"What is it?"
Lin Yun looked at Hughes, who was floating in the air not far from him. The owl had already become fatter after eating so much, and it seemed a bit strenuous for him to keep flapping his wings in the air. Moreover, there were traces of cream on his face that hadn't been wiped clean. He had clearly eaten a piece of cream dessert before coming to the Demiplane.
"Sir Merlin, that fool Faleau is looking for you. He seems to have stirred up trouble again. This time, the enemy he provoked is very frightening, very powerful, and very savage. Faleau has no other way …"
Lin Yun frowned. He took a step off the pillar and instantly appeared in the Gilded Rose. Faleau was already waiting there.
"Sir Merlin, there is something I need to report to you …"
Faleau narrated the matter in detail while Lin Yun sat on the side with an unsightly expression.
"Sir Merlin, it's like this. What do you think we should do now? The matter with the Holy Light Alliance is quite troublesome. After all, those guys aren't very reasonable, and they are very powerful …"
After hearing Faleau's report, Lin Yun frowned and started recalling the information about the Holy Light Alliance.
The earliest history of the Holy Light Alliance could be traced back to the 3rd Dynasty. During the 3rd Dynasty, the status of Holy Light Mages wasn't very high. Moreover, during the 3rd Dynasty, Holy Light Mages were controlled by Wang Chao and simply couldn't form any forces.
Although the status of Holy Light Mages wasn't high at that time, they were spread throughout Noscent. At that time, potioneering wasn't as developed as it was now. At that time, potioneering was the exclusive domain of the strong. All alchemists struggled to refine higher grade potions. No one would delve deeper into the development of potioneering.
Medicinal ingredients without mana were trash. In that era, they were no different from weeds. Thus, at that time, all commoners, low-ranked mages, and low-ranked swordsmen needed the healing of Holy Light Mages the most. Whether they were injured or sick, they would look for Holy Light Mages.
And in this era, even commoners' first reaction when sick was to buy potions. An Apprentice Mage was enough to refine potions for commoners, and the effects would be very good.
Everything powerful mages needed was potions, buff potions, mana recovery potions, potions to strengthen the body, potions to heal injuries, all kinds of potions were available now.
But in the 3rd Dynasty, they had to rely on Holy Light Mages, but potions became mainstream after the Archmage realm. Thus, Holy Light Mages didn't have a high status, but because there were too many Low Rank Mages and Swordsmen, potions were a necessity.
Following the destruction of the 3rd Dynasty, holy light mages were like scattered sand. They didn't have any fighting power, so they became the first batch of mages to suffer. At that time, holy light mages started learning how to fight, and it wasn't enough to just research healing spells and buffs.
The Holy Light Alliance was established by an Ascetic after the destruction of the 3rd Dynasty. His original intention was very good. In order to ensure that the inheritance of Holy Light Mages wouldn't be severed, he established the Holy Light Alliance as an alliance.
But as time passed, that Ascetic never appeared again, and the authority of the Holy Light Alliance kept changing. It became a strict hierarchy, a group of lunatics like mad dogs.
Their mad dog style allowed the Holy Light Alliance to develop very quickly, but it was already completely different from how it was at the beginning.
Over the past few millennia, the number of people these guys had offended couldn't be counted. The only reason they hadn't been overthrown was because the founder of the Holy Light Alliance, that Ascetic, was still alive, and he was a supreme powerhouse.
Although that founder was still alive, he still maintained the style of an Ascetic. He was a true Ascetic, staying in one place for a few hundred years without moving.
As long as the Holy Light Alliance wasn't in danger of being destroyed, that guy absolutely wouldn't care. Lin Yun knew about this because in the next three millennia, the Holy Light Alliance had suffered several crises. Although they hadn't been destroyed, the losses had been disastrous.
And every time, that Ascetic didn't care. Those powerful forces knew that the Ascetic was still alive and didn't destroy the Holy Light Alliance. Every time they couldn't bear it, they would chop off one of the Holy Light Alliance's hands to teach them a lesson.
After three millennia, that Ascetic suddenly came out of his place of cultivation and thoroughly disappeared from Noscent. Three years later, news came from the Celestial Battlefield that the Ascetic had already fallen. Less than a week later, the Holy Light Alliance was thoroughly destroyed and their base was razed to the ground by a 10th Tier Spell.
As he recalled this information, Lin Yun didn't care too much. In any case, as long as the Holy Light Alliance wasn't destroyed, that super powerhouse wouldn't care. Those mad dogs of the Holy Light Alliance were only relying on that 9th Rank Heaven powerhouse, and that reckless Ascetic.
