156: The road is set

However, regardless of the ultimate effect, everything revolved closely around Bud.

Because of this, there was no longer any thought of letting Bud remain in that secret realm.

As for Qing Yan, who was lazy all day, Li Wen didn't hesitate at all. With a wave of his hand, he decisively threw him into the secret realm.

He hoped to take this opportunity to improve his soul strength.

After all, as long as Qing Yan could successfully master the domain, then it would be just around the corner for him to naturally step into the monarch level!

In this way, there would naturally be much less to worry about, and he could confidently let him train alone for a period of time.

At this moment, in the training room specially equipped in the villa, Li Wen, Bud, Sleepless, and Yuan Wang were four people gathered around a strangely shaped black long sword, all with worried expressions, seeming a bit helpless.

It was also very strange that, apart from Bud, the other three couldn't even complete the simple action of picking up this sword.

Even Bud, when she tried to establish a connection with this mysterious black sword using [Two-Handed Sword], she clearly felt that the connection between the two was unusually weak.

Despite this, after grasping the hilt of the sword, Bud still keenly noticed that the Life Energy within her body was slowly flowing away at an extremely slow rate.

However, with just this subtle feeling, Li Wen was still at a loss, completely unable to figure out the reason.

In desperation, he could only calm down and carefully recall the various scenes he had experienced in the secret realm, hoping to find some clues from them, and thus find inspiration about this black sword.

Li Wen slowly closed his eyes and fell into a deep, self-muttering recollection.

“I remember at first, that sword was as white as snow.”

“However, just after Bud cut off its connection with the river of vitality, an amazing scene occurred—the white sword-sheath covering the sword body dissipated like smoke in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace.”

“Given this, perhaps there is such a possibility: that dreamlike white sword-sheath was not an inherent part of this bone sword at all, but was formed by the continuous gathering and condensation of vast vitality.”

“Moreover, when Bud established some subtle connection with this mysterious bone sword, she could clearly perceive the rapid loss of her own vitality.”

“From this, it can be inferred that this bone sword is essentially very likely to be an existence completely opposite to vitality.”

Hearing this, Bud, who was quietly listening beside him, couldn't help but let her thoughts wander, and the scene of the entire secret realm involuntarily appeared in her mind.

This secret realm seemed to be dead silent, with no sign of life, yet a surging vitality hidden in the dark could be felt quietly moving.

This strange scene immediately brought an indescribable, hazy enlightenment to Bud's heart.

At this moment, Li Wen seemed to have grasped the key point. He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Bud, saying.

“Bud, why don't we try inputting some vitality into this bone sword to see what changes occur?”

Bud, having received the instruction, did not hesitate at all. She immediately concentrated, fully mobilized the [Life Energy] in her body, and continuously injected it into the bone sword in front of her.

As time passed minute by minute, Bud's originally calm face gradually showed a hint of excitement.

She suddenly let out a clear cry.

“Bud!”

Then, unable to hide her excitement, she shouted.

“It's working! A trace of unique substance formed by the intermingling of Life Energy and death qi has actually been born!”

Li Wen showed a satisfied smile, gently rubbed his chin, and pondered to himself.

“It seems my judgment was correct! The problem of Bud being unable to generate death qi on her own has finally been temporarily solved.”

Now that this key problem has been resolved, he can gradually explore the path of life and death.

Moreover, as the situation changes, Bud's training direction can also be adjusted and changed in a timely manner.

After careful consideration, Li Wen determined two main development directions.

First, let Bud try to output a stable vitality that can balance the death qi contained in the bone sword.

In this way, a large amount of precious “source” qi can be continuously created. This “source” qi may become the key for Bud to break through bottlenecks and make rapid progress in her strength in the future.

Second, focus on improving Bud's control over various sword-type weapons.

After all, due to being suppressed by the river of vitality for a long time, the bone sword's original powerful might had already been greatly weakened.

But if Bud can thoroughly master this path, she might even be able to use the “Sword of Death” just by relying on the bone sword itself.

Once these two clear directions were decided, the matter of the bone sword could temporarily be put to an end.

Because in a few days, it would be the club's annual recruitment day.

Li Wen calculated in his heart that he needed to quickly use this time to carefully equip Sleepless with several new Skills and further strengthen his various attribute points.

At that time, he would let Sleepless go to the arena and participate in the exhibition match.

Li Wen: You use a new pet, then I will also use a new pet, it’s fair, although my new pet is the highest level one.

But looking at Sleepless's panel, he was a little conflicted again.

【Contracted Pet: Sleepless (named)】

【attribute: Ghost/Thought】

【Race: Elite Advanced】

【growth level: Commander Limit】

【Energy Value: 320360】

【trait ①: Knowledgeable】:

Scholars possess extensive and in-depth knowledge reserves, covering multiple fields such as history, literature, philosophy, and science. They can use this knowledge to provide strategic guidance in combat, solve puzzles, or conduct cultural negotiations, bringing unexpected advantages to the team.

【trait ②: Knowledge Fusion】

Scholars can fuse knowledge from different fields to create unique Skills or tactics. These innovative Skills often have powerful might and can turn the tide of battle at critical moments... Apart from the unique and powerful Skill [Mental Chess Pieces], there are no other Skills with actual combat power.

As a result, it felt as if he was just a pure assistant, or even more like a second Beastmaster.

Indeed, with his own abilities and traits, he could completely replace Li Wen in commanding pets to participate in fierce battles.

However, it seemed a bit funny, because Li Wen himself seemed to have never truly given too many specific combat commands to his pets.

Considering Sleepless's special attribute, treating the school library as his exclusive secret realm was indeed a good choice.

However, this alone was far from enough.

Perhaps, he could rely on the magical ability of [Knowledge Fusion] to personally explore and develop some brand new, unique Skills.

On the other hand, Li Wen had already planned to go alone to check what relatively suitable Skills Lin Yan's prepared pet possessed.

After all, for Sleepless, he could learn almost all Skills... provided that Li Wen himself had the ability to teach him.