Those who returned from the Scar of Death were naturally treated differently from before. There were four people from the Tower of Dusk, and they were given four tents that were spacious and comfortable. Although it was not as good as Sendros's, it was a completely different treatment compared to the other Adventurers.
The four tents were at the edge of the campsite, and were separated by about 10 meters. They did not look too far away or too close, and it was obvious that Adelo had deliberately arranged them for the four of them. The sun had just set, and the campsite was still bustling with activity. Adventurers sat around the campfire, drinking hard liquor and eating rations. Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, they would more or less chat with each other when they bumped into each other.
However, none of the Adventurers were willing to approach the four tents by the side of the campsite. That was because there were nearly twenty Death Knights clad in black armor and wielding Frost Blades guarding the tents like statues. They exuded a chilly aura of death that was as chilly as the wind, and one could feel the chills even before they got close. Under such circumstances, no Adventurer was willing to disturb these few Death Knights.
Even the bravest Adventurers would only take a few glances from afar, and then discuss with a few of their peers …
The content of the discussion was very similar. Ever since Lin Li and the others returned from the Scar of Death, almost all the Adventurers were talking about them. They were discussing their background, why they could enjoy such high treatment, and how powerful the group of Death Knights in black armor they brought with them were. In short, there were all sorts of discussions. If all of them were collected, one could probably make a book out of it.
And the person they were whispering to was wrapped in a blanket, staring at the map on the table.
On the table was the map of the Immortal King's treasure. After returning from Sendros's place, Lin Li had been staring at the map in a daze.
Speaking of which, Lin Li could be considered knowledgeable, but after staring at it for a long time, he could not even figure out the material of the map. It was neither paper nor leather, not even cloth or silk. When he touched it, it felt smooth and delicate. The entire map was square, and about a meter in length and width. From the patterns on it, there were streets and houses, and it seemed to be a city that he had never seen before. Apart from these patterns, there were also many tiny High Elves Print. At a glance, there were probably tens of thousands of words densely packed together.
The High Elves Print had always been known for its conciseness and conciseness. Hence, many complicated magic spells had to be written in the High Elves Print. If it was changed to the common language, just reciting the spell would probably take a few days, and by the time the spell was released, the mage would have died hundreds of times …
The contents of tens of thousands of High Elves Print could only be described as massive. When Lin Li first saw the densely packed words, he was shocked on the spot. He thought to himself, I'm rich! If I read so many High Elves Print, who knows how many secrets I'll know …
But after reading it carefully, Lin Li felt that he had been tricked.
"Damn it, what kind of joke is this …"
Tens of thousands of High Elves Print, and not a single sentence made sense …
This, this, this … This is too immoral!
He did not know which bastard came up with this damned treasure map. There were tens of thousands of High Elves Print densely packed together, and it would take him half a day just to copy it. Yet, there was not a single complete sentence, and he could not even find a word that he could guess the meaning of based on the context …
At first, Lin Li refused to believe it, and insisted on finding useful information from it. Unfortunately, the result was tragic. After spending most of the night, he could only confirm the meaning of a few commonly used words.
It could not be helped. This was how the High Elves Print was. There were only a few hundred words in total, and each word had a specific meaning in a specific context. Take this treasure map for example, there were tens of thousands of High Elves Print, but not a single complete sentence. Not to mention Lin Li, even a real High Elf would be lost in thought when looking at this treasure map …
After tormenting himself for most of the night, Lin Li finally gave up. He threw the High Elves Print aside, and focused on studying the patterns on the map.
After changing the breakthrough point, he finally had some small gains. As he looked on, Lin Li gradually felt that the city depicted on the map seemed to be different from ordinary cities. The crisscrossing streets and alleys seemed to be a little too complicated. There were clearly some places that did not need to be arranged in such a way, but in this city, they would rather take a big detour to arrange the streets and alleys in that place. The place that could be reached in a few steps seemed to encircle the entire city in the end.
Of course, there were not many such exaggerated streets, and only a few at the periphery were like this. But, when Lin Li saw it, he quickly realized the crux of it.
"Could it be that there is a special meaning to these streets?"
Lin Li stared at the streets on the map for a long time, and suddenly realized that there seemed to be quite a number of towers in this city, and those streets that clearly defied common sense just happened to connect these towers.
"F * ck, the Conquering Mageweath!" Lin Li suddenly smacked his forehead, and thought of a Guru-level mageweath …
Yes, there were a total of 36 towers on this map, and they corresponded to the 36 magic nodes of the Conquering Mageweath. These crisscrossing streets and alleys formed a perfect magic circuit. If there was a mana source, it would be a magnified Conquering Mageweath!
