The two of them could be said to complement each other. When one of them improved, the other would also improve greatly, which was reflected in Lin Li's strength.
When Lin Li was in Osric's mausoleum, he had already vaguely seen the door to level-24. After learning in the Holy Mountain during this period of time, Lin Li had integrated the power of Holy Light Magic and the debris of the stars, Holy Light. It could be said that the door to level-24 was slowly opening for him, and he seemed to be just one step away from becoming a real level-24 Legendary-mage.
Of course, during this period of time, in addition to Lin Li being happy about the improvement of his strength, the few pharmacists of the Brilliance Shrine who were passionate about pharmaceutics were also overjoyed about their respective gains. To them, Lin Li was like Rosario to Lin Li. In terms of pharmaceutics, there was probably no pharmaceutics Guru in Anril who was more accomplished than Lin Li. A few words of guidance and answers to a few questions made them feel like they had been enlightened.
Lin Li's days on the Holy Mountain were extremely regular, and even he was a little unaware of the passage of time. Every morning, Lin Li would go to the Dawn Cathedral at the top of the Holy Mountain to ask Pope Rosario about Holy Light Magic, and listen to Rosario talk about the secrets of the Dark Age. In the afternoon, he would give pointers to the few archbishops and the Chief Inquisitor about pharmaceutics, and demonstrate to them how to prepare a few potions when he was in the mood.
When it was late at night, Lin Li would summarize what he had gained for the day, and then immerse himself in the precious books collected by the Brilliance Shrine. However, Lin Li was not only reading books about Holy Light Magic, but also other things such as the history of the Brilliance Shrine and various myths and legends. After experiencing the exploration of the Sky Castle and Osric's mausoleum, Lin Li knew that the myths and legends in Anril might not all be fictitious. Knowing more might come in handy in the future.
However, when reading the information about the Brilliance Shrine, Lin Li discovered something. There was actually very little information about the once famous Holy Paladin Rodhart, who was also the Retribution Knight in the underground palace of the Dragon Mountains. Even in some historical records of that period, when this person had to be mentioned, they were vague and didn't even mention his name. However, after thinking about it carefully, Lin Li could more or less understand. After all, he was a Retribution Knight who had killed countless people in the Breezy Plains. No matter how much he had contributed to the Brilliance Shrine, the people of the Brilliance Shrine would probably not be willing to mention him.
Of course, it was a pity for Lin Li. The two pieces of the debris of the stars, Polar Snow and Raging Flames, were still in the underground palace of the Dragon Mountains. After completing the order with the Felan Kingdom, the magical crystals of the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons would be in his hands, and it would be time for him to retrieve the two pieces of the debris of the stars and the Ice and Fire Natural Magical Domain.
The last time he went to the underground palace, the Retribution Knight did not cause any trouble for Lin Li, perhaps because he had fallen into a deep slumber. However, Lin Li reckoned that the Retribution Knight might really bring him some trouble if he caused too much of a commotion in the underground palace.
Although Connoris said that the Prophet Willen of the Brilliance Shrine had once severely injured the Retribution Knight Rodhart, Lin Li wouldn't really take such timeless news as something he could rely on. The Retribution Knight had been sleeping in the underground palace for countless years, and God knew if there would be any changes in his strength after he woke up. That guy had also reached the Sanctuary-realm when he was at his peak.
When exploring Osric's mausoleum, Megard, the arbitrator of the Supreme Council, subdued the three Undead Lords of the Shadowglen with just one move. Lin Li still had a deep impression of that scene. The power of the Sanctuary-realm was something that Legendary powerhouses could not resist at all. Even those who were at the peak of the Legendary-realm would still be worlds apart.
The perfect body in the crystal coffin in Osric's mausoleum was definitely a nightmare for Lin Li. At that time, Lin Li was not the only Legendary powerhouse on his side. Andoine, Rosen, and Aldwin were all powerhouses who had stepped into the Legendary-realm for many years. Almost all of the servants that Lin Li summoned were in the Legendary-realm too. However, if it weren't for the fact that the perfect body was restricted, none of them would have been able to return alive.
