Wind of Knowing

The Magical Beast Mountain Range is boundless.

Stepping into it, ancient trees that have grown for hundreds or thousands of years block out the sky, while all sorts of weeds and tangled thorns grow in abundance. The ground is covered in layers of withered, fallen leaves; every step produces a crisp sound, and the surroundings are thick with old vines and weeds.

"In this kind of deep forest that has existed for who knows how long, the weeds and vines are so dense that even if a magical beast were hiding ten meters away, you wouldn't be able to see it with your eyes," Lin Feng felt a shiver run through his heart.

Doehring Cowart was right beside him.

"Forget ten meters away, Lin Feng. In this patch of weeds right in front of you, there might even be a large python hiding," Doehring Cowart said with a smile.

Lin Feng couldn't help but look at the patch of weeds before him. These weeds were extremely lush, nearly waist-high. It was indeed possible for a python to be hidden within such dense growth. Taking a deep breath, Lin Feng stood in place and silently recited a magic incantation.

Suddenly, a faint breeze centered on Lin Feng dispersed in all directions, eventually dissipating into the world.

Wind-style magic: Wind of Knowing!

Generally, once one reaches the level of a third-rank mage, they can cast the Wind of Knowing. However, the stronger the individual, the wider the range of the Wind of Knowing. A third-rank mage's Wind of Knowing only covers a range of about ten meters, while a fifth-rank mage's can cover over a hundred meters.

"Within this range of nearly two hundred meters, there are only some first-rank Bubble Rabbits and a few second-rank Earth Scorpions," Lin Feng said confidently.

The Wind of Knowing can sense the shape and aura of living creatures.

"Don't be too confident. Powerful magical beasts can burrow underground, and some Saint-level magical beasts can even disguise themselves," Doehring Cowart reminded him, then smiled. "Of course, you are just a small fry; those powerful magical beasts don't need to disguise themselves or sneak around when facing you."

Hearing this, Lin Feng became even more cautious.

From the experiences of the Lin Feng in the original book, he knew well the dangers of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Although his current strength was slightly higher than that of the Lin Feng in the book, he was now accompanied by Dilia, who was only a second-rank mage. A second-rank mage's strength was practically negligible in the treacherous Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Lin Feng moved quietly through the Magical Beast Mountain Range, carefully watching his surroundings. The little Shadow Mouse on his shoulder was also observing the area with great seriousness, its two little rolling eyes cautiously scanning in all directions. As for Dilia, who couldn't even cast the Wind of Knowing, she could only cling to Lin Feng's side. The two of them and one magical beast gradually ventured deeper into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

"The Magical Beast Mountain Range is over ten thousand li long and generally seven or eight hundred li wide. In the outermost hundred-li range, there are mostly low-rank magical beasts. If you go deeper than a hundred li, fifth and sixth-rank magical beasts become common. If you go even deeper, seventh, eighth, and ninth-rank magical beasts will be numerous, and there might even be Saint-level magical beasts."

Doehring Cowart was once again explaining some information about the Magical Beast Mountain Range to Lin Feng. Although Lin Feng already knew most of this, it wasn't as clear as when Doehring Cowart explained it.

"Of course, this isn't absolute. Maybe some bored ninth-rank magical beast will run to the outer perimeter for a stroll," Doehring Cowart teased. "It's also possible you'll be unlucky enough to run into a large pack of over ten thousand magical wolves. If that happens, you can only say your luck is bad."

Hearing Doehring Cowart say this, Lin Feng couldn't help but curl his lips.

Because of Dilia's presence, Lin Feng was in no rush to head toward the interior of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. They were currently in the outermost perimeter, where only first or second-rank low-level magical beasts existed—perfect for honing Dilia's combat skills.

"Dilia, tonight's dinner is up to you. There are three Bubble Rabbits fifty meters ahead; go and kill them."

"Oh!" Dilia nodded obediently. She then moved toward the Bubble Rabbits in the direction Lin Feng pointed. Lin Feng and Beibei followed silently behind her.

When Dilia saw the three Bubble Rabbits quietly eating grass, she suddenly turned her head to Lin Feng and said, "Lin Feng, they are so cute. Can we not kill them?"

Lin Feng rolled his eyes and nearly fainted. In such a dangerous place as the Magical Beast Mountain Range, she was actually feeling sympathy for magical beasts—this wasn't how one should go about seeking death.

"Remember, in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, except for me and Beibei, every other living creature is an enemy, including all magical beasts and the humans who come here to hunt them," Lin Feng said with a stern expression.

Lin Feng knew that a moment of carelessness in the Magical Beast Mountain Range could lead to death. He didn't want them to die here later because of Dilia's sympathy. Therefore, it was better to nip her sympathy in the bud early on.

"Humans? Are we not even supposed to trust humans in the Magical Beast Mountain Range?" Dilia's eyes widened.

