Special Warfare Camp's Attention (Part 2)

Fengyun was especially young, which made his value even greater!

Not to mention that the Church would certainly reward Imanol generously, but if Fengyun later became an Ascetic or entered the Inquisition, that would be another valuable connection!

"Ha ha ha! Fengyun, how have you been doing in the camp these past few years? Is there anything you're dissatisfied with?"

"You jest, Deputy Division Commander. I've been doing very well in the camp. My fellow students have all treated me well, and the instructors have guided me with the utmost care and dedication. I wouldn't have achieved what I have today without the instructors' guidance and the camp's support!"

Imanol laughed happily. "Ah, why call me Deputy Division Commander? The Special Warfare Camp isn't part of the military, after all. And even in the military, I'm only a Deputy Division Commander. It isn't appropriate to address me that way."

"Strictly speaking, I'm also a teacher here. Just call me Teacher Imanol!"

Blah blah...

Yap yap...

After a round of friendly conversation, the fearsome-looking Deputy Division Commander Imanol had become a teacher who cared deeply for his students, and his title had changed to Teacher Imanol.

Fengyun, who had only just met Imanol for the first time, also went from being called Fengyun directly by Imanol to the much more intimate Little Yun.

In just a quarter of an hour, the two seemed like a teacher and student who had known each other for years. The atmosphere was exceptionally harmonious.

After seeing Fengyun off, Imanol frowned slightly and muttered, "I originally thought this kid spent all year wandering the Monster Mountain Range and had the temperament of a cultivation maniac, which was why he could comprehend the realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy at such a young age!"

"But now, it seems this kid is quite good at handling people too!"

"It would be a pity if he went to the Inquisition or became an Ascetic. I should send Lord Marcus a message first."

"Although the chances aren't high, if Lord Marcus can intercept him and arrange for the kid to train as a Personal Guard for a while before sending him to the Inquisition or making him an Ascetic, that would be far better than this teacher-student connection with no real relationship behind it."

Meanwhile, after leaving Imanol's room, Fengyun tossed the token in his hand and muttered, "Tsk, it seems I still underestimated the realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy—or rather, I underestimated myself for having comprehended it!"

"The realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy alone might not amount to much. While it's certainly worth investing in, no one knows whether I can actually break through further."

"But I'm different. I'm too young. By the continent's standard of adulthood at sixteen, I'm not even an adult yet!"

"Youth is my greatest capital. Compared to those warriors who only comprehend the realm of Control Over Self at Level 8 or Level 9, I have a greater chance of breaking through and more potential to be molded!"

"Sigh, just in case, after collecting the Body Strengthening Potions and Blood Boil, I should meet up with Daili and report my breakthrough into the realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy to the higher-ups. These next few years are the final peaceful period before the Day of Destruction."

"This unreliable organization had better not stir up any trouble for me!"

Once he reached the Exchange Office, he took out the token Imanol had just given him and went straight to a staff member, exchanging the merit he had accumulated over the years from killing magical beasts for more than a hundred bottles each of Body Strengthening Potion and Blood Boil.

As the name implied, Body Strengthening Potion could enhance one's physical constitution, while Blood Boil was used to accelerate the growth of battle qi.

In the Special Warfare Camp, as long as one went to the Monster Mountain Range for Monster Trials and accumulated merit, they could exchange merit and money for these items in the camp.

Outside, though... heh. Only great nobles had stable channels through which to obtain them.

Minor nobles could only find opportunities to acquire one or two bottles now and then. Once they had saved up enough, they would select one or two exceptionally talented children from the family's direct line to cultivate.

The growth of the body and battle qi was far easier than strengthening one's spirit and soul. This was also why, in the Coiling Dragon World, warriors cultivated faster and more easily than magi.

Fengyun had never used these two kinds of potions before, not because he could not afford to exchange for them, but because the enhanced physical constitution from the Body Strengthening Potion and the increased battle qi from Blood Boil required the warrior to personally adapt and adjust to them.

For Fengyun, whose previous goal had been ever more detailed and precise control over himself, this was an unacceptable drawback.

But now that he had broken through to the realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy, the issue of controlling the physical constitution and battle qi boosted by the potions was nothing at all.

As long as he controlled the intervals between using the potions and did not take too much at once, he would not even need to actively train or adjust. He could naturally gain precise control over his rapidly increasing battle qi and physical constitution.

There would be no negative effects on him whatsoever. This was the power of the realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy, of Control Over Self.

Now that there were no more restrictions, he naturally used up all the merit he had accumulated over the years of Monster Trials. Without spending a single coin, he exchanged for more than a hundred bottles of each potion.

"If I take one bottle a day, these potions will last me more than three months. Any more would be inconvenient to carry, so this will do for now!"

"Besides, the main purpose of the next training expedition is to bring Lin Lei along. Three months is enough!"

Afterward, he purchased some Light Magic Crystals and materials needed for Alchemy at a discounted price, then left with the potions.

The maid responsible for the exchanges watched Fengyun's bag of potions and swallowed hard, not daring to stop him.

In truth, to prevent short-sighted students and minor nobles outside from profiteering through reselling these strength-enhancing potions, the Special Warfare Camp required students to consume them immediately in the rest area prepared beside the Exchange Office after exchanging for them.

But with Imanol's token, Fengyun did not need to pay anything beyond merit for these potions. Furthermore, he would even be entitled to ten free bottles of each potion every month in the future. How could the maid possibly dare to stop him?

As Fengyun walked down the road, he casually drank a bottle of Blood Boil, split off a thread of consciousness, and circulated the battle qi within his body as he cultivated the Radiant Codex.

He had been inspired by something he had seen in television dramas before—the principle behind Quanzhen Inner Skill, where one cultivated while walking, sitting, lying down, and standing. He had hoped to gradually adapt himself to battle qi cultivation, so that even without deliberately cultivating, he would still be cultivating at every moment of daily life. However, the results had been far from satisfactory.

Before breaking through to the realm of Lifting the Light as if Heavy, even though his control over battle qi had already been very precise, he could barely cultivate battle qi while walking slowly.

Not only was the effect only sixty to seventy percent of what it was when cultivating in seated meditation, but the state would break as soon as his movements became slightly larger or his attention was even slightly distracted.

He might as well obediently sit down and cultivate to increase his battle qi!