When Connoris first signed the master-servant contract with Lin Li, he was more or less forced by the circumstances. Strictly speaking, he was not really willing to do it. However, after seeing the achievements that Lin Li had displayed, the indignation in his heart had long vanished. To him, becoming Lin Li's servant was no longer a matter of being forced by the circumstances, but a great opportunity.
Soon after Lin Li returned to the embassy, his subordinates came to report that Saint Edmund and Elder Zumar of the Illuminati had come to visit. Lin Li was naturally well aware of their intentions, and he immediately asked someone to invite them to the living room, after which he went to the living room of the embassy.
"President Felic, I'm really sorry. I apologize for what Cantory said previously. I will also tell the Saint about this matter and ask him to be stricter with Cantory. " As soon as they met, Saint Edmund first apologized to Lin Li. After all, what Cantory had said previously was indeed too much.
However, Lin Li didn't mind. After inviting the two of them to take a seat, he said, "Don't apologize. As long as those flies don't fly in front of me, I won't bother with them. Saint Edmund, you must have come here for something else apart from apologizing, right? "
Lin Li was not a very magnanimous person, but sometimes, he would feel that it was not worth wasting time on those flies. If what Cantory had done had really attracted his attention, he would have probably crushed Cantory like an ant with one finger. He wouldn't have cared whose disciple he was.
Hearing Lin Li's words, Saint Edmund sighed helplessly in his heart even though he knew that Lin Li was not calculative about this matter. In fact, given Lin Li and Cantory's age, Saint Edmund hoped that the two of them could become friends. That way, he wouldn't have to put down his pride and ask for help from others. However, it was obvious that this hope was simply extravagant given the current situation. Hence, he still had to put down his pride.
In fact, Lin Li was really not picky about friends. Even ordinary people without any power could become very good friends as long as they got along with him. However, if they didn't get along with each other, Lin Li wouldn't spare Cantory a second glance even if he really became the Illuminati's Lord of the Illuminati's disciple.
"President Felic, I can tell from that mageweath scroll that you have made a huge breakthrough in the field of inscription. I don't know if you have any confidence in the matter we talked about previously, "Saint Edmund said as he let go of the regrets in his heart, and told Lin Li about the purpose of his visit.
The matter that Edmund was talking about was naturally the matter of the early resurrection of the Illuminati's Lord Aquilo that they had talked about under the cursed island. Since Lin Li had agreed to it back then, he certainly wouldn't go back on his word now. Hence, he calmly said, "Oh, I see. However, I have to make it clear first. Although I've made some breakthroughs in inscription, I'm still far from the realm of a Divine Smith. I can only be considered to have vaguely touched the mysteries."
Lin Li was not being humble. Although the Mount Tai Mageweath could suppress the Berserk Whale Rabu, it was still far from the Immortal King's Divine-Smith-level mageweath. He had actually only studied a small part of the Divine-Smith-level mageweath, and probably not even 1% of it. Hence, even if he followed Edmund's request and set up the mageweath to speed up the resurrection of Aquilo, it would still be impossible for Aquilo to be resurrected immediately.
However, Saint Edmund didn't show any disappointment. Instead, he excitedly said, "No problem. I believe that with your standard of inscription, President Felic, you can at least resurrect Lord Aquilo a few decades in advance. This is already a great help to the Illuminati."
According to the original estimates, it would take at least nearly 100 years to resurrect Lord Aquilo with the power of the holy artifact. Although nearly 100 years was just a blink of an eye for the Illuminati that had been waiting for thousands of years, it would naturally be better if they could shorten the time by half.
Besides, the recent changes in Anril had already been sensed by Saint Edmund and the other senior executives of the Illuminati. Although they didn't know what would happen in this world in the end, they could vaguely guess that it would definitely not be anything good. Hence, whether the Illuminati had another 100 years to wait for the resurrection of Lord Aquilo was really a big problem.
Edmund had once followed Lord Aquilo, and had a deep understanding of Aquilo's strength. He was very clear that if there were any changes in this world in the end, and Lord Aquilo could be resurrected, it would undoubtedly be of great help to the Illuminati.
Upon hearing Saint Edmund's words, Lin Li nodded, and said, "Since Saint Edmund has said so, there's no harm in making a trip. However, Saint Edmund, do you still remember the terms of our deal?"
When Lin Li agreed to Edmund's request, he had made a condition, and that was to see the scriptures of the Illuminati. Besides, it was not a scripture that was used to deceive the believers, but a primitive scripture that only the senior executives of the Illuminati could see. It involved all the secrets of the establishment of the Illuminati.
Although the primitive scripture of the Illuminati, or rather the supreme scripture, involved a lot of the dark secrets of the Illuminati. However, there were some things that would not affect the Illuminati much even if Lin Li, an outsider, knew about them.
After all, after thousands of years of operation, the beliefs of the believers of the Illuminati would not be easily shaken even if they were not fanatical. Even if Lin Li knew about the dark secrets of the Illuminati and spread it everywhere, not many believers would believe him since he was an outsider.
Hence, compared to the resurrection of Lord Aquilo, the risk of showing the supreme scripture to Lin Li, an outsider, was nothing. Hence, after hearing Lin Li mention the terms of the deal again, Saint Edmund did not hesitate at all, and simply took out an ancient book and handed it to Lin Li.
The ancient book was very thick, and probably had more than a thousand pages. It could probably be used as a pillow. The cover was made of a kind of white animal skin that was slightly yellowed due to its age. There were only two golden words written on it — Scripture. Although the entire book was well-preserved, it had been around for thousands of years, after all. Hence, there were obvious signs of wear and tear.
