Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 32 Third-Tier Frost Wolf Breathing Technique (Please continue reading)

A surge of anger was burning within Li Wei.

The Black Serpent Knight didn't collect fees while he was alive, but started collecting them after he died, right? And he even had the audacity to claim it was to waive late fees because of his father's contributions.

But reason eventually calmed him down.

Regardless of whether these laws are good or bad, the very nature of laws was originally created to protect the interests of the rulers.

It can only be said that weakness is the greatest original sin in this world.

"This amount is quite large, so I can only pay in installments," Li Wei said.

"Okay, then we'll have to add late payment interest, plus the taxes that Blackwater Valley already needs to pay over the next ten years. From now on, Blackwater Valley will pay the church 150 gold coins annually, and after ten years, it will pay taxes normally." The priest said calmly, which was essentially a high-interest loan from the church.

In fact, usury is also a source of income for the church; it cannot support itself solely through tithes and indulgences.

"Okay." Li Wei agreed. He couldn't fight against the church yet, even though it would mean paying 1500 gold coins in taxes to the church over ten years. But he had no choice but to accept it. The old man had already planned it all out and clearly wanted his territory. For now, Li Wei could only agree and couldn't resist. But who knew what would happen in ten long years?

……

After signing the contract, the priest and the Glimmering Knight swaggered away.

Li Wei narrowed his eyes, his heart filled with murderous intent, which he then suppressed with his rationality.

Sir Fred sighed.

"How about we find an opportunity to take care of Abraham in the next couple of days? If we work together, killing the Knight of the Glimmer shouldn't be difficult," Sir Fred suddenly said.

"It's useless. Even if Abraham dies, the Church will send other priests. Unless we can wipe out the Church's Knights of Glory, it's meaningless," Li Wei said.

"Money is not a problem. One hundred and fifty gold coins a year is fine with me. However, sooner or later, I will take back all of this with interest." After Li Wei finished speaking, he returned to his cultivation state. He was too weak now and could do nothing but make threats.

Both the church and the Wild Boar Gang were bullying him because he was weak. After all, Sir Fred was nearly fifty years old and his physical strength was gradually declining, while he was young and had not yet grown up.

Li Wei's solution was to endure.

Anger is useless; that's just how the world works. How can an egg fight a rock head-on?

Even in extreme anger, an ordinary person cannot defeat a tiger. How can someone who is not even a formal knight fight against a behemoth like the Church?

"I have a proficiency panel, and my future is bright. I can't risk my life because of a moment of impulsiveness."

"My most urgent task is to become a full-fledged knight."

After the church incident, Livy devoted himself even more diligently to spiritual practice.

In both his past and present lives, he has never worked as diligently as he does now.

Practicing the Black Serpent Breathing Technique, comprehending the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique, forging iron, managing territory—countless tasks weighed heavily on Li Wei, leaving him no time to breathe.

The year 1006 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Warm Month.

The most comfortable time of year in Heishui Valley is when the climate is neither too hot nor too cold.

Two months have passed since Li Xiuwei began practicing the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique.

Just as Li Wei was about to give up on the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique, on this day, after Li Wei finished practicing the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique as usual, suddenly, that long-lost sense of familiarity came over him. This feeling was just like when he first entered the Black Serpent Breathing Technique.

Li Wei was overjoyed and opened the proficiency panel.

Li Wei —————

Black Serpent Breathing Technique: Level 3 (6467/10000)

Frost Wolf Breathing Technique: Level 1 (1/1000)

Golden Cross Slash: Tier 3 (7000/10000), Special Effect: Advanced Vibration

Beast Taming: Tier 3 (Maximum), Special Effect: Wild Heart

Forging: Tier 3 (4123/10000), Special Effect: Guaranteed Excellent Quality

……

"Finally, I've mastered it!!!"

Li Wei jumped up excitedly. Once he was included in the proficiency panel, things would be much easier from then on.

He hadn't been this excited in a long time, because it meant he could learn other bloodline breathing techniques without needing other noble bloodlines.

It just takes a little longer to get started, but that's not a problem.

Once you're on my panel, I'll grind you to death sooner or later!

Li Wei was full of confidence when he suddenly had an idea.

Once I have the strength, I will try to collect all the top knight breathing techniques in the world, whether they are power-type, speed-type, endurance-type, or defensive-type, I want them all!

