Chapter 24

The votes are really a bit scarce, I have to roll on the ground and beg for recommendation votes...

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"Yes, yes, I'll make sure to clean it up..." At this moment, let alone just cleaning up the entrance, even if it meant cleaning up the entire Thousand Sails City, Larry would have agreed without a second thought.

Larry never thought that this young mage would let him off so easily, without severe torture or killing to cover up, without even a single hair falling, and he walked out intact. This was simply a sign of good fortune!

Thus, the 9th-level mage quickly agreed and then quickly left the house, and after going out, he would definitely have people quickly clean up the entrance...

After sending away the 9th-level mage, Lin Yun sat in the study for a while. After the old butler had someone bring food, he ate a little in the study, then closed the study door and instructed no one to disturb him. He then began to activate the magic vortex, releasing one magic eye after another...

The magic eye is entirely formed by magic, but unlike ordinary spells, this magic does not completely detach from the mage's control. It still maintains a connection with the magic vortex after being released, so each magic eye is equivalent to one of the mage's eyes. Everything they see will be accurately reflected in the mage's mind.

However, most mages use only three to five magic eyes at most. Few can casually release a dozen or more magic eyes like Lin Yun, and it seems to be quite easy for him.

Each magic eye requires precise control, which is even more difficult than forming a magic vortex. Generally, newly advanced mages dare not attempt it, let alone controlling several at the same time.

Lin Yun spent about ten minutes releasing about a dozen magic eyes, then controlled these dozen magic eyes to drill into various corners of the house.

When Rog Merlin bought this house, he spent nearly a hundred thousand gold coins, which was a significant investment among the merchants of Thousand Sails City. Although it couldn't compare to the Munchi Manor, which covered dozens of hectares, it wasn't something that could be toured in a short time.

A dozen magic eyes might sound like a lot, but when thrown into such a large house, they really weren't very noticeable...

So Lin Yun had to close the study door and instruct no one to disturb him, because he knew this would be a long task...

After the magic eyes flew out of the study, they each headed to various corners of the house. Some went to the living room, some to the courtyard, some to the kitchen, some to the bedroom... A dozen magic eyes, under Lin Yun's control, began a thorough search of the entire house.

Time passed minute by minute...

The massive consumption of magic power made Lin Yun's face gradually pale. After an hour, Lin Yun picked up the first magic crystal, quickly drained all the magic power from it, and continued to maintain control over the magic eyes. However, this time, Lin Yun only lasted forty minutes before he had to start using the second magic crystal...

Continuously drawing magic power from two magic crystals, Lin Yun's face did not improve at all; instead, it became even paler.

Magic crystals can provide magic power, but this magic power is impure. Most mages dare not directly draw from it. Only Lin Yun, who had once drawn magic power from the void storm, dared to do so.

However, even Lin Yun couldn't keep drawing for long. Lin Yun estimated that he could draw from one more magic crystal before he had to stop and meditate, otherwise, the impurities that would enter his body with the magic power would cause him significant trouble.

Twenty minutes later, just as Lin Yun was about to pick up the third magic crystal, a magic eye that had flown into the second-floor study suddenly stopped!

"This is it!"

Lin Yun muttered a spell, and the dozen magic eyes instantly flew back, transforming back into the purest magic power, which merged into the magic vortex. At the same time, Lin Yun stood up, pushed open the door that had been closed for over two hours, and ran up the stairs to the second-floor study.

The second-floor study was where Rog Merlin worked. Because it involved many business secrets, no one was allowed to enter it, not even his only son, Mafa Merlin, who had only entered a few times when he was very young.

At the time, it didn't seem like anything, but now, thinking about it, there was probably something wrong with this study...

After entering the second-floor study, Lin Yun directly found a row of bookshelves behind him, then counted the books. The sixth book on the third row, at first glance, seemed no different from the others, but to Lin Yun, who had spent twenty years in the library, this book had a significant problem.

