"Whenever you come over, this place is truly astonishing."
Valia looked around and, as usual, expressed her amazement before picking up a fork to spear some salad, her face showing blissful colors.
"Mmm, this is really delicious."
Lin Suo's Rhein Bookstore, after a month of arranging, has figured out a new stable Logical Synthesis plan; much of the furniture is DIY by him.
Like sofas, coffee tables, glass cups...
Every aspect of life, all according to his own habits, cheated using the Power of Synthesis.
It probably resembles modern society by about fifty percent.
Placed in Koster, this metropolis bustling with traffic where various racial architectural styles exist, his place only ranks as average, without those extraordinary buildings to attract attention.
"Miss Valia, I heard that the Nature Language family once had a Wizard?"
Lin Suo's purpose was unmistakable.
After investigating, he realized another issue: going to shops specializing in the trade of Extraordinary Resources to purchase meditation methods released by the three major powers,
could easily attract the attention of Wild Wizards.
Though Koster is prosperous, the underworld's bloody dealings are just as numerous, and the Ryan Bookstore had protection fees collected by five racial gangs during this period.
Without understanding the full details and still testing the waters, he first noted it down in a small notebook and endured.
What's important is safety.
Moreover, a Wizard wanting to deal with a Knight is far too simple, even if cultivated to a Peak Knight, it's just a slightly larger ant.
In ordinary society, there's a saying: all misfortunes stem from the inadequacy of the person concerned.
In the Extraordinary World, this is an even more blatant rule.
After investigating Valia the Natural Language for half a month, Lin Suo believed the rumors were true, and Valia likely had an Elf Clan organization backing her.
Otherwise, her fruit shop wouldn't have such a stable business.
"Do you also wish to become a Wizard?"
Valia's question, almost what everyone in this era would ask, a common person's query concerning Wizards, other than for curing diseases, would be for learning.
Lin Suo looked healthy and strong.
Clearly, it wouldn't be a health issue.
"I want to become a Wizard, but the meditation methods circulated outside are too expensive; I can't afford them."
Valia nodded, agreeing, while simultaneously revealing a secret Lin Suo didn't know.
"Mr. Rhein, if you have the qualifications of a Wizard, it's best not to learn the meditation methods circulated by the three major powers."
"The Late Bell Church's Dusk Meditation Method easily causes corruption, and once it happens, it is irreversible; a corrupted Wizard's corpse is an excellent material for the Life Transformation School."
"Every year, a large number of corpses flow into the Late Bell Church."
Lin Suo was taken aback.
His heart chilled, understanding more about the Wizards of this world.
"The White Tower's Pure White Meditation Method, the Ocean Academy's Deep Sea Meditation Method all have significant flaws, their powers have specialized methods to resolve these flaws."
"But the Wild Wizards can't."
Valia ate a few more bites of salad, muttering as she spoke.
"As far as I know, any meditation method without side effects belongs to the official Wizard level and are simply not purchasable with gold coins, Mr. Rhein stumbled upon the right Elf by coming to me about this issue."
"Miss Valia, what do you mean?"
"The Nature Language family has produced more than one official Wizard; I, Valia the Natural Language, am also a high-level Wizard Apprentice."
Looking at the complacent Elf Miss, Lin Suo felt uneasy, this was different from his understanding.
Trusting information gathered solely by oneself too much wasn't good.
A hundred-year-old Elf, even with slow growth, couldn't possibly be as naive and adorable as she outwardly appeared, right?
If converted to a human's age, his bones would have all decayed.
Lin Suo narrowed his eyes, examining himself, wealth? Average, combat power? Average!
After much thinking, it seems that only his disguise as a master of languages could prove profitable.
He pondered his tone.
"Miss Valia, how can I acquire a suitable meditation method?"
The Elf lass was stunned, suddenly frowning and speaking in a twisted way, playing her part well.
"I cannot pass on the family meditation method to you..."
"If you really want it, I can introduce you to the Nature Association."
Valia's eyes lit up as she asked in Ancient Elf Language.
"Aren't you a language master? The Nature Association recently discovered an Ancient Elf relic, which contains a lot of content that needs translation. Exchanging it for a meditation method with minimal side effects should be fine."
Lin Suo's eyes shone, indeed, becoming even more wary of the Elf girl who seemed more capable of acting than an award-winning actress, responding likewise in Ancient Elf Language.
"That would be best, thank you Miss Valia."
"You really can do it! Well said, even more standard than my Elf speech."
Lin Suo remained silent with a smile.
Waiting for Valia to finish eating and leaning against the wall as she left, he then sat back behind the counter.
His thoughts were grim.
Thought himself flawless and investigated secretly.
But still, trouble came knocking, having attracted the attentions of a calculating force.
"The Nature Association, huh..."
Tapping his finger on the table, being a target was indeed regrettable, Lin Suo silently warned himself to be even more careful in the future.
Scanning his own progress over the past month, he felt a slight increase in his sense of security.
[Talent: Synthesize All Things]
[Rank: Upper Knight (93/100)]
[Transcendent: Moon Disk Breathing Technique (Red), Original Beast Breathing Technique +2 (23/100)]
[Arts: Language Master (Red), Medicine +3 (21/100), Noble Etiquette +1 (18/100), Cooking Skill +1 (32/100)]
[Status: Healthy, Energetic]
"Almost at Peak Knight level, with one more week of hard work, I should be able to break through."
A new breathing technique, acquired from an exhibit at the Antique Guild.
Carved on a broken stone tablet in Ancient Beastman Language, it was an unexpected delight stored by the Antique Guild.
According to what was recorded on the tablet.
The Original Beast Breathing Technique was a method used by Beastmen to enhance their physical bodies ten thousand years ago, before Wizards were born.
The modern Knight Breathing Technique is actually derived from the ancient legacy of the Beastmen, analyzed and improved by Wizards.
The effects are similar.
But it's more primitive and fierce, each time Lin Suo practiced, he felt as though his beast blood was boiling and his passion aflame.
Correspondingly, the effect was even more remarkable, compatible with modern top-level breathing techniques, and even surpassed them somewhat.
If further strengthened five times beyond the limit, it might reach an unprecedented realm above the Peak Knight, becoming a pioneer on the Knight's Path.
Even if it doesn't reach that level, the extraordinary reactions brought by Red Grade Fusion could possibly achieve that, currently the only way he provides a sense of safety for himself.
As long as he does not die, he trains as if courting death.
For Valia's matter, since he had agreed, he must also prepare well.