Chapter 136 The black snake breaks the limit! (First update! 5k please subscribe!)

 In the Jade King City.

 The young king listened to the dispatch.

 “Baron Black Snake…”

 The King brings back distant memories.

 He had almost forgotten that there was such a family.

 According to the laws of the kingdom, Baron Levi is indeed the legal heir of the Tulip Territory and the Storm Territory.

 But because the Duke of Montenegro interfered so much, the royal family originally wanted to turn a blind eye and take back the two territories.

 The Black Snake family has been silent for too long, and he thought that the heir Li Wei would not care about it.

 Unexpectedly, it was because of the snow demon disaster in the north.

 It made Li Wei, who originally didn’t want to come to the south, have to come.

The king called his ministers to discuss the matter.

 Finally everyone reached a consensus.

 Then let this matter pass and don’t mention it again.

 After all, the kingdom itself is unreasonable.

 The kingdom, which had just ended a long period of war, was fragile, leaking from all sides, and was in danger.

 The kingdom no longer wants to go to war.

And now Baron Levi seems to be the same top knight as his father. Even the Red Willow Divine Sword among the King's Seven Divine Swords is no match for him.

Baron Levi is in his prime. At this time, there is no need to be at odds with a top knight.

 Besides, the Black Snake Knight and his soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country before, although Li Wei finally knew that it was the Duke of Montenegro who was responsible, and it had nothing to do with the kingdom.

However, the kingdom acquiesced to the Duke of Montenegro's subsequent actions of occupying the magpie's nest, which was also wrong. It also allowed the Duke of Montenegro to continue to expand, and eventually became the catalyst for the rebellion.

 So everyone thought about it and decided that letting Baron Levi return to the territory was the most appropriate choice at the moment.

 Carrying the gifts from the kingdom, the envoys set out towards the Tulip Territory.

Not long after that, Zhenguo Shenjian also led his team to evacuate the area in the Storm Territory.

 Honghui calendar year 1014, the last few days of the end of the year.

 Livy also received a reply from the kingdom.

 The kingdom has approved your actions.

It is already legal, and the kingdom can't say anything.

  Otherwise, the power foundation of the nobles will be shaken, and the king, the "alliance leader," will not be able to sit firmly.

Li Wei naturally responded to the letter, expressing his gratitude and loyalty to the kingdom, and flattering the new king.

At the back, Duke Hongliu also came with a dark face and a ransom to take away his son and the army.

Li Wei also readily let him go.

If eyes could kill, Duke Hongliu’s old eyes could kill him countless times.

 After all, he was the rising star of their family, the life seed of Red Willow Divine Sword.

But the old guy couldn't say anything. He also received compensation from the kingdom.

Moreover, even his own son is no match for Li Wei. Li Wei's current strength is only stronger than that of the Black Snake Knight back then.

Gradually, the great nobles in the south all knew that the powerful "black snake" was back and entrenched in the Tulip Territory.

 Levy's fame also began to spread to a small extent.

 The titles "Giant Bear Lord" and "Black Snake Lord" also began to spread slowly.

 Although this is not the effect Li Wei wants to achieve, there is nothing he can do about it.

 Being low-key is not for the sake of being wronged. Sometimes, you still have to have a bit of a bad reputation, so as to avoid some troubles.

Of course, there must be a degree to this.

 This is enough for now, and you can live a stable life in the future. People can be famous, but not too famous. The fattest pigs are most likely to be sent to the slaughterhouse.

“No matter what, I can live a more stable life from now on.”

 Levi murmured in his heart.

 He heard that the snow demon in the north had appeared on the edge of Earl Yinshan's territory.

This made him glad that he moved to the south.

If you still stay in the north and are worried about Lan Shuang every day, how can you practice?

　　People sometimes have to give in.

 Facing the snow demon disaster in Icewind City.

Li Wei can only wish his old friend Earl Yinshan to tide over the difficulties.

　　Levi was not very happy after taking back the tulip collar and storm collar.

 So many territories are troublesome in themselves.

Especially since the Storm and Tulip collars are not next to each other.

 He also lacks talents in his territory now.

 Li Wei’s focus is always on cultivation, and he cannot waste too much energy on the territory.

