Chapter 49

So, Lin Yun read the book *Max's Formula Detailed Explanation* very carefully...

The speed at which he turned the pages was much slower than when he was flipping through *Magic Conductor Rune Construction Examples* earlier...

For Lin Yun, who was about to delve deeper into the Bone Plane, every battle Max had with each type of undead creature was worth paying close attention to. Even if it wasn't a Bone Demon, it didn't matter, because no one could guarantee that after Lin Yun eliminated the Bone Demon and occupied the Nether Iron Mine, he wouldn't encounter other undead creatures.

While Lin Yun was seriously flipping through *Max's Formula Detailed Explanation*, Soron suddenly saw a figure flash by outside the library door. After a long while, the figure waved at him from the door crack...

"..." Soron shivered, because that figure was clearly Salaman.

A grand Mage, how could he act like a thief...

Soron, with a head full of black lines, came out of the library. As soon as he reached the door, Salaman pulled him aside: "Is that guy reading *Magic Conductor Rune Construction Examples*?"

"Yes, what's the matter..." Soron was a bit puzzled. A *Magic Conductor Rune Construction Examples* wouldn't cause such a big stir for a grand Mage, would it?

"It's nothing!"

"..."

"Alright, alright, you go out first." Seeing that Soron still wanted to ask something, Salaman quickly waved his hand, driving away his only disciple.

What a joke, how could he let his only disciple know that he came to the library just to find out what the young mage inside thought of *Magic Conductor Rune Construction Examples*? How could he maintain his dignity as a teacher in the future?

This seemed a bit absurd. A grand Mage running to the library like a thief just to find out what a young mage thought of *Magic Conductor Rune Construction Examples*. If this were to be said, who would believe it?

The problem was, the truth was indeed like this...

Recently, in the kingdom's mage circles, there had been heated discussions about four data points, four data points that might prove the *Farenson Formula* wrong. However, most mages only knew that these four data points came from the Thousand Sails City Mage Guild, from the disciple of Star Sage Jouyi, Salaman.

But Salaman knew that those four data points did not belong to him. They belonged to a young mage who was not yet twenty years old. This young mage's name was Mafa Merlin. A few months ago, he was just a failed magic apprentice who couldn't form a magic vortex.

However, Salaman had never mentioned this...

Not because Salaman wanted to claim the honor of proving the *Farenson Formula* wrong for himself, but because Salaman knew that even if he said it, no one would believe it. It was too absurd and bizarre. Ten people would probably laugh it off as a joke.

Not to mention others, even Salaman, who had experienced it firsthand, found it hard to believe.

For this reason, he even did some probing at the Black Horn Auction.

In the private room at the Black Horn Auction, the two had a rather long conversation.

At the time, Salaman's face didn't show much, but his heart was already in turmoil.

Because Salaman suddenly realized that the young mage was someone who could directly converse with him about magic...

Even though Salaman initiated the conversation and tried every possible way to probe, the other party seemed to know what he was up to. Each time they talked about a topic, it would stop just there, not giving Salaman the chance to delve deeper.

But just a few words were enough to hit the essence of the problem.

Yes, that was the feeling.

No matter how complex or difficult the problem, it seemed to be just a matter of a few words for this young mage, light and effortless, to the point where even Salaman himself fell into the illusion that the problem was inherently simple.

But when Salaman came back and thought about it carefully, he was startled. This was not a problem that could be solved casually. Even as a grand Mage, it took him years, even decades, to solve these problems. Why could this young mage grasp the key so quickly?

Salaman remembered clearly that a few times when he raised questions, the young mage seemed distracted, but as soon as he spoke, he hit the key point. It felt like a terrifying instinct, a completely subconscious action.

This discovery made Salaman feel a chill all over...

It was only then that Salaman truly believed that those four data points were indeed from the hand of this young mage.

Now, in the same library, the same young mage, and the same millennium-old problem...

Salaman really wanted to know what this young mage thought of *Magic Conductor Rune Construction Examples*...

Unfortunately, Salaman was disappointed...

After copying the construction method of the magic energy array, Lin Yun put down *Magic Conductor Rune Construction Examples* and began to read *Max's Formula Detailed Explanation* seriously. This made Salaman, who had been waiting outside the door, feel a bit embarrassed, as if he had stepped into a void...

