Next Day;

Tyler started practicing his Sword Drawing Technique. This technique was rather simple.

Just unsheathed the sword at extreme speed with insane accuracy. It didn’t require any kind of transformation like Instant Step.

It just required hand strength.

So, he started building that hand strength. He trained without using mana at first. Without using Mana, his basic strength was at a human level.

But surprisingly, the more he unsheathed his sword, the faster he got with it.

There was no special effect, no instant withdrawal, just a precise and continuous movement.

After nearly ten minutes, his hand started to hurt. So, he used his mana to recover from that pain.

In less than a minute, his hand was fully recovered, so he continued the same training.

’It worked. I never thought it would work so easily.’

Tyler happily trained his drawing speed. But the more he drew, the more understanding he got about his swordsmanship.

Just like how elements were considered strong and weak based on comprehension, Swords were similar.

Normally, Swordsmanship was divided into three stages: Cutting the Steel, Cutting the Air, and Cutting the Nothingness.

Cutting the Steel was a stage where one could cut the steel without using mana.

Cutting the Air didn’t mean tearing through the air, but rather creating a vacuum in the atmosphere to create flying slashes.

Cutting the Nothingness meant doing no damage to the object while cutting it apart.

In the first stage, one had to generate enough sharpness, while in the second stage, one needed to generate extreme power.

But on the third stage, one needed control. A control so high that even with powerful slashes, it wouldn’t cut something they didn’t want to cut.

These three levels could only be treaded by people who had practiced swordsmanship for a long time.

So, even with his comprehension, Tyler wasn’t able to generate enough sharpness to reach the first stage after the entire day of training.

Of course, his Sword Drawing had reached the point where he could draw and sheath the sword within a second.

The next day, Tyler trained with Shadow Strangling and Iron Curtain. That’s right, he trained both of these techniques and tried to master both of them.

He didn’t succeed in mastering them, but he trained both of them so he could use both of them in a battle.

During this time, he also got some information about the mines.

Since they had been producing the Yellowstone ore for a long time, they had kept the record of every month’s production.

Looking at the production rate of the mines, Tyler frowned heavily.

Normally, the more they mined, the less ore the mines would have. Because of this, a normal mine would be empty within five decades to a century.

Since the most difficult part of the mine was acquiring it. Each mine would be fought by several powers.

Each mining area was around five kilometers wide and two kilometers deep. Most of the mines in their city were around this size.

But there was something weird about these mines. Even after a century of mining, their reserves had been constant.

If they forcefully put more people in these mines, they could guarantee even more ore.

Originally, this would’ve been a good thing, but Tyler smelled trouble.

The recent fishmen trouble and bandits’ uprising seemed to be aimed at their city, meaning another force learned about their mines.

’No, they didn’t learn about it. They also found the truth about it. That means they know what exists under this land while we don’t.’

’This is a big trouble.’

Tyler clenched his fist and thought.

’But it’s also a big opportunity. Before I decide on something, I need to find the truth about this mine.’

’I will leave this job to Daisy.’

Tyler made the plan, but this time, he didn’t stay in Alfred’s room. After making some notes about the mine, he decided to leave this room.

After five days of rest, his body had recovered to its maximum potential. So, he wanted to do it and improve his cultivation.

Of course, he could choose to practice using the Yin Essence Stone since he still had that one, but he decided to do it with Erena.

Not only because it was fun, but also to improve his technique.

Harmony of Nine Phoenixes had reached C-Grade thanks to Daisy’s help. After three days, he had figured out one thing.

If he wanted to upgrade it further, he needed to have sex with a virgin woman. More importantly, it would only increase his technique by one grade.

The rest of the benefit would come to him in the form of comprehension.

Unlike Inherited Technique, Acquired Techniques were harder to master. He didn’t think he had a great talent.

Even if he did have an A-Grade or S-Grade Inherited Technique, it didn’t mean his comprehension was very high.

It also didn’t mean he could master an Acquire Technique with just a day of practice. So, after a lot of thinking, he came to a conclusion.

His comprehension wasn’t bad, but it was improved to a ridiculous level because of his previous dual cultivation.

Now, he wanted to verify if this could continue or if he would receive other kinds of benefits.

Knock! Knock!

Clack!

The door opened, and Erena’s eyes widened.

"Young Master, why are you here?"

Erena was wearing her nightgown. It was a thin and transparent dress with a black bra and panties.

Seeing her body through the transparent dress, Tyler felt he had waited far too long. He couldn’t forget how many times he had to stop himself after seeing her like this.

Without any hesitation, he closed the door and wrapped her arms around her waist.

"Of course, I came for you."

Tyler replied.

Erena felt her face burning. She shyly lowered her gaze and asked.

"Young Master, is your body ready for this?"

Tyler couldn’t help but snort.

"Humph! You can’t ask a man about his stamina. Since I came, I am ready."

He tightly gripped his arms around her waist and lifted her up.

Surprised by his action, Erena instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist.

"Erena, do you know how long I have been waiting for this?"

Tyler whispered as he pulled her in his embrace.

Erena chuckled.

"Of course, I know. You were quite lecherous. Don’t think I don’t know how you used to masturbate to relieve your stress."

She placed her forehead on top of his and whispered.

"Young Master, many times, I truly hoped you would push me to the bed and fuck me like crazy. I knew you wrecked small, but I truly wanted you to try it."

"But every time you controlled yourself despite your lecherous thoughts, I felt bad. I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t control myself while you could."

Snap!

Suddenly, he moved his right hand from her waist and slapped it on her asscheek.

"Humph! I still remember when you used to wear those sexy dresses just to seduce me."

"Ohh! Young Master!"

Erena moaned loudly and wrapped her arms around his neck. Then, she pressed her lips over his.

Tyler felt electrocuted. How many times did he dream of kissing her? How many times did he use his hands while thinking about her?

Even though she was just a maid, he never thought of her like that. He truly wanted to make Erena his woman.

That’s why he planned to get this mine before his awakening. He wasn’t sure whether he would awaken a good technique or not.

But he had done everything to make sure Erena would be attached to him.

Feeling her lips, Tyler felt like something was blowing up in his mind. It wasn’t like when he was kissing Daisy.

At that time, his soul was shivering due to the killing intent. After he reached the first level, he also started hearing the voice from the first floor of the tower.

But right now, he felt none of that. No killing intent, no curses, just pure silence and pleasure.

Every inch of her lips felt like heaven, every drop of saliva felt like nectar. Their lips merged, forming a bond stronger than Yin and Yang.

When they were locked in a kiss, neither of them thought about anything else. Just immersing themselves in this sweet kiss.

At this moment, Tyler realized just how much he loved Erena.

Even though it was just a kiss, he couldn’t let go of her. Seconds passed, minutes ended, but their kiss didn’t stop.

Until both of them felt breathless, they finally let go of each other.

"Haa! Haa! Haa!"

"Haa! Haa! Haa!"

Both of them were left panting, looking into each other’s eyes with pure love. Suddenly, they smiled and leaned forward.

Their lips connected once more.

Tyler’s tongue slowly moved into her mouth and started licking every corner of her mouth, reaching her tongue.

Slowly, from a sweet kiss, they transitioned to a Tongue Kiss.