Wind Affinity

"The World Power has actually increased again."

Fang Yun felt the Coiling Dragon in his mind, unable to suppress a hint of surprise in his heart. Now, the World Power had suddenly jumped from 2 to 3. It seemed that for some reason, the growth of the World Power had begun to stabilize.

In other words, regardless of the reason behind the increase in World Power, the arrival of the Blue Star lifeforms on the Yulan Continent could actually be considered a correct step.

Moreover, what concerned Fang Yun most was that after the World Power reached 3, he had regained a chance to manifest an ability.

What exactly was the World Power, and why did reaching 3 grant a manifestation ability? How much would be needed for the next time?

The manifestation ability was essentially the bottleneck of Fang Yun's cultivation, so he placed great importance on it.

Regardless of how much World Power would be required to meet the standard for manifestation in the future, obtaining a chance now at least provided him with an opportunity to become a god.

Although he was a Sovereign, his Sovereign clones could not descend into the Coiling Dragon world for the time being, and it would be very troublesome not to have a god-level clone.

Fang Yun carefully flipped through the original work in his mind and finally chose to manifest the talent of the wind-style Grand Perfection, Bayer.

Among the seven Laws and four Rules, each had its own strengths and weaknesses in terms of attack, defense, and speed. Among them, the attack and speed of the wind-style Laws were considered top-tier.

And Bayer was the only wind-style Grand Perfection powerhouse to appear in the original work.

Possessing wind-style talent like Bayer's, even without his cultivation experience, it would be no problem to reach the peak of an Asura through slow, steady cultivation in the future. The only issue might be that it would take a longer time.

As for whether he could reach Grand Perfection, Fang Yun himself had no certainty.

Just like his light-style god clone, which had not only manifested Clementin's talent but also his cultivation experience, yet still failed to reach Grand Perfection directly. This showed just how difficult it was to reach Grand Perfection.

Now that he had only manifested Bayer's talent without the cultivation experience, the possibility of reaching Grand Perfection was naturally even smaller.

After confirming the direction of the manifestation, Fang Yun consumed his manifestation opportunity to manifest Bayer's wind-style talent.

In an instant, Fang Yun's entire being became much clearer; he could seemingly feel countless cyan wind-style elements dancing and leaping around him.

Reaching out his hand, it was as if he could see the wind-style elements landing on his fingertips.

For a moment, Fang Yun seemed to have transformed into a spirit of the wind.

Even though he had experienced similar situations before, Fang Yun still couldn't help but marvel at the terrifying nature of this talent.

In such a short time, the rhythm of the wind he had felt while carving in the valley surged into his heart once again.

The wind is formless, yet it has form.

It can be as fast as a blade, carving into mountain peaks; it can also be as gentle as a palm, softly caressing a cheek.

Among those stone-carved magical beasts, some were blowing a gentle breeze, while others were caught in a hurricane.

This was a part of the mysteries of fast and slow within the wind-style Laws.

Fang Yun did not stop, continuing to immerse himself in the perception of the wind.

The same rhythm contained more than just fast and slow.

Where there is wind, there are wind elements.

The wind guided his carving, starting from all directions, the elements of space, the space of the wind.

Cutting at will, Dimension.

Just from a single rhythm of the wind, Fang Yun was now vaguely perceiving five of the nine profound mysteries of the wind-style Laws!

Of course, perceiving them did not mean he had already mastered them.

But even so, one could understand just how terrifying Bayer's wind-style talent was.

Slowly, Fang Yun opened his eyes.

To become a god, one only needed to fully comprehend one profound mystery or fuse two profound mysteries into one.

In terms of speed, comprehending one was definitely the fastest; but in terms of potential and future strength, fusing two profound mysteries was naturally better.

With his current talent, Fang Yun would naturally choose the second option.

However, when fusing two profound mysteries, which two should he choose?

Profound mysteries also had levels of superiority; for instance, the wind element, or the individual fast or slow mysteries, belonged to the lower-level profound mysteries. But Dimension and the space of the wind belonged to the higher-level profound mysteries.

For powerhouses at the same realm, the level of the profound mysteries they comprehended would also affect the strength of their power.

The best choice would be to fuse the space of the wind and Dimension.

Especially Dimension; even among all the profound mysteries of the Laws, it was at the very forefront in terms of increasing attack power.

However, the difficulty of fusing two high-level profound mysteries was too terrifying. Even with Bayer's talent, Fang Yun was not confident in fusing these two profound mysteries while at the Saint-level.

The best choice was actually to use the wind element as a foundation and fuse it with one high-level profound mystery.

However, as for which high-level profound mystery to choose, he still needed to consider it...

After settling his thoughts, Fang Yun prepared to return to the stone-carving valley for deep cultivation.

The best method was still to perform his special carving, using the act of carving to re-enter that special rhythm of the wind. Then, he would use this rhythm to conduct his insights.

As for the reason for the increase in World Power, he could wait until he became a god to investigate it carefully.

Soon, after returning to the stone-carving valley, Fang Yun directly notified Prequet and Doham to seal off the valley.

