Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

Two weeks later, on the playground in the backyard of the manor.

At this moment, three people were standing on the playground. One of them was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties who was practicing swordsmanship, while Xia Jian and the butler, Hodson, were watching from the side.

"Hilder, the young master wishes to learn swordsmanship from you and also ask some questions about knighthood."

After Hilder finished training, Hodson stepped forward, smiled, and pointed at Xia Jian, saying...

"Young Master Dudley, learning about knighthood is very arduous. Instead of studying these things, you should take care of the business left by the master."

Herder didn't even look up, just kept talking to himself while wiping the longsword in his hand.

Summer did not show any displeasure at Herder's attitude.

In this world, a knight's strength and status are directly proportional, and even the manor owner would not make things difficult for Hilder because of a few words.

"I just want to train my body, or you can teach me some swordsmanship so I can practice on my own for fun."

Xia Jian smiled and gestured for the butler to take a gold coin and hand it to Herder.

Herder raised an eyebrow upon seeing this, not expecting Xia Jian to be so generous, after all, he knew the wealth of the manor owner, Feng Demeng.

If I continue spending at this rate in the summer, I'm afraid I'll be begging on the streets soon.

After hesitating for a moment, Herder accepted the gold coin: "Since young master wants to learn, then come and learn from me."

"However, sword practice is very hard. If you can't handle it, you should stop practicing to avoid injuring your body."

As Held spoke, he put the gold coins into his pocket, but in his heart he was wondering if he should find another buyer.

"Then thank you very much, Sir Herder."

Upon hearing this, Xia Jian smiled.

These days, money can solve most problems, let alone a knight who has no business sense.

Even the strongest warrior needs to eat, not to mention that Hilder is already over fifty years old, and it will be almost impossible for him to advance to the rank of mid-level knight in this lifetime.

Plus, with all the fighting and killing I've done in my youth, if I don't save money now, I'll probably have a hard time getting old.

…………

Since he didn't know much about the Knights, Natsume asked some questions about them.

The main focus is on how a knight determines their rank and how they subsequently break through to higher levels.

Since Hilder had taken Natsumi's money, she explained things in great detail, giving Natsumi a general understanding of the profession.

In Herder's account, knights are divided into apprentice, novice, intermediate, and high-ranking knights.

The apprentice's strength is roughly equivalent to that of three normal adults.

After reaching this stage, the blood and qi in the body will become abundant, as if there is inexhaustible strength.

At this point, one needs to transform one's blood energy into battle qi, which will then form a seed of battle qi, thus naturally reaching the initial stage of a knight.

However, this step is very difficult. Many people gradually control and transform the power of blood and qi through constant fighting.

Once you have battle aura, your combat power will undergo a substantial change. Apprentices will not even be able to harm novice knights, and killing ordinary people will be as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

Xia Jian listened intently, but soon noticed something was wrong and opened his own panel.

[Name: Xia Jian]

[Talent: +1, Advanced Cultivation Talent]

[Rank: Knight Apprentice (Perfect)]

[Attribute: 5.7 (Slightly stronger than the average person)]

[Cultivation Technique: Basic Cultivation Method (6+1)]

[技能：霍尔德语（1+1）製药（1+1）绘画（0+1）唱歌（1+1）网路游戏（6+1）……]

Looking at his own screen, Xia Jian was filled with questions.

The power of three people?

Could it be...?

Through diligent training, the speed at which his attributes accumulated far exceeded Xia Jian's expectations.

Logically, the rate at which attributes increase should slow down, since there are limits to how much a person's body can be trained, and drug resistance can develop when taking medicine.

With the help of the '+1' talent, the current basic cultivation method is no longer the same as before.

The contents have been almost completely changed, which is why attributes can be improved quickly.

His attributes were already far superior to those of a knight apprentice, but apart from feeling much stronger, he didn't feel any surge of vitality.

Xia Jian frowned inwardly: 'Is it a physical problem? Or is there a problem with the cultivation method?'

But the panel also says "perfect", which puzzled Xia Jian. Perhaps it was calculated according to the average person?

After all, he is not from this world, and his physical structure may be slightly different.

"Next, I'll teach you some basic sword techniques."

Just as Xia Jian was lost in thought, Hilder got up, took a sword, and tossed it to Xia Jian, but as she turned away, she shook her head inwardly.

If he can even get distracted while talking, the path of a knight is not suitable for him. It will probably be long before Natsuma gives up.

"That's good, I've earned a gold coin for free. I heard this guy bought a lot of high-grade body-tempering pills, looks like I'll have to find a chance to try and swindle some from this silly young master."

…………

Under Hilder's tutelage, Natsume officially began his swordsmanship training.

For Xia Jian, having strong physical abilities alone is ultimately not enough.

After all, there are too many uncertainties in fighting. If Xia Jian suffers a loss due to someone who doesn't know how to fight, he will truly die with regrets.

Therefore, he studied exceptionally hard during the summer.

In particular, when basic sword skills appear on the panel, one's understanding of sword skills also increases rapidly.

Moreover, although Hilder taught Natsuma swordsmanship because of the money, he did not hold back his knowledge. On the contrary, he imparted all his swordsmanship experience to her.

However, Hilder actually had other ideas. He just wanted to let Natsume know the difficulty of learning swordsmanship in advance, hoping to force Natsume to give up practicing swordsmanship.

Unfortunately, Xia Jian had an experience bonus far exceeding that of ordinary people, and the swordsmanship experience taught by Hilder became the key to rapidly leveling up his basic swordsmanship.

Xia Jian knew the importance of concealing his abilities, so he never used his power beyond that of ordinary people when he was out in public.

Even sparring with Hilder is the same; it's simply for the purpose of practicing swordsmanship.

However, perhaps because his performance was too 'ordinary', Hodson repeatedly nagged him to give up.

But having experienced the exhilaration of increased power, how could Natsume possibly stop?

…………

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Xia Jian got out of bed early.

Looking at the withered yellow leaves falling outside the window, although the weather had turned cool, Xia Jian, whose constitution had undergone a qualitative change, didn't feel much of a difference.

"It's time to make money."

Xia Jian sighed, looking somewhat helpless.

Because of his huge need for elixirs, after all that trouble, he now only has two gold coins left. If he doesn't make money soon, he'll be starving.

Fortunately, a solution has been found in the summer, and we are ready to put it into action today.

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