After four hours of sleep, Dean woke up in the morning when the sun had penetrated the fog.

Pushing open the window, Dean watched the sunlight scatter on the snow on the roof, the shiny reflection made him squint subconsciously, and then the cold air completely poured into the room, blowing away the turbid heat, making Dean take a long breath of comfort, and then exhale hard.

"The [Shadow Calling Technique] has reached its current limit, and if you want to improve, you can only find a more complete version; The time of the night is temporarily empty, and the [Sharp Palm Technique] [Stone Body Technique] can be fully devoted in the true sense; But...... Even if it is a medium body forging technique, investing XP above Lv6 is quite a huge amount of experience, and the XP required by itself exceeds the basic body forging technique, which is far less cost-effective than the income ratio obtained by instantly increasing to Lv4; After all, I'm still short of XP! ”

Dean glanced at the experience bar, [XP:428].

It may seem like a lot, but if you calculate it carefully, there are not many at all.

First of all, [Dragon Swordsmanship] Lv4 → Lv5 require 800 XP.

Secondly, the [Body Forging Technique (Jade, Gao Sai, Xiti)] has already reached a considerable level, and if you want to improve again, these experiences in front of you are far from enough.

Third, it is the [Sharp Palm Technique] and the [Stone Body Technique], even if it is recognized by the system, if it is not quickly improved to Lv4 Cheng dù, it will not be able to obtain the corresponding characteristics and join the actual combat in the real sense.

"If you want to increase both [Sharp Palm] and [Stone Technique] to Lv4, the XP requirement of the Medium Body Forging Secret Technique is to be followed. 180XP should be required. And [Body Forging (Jade, Gaosai, Siti)] now requires hundreds of XP for each level. Especially Lv7→Lv8, it takes 400XP, which is far from what I can get now, plus the necessary level increase of [Dragon Swordsmanship], I am now facing a huge XP vulnerability! ”

Dean sighed silently in his heart.

"Get the ...... with your existing XP"

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

It's like accumulating wealth.

There are only two ways, open source or throttling.

In Dean's current state, throttling is inevitable. And open source is also quite -

"If I can obtain enough basic and auxiliary secret arts, just using them as an improvement in physical attributes, I can also get considerable benefits - after all, whether it is the investment of XP or the investment of time, it is far lower than that of medium and high secret arts; However, it is not very easy to get more basic and auxiliary secret arts! Even if it's just some basic, supportive arcane arts...... After all, it's human nature to cherish oneself! ”

With a slight sigh, Dean closed the window. Suddenly, the Dao Dao fiber penetrated through the gap in the wooden board. It's like a fence, more and more dazzling.

Dean turned and walked through the pillar of light, and walked to the fireplace, and took the fire hook to pick up the remaining ashes, found the wood that shimmered with sparks, and chopped the wood prepared by the fireplace several times, making it smaller and thinner, like small pieces of wood; Then he put it on the spark and blew it lightly.

After a few moments, the small pieces of wood were ignited, and the pieces of wood were placed on them in an orderly manner.

Soon, a flame appeared in the fireplace, and the room was warmed up again.

Dean sat in front of the fireplace, thinking about the way he could get more foundations and support for the arcane arts.

"The thieves' guild in the Emerald Capital should have enough foundation and auxiliary secret arts, but it must be done with enough Kimpton, and I don't have enough money right now! In addition to the heavy purchases, only the Marquis of Vauban and the Archduke of Jade have sufficient reserves of foundation and auxiliary secret arts, but the Marquis of Vauban is not suitable, so I put forward a request for a land, and if I ask to read the secret arts, it is enough to make the old marquis disgusted; Then, only the Jade Grand Duke is there......"

Dean thought of this, and his brow furrowed again.

It's not for other reasons, after all, with the importance that Grand Duke Jade attaches to him, since he has sent the 'White Rose' to teach the medium body forging secret technique, he will no longer be stingy with some basic and auxiliary body forging secret techniques.

However, there is one thing that Dean must consider!

Distance!

He is now in Vauban County, the farthest of the four northern counties, and the territory of the Emerald Grand Duke is in the three southern counties, although the entire three southern counties are the territory of the Emerald Grand Duke, but the real place where the Emerald Grand Duke is located is the southernmost Nangang Emerald Castle!

The location of the two sides is simply like the opposite of each other!

And across the entire jadeite, even if it is a continuous fast horse without sleep, it will take two months, and if you count the back and forth, it will be four months......