Lin Feng sneered upon hearing this. "The most dangerous things in the Magical Beast Mountain Range are not the magical beasts, but the humans of our own kind. Although magical beasts are ferocious, they aren't greedy; they only attack us to fill their stomachs. Furthermore, they don't use schemes and generally attack head-on. Relatively speaking, it is the sinister and cunning humans that one needs to guard against more."

Dilia nodded, seemingly understanding, and waved her fair hand. A small wind blade flew toward one of the three Bubble Rabbits.

Although the Bubble Rabbit was only a first-rank magical beast, it was much stronger than an ordinary wild animal. Sensing danger, it immediately fled. The other two startled Bubble Rabbits also jumped into the grass and disappeared.

"Boss, if Big Sister-in-law keeps fighting like this, we're going to go hungry today." Standing on Lin Feng's shoulder, Beibei looked dejected.

Lin Feng was also speechless. Given Dilia's strength as a second-rank mage, killing these three first-rank Bubble Rabbits should have been easy. But the small wind blade she had sent out was less of an attack and more of a way to scare them off.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Feng knew that if he didn't act, they might really go hungry today.

He cast the Wind of Knowing, located a few Bubble Rabbits, killed them, skinned them, set up a rack, and roasted them.

Lin Feng ate one, Dilia ate half of one, and the rest were eaten by Beibei. He didn't know how Beibei's tiny body could hold several times its own volume in Bubble Rabbit meat.

The next day, Lin Feng and the others still didn't head deeper into the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Today's task was simple: let Dilia kill a Bubble Rabbit with her own hands.

Dilia finally hardened her heart and killed a Bubble Rabbit herself.

Slaughtering Bubble Rabbits was no longer difficult for Dilia, so Lin Feng assigned her a new task: killing the second-rank Earth Scorpion.

Although the Earth Scorpion was stronger than the Bubble Rabbit, its appearance was truly unappealing, failing to trigger Dilia's sympathy, which led to her completing the task quickly.

Although Dilia could kill the Earth Scorpion, there was still a gap between her performance and Lin Feng's requirement of a one-hit kill. Therefore, for the next month, Dilia fought Earth Scorpions every day. As one Earth Scorpion after another was taken down by Dilia, her combat skills became increasingly proficient, and her speed in killing them grew faster. She went from struggling to fight a single Earth Scorpion to being able to handle the attacks of five at once.

Lying lazily on Lin Feng's shoulder, Beibei watched Dilia killing Earth Scorpions while sending a soul transmission to Lin Feng: "Boss, how long are you planning to let Big Sister-in-law kill these Earth Scorpions? If she keeps killing them like this, I reckon the Earth Scorpions for dozens of li around will go extinct."

Today was the twenty-ninth day since Lin Feng and the others entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Over the past month, the number of Earth Scorpions that had died at Dilia's hands was at least eight hundred, if not a thousand.

Lin Feng spread his hands and said, "There's no other way. You know Dilia is soft-hearted; if I don't let her train, it would be harming her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Besides, with her strength as a second-rank mage, only the slow and weak-attacking Earth Scorpions are suitable as her training targets."

"I estimate that in about half a month, Dilia will be able to advance to a third-rank mage. By then, we can change her training targets."

On the forty-seventh day, after Dilia casually killed an Earth Scorpion with a single wind blade, she suddenly felt refreshed. She had leveled up. After fighting Earth Scorpions for over a month, Dilia had finally advanced from a second-rank mage to a third-rank mage. The cost, however, was the lives of thousands of Earth Scorpions.

Feeling that she had leveled up, Dilia immediately abandoned her current opponent, an Earth Scorpion, and ran to Lin Feng's side, excitedly saying, "Lin Feng, I leveled up! I finally leveled up!"

Dilia's excitement was plain to see. Although she had been fighting Earth Scorpions every day for over a month and had long since grown bored and numb, these things were trivial compared to the improvement in her strength. It had taken her a full year to go from a first-rank mage to a second-rank mage back then, but now it had taken her less than two months to go from second-rank to third-rank.

Combat was indeed the best way to break through one's limits.

"Congratulations, Dilia." This was all within Lin Feng's expectations. After all, although Dilia's talent couldn't compare to his or Dixie's, she was still an official student of the Ernst Institute; her talent was naturally not bad.

"Wuwu, Boss, Big Sister-in-law has already reached the third-rank mage level. Don't let her kill these Earth Scorpions anymore. I've been so sick of looking at these Earth Scorpions these past few days," Beibei, lying on Lin Feng's shoulder, complained with a hint of grievance via soul transmission.

"Haha, stop complaining. Starting tomorrow, we head toward the interior of the Magical Beast Mountain Range," Lin Feng laughed, announcing their itinerary.