The next day, Gray found a secluded place and dismissed the maid Barbara. He then began to practice the blood technique "Wolf of Wind".
It had been more than half a month since the assassination attempt, and the injuries on his body had long since healed. He could no longer use his injuries as an excuse that he could only practice the technique once. Thus, he did not go to the training field, but instead found a secluded place to practice.
Although this would raise suspicions, and after a while, people would definitely notice. After all, there was no such thing as a secluded place in the castle. However, he could not care less about that now.
Fortunately, as long as he could endure this month, he would be able to recover the strength of the original owner of this body, a low-level Blood Warrior. At that time, even if someone noticed something unusual, it would no longer matter.
In the secluded place, Gray half squatted with his legs apart and his body bent down. His hands hung down, palms facing down, and he began to practice the first posture of the blood technique "Wolf of Wind" — crawling.
The four movements of "Wolf of Wind" were crawling, pouncing, biting, and facing the sky. They were all deduced from the Wind Wolf's combat habits by observing the Wind Wolf's life.
These four movements condensed the essence of the Wind Wolf's life habits. During this period of time, every time he practiced, Gray could not help but recall the Xingyi Fist from his previous life.
In his previous life, Gray was only an ordinary office worker. He had never come into contact with martial arts, so naturally, he did not know Xingyi Fist. However, there was no harm in learning what kind of fist technique Xingyi Fist was from the internet.
According to the introduction on the internet, Xingyi Fist was a fist technique formed by simulating the life forms and fighting of twelve different animals. It had the effect of improving one's physical fitness. How similar was this to the "Wolf of Wind" he was currently practicing?
The movements were also deduced from the life forms and fighting of animals, and they also had the effect of improving one's physical fitness.
Of course, there were differences. To a certain extent, the blood technique was of a higher level than Xingyi Fist.
Based on Gray's experience in his previous life, the highest achievement in Xingyi Fist, apart from the effect of prolonging one's life, was that one could at most fight better than an ordinary person. However, the blood technique was different.
Not to mention the terrifying experts that he had only heard of who could destroy a city by themselves, just the Xingyi Fist that the original owner of this body had seen had already surpassed the Xingyi Fist of his previous life.
The highest achievement of the original owner of this body was the cultivation of blood energy, reaching the level of a lower-level Blood Warrior. At that time, under the orders of Viscount Fergus, he had single-handedly challenged five adult soldiers who had not cultivated blood energy and won.
And this was only considered ordinary. The original owner of this body had once seen Viscount Fergus, who had reached the level of a Ferocious Warrior, display his strength. He had actually spat out a huge green wind blade from his mouth, directly cutting a tree that required one person to wrap their arms around it into two.
Every time he recalled the memories of the original owner of this body, Gray couldn't help but be shocked. Through cultivation, a person could actually reach the level of spitting wind blades. This really subverted the knowledge of his previous life.
If a tree that required one person to wrap their arms around it could be cut into two, how could a human's body of flesh and blood withstand it?
If such a person had appeared in his previous life, perhaps he would have immediately swept away all the martial arts experts of his previous life. And according to Gray's knowledge, in this world, although there were not many existences with the strength of Viscount Fergus, they were definitely not few either.
Above the lower-level Blood Warrior was the middle-level Blood Warrior, above the middle-level Blood Warrior was the high-level Blood Warrior, above the high-level Blood Warrior was the Ferocious Blood Warrior, and above the Ferocious Blood Warrior were the Berserk Blood Warrior, the Barbaric Blood Warrior, the Desolate Blood Warrior, and the Royal Blood Warrior. Obviously, the Ferocious Blood Warrior was far from the peak of this world's cultivation realm.
After completing one cycle of the blood technique "Wolf of the Wind", Gray had only stopped after he had already practiced some of the second and third postures due to his lack of physical strength. Compared to yesterday, his physical fitness had once again increased by a large margin.
After finishing his cultivation, Gray went to the study on the second floor of the castle.
The main building of Viscount Fergus' castle had a typical Gothic architectural style, and was divided into three floors.
On the first floor, there was a luxuriously decorated banquet hall, a hall for receiving guests, a dining room for dining, and a spacious sink bathroom.
On the second floor, there was a meeting room for important meetings, a library with many books, a study where the Viscount handled his daily affairs, and many other rooms with different uses.
And on the third floor, there were many bedrooms.
Now, he was going to the library on the second floor, where the books were stored.
In this world, there was also a saying that knowledge was wealth. Therefore, the aristocracy paid great attention to the collection of books. Almost every aristocratic family would have a library. The only difference was the number of books in the library, and this often showed the depth of a family's resources.
Pushing open the door to the library, what entered his eyes were three rows of black wooden bookshelves. On the bookshelves, there were many books with leather covers densely packed. Looking at the number, there should be more than a thousand books.
