"Walking on a path filled with thorns, the thorns are stained with my blood. I plucked the bloodstained thorns and wove them into a crown. May I continue on this path filled with thorns and use this crown to crown me.
"I hope you can remember the oath of the Crown of Thorns and take care of yourselves."
Lin Yun shook his head and didn't say anything else to Max. Saving these people was already a benevolent act. As for subduing these guys, Lin Yun wasn't interested.
These guys had a bad reputation in Noscent, and it wasn't the first time they had been discriminated against by ordinary mages.
The main reason for the conflict and hatred between the Gaugass Battlemages and the Andalusia's mages was their different magic paths and magic philosophies. And this was only a difference in magic philosophies. They had been fighting for who knew how many years.
Even now, there were still many forces in the Andalusia that had deep conflicts with the Gaugass Battlemages, but there weren't any large-scale conflicts.
The Crown of Thorns couldn't even be considered strict human mages, and their conflict with ordinary mages was even deeper. They had almost never shown themselves in the past few years, and they only expanded in secret. They simply didn't dare to be high-profile, fearing that they would be annihilated by other forces.
The conflict between their magic paths and magic philosophies was far greater than that of the Gaugass Battlemages. Moreover, mages transplanted with variant lifeforms' bloodlines could easily have problems with their personalities, just like Shelton and Sunny. This made the impression of the Crown of Thorns even worse.
Subduing the Crown of Thorns was simply asking for trouble, not to mention that the Crown of Thorns itself was in a state of chaos.
Lin Yun didn't pay attention to Max and the others, but Max's crystal eye was flickering with light. Although the pain was still there, it was already weakening. He looked at Lin Yun's back and the numerous puppets on the ground and couldn't help revealing a fanatical expression.
Leading the Crown of Thorns to submit to the Lord Merlin wasn't a bad thing. The Crown of Thorns was already in chaos, and the cleanup couldn't be delayed. Those crazy guys were bound to bring disaster to the Crown of Thorns in the future. This happened because of that crazy fool Sunny. Her brain was already broken.
The Crown of Thorns would inevitably suffer damage after cleaning up the internal structure of the Crown of Thorns. Moreover, the research within the Crown of Thorns had been stagnant for many years. They needed a leader that everyone could respect, admire, and even serve.
Mafa Merlin is more powerful than me, and his talent is terrifying. Moreover, he definitely hasn't transplanted the bloodline of another lifeform. He will definitely become more and more powerful in the future. Even I can't estimate his research regarding bloodline transplants. With his guidance, the path of our Crown of Thorns will once again advance.
'Moreover, his subordinates are also terrifyingly powerful. No one knows that he has such a huge steel army under his command. A hundred thousand puppets, all above level 30. Such a terrifying existence. Apart from the strongest forces in the Odin Kingdom, no one else is his match.
'Submitting to such a powerhouse and researching even stronger powerhouses is definitely the best way out for us. But he doesn't seem willing to accept us. This is a big problem …'
Behind Max, a few members of the Crown of Thorns had already tacitly approved of Max's proposal. They were about to say something, but Max waved his hand to make them stop. He didn't approach Lin Yun and instead took the lead in making a soul and mana oath. The contents of the oath were very detailed.
It restricted them from spreading any information about this plane. They couldn't spread it by any means. Even the information they saw about Lin Yun and Lin Yun's subordinates had to be kept secret.
But there was only one price. If they leaked a bit, they would suffer a backlash and their soul would collapse, their mana would collapse.
Even if they were forced, no one could control a Heaven Rank powerhouse to say all of this. At most, they would suffer a backlash.
Max expressed his sincerity, but he didn't continue following Lin Yun. He could clearly see that Lin Yun wasn't very fond of them, so following him wouldn't be good. He could only hide on the side and take out a potion to recover his injuries, waiting for them to recover.
On the other side, Lin Yun didn't pay attention to the Crown of Thorns' people. He directly opened the Natural Demiplane and summoned a large number of engineering puppets. A large number of large-scale alchemy equipment components were moved out and assembled in this plane. The mining puppets lined up and entered the ground through holes to start mining the underground mana crystals and mana crystals.
There were also many puppets building forts, exploring the plane's surface, and collecting plant materials growing on the plane's surface.
Over a hundred thousand puppets might seem like a lot, but it was very few when spread over the entire plane. These puppets all had control systems set up in advance, and they weren't crafted to be battle puppets. They would be able to work in this plane much more smoothly than humans.
Shawn looked at Lin Yun summoning so many puppets. Almost all the engineering puppets and support puppets had been summoned, and it looked like a large-scale development was going on. Shawn suddenly felt apprehensive as he floated over.
