The Emerald Tower

After four hours of sleep, Dean woke up after the morning sun penetrated the dense fog.

Opening the window, Dean watched the sunlight scattered on the snow on the roof. The shiny reflection made him squint subconsciously. Then the cold air poured into the room completely, blowing away the muddy heat, making Dean Take a long, comfortable breath, then exhale hard.

"[Oblique Shadow Calling Art] has reached its current limit. If you want to improve, you can only find a more complete version; the night time is temporarily empty, [Sharp Palm Art] [Stone Body Art] can truly In the sense, I devoted myself wholeheartedly; but... even if it is a medium exercise technique, investing xp above lv6 is a huge amount of experience, and the XP itself needs more than the basic exercise technique, far inferior The benefits of instantly increasing to lv4 are relatively good; after all, I still lack XP!"

Dean glanced at the experience bar-[xp: 428].

It seems to be a lot, but if you calculate it carefully, there is not much at all.

First of all, [Dragon Swordsmanship] lv4→lv5 requires 800xp.

Secondly, [Physique exercises (Jade, Gaosai, Xiti)] have all reached a considerable level. If you want to improve again, the current experience is far from enough.

Third, it is [Sharp Palm Art] and [Stone Body Art]. Even if it is recognized by the system, if it is not quickly improved to the level of lv4, it will not be able to obtain the corresponding characteristics and join the real combat. in.

"[Sharp Palm Art] and [Stone Body Art] want to increase to lv4, according to the XP requirements of the medium forging secret technique, it should require 180xp, and [Physique (Emerald, Gaosai, Xiti)] now Every level up requires hundreds of xp, especially lv7→lv8. It also needs 400xp, which is far from what I can get now, plus the necessary level increase of [Dragon Swordsmanship]. I am now facing It is a huge xp loophole!"

Dean sighed silently in his heart.

"Use the existing xp to get greater benefits..."

Dean tapped his fingers on the window frame, and some thoughts came naturally.

Just like accumulating wealth.

There are no more than two ways. Increase revenue or reduce expenditure.

With Dean’s current state, throttling is inevitable, and open source is also quite —

"If I can get enough basic and auxiliary secret techniques, just use them as the improvement of physical attributes, I can also get considerable benefits-after all, whether it is the investment in xp or the time, it will take far It is lower than the medium and high level secret arts; however. It is not easy to obtain more basic and auxiliary secret arts! Even some basic and auxiliary secret arts are the same... After all, it is human nature to treasure a broom!"

With a slight sigh, Dean closed the window. Suddenly, optical fibers penetrated through the gaps in the planks, like fences, becoming more and more dazzling.

Dean turned around, passed the beams of light, and walked to the fireplace. Pick up the remaining ashes with the fire hook, find the wood sparkling with sparks, and put the wood prepared by the fireplace. He chopped and chopped again several times to make it smaller and thinner, like a small piece of wood; then he placed it on the spark and took two bites gently.

After a while, these small wood chips were ignited, and woods were placed on these small wood chips in an orderly manner.

Soon, flames appeared in the fireplace, and the room that was invaded by the cold became warm again.

Dean sat in front of the fireplace and thought about the ways he could obtain more basic and auxiliary secret skills--

"The Thieves' Guild in the Emerald Capital. It should have enough foundations and auxiliary secrets, but. It must have to pay enough Kimpton, and my current funds are not sufficient! Except for heavy purchases. There is only one. The Marquis of Vauban and the Grand Duke of Emerald have sufficient reserves of basic and auxiliary secret arts. However, the Marquis of Vauban is not suitable, so I put forward the request to ask for the essentials. If you ask for the secret arts again, it will be enough. It made the old marquis disgusted; then, there is only Grand Duke Jade..."

Dean frowned again when he thought of this.

It wasn't for other reasons. After all, with the great importance of Grand Duke Jade, now that the'White Rose' was sent to teach intermediate bodybuilding secrets, he wouldn't be stingy with some basic and auxiliary bodybuilding secrets.

However, there is one thing that Dean must consider!

distance!

He is now in Vauban, the furthest county of the four northern counties, and the territory of the Emerald Duke is in the southern three counties. Although the entire southern three counties are the territory of the Emerald Duke, the place where the Emerald Duke really is is the southernmost. Nangang Emerald Fort!

The locations of the two sides are simply different!

And to traverse the entire jadeite, even if it’s a fast-paced ride without sleep, it will take two months, and if you count back and forth, it will be four months...

This is obviously not a time that Dean can accept.