This is clearly not a time that Dean can accept.

"In the middle of summer, the Grand Duke of Jade invited me, perhaps it was more appropriate at that time, and by the way, those metal golems also made me have to go south...... Moreover, although Your Excellency Instructor can only use these basic and auxiliary body forging secret techniques, it does not mean that she does not know other basic and auxiliary secret techniques; After all, as the chief swordsman of the Grand Duke, who is responsible for teaching talented young people, she must know quite a lot and miscellaneous, right! ”

Dean changes time and plans.

And in the end, the thought that appeared made him immediately get dressed and walk out of the room.

Knock, knock......

After the rhythmic knocking on the door, the voice of the Grand Duke Swordsman's chief sounded-

"Dean? Come on in! ”

The recognition of footsteps is obviously difficult for silver-level knights.

"Good morning, instructor!"

Dean pushed open the door and looked at the equally well-dressed Grand Duke Swordsman, greeting him straight.

Obviously, he only needed four hours to replenish himself, which was far less than his mighty Silver Knight would naturally need.

"Feeling apprehensive? Although your request last night was a bit abrupt, but. The Marquis de Vauban would have agreed—after all. The most valuable thing in the Fendi collar is iron ore. Other than that, it's better than Tyre! ”

The Grand Duke's swordsman motioned for Dean to sit down, and then said this.

"I'm not worried about this, I just need a piece of territory to prove that my nobility and title are famous!"

Dean replied half-truthfully.

The nobles who have a territory are the real nobles.

Such a saying has been circulating in Goddez for a long time, and both Jade, Gosai and Seti all agree with this statement.

The Grand Duke's swordsmanship is long. Of course, I don't know.

Therefore, after a slight silence, the Grand Duke's swordsmanship chief nodded slightly: "This is an inevitable process, but you need to be careful; If the Marquis Vauban hadn't been on His Highness's side, and you had also been on His Highness's side, last night might have been the beginning of a bad fight! ”

"Of course I know, so I willful once - please go for it in my place to His Highness and the Marquis. Convey my apologies! ”

In the face of the good-natured persuasion of the Grand Duke Sword Master, Dean naturally had no dissatisfaction. He said with great sincerity.

"I'll tell you the truth; But...... Are you looking for me? ”

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

"I want to know more about the secret arts...... You don't need to be too advanced, you just need the instructor to know the basics and auxiliaries! ”

Dean replied with a straight face.

"Arcane techniques are not always better, they will only distract you!"

The Grand Duke's swordsman's face was also stern, 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, but although the basic and auxiliary secret arts can be fairly quickly introduced, they are not at all easier than medium and advanced secret arts, and they all require energy and time to complete, and the time spent on two or three basic and auxiliary secret arts is enough to make a medium secret art reach a considerable level - the former seems to be many, but in terms of quality, it is not necessarily the opponent of the latter; And after the passage of time again, the learning foundation and auxiliary arcstics have reached a limit, while the intermediate and advanced arcstics are still moving forward, the distance between the two sides will only get farther and farther, and in the end, the former can't even see the latter's back! ”

"Dean, you are the most talented teenager I have ever seen, far more than the teenagers I taught before, therefore, I hope you can cherish your talent - [Giant Change] is the power that can really make you step on the peak, and the preservation of the secret art itself is also to allow people to step on the advance, you now have a little guarantee, so...... Why don't we put more effort into that guarantee? What's more, the strength you have gained at your age is enough to be proud of - you can't interfere in the previous battle in Delfendi Town, not because you are weak and powerless, but because it is a battle that does not belong to you! The Ring of Morbius, it's no match for you! ”

Obviously, the Grand Duke's swordsman thought that the previous battle had made Dean think so.

"Instructor, I know what you said, it's just ...... I don't want to be so reckless—I want to know more basic and auxiliary secret arts, but I just want to broaden my horizons, after all, I can't guarantee that my enemies have any special means; Therefore, I am more willing to plan ahead! ”

Dean replied.

And this answer is obviously very much in line with the 'knight' image that Dean has always presented: stubborn, cautious, but with a hint of enthusiasm for exploration.

"Okay, I can tell you something, I've looked through the basic and auxiliary secret arts, but you have to make sure that you won't be distracted by this-after all, these basic and auxiliary secret techniques are not suitable for you who have [Giant Transformation], otherwise, I would have already told you!"

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

"I can't thank you enough!"

Dean bent down and saluted.

PS first update ~ (to be continued......)