Panlong: My Auto-Level Training System

Chapter 35 Listening to the Call of the Wind

"The wind is formless."

Karl quietly sensed the breath of the wind between heaven and earth, and the deeper his senses became, the more insights he gained.

The wind is invisible; it can be a gentle breeze or as fierce as a blade.

Over the years, Karl's understanding of wind has been layered and complex. The element of wind is the foundation of wind. Although it is not very profound, it is the basis of the laws of wind.

With increasing insights, Karl also became inseparable from the system's help, but over the years he gradually came to understand some of its profound essence.

The seven elemental laws and the seven elemental mysteries are the foundation of their respective systems and the basis of everything. The other mysteries above them are the abilities bestowed upon the element of wind.

"It's a pity that the Magnolia Continent is just a material plane. Cultivation below the Saint Realm is not bad, but at the peak of the Saint Realm, the laws of heaven and earth are extremely obscure and difficult to comprehend."

Only after truly comprehending the profound mysteries on his own did Karl realize that the power of the laws could no longer be guessed as before. Before comprehending the laws, he could sometimes guess whether his cultivation method was correct based on some classic texts and the experience of his predecessors. Although Karl rarely used this method, the method itself was not wrong. After all, if you discover a mistake in cultivation early, there is room for maneuver, and you can even find the only correct path from hundreds of errors.

However, this method no longer works once you reach the peak of the Saint Realm.

Reaching the pinnacle of the Saint Realm requires comprehending the laws, and even laws of the same system can be divided into different profound mysteries.

Just like the Law of Wind, basically the Wind-type Holy Domains of the Magnolia Continent now cultivate profound mysteries with the element of wind as the core. However, they are also more or less influenced by the mysteries of speed, slowness, and dimensions. Their strength increases a lot, but it is very mixed.

"Laws are inherently about perception; they are formless and without appearance. It all depends on one's own understanding of the laws of heaven and earth. If one understands them incorrectly, there is no chance of becoming a god."

In Carl's view, this is a form of cognition.

Just as basic mysteries are like addition and subtraction, where any number within the range of addition and subtraction can be instantly answered, this is considered mastery of mysteries. Then intermediate mysteries are like multiplication and division, advanced mysteries are like mixing, and the highest level of mysteries is like fusion, which involves multiple combinations from various perspectives.

For example, from the beginner level of 1+1 to calculus, and then from calculus to the Terran Emperor's algorithm, from mathematics to science.

However, once a mistake is made in cognition, it can lead to situations like 1+1=3, where people assume they are right. How can the answers derived from such assumptions possibly be correct?

We have to find that place.

Karl was also somewhat anxious. The mysteries of the material plane were too obscure, only occasionally revealing themselves. If he could seize this opportunity, his understanding of the mysteries might be able to advance even slightly. However, whether this progress would be based on the same kind of mystery was still unknown.

"The wind is inherently fast." Feeling the breeze, Karl stretched out his fingertip and saw a pale blue cloud of air on it.

The essence of wind is speed, and extreme speed brings extreme attack.

With the system's support, Karl's understanding of the wind element is quite good. Over the past few years, he has relied on his own comprehension, or rather, he has finally mastered what he should have known before.

"The ultimate state of life is death, and the ultimate state of death is life. So isn't the ultimate state of speed also slow, and isn't the ultimate state of slowness also fast?"

As the foundation of the Law of Wind, the profound mystery of the Wind Element contains all the mysteries of the Wind Law. Karl has gained much insight and discovered that the Wind Element not only contains speed but also slowness. Karl can even transform into the wind and move away, and can also use the wind to cut through all things.

Just as Karl was carefully comprehending the element of wind, the Heavenly Wind Kingdom also experienced rapid development. A Saint-level expert arrived in person, attracting even level nine experts, let alone some level seven and level eight warriors.

In just a few years, it has expanded rapidly from Blackrock City to the surrounding areas, and now it has more than 30 cities, making it a well-deserved kingdom-level power.

In the Kingdom of Tianfeng, in a mountain range near the border, two men are carefully examining the geology.

A duchy, kingdom, or empire needs to improve its economic resources, which cannot be solved simply by using gold coins, but by addressing both the people's livelihood and military affairs.

Only by owning their own farmland can the people of a powerful region avoid hunger and be free from helplessness when faced with interference from outsiders.

Besides fertile fields and irrigation canals, there is one more crucial element: mineral veins.

Copper, iron, silver, and even gold mines each have different uses. In addition to the economic gold and silver mines, the copper and iron mining industry is very important because it determines whether a faction can produce its own military power.

Before the establishment of the Tianfeng Kingdom, this large region was plagued by constant warfare and chaotic governance. A lord might rule a city one day, only to have someone else rule it the next. This meant that many times, these lords didn't have the energy to mine resources and instead adopted a more direct method: taking from the people.

However, when the Kingdom of Tianfeng was established, especially since the identity of Karl, a Saint-level expert, had been known to the Holy Light Church fifty years ago, it was an act that a Saint-level expert could tacitly approve of, as it was a relatively small kingdom established in his territory.

Under Carl's instructions a few years ago, geological exploration has never stopped. People with an affinity for earth elements can easily take up high positions in the exploration department. Over the years, they have indeed found a lot of metal mines, such as copper, iron, gold and silver mines, just with different sizes of veins.

Some relatively precious but scarce iron ore and silver ore were also found.

By mining our own resources, we won't need to purchase certain weapon materials from other countries.

"Captain, the geology here seems a bit unusual." A skinny man squatted on the ground, rubbing the soil with his hands. Through years of experience, he could clearly sense the difference.

Upon hearing this, the person referred to as the captain immediately squatted down. After carefully examining the area, he said directly, "Yasuo, let's dig deeper and see what's down there."

"Yes, Captain." The young man immediately took out his tools and began digging vigorously with his team leader. Although their strength wasn't particularly high—the young man was a level two warrior and the team leader was a level three warrior—digging the ground was a piece of cake for them.

They dug it very cleverly; although the pit opening wasn't large, it wouldn't collapse.

"Screech—" A piercing sound rang out, as if it had struck metal.

"Captain, come quick!" the young man said hurriedly.

The middle-aged man immediately looked down carefully. It was afternoon, and there was plenty of light along the tunnel. He clearly saw something that seemed to be reflecting light and immediately wiped away the surrounding soil with his hand.

A translucent, crystalline substance appeared before my eyes.