Bloodline Secret Methods and Orthodox Secret Methods

Over the past few days, under the guidance of the Boni Robot, Yang Feng had learned much of the basic knowledge concerning Warlocks.

"I seek truth in darkness and pursue eternal life!"

This was a famous saying of the Lord of Time, the first Warlock Emperor of the First Warlock Dynasty, and also a saying countless Warlocks revered as truth. The ultimate goal of Warlocks was to attain eternal life.

In pursuit of eternal life, countless Warlocks had left their footprints across innumerable planes, absorbing knowledge from countless planes, capturing creatures from countless planes, and conducting all manner of experiments—bloodline modifications, forbidden experiments, soul experiments, the manufacture of Mechanical Puppets, and more.

Secret methods were cultivation arts created by Warlocks after they had absorbed knowledge from innumerable planes.

Secret methods were further divided into two major categories: Bloodline Secret Methods and Orthodox Secret Methods.

Bloodline Secret Methods involved implanting the bloodline of a powerful lifeform, then cultivating a special secret method that transformed one's entire lifeform directly toward that powerful creature. This was a mature secret method developed by the Second Warlock Dynasty after countless advancement experiments and the creation of countless monsters. Before the Second Warlock Dynasty, virtually all Warlocks cultivated Orthodox Secret Methods.

Unlike Orthodox Secret Methods, Bloodline Secret Methods possessed tremendous power and an astonishingly fast cultivation speed. As long as one implanted the bloodline of a powerful creature and could withstand that powerful bloodline, then with the same resources, a Bloodline Warlock cultivating a Bloodline Secret Method could advance more than ten times faster than an orthodox Warlock.

However, Bloodline Secret Methods also had limitations. Once a bloodline transplantation had been chosen, it was difficult to change. Moreover, some powerful bloodlines possessed evolutionary potential. Once the potential of the powerful creature's bloodline implanted in the cultivator had been exhausted, any attempt to advance further would be restricted by that bloodline, making it extremely difficult to take another step forward.

Orthodox Secret Methods had no such restrictions. If a cultivator of an Orthodox Secret Method was dissatisfied with the secret method he cultivated, he could switch to another secret method at any time, or even cultivate two or three non-conflicting secret methods concurrently. Of course, changing one's primary cultivation secret method still required paying a certain price.

The Ink Sound Duo Giant God Skill was a powerful Bloodline Secret Method. The Western Extreme Ice Cold Phoenix Skill was a powerful Orthodox Secret Method. Both secret methods were many times stronger than the secret methods possessed by the Black Hut. In particular, although the Western Extreme Ice Cold Phoenix Skill was merely a technique that could be cultivated to Level-1 Warlock, it was already enough to serve as the inherited secret method of a small Warlock Lineage.

As for the secret methods cultivated by Knights, they were in fact a branch of the cultivation path of Body Tempering Warlocks. A Knight-level powerhouse possessed physical qualities equivalent to those of a Level-1 Wizard Apprentice. A Sky Knight possessed physical qualities equivalent to a Level-1 Warlock among Body Tempering Warlocks.

Both sides obtained what they wanted. After a round of pleasantries, they began exchanging cultivation experiences between Warlocks.

Yang Ye, Yang Feng's incarnation, had the memories of the Boni Robot as reference and asked Yudora many difficult questions concerning the cultivation of Level-1 Warlocks.

While Yudora guided Yang Ye through the cultivation issues of Level-1 Warlocks, she also confirmed that Yang Ye, Yang Feng's incarnation, truly possessed only the level of a Level-1 Warlock.

The two sides had an excellent conversation. Only two days later did Yudora leave Black City.

Inside the master bedroom on the third floor of the Black Wizard Tower.

Yang Feng's true body sat on a sofa draped in white bear fur. He let out a comfortable breath and slowly said, "The war has temporarily come to an end. We have gained a period of peace. Now, we can begin constructing the fortress base."

No. 3796 asked, "Where would you like the fortress base to be built?"

The Boni Robot standing to one side had his eyes flash. Two beams of light shot from his eyes, forming in midair a map marked with Yang Feng's sphere of influence.

Yang Feng said, "Build the Mobile Fortress Base in Giant Stone City! Build a permanent defensive fortress in Black City! However, there is no need to build a Matter and Energy Converter in Black City's defensive fortress."

The Matter and Energy Converter was the core component of a production base. No. 3796 possessed a great many technological creations that surpassed this era. However, due to the lack of materials, those powerful technological creations could not be mass-produced. The Matter and Energy Converter could transform energy into all kinds of materials. Only with this machine could more powerful Combat Robots and other technological creations be produced on a large scale.

The Level-1 Mobile Fortress Base currently lacked neither steel nor energy. The only thing it lacked was Dimensional Crystals, which had to be slowly converted by the Matter and Energy Converter carried by No. 3796 before they could be manufactured. If there were a large Matter and Energy Converter, Dimensional Crystals could be converted with ease.

Yang Feng intended to construct the Mobile Fortress Base because if he encountered some existence he could not resist, he could directly flee with the Mobile Fortress Base. With that large Mobile Fortress Base, no matter where he went, he could swiftly rise again from the ashes.

"Understood! What proportion of resources should be allocated to constructing the Mobile Fortress Base? Once the allocation ratio is decided, any adjustment will require an application and modification one month in advance."

Yang Feng said, "List the construction times for resource allocations of fifty percent or more."

"At a fifty percent resource allocation ratio, construction will require 3,712 days."

"At a sixty percent resource allocation ratio, construction will require 3,421 days."

"At a seventy percent resource allocation ratio, construction will require 3,012 days."

"At an eighty percent resource allocation ratio, construction will require 2,512 days."

"At a ninety percent resource allocation ratio, construction will require 1,900 days."

"At a one hundred percent resource allocation ratio, construction will require 1,221 days."

"Ten years? That's far too long!" Yang Feng frowned slightly. "If I obtain Dimensional Crystals, how many days can the construction time be shortened to?"

"Twenty days! If you can obtain enough Dimensional Crystals, I can manufacture the Mobile Fortress Base within twenty days."

Yang Feng made his decision. "Then let the resource allocation ratio be fifty percent!"

Fifty percent of the resources would be used to construct the Mobile Fortress Base, while Yang Feng intended to use the other fifty percent to expand the Mechanical Legion and increase the strength of his true body. If he poured all resources into constructing the Mobile Fortress Base, then apart from the existing Mechanical Legion, he would be unable to manufacture any new Combat Robots. Should he encounter a Great Warlock-level powerhouse, his Mechanical Legion might even be completely destroyed.

No. 3796 said, "Yes! I will immediately begin constructing the Mobile Fortress Base in Giant Stone City."

"When I leave here to study at Antalya Warlock Academy, I'll leave this place to you."

"No problem! I will strictly enforce the laws you have established."