Early in the morning, the sky was just getting light.

  The first magic of the imperial court, in the Spring Water Garden.

  A yellowish glow enveloped a patch of grass in the Spring Water Garden, it was the Earth System Magic - 'Gravity Technique', at this moment Lin Lei was wearing only his long pants, with his upper body on the grass practicing.

  His upper body had muscle lines like flowing water, without a single extra ounce of flesh. The quadrupled gravity made Lin Lei not only bear the weight on his skin but also forced his internal meridians and blood vessels to withstand four times the gravitational force.

  Fortunately, Lin Lei had undergone a transformation with the dragon's blood, and his physical body had already reached a new height.

  Lin Lei's legs were in a bow and arrow stance, his hands held out to the sides, each grasping a massive stone lock. These two stone locks had a weight of over 100 kilograms each. Under four times gravity, the two stone locks combined weighed nearly a thousand kilograms.

  His legs were as taut as steel wires, Lin Lei's upper body was straight and upright, his eyes fixed on the front without moving.

  Isometric training is a very effective method.

  Sweat droplets, one by one, seeped out of Lin Lei's body, and the sweat on his temples soon dripped down. However, Lin Lei still persisted... Even after being hailed as the so-called "First Court Magician", Lin Lei was almost always in constant practice every day.

  Outside the Spring Water Garden, the guards stood solemnly, and two maids were also waiting outside at any moment to await Lin Lei's summons. However, the garden gate of the Spring Water Garden was closed.

  Lin Lei was most taboo when others entered while he was cultivating.

  His Majesty King Clyde of the former Kingdom of Fenley had arrived, and the court attendant, disregarding the obstruction of the guards at the Spring Water Garden, rushed in to summon Lin Lei to see His Majesty. However, Lin Lei directly ordered that the court attendant be given twenty military lashes. The frail court attendant was beaten to death on the spot.

  Later on, however, Lord Clyde didn't blame Lin Lei at all. Instead, he scolded his subordinates and ordered them to follow Lin Lei's rules in the Spring Water Garden.

  "Lord Lin Lei trains diligently, spending the entire day either training as a warrior or practicing magical meditation. Perhaps the only time he gets to rest is during his daily stone carving sessions." A maid said in a low voice.

  Another maid nodded: "I've never seen a noble work so hard to cultivate. In my hometown, the martial arts instructors only trained for four hours a day."

  The Knights of the Radiant Church standing beside him also admired Lin Lei very much. Generally, geniuses who are surrounded by halos may fall down. The Radiant Church cultivates some geniuses every year, but those figures are not as dazzling as Lin Lei, and after their status is elevated, they are completely attracted to the world of flowers and fall down.

  "Lord Lin Lei is going this way, I'm afraid he will become the youngest ninth-level strongman in history, the youngest holy domain strongman." A low-voiced knight guarding said.

  The other knights also nodded in agreement.

  These people are extremely admiring of Lin Lei's diligence in his cultivation.

  "It's just... Lord Lin Lei is a bit too strict." A maid said in a low, somewhat dissatisfied tone. In their hearts, Lin Lei was handsome, young, had high expectations for himself, and had both ability and prospects!

  Such a person is perfect, but they are too strict with others. Even when it comes to treating these maids, they don't know how to be gentle and affectionate.

  Those maids and guards thought that Lin Lei had a break every day to carve stone sculptures, but unfortunately, they didn't know... When Lin Lei was "carving stone sculptures", it was actually the time when his spiritual power grew the fastest. Lin Lei's strength was increasing at all times!

  Inside the Spring Water Garden.

  "Ah."

  An hour of warrior training had ended, and Lin Lei circulated the Dragon Blood Warrior Chi within his body. The feeling of fatigue was rapidly disappearing, and Lin Lei picked up a flat knife from the table beside him, while at the other end of the grassy area stood a series of giant stones. These were all used by Lin Lei for carving.

  Looking at the giant stone in front of him, Lin Lei's mind naturally outlined a carving of a brave warrior based on the texture and lines of the stone itself, which transformed into a carving in an instant.

