After coming out, Lin Yun only did one thing, and that was to hand over a few dozen potions to the old butler before returning to the alchemy laboratory.
As for the Gilded Rose's management, Lin Yun wasn't worried at all.
First, it was because the old butler was overseeing things. This old man had followed Roger Merlin for a few decades and was very talented in the management field. With such a small amount of funds, in such a short time, he was able to manage the Gilded Rose in such a neat and tidy manner. This was already a good explanation.
Moreover, there were still the few dozen potions that Lin Yun had given to the old butler.
Those weren't ordinary potions. When Lin Yun analyzed the Dragon Blood Ink, he also sorted out the formula for the Mana Baptism. Then, Lin Yun discovered that although the materials he had weren't enough to compound the Mana Baptism, compounding some potions with similar effects shouldn't be a problem.
This kind of potion had a similar effect. Although it didn't have the effect of improving one's constitution like the Mana Baptism, it had a pretty good effect when used to help Magic Apprentices accumulate mana for the first time. In other words, this was a kind of potion targeted at Magic Apprentices. No matter how inferior a Magic Apprentice was, as long as they used this potion, they would easily reach the 9th Rank.
Lin Yun felt that this kind of potion should be quite attractive to a large number of Magic Apprentices. At the very least, there wouldn't be any problem with maintaining the Gilded Rose's daily expenses.
Without any worries, Lin Yun returned to the alchemy laboratory and didn't come out for three months.
Lin Yun spent all his time studying magic.
The mages of this era might find it very hard to understand why a 20-year-old 5th Rank Mage would treat himself so harshly. After all, becoming a 5th Rank Mage at his age was already an amazing achievement. As long as nothing unexpected happened, he would definitely advance to the Great Mage realm before the age of 30.
After that, he would even have time to try to advance to the High Mage realm. Once he stepped into the High Mage realm, he would become one of the three big shots. In the entire Thousand Sails City, he would be considered one of the few peak mages.
This kind of life, this kind of achievement, how could he not be satisfied?
But Lin Yun was different. Lin Yun had personally experienced that era of mana exhaustion. He had personally seen mages leave the Shelter Tower in order to extract a bit more mana from the void. Most of them never returned after leaving.
To Lin Yun, everything was like heaven. Mana was everywhere, resources were extremely abundant, everything was like the most beautiful dream.
In the first few days of his transmigration, Lin Yun didn't even dare to sleep, because he was afraid that once he woke up, everything in front of him would disappear like a dream.
When Lin Yun was finally convinced that this wasn't a dream and that everything wouldn't disappear, the mages of this era simply couldn't understand what he was feeling, just like how they couldn't understand why Lin Yun was so harsh with himself.
Because to Lin Yun, being able to freely absorb mana and study magic was a huge blessing in itself.
This harsh attitude that ordinary people couldn't understand, as well as knowledge that far surpassed this era, allowed Lin Yun to walk a path that would take many mages ten years to complete in a short three months.
After three months, Lin Yun quietly reached the 9th Rank.
After advancing to the 9th Rank, he was only one step away from the Great Mage realm.
To Lin Yun, only by advancing to the Great Mage realm would he be able to truly grasp a bit of his own power. There was only a difference of one word between Mage and Great Mage, but the gap between them could be described as the distance between heaven and earth.
Once a mage shattered their mana whirlpool and stepped into the Great Mage Realm, they would immediately come into contact with a completely different world. Just the amount of mana they could absorb during meditation would be several dozen times that of an ordinary mage. Not to mention all kinds of metamagic abilities that would evolve along with it. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that in a direct confrontation, a Great Mage could easily kill a dozen mages without any difficulty.
But Lin Yun couldn't take this step …
The flaws of Mafa Merlin's body were too serious. If he wanted to advance to the Great Mage realm, the only way was to undergo a Mana Baptism.
Although he had obtained the Dragon Blood, he was still far from obtaining the other materials. There hadn't been any news from Raymond, so it was more likely that he hadn't obtained anything.
"Looks like I have to think of something from the Sage Tower …" Lin Yun sighed and gently put down the drop of Dragon Blood sealed in ice.
This should be the most feasible method. If there was a place in Thousand Sails City where Lin Yun could gather all the magic materials he needed, it would definitely be the Sage Tower.
Three High Mages, a dozen Great Mages, over a hundred mages, as well as countless Magic Apprentices … The amount of magic materials consumed every day could only be described as astronomical. Only such a place could satisfy Lin Yun's list.