'Damn, who doesn't have a backer? Agalon's life definitely won't be in danger for at least eight or nine years, and he definitely won't fall. The battle between Agalon and that Ascetic Cultivator would definitely end with the Ascetic Cultivator's death. The gap between the two wasn't small. Just a Natural Demiplane was enough to widen that gap to an unimaginable degree.
Agalon had yet to ignite his Godfire, yet he could already change the Laws. This small step was enough for Agalon to crush all Heaven Rank powerhouses.
"Don't care about those mad dogs. Those mad dogs kept making enemies over the years and offended who knows how many people. Do they really think that they are the only ones with powerhouses supporting them? If not for the fact that 9th Rank Heaven Mages are like cockroaches that can't be killed and no one would be willing to make a move, the Holy Light Alliance would have already been destroyed countless times.
"Our current main development direction is in the northern part of Odin and the Andalusia Kingdom. As for the southern part of Odin, we'll do as you said and open a branch in the west. As long as we can cooperate with some forces in the south and exchange for what we want, it'll be fine.
"If those mad dogs of the Holy Light Alliance dare to make a move, don't worry, we won't suffer a loss if things get out of hand. There are many people who don't like them."
Lin Yun didn't really care, but Faleau was a bit worried. The Gilded Rose's development in the Odin Kingdom wasn't going smoothly, but those people were only doing it for benefits.
If the Gilded Rose revealed its strength, coupled with the huge benefits, those who didn't have a good relationship with them would quickly change.
Just like the Rodney Family. They wanted to annex the Gilded Rose at first, but after clenching their teeth, they quickly gave up. After all, not only would the Rodney Family not get any benefits, but they would also suffer disastrous losses.
Now that they saw that the Gilded Rose couldn't be stopped, they started discussing cooperation, and they were only pursuing benefits.
But those mad dogs of the Holy Light Alliance were different, they didn't care about benefits. Sometimes, they would crazily bite even at the cost of both sides suffering, they were completely unreasonable.
Although he was still worried, he couldn't say anything else. After all, Lin Yun had already made his decision.
After shaking his head, Faleau took out a Spatial Ring.
"Sir Merlin, these are the materials I exchanged for in the past few months, but there are still many materials on that list that I don't have.
"The magic beast blood you asked me to collect has also been collected, it's all in this Spatial Ring."
After putting all the collected materials into the Natural Demiplane, Lin Yun prepared to set out with the remaining magic beast blood.
The materials were all used to build the Shelter Tower, and the magic beast blood came from a kind of magic beast called Blood Bone. That kind of magic beast didn't have bones, it only had simple internal organs. They didn't have most of the things ordinary lifeforms had. The blood was their bones, and the blood was their internal organs. It looked like a bag of blood wrapped in a layer of hard skin, it was a complete monster.
Moreover, after being injured and bleeding, this kind of monster would keep producing blood. As long as it didn't die, it would keep producing blood. Only this kind of magic beast could satisfy Lin Yun's needs. After all, the amount of Darkness Magic Beast Blood he needed wasn't just a little bit, it was a huge amount. At the very least, it would be enough to form a small river.
Just as he was about to set out, Max suddenly appeared.
"Sir Merlin, we have already found the information you wanted us to investigate."
An unconcealable excitement could be seen on Max's face as he brought a thick pile of information to the Gilded Rose. In the past few days, the Crown of Thorns had sent all their forces to investigate this information. All the information and connections they could use had been used. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but they hadn't expected to get an unexpected harvest.
Seeing the shock on Lin Yun 'face, Max became even more excited.
'There was so little information at first, I thought that it would take a few years to find any useful clues, but I didn't expect to find a crucial clue in less than a tenth of that time. After this, Sir Merlin will definitely look at us in a new light, he might even start accepting us.
That potion from the last time allowed my transplanted bloodline to have a huge improvement. Not only did it completely fuse with my own bloodline, it also gave me a way to become stronger and more stable. On top of that, it also had a general direction that could target all transplanted bloodlines.
'As long as we complete Sir Merlin's mission, the unseen future and hope will become a bright path …'
Lin Yun was truly amazed. He looked at the thick pile of information and glanced at it before putting it down and turning to look at Max.
"Sir Max, please tell me what's going on. There's too much information."
Max's breathing became a bit unstable. This simple sentence represented a completely different nature. If Lin Yun had looked at the information himself, it would have meant that this was only a transaction and that he wouldn't trust them. But now, listening to him meant that he trusted them, it could already be considered acceptance.
Max took in a light breath and steadied his voice. His long-cherished wish of many years had finally found a new direction. For countless years, the Crown of Thorns had always been hidden in the darkness, and his life could be in danger at any time. His body was like an unstable bomb that might explode at any time, but at least he could see hope now. Those who hadn't experienced it wouldn't be able to understand.
"Sir Merlin, to be honest, I'm also very surprised that we were able to obtain a crucial clue so quickly. I originally thought that it would take at least four to five years to find any useful information.
