In Edgar's study, Fang Xingjian sat motionlessly, flipping through a sword arts manual.
Edgar was an aristocratic family after all. Although they were not considered to be in Kirst, they would naturally have collected various Nurturing and Training martial arts manuals.
It just so happened that Fang Xingjian wanted to collect sword arts, and so he started reading.
Just as he was reading the manual, the door to the study opened and Edgar's clan head walked in. When he saw Fang Xingjian sitting cross-legged on the study table, his face turned pale and he jumped in fright. Fang Xingjian's unfathomable sword arts had left a deep impression in his heart. He still had the sword wounds that Fang Xingjian had given him.
However, Fang Xingjian did not even raise his head, his eyes fixed on the manual as he said, "I've looked into your affairs. There are many messy things that you really don't know about."
Indeed, according to Fang Xingjian's investigations, although Edgar was secretly supporting the Venomous Serpent Gang, he was mainly using the Venomous Serpent Gang to amass wealth, build up connections, and also gather some cultivation materials.
The Venomous Serpent Gang had done many dark and cruel things in secret, often hiding it from their superiors and subordinates, not letting Edgar know about it.
In fact, Edgar was an aristocrat after all. How could he covet the little money from enslaving beggars and forcing women into prostitution? These were just the cruel actions of the Venomous Serpent Gang's upper echelon, all for the sake of satisfying their own pockets.
Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, Edgar secretly heaved a sigh of relief. However, he still refused to admit defeat, saying, "Fang Xingjian, you've barged into Kirst City and started a massacre. Even if you're a Knight, you can't just let this slide. I've already reported this to the association and the academy. You can just wait to be investigated."
This was the advantage of being a Knight. If Fang Xingjian did not have the status of a Knight, he would have long been captured by countless people and surrounded by the City Guards Institution's soldiers.
However, it was different for him as a Knight. Other than the Royal Knight Association, no one else in the Empire could pursue his crimes.
Moreover, at the end of the day, the people he had killed were merely a bunch of gangsters. While this might cause a huge commotion on Earth, in the eyes of those aristocrats and Knights in Miracle World, it was just a number.
Hearing Edgar's words, Fang Xingjian shook his head, "Although you didn't take the initiative to do evil, you allowed the gang to amass wealth. The reason why the Venomous Serpent Gang has caused so much trouble is still because of you. I won't kill you. Just work for me for the next few days."
Edgar was so furious that his face turned red. He had wanted to rebut, but when he thought of Fang Xingjian's abilities and the rumored relationship he had with Governor Devitt, the fury on his face gradually turned into bitterness.
His swordsmanship was superb and he had a powerful background. He could not afford to offend such a person.
"What exactly do you want?"
"It's nothing." Fang Xingjian closed the manual, and another Nurturing technique appeared on his Stats Window. "I'll be returning to the academy five days later. In these five days, try your best to gather sword arts manuals and forging materials. Don't repeat the swordsmanship manuals. The key to forging materials is to have a wide variety, just a little bit of each will do. "
Hearing this request, Edgar felt that it was a little strange, "What sword arts manuals do you want?"
"It doesn't matter if it's high or low, as long as it's sword arts." As he spoke, Fang Xingjian's silhouette had already turned into a faint phantom image, eventually disappearing.
"I'll come over at this time every day. Edgar, don't disappoint me."
It was unknown when he had left.
However, Edgar let out a sigh of relief, thinking that Fang Xingjian's request was not that high. He would be able to get it done just by sending someone to gather it.
On the other hand, Fang Xingjian's silhouette drifted away with the wind, bringing along gusts of wind. In the blink of an eye, he appeared on the rooftop of a building several thousand meters away.
Without having to kill Edgar with a single sword attack, Fang Xingjian would not have to face the wrath of the countless aristocrats in Kirst City.
However, at the same time, just as he came to this conclusion, he noticed that the mental cultivation method on his Stats Window had stopped as well.
Right now, on his Stats Window, the mental cultivation method had become 'Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar', followed by a row of blurry lines.
Fang Xingjian thought to himself, 'The physical body needs to be improved bit by bit through cultivation, but the mental state can be comprehended.
'But on the other hand, if one uses actions and experiences to strengthen one's heart bit by bit, then one can naturally change one's way of thinking. This is the training after the epiphany.
'And now, although I've gained an epiphany, I no longer have the pressure from the aristocrats in the city. This pressure is more of a motivation, and now that I've lost this motivation, it means that I've lost the training, causing my mental cultivation method to stagnate.'
It was like a wealthy man suddenly gaining enlightenment one day, returning to the path of emptiness. This could be considered a change in the mental state.
However, there were different levels to it. It was too easy to give up on the mortal world and enter the path of emptiness. However, it was too difficult for other mental states. For example, it was impossible for a person to gain enlightenment one day, possessing the mental state of an Emperor who could rule over the world.
In order to have the mental state of an Emperor, a top-notch character in the mortal world, one had to become an Emperor step by step, bearing the weight of the world and looking down on the common people.
It was definitely not something that could be achieved by playing Emperor games or reading Emperor novels or comics, as if they had entered the path of emptiness.
It was the same for Fang Xingjian's mental state. It was not something that could be achieved just by saying a few words or thinking about it. He had to do it personally, to put it into practice. Only by doing what he had done would he be able to have the kind of mental state he wanted. The higher one's realm was, the more it was so.
However, Fang Xingjian knew that it was impossible for him to go back and kill Edgar. Edgar was not evil, and even if he killed him, it would be useless. Instead, he would be killing the innocent, and he would feel uneasy.
He could only spend the next few nights in Kirst City looking for villains to kill. At the same time, he would go to Edgar's place to collect sword techniques and check on the materials.
However, it was already very rare for Kirst to have the Venomous Serpent Gang. How could there be so many villains in reality?
Five days later, Fang Xingjian had collected a total of fifteen sets of Nurturing sword techniques. All of them had been bought by Edgar from the various dojos and schools in the area.
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Five days later, in the study, a table of various materials was placed before Fang Xingjian. Most of them were ores, while a small portion were plants, trees, and beast bones.
Fang Xingjian casually picked up a small piece of ore, and streams of white light appeared on his palm. The next moment, a thin layer of fog appeared on the surface of the ore, and under Fang Xingjian's expectant gaze, the ore started to crack and peel off.
Shaking his head, he threw the ore away and picked up another piece of metal.
Fang Xingjian wanted to see if there were any materials that could withstand his Effulgence Weapon, so that he could follow the records on the Ether Divine Art and rely on smelting materials to speed up the formation of the Effulgence Weapon.
However, for the past five days, he had tried many of the materials that Edgar had brought, but none of them were successful.
It was only when he saw this metal particle that a hint of astonishment suddenly appeared on Fang Xingjian's face.
The metal particle continued to tremble slightly, and then started to emit high temperatures.
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