Cesar

Half a month later!

For the past half month, Zhao Nan and Ace had been staying at the Bark Five Brothers' home, teaching all six of them various cultivation methods.

Although the Bark Five Brothers didn't cultivate battle qi, Zhao Nan was a Saint Realm mage of the Earth Element, so he naturally knew the Gravity Spell.

Throughout those two weeks, Zhao Nan had continuously set up Gravity Spells of various levels, making the five brothers work out under their effects.

They practiced basic exercises from his previous life, such as push-ups, squats, and sit-ups, along with running, weightlifting, and other essential training methods.

Of course, Zhao Nan also taught the five brothers his secret Visualization Technique.

But whether it was because the five brothers had limited potential or for some other reason, they could only visualize things at or below their own level.

Zhao Nan didn't understand exactly why this was, but he didn't dwell on it. He would figure it out someday.

Naturally, during those two weeks, Zhao Nan also assimilated the five brothers' talents.

Boone, Hazer, and Ankh had A-grade potential, and Zhao Nan shared their warrior levels;

Barker had S-grade potential, and Zhao Nan shared his bloodline talent and warrior level;

Gates had SS-grade potential, and Zhao Nan could share three of his talents. He chose Gates's bloodline talent, warrior level, and Earth Laws talent.

After Zhao Nan assimilated the five brothers' talents, his warrior level immediately broke through to that of a ninth-level warrior. He also gained the Undying Warrior bloodline, and his Earth Element talent improved further.

At this point, Zhao Nan's status panel had changed to the following:

[Host: Zhao Nan

Talents: Wind Element, Super-grade; Earth Element, Super-grade; Fire Element, Super-grade;

Bloodline: Undying Warrior;

Magic Level: Saint Realm Mid-Stage;

Warrior Level: Ninth-level;

Secret Technique: Visualization Technique;

Laws and Mysteries: Wind Laws (Wind Element 3%, Wind Space 2%), Earth Laws (Earth Element 2%, Pulse of the Earth 3%);

Fused Mysteries: Two Wind Element mysteries fused, 2% (Wind Element, Wind Space); two Earth Element mysteries fused, 2% (Earth Element, Pulse of the Earth);

Disciples: (SSS-grade) Linley Baruch (shared); (SSS-grade) Ace Hyde (shared); (SS) Gates Amanda (shared); (S) Barker Armand (shared); Buen Amanda (shared); (A) Anke Amanda (shared); (A) Black Shark Amanda (shared);

Items: One set of Saint Realm equipment;

System Acceleration: Level Three.]

Zhao Nan looked at the changes on his panel and nodded with satisfaction.

The changes included the addition of bloodline power and his warrior level rising to ninth-level, while his system acceleration had only reached Level Three, not Level Seven.

Clearly, something about this was different, but the system offered no explanation.

Still, now that system acceleration had reached Level Three, both Ace and the Bark Five Brothers cultivated much faster than they otherwise would have.

As Zhao Nan and his six disciples were training, a thin man dressed entirely in black suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

The moment the man appeared, Zhao Nan looked up at him.

"Cesar?" Zhao Nan asked, his tone sounding uncertain even though he was sure of the answer.

Cesar raised his brows at Zhao Nan's words, then curled his lips into a smile. "You're not very old, are you?"

"Right. I'll be nineteen after the New Year." Zhao Nan smiled at Cesar, who looked frail but was surrounded by an overwhelming aura of killing intent.

"Whoa!

"Then you must be the youngest Saint Realm expert on the entire Yulan Continent."

Cesar was silent for a moment, then let out a long breath before speaking.

"I suppose so." Zhao Nan replied, then patted Barker on the head. "Go pour some tea, you blockhead!"

"Oh, right!

"Yes, teacher." Barker froze for a moment, then hurriedly answered and went inside to fetch tea.

Soon, a cup of tea was placed in front of Cesar.

Cesar glanced at Barker and nodded, then turned his gaze directly to Zhao Nan.

After a long while, Cesar asked, "How did you know I was connected to the Amandas?

"And how did you know I had the Undying Secret Manual?"

"Lord Cesar, I may be young, but I can read.

"There's a book that records many things about the Four Ultimate Warriors. Among them are the tales of the Undying Warrior Amanda and the King of Assassins, Cesar, traveling across the continent."

Zhao Nan took a sip of tea, then spoke in an unhurried tone.

Cesar stared at Zhao Nan for a long moment before saying, "Then please look after Amanda's descendants."

As soon as Cesar finished speaking, a thick book flew straight toward Zhao Nan. Then Cesar vanished from the spot.

Zhao Nan took the Undying Secret Manual and glanced at the spot where Cesar had been. With a faint smile, he didn't bother to dwell on it. Instead, he opened the manual and began to read.

Now that Zhao Nan had shared the bloodline of the Barker brothers, he could no longer cultivate other battle-qi manuals.

So despite having a warrior's level, he had no battle qi to use and could only rely on his physical strength.

Zhao Nan had powerful soul force, so he read quickly. In less than half an hour, he had finished the entire Undying Secret Manual.

After finishing it, Zhao Nan put the manual into his spatial ring, then stood up and told Ace and the Bark Five Brothers to stay put while he studied it. He would teach them once he was done.

The Bark Five Brothers all answered.

Zhao Nan returned to his room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began circulating battle qi according to the cultivation method in the Undying Secret Manual.

As he circulated his battle qi, Zhao Nan could clearly feel something inside him beginning to awaken.

He knew very well that it was the bloodline power of the Undying Warrior.

Zhao Nan paid it no mind. Although he had shared the bloodline power, he didn't want to transform into an Undying Warrior.

He wouldn't know how to explain it to the Bark Five Brothers. More importantly, if Beirut, the true Overgod of the Yulan Continent, found out, would he cut Zhao Nan apart to study him?

So even though Zhao Nan could share bloodlines, he would never transform.

Time passed, and his battle qi circulated faster and faster.

After an hour, the amount of battle qi he had stored had risen to the level of an eighth-level warrior.