"Yes, yes, I promise I'll clean it up …" At this time, let alone the entrance, even if he had to clean up the entire Thousand Sails City, Larry would still agree without hesitation.
Larry didn't even think that this young mage would let him go so easily. He didn't torture him, didn't kill him, and didn't even lose a single strand of his hair. He walked out in one piece. This was simply a blessing to his ancestors!
Thus, the 9th Rank Mage quickly agreed and quickly left the house. After leaving, he would definitely have someone quickly clean up the entrance.
After sending the 9th Rank Mage away, Lin Yun sat in the study for a while, waiting for the old butler to send some food over. After eating a bit, Lin Yun closed the door and ordered that no one was to disturb him. He then started rousing his mana whirlpool, releasing Mage Eyes one after the other.
Mage Eyes were completely condensed from mana, but they were different from ordinary spells. This mana wouldn't completely escape the mage's control. After being released, it would still maintain a trace of connection with the mana whirlpool. Thus, each Mage Eye was equivalent to a mage's eye. Everything they saw would appear in the mage's mind.
But ordinary mages would only release three to five Mage Eyes at most. There weren't many mages like Lin Yun, who could release a dozen Mage Eyes at the drop of a hat.
Every Mage Eye needed precise control, and this kind of control was even more difficult than forming a mana whirlpool. Mages that had just advanced wouldn't dare to try it, let alone controlling a few at the same time.
Lin Yun spent ten minutes releasing a dozen Mage Eyes and then controlled them to enter every corner of the house.
When Locke Merlin bought this house, he had spent several hundred thousand golds. It could be considered a huge sum among the merchants of Thousand Sails City. Although it couldn't compare to the Monchi Manor, which was several dozen hectares in size, it still wouldn't be finished in a short time.
A dozen Mage Eyes might sound like a lot, but it really wasn't conspicuous in such a big house.
Thus, Lin Yun closed the door to the study and told no one to disturb him, because Lin Yun knew that this would be a long and arduous task.
After flying out of the study, the Mage Eyes rushed to every corner of the house. Some went to the living room, some went to the courtyard, some went to the kitchen, some went to the bedroom … A total of a dozen Mage Eyes started searching the entire house under Lin Yun's control.
Time slowly ticked by …
The large amount of mana consumed made Lin Yun's complexion gradually turn pale. After an hour, Lin Yun picked up the first mana crystal and used his fastest speed to absorb its mana. He then continued to control the Mage Eyes. But this time, Lin Yun only lasted for forty minutes before he had no choice but to use the second mana crystal.
After continuously extracting mana from two mana crystals, Lin Yun's complexion didn't improve in the slightest. Instead, it became even paler.
Mana crystals could indeed provide mana, but that mana contained impurities, and ordinary mages simply wouldn't dare to directly extract it. Only Lin Yun, who had extracted mana from the Nether Storm, would dare to do so.
But even Lin Yun couldn't keep extracting mana like that. Lin Yun estimated that he would have to stop searching and meditate after extracting mana from one more mana crystal. Otherwise, the impurities that would flow into his body along with the mana would cause him great trouble.
Twenty minutes later, just as Lin Yun was about to pick up the third mana crystal, a Mage Eye that had flown into the study on the second floor suddenly stopped!
"It's here!"
Lin Yun softly chanted an incantation, and a dozen Mage Eyes instantly flew back, once again turning into the purest mana and fusing with the mana whirlpool. At the same time, Lin Yun stood up, pushed open the door that had been closed for more than two hours, and ran along the stairs to the study on the second floor.
The study on the second floor was where Locke Merlin worked. Because it involved a lot of trade secrets, no one was usually allowed to enter. Even his only son, Mafa Merlin, had only been there a few times when he was very young.
He hadn't thought much of it at that time, but now that he thought about it, there was most likely something wrong with the study …
After Lin Yun entered the study on the second floor, he immediately found the row of bookshelves behind him, and then counted the sixth book on the third row of the bookshelf. At first glance, this book didn't seem to be any different from the others, but in the eyes of Lin Yun, who had been in the library for twenty years, there was a huge problem with this book.
There were so many books on the bookshelf, but the back of this book was the most worn out. Some people might say that the wear and tear on the back of this book was nothing more than reading too many times. Could it be that Locke Merlin was not allowed to like reading, and especially liked to read this book? Well, that was understandable. The problem was that the back of the book was so worn out, but the pages were brand new. Could it be that Locke Merlin didn't even need to open the pages to read?
