After Butler Carter left, he began to carefully consider how to make money.
The first thing that came to mind was buying Elves and then making money by farming.
In this world, if there is an opportunity, Elves can continuously evolve—Dragon Elves can live for 600 years, below them are Great Elves, which can live for about 200 years, below Great Elves are Small Elves, which can live for 100 years, and below Small Elves are Elf Insects, a type of Elf nurtured within plants, which can live for 10 years.
His 6,500 gold coins could at most buy two Elf Insects.
Of course, if he shamelessly went to the Earl to purchase them, he could probably buy three.
However, the Tricolor Violet Family only possessed one 200-year-old viola Great Elf, one Wheat Great Elf that had just evolved for over 10 years, 4 viola Small Elves, and 12 other Small Elves, as well as over a hundred Elf Insects, which helped the family cultivate various plants.
And what the Earl gave this time included one 20-year-old viola Small Elf, one 40-year-old Pea Small Elf, and the remaining Elf Insects were viola, Peanut, Tomato, Barley, Wheat, Carrot, Alfalfa, and Maple Elf Insects.
Allen truly couldn't bring himself to do it, so he had to give up on the idea of purchasing them.
"Forget it, no rush, I'm young, so I'll take my time." After coming to this realization, Allen slowly fell asleep.
The next day, early morning.
Allen had already woken up early and was warming up with his four Attendant Knights in front of the castle, waiting for Hartfilia to come and instruct them.
Just as they finished warming up, they saw Knight Commander Hartefilia waiting nearby.
"Good morning, Knight Commander Hartefilia."
"Good morning, Knight Commander Hartefilia." The four Attendant Knights also followed Allen's lead.
"Good morning, Sir Allen, and the four of you. Since you've finished warming up, let's begin training directly."
"Alright."
Dou Qi emphasized bloodline inheritance, but Allen felt it was probably just because nobles were well-fed and had sufficient nutrition.
Commoners couldn't even solve the problem of basic sustenance, let alone use their strength to refine Dou Qi.
So this was the reason why nobles ruled this world.
They ate well, had strength to cultivate Dou Qi, exploited commoners, and thus ate even better, became stronger in Dou Qi, had more strength, and could exploit commoners even more, thus forming a cycle.
Under Hartfilia's guidance, he continuously practiced "Basic Dou Qi."
It was a magical experience, a feeling Allen had never had before; cultivation was like controlling a stream of Qi constantly moving through various parts of the body.
But as a transmigrator, Allen felt that the cultivation method of this "Basic Dou Qi" secret manual seemed very inefficient.
It was merely a simple condensation of Dou Qi, then accumulating it within the body, and after it was full, letting the Dou Qi itself impact the un open up ed meridians within the body.
To make his cultivation more efficient, it seemed he only needed to guide this Dou Qi to impact the meridians.
After a slight hesitation, Allen still decided to give it a try; after all, only having Dou Qi at 16 years old was too slow. If it didn't work, and he failed, he would just be an idle noble; at least he wouldn't starve.
He focused his mind, concentrated his strength, and slowly impacted a meridian. As he slowly impacted it, the meridian began to itch, and then gradually felt pain.
Allen had no choice but to slow down, yet he felt a bit unwilling in his heart, "Can I really only take it slowly? Am I really a waste who only gains Dou Qi at adulthood?"
"No, try again. This time, persevere." Allen's heart hardened. He refused to believe that he, as a transmigrator, would be so useless.
He condensed Dou Qi and continued to impact, and slowly the meridian became more and more painful.
But Allen didn't give up this time; he continued to endure, and finally, this meridian was successfully opened.
Allen disregarded the pain in his body and burst into laughter.
"Sir, what's wrong?" one Attendant Knight whispered.
"I don't know, Sir's body was twitching, and then he burst into laughter," another Attendant Knight shook his head.
"Could Sir have gone crazy from a setback in cultivation?"
"What are you two talking about?" Hartfilia looked at the two chatting Attendant Knights, "Continue training."
"Yes, Knight Commander." The Attendant Knights continued training, but their eyes still secretly watched Allen.
Hartfilia ignored them and instead looked at Allen. He had felt Allen's strength suddenly increase.
Although the increase wasn't large, could he be on the verge of a breakthrough? Sir had only just become an Apprentice Knight!
Allen managed to suppress the wild joy in his heart and continued to condense Dou Qi, planning to open all meridians in one go.
One, two, although it felt like ants constantly biting inside his body, Allen still persevered, and in a short while, all the main meridians had been opened.
Under the astonished expressions of Hartfilia and the four Attendant Knights, he was promoted to Knight.
This shouldn't be happening, isn't Sir's talent very poor? Didn't he only become an Apprentice Knight the day before his coming-of-age ceremony? How did he get promoted again after a week?
But no matter what, I definitely profited.
Hartfilia was pleasantly surprised in his heart, but his face showed an astonished expression: "Congratulations, Sir, on your promotion to Knight."
The ranks of Knights in this world are divided into:
"Apprentice Knight" and "Knight" who master elementary Dou Qi, "Elite Knight" and "Earth Knight" who master intermediate Dou Qi, "Sky Knight" and "Domain Knight" who master advanced Dou Qi, and "Dragon Knight" who master Dragon Dou Qi.
Forcibly suppressing the exhilaration of promotion, maintaining the elegance and composure of a noble, Allen humbly said, "It was just a coincidence."
But it must be said that Hartfilia's behavior brought Allen a sense of spiritual satisfaction.
"No, no, no, Sir's own effort."
"Sir has accumulated a lot and is now showing his true potential."
"Sir's bloodline has awakened."
"Sir is favored by knight's glory," the four Attendant Knights echoed, flattering him.
"Indeed, Sir Allen's foundation must be solid, and now he's breaking through naturally. I'm afraid future promotions will become very simple," Hartfilia also added.
"Alright, I know my own situation," Allen said with a smile, "Once I'm familiar with my strength, we'll go inspect the territory, after all, yesterday we only understood the basic situation and didn't see it in person."
"Yes, Sir."
Feeling the continuous surge of power within his body, it took a full hour to adapt.
"Knight Commander Hartefilia, have some biscuits and milk tea, and then we'll depart," Allen wiped the sweat from his face.
Butler Carter brought servants carrying nourishing milk tea and some snacks.
The four Attendant Knights also received a cup of milk tea with minced meat, eggs, and milk, and were happily sipping it.
After eating and drinking, and changing clothes, his personal male servant had already led over a pure white horse.
The horse snorted, then affectionately rubbed Allen's arm.
Although his predecessor's talent was very poor, he was indeed diligent; his horsemanship and archery, practiced from a young age, were both excellent, which benefited Allen.
"Snowflake, you must have been stifled staying in the castle." After comforting the horse, Allen deftly swung himself onto its back.