Zhao Nan watched Linley struggle to cut apart the Sawtooth Boar's body. It looked like the task would take a while, so he turned his attention to the system panel!
[Disciple Name: Linley Baruch Disciple Level: SSS Disciple Talent: Wind Element, Earth Element: Supreme; Fire Element: Medium; Disciple Bloodline: Dragonblood Warrior (Not Activated); Disciple Realm: None;]
Zhao Nan looked over Linley's attributes, then instructed the system, "Share Linley's talent!"
[Understood, Host.]
[Upon checking, the only talents your disciple can currently share are Wind Element: Supreme; Earth Element: Supreme; and Fire Element: Medium.]
[Sharing will begin now!]
As the system's voice faded, Zhao Nan felt an unseen force surge into his body from the void.
After a while, the force disappeared.
Once it was gone, Zhao Nan closed his eyes and carefully sensed his surroundings. The elemental energies he'd struggled to feel before now seemed to gather around him of their own accord.
He sensed the blue Wind Element and yellow Earth Element around him, as well as the red Fire Element farther away.
After observing them carefully, Zhao Nan realized that the blue Wind Element was more lively than the yellow Earth Element. It seemed his Wind Element talent had now reached Supreme-Supreme, a little higher than his Supreme Earth Element talent.
Clearly, his Wind Element talent had combined with Linley's.
Once he was done sensing the elements, Zhao Nan opened his eyes again.
After this experience, he finally understood the system.
He realized that he might have to follow the path of taking on disciples from now on.
But he wasn't in a hurry. He was only a Level Seven Mage and a Level Seven warrior, while the talented people on the Yulan Continent were stronger than him or had already joined someone else.
At the same time, Zhao Nan noticed that after sharing Linley's talent, a new attribute had appeared on his status panel: Level One Acceleration.
[Host: Zhao Nan Talent: Wind Element: Supreme; Earth Element: Supreme; Fire Element: Medium; Bloodline: None; Magic Level: Seven; Warrior Level: Seven; Disciple: (SSS Level) Linley Baruch (Shared); Items: One set of Level Seven equipment; System Acceleration: Level One;]
Seeing this, Zhao Nan asked the system, What does System Acceleration mean?
[Host, in addition to sharing your disciples' talents and realms, this system can also accelerate your disciples' comprehension and cultivation while you teach them.]
"How can I increase the multiplier?" Zhao Nan asked after hearing the explanation.
[The system can accelerate your disciples as long as you take on an SSS-level disciple.]
Once Zhao Nan understood, he didn't ask anything else. He closed the system and turned his attention to Linley.
Linley was bent over, working hard to cut up the magical beast's body!
"All right, little Linley. Step back and let me do it!" Seeing Linley drenched in sweat, Zhao Nan smiled and walked over. He patted the boy's head and spoke.
"Ah! Don't worry, Teacher. I can do it!" Linley thought Zhao Nan was unhappy because he was taking too long, so he hurriedly explained.
"All right, Linley, I know you can do it. But you're still too young and too weak, so let me handle it. Once you're stronger, I'll let you do it, okay?" Zhao Nan understood what Linley meant and explained.
"All right, Teacher. I'll study hard under you and become a strong person!" Linley said with a pout.
After helping Linley to his feet, Zhao Nan extended a finger. A tiny but exceptionally condensed Wind Blade appeared at its tip.
After his Wind Element talent reached Supreme-Supreme, Zhao Nan had become capable of this.
The Wind Blade in his hand was razor-sharp. With a casual swipe, he opened the beast's forehead, and a Level Three Magic Core dropped from the Sawtooth Boar's head.
Zhao Nan moved quickly. In just ten minutes, he had collected all the Magic Cores from the group of Sawtooth Boars, though there were only three Level Three Magic Cores.
Zhao Nan handed the three cores to Linley. "Little Linley, take these three Magic Cores. Give them to your father when we get home."
After speaking, Zhao Nan placed the cores directly into Linley's hands, then swept his arm and stored the magical beasts' corpses.
Once he was done, Zhao Nan took Linley toward Wushan Town.
As soon as they got home, Linley handed the Magic Cores Zhao Nan had given him to Hogg.
As a noble, Hogg naturally didn't want to accept them, but after Zhao Nan persuaded him, he finally put them away.
After Hogg had put away the cores, Zhao Nan swept his hand again, and a magical beast's corpse appeared in the courtyard.
Hogg hurriedly had someone take the corpse away and ordered that it be served for dinner that day.
While Hogg was speaking, Linley's younger brother, Wharton, came toddling over and hugged Linley's leg. With his still-unclear pronunciation, he said, "B-brother!"
Linley doted on his little brother. He scooped Wharton up and played with him.
Zhao Nan and Hogg watched the two brothers play.
After a while, Hogg finally came to his senses and hurriedly said to Zhao Nan, "Mr. Zhao Nan, shall we talk inside?"
"Of course. After you, Mr. Hogg," Zhao Nan said with a smile.
Once inside, the two took their seats.
After sitting down, Zhao Nan and Hogg began talking about the history, customs, and culture of the Yulan Continent.
As a transmigrator and a mage, Zhao Nan had an excellent memory and had read plenty of books.
Hogg was a noble who couldn't cultivate, so he had been limited to reading.
The two talked with great enthusiasm.
They moved from stone sculptures to other art forms, then from art to literature, and from literature to music.
At last, they turned to the Four Ultimate Warriors.
Of course, Zhao Nan had steered the conversation there.
Having read the original story, Zhao Nan knew very well that after Linley came of age and Wharton left, Hogg would embark on his path of revenge.
And his father's death would drive Linley to grow stronger without stopping!
It would also be revenge that caused Doehring Cowart to perish for good, becoming Linley's greatest regret. Not even achieving transcendence could make up for it.
Now that Linley had become his disciple, Zhao Nan was determined to help him make up for that regret!
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