Chapter 722: Chapter 0719: Improved Secret Manual (First Update)

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“”Dou Qi Domain Manual” and “Spiral Rotation”, these are the secret manuals hastily written by Marquis Nuta, both exceptionally brief with just a few pages of content.”

Li Si Te first perused the “Dou Qi Domain Manual”, According to Marquis Nuta’s introduction, there is no unified Dou Qi Domain Manual on the market, only the various families’ internal secrets passed down orally, and discovered bit by bit through exploration and supplementation. His manual was the complete version after continuous discovery and supplementation.

According to the cultivation method in the manual, the Dou Qi Domain also somewhat resembles the principle of Dragon Knight Resonance, utilizing the resonance and entanglement between Dou Qi, which then, with a bit of guidance, can be condensed into a mottled but powerful energy, at one’s command.

It’s a bit like a choir.

One person leads the singing, and the others follow.

Of course, the details are more complex, especially when it comes to managing the different Dou Qi of a Knight Order, which requires very intricate operations. Additionally, the Domain Knight needs to be familiar with every Knight’s Dou Qi in the Knight Order, so they can conveniently guide the resonation of the Dou Qi in the Order, entering the Dou Qi Domain.

This “Dou Qi Domain Manual”, for Li Si Te, has no necessity to practice.”@@novelbin@@

It neither increases strength, for Dragon Dou Qi’s power far exceeds that of the Dou Qi Domain; nor does it provide any reference, for it’s just a replica, reduced, weakened, and even incomplete version of Dragon Knight Resonance. Compared to the profound integration of mind and body in Dragon Knight Resonance, controlling the Dou Qi Domain is like playing house.

“Although it does not supplement my strength, nor does it provide more insights, nevertheless, the Dou Qi Domain is a very precious cultivation manual for ordinary Knights… Dimaria did not create false information, the cultivation content in this manual is correct.”

With his current insight, he can deduce whether a manual is practicable simply with a bit of reasoning.

He then opened “Spiral Rotation”, a Dou Qi Secret Technique that lies between auxiliary and combat nature, allowing the internal Dou Qi to spiral in a special manner.

It not only condenses the strength of Dou Qi but also accelerates the release speed and increases the penetrative power of Dou Qi.

“No wonder he could defeat the Marquis in one strike, with the aid of “Spiral Rotation” combined with the power of the Dou Qi Domain, the force of Dimaria’s casual blow should not be underestimated. If he hadn’t met me, with his strength, he might have really achieved something considerable, but meeting me was his fated calamity.”

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He put down the two manuals and stored them in a designated book area within his Space Ring.

By now, he had acquired a complete set of Dou Qi cultivation manuals, from the “Basic Dou Qi” practiced by the Apprentice Knight, to the “Flaming Wave”, “Thousand Waves”, “Fire Dragon Drill” that the Earth Knight practices… And also the compulsory “Multi-Arrow”, and “Guiding Arrow” for the Divine Archer, and so on.

Then there are the Advanced Dou Qi Manuals practiced by the Sky Knights, such as “Great Wave Crushing the Tide”, “Meteor Fall Shockwave”, “Thousand Thunderstrike Sky Flash”, “Rising Sun Blaze”. As well as the Advanced Dou Qi Manuals practiced by Marquis Nuta, Clear Water Sword Saint Yevich, and Garcia, and Fox, which he acquired in passing.

The variety is rich, including the five categories of water, fire, earth, wind, and lightning.

Now he’s completed the collection with the “Dou Qi Domain Manual”.

A Knight’s full set of cultivation manuals from start to finish are all accounted for, and moreover, once daylight comes, the Grand Duke will trade the “Dragon Knight’s Dou Qi Manual” with him.

By then, the entire Knight cultivation system will be completely within his grasp.

As for Dou Qi Secret Techniques, he currently has only three, “The Eye of Magic”, “Breath Decay”, and “Spiral Rotation”. In the future, Li Si Te will collect more, enriching his own collection and also using the Dou Qi Secret Techniques to broaden his horizons. Perhaps new Dou Qi Secret Techniques could be created by introducing innovation based on the old.

“If the natives of this world could create various Dou Qi Manuals and Secret Techniques, why can’t I? After all, I possess the rich knowledge of another world!”

There are many fundamental differences between the two worlds before and after the traversal, but most principles can be used as references for each other.

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His thinking was far broader than that of the natives, but he had only crossed over for a short time, not exceeding three years. All his time had basically been spent on territory construction and knight training, leaving no time for extensive creative work—or rather, his focus on creation had always been leaning in the wrong direction.

As a Dragon Knight, he had even engaged in research on magic theory and fabrication of world history, which could be considered a representative of not sticking to one’s proper occupation.

He took out paper and a pen.

The white paper could already be released. He had shown it to the Grand Duke before, and, once the subsequent national support began, his official business cooperation with the Sapphire would gradually unfold.

Now the white paper lay flat on the table, and as Liszt dipped the goose feather pen into the ink, he contemplated improving the “Rising Sun Blaze”.

The day’s dragon-slaying battle had revealed many shortcomings in the “Rising Sun Blaze”—after all, it was only an Advanced Dou Qi manual, and many of its techniques were no longer suitable for a Dragon Knight.

“How should I modify it?”

He had plenty of ideas swirling in his mind but couldn’t quite articulate them at the moment. And he didn’t know whether it was because the Crystal Lamp was a bit dim tonight, or if the day’s battle had taken too much out of him, but he gradually felt sleepiness engulfing his brain, urging him to bathe and go to bed.

“Forget it, it’s not too late to improve the manual tomorrow.”

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He lay down.

Liszt called forth the Smoke Mission.

“Mission: After winning the battle against the dragon, your name will spread across every corner of the sea, making it easy to establish a provisional new country. However, considering the long-term development of the nation, resources are of the utmost importance. Perhaps the Light Green Gemstone Dragon can provide for you, and it’s hiding on one of your territorial islands. Reward: One Light Green Gemstone Dragon.”

Being still in an uncompleted state indicated that the Light Green Gemstone Dragon hadn’t escaped, so he could fall asleep with peace of mind.

However, although he indeed could sleep soundly until dawn, for many others, this night was an utterly sleepless one.

The Sapphire Duke set down his goose feather pen and flicked through the white paper notebook in his hand, curious about this thin yet tough paper that did not blot the ink.

“If the raw materials are not expensive and the production process is not complicated, I fear this ‘white paper’ will soon replace vellum… This young Dragon Knight named Liszt who suddenly appeared is truly mysterious… A young Fire Dragon, a strange Archmage, and now glass and white paper…”

The Duke rubbed his temples.

Traces of gray were already showing at his temples. He was over fifty years old, which, according to a knight’s physique, should be the last phase of his golden years, with several years of peak physical condition left. However, he already felt his body aging rapidly, like a leaky ship.

Each sea voyage expanded the area of the leak until one day, the ship would completely sink into the sea.

“The Sapphire Dragon is grievously wounded and hard to heal; I’m also close to not holding on… I hope Anthony can quickly take up the responsibility and maintain the continued operation of Sapphire.”

He closed the notebook.

The Duke looked out the window at the stars that had already scattered away for the most part, his face showing neither joy nor sorrow, but his eyes filled with a deep sense of loss: “Why wasn’t the Fire Dragon discovered by me!”