"Swiftness" Profound Mystery

"Yes, Marquis Gallo is very likely to become king someday. Aniya, if you marry him, you'll be queen in the future!" another young noblewoman said enviously.

Hearing her companion's words, Aniya did not look happy. She merely forced out a faint smile.

A young noblewoman seated beside Aniya said, "I don't think Marquis Gallo is a good match either. He's far too domineering. He doesn't allow other men to interact with Aniya."

The round-faced young noblewoman said, "Being domineering is good. It shows how much he cares about Aniya."

"That isn't caring. That's excessive possessiveness!" the young noblewoman beside Aniya said indignantly.

The two began arguing.

"Enough. Today is for celebrating Mara, so let's not talk about me." Aniya smiled.

Hearing Aniya say this, the others did not mention it further and changed the subject.

Over the next few days, after finishing his daily training, Alex frequently looked for chances to interact with Aniya. He wanted to start as friends and gradually grow closer to her.

Andres had no intention of interfering. Matters between men and women were no one else's business; he had merely given Alex the confidence to take that first step.

As for whether Alex and Aniya would truly end up together, he did not dare make any predictions.

Although Alex liked Aniya, that affection was still only an attraction to her appearance, something rather superficial. No one could say what would happen after they truly got to know each other. Perhaps once Alex understood Aniya's personality better, he would change his mind.

However, Andres no longer concerned himself with such matters.

The day after eating at Starlight Restaurant, he went to the Goblin Merchant Guild and began guiding Teresa in learning Treating Light as Heavy and Momentum. Those were the things he cared about most.

Goblin Merchant Guild.

In a secluded courtyard, Teresa held a longsword and swung it again and again.

Meanwhile, Andres sat cross-legged on the roof of a nearby building, quietly sensing the breeze brushing against his body.

Ten days had passed since he returned to Oga City. During this time, he guided Teresa at the Goblin Merchant Guild during the day and only returned to the city at night.

Though only ten days had passed, Teresa had improved greatly and had already grasped a hint of the feeling of Treating Light as Heavy. Andres estimated that, at most, Teresa would fully master Treating Light as Heavy within one or two months.

At this moment, Teresa was practicing in the courtyard while Andres cultivated as well.

Guiding Teresa was actually quite easy for him. Whether Treating Light as Heavy or Momentum, both were states of comprehension rather than specific techniques. Thus, he did not need to watch Teresa practice constantly. He only needed to explain the key points, then let Teresa sense and comprehend them on her own.

This also gave him plenty of time for his own cultivation.

There was nothing difficult about cultivating Battle Qi. Everything simply required steady, step-by-step accumulation, without much mental effort. Thus, Andres devoted most of his attention to comprehending the Laws.

Momentum was a state of the Saint Domain, while Saint Realm experts needed to comprehend Law Profundities if they wished to become God-level experts.

The Coiling Dragon World had the Four Great Rules of Destruction, Fate, Life, and Death, as well as the seven Elemental Laws of Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Light, Darkness, and Lightning.

Each of the Four Great Rules was a complete whole. Once one comprehended them to a certain extent, heaven and earth would respond, allowing one to become a god.

The seven Elemental Laws, however, were divided into Profound Mysteries.

The Wind Elemental Law had nine Profound Mysteries, while each of the other six Elemental Laws had six.

Although the Wind Elemental Law had more Profound Mysteries, the overall difficulty of comprehending different Elemental Laws was the same. In other words, some Profound Mysteries of the Wind Elemental Law were easier to comprehend than those of other Elemental Laws.

The nine Profound Mysteries of the Wind Elemental Law were Wind Elemental Law, Cloning Technique, Sound Wave, Musical Sound, Wind Travel Technique, Wind Space, Dimension, Swiftness, and Slowness.

Comprehending any one of them, or fusing two of them to ten percent, would allow one to become a Demigod.

Comprehending three, or fusing two together, would make one a God.

Comprehending all nine would make one a Highgod, while fusing all nine would create a Paragon Highgod—the true emperor among gods.

"Wind's Swiftness..."

Andres was currently focused on comprehending the Profound Mystery of Swiftness.

Once he fully comprehended the Profound Mystery of Swiftness, he could become a Demigod.

Among the Wind Elemental Law's nine Profound Mysteries, there were differences in rank. Some were difficult to comprehend but more powerful, while others were easier to comprehend but relatively weaker.

The Profound Mystery of Swiftness was one of the easier, lower-grade Profound Mysteries.

Andres's plan was simple: first comprehend an easy, lower-grade Profound Mystery and become a god as quickly as possible.

Although higher-grade Profound Mysteries were more powerful, they also required far more time.

In the original work, Linley primarily cultivated the Earth Law, and the first Profound Mystery he comprehended was the higher-grade Earth Pulse.

Even with Linley's talent, it took him several decades to fully comprehend that Profound Mystery.

Qing Huo had once remarked that if Linley had cultivated the lower-grade Earth Elemental Law, he likely would have mastered it in two or three years.

Although Linley had already become a god by the time Qing Huo met him, and his soul was much stronger than before he became a god, making his cultivation speed considerably faster, even pre-Godhood Linley would never have needed several decades to fully comprehend the Earth Elemental Law Profound Mystery if he had focused on it.

There were also higher-grade Profound Mysteries among the Wind Elemental Law's nine, such as Dimension.

The Four Great Rules and the seven Elemental Laws each had their own characteristics. Some excelled in defense, some in the soul, and some in speed.

The Wind Elemental Law excelled most at speed and material attacks, while the Dimension Profound Mystery possessed the strongest material attack among the Wind Elemental Law's nine Profound Mysteries.

Andres's current talent was only at the level of an ordinary Highgod, far inferior to Linley's. If he stubbornly focused on the Dimension Profound Mystery, he would definitely spend even more time than Linley had spent comprehending Earth Pulse.

That was something Andres could not accept right now.

When he had faced the Saint Realm expert Ratslo in Black Mountain City, he had been powerless to resist. He did not want to experience that situation again.

He would soon head to the Sacred Tree Continent, where the Holy Alliance was located. There would be even more experts there, and he had to obtain the strength to protect himself as quickly as possible.

Although becoming a god through the Swiftness Profound Mystery would leave him weaker in combat than becoming a god through the Dimension Profound Mystery, it was easier and required less time.

As long as he became a god and possessed a Divine Domain, he would utterly crush Saint Domain experts.

Even Saint Realm experts who cultivated higher-grade Profound Mysteries would be completely unable to resist a Demigod.

After becoming a Demigod, it would not be too late to comprehend higher-grade Profound Mysteries or begin fusing them.

Andres quietly sensed the movement of the wind as he comprehended the Swiftness Profound Mystery.

There were two main bottlenecks in comprehending Profound Mysteries. The first was getting started, and the second was reaching mastery.

At present, Andres had not truly entered the doorway of the Swiftness Profound Mystery and was still in the exploratory stage. However, he believed it would not be long before he made a breakthrough.

After all, with Highgod-level talent, comprehending a lower-grade Profound Mystery was not especially difficult.