  Lin Lei's mouth corners rose with a hint of a smile, and the flat knife in his hand swung out immediately.

  The blade flew rhythmically, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, the debris of the stone material was also flying continuously. Lin Lei was confident in his chest, every knife had 100% confidence, and the force of each knife was just right.

  What a wonderful feeling!

  Lin Lei's soul merged with the fluctuations of the earth element, sensing the texture inside the boulder. Lin Lei's soul also merged with the wind element, every knife's force reaching the peak of precision.

  Nature!

  Lin Lei's soul is immersed in nature, and nature nurtures Lin Lei's soul like a mother, making it grow stronger and more robust.

  "Ah."

  Lin Lei put away his broadsword with a sigh.

  After two hours, the entire boulder had taken shape as a stone sculpture embryo. As for the detailed carving, Lin Lei planned to continue tomorrow. The time he spent on stone carving every day was limited.

  Must optimize the allocation of various training methods to maximize the efficiency of one's own strength improvement!

  It's been three hours since I started practicing at 5:00 this morning. Now it's 8:00, just the time when Lin Lei eats breakfast.

  He put down the flat knife, Lin Lei took off his long pants and jumped into the hot spring. Lying in the hot spring, feeling the warm water rushing against his muscles all over his body, Lin Lei closed his eyes comfortably, rarely allowing himself to stop for a short while.

  "Come in." Lin Lei suddenly shouted out loud.

  The two maids who had been waiting quietly outside the garden gate immediately came in with a tray, on which were various delicacies and fruits.

  "Lord Lin Lei." The two maids placed the tray on a nearby table and waited respectfully for Lin Lei's instructions.

  Even standing obediently by their side, the two maids couldn't help but steal glances at Lin Lei from time to time, and Lin Lei's strong male physique had a great attraction to them.

  "You all go back first."

  Lin Lei said calmly.

  "Yes, Lord Lin Lei." The two maids immediately left with respect.

  From head to toe, Lin Lei didn't even glance at these two maidservants.

  Immediately, Lin Lei walked out of the hot spring pool and changed into a set of dry undergarments and outerwear. After that, he sat down in a chair to eat his breakfast.

  "Hiss." A black shadow jumped over from the distant grassland, it was Beibei. Just now when Lin Lei was cultivating and carving, Beibei was sleeping.

  "Boss, I'm having breakfast now. Ah, this big roasted meat is mine." Beibei immediately fixed her eyes on a large piece of monster roasted meat.

  Lin Lei smiled slightly.

  "Grandpa Deling, don't we have any way to deal with Clyde at all?" Lin Lei said in his heart to Deling Kowert.

  Dellin Kowert flew out of the Dragon Ring and sat down in a chair beside him, smiling at Lin Lei: "Lin Lei, Clyde is a 9th-level strongman, and the gap between you and him is really too big. Even if you fully transform into a dragon, you're only just entering the 8th level. Oh, under normal circumstances, you've already entered the late stage of the 6th level, and even if you fully transform into a dragon, you'd still be in the mid-to-late stage of the 8th level. But it's still far from being Clyde's opponent."

  Lin Lei felt very resentful in his heart.

  Now I know that it was Clyde who instructed Patterson to send someone to capture my mother. But as for Clyde, I have no way of dealing with him.

  "We can only continue to cultivate." Lin Lei's fists clenched involuntarily, and even the chopsticks in his hand were twisted into a distorted shape.

  The Dragon Blood Warrior has a very good training effect in the initial stage, and Lin Lei is now at the late sixth level. At this speed, there is hope to enter the seventh level within half a year.

  Once you step into the seventh level, fully dragonize, and then you can enter the initial stage of the ninth level.

  "Lord Lin Lei." A maid's voice came from outside.

  "Come in." Lin Lei said calmly.

  The maid rushed in and said respectfully: "Lord Lin Lei, there is a Miss Alice outside who wants to see you."

  "Alice?" Lin Lei's eyelids lifted as he looked towards the maid.

  "Take her to the living room, I'll be right there." Lin Lei said as he stood up.

