Chapter 54

"Magician Merlin, what do you mean by this?" Not only the young magic apprentices were puzzled, but even Bassoro, who had been engrossed in writing something, immediately frowned.

As a great alchemist, how could he not know what a dissipation potion was? It was a poison specifically targeting magicians. Once a drop was touched, magic power would rapidly decline. Many thieves liked to coat their daggers with dissipation potions, so they could gain a significant advantage in battle with just a slight injury.

However, no one had ever heard of a magician drinking a dissipation potion...

"It's sour..." Lin Yun seemed to ignore Bassoro's question, his slightly narrowed eyes still tightly focused on the young magic apprentice.

"You... you're lying!" Under Lin Yun's gaze, the young magic apprentice became even more flustered: "What dissipation potion? I've never heard of it. You... what evidence do you have!"

"Evidence, right..."

Lin Yun sat there motionless, his voice lazy.

But the moment he spoke, the air suddenly emitted a light "whoosh."

Following that, a splash of blood flew up...

Before anyone could react, Lin Yun had magically produced a glass bottle, and with a casual flick, all the splattered blood was collected without a single drop missing.

The entire process was incredibly fast...

It wasn't until Kroo cried out in pain, clutching his right hand, that everyone finally saw clearly that the blood had come from the young magic apprentice's wrist. The "whoosh" sound in the air was a wind blade, moving at an incredible speed.

In that instant, a wind blade had cut the young magic apprentice's wrist, and a glass bottle had caught the splattered blood.

And no one in the room had seen how it happened or how it ended!

What did this mean...

The three people sitting across the long table were no ordinary figures. Granger was a 5th-level great magician, Bassoro was a 6th-level great magician, and the third had recently completed his advancement to a great magician. Yet, even combined, the three great magicians had not seen how Merlin had released the wind blade, cut Kroo's wrist, or collected the blood in the glass bottle.

This realization made everyone present feel a bit uneasy...

Such casting speed was terrifying. Even the three great magicians together had not reacted in time.

What if the wind blade had aimed at the necks of the three great magicians instead of Kroo's fingers? What would the outcome be?

Just thinking about it made Granger feel uncomfortable in his chair...

After all, ever since this young magician entered the meeting room, Granger had been constantly making things difficult for him. This was partly a necessary tactic for the hearing, but it also stemmed from Granger's personal motives.

Others might not know the reason, but Granger certainly did. The eldest son of the Munky family, Ryan, had personally visited, promising numerous valuable magical materials, all to make things difficult for this young magician during the hearing.

At the time, Granger had readily agreed.

Because in Granger's mind, a young magician in his twenties, whose greatest supporter was already dead, now running a small alchemy shop with a half-dead old butler, had no power or background. What could he do if Granger made things difficult for him during the hearing? Would he dare to retaliate?

Retaliating against a great alchemist? He wouldn't dare even with ten lives!

Fine, let's take it to the extreme. Even if he dared, would he have the ability?

A young magician in his twenties retaliating against a 5th-level great magician? What a joke...

So from the beginning, Granger had been constantly making things difficult for the young magician, every word filled with bias, every question laced with malice.

But now, Granger was starting to feel uneasy...

Because Granger suddenly realized that the young magician he was making things difficult for, while having no power or background, was extremely dangerous...

He had used a wind blade to cut Kroo's wrist right under the noses of three great magicians and collected the splattered blood in a glass bottle, and no one had reacted in time.

Such casting speed was terrifying...

Thinking about being in the same room with such a dangerous person and having just made things difficult for him without restraint, Granger couldn't help but turn pale.

"Merlin... Magician Merlin, what are you doing?"

"Nothing, this young magic apprentice just said I had no evidence, right?" Lin Yun gently shook the glass bottle in his hand and explained calmly: "I found this claim very provocative, so I decided to show him the evidence."

"What evidence?"

"Evidence..." Lin Yun smiled and stood up, still shaking the glass bottle as he walked towards the long table across from him.

"You... what are you doing!" Granger was startled, but after his exclamation, the great alchemist quickly realized he had lost his composure and quickly added: "Just show us the evidence, no need to come so close!"

"Great Alchemist Granger, I'm just bringing the evidence to you, no need to be so nervous..."

"I'm not nervous!" Granger couldn't admit it.

Fortunately, Lin Yun didn't intend to argue about whether he was nervous or not. He simply placed the glass bottle containing the blood on the long table: "This is the evidence."

"What evidence is this?" Granger was clearly taken aback.

Not just Granger...

The other two great alchemists, though silent, also frowned. A glass bottle containing a few drops of blood—what kind of evidence was this?

Fortunately, Lin Yun quickly provided an answer.

"Great Alchemist Granger, you really lack common sense..." Lin Yun pointed to the *History of Alchemy* on the floor and said with a smile: "If you read this book carefully, you would find on page 27, line 3, a description of the symptoms of the Long-legged Emperor of the Third Dynasty when he was injured by a weapon coated with dissipation potion. If I remember correctly, it mentions that the emperor's wound took three months to heal and bled continuously..."

"..." Granger's face was even uglier than a pig's liver. His previous mockery had been thrown back at him, and he couldn't argue because this description was crucial. Granger stared at the *History of Alchemy* on the floor, unsure whether to pick it up or not...

If he picked it up, it would be like being slapped in the face. But if he didn't, how could he refute it? The other party could say whatever they wanted.

"Look, Great Alchemist Granger, knowledge is right at your feet, but you're unwilling to bend down..." Lin Yun added, making things even worse...

"..." Granger felt like dying at that moment.

"Granger, why don't you pick it up and take a look?" Bassoro couldn't help but suggest.

Granger glanced at Bassoro, though he didn't say anything, he had already cursed Bassoro's ancestors in his heart. Damn, are you human or a beast? I'm already in this state, and you're not even sympathetic, let alone adding insult to injury. Pick it up and take a look? Why don't you do it?

"The hearing must continue." Bassoro probably knew Granger wasn't saying anything good about him, so after speaking, he quickly buried his head, offering a vague reason.

But this reason was a step down for Granger. After hesitating for a long time, the great alchemist gritted his teeth and picked up the *History of Alchemy*.

Then, Granger felt like dying.

Because on page 27, line 3, it indeed described how the Long-legged Emperor of the Third Dynasty, after being injured by a weapon coated with dissipation potion, took three months to heal and bled continuously.

Everything matched what Merlin had said, word for word!

Granger suddenly realized that this hearing was not going well...

Sure enough, as Granger opened the *History of Alchemy*, Lin Yun picked up the glass bottle and gently shook it: "Why does the wound keep bleeding? Look at this blood. It's been about twenty minutes since I cut the young magic apprentice's wrist, and the blood hasn't clotted. Great Alchemist Granger, you can't tell me this is just a coincidence, can you?"

"This... this is just your guess, it can't be used as evidence!" Granger felt he still had a chance to save the situation.

"This isn't a guess." Lin Yun didn't give him another chance, instead, he picked up a quill and a piece of paper from the long table and quickly wrote down four alchemical formulas: "Take this, follow the formula to prepare an alchemical potion. In less than three minutes, you can extract at least a drop of dissipation potion from the young magic apprentice's blood. If Great Alchemist Granger still doesn't believe it, he can taste it himself!"

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