Chapter 68: Accelerate Cultivation Speed!

Three hours passed unnoticed, and Gervas ceased his cultivation.

The Breath of Combat Qi is extremely draining on perception; at the Bronze Knight stage, three hours is enough to cause fatigue.

Returning to the third floor, Maid Carolyne had already prepared the warm bath as usual.

“You’ve worked hard, Carolyne! Go rest now!”

Carolyne bit her red lip, reluctantly bowed her head in response, and withdrew.

Logically, bathing one’s lord was a servant’s duty.

Yet since arriving at the domain, whether when she originally disliked Lord Gervas,

or now that she had begun to like him,

he had never allowed her to enter the bath to scrub his back.

Even after she subtly hinted at it these past two days, he still ignored her—this left Carolyne troubled and uneasy.

Gervas naturally understood his maid’s thoughts.

But Gervas had no intention of taking this nearby grass.

Though the maid had been tamed, her ambition was too strong.

Before finding a true “Empress” who could control her, if he took this nearby grass, the castle would fall into chaos.

After Carolyne left, Gervas sank comfortably into the bathtub.

After cultivation, he had sweated profusely; soaking in warm water relieved his fatigue.

Yet at that moment, faint footsteps came from behind.

Though careful, they could not escape Gervas’s ears.

Could it be Carolyne?

“Carolyne, why are you back?” Gervas asked.

But he quickly grew alert—there was no reply from behind, and the footsteps continued drawing closer.

The castle had guards and knights on duty, but it was not truly foolproof.

Gervas slowly reached for the towel.

When he sensed the footsteps were less than one and a half meters behind him, he swung his arm sharply, flinging the towel backward.

Splash!

The towel whipped up a large spray of water, sweeping backward at high speed.

Gervas also seized the moment to rise, preparing to dash toward the longsword in the corner.

“Ah!”

A cry came from behind, and Gervas froze.

“Roses?” After living together so many days, Gervas recognized Rose’s voice well.

He stopped, turned, and there indeed stood his castle’s head chef.

“Rose, what are you doing here?” Gervas asked, puzzled.

Head Chef Rose glanced at Gervas, instantly blushed, and quickly lowered her head.

“I… I…” Rose was speechless, but remembering her purpose, she clenched her teeth and spoke plainly, “I’ve come to help Lord Gervas accelerate his cultivation!”

Thud!

Good heavens! Gervas inwardly exclaimed.

Others might not understand this phrase.

But Gervas knew exactly what “accelerate cultivation” meant… well, literally accelerate cultivation, cough!

After saying this, Rose seemed to have made up her mind.

She lifted her gaze to meet Gervas’s, standing straighter.

She had come to aid Gervas’s cultivation, and her frame was already slender.

Just now, she had been drenched in water, revealing every curve.

“Rose, are you certain? I don’t pressure anyone—you must feel no burden!”

Gervas had originally acted because of her magical bloodline, but after saving her, he never leveraged it for demands.

This was the moral baseline instilled by his past-life education.

His plan was to build familiarity over several months—or half a year—then decide based on circumstances.

Rose was moved. “Lord Gervas, I am certain. I am willing to help you accelerate your cultivation!”

[Omitted here, dear readers, please understand!]

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Time turned to five days later.

Morning sunlight spilled across the bed; Gervas, having slept soundly, felt refreshed and invigorated.

The magical bloodline was indeed formidable—one session equaled at least ten days of Gervas’s normal cultivation.

Over these five days, Gervas had daily accelerated his cultivation with Rose’s aid.

Combined with the nourishment of magical herbs and colored-wing goose eggs, five days of cultivation equaled at least two months of his former pace.

Though hard to believe, the fantasy world simply did not follow logic.

Also worth noting: Gervas’s intelligence system had undergone new changes.

The day after his first cultivation session aided by Rose, the intelligence system delivered a new message.

It informed the host that the beginner phase of the intelligence system had ended, and the official intelligence phase had begun.

At first, Gervas was startled, fearing the system might have broken.

Later, he realized it had merely shifted from delivering highly concentrated, ultra-valuable intelligence to offering high-value intelligence only every few days.

This change, though slightly wasteful of time, was also reasonable.

In his past life, he had suffered the “blessing” of 996; now that he had come to this world, did he really need to endure 007 nonstop?

For instance, just days ago, he had been running nonstop all day.

So, receiving valuable intelligence every few days not only allowed him to rest.

It also gave him more time to manage his domain, without being constantly on the run—after all, good things still came, eventually.

This morning, valuable system intelligence arrived again.

【Ding, daily intelligence has refreshed…】

【Intelligence One: Your Knight Captain Lei Meng has reached the edge of a breakthrough bottleneck; he needs only a slight opportunity to ascend from Bronze Knight to Silver Knight.】

【The kingdom’s mainstream breakthrough methods are consuming breakthrough potions or potent magical herb fruits.】

【Intelligence Two: At the rocky ridge on the edge of the Death Forest, a Flame Fruit will ripen this morning. The Flame Fruit contains extremely concentrated fire-element energy, making it the ideal supplement for fire-affinity Title Knights or mages—it can enhance combat qi levels or be used during breakthroughs.】

【Note: A second-rank Fire-Swallowing Python has long coveted this Flame Fruit and has been waiting for days. To obtain the fruit, you must first eliminate it!】

【Intelligence Three: The dragon’s wounded blood did not fall only on the rocky ridge—it also soaked the grassy valley west of the ridge.】

【After days of mutation, a nascent Dragon Blood Grass field has formed there.】

【If irrigated continuously for three days with the waters of Tianehu Lake, supplying sufficient elemental and magical energy, the Dragon Blood Grass will fully mutate and advance into true first-rank magical herb: Dragon Blood Grass!】

【True Dragon Blood Grass enhances the dragon blood content of all herbivorous creatures possessing dragon blood.】

【For example, feeding Fire Steeds Dragon Blood Grass will inevitably enable them to break through into magical beasts.】

【Moreover, the feeding method remains effective long-term on all creatures below sixth rank possessing dragon blood.】

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【The system’s changes do not affect the plot—they are merely a temporal patch to prevent the timeline from moving too slowly. Readers, please don’t worry; the story remains unchanged from before!】