Although this amount of books wasn't much in Gray's previous world, in this world, it was a very large collection of books. Many viscount families didn't have such a collection of books. Just from this point, one could see the depth of the Fergus family's resources.
According to the memories of the original owner of this body, Gray knew that the Fergus family was a viscount family with a history of more than a hundred years. Among the surrounding viscount families, the Fergus family's resources were relatively deep.
After entering the library, Gray didn't go straight to the three bookshelves. Instead, he looked at the right side of the library and walked over.
There was a white round table there. Around the round table, there were six black armchairs with hollowed-out patterns on the backs. At this moment, a maid wearing a black and white maid uniform was standing next to one of the armchairs, and a young girl wearing a yellow pleated skirt was sitting on the armchair.
The young girl was holding a book in her hands and was reading it with great interest. When she felt someone push open the door and enter, she raised her head, revealing her beautiful blue eyes.
This person was the third sister of this body, Caroline.
"Big Sister Caroline."
Gray walked over and greeted her politely.
Although he didn't have a good impression of the viscount's wife and their three children, since he lived in this castle, he had to show some basic courtesy.
"Oh, you're here to look through the books?"
Caroline asked indifferently.
"Yes, Big Sister Caroline. Then I'll go and look."
Gray said.
"Okay!"
The young girl nodded, paused for a moment, and then said.
"The first shelf is the history of the continent. The second shelf is about blood magic. The third shelf is filled with miscellaneous books."
"Thank you, Big Sister Caroline."
Gray looked at the young girl with slight surprise, then turned and walked to the first shelf.
Although it was a very ordinary reminder, Gray couldn't help but have a slightly better impression of the young girl.
In the half a month that he had occupied this body, he didn't have much contact with the young girl. At most, he would greet her when they met in the corridor. The young girl gave him the biggest impression of indifference.
She wasn't as "warm" as the eldest brother of this body, Bernal. She also wasn't like the second brother of this body, Elise, who showed contempt and hatred on her face. She was more indifferent to him, as if he was a stranger.
Now it seemed that she was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Among the viscount's wife and the three siblings, the one who was the friendliest to him was probably the one who was "indifferent" to him.
Coming to the first shelf, Gray began to take out one book after another and flipped through it.
Originally, he had planned to read up on books related to blood arts. However, considering that the original owner of this body had limited knowledge of this world, and that he was just a young man who had never traveled far, he decided to first learn about this world through history books.
"The Chronicles of the Purple Moon Kingdom" was a book that recorded the major historical events of the Purple Moon Kingdom, which was the kingdom that Viscount Fergus was loyal to.
Among them, there was a certain king's hard work, a certain count's and the Marquis family's decline, a certain major natural disaster, and a certain family that was destroyed by the kingdom due to rebellion …
From the text, it wasn't hard to see that the Richardson Wang Family had been completely beautified. The kings of the past were either wise, philanthropic, or wise, while the rebellious families were all sinful and had committed many crimes that angered the heavens and the people. This clearly proved a sentence that Gray had said in his previous life — History was often written by the victors.
"The War of the Four Kingdoms" was about the major battles that happened between the four great kingdoms of the continent, the Flame Kingdom, the Purple Moon Kingdom, the Scarlet Kingdom, and the Jewel Kingdom, as well as the consequences of the battles.
Compared to "The Chronicles of the Purple Moon Kingdom," "The War of the Four Kingdoms" was undoubtedly more objective, but this was only relative.
For example, it recorded a major battle that happened a few decades ago that the original owner of this body had heard of.
In that battle, the alliance army of the Purple Moon Kingdom was defeated and was chased by the Blazing Sun Kingdom for hundreds of miles. However, in this book, it was said that the commander of the Purple Moon Kingdom had great foresight and strategically retreated hundreds of miles.
"The Geography of the Four Kingdoms" was about the geographical locations and topography of the Flame Kingdom, the Purple Moon Kingdom, the Scarlet Kingdom, and the Jewel Kingdom on the continent.
The Flame Kingdom was located in the center of the continent, while the Purple Moon Kingdom, the Scarlet Kingdom, and the Jewel Kingdom were located on the three sides of the Flame Kingdom, bordering each other.
The Blazing Sun Kingdom had high temperatures all year round, and its territory had many plains and lakes.
The Purple Moon Kingdom had low temperatures all year round, and its territory had many hills and valleys.
The Scarlet Kingdom and the Jewel Kingdom had low temperatures all year round, and the former had many valleys and valleys while the latter had many mountains and valleys.
Gray's gaze swept across the books one after another. Many of the books only had a glance at their titles, and after guessing what they were about, he no longer paid attention to them. He only wanted to understand this world, and not to become a historian. Naturally, he didn't need to be too meticulous.
"Hmm, 'The World is Flat'?"
Suddenly, he saw the title of a book with a black leather cover. He could not help but flip it open in surprise.