Hyde Ridge

Hyde Ridge

As Zhao Nan prepared to look for Roslet, he didn't set out right away. Instead, he opened the system's status panel to take a look.

[Host: Zhao Nan

Talents: Wind Element—Superior; Earth Element—Superior; Fire Element—Intermediate;

Bloodline: None;

Magic Level: Early Saint-level;

Warrior Level: Seventh Grade;

Secret Technique: Visualization Technique;

Laws and Profound Mysteries: Wind Laws (Wind Element 2%, Wind Space 1%);

Profound Mystery Fusion: 1% fusion of two Wind Element mysteries (Wind Element, Wind Space);

Disciple: (SSS Rank) Linley Baruch (shared);

Items: One set of Saint-level equipment;

System Acceleration: Level One.]

[Disciple Name: Linley Baruch

Disciple Rank: SSS

Disciple Talents: Wind Element—Superior; Earth Element—Superior; Fire Element—Intermediate;

Disciple Bloodline: Dragonblood Warrior (not activated);

Disciple Secret Technique: Visualization Technique;

Disciple Magic Realm: Second-level Mage;

Disciple Warrior Realm: First-level Warrior.]

Seeing the Laws and Profound Mysteries and Profound Mystery Fusion that had appeared on his status panel, his own magic level upgraded to Saint-level, and his equipment becoming Saint-level as well, along with the secret technique that had appeared on his disciple's panel, Zhao Nan nodded.

He closed the panel, then shot straight into the sky and flew toward the Hanmu Kingdom.

Although Roslet had left several days earlier, the caravan was slow, and Roslet had been hoping Zhao Nan would catch up. As a result, Zhao Nan spotted it in less than half a day.

Not wanting to reveal his strength, Zhao Nan simply landed and cast the spell Extreme Speed, then hurried after the caravan.

With the strength of a seventh-grade warrior and the boost from Extreme Speed, Zhao Nan reached the caravan in less than half an hour.

The guards escorting the caravan sensed the commotion behind them and stopped, turning to look.

Roslet was the first to spot Zhao Nan.

Once he realized it was Zhao Nan, Roslet hurried over to meet him.

The noble who had hired him had only said Zhao Nan was a fifth-level mage. But after the battle with the Wind Wolves, Roslet no longer believed Zhao Nan was merely a fifth-level mage.

Of course, even if Zhao Nan really was a fifth-level mage, a fifth-level mage who wielded both Earth and Wind magic was more than worthy of respect from a sixth-level warrior like him.

Seeing Roslet leave the caravan to welcome him, Zhao Nan's lips curled slightly. He slowed down and walked over to meet him.

After they greeted each other, Roslet thanked Zhao Nan for his help in the earlier battle, then offered him two-thirds of the Magic Cores.

Zhao Nan casually waved his hand, showing no interest in the Magic Cores. He only quietly reminded Roslet not to reveal his strength.

Now that he had reached Saint-level, Zhao Nan didn't have much need for money. He wasn't building a faction or doing anything else that would cost him much.

So he figured the guards might as well have a little extra income.

He wasn't asking Roslet to keep quiet because he was afraid of anything; he simply didn't see the need to draw attention to himself.

After all, he had only possessed a Wind talent before, and now he could use Earth magic. That could easily attract unwanted attention.

Though Zhao Nan wasn't afraid of anyone, the trouble wasn't worth it.

For now, he only wanted to quietly take on disciples and focus on cultivating.

While Linley, the Person of Uncertain Fate, had yet to grow up, and the Yulan Continent was still relatively peaceful, Zhao Nan wanted to cultivate as much as he could.

Though Roslet was a warrior, he had seen plenty of hardship and easily understood what Zhao Nan meant. He immediately assured him that he knew nothing.

Roslet was curious why Zhao Nan chose not to reveal his strength, since doing so could have earned him better treatment. But if Zhao Nan didn't want him to, Roslet wouldn't do anything to put him in a difficult position.

After chatting a little more about the caravan's journey, Zhao Nan returned to the carriage and resumed cultivating.

This time, however, he didn't cultivate the Laws and Profound Mysteries. Instead, he once again practiced the Visualization Technique he had created.

Now he wanted to find out whether his Visualization Technique could still be cultivated after he had reached Saint-level.

As Zhao Nan began using his soul force to sketch out a Saint-level Magical Beast, he suddenly discovered that although the Visualization Technique still worked, it wasn't as effective as he had imagined.

He wondered whether this was because his own strength had increased and the Visualization Technique had reached its limit, or because he was visualizing a Saint-level Magical Beast that was on a similar level to him.

Unfortunately, there weren't many gods on the Yulan Continent at the moment, so Zhao Nan could only think it through on his own.

Still, he didn't give up on the Visualization Technique. Although it no longer had that special effect, it was still much more effective than letting his soul force grow naturally.

The caravan encountered quite a few problems on the way, but Roslet dealt with them all.

Two and a half months later, the caravan finally reached Muhan City, the imperial capital of the Hanmu Kingdom.

Muhan City was the caravan's final stop. After bidding Roslet a fond farewell, Zhao Nan asked the person who had come to receive the goods about the Hyde Clan, one of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans.

The Hyde Clan was one of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans and was renowned for forging weapons, so the man knew of them.

He then gave Zhao Nan the clan's address.

After learning where the Hyde Clan was, Zhao Nan headed there alone.

The Hyde Clan's home was not far from Muhan City, only about fifty kilometers away, in a place called Hyde Ridge.

After hearing the name, Zhao Nan couldn't help thinking that craftsmen really could make a living in any world.

After leaving Roslet's caravan, Zhao Nan first found somewhere to eat, wash up, and rest. The next day, he hired a carriage and headed for Hyde Ridge.

When they reached a spot not far from Hyde Ridge, Zhao Nan saw that the carriage could go no farther. The road was blocked.

He hadn't expected traffic jams to be a thing in the Coiling Dragon World, too.

The driver told Zhao Nan that this was a common sight at Hyde Ridge.

The Hyde Clan was renowned throughout the Yulan Continent for its skill at forging weapons, so countless caravans came to Hyde Ridge to buy goods every day.

After learning the reason, Zhao Nan paid the driver and got out, planning to walk the rest of the way alone.

But before he had gone far, several people with weapons strapped to their backs stopped him.