After all, an ordinary 2nd Rank Heaven Artisan couldn't compare to a terrifyingly powerful Saint Alchemist. Anyone with a bit of brain would know what to choose.
Lin Yun nodded and didn't say anything else. Gandaph personally arranged a new laboratory for Lin Yun and made Lin Yun continue copying the mysteries of truth runes. The next day, Lin Yun heard some news.
The Starry Sky College's announcement had already spread and everyone knew about it. It was followed by the Jackson Family's announcement that Layford had been expelled from the Jackson Family. It could be said that he had been abandoned by the Jackson Family.
"Merlin, let's go get rid of that guy. He has already been abandoned by the family. Get rid of him, extract his soul and hand it over to me …"
Ever since Shawn personally tore apart the soul of a Heaven Rank powerhouse, he became addicted to it and frantically wanted Lin Yun to capture another Heaven Rank powerhouse. Now that he had a ready-made enemy, it couldn't be any better.
Lin Yun ignored Shawn's clamor and kept copying the mysteries of truth runes. Layford's life might be worse than death. He was deserted by his friends and family, not only was he unwelcomed by the Starry Sky College, but he was also abandoned by the family. Even if this was on the surface, it might not be a good feeling.
The next day, after copying the mysteries of truth runes, Lin Yun prepared to bring these crystal plates to the Starry Sky College. These things were the price they had agreed on, and more importantly, these things could bring him enough benefits from the Starry Sky College. According to his past experience, these 1,800 truth runes could be exchanged for three planes of the Starry Sky College, and not an ordinary plane.
The Starry Sky College's people didn't immediately accept these crystal plates. After seeing Lin Yun, they directly led him to Gandaph's mage tower.
Gandaph's eyes flickered with fanaticism as he looked at the mountain-like crystal plates. Even if he was a Saint Alchemist, there were many things recorded in these crystal plates that he didn't know.
There is no end to the pursuit of truth. This is the motto of alchemists.
And the most important part was that Lin Yun didn't use paper to record the mysteries, but rather crystal plates. This ensured that the recorded information maintained the original meaning to the greatest extent. This was the most important part!
After receiving the crystal plate, Gandaph didn't check it. Instead, he handed a box made of Star Essence to Lin Yun. The box was covered in numerous seals. After opening the seals, the contents of the box were revealed to Lin Yun.
The box was divided into six small compartments, and each compartment had an individual seal to ensure that the contents of each compartment would not affect the other compartments.
There were only six badge-like items inside, but they had completely different patterns on their surfaces, and even their auras were completely different.
But looking at these six badges, Lin Yun's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise.
Six Plane Keys!
The Planar Key recorded the coordinates of the planes, and if there were no accidents, it was definitely the only Planar Key. This represented six planes!
Making a Planar Key wasn't that easy. The most important part was that a Saint Alchemist had to personally make it. The coordinates of the plane were completely sealed within the Planar Key. If one wanted to enter the plane, they could only use the Planar Key as the key. Without the Planar Key, it was impossible to know the coordinates and arrange a Planar Path that led to the endless void.
This thing would represent a plane in the future, and many fake alchemists would even sell it as an independent plane.
But there was no such fake technology in this era. Every Plane Key carried the aura of a plane's origin.
"These are the Plane Keys of the planes that our Starry Sky College has already conquered. They are the price for exchanging them for those crystal plates. Moreover, these six planes have recently been conquered and haven't been developed yet. They are very rich in resources, and each plane has unique products that Noscent doesn't have."
Gandaph smiled as he explained these six planes, but Lin Yun didn't want to take them.
Six planes that had just been conquered and hadn't been developed yet. But if nothing unexpected happened, the necessary conditions for development had already been prepared. Now, he only needed to send some manpower to directly reap the benefits. Moreover, these were planes rich in resources that Noscent couldn't produce.
This was equivalent to a pile of laborious raw materials being processed into a sweet cake in front of him. He only needed to open his mouth and eat it. Such a good thing, and six of them in one go. Lin Yun didn't think that 1,800 truth runes were worth that price.
After all, every time a plane was conquered, a mage force would have to pay a huge price. From the start of the conquest to the complete conquest, from the complete conquest to the comprehensive harvesting of the plane's resources, this process might take a few hundred years, and the better ones would take a few dozen years.
After spending so much time and resources, they were finally able to harvest everything, but they were given to Lin Yun. This was a huge price, it was at least double what Lin Yun had expected. In terms of value, it might be two or three times more.
Lin Yun didn't think that the Starry Sky College would be so generous as to suffer a loss.
"Dean Gandalf, the transcription of 1,800 truth runes might be valuable, but it can't fully express the mysteries of those truth runes. Six planes that have been completely conquered and haven't even been fully exploited are far beyond this value."
Gandaph immediately understood what Lin Yun wanted to ask as soon as he pointed this out.