  "Yes, Lord Lin Lei." The maid didn't dare to be playful in front of Lin Lei. They all knew that Lin Lei was very strict with his subordinates.

  In the living room.

  Alice sat in a chair, holding a glass of water, looking somewhat constrained. Letting her come to Lin Lei was really too embarrassing for her. But she had no choice.

  The sound of footsteps echoed — Alice's body trembled and she immediately turned her head to look.

  Wearing a loose long gown, Lin Lei smiled and walked in from the inner hall. Seeing Alice look over, he nodded and smiled: "Alice, it's been a long time." As he spoke, Lin Lei sat down on the main seat.

  Alice could obviously feel that Lin Lei's demeanor now was completely different from a year ago.

  Lin Lei from a year ago was still very immature.

  But now Lin Lei's calm and elegant noble temperament can be felt in just a few conversations. This kind of demeanor is only possessed by those who hold high positions and have the air of giving orders.

  "Lin Lei, gege." Alice tried to keep her voice calm, but even so, it still trembled slightly.

  "Want some fruit? I recall you like green jujubes." Lin Lei glanced at the maid in the distance.

  The maid soon brought up a tray of fruit.

  "Thank you." Alice picked up a green fruit and took a light bite. At this moment, Alice couldn't help but recall the scene of eating green fruits with Lin Lei together, at that time it was Lin Lei who fed her.

  Alice involuntarily raised her head to look at Lin Lei, who was smiling at her at this moment.

  "Lin Lei, big brother." Alice put down the green fruit and looked at Lin Lei, "I have something I'd like to ask for your help with."

  "Want me to help?" Lin Lei had a pretty good idea of what Alice was getting at.

  "Speak," Lin Lei said directly.

  Alice took a deep breath and looked at Lin Lei seriously: "Brother Lin Lei, you also know about the affairs of the Kalan family. I think they are innocent. I hope Brother Lin Lei can help me out and speak to His Majesty on their behalf, to clear the name of the Debus family. I know His Majesty has a lot of respect for you."

  Lin Lei couldn't help but smile wryly.

  Innocent?

  Others may not know, but does the one who killed Patterson himself still not understand? At that time when he killed Patterson, Patterson had personally mentioned something about smuggling. It has to do with the Debus family!

  "Clearing their names? How can you think they're innocent? Alice, what else do you know about the Debus family?" Lin Lei looked at Alice.

  Alice was taken aback.

  She said that what she just said was the result of a long time of courage, but now being asked back by Lin Lei like this, she had a feeling - Lin Lei didn't want to help!

  She felt like crying and her heart was aching.

  Alice stood up, bowed to Lin Lei and said: "Lin Lei brother, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come today. I know that I hurt you too deeply in the past, and now I still want you to save the Debus family. I'm really overstepping my bounds. If you don't save them, it's okay, I won't blame you." In Alice's heart, Lin Lei was considered a rival for Cara's affections, so it was already quite good that he wasn't taking advantage of her misfortune.

  Lin Lei looked at Alice, but his heart was very calm.

  The failure of his first love is now just a dream that Lin Lei has woken up from.

  Lin Lei has now experienced the battle of Misty Valley, undergone the Dragon Blood Transformation, and witnessed his father's death. Now he is walking on the dark path of revenge!

  On the road to revenge, Lin Lei must be tolerant, cold and ruthless, without any slack. The current Lin Lei is infinitely more resilient and mature than before, not comparable to the immature Lin Lei of a year ago, nor the Lin Lei in Aries' mind.

  The more you experience, the more mature you become! Lin Lei has experienced too much!

  "Lin Lei, I'll go back first." Alice immediately stood up, but her tears were already welling up and couldn't be held back.

  "Alice." Lin Lei stood up and pressed his hand on Alice's shoulder.

  Alice turned her head in surprise to look at Lin Lei, but Lin Lei gazed back at her solemnly and said: "Alice, you know too little. Whether the Debus family is innocent or not isn't for you to decide arbitrarily. However, since you've made up your mind to come ask me, I won't just stand by either. It's just... whether I can save them or not, that's hard to say."

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