Besides, even if he really had the power to fight a Sanctuary powerhouse, Lin Li wouldn't be so foolish as to fight head-on with a Sanctuary powerhouse. Although Polar Snow and Raging Flames were important, it would definitely be a loss if he were to use up all of his power in order to obtain the two pieces of the debris of the stars.
However, to Lin Li's dismay, not only did he not find any information about Rodhart after reading through the information for a few days, he also found most of the information about Prophet Willen to be insignificant. Prophet Willen was said to be the so-called Son of the Holy Light of the Brilliance Shrine. There were plenty of information about his deeds, but it was nothing more than where he had destroyed the demons that harmed the civilians, and how the civilians worshiped him and believed in the doctrine of the Holy Light. However, Willen's origin, specific level of strength, and what kind of magical weapons he used were all very vague. In fact, Lin Li couldn't even find any information about him.
There were even a few times when Lin Li wanted to ask Rosario about it, but he dared not bring it up. After all, no matter how good Rosario's temper was, it was obviously not appropriate for him to ask about it in person. It was fine to ask about Prophet Willen, but Rodhart, the disgrace of the Brilliance Shrine, couldn't be mentioned at all.
In the room, the moon crystal lamp was emitting a gentle light. Lin Li closed the book in his hand and gently pinched his temples. Although there were plenty of ancient books and information in the Brilliance Shrine, Lin Li had already read most of them in the past few days. He basically didn't have much hope of finding any information about Rodhart.
At first, Lin Li did feel a little depressed, because he couldn't even find any information about Rodhart in the Brilliance Shrine. Hence, he reckoned that it would be impossible to find any information about Rodhart elsewhere. The unreliable Encyclopedia Connoris also had limited knowledge about Rodhart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to go through the old books. It seemed that even if he got the magical crystals of the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons, he would have to delay the time to retrieve Polar Snow and Raging Flames. At the very least, he had to have the ability to fight against a Sanctuary powerhouse. Otherwise, the risk would be too great.
However, with an unexpected discovery, Lin Li's depression faded a lot. Lin Li closed the book and leaned against the back of the chair with an ordinary-looking, and even somewhat ugly stone in his hand. The stone did not have any magical waves, and apart from Lin Li and Connoris, no one in the entire Anril would recognize what it was.
The ugly stone was the magical crystal that Lin Li had obtained after killing the Dragon of Destruction, Azardas, before he came to Anril. Back in the Abyss of Tharlen, Lin Li tried to take out the magical crystal that did not belong to Anril in order to deal with the Lord of Darkness, the projected image of the Dragon of Destruction.
Connoris was shocked because the legendary Dragon of Destruction of Anril had already been killed by the Immortal King many years before Lin Li came to Anril. The skeleton of the Dragon of Destruction was used in the construction of the Sky Castle, and the magical crystal of the Dragon of Destruction was hatched by the Immortal King. Tutankhamun, who was at the peak of the Blackstone Mountains, was one of them. It was unknown whether he was the child of the Dragon of Destruction or the Immortal King.
According to Connoris' suggestion, Lin Li chose to do the same thing as the Immortal King, and hoped to use the magical crystal to hatch a powerhouse like Tutankhamun so that he could find himself a powerful fighter. However, the Dragon of Destruction, Azardas, was extremely powerful. He was the Dragon Aspect of Anril, and was known to be an existence that could challenge the gods. How could it be easy to hatch his magical crystal?
The process of incubation was both difficult and simple. It was just that one had to continuously inject mental strength into the magical crystal to activate the Soul Brand left behind by the Dragon of Destruction in the magical crystal. It would take a lot of effort to do so. According to Connoris, the Immortal King took more than 100 years to hatch the magical crystal of the Dragon of Destruction.