There is no other way, he can only spend a lot of money to recruit talents to help him manage the territory.

 Previously, we only needed to manage the Blackwater Valley, and the talent issue was not very prominent.

 Today's Tulip Collar and Storm Collar are both hot cakes.

Li Wei knew that there must be many people coveting his territory.

 The talents recruited are definitely not as good as those cultivated by oneself.

 But Li Wei had nothing to do, his heart was not in this territory. Now he became the lord, simply because he didn’t want to give up his family’s property to others.

"Don't mess with me, I'm really easy to get along with, really..." Levi said to himself.

 I hope the great nobles in the south will be wiser, otherwise there may be fewer great knights in the world.

Having basically solved the territorial issues, Li Wei practiced with peace of mind, waiting for the fire paper to burn.

 Hong Kong calendar year 1015, New Year.

 Levi gave a speech in Flower City, officially announcing his return.

 The kingdom also sent envoys to congratulate him.

 This surprised Li Wei.

 More than ten years have passed since Levi traveled to this world.

 He also grew from a little boy to a twenty-five-year-old strong man.

Two meters tall, with strong muscles, an angular face, and a rough beard.

This is the look of Levi today. He is getting further and further away from his original intention of being a handsome young man and a handsome boy.

 Instead, it feels like Tsui Hark’s version of Yan Chixia in A Chinese Ghost Story.

Li Wei also went to the Blackwater Valley and took General Heng Ha to the Tulip Territory. Li Wei hid them in the dense forest behind the Flower City and classified this area as a restricted area.

 He did this entirely for the safety of his subjects.

Two giant beasts at the level of knights. If an ignorant person enters, there is a high probability that they will never come back.

 With these two giant beasts sitting in the Flower City, ordinary enemies would not know how they died when they came.

 The years passed by, and in the blink of an eye, another half year passed.

It has been more than half a year since Li Wei moved into Flower City.

 Big cities also have the benefits of big cities.

 At least Levi doesn't need to go to the city frequently when he goes to Shining Tavern.

 After all, we have it in our own city.

It’s just that Li Wei basically lacks nothing now.

 So the number of times I go to Shining Tavern is getting less and less.

 Most of the time, he is practicing.

Just go to Shining Tavern occasionally and eavesdrop on other people’s conversations.

  Or let’s see if the pyroxene has fallen.

 The meditation method still requires one point of proficiency per day, which is unbeatable.

But this is a good thing for practicing breathing techniques.

 After all, after practicing meditation every day, there is still a lot of time left.

Li Wei spent all this time practicing breathing techniques.

 He now sleeps no more than three hours a day on average, and sees the Flower City at three in the morning every day.

 With his current physique and physical fitness, he really does not need that much sleep.

 Three hours are enough for him to rest efficiently.

 Under such intense liver stress, the breathing method progressed rapidly.

However, Li Xiu also focused on breathing techniques.

 Because Black Snake has been stuck at the ninth level limit for a long time.

 So during this period, Li Wei focused on practicing the turtle breathing method, an excellent defensive breathing method.

 After more than half a year of hard work, Li Xiuxiu has reached the limit of this breathing method.

 Levi————

Elephant turtle breathing method: Level 9 (limit, can break the limit), special effect: elephant turtle (gas state).

 …

The special effect of the elephant turtle at the ninth level of the Turtle Breathing Technique is essentially the same as the black scale special effect of the Black Snake Breathing Technique.

Furthermore, Li Wei tried it and found that the defensive power of the elephant armor is almost the same as that of the black scales.

But the weevil makes it look like a turtle.

 The beauty is not as good as black scales.

 Levi’s body is now covered with layers of gaseous carapace like turtle shells.

 Suddenly, Li Wei discovered a problem. The Turtle Breathing Method and the Black Snake Breathing Method can be run at the same time.

 But the special effects of the Elephant Armor and the Black Snake can only appear one at a time.

“It seems that the special effects cannot be simply repeated and superimposed.” Levi sighed with emotion.

He thought that if the special effects of elephant armor and black scales could be superimposed, then he would not integrate the turtle breathing method with the black snake breathing method.

 But now it seems that Levi is still overthinking it.

 Just like two extraordinary defenses cannot be easily superimposed at the same time.

