Jay spent the next few days in fear. Even when he was sleeping at night, he would often be woken up by nightmares. He was afraid that when he woke up, he would become the public enemy of all the mercenaries in Thousand Sails City.
After three days of suffering, Andrew was haggard and his hair had turned white. On the fourth day, Andrew could no longer sit still and walked from the Lion Monarch Street to the Victorious Return Street, waiting in front of the Gilded Rose for the entire afternoon.
It wasn't until the evening that Lin Yun came over from his home.
"Good … Good evening, Mage Merlin." Andrew had been waiting for the entire afternoon and was already cold and hungry, but when he saw Lin Yun, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile.
"Good evening, Leader Andrew." Lin Yun didn't stop walking and only nodded at him as a greeting.
The problem was that Andrew hadn't come today just to greet him.
Thus, Andrew had no choice but to catch up with him and once again put on a flattering smile. "Well, Mage Merlin, the Gilded Rose's business is really good …"
"Haha."
"…" Originally, Andrew had planned on using the topic of good business to bring up the topic of magic materials. As long as they talked about magic materials, Andrew would naturally take advantage of the opportunity to continue the cooperation. At worst, he would just admit his mistake. Losing face wasn't a big deal, it was better than being driven out of Thousand Sails City by Sasu.
In the end, Lin Yun only responded with a chuckle.
This "hehe" immediately made Anjay's head swell with a "hehe" sound …
'How am I supposed to respond? How am I supposed to take advantage of the situation?
Bro, don't play with me … '
Lin Yun truly wasn't playing with him. He had just finalized the cooperation with the Silver Moon Mercenaries, and there were many things waiting for him to do. Lin Yun had been so busy these past few days that he didn't even have time to rest, so how could he have the time to play with him? After casually chuckling, he turned to walk towards the Gilded Rose.
"Mage Merlin, please wait." Seeing that the situation wasn't good, Andrew hurriedly chased after him.
"Guild Leader Andrew, what's the matter?" Lin Yun halted his steps and looked at Andrew in surprise.
"…" Jay was about to break out in cold sweat. If he could, Jay really wanted to ask, 'Do I look like I'm f * cking fine?' 'Why would I come to the Gilded Rose and wait for an entire afternoon? I'm cold and hungry, do you really think I have nothing better to do?'
But when he thought of the possible consequences, Andrew didn't dare to ask anything …
Not only did he not dare to ask, but he also desperately squeezed out a flattering smile and carefully asked.
"Yes … Yes, Mage Merlin, I came today to ask if the Gilded Rose still needs magic materials. "Our Frost Wolf Mercenary Group has been on a few missions recently, and we've accumulated a lot of magic materials. I wonder if the Gilded Rose can help us settle a batch?"
Actually, the Frost Wolf Mercenary Group did not have any magic materials in stock …
But in order to ease his relationship with the Gilded Rose, no matter how harsh the conditions were, Andrew could only pinch his nose and accept them. At worst, he could just buy some magic materials from the market.
"It's not a problem to help us settle it, but Leader Andrew, the Gilded Rose's cash flow has been a bit tight recently, so I'll have to ask Leader Andrew to be more generous with the price. How about this, I'll talk to Uncle Pave and tell him that we'll continue to buy magic materials from the Frost Wolf Mercenary Group in the future. We'll just give you a symbolic 50% discount."
"A … A 50% discount?" Andrew almost couldn't breathe.
If he could, Andrew would really want to spit on the other side's face.
'This is really too shameless. I've already humbled myself and begged him, and I've been cold and hungry all afternoon. I've said all sorts of nice things, and I've put on a smiling face, but you're actually asking for a 50% discount, and it's even symbolic. Damn, is there a need for you to be so symbolic?'
But Andrew struggled for a long time before swallowing his saliva. There was nothing he could do about it, he was now in a situation where he could be trampled upon. Who told the other side to be a partner of the Silver Moon Mercenary Group? If he said something wrong, the other side wouldn't even need to do anything. As long as he slanted his mouth in front of Sasu, he would have to bear the consequences …
'I have to stay calm, I have to stay calm!'
Andrew took a deep breath and stealthily wiped his tears before squeezing out a stiff smile. "Then … Then thank you, Mage Merlin …"
"You're welcome." Lin Yun politely said, "Excuse me," before turning around and entering the Gilded Rose.
"…" Andrew stood there in a daze. The words "you're welcome" were like "you're a good person", slapping Andrew in the face.
Lin Yun didn't care about what Andrew was thinking.