Of course, although the incubation process was boring and monotonous, it was not without its benefits. The magical crystal of the Dragon of Destruction not only possessed immense power, but also contained the Laws of Darkness and Evilness, as well as the experience and knowledge of the Dragon of Destruction. However, all of this was hidden in the remnant Soul Brand, and could not be absorbed directly from the magical crystal. Only when the mental strength was infused into the magical crystal in an attempt to awaken the remnant Soul Brand would the Laws, experience, and knowledge contained in the magical crystal be fed back with the mental strength.
Ever since Connoris mentioned the matter of incubating the magical crystal, Lin Li had basically been doing it every day. However, every time he injected his mental strength, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean. Although he did gain some knowledge, there was no reaction from the Soul Brand of the Dragon of Destruction.
Actually, that was very normal. The Immortal King was an existence that would take him 100 years to incubate the magical crystal of the Dragon of Destruction. Although it was more for the sake of absorbing the Laws and knowledge as much as possible, the amount of feedback was also greatly related to his strength. Although Lin Li had immense mental strength before he learned magic, he was still far inferior to the Immortal King.
Even though he had the Evil Eye Tyrant's magical crystal to continuously increase his mental strength, and even though his mental strength had been tempered to become purer in the Sky Castle, Lin Li still could not be compared to the Immortal King. Indeed, he could also obtain the Laws and knowledge contained in the magical crystal through the feedback of his mental strength, but it was just like squeezing oil from a stone.
During this period of time in the Brilliance Shrine, Lin Li had nothing to worry about because the ugly stone would not emit any mana waves at all. He continued to do what he had to do every day. However, this time, when Lin Li was more or less doing his routine, he discovered that there seemed to be a slight fluctuation in the Soul Brand in the magical crystal of the Dragon of Destruction.
Lin Li knew that it was definitely not because his mental strength had improved again, and he even suspected that it was an illusion. After all, it had only been more than two years since he started incubating the magical crystal. Even if his mental strength had undergone a tremendous change, he probably could not compare to the Immortal King in any aspect. However, after receiving the feedback from the magical crystal, Lin Li clearly felt that there was indeed much more information than before. If the feedback in the past could be said to be a trace, then this time, it could be said to be bit by bit.
Perhaps it was because of the environment here. After all, this was the Holy Mountain of the Brilliance Shrine, and the power of Holy Light was everywhere. Hence, it might have some impact on the magical crystal that contained the Laws of Darkness and Destruction. Lin Li could only make such a guess. Of course, he would not take out the debris of the stars, Holy Light, to test it out. That would probably cause him to die a horrible death.
Besides, Lin Li could not be bothered to waste time on meaningless guesses. Although the feedback from the magical crystal of the Dragon of Destruction this time was not considered much, it was enough for him to absorb and digest it for a while. Fortunately, the magical crystal did not emit any mana waves even though it had undergone such a change. Otherwise, Lin Li would suffer if he were to be discovered studying the Power of Darkness in the territory of the Brilliance Shrine.
A powerful existence like the Dragon of Destruction was itself the guardian of the Laws of Darkness and Destruction. Coupled with the experience and knowledge that it had accumulated over the years, even a little bit of it would be enough for Lin Li to digest and absorb it with great effort. Fortunately, Lin Li had received plenty of guidance from the Sanctuary powerhouse Rosario during this period of time. Although they were all about the power of Holy Light and Holy Light Magic, many of the insights of the Sanctuary-realm were interconnected. Light and Darkness seemed to be two opposing forces, but it was precisely this opposition that allowed the two forces to have more similarities that could be verified with each other. Hence, even though the feedback from the magical crystal of the Dragon of Destruction this time was much more than before, Lin Li found it easier to learn.
After coming to the Brilliance Shrine, he had not only made great progress in the use of the power of Holy Light, but he had also made great gains in the Power of Darkness, which was something that Lin Li had not expected at all.
Another few days passed, and Lin Li had basically flipped through all the ancient books collected by the Brilliance Shrine. However, he still had no clue about the information about Rodhart. After returning the last batch of books, Lin Li couldn't help but ask the clergyman in charge of looking after the books if there were any books that he had not read yet.
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