Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

The next day, in the morning.

Xia Jian led Westin back to the familiar underground cavern, where Westin stared speechlessly at the eccentric Xia Jian.

A few days ago I was at odds with the mountains, and now I'm at odds with the water?

At this moment, Xia Jian was like a demon child descended to earth, constantly throwing shadow balls into the underground river.

The deafening explosion echoed through the underground cavern, and even the river channel was widened by Xia Jian by five meters, but the big fish from before was still nowhere to be seen.

After spending several minutes, Natsumi had no choice but to give up.

This underground river is very long, and we don't know where it leads. I guess that fish probably hasn't been in this area recently.

Xia Jian sighed helplessly.

This trip back has been quite unlucky. As soon as I arrived, I was plagued by bad luck. I couldn't accomplish any of the things I wanted to do. Now I can only hope that the magic stone in that ancient ruin is still there.

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Summer's strength is now much greater than before, and Westin had already advanced to the level of a formal wizard, so the two of them only spent a little over half a month reaching the top of the underground cavern.

Looking at the marks left by the longsword on the wall, Xia Jian waved his hand and flicked the stone in the middle away.

As the stone fell to the ground, a series of buzzing sounds immediately rang out from the opposite side.

Xia Jian pursed his lips, and a mist rose around him, which then spread along the cave entrance.

Mist Concealment, a first-tier spell, was one of the spoils of the Lin Ya Ruins.

It can summon a large area of ​​mist and has a certain degree of mental interference ability, causing ordinary creatures to lose their way.

Although it's not a powerful spell, for someone like Xia Jian who has no spells to learn, learning more skills is never a bad thing.

The buzzing of the silver insects could be heard continuously from within the mist, but they could not get close to where Natsume was.

Seeing that the Fog Concealment Technique was working well, Xia Jian led Westin through the fog and arrived at the underground ruins from back then.

As the creator of the mist, Xia Jian sensed the movement within it, and then a streak of blue light flew out from Xia Jian's spatial bag.

The wooden sword was incredibly fast; the moment it entered the mist, the sound of metal clashing echoed around it.

Unfortunately, the summer season is no longer what it used to be. No matter how hard the silver insect's shell is, it can't stop the wooden sword enhanced by the sword control technique.

A blue light continuously darted through the mist. As the surrounding sounds grew fainter, Xia Jian knew that the insects had been mostly eliminated.

Xia Jian waved his hand, dispelling the mist around him, and what he saw was a ground covered with insects.

Not only were there silver flying insects on the ground, but there were also many strange black insects that couldn't fly.

With his unparalleled sword control, the strange insects were all shredded into pieces by the sharp sword energy.

Westin looked on with envy at the blue flying swords shuttling back and forth.

Although he had also learned this attribute-less skill, its power was vastly different from Xia Jian's.

The reason is that he lacks the sword energy that Xia Jian mentioned, which prevents him from unleashing the full power of this skill.

Most importantly, his swordsmanship talent was very poor. After practicing for so long, he had only barely reached level five, and that was with the help of a formal wizard's super learning ability.

Moreover, after reaching level 5 in swordsmanship, the learning speed slowed down significantly. At this rate, it's unlikely that he'll reach level 10 as Xia Jian mentioned in the near future.

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"Clean up these parasites."

Summer said to Westin, who was somewhat lost in thought beside her.

Base Rice Worms are the name of these worms. They are characterized by their preference for staying in dark places, and their hard teeth can be used to forge weapons or make alchemical tools.

Upon hearing this, Westin took out his spatial bag and began to clean up the insects on the ground. Occasionally, any insects that were not dead would be crushed by the bone spikes summoned by Westin.

Xia Jian watched this scene quietly, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

To this day, he still doesn't understand what Westin's awakened bloodline is.

This bloodline grants the holder a powerful physique and some bone-related magic.

Furthermore, unlike conventional wizards, Westin does not need to solidify spells, or rather, bloodline spells are a type of solidified spell.

This makes Westin more powerful than wizards of the same level.

However, there is one drawback: perhaps because there is a certain bestial nature in his bloodline, his rationality will be relatively reduced when he fights with all his might.

For Xia Jian, reason is the wizard's strongest weapon.

Trading strength for rationality, unless it's a battle of overwhelming power, is a negative bonus for wizards.

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While Westin was tidying up the materials, Xia Jian was not idle either, releasing his mental power to scan the underground ruins.

The base rice weevils are a matriarchal social organism. In addition to these silvery monsters that are comparable to apprentices, they should also have a queen that dominates the swarm.

Judging from the silvery insects in this area, the insect queen's strength may have reached the level of a first-tier wizard.

Xia Jian was preparing to make a weapon, so he wanted to find the Base Rice Worm Queen, whose teeth and scales would be the most suitable materials.

However, after searching around, Xia Jian did not find the golden insect queen he was looking forward to.

"No?"

Xia Jian withdrew his mental energy, frowning as he considered another possibility.

When the environment is unsuitable for survival, the eggs produced by the rice weevil mother at the base can be stored for several years or even decades until the environment becomes suitable before they hatch.

During this long period, in addition to the normal guarding insects, some insect queens may die before that time.

If that's the case, even if there are insect queen eggs here, it wouldn't be enough to forge weapons.

Furthermore, apart from a slight difference in color, the mother insect eggs are actually no different from other insect eggs from a mental perspective, making them somewhat difficult to find.

"Teacher, I'm all packed up."

Westin approached Xia Jian with the spatial bag.

"Let's split up and search for a white insect egg with gold patterns, and while we're at it, let's find all the magic stones here."

Xia took the spatial bag and casually said to Westin.

Even if they cannot be used to make weapons, these special insect queen eggs are still very valuable, even more so than second-tier Bloodweb Red Fang Crabs.

After all, the insect queen can be used to hatch insect swarms, which is a good thing for wizards who like insects.

Moreover, there are quite a few magic stones left here, enough to keep him wealthy for a long time.

"Then I'll go take a look over there."

Westin nodded, then headed south.

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After the two separated, Xia Jian used his mental power to sense the elemental concentration and quickly found three piles of magic stones, estimating that there were at least five hundred mid-grade magic stones.

During this time, Xia Jian did not touch the insect eggs inside. After all, these things were one of the resources of the wizarding world, and excessive slaughter would only lead to their extinction like the Namo Illusion Flower.

Even if there is no queen insect here, as long as there are a certain number of insects, there is a very high probability that a new queen insect will be born from them in the future.

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