Chapter 108: 109. Demonstration

Luoning is now an Advanced Knight and an Advanced Mage, capable of learning new Battle Techniques and Magic.

Among the books Lulansi gave him, there happened to be the ones he needed.

The Wind Attribute Level 3 Battle Skill, "Liedafeng Zhang," is a battle skill that combines both offense and defense.

While its lethality is not as strong as Wind Blade, it can easily send people flying, and at the same time, it is excellent for defending against wide-range attacks, such as arrows.

The Fire Attribute "Fire Cloud Coverage" is a battle skill that Ruidar knows, and Luoning can now learn it as well.

In terms of Magic, Luoning can learn Flame Explosion Technique and Detection Wind.

Compared to Fireball Technique, Flame Explosion Technique has a larger range, stronger impact, and more ferocious damage-dealing capability.

A single Flame Explosion Technique, if it hits an unprepared Advanced Knight, is lethal.

However, the learning difficulty of this magic is extremely high, and it also consumes a lot of Magic Power, so most magicians find it truly difficult to master.

Detection Wind is an auxiliary magic used to perceive the surrounding environment, and its learning difficulty is relatively low.

After the caster uses this spell, they can listen to information fed back by Wind Elements within a radius of three hundred meters, including Magic Power fluctuations, Battle Qi fluctuations, as well as the heartbeats and breathing sounds of animals, etc.

Due to space limitations, Luoning did not learn Flame Explosion Technique and could only practice with Detection Wind first.

The spell pattern of Level 3 Magic is simple in style, but compared to the spells of the first two levels, it has many more Spell Nodes.

For example, Flame Explosion Technique possesses twenty Spell Nodes; for a magician to delineate them all at once using Mental Power and Magic Power, they need extremely strong control.

Detection Wind is much simpler; its Spell Nodes add up to only twelve.

After trying more than a dozen times, Luoning finally successfully delineated its spell pattern in front of him.

In an instant, Luoning fell into a strange visual state.

He closed his eyes and entered a hazy cyan world; this was a special sensory world formed by Wind Elements.

Here, he could not only hear his own heartbeat but also hear the heartbeats of Maiken and the other two downstairs, while also being able to distinguish their positions.

Luoning "looked" further away and discovered the patrolling guards and the guards standing watch in the castle.

However, the closer one gets to the three-hundred-meter limit mentioned in the magic book, the lower the accuracy of this perception becomes.

"Level 3 spells are still very draining on Magic Power and Mental Power."

Luoning sensed the amount of Magic Power in his body; after so many attempts and officially casting it once, the remaining Magic Power was estimated to be enough to support him in using Fireball Technique three or four more times.

Being able to have this much Magic Power was mainly thanks to the bonuses from Attribute Points.

After Luoning advanced to the Advanced level, he still chose to add points to his Magician level first.

After consuming the 28 Attribute Points accumulated from returning to Shanlin Castle until today, his Magician level progress reached the one-eighth mark.

【Level】: 3-Advanced Knight (0/300); 3-Advanced Mage (58/400)

Explosive growth is hard to come by; Luoning can only rely on Monthly Sign-in to accumulate slowly. Although it looks a bit slow, it is definitely faster than the speed at which Breton cultivates.

Precisely because of this, a relatively peaceful environment is still very favorable for him.

After mastering the spell Detection Wind, Luoning meditated and refined Magic Power for a while, replenishing the consumption of his Mana Space, and only then did he fall into a peaceful sleep.

It is now mid-October, and the temperature in Wushan Territory is probably approaching ten degrees; the nights are still quite cold.

However, Wushan Castle naturally would not let people freeze; the sheets and quilts on Luoning's bed were refined from high-grade wool, which was not only warm but even made Luoning feel a bit hot.

After becoming an Advanced Knight, Luoning discovered that he had significant improvements in cold resistance, heat resistance, fatigue resistance, and physical fitness.

Compared to when he first transmigrated, he could be said to have been reborn.

The night passed quietly, and soon it was the next day.

After finishing breakfast, Moste came to Luoning's residence to inform him that he could take the things mentioned yesterday to Wushan Fortress.

Luoning had been prepared; these items had been taken out of his Space Ring and placed in the living room of the small building.

They were three sets of Iron Wood Shield, Ironwood Spear, and Iron Wood Breastplate, one set of Ironwood Lamellar Armor, and one Curved Plow.

