Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 4 Advanced Breathing Techniques (Please continue reading)

[Black Snake Breathing Technique Proficiency +3]

[Black Snake Breathing Technique Proficiency +2]

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[Black Serpent Breathing Technique: Level 1 (233/1000)]

With the positive feedback from the proficiency panel, Li Wei silently practiced his breathing techniques day after day.

Aside from necessary rest periods like eating and sleeping, he spent all his other time practicing. It can be said that he truly practiced to the point of exhaustion, as long as he didn't die.

As a result, the other servants rarely saw Li Wei in the castle. On the few occasions they did see the lord, he was either twisting his body strangely or wearing heavy armor, holding a shield, constantly defending against the serpent cavalry's storm of attacks.

"Our lord is so young, yet he works so hard. I am truly ashamed of myself for it."

Seeing that Li Wei trained even harder than them, the militiamen felt embarrassed to slack off anymore. After all, there's no such thing as a boss working hard while his employees slack off; they'd be fired sooner or later if they did.

The militiamen were forced into a state of infighting.

"What? The lord is still training? Then I can't sleep either. If the lord sees me still training hard after he finishes, he might give me an extra piece of bread the next morning."

Although the militiamen worked harder and harder, with Li Wei as a foil, no matter how hard they tried, they could not outdo the tireless lord who was like a robot, and eventually they came to terms with it.

Seeing Li Wei working so hard pleased Fred. While Li Wei was cultivating, Fred was responsible for handling all the affairs of the territory with the steward, ensuring that these trivial matters did not interfere with the lord's cultivation time.

However, some disputes among residents within his territory still require Li Wei to personally intervene in judicial proceedings to avoid losing his lordly dignity and authority. In his previous life, he was a lawyer, which is the only thing he can barely relate to after transmigrating.

The moon of the North Wind passed by in a flurry of activity.

The coldest month of the year, December, has quietly arrived.

This means that for northern areas like Blackwater Valley, the cold waves will be even stronger and the blizzards even more intense!

Many serfs' dilapidated wooden houses had fallen into disrepair and were destroyed by wind and snow in the cold. With the mountains blocked by heavy snow, it was naturally too late to rebuild them in the dead of winter.

The kind-hearted Lord Levi allowed Sir Fred to temporarily house these serfs in the castle, giving them jobs there. Young girls or women were assigned by Levi to be maids, responsible for taking care of Levi and Sir Fred's daily lives.

He then selected a number of able-bodied young men from among them and incorporated them into the militia, thus bringing the number of militiamen under his command to an unprecedented... fifty.

These militiamen were all led by the Knights Fred, who taught them basic combat skills. In addition to training, they were responsible for repairing castle buildings, doing some heavy physical labor, and herding and farming. They were not full-time soldiers, as Blackwater Valley could not afford to support full-time soldiers at its current level.

The elderly and children are responsible for some relatively easy physical work. Everyone can contribute their own strength to the territory and receive their share of food according to their work: a piece of gray bread and a bowl of red bean soup or something similar.

Grey bread is a bit better than black bread, but it's not as fragrant and soft as white bread.

In fact, given the limited productivity of Blackwater Valley, the fine white bread was barely enough for Levi and the knight Fred to eat, and the knight's powerful physical abilities inevitably came with a huge amount of calorie consumption.

Li Wei's daily food requirement is five to eight times that of a normal person. Most of these calories are efficiently used by his breathing techniques to strengthen his body, and a small portion is converted into excrement. But it is this small portion that makes Li Wei have to defecate three times a day.

On the contrary, Knight Fred, having passed the period of rapid growth in his breathing technique, only eats three times the normal amount of food as a formal knight without consciously practicing his breathing technique.

Li Wei's generosity made the serfs in his territory very grateful to him, thanking this young, kind, and handsome lord for his gifts.

Li Wei himself was so engrossed in practicing breathing techniques that he could not extricate himself.

Seeing my proficiency in the Black Snake Breathing Technique improve visibly every day gives me a great sense of accomplishment.

At the same time, he was also constantly on guard against the arrival of wandering knights or bandit groups roaming the wilderness.

After all, for those "homeless dogs," a weak lord like Li Wei was undoubtedly a good target for robbery.

Of course, with Sir Frederick around, Levi doesn't need to worry about ordinary external enemies.

As the Black Serpent Knight's right-hand man, Sir Fred rarely takes action these days, but the name "Serpent Knight" still carries considerable weight in the surrounding area.

In his spare time, Li Wei would occasionally check on the results of the Knight Fred's training of the militia. From a bunch of misfits at the beginning to a group that had barely developed combat capabilities, their progress was clearly visible with the knight's guidance.

They will also become an important force in protecting themselves and their territory in the future.

To be honest, Li Wei's territory still has too small a population, and its productivity is among the lowest in the baronies.

After all, he basically left with nothing, returning to Blackwater Valley with nothing.

For the weak Li Wei, this was a last resort.

Cultivation knows no time, and Lord Li Wei is in a state of perfect tranquility.

The harshest and coldest month of winter in the northern part of the kingdom has finally passed.

The first day of the Primordial Month (January) in the year 1004 of the Holy Radiance Calendar.

This day is the birthday of the "Father of Heaven" and also the New Year in the Emerald Kingdom.

Coincidentally, this day was also Li Wei's birthday.

Baron of Blackwater Valley, Earl of Tulip Territory, and Lord of Storm Territory, Levi Snake, is thirteen years old.

The Blackwater Valley was still bitterly cold. Inside the castle, Li Wei finished performing a strange and twisted breathing technique, stretched his 1.8-meter-tall body, and stood on the second floor of the castle in a JOJO pose, his deep gaze looking down at the residents.

Now his entire demeanor is completely different from what it was a little over a month ago. Beneath the face of a sunny and handsome young man lies a gloomy aura like a snake. His muscles are full and rounded, with hard lines, strong and powerful, as perfect as an ancient Greek statue.

Seeing Li Wei like this, one can't help but exclaim: Is this really thirteen years old?

He gazed at the boundless snow and ice, feeling exceptionally cheerful.

With the new year comes a fresh start. The castle is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. The lovely young maids, covered in freckles, are busy preparing for the lord's New Year's Eve and birthday banquets. Their little faces are rosy from the cold wind.

The soldiers, unusually, drank strong liquor with Knight Fred, expressing their gratitude for the knight and lord's kindness over the past year, and offering New Year's and birthday wishes to the lord.

Other serfs brought fragrant hams, cheeses, dried fruits, wines, and other agricultural products to the castle to express their gratitude to Livy.

Compared to other feudal lords in this world, Li Wei, who transmigrated from modern times, treated these commoners and their resources with a thousand times better attitude and respect.

Therefore, the serfs living in the Blackwater Valley, though poor, were content.

At least here, they can occasionally feel the dignity of being human, and they can also receive the protection of the lord and Sir Fred, so they have basic safety guarantees.

Of course, Li Wei's good mood wasn't solely due to these reasons.

Most importantly, after nearly two months of frantically grinding experience day and night, his Black Serpent Breathing Technique has finally broken through to the second level.

Please read on, please!

(End of this chapter)