Chapter 25: A Year's Change

However, when Tang San cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Technique, the energy naturally influenced those wisps of wind element energy once inhaled. Then, they were transformed into the essence of heaven and earth and facilitated the cultivation of the Mysterious Heaven Technique without any problems.

But Tang San desired something else. He wanted to become more powerful, and this power couldn’t be solely derived from the Mysterious Heaven Technique.

At that moment, he used the Mysterious Heaven Technique to activate the Wind Blade imprint within his body, allowing a portion of his Mysterious Heaven Technique to transform into the energy that generated the Wind Blades.

Within this imprint, Tang San immediately felt something different. As he transformed, the surrounding wind element began to stir. The Wind Blade imprint within Tang San's body acted as a focal point, drawing in the wind element energy into his body.

Tang San attempted to absorb this energy into his body through this focal point, but he found that there seemed to be a barrier within his body preventing it. However, he could manage to manipulate some of the wind element energy in the surrounding air, albeit with some difficulty.

As he formed a wind blade in his palm, the wind blade's ability to absorb the wind element energy in the air became more apparent, and the wind blade itself became visibly more powerful.

Now, that's something!

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

At that moment, Tang San began to understand something crucial. In this mystical world, elements weren't readily controlled. They followed specific rules, and they were drawn to those with bloodlines sharing similar elemental traits. It was as if elements had their language, only comprehensible by those with matching bloodlines.

In other words, the wolf demons of the Wind Wolf Clan could absorb the wind element from the air to strengthen their bloodline. Even vassals could absorb these elements if they had the Wind Wolf bloodline. Bloodlines seem to act as a filter for natural forces.

Thus, the reason he couldn't absorb it was that he had pure human blood, without any trace of the Wind Wolf Clan's bloodline. The Mysterious Heaven Technique could transform these elemental powers but couldn't directly absorb them from the air. Instead, it could draw the wind wolf bloodline energy from Wind Wolf Clan members to strengthen his Wind Blade.

The inability to absorb spiritual energy was why humans were so weak. After all, ordinary humans, who did not have demon blood, simply could not cultivate. In this world, there were no methods suitable for their cultivation. Thus, humans had naturally become slaves. The only reason they hadn't been completely wiped out was their strong reproductive ability.

Having understood this, his perception of this world deepened even further.

Practicing within this wind element array was most beneficial for speeding up his progress in the Mysterious Heaven Technique. Still, it didn't have much impact on his connection to the wind element itself.

Of course, Tang San wasn't worried about this aspect. In this town, everything was lacking but Wind Wolves. Now that his Mysterious Heaven Technique had reached the fourth stage, his overall strength had improved significantly. Obtaining more bloodline power from some Wind Wolves would naturally be more manageable now.

Tang San made his plans for the cultivation that was to follow.

He would cultivate in the wind element array on the house's second floor every night. And on the following day's evening, he would creep out of the house and look for lone members of the Wind Wolf Clan.

He didn't pick the fourth-order Wind Wolves, who were stronger but rarer. Instead, he targeted the third-order Wind Wolves.

From every third-order Wind Wolf he found, he would only absorb a third of its bloodline power. This power could be quickly recuperated in a couple of days, leaving the target slightly weaker and none the wiser.

Absorbing less power meant Tang San would digest that more quickly. Almost every time, this absorbed power could be integrated in two days. The absorption was beneficial for cultivating the energy of the Mysterious Heaven Technique and improving his mastery of the Wind Blade.

The days were passing uneventfully.

The Wang brothers and Ling Muxue had good innate talent, and under the careful training of Wang Yanfeng, they made quick progress. A year passed, and the four of them had reached the cultivation level of a second-order Wind Wolf. According to their bloodline triggers and awakening, it seemed that they would have no trouble getting to the third order after three years.

Once all of them could use the Wind Blade, Wang Yanfeng started teaching them the hidden weapon techniques that he had learned from Tang San.

As Tang San anticipated, his cultivation of the Mysterious Heaven Technique had slowed down due to the suppression of the dimension. It had been one year, and he had yet to reach the fifth order. However, he did get stronger as he practiced other things he had learned in his past life.

Under the careful guardianship of Wang Yanfeng, the five of them were well taken care of and started showing significant changes.

First and foremost, there was the matter of their physical condition. When they had first arrived, they had all been pale and emaciated, extremely frail and feeble. However, after a year of eating properly and training well, they had all grown significantly healthier.

Wang Chao had already reached adulthood, and he had a muscular physique, standing at over 1.8m tall, which was considered quite tall among humans.

Wang Zhong still appeared thin, but there was a sense of inner strength in him. His small eyes were always narrowed, with a hint of coldness. He spoke the least among them but was the most dedicated in his training.

Among the three Wang brothers, Wang Xiaolei was the most lively, but he had something else on his mind. He often revolved around Ling Muxue, which annoyed her.

Despite being quite a bit younger, Wang Xiaolei had reached a considerable height, standing at over 1.7 meters, slightly taller than Wang Zhong. It was likely that he would grow even taller in adulthood, surpassing Wang Chao.

The most significant transformation was seen in Ling Muxue. Through her dedication to training and proper nutrition, the girl who had once appeared small and delicate had now become vibrant and full of life. At eleven, she had just started to enter adolescence, and her height was around 1.5 meters.

As for Tang San, his changes were the least noticeable. He still appeared somewhat slender and hadn't experienced significant growth in height, making him the most unremarkable-looking among the group of five.

"Tang San, come here for a moment." After finishing the morning cultural class, Wang Yanfeng once again called Tang San upstairs. The other four had already become accustomed to this routine.

Tang San followed Wang Yanfeng upstairs and entered a room. Wang Yanfeng pointed to the wall. When Tang San's gaze fell on what was hanging on the wall, his eyes brightened. It was a map, a rough-looking map.

Wang Yanfeng said, "This is what you've been wanting all along. I found it for you. It wasn't easy, I tell you. By the way, there's an opportunity coming up. The Wind Wolf Lord has asked me to visit Jialing City, and I can take an attendant with me. How about you come with me?"

"Entering the city?" Tang San's eyes instantly lit up, and his usually calm gaze was filled with excitement.

Over the past year, he had learned the written language of the Daemon Continent under Wang Yanfeng's guidance. Wang Yanfeng had told him many legends about the demons and nymphs, as well as different races. For him, studying culture was far more critical than the afternoon practice.

However, it had been nine years since arriving in this world, yet he had never left the Wind Wolf Town.