 Weevil and Black Scale cannot be superimposed at the same time.

 In this case, Levi has nothing to miss.

 He integrated the Turtle Breathing Technique into the Black Snake Breathing Technique, plus a superficial defensive breathing technique he had obtained previously.

Levi’s Black Snake Breathing Technique breaks the limit again.

 Levi——

 Black snake breathing method: Level 9 (1/150000), special effect: black scales (gaseous).

 …

"The Black Snake Breathing Technique can continue to be practiced again. When the Black Snake reaches the tenth level, my cultivation level should be at the same level as the former Imperial Fist and the Duke of Montenegro."

After Black Snake broke through the limit, it has gone beyond the scope of excellent quality breathing techniques.

  It should be a genuine and perfect quality breathing method.

 Livy left the castle and spent half a year in seclusion.

The fire paper is still silent.

Li Wei always carried the fire paper with him for fear of missing the call.

 “The efficiency of wizards is really low.”

 Levi couldn't help but complain.

 His stomach growled and his whale sac was empty.

 And Gluttony Bag seems to be hungry too.

 He asked his servants to prepare a large table of food for him.

 Another whole cow was prepared for the Gluttony Bag.

 Next, it’s “Gourmet Time” for the two big eaters.

While eating, Li Wei listened to the newly recruited Flower City officials' report on the situation in the territory.

 In terms of finance and military affairs in the territory, these two core departments are handled by the group of people brought out from the Blackwater Valley by Li Wei.

 One is in charge of money and the other is in charge of the army, both are very important, especially the one in charge of money.

Flower City is not Blackwater Valley. The annual financial income is still a large amount of income even for the now wealthy Li Wei, and Li Wei cannot give up.

In addition, Stormwind City’s income cannot be underestimated.

 This is also the reason why the Duke of Montenegro wanted to take over these two territories no matter what.

 So far, everything is normal in the territory.

 The situation is much better than Li Wei imagined.

 Maybe it’s because the lingering influence I left some time ago is still there, and everyone is acting honestly at the moment.

Moreover, my neighbors also express their goodwill to me in various ways.

 After all, I am still young and at the peak of my strength.

Just being a top knight is enough to scare away most enemies.

What's more, his three northern giant bears who tore apart countless enemies with their hands, as well as the well-equipped Red Blood Cavalry, left a deep impression on others.

The giant bears of the North are originally symbols of toughness, and three giant bears can be tamed as pets. In other people's minds, Levi is a rude, savage, and violent northern barbarian.

  Such people are unreasonable.

　　If you can't avoid it, don't provoke it.

 The hypocritical southern nobles naturally understand this truth.

 Finally, Li Wei heard a report on the security issues in the territory.

"Lord, there have been some strange murders in the territory recently. My subordinates are not strong enough to find out who committed the murder, but I guess that the murderer is not a human being." The Sheriff reported anxiously.

 “Oh? Not a human being.”

 Li Wei didn’t care much about things in the territory.

 But once he heard that the murderer might not be a human being, he felt no longer sleepy.

 He smelled the scent of evil spirits.

“It just so happens that my Dragon Power Seal is almost at the third level. Let’s see which lucky guy is here to deliver the food.” In order to gain proficiency in the Dragon Power Seal, Levi’s evil spirit dust is almost exhausted.

 Now only some necessary items are left for actual combat.

 I am worried that no evil spirits will catch me.

 He was thinking about opening a ghost removal agency.

At that time, let some lords who are tortured by evil spirits pay to have their spirits removed. You can get the dust of evil spirits and money, and the lords can be safe.

 It would be nice to have the best of both worlds, a win-win situation.

"Take me to see the dead. I want to see who dares to cause trouble in my territory." Li Wei sneered.

The Sheriff took Levi to the morgue.

Levi looked at the three corpses in the morgue.

“The wounds on these three victims are all similar, and I suspect that they must be from the same person.”

The Sheriff lifted up the white cloth and Levi looked at the slightly smelly corpses.

 “Where’s the heart?”

Li Wei suddenly discovered that these corpses had no hearts.

“When my subordinates discovered it, the heart was already missing.” The Sheriff couldn’t help but tremble when he thought of such a heart-eating maniac hiding in the darkness of Flower City.