"Sir Merlin, is this really good? Directly dispatching so many puppets to develop this plane, that guy wouldn't go crazy, would he? "
Lin Yun looked at Shaun as if he was looking at an idiot, and after a few seconds, he squeezed out a sentence.
After a few seconds, he said, "Do you think that guy understands this?"
Shawn's expression turned ashen, and he didn't say a word. His intelligence had been insulted.
Everything in this plane, those mana crystals, mana crystals, the large amount of plant materials on the surface, the large amount of magic beast resources, and even many special resources, all of this was insignificant to that monster, it simply wouldn't pay attention to it.
It simply didn't understand the value of these things, and it didn't understand how to trade them. It only knew that Lin Yun could make it more intelligent and make it stronger.
Knowing this, as long as it wasn't directly harmed, it wouldn't pay attention to what Lin Yun was doing in this plane, because it was meaningless to it.
Lin Yun could develop however he wanted, and the monster simply didn't care. It didn't understand what that represented, it only remembered that Lin Yun could increase its intelligence.
Lin Yun was unscrupulously building forts on the surface, looking for suitable places to plant magic plants and medicinal ingredients. It was as if this was an unguarded plane that belonged to him, and he could do whatever he wanted.
When those mages obtained this plane in the future, even if they wanted to develop it, they could only do so when the monster was asleep. It would be a huge loss if the monster was awakened.
With the current situation, Lin Yun started feeling that the monster's awakening was a good thing. It was actually a bad thing for the monster to continue sleeping.
If the monster fell asleep forever, although the development of this plane could continue, it definitely wouldn't be as unscrupulous as it was now. It could do whatever it wanted. Now, even the highest-quality mana crystals in that spherical space could be excavated at will.
Moreover, using a special potion to make the monster's soul fall asleep wasn't impossible. It would be a huge loss if the monster woke up after the plane was fully developed.
Now that the monster had awakened, things were much better than expected. Not only could they develop this plane at will, but as long as they didn't destroy the plane, they could even overturn the entire plane three times a day without any problems.
Most importantly, using that violent soul-tempering potion to slowly imprint the Bloodline Brand and Soul Brand on the monster's soul would be even more perfect than directly signing a Soul Contract.
After the brand was completely integrated, the most fundamental instinct in the depths of the monster's soul would make it obey all of Lin Yun's orders, just like a obedient pet raised from a young age.
Moreover, this guy's soul would continue to be tempered, and its intelligence would continue to increase. At that time, this plane wouldn't need any special protection at all, and no one would be able to infiltrate this plane. Of course, this would be used as a last resort.
Establishing a Void City outside this plane could be used as a supply station for the endless void. It would be even more meaningful to rely on this plane.
Moreover, once this monster's soul reached a certain level, it could even split some of its soul and split some mana crystals to nurture a similar plane, or place it inside a Natural Demiplane. There were too many benefits. There were a lot of things that could be thought of now, and in the future, there would definitely be even more methods that could be experimented on.
He could even use a similar method to affect Noscent. It wasn't that this monster couldn't destroy the spatial passage left behind in the void, but rather, it was deliberately left behind when the monster evolved the plane. With that passage, the plane itself could devour the endless energy of the void.
After devouring the energy in the endless void, even though it was all for itself, 99% of the energy would still be fed back to the plane itself, making the mana of the plane stronger and stronger. This wasn't just because of the blazing blue sun in the sky.
If he split a part of this monster and let it develop in Noscent, Noscent's mana would inevitably grow, and it would keep growing. The time it took for the mana to decline would be greatly shortened, and the time needed to prepare for the construction of the Shelter Tower would be greatly increased, and the time needed to find the truth would also be greatly increased.
The benefits of subduing this monster were truly too many.
For a few days, Lin Yun had a smile on his face. His harvest this time was much more than he had expected.
The only annoying thing was that Max would come over every now and then to make a fuss.
"Sir Merlin, if there is anything you need us to do, just let us know, we will definitely do it …"
Max chased after Lin Yun, looking as if he had already submitted to Lin Yun. Moreover, he had a very good sense of propriety. He would only come for a few minutes every day, and every time Lin Yun became a bit impatient, Max would take the initiative to disappear.
Lin Yun didn't have any temper. These guys thought that they had already submitted to Lin Yun, and Max didn't care about face at all. He would shamelessly pester Lin Yun every day, scrambling to do things, scrambling to share Lord Merlin's burden.