Even among the Guru-level mageweaths, the Conquering Mageweath was at the peak. There was even a saying among the Inscriptionists in the Endless World that when one completely mastered the Conquering Mageweath, one would be able to touch a trace of the realm of a Divine Smith. Of course, this saying might be a little exaggerated. Lin Li had completely mastered the Conquering Mageweath, but he knew nothing about the realm of a Divine Smith.
However, this also showed how high a position the Conquering Mageweath occupied in the hearts of Inscriptionists.
The Conquering Mageweath was often used on magical weapons, and those were extremely powerful ones. For example, when Lin Li obtained the Stars of Fury from the Well of the Sun, he had personally drawn a Conquering Mageweath on it. Through this Conquering Mageweath, the power of the Stars of Fury was almost strengthened to the limit. Not only would its attacks contain various magical attributes, but it could also allow Lin Li to become one with the Stars of Fury, and borrow the power of this mythical weapon at any time and place. When the Conquering Mageweath was activated, Lin Li was the Stars of Fury, and the Stars of Fury was Lin Li.
At that time, Lin Li was almost invincible …
However, even the invincible Lin Li had never thought of using the Conquering Mageweath in a city …
This was an absolutely crazy design. When the Conquering Mageweath was magnified thousands of times and drawn in a city, every resident in the city could integrate themselves into the city, and borrow the power of the city at any time and place. What kind of concept was that?
This was even scarier than Lin Li with the Stars of Fury …
The Conquering Mageweath had an extremely strange characteristic. The wider the area covered by the mageweath, the more powerful it was. This was because the Conquering Mageweath was drawn with the blood of Wyrms, and the blood of Wyrms itself contained terrifying power. The more Wyrms' blood was used, the more powerful the Conquering Mageweath would be.
It was no exaggeration to say that such a terrifying Conquering Mageweath could even turn every resident in the city into a living deity …
"Lunatic …" Lin Li looked at the map in his hands, and was completely dumbfounded. This was definitely a city that only a lunatic could design. Look at the crisscrossing streets, look at the 36 towers. If all of them were to use the blood of Wyrms, at least a hundred Wyrms would be needed …
In other words, to build a city like this, at least a hundred Wyrms would be needed …
What kind of concept was a hundred Wyrms? Even in the prehistoric times when Anril was ruled by Wyrms and Titans, a hundred Wyrms was an extremely terrifying force. This force was enough to tear the sky apart and make the earth collapse!
Moreover, to make such a Conquering Mageweath work normally, the mana needed was enough to make anyone go crazy. Lin Li could not even imagine how many Legendary magical crystals were needed to be the mana source of this Conquering Mageweath.
Compared to such a city, what was the Eternal Furnace? The crystallization of Osric's wisdom was just a small toy. As for Lin Li's Tower of Dusk, it was not even a toy. At most, it was just a speck of dust in the air …
Once such a city was built, it could be described as almost indestructible.
"Wait, indestructible?" Lin Li suddenly gasped when he thought of this phrase.
Wasn't it the Sky Castle that was said to be indestructible?
During the distant Dark Ages, the High Elves built seven Sky Castles with the power of the entire race. With these seven Sky Castles, the High Elves ruled over the entire Anril. In that long and dark period, countless rebellions were easily suppressed by these seven Sky Castles. It was only until 1300 years ago that the various races could no longer tolerate the cruel rule of the High Elves that they finally started a war under the leadership of the humans. Six of the seven Sky Castles that were said to be indestructible fell, and the last one disappeared forever in the cracks of time and space …
Lin Li's hands that were holding the map were trembling slightly. His eyes carefully scanned through every building in the city. As time passed, Lin Li's heart skipped a beat. This was a true city of miracles. The wisdom of the High Elves was perfectly displayed in this city. Architecture, Alchemy, Inscription, Engineering, Forging … Almost any skill that Lin Li could imagine could be perfectly interpreted in this city. The ingenuity and genius of such a city could only be described as a miracle.
Besides, all of this was only what Lin Li could see from the map. Compared to the real Sky Castle, there was probably still a long way to go.
"I understand now …" After a whole hour, Lin Li finally put down the map in his hands. This time, Lin Li really understood it.
The treasure of the Immortal King was in the last Sky Castle.
In that war, a total of six Sky Castles had been destroyed, but until the end of the war, there was no news related to the treasure. That war had engulfed the whole of Anril, and all races and creatures — even a Three-eyed Demon Wolf in the valley — could not avoid the baptism of war …
Once the war reached that level, there were no secrets to speak of. Every detail and secret would be recorded in history, let alone the treasure of the Immortal King. Even the God of Mages, Geresco, could not keep the treasure from being discovered.