He didn't even have time to hear what the Doham brothers had to say about Linley's visit.

After stating his requirements, Fang Yun went straight to the deepest part of the valley and began carving once again.

The Doham brothers and Prequet were seeing Fang Yun with such an expression for the first time; no matter what had happened before, Fang Yun had never shown a hint of impatience.

Consequently, they took Fang Yun's request extremely seriously.

"What has happened to the Lord?"

Dohar couldn't help but ask.

"We should not ask about the Lord's affairs," Doham said, then added, "Since the Lord told us to seal off the valley, we shall stay here from now on. No one is allowed to enter and disturb the Lord until he comes out."

Although there were fewer magical beasts in the area since Prequet arrived, this was still the outer region of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and adventurers often passed through.

There were even some assassin organizations that came here to train their members.

"I will go to the other side of the valley."

After saying this, Prequet flew away directly.

The Doham brothers didn't mind; they looked at each other, and Doham said, "Let's stay here. However, we must start practicing the Tiger-striped Secret Manual as soon as possible."

The Lord was a Saint-level expert, and if they wanted to be of any help to him, they had to at least reach the Saint level themselves.

Dohar nodded in agreement.

The Tiger-striped Secret Manual was a secret manual suitable only for those with the bloodline of a Tiger-striped Warrior; others could not practice it. However, for a Tiger-striped Warrior, practicing the Tiger-striped Secret Manual yielded twice the result with half the effort.

Coupled with the fact that both of them already possessed the bodies of seventh-rank warriors, they only needed to continuously accumulate battle qi in the early stages. Although their realm had not yet advanced, their strength had improved significantly.

Time passed unnoticed during cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, another two years had passed.

During this period, Linley had visited once, but because of Fang Yun's orders, Linley had been unable to enter the valley.

Other than that, various adventurers and members of assassin organizations had come by. However, with the Doham brothers there, no one could take a single step into the valley. After all, the Doham brothers had already reached the level of eighth-rank warriors by this time. Once they transformed into Tiger-striped Warriors, they possessed the strength of the ninth rank!

Clayde, the King of the Fenlai Kingdom, was only at the ninth rank himself.

Inside the valley.

Fang Yun remained immersed in the artistic conception of his carving; recently, he hadn't even opened his eyes while carving many of the stone sculptures. The miraculous thing was that even with his eyes closed, there wasn't a single error in the stone being carved.

It was as if Fang Yun's hands were moving with the blowing wind, carving of their own accord.

"Wind Element."

Fang Yun's mind became increasingly clear.

Choosing the Wind Element was of great help to Fang Yun because the foundation of the Laws of Wind was the Wind Element. Without the existence of the Wind Element, all other profound mysteries would lose their meaning.

It was also because of his insights into the Wind Element that Fang Yun was able to become increasingly natural within this rhythm of the wind.

"Space... Dimension..."

Both of these were high-level profound mysteries within the Laws of Wind.

However, the laws of space were not manifest in the Coiling Dragon world, so the Wind of Space was not a true law of space. If one had to summarize it, it was more like an overview of the area the wind blew through, or perhaps a concept of the wind itself.

It was as if, when surrounded by a breeze, that area being surrounded could be considered the scope of the Wind of Space. It belonged to the wind's control over its own interior.

This was also the reason why Fang Yun could carve the specific shapes of the stones even with his eyes closed and without using spiritual energy to probe them. It was because the stone was surrounded by the wind, and thus, it was within his control.

As for the profound mystery of Dimension, although it belonged to the high-level profound mysteries and was one with extremely strong offensive power, the understanding of its concept was not difficult; it could only be said that it was harder to comprehend.

If one had not comprehended the Wind Element, it would be very difficult to directly comprehend Dimension.

Therefore, Fang Yun temporarily chose to use the fusion of the Wind Element and the Wind of Space as his breakthrough point.

His insight into the Wind of Space currently exceeded that of Dimension. Fusing the Wind Element and the Wind of Space would not be too difficult.

Moreover, as Fang Yun had spent these past two years using carving to re-enter that rhythm of the wind, his insight into the wind had deepened, and he had gradually gained a special realization.

The five profound mysteries of the Laws of Wind that he had perceived from the rhythm of the wind would likely not face many bottlenecks before their overall fusion in the future.

Therefore, even if he did not choose to fuse Dimension now, it would not add much difficulty to his future comprehension and fusion.

It was also because of this that Fang Yun marveled more and more at the talent of Bayer.

A heaven-gifted genius was not just a title.

As for his previous experience with the Light Sovereign avatar, although it had manifested the talent of a Grand Perfection expert, he had also spent an opportunity back then to manifest the cultivation experience of Clementin; otherwise, it would have been impossible to become a Highgod within ten years.

Because of this, the Light Sovereign avatar was not actually something Fang Yun had cultivated himself; it could only be considered as having gained an extra set of special memories.

But now, as he cultivated using his manifested wind-element talent, he truly understood just how strong the talent of those Grand Perfection experts was.

A life form possessing such talent might not appear even once in billions of years.