Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

One week later.

Xia Jian checked his stats; they had reached 14 points.

The pills were very effective, increasing cultivation efficiency by approximately 0.05.

Of course, the reason I cultivated so quickly before was because I had taken second-generation pills.

Excluding the effects of the first-generation pills, the actual growth rate is around 0.12, and the overall rate is around 0.25 per day.

Furthermore, the cultivation process of "Quedar Qi Condensation Technique" is more complicated than that of basic knightly techniques, and it can only be practiced a few times a day, which is one of the reasons for the slow cultivation.

Overall, it's slower than practicing the basic methods, but the improvement in physical strength is a gradual process.

Just like folding paper, it only gets harder and harder as you go on, and you might even reach a point where you can't fold it anymore. His situation is already much better than others.

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After finishing his training for the day, Xia Jian looked at Leia, who was diligently cultivating to the side.

Leia is too young, so to avoid any problems during her training, Xia Jian had her train with him so that he could take care of her if anything happened.

At this moment, Leia was cultivating with extraordinary diligence, her clothes already soaked with sweat.

But Xia Jian sighed inwardly.

I thought I had picked up the chosen one, but I didn't expect Leia to start with a lung fog, it would be an exaggeration to say that she has no talent at all.

If one possesses the same advanced cultivation talent as Xia Jian, a week would be enough to increase their attributes to over 2.

After all, Leia was practicing a super-enhanced version of the basic cultivation method!

However, the expectation and the result were clearly different.

Because Leia was a child, her strength was only 0.5 before, but now it has only increased to 1.2.

If it were any other knight, they would have been so excited they couldn't sleep at night.

It may seem exaggerated, but it actually relies on the support of super basic cultivation methods and elixirs.

From this perspective, continuing to cultivate in this way seems like a viable option.

However, cultivation has a decay period, and it only becomes more and more difficult as you go on.

Leia's starting point has already been raised to the maximum. It's unknown how long it would take to accumulate ten points of maximum attributes and then break through to the beginner knight level.

It could be a year, or it could be three to five years.

Thinking about this, Xia Jian touched his chin, and thought... it's not so bad?

Xia Jian had also learned about this; even for knights with advanced cultivation talent, it was normal for them to break through to the initial knight level in two or three years.

However, as his student, such cultivation efficiency clearly did not meet Xia Jian's expectations.

"teacher."

Seeing Xia Jian looking over, Leia stopped her cultivation and greeted him excitedly.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Xia Jian patted Leia's head, feeling quite satisfied with his diligent apprentice.

Unfortunately, knightly talent not only means training speed, but also the success rate of breakthroughs, which is one of the reasons why ordinary people don't want to become knights.

Talent, cultivation methods, and cultivation resources are all indispensable.

Without talent, one's future achievements will ultimately be limited. Whether Leia can break through to the level of a beginner knight depends on whether God will grant her the talent.

Even if you manage to break through by sheer luck, you can't be so lucky every time in the future.

"Thank you for your hard work, teacher," Leia said with a polite bow.

"Go wash up, your uncle invited us to an auction today."

Xia Jian smiled, sent the sweaty Leia away, and returned to his room to wash up.

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After some commotion, the group arrived in Phyllis's carriage at a tall, three-story building.

Alicin Auction House, the largest auction house in Cherlan City.

The first floor is a normal trading market, the second floor is for valuables, and the third floor is where Xia Jian and the others are headed today.

Those who come here are either rich or powerful; those who are not doing so well don't even qualify to enter the second level.

As a time traveler, Xia Jian was quite curious about the auction, since it contained many novel items that he had never seen before. This was also the reason why Xia Jian agreed to attend the auction with Phyllis.

However, if it weren't for Phyllis, Xia Jian might have gone directly to the auction house to sell pills, which would have saved him a lot of time.

Led by the staff, the three of them arrived at the third floor without any problems.

Compared to the crowded second floor, the third floor was significantly less crowded; in fact, there were fewer people inside than the number of staff.

"Phyllis, it's been so long!"

Just as the waiter was leading the group to the private room, a man in his thirties, wearing a black suit and with a small mustache, came up to them.

The man was very enthusiastic and immediately gave Phyllis a big hug.

If it weren't for Phyllis's winking expression, Natsumi might have really thought the two were good friends.

"Simon, I heard you found a girlfriend. How about we all get together for a meal sometime?"

After the two separated, Phyllis gave a professional smile and said...

Simon tried to pat Phyllis on the shoulder, but Phyllis dodged it by getting close to Natsumi.

"Of course, of course. Your pill business has been doing quite well lately. We can talk about cooperation sometime." Simon wasn't embarrassed at all, still smiling broadly.

"The auction is about to begin, let's talk about this later."

Before Simon could speak again, Phyllis gave Xia Jian a wink, then walked past Simon toward the private room.

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"You bastard, wait until I make enough money to buy your whole house!"

Phyllis started swearing as soon as she entered the door.

Natsumi was curious about the relationship between the two and only found out after asking that they were actually friends before.

The Simon family deals in elixirs, while the Phyllis family mainly deals in the trade of local specialties between cities.

Because they didn't have much conflict of interest, the two would often go out together for tea and a chat.

However, since Xia Jian appeared, Phyllis has interfered in the elixir business, and even went so far as to poach a pharmacist from the Simon family at a high price.

Since they were going to do business in elixirs, having only one product was simply not enough, and this led to a rift between the two.

Now he doesn't even drink tea anymore, he's just thinking about how to sabotage the other party, preferably ruining their business. As long as he doesn't get involved with the lord, he'll do whatever he wants.

After hearing Phyllis's story, Xia Jian had to admit that he admired Phyllis's courage.

If it were Xia Jian himself, adhering to the principle of "the less trouble, the better," he would only earn enough money to get by and would never rashly create an enemy for himself.

But perhaps that's just how business people are; if they're going to make money, they might as well be a little more greedy.

Of course, this is under the condition that both are equal.

If an ordinary person did this, they would probably be in serious trouble the next day, and no one would give them any chance to develop.

Even more extreme individuals believe that in a world where force can be wielded, it is not difficult for an ordinary person to simply vanish into thin air.

Moreover, once a business reaches a certain level, there are countless ways to force you to leave.

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