Besides, Lin Li could feel that the scripture also contained very powerful magical power. Although it could not be compared to Geresco's Book of Eternity, it was still a rather powerful magical item. It was probably a holy item in the Illuminati. The fact that the Illuminati could take out the original copy of the scripture was partly to prove its authenticity, and partly to show their sincerity.
After Lin Li received the Illuminati's scripture, he naturally could not read it seriously in front of Edmund and Zumar. Hence, he only flipped through two pages casually before putting it on the table beside him. He then said to Edmund, "Very well, I'll borrow this scripture for a few days. You guys go and prepare the materials for the mageweath. We'll go to the cursed land in three days."
Although Lin Li had already left his mental imprint on the cursed land, and no matter how the strange island moved, he would still be able to cut through space to get there. However, the cursed land was full of mysteries. Although he had explored it once, Lin Li felt that what he had explored was far less than 1% of what was contained in it.
Hence, for safety's sake, Lin Li decided to go through the normal way. Otherwise, God knew what would happen if he opened the crack in space.
Upon hearing Lin Li's agreement, Edmund and Zumar could not help but be overjoyed. After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Lin Li and agreeing on a time to set off, they left with a list of materials that Lin Li had casually tossed out.
Not long after Edmund and Zumar left, Lin Li returned to his room for less than 15 minutes before his subordinates came to report that someone had come to visit. This time, it was Grand Duke Weidi, who had hosted the auction at the just-concluded auction.
"President Felic, I'm really sorry. The mageweath scroll that you made has completely exceeded our ability to appraise it. That's why it was said to be a Master-level work at the auction. Please forgive us. Fortunately, your mageweath scroll had set the highest record in the history of our auction. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have the face to meet you, "Grand Duke Weidi hurriedly apologized to Lin Li for his mistake at the auction as soon as he saw Lin Li.
It was not that Grand Duke Weidi was making a fuss. After all, inscriptionists had always given people the impression that they were proud and arrogant. Besides, Lin Li had never suffered any losses after coming to the Gilded Kingdom. Now, Grand Duke Weidi had described a peak Guru-level mageweath scroll that could suppress the Berserk Whale Rabu as a peak Master-level work at the auction. No inscriptionist would be able to tolerate that.
Besides, to be honest, the price of 400 million gold coins for this peak Guru-level mageweath scroll was not considered a sky-high price. If people had known that this mageweath scroll had the power to suppress an enemy like the Berserk Whale Rabu, there would definitely be a large number of people who would fight for it even if the price was 4 billion gold coins.
Hence, after Grand Duke Weidi heard about the suppression of the Berserk Whale Rabu, his joy of setting the highest record at the auction immediately vanished without a trace, and was replaced by cold sweat. Besides, he was sure that after today's incident, this auction record that he was proud of would probably become a laughing stock. What a joke. An item that was worth billions of gold coins was only auctioned off for 400 million gold coins. Wasn't that a huge joke?
Others could laugh at him all they wanted, but Grand Duke Weidi did not dare to do so in front of Lin Li, and continued to pretend that nothing had happened. Besides, His Majesty Bradlor had looked for him and given him a good scolding. He did not care about his reputation as the God of Fortune at all. He could feel that His Majesty Bradlor was truly enraged.
Hence, after coming out of the palace, Grand Duke Weidi urged the auction staff to settle the accounts as quickly as possible while wiping off the saliva that Bradlor had spat on his face. He then rushed to the embassy of the Tower of Dusk to apologize.
Although the price of the mageweath scroll was still too low, Lin Li had not auctioned it for gold coins. In fact, he was even prepared to be bought by someone for tens of thousands of gold coins. Besides, Grand Duke Weidi was right. With the standard of an ordinary inscriber, it would be impossible for them to identify the level of the mageweath scroll. Hence, Lin Li did not blame Grand Duke Weidi.
After hearing Grand Duke Weidi's apology, Lin Li smiled faintly, and pointed to the chair beside him. "Grand Duke Weidi, please take a seat. I handed the mageweath scroll to you because of King Bradlor's invitation. If I really wanted to exchange it for money, I could have found someone else to offer a higher price, so you don't have to blame yourself too much. "
Seeing that Lin Li's tone was calm and did not seem to be blaming him, Grand Duke Weidi secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He then took out a crystal card, and handed it to Lin Li with both hands. With an apologetic expression, he said, "President Felic, no matter what, we made a mistake in auctioning the mageweath scroll this time. This crystal card contains 400 million gold coins from the auction, and another 100 million gold coins from our auction as compensation. Although this is far from enough to compensate you for your loss, we can only take out these funds now. If you're willing, you can take a look at our auction's treasure vault. We're willing to compensate you with those collectibles. "
Logically speaking, a portion of the transaction price should be deducted as the auction's remuneration after an item was successfully auctioned. According to the percentage of commission that the auction house would take, the auction house would earn at least tens of millions of gold coins from the transaction price of the 400,000,000 gold coins.
However, no matter how thick-skinned Grand Duke Weidi was, he could not bring himself to ask for commission from Lin Li after such a huge mistake had occurred in the auction. After all, the mageweath scroll could be sold for a sky-high price of billions of gold coins if it was put up for auction. In fact, the auction house had suffered a loss.
However, the auction house would not be able to compensate Lin Li with billions of gold coins unless they emptied the Gilded Kingdom's treasury. Grand Duke Weidi could only come up with 100 million gold coins as an apology to Lin Li in hopes of getting his forgiveness. In addition, it meant that he would use the auction's collectibles to compensate Lin Li further.
The finale of the auction was not something that would appear in every sea market. Hence, the auction house would usually keep some precious treasures to deal with the situation where they could not bring out the finale. In the past thousands of years, the auction house had naturally collected some treasures, and each time, they would be enough to be the finale of the auction.
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