"What's going on..." Salaman waited outside for a long time, but Lin Yun never put down *Max's Formula Detailed Explanation*. The grand Mage couldn't help but grumble to himself, "Is this guy deliberately trying to mess with me?"

Salaman knew the content of *Max's Formula Detailed Explanation* very well. It was said to describe the Fire Tyrant's insights into fire magic, but the related content was actually not much. There were more practical battle examples, which Salaman himself had once described as "very entertaining."

In theory, such an entertaining magic book didn't need to be read so seriously.

But this time, Salaman really wronged Lin Yun...

The reason Lin Yun read it so seriously was not because the Fire Tyrant's insights into fire magic needed such serious study. For Lin Yun, the insights into fire magic had been thoroughly studied ten years ago. Even if the Fire Tyrant were to be reborn, he might not be able to do better in theoretical knowledge than Lin Yun.

What Lin Yun was really studying were the practical battle examples, specifically the battles between the Fire Tyrant and undead creatures.

After all, the author of this book was the disciple of the Fire Tyrant.

The battles the Fire Tyrant experienced, the author of this book had mostly experienced firsthand. These firsthand experiences were the most important to Lin Yun, especially the battles with Bone Demons.

In *Max's Formula Detailed Explanation*, there were two recorded battles with Bone Demons. One was when the Fire Tyrant had already advanced to a grand Mage and completely crushed a dozen Bone Demons. There wasn't much to say about this battle. The other was when the Fire Tyrant was still a fifth-level grand Mage, and he encountered a Bone Demon outside the Ghost City...

That was a real fierce battle. Generally, the combat power of a Bone Demon is between levels 15 to 19, roughly equivalent to a fifth to ninth-level grand Mage. At that time, the author of this book had just started following the Fire Tyrant and personally experienced this battle.

According to his recollection, the Bone Demon the Fire Tyrant encountered was almost at the grand Mage level. The Fire Tyrant almost used all his trump cards and, at the risk of magic backlash, used a spirit-bound magic artifact to barely defeat the Bone Demon. This battle was one of the most dangerous in the Fire Tyrant's life.

Such a dangerous battle left a deep impression on the disciple. The description of this battle was exceptionally detailed. What delighted Lin Yun was that the disciple mentioned that years later, the Fire Tyrant reflected on this battle, listing some of his mistakes and even claiming that if he hadn't made those mistakes, he wouldn't have needed to use the spirit-bound magic artifact to defeat the Bone Demon.

This reflection was extremely meaningful to Lin Yun...

It was like a clear path for Lin Yun, a path that allowed him to challenge a Bone Demon at the fifth-level grand Mage stage.

So Lin Yun read it very carefully, so carefully that he didn't even notice Salaman outside the door...

...

While Lin Yun was reading *Max's Formula Detailed Explanation* at the Sage Tower, the Gilded Rose also held an alchemy press conference.

The content of this press conference included four excellent magic artifacts, two enchanted weapons, and a mining-specific alchemy puppet named Miner. However, the real highlight was a bottle of alchemy potion called "Hope."

Yes, the Hope potion that could easily allow a magic apprentice to reach level 9.

With the appearance of the Hope potion, this small-scale alchemy press conference immediately caused a sensation throughout Thousand Sails City.

And the name Gilded Rose was also remembered by countless people. Many people began to know that after Rog Merlin died, the Flashing Gold Guild did not disappear. They still had an alchemy shop on Triumph Street called Gilded Rose, and the magical potion that could easily allow a magic apprentice to reach level 9 was developed by this Gilded Rose.

After all this, the old butler smiled and marked the Hope potion at a price of 200,000 gold coins, and announced that there was only one bottle in stock, and the next bottle would not appear for at least a month after it was sold.

The price of 200,000 gold coins could only deter some ordinary magic apprentices. They had no background and no savings, and 200,000 gold coins was a real astronomical figure for them. However, apart from these ordinary magic apprentices, Thousand Sails City had many extraordinary magic apprentices, some of whom were the children of leaders of various forces, and some were from wealthy merchant families, just like Mafa Merlin in the past. The price of 200,000 gold coins could not stop them. The only thing to worry about was whether they could act fast enough...