"In midsummer, the Grand Duke Jade invited me. Maybe it was more appropriate at that time. By the way, with those metal puppets, I must also travel south... And, although your instructor only knows these basic and auxiliary body-building secrets. , But it doesn't mean that she doesn't know other basic and auxiliary secret techniques; after all, as the Grand Duke's swordsman who is responsible for teaching talented young people, she must know quite a lot and miscellaneous, that's right!"

Dean changed his time and plan.

In the end, the thought that appeared made him immediately dress up and walk out of the room.

咚, 咚...

After the rhythmic knock on the door, the voice of the Grand Duke Swordsman rang--

"Dean? Come in!"

The recognition of the footsteps obviously couldn't trouble the silver knight.

"Instructor, good morning!"

Dean pushed open the door, looked at the well-dressed Grand Duke Swordsman, and greeted directly.

Obviously, he only needs four hours to replenish himself, so much less time than his powerful Silver Knight naturally needs.

"Are you worried? Although your request was a bit abrupt last night, the Marquis of Vauban will agree-after all, the most valuable thing in Defendi collar is iron ore, other than that. It's better than Tyre collar! "

After the Grand Duke's swordsman gestured Dean to sit down, he said.

"I'm not worried about this, I just need a territory. It proves that my aristocratic status and title are famous and real!"

Dean replied half-truth.

Nobles with territories are real nobles.

Such a statement. It has been circulated on Goethe very early, whether it is Jade, Gaosai or Xiti very much agree with this statement.

The archduke's swordsmanship, of course, would not be ignorant.

Therefore, after a slight silence, the Grand Duke’s swordsman nodded slightly and said: "This is an inevitable process, but you need to be more cautious; if the Marquis of Vauban is not on your side. You are the same. If you stand on your Highness’s side, last night may have been the beginning of a rapport!"

"Of course I know, so I was self-willed once-please convey my apologies to His Royal Highness and Lord Marquis on my behalf!"

Facing the kindly persuasion of the Grand Duke Swordsman, Dean naturally wouldn't have any dissatisfaction, he said very sincerely.

"I will tell you the truth; but... you are looking for me?"

The Grand Duke's swordsmanship chief nodded first, then looked at Dean suspiciously.

"I want to know more secret techniques... you don't need to be too advanced, you only need the basic and auxiliary instructors you know!"

Dean replied sternly.

"Secret techniques are not as many as possible. This will only distract your energy!"

The long face of the archduke's swordsmanship also became serious, and he quickly entered the instructor's'guidance mode'.

"I have also seen some people who want to rely on basic and auxiliary secret techniques to increase their strength. However, although basic and auxiliary secret techniques can be fairly quick to get started, they are no easier to improve than medium and high secret techniques. , It takes energy and time to complete, and the time spent on two, three basic, and auxiliary secret arts is enough to make a medium secret arts reach a considerable level-the former seems to be many, but in terms of quality In comparison, it is not necessarily the opponent of the latter; and after time has passed again, those who learn the basics and auxiliary secret arts have reached a limit. But those who learn medium and advanced secret arts are still moving forward, and the distance between the two parties will only It's getting farther and farther. In the end, the former can't even see the latter!"

"Dean, you are the most gifted teenager I have ever seen. It is far more than the teenagers I taught before. Therefore, I hope you can cherish your talent-[Giant Change] can really make you step The power of the pinnacle, and the existence of the secret technique itself is also to allow people to step on the advancement. Now you have a little guarantee, so... why don't we put more energy on this guarantee? , The strength you have gained at your age is enough to be proud of-in the previous battle in the town of Defendi, you could not intervene. It is not that you are weak or weak, but because it is a battle that does not belong to you! The ring of Mobius, It is not your opponent!"

Obviously, the Grand Duke's swordsmanship chief thought that the previous battle gave Dean this idea.

"Instructor~www.readwn.com~ I know what you said, but...I am not so reckless--I want to know more basics and auxiliary secrets, just to broaden my horizons After all, I cannot guarantee whether my enemy has any special means; therefore, I am more willing to plan ahead!"

Dean answered like this.

And this answer obviously fits the image of a ‘knight’ that Dean has always shown: stubborn, cautious, but with a trace of enthusiasm for exploration.

"Well, I can tell you something about the basic and auxiliary secret techniques that I have read, but you must ensure that you will not be distracted because of this-after all, these basic and auxiliary secret techniques are not suitable for possessing [ Giant Transformation] of you, otherwise, I've already told you!"

Seeing the stubbornness on Dean's face, the Grand Duke's swordsman finally nodded.

"This is so grateful!"

Dean bowed and saluted.

ps first update~ (to be continued)