Chapter 1 The Wind Cave

The dark mountain cave was more than tall enough for a person, nestled on the mountainside of a high peak. Strong gusts of wind howled in and out, and the ground in front of the cave was barren.

This place seemed like the breathing hole of the mountains, exhaling clouds and storms, its sounds mournful and shrill.

Two people stood in front of the cave, their clothes and hair fluttering wildly in the wind. The strong wind made it almost impossible for them to open their eyes.

Roman raised a hand to shield his eyes, shouting over the wind, his words tearing apart in the gale:

"This is the place. It's a wind tunnel, and inside is a complex network of caves. I can sense it, the Spirit of Nature is inside!"

"I think I can sense it too!"

Zhou Jing shouted back, one hand clutching the falcon's talons, like flying a kite, preventing it from being blown straight up into the sky. His other hand held the dog by the scruff of its neck, preventing it from turning into a tumbling gourd.

The two braved the wind and entered the cave, which opened into a maze of caverns.

Finding a less windy spot, Roman took out the psychic balm and smeared it on Zhou Jing, allowing him to activate his elemental vision.

Zhou Jing looked around and found the entire cave dyed a shade of blue, filled with wind elements emitting a cold, blue light, making him wonder if he had glaucoma.

Within the vast expanse of blue light, a unique trace of light caught his attention, brighter than the normal wind elements, hard to ignore.

"That's the trail of the Spirit of Nature. It should be inside," Roman explained.

Without delay, the two followed the trail, soon arriving at a cavern that, in elemental vision, was as bright as day.

A glowing, blue orb floated slowly in the cave, like a tiny sprite, leaving trails of light in its wake.

"Is this the Gale Spirit of Nature?" Zhou Jing's eyes lit up.

"Yes, just fuse it as I taught you," Roman said, taking out some herbs and a mortar from his pack.

Zhou Jing steeled himself, put the herbs into the mortar, crushed them into a juice, and then swallowed it with difficulty. The taste was sour, astringent, and a little numb. This was an auxiliary drug for the fusion.

Then, he carefully approached the slowly floating Gale Spirit of Nature, and taking it by surprise, reached out and grabbed it.

With a whoosh, the Gale Spirit of Nature turned into liquid blue light, flowing down his arm and into Zhou Jing's body.

An indescribable chill instantly filled his body.

Zhou Jing quickly sat down, and following Roman's instructions, tried to empty his mind.

His body gradually radiated light from the inside out, the Gale Spirit of Nature was gradually fusing.

The surrounding particle-like wind elements seemed to be attracted, and specks of blue light slowly floated towards him, merging into his body.

Unlike the excruciating pain of taking a foreign blood potion, the fusion process of the Spirit of Nature was quite gentle and comfortable, making him feel light and airy, as if lying in a weightless vacuum.

In meditation, his consciousness seemed to slowly sink underwater, falling into a half-dreaming, half-awake chaos.

After an unknown period of time, Zhou Jing shuddered and suddenly woke up again.

He felt refreshed, as if he had just woken up from a good night's sleep.

His eyes were still in the world of elemental vision. Zhou Jing looked down and found that his whole body was emitting a strong blue light, very conspicuous, already showing the characteristics of a wizard.

"How do you feel?" Roman had sat down at some point, with a thin blanket covering his legs.

"There's an indescribable change." Zhou Jing clenched his fist, finding that his physique had not increased much. He asked curiously, "How long has it been?"

"We entered the cave in the evening. You've been fusing for half a day. It's late at night now."

"It only felt like a few minutes."

Zhou Jing muttered.

"That's normal." Roman waved his hand, reminding him, "If you're full of energy, then the fusion was successful. You should now be able to turn your elemental vision on and off at will, and use your mental power for Nianhe (mental unison). As long as you concentrate, you can do it. Try it."

Hearing this, Zhou Jing thought about Roman's guidance and stared at a place where wind elements were dense, trying to release his mental power.

Soon, his brow tingled, as if something was throbbing.

Pop!

Suddenly, a sense of clarity, as if breaking through a barrier, arose abruptly, and something invisible shot out from his brow.

At that moment, he gained an extra sense, as if he had an extra, invisible hand to control things.

His mental power poured out, quickly permeating the wind elements within sight, giving him a feeling of control.

Zhou Jing moved his mind subconsciously.

Whoosh—

A gust of wind immediately swept through the cave, making a whistling sound.

"Heh, interesting." Zhou Jing's eyes lit up, feeling like he was telekinetically controlling things. He was fascinated.

A strange swirl of wind moved to the left and then to the right.

He tried to concentrate, pouring in more mental power. The destructive power of the wind suddenly increased, turning into a wind bomb that charged left and right, slamming into the rock walls with loud thuds.

He moved his mind again, and the wind bomb transformed into a wind blade according to his will, leaving white scratches of varying depths on the rock wall.

After indulging in testing for a while, his brain suddenly twinged with pain. Zhou Jing realized that he was severely depleted, and quickly withdrew Nianhe (mental unison), immediately feeling a slight sense of weakness.

Roman had been watching all along without stopping him. Seeing this, he smiled and said:

"This is the power of wizardry. You are now a Wind Wizard. The characteristic of a Wind Wizard is that they can cast spells silently and are rarely restricted by the environment, and their lethality is also not weak. In addition, they can barely float and fly, which is difficult for other wizards to do."

"It does feel good."

Zhou Jing was delighted. Wind Wizards had a wide range of methods and were quite versatile. Except for the mediocre controlling ability, everything else was pretty good.