If Lin Yun couldn't even see such a big problem, then the twenty years he had spent in the library would have been in vain.
Lin Yun walked to the front of the bookshelf, and reached out to press it lightly. Sure enough, he heard a "click", as if something had been opened …
'Sure enough, there's a hidden door …'
Lin Yun tried to push the bookshelf, but who would have thought that with just a light push, the entire bookshelf would be pushed open, revealing a long passage behind it.
With the help of the light from the study, Lin Yun glanced at the passage. It was very long and very dark, and he didn't know where it led to. Moreover, there were bursts of mana fluctuations coming from it.
These mana fluctuations weren't very strong, but they were abnormally heavy and had an extremely powerful sealing property. Lin Yun guessed that this should be some kind of suppression or sealing array.
As for what it was, he would have to take a look to know.
Lin Yun casually cast a Light spell, making that soft and bright sphere of light float a foot in front of him. He then used the light as a source of illumination to enter the dark passage.
Lin Yun walked in the dark passage for about five minutes before reaching the end.
At the end of the passage was a tightly shut stone door, and the mana fluctuations he had felt earlier had come from behind the stone door.
Lin Yun tried to push the stone door, but it didn't budge. He then looked around, but there was no mechanism similar to the bookshelf. Lin Yun couldn't help scratching his head. 'Could it be that I have to use a key?'
That didn't seem right. There wasn't even a crack on that tightly shut stone door, let alone a keyhole.
'Eh, this is …'
Just as Lin Yun pondered whether or not he should use force to break open the stone door, he suddenly discovered some strange patterns on the stone door.
These patterns weren't very conspicuous, and the passage was pitch-black. At first, Lin Yun thought that they were patterns on the stone itself, but after looking at them carefully, he discovered that something was wrong.
'It's actually Nesser Runes!'
Before the 3rd Dynasty, two huge dynasties had appeared in Noscent. One was the Ascian Dynasty that had already disappeared in the river of time. It was said that this was a dynasty established by Gods. Unfortunately, it was too long ago and its history could no longer be verified.
As for the other dynasty, it was the Nesser Dynasty.
The Nesser Dynasty was jointly ruled by Dragons and Elves. It was said that magic was born in that era. The two powerful races ruled Noscent together for a few millennia before falling apart due to endless internal frictions. It was to the point that very few people discovered the ruins of the Nesser Dynasty.
But there was one thing that had been passed down, the Nesser Runes. This was a language that was a mixture of Draconic and Elvish. It was concise and accurate, and many mages considered it the most perfect magic language.
Even millions of years later, when the magic civilization was incomparably glorious, the Nesser Runes were one of the skills mages had to master. Many high level incantations needed to be written in the Nesser Runes, and some profound magic knowledge could only be described in the Nesser Runes. If the Nesser Runes weren't used, the knowledge would become long and tedious, and even simple reading would be very difficult.
But the popularization of the Nesser Runes seemed to have happened after the Planar Colonization. The ones who could use the Nesser Runes now should be the group of peak mages, at the very least, the Archmage realm.
'Then who left the Nesser Runes on the stone door?'
Lin Yun thought for a long time without any clues, so he could only helplessly give up and start studying the Nesser Runes on the stone door.
To Lin Yun, this was undoubtedly a lot simpler. He spent less than ten minutes studying the Nesser Runes on the stone door.
To put it simply, this was a riddle, a riddle written in Nesser Runes.
Everything was very simple. Lin Yun only stood there and loudly read the riddle in Nesser Runes, and the tightly shut stone door immediately opened!
"Shit …" Just as the stone door opened, Lin Yun felt his eyes go blind.
The three red diamonds embedded in the stone wall were emitting a dazzling radiance in the darkness. Intense mana fluctuations filled the air, making it difficult for people to breathe.
Those were Abyssal Magic Diamonds, the legendary incarnation of a dead Demon's eye. Each one had world-shaking mana, and each one was a treasure mages yearned for. Even in this era of abundant resources, Abyssal Magic Diamonds could be described as priceless treasures. Once they entered the market, countless mages would go crazy. Even those aloof High Mages would be willing to pay any price for them.
The huge amount of pure mana and shocking mana conductivity made the Abyssal Magic Diamond one of the best sources of mana. Whether it was directly absorbing mana or using it to maintain the operation of an array, the step of mana purification could be skipped because the mana was the purest, and there was no need to worry about impurities.
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