Lord: Starting from the Pit-Dwelling Courtyard

Chapter 112: Guidance

There are ten days left until the Goblin Blackthorn Cleanup.

Neuschwanstein Castle in the castle district has been completed.

Ron began placing eight-ox crossbows inside the tower and on the outer city walls.

Ron had just come down from the tower when Fanta arrived with his men.

These past few days, the lord's guard duties have been taken over by Mrs. Moriel and the Women's Guard.

Not only the Women's Guard, but even the young girls who hadn't joined the Women's Guard came.

Ron assigned them all their own unique female breathing techniques.

These girls have been tested for aptitude for over a month, but none of them have become knight apprentices.

As a result, after only a few days with the lord, more than half of them became knight apprentices, which was even faster than the male apprentices.

Now that Mrs. Moriel has left with her people, it would be strange if Fanta didn't rush to bring his own people over.

Ron, seeing that Fenda had brought eight knights at once, asked irritably, "Aren't you going to manage the new recruit training? Who's in charge of the new batch of men that Doron sent?"

Fanta's tanned face, tanned from the Blackthorn Wasteland, turned bright red, and he couldn't utter a single word, much to the frustration of the knight beside him, who stamped his feet in exasperation.

Wallace stepped forward, looking guilty, and said, "My lord, Lord Leonardo is in charge of army training, and Pare is overseeing the training of new recruits."

Ron's expression softened, and he asked, "So you want me to give you cultivation advice too?"

Fanta and his team were overjoyed.

If it weren't for the fact that this would also strengthen his own territory, Ron would have loved to drive them all away.

Ron pondered for a moment and said, "From now on, every knight who joins the territory will have one opportunity to receive guidance. If you want me to give you guidance and advice again in the future, you will have to exchange it for 10,000 work points."

There are three advantages to doing this. First, it can improve the overall strength of your subordinates, so that you can better deal with the upcoming war with the goblins.

Second: The 10,000 work points are meant to prevent certain people from becoming dependent on him and always coming to him for guidance.

It's alright now that there are few people in the territory, but in the future, when there are more people, the daily guidance alone will keep Ron extremely busy.

Third: Over time, word will inevitably spread that he can guide knights to train quickly, which will naturally become one of the benefits for the territory to attract talent.

"Thank you, lord!"

Fanta was the first to arrive, and Ron nodded slightly after looking at his attributes.

Fanta is one of the lucky ones. When he first came into contact with breathing techniques, he chose the one that suited him best. So he cultivated to the Earth Knight level without any major incidents. However, his talent was limited, and he could only reach the middle stage of the Earth Knight level. So it is normal that he has encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation now.

The only way to further improve one's cultivation level is to enhance one's aptitude or supplement it with other breathing techniques.

Fanta, who mainly practices the Golden Lion Breathing Technique, also needs the Wood Knight Breathing Technique to accelerate his cultivation, which gives Ron a real headache.

Because the territory has no wood-type breathing techniques, and all wood-type knight breathing techniques have one common advantage: they enhance the knight's recovery ability and can also repair the knight's long-accumulated hidden injuries.

"If we resolve the knight's existing internal injuries, is it possible to avoid practicing the Wood-based Breathing Technique?"

Ron rested his chin on his hand in thought, actually asking the system for advice.

After a long pause, the system finally replied: "One answer will be rewarded with a plan to enhance your strength, and 1000 magic points?"

Ron is already heavily in debt, but the key issue is that plan to enhance his strength.

"answer!"

Ron silently agreed.

The magic balance on the panel jumped, decreasing by a thousand at once. It seems that the castle construction will have to be postponed today, and he needs to meditate to recover his magic.

[The target, Fanta, has six hidden injuries, located on his left shoulder, pelvis, and left calf... Once these injuries are healed, his cultivation speed will increase by 10%. The Golden Lion Breathing Technique is a metal-elemental breathing technique, and cultivating in a rich metal environment will increase its efficiency by 10%. Supplementing with earth-elemental breathing techniques will increase efficiency by 10%, and combining it with water-elemental breathing techniques will also increase efficiency by 10%. He can also take cultivation-enhancing potions available in this world.]

Ron was speechless for a long time after reading it.

Ron looked at the attribute categories of the breathing techniques on the system panel.

Golden Lion, Fire Crow, Wind Wolf, Earth Dragon, Water Snake.

He suddenly realized that although the world did not have the concept of "Five Elements", the attribute classification of breathing techniques was surprisingly consistent with the Five Elements theory.

If we use the five elements' mutual generation and restraint to explain the auxiliary relationship, it also makes sense.

Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood.

Both of the secondary breathing techniques are beneficial to the metal element.

"My lord!" Fanta called out guiltily when he saw Ron remain silent for a long time.

Ron glared at Fanta and said irritably, "Can an Earth Knight be the same as a Regular Knight? I need time to judge."

One sentence left Fanta speechless.

Ron asked, "What kinds of cultivation aids are available?"

[Without a detailed data template, a reasonable answer cannot be provided?]

Ron instantly understood that he needed to purchase samples of cultivation aids to provide data analysis for the system.

After thinking for a moment, Ron said, "Fanta, your situation is a bit troublesome. To restore your cultivation speed, you need to address the hidden injuries in your body and also supplement your cultivation with water or earth breathing techniques. Although supplementing your cultivation with another breathing technique will consume some of your time, it is the only way for you to advance further."

Fanta's eyes lit up immediately. He hadn't told anyone about the hidden injury he had.

The lord could tell he had a hidden injury just by looking at him carefully. He must have some skill; it might actually work.

"Thank you, lord!"

Ron nodded: "The only way to treat hidden injuries is through medical treatment and natural healing. You'll have to figure that out yourself; I can't help you with that for now."

Fanta happily gave a knightly salute: "Thank you, lord. This is enough. I know what to do next."

"Next!"

Next up is Wallace. He has decent talent and is the kind of person with a high chance of becoming an Earth Knight.

"My lord, I'm in trouble."

However, he has many hidden injuries, many of which have become chronic illnesses that are difficult to cure unless healing spells are used.

"Your condition is more serious than Fanta's. You have problems with your meridians and internal organs, which are the result of years of fighting while injured. You can't recover from this just by resting and treating yourself. You need the Wood-type Breathing Technique to slowly nourish and repair yourself. However, you are practicing the Fire-type Fire Raven Breathing Technique, which can complement each other perfectly."

After Ron finished speaking, Wallace's face grew increasingly pleased, and he asked one last question.

"My lord, are there any wood-based breathing techniques in our territory?"

Ron's face immediately darkened; his territory just happened to lack any wood-type breathing techniques.

"No, why don't you think of something?"