Although wind does not have a specific material form, Nianhe (mental unison) ability, which involves controlling objective matter, actually operates in elemental vision by using mental power to permeate the corresponding elements. Since the corresponding objective matter has the highest concentration of elements, it is the least laborious to control objective matter for power amplification, shape changes, and other operations.

And wind elements exist in almost any environment, and the concentration is not low, making it easy to find a target for Nianhe (mental unison).

If all else fails, you can easily create a breeze for self-sufficiency by simply waving your hands wildly, so Wind Wizards are not as restricted by the environment as wizards of fire or water.

At this time, Roman said slowly, "You have just fused with the Spirit of Nature and have not yet developed it deeply, so your current power is limited. I have experience and will teach you."

Zhou Jing nodded upon hearing this.

Each Spirit of Nature has a certain difference in development methods, and Roman also possesses the Gale Spirit, which is exactly his specialty and can guide him - which is also one of the reasons why he chose the Gale Spirit.

After a successful fusion, he possessed certain characteristics of an elemental body, like a human-shaped Gale Spirit. His sensitivity and affinity to the elements were greatly improved.

Now, without the need for psychic balm, Zhou Jing simply turned his thoughts and retracted his elemental vision, restoring his vision to normal.

He quietly opened the panel and checked his attributes, which had undergone new changes.

[Acquired Extraordinary Power System [Elemental Wizard]]

[Current Spirit of Nature: Gale]

[Development: 0/100]

[Wizardry Points: 0]

[Note: Every 100 points of accumulated Development will be cleared and converted into 1 Wizardry Point]

[Gale Spirit Development Level: First Layer]

[First Layer Unlockable Abilities: [Wind Power Enhancement i], [Mental Power Enhancement i], [Nianhe (mental unison) i]]

[Developed Abilities: [Nianhe (mental unison) i] lv1]

[Note: Each 1 Wizardry Point can unlock one ability or increase the level of a developed ability (maximum ability level is Lv3). When 3 Wizardry Points are invested in a certain layer of abilities, the next layer of abilities can be unlocked and an additional advanced bonus can be obtained (adding points to earlier levels does not count). And the level cap of the development level depends on related aptitude. If the aptitude is insufficient, even if the unlocking conditions are met, a new layer of abilities cannot be unlocked]

[[Elemental Wizard] Accumulated Total Bonus: Perception +5, Spirit +10, Energy +10]

[Current Attributes: Fitness 18, Resistance 14, Perception 15, Spirit 17, Energy 10]

"Oh ho, it's this kind of format."

Zhou Jing's eyes flickered as he discovered that the mechanism of the extraordinary system was different, and the format on the panel would also change.

"Foreign Blood Warrior" reached the sky in one step. As long as he took the medicine, he would directly inherit various powerful characteristics.

And the "Elemental Wizard", having successfully fused with the Spirit of Nature, only obtained the trigger to become stronger and needed to accumulate training to improve the power of witchcraft and unlock various abilities.

Therefore, the panel format of the "Elemental Wizard" system was vastly different from that of the "Foreign Blood Warrior".

He previously thought that one Spirit of Nature was like a skill tree, but the manifestation on the panel was about as he had guessed.

The core of improving the strength of the wizard system was to obtain "Development," and behaviors such as training, meditation, and combat could generate Development.

Development was then converted into wizardry points, which could be used to unlock various passive and active abilities of the "skill tree," and obtain a variety of wizardry enhancements and attribute bonuses. And the development limit of a Spirit of Nature was linked to aptitude, which determined the upper limit of strength.

This system seemed to have no shortcuts and could only be achieved through diligent study and hard work.

"Although Elemental Wizard is a more primitive form of magic, using Nianhe (mental unison) to drive natural forces and not focusing on various magic knowledge, it should be in line with normal magic systems in terms of hard work," Zhou Jing thought to himself.

If there were no shortcuts, improving the wizard's strength could only be done through persistent effort... Although the main world and the Alien Beast World had a significant difference in time flow, which could indirectly accelerate the growth of the Star Realm Apostle and benefit the main body, it would still take a lot of time.

At this moment, Zhou Jing suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Training skills required long-term practice, but the skill acceleration function could be turned on to enter a state beyond flow... and the wizard's practice was also a cumulative form, so he wondered if this function could be enabled...

He moved his mind, selected the [Elemental Wizard] system in the panel, and silently thought about skill acceleration.

The next moment, the panel popped up an interface.

[Superpower System - [Elemental Wizard]]

[A magic-based superpowered person who uses the power of nature through "Nianhe (mental unison)"]

[Can perform "Skill Acceleration" to increase practice efficiency]

[Skill Acceleration Cost: 500 Star Realm Points]

[Cumulative Number of Openings: 0]

[Note: Each time Development is filled, the acceleration effect disappears and "Skill Acceleration" needs to be reopened. The opening cost increases by 100 Star Realm Points every 3 uses]

"Good lord, it works!" Zhou Jing was overjoyed.

It seemed that his judgment was correct. For most abilities that required time to increase proficiency, whether skills or superpower systems, Star Realm Apostles could activate "Skill Acceleration" to strengthen their learning ability and quickly master them.

Just as Zhou Jing was happy, Roman cleared his throat and said:

"Master Bill, you are now a wizard. I have done what I promised you, and now it is up to you to fulfill your promise."

Zhou Jing came back to his senses and pretended to be solemn: "Since you have given me power, then I am willing to serve you. Leave the potion research to me from now on."

"I'm glad to cooperate with you."

Roman smiled and extended his chubby palm.

Zhou Jing glanced at it and also extended his hand.

"Me too."

The two hands shook heavily.