In the end, the Sky Castle had brought the treasure of the Immortal King into the crack of time and space. This was the only reasonable explanation …
"I'm going to be rich, I'm going to be rich …" After putting the map back on the table, Lin Li paced back and forth in the tent as if he had a mania. He kept repeating the same sentence over and over again.
To Lin Li, the value of this map was even greater than the treasure of the Immortal King itself.
This was because Lin Li knew that the map he had put on the table was the blueprint of the last Sky Castle!
After all, no matter how precious the treasure of the Immortal King was, it was just an illusory existence. Even if he could find enough clues, he would have to enter the crack of time and space to have a chance of finding the lost Sky Castle. The crack of time and space was the domain of the gods, and even a Sanctuary powerhouse would be torn apart by the turbulence in an instant.
In contrast, the blueprint of the Sky Castle was much more practical. As long as he had enough time and materials, he could even build a Sky Castle based on this blueprint!
Of course, it would be very difficult …
In Lin Li's opinion, the difficulty of building a Sky Castle based on the blueprint should not be much lower than entering the crack of time and space to find the last Sky Castle.
First of all, it would take too long …
The High Elves were known as the living gods, and they thought that they were the most perfect creatures in Anril. However, even the High Elves had taken thousands of years to build seven Sky Castles.
"I have to calculate how many years it would take me to build a Sky Castle …" Lin Li looked at his fingers, and then at his toes. In the end, he decided that it was more reliable to use his hair …
In addition, the construction materials were also a problem. Not to mention the rest, just the blood of 100 Wyrms was enough to drive any Sanctuary powerhouse crazy.
However, to Lin Li, the most terrible thing was that the blueprint in his hands was not complete …
If he had not guessed wrongly, the tens of thousands of High Elves Print must have included the method of building a Sky Castle in addition to clues about the last Sky Castle.
Unfortunately, for some reason, the person who drew the map had actually messed up the most important content. Now, Lin Li could not even form a complete sentence, so how would he know the method of building a Sky Castle?
Yes, this blueprint was indeed full of all kinds of flaws. It took too long to build a Sky Castle, and the materials were too ridiculous. It even lacked the most crucial words. It was almost like daydreaming to rely on it to build a Sky Castle.
However, even so, this blueprint was still invaluable to Lin Li.
This was because Lin Li himself was almost a miracle. He was the only Guru in the world who was all-rounded in all five disciplines. With this incomplete blueprint, Lin Li could gain great benefits. Although he could not recreate the glory of the Sky Castle, many of the techniques in it could be used on the Tower of Dusk and the Eternal Furnace. He did not need to use too much. Just 10% of the techniques in it would be enough to make the Tower of Dusk and the Eternal Furnace an invincible battle fortress in the Breezy Plains.
Of course, in the whole of Anril, Lin Li was probably the only one who had the ability to use this blueprint. The technical requirements of the Sky Castle were too high. Almost every technique was at the Guru-level, and it involved various fields, from inscription to forging, from engineering to architecture, and from alchemy to smelting. Any technique was enough for an ordinary person to study for a lifetime. Other than a freak like Lin Li who was born to be an all-rounder in all five disciplines, who else could reproduce the techniques of the Sky Castle?
Hence, Lin Li was not worried about the Malfa Family at all. So what if Adelo made a copy of the blueprint? Just figuring out the usage of the Conquering Mageweath was enough to make the Malfa Family suffer, not to mention the techniques on this map. Which of the techniques on this map was not at the Guru-level? If the Malfa Family really had such a person, Cheyenne would not have been so stupid to be injured by the mageweath on the altar …
But then again, if the Malfa Family really had the ability to do so, Lin Li wouldn't mind working with them. After all, this blueprint was equivalent to an endless treasure. No matter how capable a person was, he wouldn't be able to dig it all out in his lifetime. Hence, he might as well find a partner to share his knowledge with.
Of course, before working with them, he had to ensure that the Malfa Family was obedient …
Besides, the tens of thousands of High Elves Print was the most crucial thing. It would be best if he could find a way to decipher it. Even if he could only decipher a few sentences, he would be able to use them to dig out more in-depth techniques.
"Seems like I really have to find some time to visit Mentor. I wonder if his pharmaceutical techniques have improved recently …" Lin Li mumbled to himself as he carefully rolled up the blueprint on the table and put it back into the Ring of Endless Storm.
After doing all this, it was already dawn, and Lin Li finally felt a little sleepy. In the end, he wrapped himself in a blanket and lay on the table, falling into a deep sleep.
The next day, Lin Li was woken up by a series of hurried footsteps.
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