"Comprehending the mysteries of 1,800 truth runes in one go is already twice as many as our Starry Sky College's record. There are many truth runes' mysteries that we have never seen before.
"Six completely conquered planes is a lot under normal circumstances, but it isn't a lot this time. Moreover, this can be considered our Starry Sky College's explanation to you.
"Naturally, there is one more thing I hope Sir Mafa can agree to. A Sir wants to see you and wants you to meet him."
Hearing this, Lin Yun instantly understood. He was giving face to that person.
Spending so much effort just to meet him, how could Lin Yun refuse? And looking at Gandaph's expression, this didn't seem to be a bad thing.
"I wonder which Sir wants to meet me?"
After asking this question, Lin Yun pondered. There weren't many people in the Odin Empire that could be addressed as' Sir 'by a Saint Alchemist Dean like Gandaph. Lin Yun speculated one by one, but he wasn't too sure.
Gandaph still had a smile on his face as he shook his head.
"I can't casually talk about this matter. You will know when the time comes if you agree …"
Lin Yun didn't press him and instead agreed.
"Alright, I'll agree to it. But not now, after a while …" Ye Zichen nodded.
Gandaph didn't say now, he only nodded.
After leaving the Starry Sky College, Lin Yun started thinking about how to deal with these six planes. The best method would be to let the Gilded Rose handle them.
When Lin Yun was still in the Raging Flame Plane, the Gilded Rose's branches had already expanded to over eighty, and the shops had nurtured over eight hundred official alchemists, ranging from the most ordinary alchemists to Master Alchemists.
And after Lin Yun returned from the Raging Flame Plane, the Gilded Rose started rapidly expanding. With Lin Yun's foundation in the Raging Flame Plane as a foundation and the Grey Beastmen's fort that had already become the commercial center of the Raging Flame Plane, no one could stop the Gilded Rose's expansion.
During the time Lin Yun was in charge of the Merlin Family, Faleau had received a lot of special treatment from Lin Yun. His alchemy power had rapidly increased, and he was now barely able to advance to the Artisan realm.
After the Gilded Rose merged with the Merlin Family's commercial network, their initial expansion went without any resistance. Apart from potioneering, they now dabbled in Magic Tools, puppets, and arrays.
With a sufficient commercial network, formidable alchemy skills, and a formidable research team, the Gilded Rose would research a new potion every once in a while and treat it as a competitive product.
Among the products with the same effect, the Gilded Rose's was the most stable, had the best effect, and had the least side effects. Most importantly, the Gilded Rose's price was the lowest, which was the most fatal.
Moreover, the Gilded Rose had things that other alchemy shops didn't have, and they couldn't even imitate them. With potioneering as a sharp knife, they rapidly seized the entire Andalusia market.
Moreover, the Gilded Rose had the largest share of the potioneering market in the Raging Flame Plane. With their unique products as a benchmark, their business was booming. Apart from the raw materials produced in Lin Yun 'territory, they were now cooperating with all the major Beastman Tribes of the Raging Flame Plane.
As for the Grey Beastmen that had followed Lin Yun from the start, they had already gotten rid of their previous situation of starving. They were all overflowing with wealth, and in terms of wealth, the average Grey Beastman Tribe was definitely the wealthiest among the eight Beastman Tribes of the Raging Flame Plane.
Moreover, the Grey Beastmen's fort on the Four Seasons Plain had already become a true steel city. It had been expanded three times, and there were eight huge mana reactors inside, providing a steady flow of mana for the entire steel city. Its defensive capabilities could definitely resist the attacks of a steel army and a dozen Heaven Rank powerhouses. No one would dare to cause trouble for them.
Moreover, the Gilded Rose's alchemists already had the ability to research on their own. Potioneering was no longer the most important thing, and they even started researching magic battleships.
The Gilded Rose had already researched Noscent's floating battleships, and they were even more powerful. Under Faleau's leadership, although they still couldn't compare to the lowest magic battleships of the future, they had already started to show some power.
Faleau clearly remembered Lin Yun's unintentional words. The Bone Plane had already been opened for the Gilded Rose, and Lin Yun had said that if they had a magic battleship and a Great Mage, they might be able to easily sweep through the entire Bone Plane.
But the research would require a huge amount of money, a lot of golds. Thus, Faleau noted that the Gilded Rose's current development had a lot to do with Lin Yun's careless words.
And Andalusia's Alchemist Guild was now fully cooperating with the Gilded Rose. The first was the large-scale mana reactor researched by the Gilded Rose. With that thing, many mage towers would be able to use it to set up better defenses and research even more things.
The core large-scale mana reactor of the Andalusia's royal family was made with the help of the Gilded Rose. With power, money, and support, the Gilded Rose couldn't not grow stronger. It could be said to be as wealthy as a nation. Apart from the Gilded Rose's own eight hundred Alchemists, there were also several thousand Apprentice Alchemists. Moreover, there were also mercenary groups, small families, idle Alchemists, and mages attached to the Gilded Rose. The number of them was huge.