For the sake of confidentiality, the Curved Plow was wrapped in a large layer of Linen Cloth.

"Maiken, you three take these things along with the servants, let's go."

Wushan Fortress.

The last time Luoning came here, he was being escorted to face the accusations of Nigen Golden Mad Lion, the representative of the Haide Family.

That day, the Wushan Family, due to the mistakes of its predecessor and Weijinsi's command, ceded five Baron Territories that had been recaptured from the Black Gold Brotherhood to the other party.

At that time, Luoning was still a little good-for-nothing waiting to be dealt with; three months later, he came here again, but this time it was to do business.

At this time, besides Lulansi, there were five other people in Wushan Fortress.

On the way here, Moste had introduced these people to Luoning; they were:

Sir Tolu Weinaer, Regiment Commander of the First Knight Order of Wushan Castle;

Jialier Weinaer, Captain of the First Squad;

Daosen, Quartermaster of the First Knight Order;

Albert, Administrator of Wushan City;

Kuli, Financial Officer of Wushan City.

Among these people, Luoning had heard the names of the first two, and among them, the name of Tolu Weinaer had been discussed the most in Wushan Territory recently.

On one hand, this Knight Order Regiment Commander's strength had broken through to the Golden Grade;

On the other hand, it was Tolu who escorted Weijinsi to Black Python City this time. It was precisely because of his protection that Weijinsi had the chance to survive.

Tolu was also injured in that battle; Luoning could not see the scars on his body, but the scar on the other party's left cheek was truly ferocious.

The Weinaer Family is not nobility, they were only enfeoffed as Knights.

However, the foundation of the Weinaer Family is good, and there is a future. Because Tolu's son, Jialier, entered the Bronze Grade at the age of thirty.

In the future, after achieving enough military merit, stepping into the true noble class will be no problem.

As for the remaining three, Luoning was not very familiar with them.

But there is no doubt that the five people who came today should be considered big shots in Wushan City, or even in Wushan Territory.

He had originally thought today would just be a simple meeting, but he hadn't expected Lulansi to bring all these people over at once.

When Luoning walked into Wushan Fortress, the people inside all cast strange looks his way.

Some were a bit confused, some were furrowing their brows in thought, and others nodded at Luoning to greet him.

After nodding in acknowledgment, Luoning led Maiken and the others to stand opposite this group of people.

Lulansi, up above, swept a glance over Luoning and his party, then said indifferently, "Since everyone has arrived, Luoning, you may begin to demonstrate the things you have brought."

"Very well, Lord Marquis!"

Luoning smiled slightly at the people before him, "I am very grateful that you all could spare time from your busy schedules to come and listen to me introduce these specialties brought from Shanlin Town."

Since he was here to talk business, he kept a humble posture and spoke very politely.

Upon hearing this opening, the group opposite him wore smiling expressions, though they were muttering to themselves in their hearts—

Could it be that this Luoning before them has truly changed his nature? His style of speaking and acting in the past was not like this at all.

They couldn't help but steal a few glances at Lulansi, who sat above without any expression; what was the meaning of Lord Marquis calling them here today?

In fact, they had been puzzled when they received the notice last night; although Moste's people told them they were coming to talk business with Luoning today, was it really as simple as just talking business?

For now, they still couldn't figure out the answer, but that didn't stop them from treating Luoning with smiles.

"Shanlin Town has a special forest where trees I have named 'Black Iron Tree' grow; their hardness is very high, so much so that even an Intermediate Peak Knight using Battle Qi would find it difficult to cut one down with a single sword strike."

"I took a fancy to its hardness, so I built an Ironwood Workshop to craft this kind of tree into defensive gear and weapons."

As he spoke, Luoning raised his hand to signal the others to look at the gear in the hands of Maiken and his group.

"These were crafted using Black Iron Tree; inviting you all here today is also with the intention of bringing them to the Knight Order to strengthen the Knight Order's combat effectiveness."

"Baron Luoning, are you saying that even an Intermediate Knight cannot cut through that Black Iron Tree with one sword strike?"

The one speaking was Tolu's son, Jialier, "I have never seen such a hard tree; I wonder if we might be able to test it with that Shield of yours in a moment?"

"Of course you can!"

Luoning smiled and said, "These items today are all for demonstration; if you are satisfied and willing to purchase them, I will have the rest transported from Shanlin Town."

(End of chapter)