Among all the books on the bookshelf, only this one had the most worn spine. Someone might say that a worn spine just means it was read a lot. Wasn't it possible that Rog Merlin loved reading and particularly liked this book? Well, that could be true, but the problem was that the spine was worn, but the pages were brand new. Did Rog Merlin read without opening the pages?

If Lin Yun couldn't see such a big problem, then the twenty years he spent in the library would have been in vain.

Lin Yun walked to the bookshelf and gently pressed the book. Sure enough, he heard a light "click," as if something had been opened...

"Sure enough, there's a hidden door..."

Lin Yun tried to push the bookshelf, and to his surprise, it opened with just a light push, revealing a long passage behind it.

With the light from the study, Lin Yun looked into the passage. It was long and dark, and he couldn't tell where it led. There were also magical fluctuations emanating from it.

These magical fluctuations were not particularly strong, but they were unusually heavy and had a strong sealing property. Lin Yun guessed that it was some kind of alchemical array used for suppression or sealing.

To know exactly what it was, he would have to see it.

Lin Yun casually cast a light spell, making a soft and bright light ball float about a foot in front of him. He then used the light to illuminate the dark and long passage as he walked in.

Lin Yun walked in the dark and eerie passage for about five minutes before finally reaching the end.

At the end of the passage was a tightly closed stone door, from which the magical fluctuations he had felt earlier were emanating.

Lin Yun tried to push the stone door, but it didn't budge. He searched the surroundings but found no mechanism like the one on the bookshelf. He scratched his head, "Do I need a key?"

That didn't seem right either. The tightly closed stone door had no gaps, let alone a keyhole...

"Huh, this is..."

Just as Lin Yun was considering whether to use force to break the stone door, he suddenly noticed some strange patterns on the stone door.

These patterns were not very noticeable, and with the darkness in the passage, Lin Yun initially thought they were just patterns on the stone. But upon closer inspection, he realized something was off...

"Actually, it's Nether script!"

Before the Third Dynasty in Noscent, there were two vast empires. One was the Ashan Empire, which was said to be established by gods and demons. Unfortunately, it was too ancient, and its history could no longer be verified.

The other was the Nether Empire...

The Nether Empire was ruled by dragons and elves. It was said that magic was born in that era. The two powerful races ruled Noscent for only a few thousand years before disintegrating due to endless internal conflicts. For many years, few people discovered the remains of the Nether Empire.

However, one thing did survive: the Nether script. This was a script that combined dragon and elven languages, simple and precise, and was called the most perfect magical language by many mages.

Even after millions of years, in the era of unparalleled magical civilization, the Nether script was still a skill that mages had to master. Many high-level spells required the Nether script, and some profound magical knowledge could only be described using the Nether script, as using anything else would make the knowledge cumbersome and difficult to read.

The spread of the Nether script seemed to be after the plane colonization. Now, those who mastered the Nether script were likely the top mages, at least at the level of Archmages...

So, who left the Nether script on the stone door?

Lin Yun thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. In frustration, he gave up and started to study the Nether script on the stone door.

For Lin Yun, this was much simpler. In less than ten minutes, he had almost completely deciphered the Nether script on the stone door.

In short, it was a riddle, a riddle written in Nether script.

Then everything became simple. Lin Yun just stood there and loudly read the answer in Nether script, and the stone door, which had been tightly closed, immediately opened!

"Damn..." As soon as the stone door opened, Lin Yun felt his eyes go blind.

Three red diamonds embedded in the stone wall were emitting a dazzling light in the darkness, and the intense magical fluctuations in the air were so dense that it made breathing difficult.

These were abyssal magic diamonds, said to be the eyes of dead demons. Each one possessed immense magical power and was a treasure that mages dreamed of. Even in this era of abundant resources, abyssal magic diamonds could be described as priceless. Once they entered the market, they would immediately drive countless mages to madness, and even the high-ranking Archmages would be willing to pay any price for them.

The vast and pure magical power and the astonishing magical conductivity made abyssal magic diamonds one of the best sources of magical power. Whether used to directly absorb magical power or to maintain the operation of alchemical arrays, they could skip the step of purifying magical power, as the magical power they contained was the purest, with no need to worry about impurities.