"It's been a while since I went to the library." Lin Yun tidied up a bit and planned on going to the library to read some books. In the meantime, he would ask Solon if he could buy some magic materials from the Sage Tower.
"Boss, Boss …"
But just as he was about to leave, Remy ran over, panting.
"What's the matter?"
"Boss Pave told me to look for you and tell you to hurry back. He said … He said that Leo brought people to surround your house!"
"Ah?" When Lin Yun heard this, he was a bit dumbfounded. 'Do you think I'm easy to bully? I've already returned the money to you, but you still brought people to surround my house? It looks like I'll have to leave a deep impression on you …'
"How about this, Remy, help me go to the Sage Tower and look for a mage called Solon. Then give this to him …" Lin Yun fished out a slip of paper from his pocket. On it was a list of the materials he needed for the Mana Baptism. "Tell him that I need his help and see if he can find these materials."
"Yes, Boss."
After sending Remy away, Lin Yun called for a carriage on the side of the road and hurried back home.
Just as he arrived outside his house, he saw dozens of people surrounding it. The one leading them was his cheap uncle, Fario. Perhaps it was because he had the advantage in numbers, but Fario seemed especially confident today. With his hands on his hips, he stood outside the door and his voice was so loud that it was shocking.
"The thief is definitely in this house, I saw it with my own eyes. He really has guts, he even dared to steal from the Viper Nest. Everyone go in and search carefully, we'll definitely find that damned thief!"
This cheap uncle's manners were getting uglier and uglier …
Lin Yun got off the carriage while softly muttering, 'Catching a thief is really an excuse. If that's enough, then everyone can go to the Sage Tower and Monchi Manor to catch thieves. What, you say there's no thief here? Impossible, I saw it with my own eyes. If you say there's no thief, then you must be an accomplice of the thief! '
After getting off the carriage, Lin Yun wasn't in a hurry to go over. He stood in the distance and looked at the people Fario brought. There were about thirty to forty of them, and they were all experts with decent strength. Especially a middle-aged man wearing a gray robe, who looked like a 9th Rank Mage!
This was a bit exaggerated. This was already a top-notch existence among mages. He was only a step away from becoming a Great Mage. If one wanted to hire someone of this level, it wouldn't be a matter of thousands or tens of thousands of gold coins.
"Where did Fario get such a great reputation?" Lin Yun frowned. This wasn't normal at all. What did Fario mean by doing this?
At first, when Fario came with an IOU of 8,000 gold, Lin Yun thought that this cheap uncle just wanted to take advantage of Locke Merlin's absence. Thus, even though he crippled Jimmy's right hand, he didn't make things difficult for this cheap uncle. Even after selling the Spectrum Potion, he still paid the 8,000 gold on the IOU.
But now, it looked like it wasn't that simple …
That IOU was shameless, but it was clearly written in black and white. But now, catching a thief … Saying that his manners were too ugly would be praising him too much. This was purely throwing a tantrum, not to mention that he had invited a 9th Rank Mage. If there wasn't a special reason, Lin Yun absolutely wouldn't believe that Fario would be so generous.
'Is there something wrong with this house?'
Lin Yun thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible.
Otherwise, why would Fario want to use the house to pay off his debt the first time he came, and the second time he came, he wanted to search the house. If there wasn't something wrong with the house, why would Fario keep messing with the house?
"Let's go, everyone, follow me and find the thief!"
Before Lin Yun could figure out what the problem was, Fario loudly shouted and led a group of people to rush into the house.
"A bit too much …"
How could Lin Yun let them rush in? This wasn't a tavern where they could enter whenever they wanted.
"You even dared to steal from the Viper Nest, you must have eaten a leopard's gall. Do you think I won't be able to find you by hiding here?" Perhaps because he had a 9th Rank Mage backing him, Fario seemed especially excited today.
With a 9th Rank Mage backing him up, Fario planned to walk in front and show off his power. This was a 9th Rank Mage, there weren't many of them in Thousand Sails City. With such a character backing him, what did he have to be afraid of?
'Mafa Merlin, aren't you very powerful? You crippled Jimmy's right hand with just one wrong word, and you even chased me away like a fly. Now that I have a 9th Rank Mage backing me up, even if I force my way into your house to catch a thief, what can you do to me?
'Strange, why is the soil under my feet so soft …
'What's going on? This is the entrance, how come it feels like a swamp?'
Fario lowered his head to take a look with a face full of suspicion …
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