Because Lin Yun had more important things to do …
Three days passed, and the Mana Baptism had already completed the transformation of his body. Now, Lin Yun would no longer be troubled by the defects left behind by Mafa Merlin. In other words, Lin Yun could attack the Great Mage realm at any time.
Thus, Lin Yun came to the Gilded Rose.
Lin Yun had spent a lot of effort to build the Gilded Rose's alchemy laboratory. There were three magic traps in the hallway, and he didn't hesitate to spend mana on the entrance. Two Mage Eyes were enchanted, and there were also two alchemy arrays carved on the door. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this arrangement was impregnable. Ordinary mages definitely wouldn't be able to barge in. Let alone ordinary mages, even Great Mages would have to ask Lin Yun if they wanted to come in.
He naturally didn't need to worry about being disturbed while advancing to the Great Mage realm.
After entering the Gilded Rose, Lin Yun first greeted the old butler and casually mentioned Andrew's matter before entering the alchemy laboratory alone.
Lin Yun checked the trap at the entrance before activating the array inside. As he closed the door, he casually cast a Mage Eye. After doing that, Lin Yun found a secluded place and started the longest meditation he had ever done since becoming a Mage.
Lin Yun estimated that this meditation might last over three days, because it was completely different from ordinary meditation. To advance to the Great Mage realm, one had to break through the limit and shatter the Mana Whirlpool. Only after shattering the Mana Whirlpool would one be able to have their own Magic Conducting Rune. This was the most important thing for a Great Mage. To some extent, the Magic Conducting Rune was the Life Imprint of a Great Mage. That Life Imprint not only had world-shaking power, but it would also continuously evolve as a Great Mage advanced.
Thus, before advancing to the Great Mage realm, one had to go through a very long meditation.
During this long meditation, one had to purify one's Mana Whirlpool.
Some mages might use potions, such as the three Spectrum Potions Lin Yun had taken out, or the Colorful Potion that Raymond had seen before. They could all purify the Mana Whirlpool.
But Lin Yun wouldn't do such a thing.
Lin Yun, who came from the end of the magic era, understood better than the mages of this era that relying on one's own Mana Whirlpool to purify it would be ten times more effective than relying on potions to purify it.
Purifying the Mana Whirlpool was a very painful process. A mage needed to extract the impurities within the Mana Whirlpool bit by bit. To a mage, this was like extracting the impurities from their soul. The entire process was full of pain and suffering.
As Lin Yun entered a meditative state, the Mana Whirlpool within his body started slowly revolving. As time slowly passed, Lin Yun's calm expression started turning pale, and beads of sweat started appearing on his forehead.
And this was only the beginning.
One day passed, two days passed …
On the 3rd day, Lin Yun was already in an extremely weak state. He looked haggard and pale, and the mana fluctuations emitted from his body gave people a kind of restless feeling, as if he could lose control at any time.
But his eyes were shining even brighter than before.
Lin Yun knew that he was in his strongest state in the past few months. His mana accumulation had already reached its limit, and after the purification of the Mana Whirlpool, it could only be described as perfect. That restless mana fluctuation wasn't because he couldn't control his mana, but rather because the Mana Whirlpool was already on the verge of shattering.
Lin Yun was already standing in front of the Great Mage's door. All he needed was a gentle push.
After confirming his own state, Lin Yun took a deep breath, and the mana within his body started slowly flowing. At first, this flowing mana was gentle and soothing, just like a gurgling brook. Apart from being astonishingly pure, it was no different from ordinary meditation.
But what was different from ordinary meditation was that after this mana was poured into the Mana Whirlpool, it didn't form a mana cycle, but rather silently merged with the Mana Whirlpool.
At first, nothing happened, but as Lin Yun roused it, the slowly flowing mana started changing, becoming faster and faster. In the end, it was like a surging river, roaring and surging towards the Mana Whirlpool.
Originally, when Lin Yun advanced to become a Mage, he used his formidable control ability to construct this Mana Whirlpool. Otherwise, Lin Yun wouldn't have been able to easily defeat the 9th Rank Mages of the Viper Nest at the 9th Rank, and he wouldn't have been able to forcibly use Great Mage Elemental Incarnation in the Bone Plane.
But now, this almost impeccable Mana Whirlpool was deformed by the steady flow of mana.
If this had happened to an ordinary mage, they would have been scared half to death on the spot.
To a mage, the most important thing was the Mana Whirlpool. Only when the Mana Whirlpool was stable enough could they rely on meditation to accumulate mana and use mana to cast spells. In Noscent, almost every mage would teach their disciples how to take care of their Mana Whirlpool.
Because if there was a problem with the Mana Whirlpool, it meant that the path of magic would be severed.
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