In that case, even if I can't become a wizard, I should be able to stand at the top of this world by accumulating a large amount of breathing techniques.

Even surpassing the achievements of legendary knights! Becoming a true god among men, the king of the century!

In an instant, the gloom of being robbed by the church was swept away.

"Heh heh, you old dog Abraham, you just wait."

Li Wei seized the opportunity and continued practicing the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique.

And so, the days passed one by one.

At the end of the Fiery Moon, Li Wei personally led his team, carrying the armor and weapons he had forged during this time, to the Shining Tavern in Icewind City once again, and made a deal with the unknown knight as promised, still in the name of Geralt the White Wolf.

A total of six sets of fine plate armor and nearly a hundred knight's swords were sold for less than three hundred gold coins. Unfortunately, the knight who sold ambergris was not found. Li Wei went to the Jade Merchant Guild, but there was still no stock.

In the end, he could only return to his territory with the gold coins, which brought him three hundred gold coins and solved the tight financial crisis in his territory.

However, the iron ore reserves in the territory have completely run out.

With no other option, Li Wei could only rely on the limited knowledge he had accumulated in his previous life to search along the Blackwater River Valley. After spending a considerable amount of time, he finally discovered a small exposed iron mine a few dozen miles upstream of the Blackwater River, which finally resolved the ore crisis.

In order to ensure the supply of iron, many militiamen in the territory were assigned to mining, cutting wood, making charcoal, and smelting iron in their spare time, and the number of blacksmith apprentices also increased considerably.

Li Wei plans to develop the forging industry into a major pillar industry of his territory, while ensuring the stability of basic agricultural production. Ordinary knight swords and shields will be forged by Little Milan and other blacksmith apprentices, while the most important armor will be forged by Li Wei himself so far. Once Little Milan becomes a formal blacksmith, he will go and snatch the old blacksmith Toby back, and then he will be able to relax a bit.

Thus, with clear division of labor from mining, charcoal burning, smelting to final forging, the production of weapons and armor was significantly increased through such efficient operation.

Of course, Li Wei would not treat his people unfairly. The best-performing blacksmith apprentices would receive a salary of 1 gold coin a year, which made the apprentices, who had never seen gold coins before, overjoyed and full of enthusiasm.

During the month of the Forge, the territory forged four sets of armor and fifty knight swords in just one month.

When the month of wheat harvest arrives, it is time for the wheat harvest.

When the wheat harvest was completed this year, Li Wei was pleasantly surprised to find that, in just the first year of the new policy, wheat production had increased by five percent.

This is an unprecedented increase.

Indeed, in this era, the best way to mobilize productivity is to motivate those in the workforce to be well-fed.

In addition, Li Wei's progress in the Frostwolf Breathing Technique was also very rapid. The Frostwolf Breathing Technique also has a secret medicine, but compared to the Black Serpent Secret Medicine, the Frostwolf Secret Medicine is very simple, with wolf meat as the main ingredient.

Wolf meat was plentiful in Levi's Castle; he ate it every day.

With an ample supply of wolf meat, the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique progressed from Tier 1 to Tier 3 in just four months.

To make matters worse, Li Wei's Black Snake Breathing Technique has also made substantial progress!

(This paragraph is not included in the chapter's word count: Some readers have commented that the pacing of this book is too slow. Let me explain: the knight section of this book may be slightly longer than other wizard-themed stories. This is because, on the surface, this world is a low-martial arts world where extraordinary powers are not very prominent. How the protagonist embarks on the path of a wizard will definitely require time to explore, similar to a mortal seeking immortality in a fantasy novel. Also, the knight's leveling up will be faster later on than in the early stages, because the early stages involve setting up the world view, which takes up a lot of space. If I were to pursue a fast-paced leveling up and turn it into a typical novel full of dialogue and combat, the book might be exciting in the beginning, but it would fall apart quickly later on, with a very high probability of a bad ending. Furthermore, the author's main job is a lawyer working in Beijing, and work and commuting take up most of the day, so writing and editing time is limited. If you find any problems, please point them out in the comments section, and I will try to reply and revise them when I have time. Finally, I humbly request that you pay to read this book. You only need to spend one yuan to become a VIP paying reader. This is a matter of life and death for a new book. Thank you!)

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