Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

The next day.

Summer gathered everyone together and informed Leia and the others of her decision.

Apart from Leia, the others are free to go or stay; it's fine if they don't want to go.

After all, it's far from the sacred site of Chongguang, and no one knows what might happen on the way; it all depends on each person's choice.

Perhaps due to a lack of understanding of the wizarding world, or perhaps because Le Ning and the others had no concept of their own talents, both of them chose to follow Xia Jian.

However, Xia Jian still mentioned it briefly, explaining the pros and cons.

Going against powerful forces isn't necessarily a good thing; the conflicts of interest involved will only intensify.

Compared to smaller factions, those that are reasonable are more likely to grow, and talented individuals like Le Ning are highly sought after as disciples.

Events like Gene's are, after all, rare occurrences.

It's just that Gene was too unlucky to choose such an unreliable mentor, which is what Xia Jian was worried about, fearing that Leia would be treated unfairly.

Moreover, this summer trip is just to check things out; whether or not they will join the Sogo Sacred Site is another matter entirely.

If Sibel does poorly, then there's no need for him to stay there, because that would only give others leverage over Sibel.

"As long as I'm with you, that's enough."

Compared to the calm and thoughtful Le Fan, Le Ning seemed rather brainless.

She just wanted to go with Xia Jian, and she didn't care where they went.

Le Fan felt somewhat helpless.

To be honest, he didn't want to be with Natsumi.

Because Xia Jian is about the same age as them, but his knowledge and strength far surpass theirs.

Le Fan saw no hope of catching up with Xia Jian and subconsciously began to doubt himself, which put him under great pressure.

Looking at her silly little sister, Le Ning couldn't think of a reason to refuse, and she certainly couldn't just leave her sister to fend for herself.

Seeing that the two had agreed, Xia Jian stopped trying to persuade them further.

In order not to delay the two's learning progress, Xia Jian taught them the Quidar Qi Condensation Technique and promised to teach them some knowledge related to wizards.

In reality, Xia Jian was addicted to being a teacher, which made her a dominant figure from the start.

As for Westin...

To be honest, Xia Jian was thinking of getting rid of him.

Having a high-ranking bloodline is certainly a good thing, but being old is also an undeniable fact.

He would definitely be a key figure in forces like Damons, but whether the Holy Land of Chongguang would even accept him is a question.

So Westin is in a very awkward position now, but after all, he's someone I brought up, and it wouldn't be right to just abandon him halfway through.

In the end, Xia Jian could only take things one step at a time. Perhaps one day Westin would find love and run away on his own?

Although the probability is very low...

And so, the Gang of Five was officially formed and embarked on their journey to the sacred land of Chongguang.

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Xia Jian still suffered from his lack of education.

Little did they know that the garrisoned wizards had contact information with various powerful forces, so they didn't need to go there themselves; they could simply contact them to come and pick them up.

Unfortunately, two of the five were newbies, and Leia wasn't much better off.

Westin, being a local wandering witch whom others didn't want, was also unaware of the intricacies of the situation.

Xia Jian simply didn't know much about it. If he hadn't wanted to find Shibel, he wouldn't have even come to the wizard's residence, let alone asked irrelevant questions.

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The city of Murakhai is about half a year's journey from the sacred site of Chongguang.

The five traveled during the day and cultivated at night. Along the way, Xia Jian would teach them knowledge related to wizardry and also guide them on how to survive in the wizarding world.

Xia Jian summarized it as follows: if you can win a fight, grab it; if you can't win, run away; when in doubt, running away is the best policy; and no matter when or where, the priority is to save your life.

Occasionally during the summer, he would find opportunities to let Leia and the others practice their skills.

For beginners, the worst thing to do is to be soft-hearted.

Fortunately, the three of them were mentally prepared, and with Xia Jian backing them up, they didn't cause too much trouble along the way.

However, constantly stealing, robbing, and vandalizing goes against the natural order, so Xia Jian would occasionally lead a few people to do good deeds.

For example, taking lost children home along the way, helping villages in need to punish bandits, or providing porridge and disaster relief in impoverished areas.

Compared to Leia and the others, Xia Jian was not idle either.

Aside from cultivation and teaching, he spent most of his time practicing spells and studying Mu Shuang's notes and drafts.

Unfortunately, Mu Shuang's notes were obscure and difficult to understand. They contained many high-level rune formations and rare materials, but most importantly, they lacked a divine spark.

However, it did give Natsumi a lot of inspiration.

All that's left is to find a quiet place to set up a laboratory, and then we can continue the previous experiments with flesh and blood slimes.

In Xia Jian's vision, even if he couldn't create a potion to improve his talent, he would surely be able to create a powerful weapon.

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Three and a half months later.

In a small town hotel, Xia Jian sat cross-legged on the bed.

As the meditation stopped working, Xia Jian opened his control panel.

[Name: Xia Jian]

[Talents: +1, Advanced Cultivation Talent, Advanced Mental Strength Talent, Superior Dark Element Talent]

[Rank: Grand Knight (Early Stage) Second-Tier Wizard (Mid Stage)]

[Attribute: 84.7]

[Spirit: 23.9]

[Mana: 23.6]

[Skill Points: 11.3]

[Techniques: ...Storm Battle Technique (10) Demonic Fear Meditation Technique 2nd Edition (7+1)]

[技能：摩砣文（5+1）炼药（7+1）裂魂术（10）化魔咒·异（8+1）浮莺术（5+1）影遁术（6+1）暗魔附魂（10）御剑术，雾影术（7+1）暗影球（10）汲魂（10）潜影手（10）射矢术（10）念动术（18+1）敛息诀（10）符文学（2+1）阵法学（1+1）解剖学（5+1）生物改造（4+1）基础剑术（21+1）……]

Compared to three months ago, Xia Jian's strength has improved considerably.

However, due to the lack of the Great Knight Technique, although his attributes continued to increase, his internal fighting spirit had long since stagnated.

Of course, even if he had the Great Knight Technique, it wouldn't be of any use, because Xia Jian simply didn't have time to cultivate it.

For him, the path of wizardry had exhausted all his energy, and now the path of knighthood had been completely abandoned by Xia Jian.

"It's still not quite there."

Xia Jian sighed as he looked at the panel.

If it weren't for the damage to his soul caused by the incident with Mu Shuang, his attributes would probably be even higher now.

"If this continues, we'll definitely be left behind by Shibel."

For Xia Jian, saving face was more important, so he would often pray that Xi Bei'er's cultivation would be slower.

Just then, Xia Jian's door was pushed open, and Westin led Leia and the other two into the room.

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