But now, fewer and fewer people knew about the relationship between the Gilded Rose and the Merlin Family, as well as the relationship between the Gilded Rose and Lin Yun. Faleau had become a famous person, and even the royal family of Andalusia had to look up to him. If the Gilded Rose fell, the power of the entire Andalusia Kingdom would sharply decline.
Because of the Gilded Rose's breakthrough, because the number of mages and swordsmen that survived the Gilded Rose was uncountable. The Gilded Rose had a true reputation in the field of alchemy.
There were people who had ideas about the Gilded Rose, but very few dared to do so. A medium-sized force in Andalusia robbed a caravan of the Gilded Rose, and the next day, the Family's encampment turned into a huge crater.
Being as wealthy as a nation wasn't just for show. At the very least, the Odin Kingdom didn't dare to look down on the Gilded Rose. When Lin Yun arrived in the Odin Kingdom, the Gilded Rose had already started preparing to open an alchemy shop in the Odin Kingdom. Calculating the time, the negotiations should have already been completed.
The six resource-rich planes given by the Starry Sky College were handled by the Gilded Rose without any pressure. Even if they couldn't completely conquer them, it didn't matter. The Gilded Rose's plane conquering team had already expanded. With the Intrepid as a research tool, even if the simulated battleship couldn't compare to a magic battleship, it could still compare to the smallest magic battleship. Moreover, the research on the Mana Crystal Cannons had also broken through a bottleneck. The Mana Crystal Cannons couldn't compare to the Intrepid's, but they weren't too far off.
As Lin Yun was thinking about these matters, someone from the Gilded Rose came to report to Lin Yun.
"Sir Merlin, Sir Faleau's negotiations with the Odin Kingdom are almost finished. There are a total of eight major forces, as well as some smaller forces, that have reached a cooperation agreement with the Gilded Rose. The representative of the Odin Kingdom's royal family is a prince.
"Sir Faleau will be preparing an alchemy exhibition in ten days to display the power of our Gilded Rose. Sir Faleau sent me to ask Sir Merlin if you have any other instructions."
Lin Yun sighed. Faleau was truly a talent, managing the Gilded Rose so well that the Andalusia Kingdom's first reaction when golds were mentioned was the Gilded Rose. Alchemy items had huge profits to begin with, and if the success rate was high, the profits would multiply.
Lin Yun put the six Planar Keys into a box made of Eternal Gold Essence and gave it to the person in front of him. This was Faleau's closest assistant and could be said to have great authority in the Gilded Rose.
But this box could only be opened by Faleau himself. If anyone else tried to open it, the six Planar Keys would instantly be teleported to Lin Yun's Demiplane. He simply didn't need to worry about someone snatching them away.
"Give this to Faleau. These six planes have already been conquered and are rich in resources. Let Faleau handle them as he sees fit."
After receiving the box, Faleau's assistant had a horrified expression. He cautiously put the box away and looked at Lin Yun with undisguised reverence.
'This is truly frightening. When the Gilded Rose opened, the core alchemy technology was managed by Sir Merlin. Although Sir Merlin didn't participate in the management, if not for Merlin developing the material production area, the Gilded Rose might have already been destroyed.
'Six resource-rich planes, this is something that can't be bought with gold. With these six planes, the Gilded Rose won't be restricted by others for a very long time. I'm afraid a new round of expansion is about to unfold. No wonder Sir Merlin is confident that the Gilded Rose can develop in the Odin Kingdom.'
Ignoring the shocked expression on the assistant's face, Lin Yun thought for a bit before taking out a dozen sheets of paper with a large number of required raw materials written on them. Most of them were relatively precious, and there were even a few that couldn't be bought outside.
"Give this to Faleau and have him prepare it for me. I need to use it."
The assistant ignored the preciousness of these materials and calmly put them away. The Gilded Rose might have alchemy items that they couldn't get their hands on, but raw materials that they couldn't get their hands on were very rare. After all, only the Gilded Rose had alchemy items made from materials unique to the Abyss! And there were many similar ones.
After Faleau's assistant left, Lin Yun smiled and shook his head. He had heard of Faleau's name in the Starry Sky College these days. He had just advanced to the Artisan realm, but his fame was even greater than some of the first-rate Artisans of the Starry Sky College.
Even if one didn't know the names of the Patriarchs of some mage families, they would still know Faleau's name. He was truly rich and imposing. If the Gilded Rose wanted to open an alchemy shop in the Odin Kingdom, they would need more than just a few golds. In terms of spending money, the most famous merchant mage family of the Odin Kingdom, the Henry Family, couldn't compare to the Gilded Rose. The amount of golds Faleau spent in the past six months could only be described as burning money.
With such huge benefits, the native families of the Odin Kingdom would naturally swarm over like sharks smelling blood. After seeing the Gilded Rose's strength, the sharks would become the kindest partners.
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