 Levi observed the corpse carefully.

 The first corpse was that of an ordinary person, with a missing heart and a shriveled body.

 The second corpse was that of a formal knight who looked like a minor nobleman. Likewise, his heart was missing.

“No formal knight is an opponent, it may be an evil spirit.”

 Levi’s inner analysis.

 But he has never seen the evil spirit that attacks the heart.

According to Li Wei's understanding, creatures such as evil spirits generally do not attack physically. They attack the soul directly.

　　For example, the soul-stealing nuns and water nymphs are like this.

If it is a physical attack, the evil spirit must also be a physical entity. In the spirit state, it cannot carry out physical attacks.

 “Is it possible that the evil spirits still have physical bodies?” Levi muttered in his heart.

"I understand. You continue to increase patrols and investigations. The prisoner may be a human being. He is just disguising himself as some kind of monster by taking out his heart to deceive others. If you find a possible enemy, don't take action first. Report to me.”

 Levi said.

 Looking at it now, no matter whether the murderer is a human or not.

 In short, ordinary knights should not be opponents.

 “Okay, sir!”

The magistrate gasped and retreated as if he had been pardoned.

 Staying in front of the two-meter-tall lord, it was a little difficult to breathe.

 Levi closed the door.

 He released Tutan.

Now when he was indecisive, he would ask Tutan.

 Tutan was also an apprentice wizard.

 His knowledge must be far greater than his own.

　Tutan's face became solemn when he saw this state of death.

“If we exclude the mischievous human murderer of this kind of death, the closest and most likely one is the handiwork of a vampire.”

 “The vampire? Isn’t it an evil spirit?” Levi asked.

"It shouldn't be an evil spirit. The deceased's heart is missing, and all the blood in his body has been drained. He looks like several corpses. He should be a vampire. According to the wizard's research, vampires have appeared in the human world very early, and they have never been seen before. Stay away. They come from the intersection of multiple planes in ancient times. They are monsters left behind in our world after creatures from certain planes invaded our world."

"You have to be careful. Creatures like vampires are not as easy to deal with as ordinary evil spirits or snow demons. Evil spirits are actually deformed things born from mortals with strong obsessions combined with demonic tides. Snow demons are blue demons. Frost invasion, undead aberrations that infect mortals. Although they have some supernatural qualities, their strength is limited.

But the Vampires are different. The Vampires themselves are powerful creatures from some planes. They are as powerful as the legends. Moreover, unlike the legendary stories told by the bards, the Vampires are not afraid of the so-called silver, nor the sun, nor the sun. They are afraid of garlic. Although they don't like sunlight, they will not die when exposed to sunlight like in the story.

Even for wizard apprentices, vampires are not easy to deal with, and powerful vampires will cause headaches for even formal wizards. My suggestion is to report this matter to the church and let the church send professional people to handle it. "

Tutan said.

 “Church? Count on them?”

Levi couldn't help but think of the evil spirit that had been doing evil in Icewind City for most of the year. Today's church is a rabble.

 Can't even deal with a dangerous level evil spirit, let alone a vampire.

"Do you have any monster illustrations or other books here? As a wizard apprentice, knowledge of monsters should be a compulsory course. Otherwise, how would you deal with monsters?" Levi took the opportunity to ask.

He is lacking such a thing now. He needs to supplement some monster knowledge so that he can know his enemies and himself, and be more calm when facing the monsters that have revived from the demonic tide.

 In the pot of equivalence, a thin book appeared there.

"Knowledge is money, and things like monster manuals are also very valuable. After all, a lot of monster knowledge is the unique research results of some wizards. Generally, they will not be given to others easily, but this one I have is relatively basic. They are some common monsters. According to the principle of equivalent exchange, this manual belongs to you as the soul of a knight." Tutan said anxiously.

"No problem." Li Wei casually found a death row prisoner from the dungeon, and then exchanged the pamphlet from Tutan's hand.

 The Frankenwizard's Monster Manual.

“It seems you have a lot of good things here.” Li Wei looked at Tutan with a half-smile.

Upon seeing this, Tutan immediately slipped back into the pot.

 Levi shrugged, returned to the castle, and began to make up for his lessons.

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