"In the one thousand years that Sir Merlin gave us, the narrow and long area in the center of the Odin Kingdom was very chaotic, and there were countless small mage families. Every year, countless weak mage families would perish, and countless mage families would rise.
Our goal is to track down these mage families. After all, they are the only ones who might have left behind some crucial clues … "
Max explained the course of events in detail, even explaining every clue. He was afraid that there might be something that they felt was correct, but had deviated from the correct direction.
The Crown of Thorns had extended its tentacles and all kinds of intelligence networks over the years, and this time, it played a huge role.
There was no exact time during the 73rd God's reincarnation. Even if the 73rd God left the Raging Flame Plane, he might not necessarily reincarnate immediately. A thousand years was the safest time.
But at that time, the center of the Odin Kingdom was very chaotic. It was less than a thousand kilometers wide, but it was long enough to run through the east and west of the Odin Kingdom. Moreover, the north and south of the Odin Kingdom added fuel to the fire. During those thousand years, the central region never stabilized.
Mage Families were established and destroyed one after another. Any random High Mage would dare to establish a Mage Family or a Mage Tower there. After establishing a force, the demand for resources would sharply increase. The central region was only so big, and apart from fighting over it, there was no other way.
At that time, they couldn't afford to offend the south of the Odin Kingdom, and they couldn't afford to offend the north either. They could only fight over that area. This situation made the records of that area very chaotic. Even at that time, there weren't many records of that area in Noscent.
A Mage Tower established this year would be destroyed at the beginning of the next year. What was worth recording? Even the ancient records of the Starry Sky College, which had been kept for several millennia, didn't have many records of those forces, let alone more detailed ones.
But if they wanted to find what happened in the central region during those thousand years, only the records left behind by those small forces had the most research value.
That was why the Crown of Thorns focused their investigation on the small factions at that time. After a few months of investigation, the factions that existed at that time had either completely lost their inheritance or were unable to find out if their inheritance still existed.
They investigated those small forces that were established and destroyed during those thousand years. As long as they existed, all of them were tracked.
Fortunately, they found the descendant of a Mage Family. That Family could be considered relatively powerful in the central region of Odin at the time. The founder wasn't a High Mage, but rather an 8th Rank Archmage. That kind of powerhouse was already considered very powerful in the chaotic and weak central region.
That Family couldn't escape the fate of destruction, but their descendants and inheritance were left behind. The Thorn Tower found a descendant of that Mage Family, but he was only a Mage Apprentice in dire straits. Some of the family's records were also left behind.
Absorbing this poor Mage apprentice into the outer circle of the Crown of Thorns would allow him to easily get his hands on all the information he needed. Among the information, he found the key clues and recorded some unusual phenomena that happened back then.
Back then, the patriarch of the family had noticed the anomaly and naturally went back to investigate. Furthermore, he was the first group of people to investigate. It looked like an ordinary meteor had fallen, but only those who were very close to it could sense the unusual aura within the meteor. It was very faint, and after the meteor had fallen, the aura had completely disappeared.
Moreover, as long as they felt that aura, they would quickly forget its existence. At that time, the Patriarch of that Family was a bit stronger and managed to hold on until the meteorite fell before forgetting the aura of that meteorite. He even forgot why he had appeared there.
But then, he discovered a passage leading to the underground world and forgot about the previous matter. He discovered a passage leading to the underground world and naturally went to investigate. After entering the underground world, he saw many dangerous and powerful races of the underground world and found many things that Noscent didn't have.
In the end, he encountered a powerful lifeform of the underground world and luckily came back alive. Just as he was about to die, he suddenly remembered something he had forgotten and made his descendants record this abnormal situation.
Moreover, there was a map of the underground world and some simple introductions. These were the most precious things!
These documents had always been hidden in some ordinary records. After so many years, the descendants of that family had not been able to inherit their surname. In addition, the news of the family head dragging his heavily injured body back then was not leaked at all. Everyone thought that he had already fallen in the underground world.
Later, some people came to investigate, but nothing definite happened. If not for the Crown of Thorns promising to help that Mage Apprentice advance and even gifting him a bottle of the Gilded Rose's Hope Potion, that Mage Apprentice wouldn't have admitted that he had the bloodline of that Family.
After hearing Max's explanation, Lin Yun was surprised and suddenly understood.
He hadn't expected that the passage to the underground world was related to the 73rd God. He had previously investigated the 73rd God and accidentally discovered the passage to the underground world.
The first thing he thought of was the races of the underground world and some special resources. The problem of resources could be ignored because some of the resources produced by the underground world could also be found in the Abyss. Every month, the Abyss would offer a large number of resources, and these resources were a lot better than those of the underground world.
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