering around five thousand.

Li Wei kept the larvae and collected all the adult insects, placing them in the insect house.

He now has two insect houses. Besides the one for the Sacred Scorpion, the other house contains the Red-faced Sea Spider. Unfortunately, Li Wei dares not open it, fearing that these insects will turn on him. Fortunately, these Red-faced Sea Spiders are very resistant to hunger and will hibernate if they are not fed for a long time, so Li Wei is not worried about their safety.

After checking, all the magic arrays on the islands were functioning normally. The bone serpent Igor treated Livi with exceptional familiarity, crawling around him and fawning over him.

"Perfect."

Li Wei sighed.

……

The year 1034 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Month of Flowers.

After two months of grinding, I've reached Tier 2 with the Ghostfire Body, and Li Wei's left hand can now be elementalized... although it's still not very useful.

Li Wei has gained a lot of experience with the Great Fireball spell, and its power has increased significantly compared to when he first learned it. He can now release a fireball with a diameter of about 1.5 meters, which is much stronger than the regular Fireball spell. However, to truly unleash the full power of the Great Fireball spell, the diameter of the fireball needs to reach 3 meters. Li Wei still has a long way to go.

Li Wei's Natural Tale was also pushed to the fifth level limit. This way, Li Wei could contract two first-level spirit beasts. Li Wei had already decided on the two spirit beast slots: one was the Crimson Sand Ape, for the subsequent cultivation of the Sacred Ape Breathing Technique, and the other was reserved for contracting a first-level Phoenix bloodline creature after the Phoenix broke through its limit.

Two contract slots are far from enough for Li Wei. With so many breathing techniques, the corresponding types of extraordinary creatures he needs are enough to open a zoo on Blackfire Island.

However, the Phoenix was relatively more important, so Li Wei naturally prioritized satisfying the Phoenix's needs first.

At any time, regardless of whether it is used in daily life, you must prioritize saving your life. Only in this way can you escape when you are in real danger. It is the same principle as building a fire escape in a building. The phoenix is ​​Li Wei's fire escape and his last line of defense for life.

Now, Li Wei has made some progress and breakthroughs in both the way of wizards and the way of knights, especially after the Black Magic Blade reached level five, his strength has expanded again.

He felt it was time to set off for the Yellow Earth Continent. The Yellow Earth Continent was rich in resources and possessed extraordinary terrestrial creatures that were lacking in other regions, all of which held considerable appeal for Li Wei.

Before leaving, however, he had to go to the Gray Tower, firstly to pick up his package, and secondly to ask the tower staff for leave.

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The Gray Tower.

Inside the mailroom, Li Wei retrieved Andrew's email.

He opened the storage bag, inside were several breathing techniques and a letter. Li Wei opened the letter.

"My esteemed master, I have become the protector of the Silver Mountain family as you instructed. In the Primordial Moon of the year 1034 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, Earl Silver Mountain died peacefully in Silver Mountain Castle on a night of blizzard. In accordance with your will, I did not take half of the Silver Mountain family's wealth, but only a symbolic gold coin and the Silver Mountain family's ancestral breathing technique..."

After reading the letter, Li Wei couldn't help but sigh.

Earl Silvermount is a good collaborator and a dutiful lord. He is one of the few ordinary great knights and nobles whom Li Wei respects. He possesses some valuable qualities. In Li Wei's view, if it weren't for his long-term battles with Blue Frost, Earl Silvermount would have had the potential and character to become a legendary knight.

"May you rest in peace."

Li Wei put away these breathing techniques. Apart from the Silver Mountain Dragon Breathing Technique passed down in the Silver Mountain family, the other breathing techniques were not worth mentioning. They were all rudimentary and could only serve as nourishment for breaking through limits in the future.

Li Wei then copied the "Silver Mountain Dragon Breathing Method." After mastering the breathing technique using the copy, and confirming that his copy was perfectly usable, Li Wei sent out this unique copy of the breathing method, along with letters outlining the tasks he would be tasking Andrew with over the next year.

Regardless, Li Wei doesn't have many respected people in the mortal world, but Earl Silver Mountain is one of them. He naturally wouldn't keep the unique copy of the Silver Mountain family's breathing technique inheritance diagram; he would return it to the other party, hoping that the Silver Mountain family could continue to exist as much as possible.

"There are no eternal families, only eternal demise. Rise and fall, rise and fall, repeating endlessly. It is most important to strengthen oneself. It is not too late to talk about the family after one has enough strength."

Whether focusing on personal growth or family, Li Wei believes there is no right or wrong choice, only that everyone has different values.

Like the Humpback Dragon Breathing Method, the Silver Mountain Dragon Breathing Method is an endurance-based breathing technique.

The only difference is that one is perfect from the start, while the other is first-rate and excellent.

The Silver Mountain Dragon is a legendary, silvery-white dragon that is said to spend its entire life traveling between multiple planes. It is considered the most docile of all dragons and possesses wisdom surpassing that of other dragon races. Therefore, the Silver Mountain Dragon is often a great sage or prophet among dragons. During its travels, it frequently befriends many powerful beings of different races and planes. Thus, never try to offend a seemingly docile Silver Mountain Dragon.

"The Earl of Silver Mountain's gentle nature might be related to this breathing technique," Levi thought to himself.

This is the second breathing technique he has obtained that has "dragon" in its name, and its secret medicine is naturally inseparable from the dragon race.

The main ingredient is earth dragon blood, which is the blood of dragon creatures. Ideally, it should be earth-elemental, meaning it has an affinity with the earth element, as this will produce the best results.

"Leviathan has an affinity for water, the White Serpent has an affinity for frost, and the only dragon blood I currently possess with an affinity for earth is the blood of a mortal earth dragon, which is barely acceptable, but its quality is too low. I'll go to the Yellow Earth Continent to look for some in a while; there are relatively more extraordinary creatures with an affinity for earth there."

Since he didn't have the blood of an earth-type dragon, Li Wei used the blood of an earth dragon as a makeshift substitute. He could still cultivate the Silver Mountain Dragon Breathing Technique relatively quickly. After all, the requirements for earth-type dragons were mainly for the stage after the legendary level. Before the legendary level, the requirements were not high.

The reason Li Wei was in such a hurry to practice this breathing technique was that, in his view, the Silver Mountain Dragon Breathing Technique had a completely different priority than the previous Holy Ape Breathing Technique. This breathing technique was related to Li Wei's upcoming birth of [Legendary Endurance] and advancement to [Legendary Five-Dimensional State], so it could not be put aside like the Holy Ape Breathing Technique and had to be practiced as soon as possible.

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