Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 3 [Secret Medicine] and [Dark Qi] (Please continue reading)

"The Knight Madman"

Li Wei had heard of this term before; it referred to knights who had gone astray in their cultivation.

Now I personally experience that primal desire to transform into a terrifying beast, to eat raw meat and drink blood, and to gorge on savage food.

He was somewhat shocked, and even doubted whether the path of the knight was correct. According to the standards of martial arts novels in his previous life, these knight breathing techniques were definitely demonic arts. Should he continue to cultivate them?

But the thought of the terrifying evil spirits, his greedy and treacherous noble colleagues, and the endless wars brought about by the conflicts between kingdoms immediately strengthened his resolve to follow the path of chivalry.

Of all things in this world, life and death are the most important.

As long as you're alive, anything is possible!

The knight is currently the only protective force I have access to!

"I will be careful, thank you for the reminder, Lord Fred," Li Wei said gratefully.

I might have to find a way to make money. If things continue like this, the barren Blackwater Valley won't be able to support two knights. I don't want them to turn into two knight lunatics and be eliminated by the Church's "Radiant Knights".

Fred nodded and continued, "Next, you will need to wear armor and carry a shield every day for weighted training to increase the difficulty. This way, you can unleash the power of your breathing technique in actual combat and avoid being hindered by the armor or being unaccustomed to fighting while wearing armor."

"In addition, there is a recipe for a Black Serpent Elixir on the inheritance scroll. Young Master, you must have memorized it as well," Sir Fred reminded him.

Li Wei nodded. Generally, to accelerate the cultivation of excellent breathing techniques, it is necessary to use corresponding secret medicines.

The Black Snake Elixir has a simple recipe: 50 grams of snake blood, one snake gall bladder, 10 grams of green water turtle shell powder, 10 grams of wood ash, three mandrake petals, one drop of ambergris, one drop of liquid amber, and 100 milliliters of pure water.

Apart from ambergris, the other materials are not hard to find and are not expensive.

Snake blood and snake gallbladders can be obtained from any type of snake, but the effects will vary depending on the type of snake.

Ambergris, that's a bit troublesome.

The ambergris in this world is not the product of the sperm whale's belly in my previous life.

Instead, it comes from glands inside the mouth of a land behemoth known as the "Earth Dragon Beast".

The earth dragon, according to the kingdom's bards, is one of the most dangerous animals in the wilderness.

They are incredibly strong and invulnerable to weapons, and are frequent characters in knightly tales and bard stories, much like the dragons in the Dragon Quest.

In addition, the Earth Dragon Beast has another characteristic: it likes to eat shiny things, such as gold coins and gems.

Generally, to deal with an adult Earth Dragon Beast, you either need to send a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Knight with the best weapons to kill it, or you need five or more regular knights to use traps and poison to ensnare the Earth Dragon Beast and then use powerful weapons like armor-piercing crossbows to hunt it down.

One of the legendary deeds of the legendary knight "Lionheart Knight" Ryan before he became a legend was that he single-handedly hunted down an adult male earth dragon that was ravaging the north of the kingdom.

Three great knights had previously gone to hunt this earth dragon beast, but all their attempts ended in failure, and one young great knight even perished as a result.

In the end, Lionheart Knight succeeded. He also found a full eight thousand gold coins and priceless jewels inside the belly of the earth dragon.

In the era of cold weapons, hunting earth dragons was extremely difficult, which is why ambergris has always been expensive.

A small bottle of ambergris, worth one hundred gold coins, can be exchanged for five sets of finely crafted knight's armor, twenty healthy young serfs, or one hundred cattle...

Even with the current financial resources of Li Wei, this down-on-his-luck lord, he couldn't afford to buy it, even if he sold everything he owned and exploited his serfs to death.

"I'm just starting out now, so I don't need to use any special medicine yet. Let's take it slow."

In the following period, Li Wei began to systematically work on his experience, finding it not at all tedious.

Besides sharing his experience, Knight Fred would also introduce Levi to some basic theoretical knowledge about knighthood, which greatly benefited Levi.

Knight Breathing Technique is a training method that involves adjusting breathing rhythm and making different movements and postures to stimulate the knight's bloodline potential, thereby strengthening the body and improving the knight's physical qualities such as physique, strength, endurance, and speed.

This kind of improvement far exceeds normal fitness training, so it is necessary to eat a lot of food to replenish calories after each training session. After all, there is no such thing as "spiritual energy" in this world.

Although it's about improving physical fitness in all aspects, different breathing methods have different focuses.

The Black Serpent Breathing Technique focuses on defense.

Once this breathing technique is mastered to a minor degree, one can begin to condense a life seed and advance to a formal knight. Afterward, one's overall physical attributes will be greatly enhanced, and one will possess a level of resilience that is several times greater than that of an ordinary person.

In addition, a thin, dark, fluid film appears on the surface of the knight's arms, making the skin and flesh of the knight's arms as tough and durable as rubber.

While it cannot achieve invulnerability to swords and spears or be indestructible, it can neutralize the vast majority of force from ordinary blunt force attacks.

This membrane is generally referred to by knights as "black mist," while the official explanation from the Church of Holy Light is that it is "Holy Legacy Power," which the knights say originates from the Holy Father.

In this era of divine right of kings, the true power behind the great kingdoms was often the church. Li Wei felt that the church's claim was pure self-aggrandizement, a convenient tool for manipulating knights; religions were masters of this kind of thing. Since your church's god is so powerful, why isn't it priests with divine magic protecting the church, instead of the "Radiant Knights" composed of knights?

In short, "black energy" can be generated not only by the Black Snake Breathing Technique, but also by other breathing techniques, although their quality, quantity, and effects will differ.

If a speed-oriented breathing technique were used instead, the "black aura" might appear on the legs, giving the rider extremely high burst speed and agile maneuverability, far surpassing that of athletes from the previous life.

This is the power of breathing techniques; they are not merely methods for strengthening the body. When one advances to become a formal knight and generates "black energy," to some extent, the knight has already embarked on the path to transcendence.

Upon reaching the level of a Great Knight, the black energy generated by the Black Serpent Breathing Technique will cover the entire body and become even more solid.

Except for a very few places like the eyes, the Great Knight can be invulnerable to blades and spears for a short period of time, with a resistance to blows comparable to that of the Earth Dragon Beast.

In this age of cold weapons, this is superhuman. With such strength, coupled with armor, weapons, and warhorses, and with the great knight's powerful combat skills and awareness, he could easily take on a thousand men on the battlefield and change the course of a small battle.

Therefore, Li Wei never believed the nonsense that his father had died on the battlefield.

How could my father, whose strength was already close to the ceiling of human combat power, die on the battlefield? With his strength, even if he couldn't defeat thousands of troops, he could easily leave. Even a great knight of the same rank would have a hard time stopping him.

As for the legendary knights taking action, it's possible, but unlikely. Legendary knights are elusive and almost detached from worldly affairs; even kingdoms and churches would find it difficult to command them.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

Livy could conclude that his father's death was a conspiracy by the church and the kingdom.

Therefore, he must learn from this lesson.

Before you have overwhelming power, just stay in Blackwater Valley.

"Store up grain, build high walls, and delay declaring yourself king."

The nine-character strategy adopted by Emperor Taizu to pacify the country still applies to Li Wei.

However, he didn't want to be a king; he just wanted to be a wealthy minor lord.

The game of power is not something ordinary people are qualified to participate in.

Li Wei was well aware of his own political intelligence.

Please continue reading; this is a matter of life and death for the book. Thank you!

(End of this chapter)