Unfortunately, these guys didn't know how to plant magic plants and medicinal ingredients. They weren't even as good as the puppets that knew how to plan and build. They weren't as good as the puppets when it came to building forts, they would only add to the chaos.
In the end, they could only go mining. That was the only thing they could do. A group of Heaven Rank powerhouses digging underground, these b * stards were truly capable.
Lin Yun wanted to say something harsh, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he became impatient and had a magic battleship send these overly enthusiastic guys back to Noscent.
After sending off the Crown of Thorns' people, Lin Yun truly didn't want to have anything to do with them. He even regretted saving Max's group and letting them all die. In any case, the Crown of Thorns' group would cause a huge mess, and it would take a few years for them to recover. He just had to be careful.
The Planar Development was in full swing. The magic battleship once again returned from Noscent with a large group of people. These people would be the main force to develop this plane.
A large number of alchemists came to this plane from Noscent, and those proficient in potioneering started experimenting with this plane's plants. Almost all the plants of this plane contained mana. In other words, all the plants of this plane had the possibility of becoming potion materials. This made this group of alchemists go crazy. They all led a group of puppets to run all over the plane, and some crazy guys even dared to directly enter the territories of some beasts to look for materials.
The alchemists proficient in Magic Tools started experimenting with the ores within the plane. Apart from the immeasurable reserves of mana crystals and mana crystals, there were also some special materials being nurtured underground. Even those hard rocks could be researched by these people.
Those proficient in arrays started setting up arrays. Planting magic plants, building forts, overall layout, everything needed arrays.
As for the alchemists proficient in puppets, they also started designing and manufacturing some puppets for this plane.
Everything was developing at a rapid pace. First, they discovered a large amount of medicinal ingredients that could be directly used. The amount they could gather at the moment was enough to supply three Gilded Roses. In other words, the Gilded Rose's shop in the Odin Kingdom would be able to supply the materials if it expanded by three times.
Moreover, there were many new materials. After the research was completed, many new potions could be made, and they would be potions that only the Gilded Rose had. Other alchemy shops wouldn't have the materials to crack the potions, but they could only watch helplessly.
The special nature of this plane made it so that the materials within this plane, even if they were similar, couldn't be found in other planes.
Three months later, Lin Yun gave the underground monster a potion to violently temper its soul, making the brand within the monster's soul a bit clearer.
After obtaining the benefits once again, the monster's closeness to Lin Yun clearly increased. It didn't care about what Lin Yun did in the plane, it even knew to ask Lin Yun if he needed help.
With a large pile of relatively famous special materials, Lin Yun boarded the Intrepid and returned to Noscent.
Three magic battleships were guarding the spatial entrance outside the plane. A void fort was already being constructed there. Having a base in the endless void was very important. After it was constructed, a Starry Sky Gate could be built in the base to shorten the time needed to travel back and forth.
Unfortunately, this special plane was also considered a living being. A living being and a plane couldn't stabilize the spatial coordinates, making it impossible to arrange a Planar Path inside, and the Planar Path that was arranged couldn't be stabilized.
If that wasn't the case, directly constructing a Planar Path would have been the most convenient. He could only rely on the magic battleships now.
During the long journey through the void, Lin Yun entered a room on the Intrepid that had been remodeled into an alchemy laboratory and experimented with some special materials brought from the monster plane. These materials all had one thing in common: they contained a huge amount of mana, and the mana was very pure and stable. Medicinal ingredients containing this kind of mana were most suitable for making potions. Over 80% of potions needed this kind of material.
Among these materials, only a few of the more famous ones were recorded. The rest simply didn't have the qualifications to be recorded in the decaying library.
Using these few famous materials, Lin Yun quickly trial-produced a few representative potions. In the end, there were only two kinds that could be quickly mass-produced.
One was to replenish mana consumption, while the other was to speed up mana accumulation. Regardless of which one it was, they were the most popular and consumed the most mana.
This new potion named the Blue Magic Potion by Lin Yun was far more powerful than the mana replenishing potions currently on the market. Most of the potions that could be seen on the market were Mana Replenishing Potions, Clarity Potions, and the like. The way to replenish a mage's mana consumption was to increase the speed of mana recovery. Within a certain period of time, the speed of mana recovery would be greatly increased, and mana would slowly be replenished.
A Low Rank Archmage would need at least an hour to completely replenish their mana with a potion. This time wouldn't have much of an impact if it wasn't an intense battle. Slowly replenishing mana was actually beneficial, it could increase the limit of one's mana a bit.
But this kind of potion was almost useless in an intense battle. It didn't have much of an effect. Apart from replenishing a pitiful amount of mana to help one escape, it had no other effect.
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