"Yes, I just finished advancing."
"…" Solon stood in a daze for a long time before recovering from his shock.
But at this time, his mood was as complicated as one could imagine. He thought back to when this Mage Merlin had just come to the Sage Tower, he had only just formed his Mana Whirlpool and could barely be called a 1st Rank Mage. But now, in less than a few months, he was already preparing to inscribe a Magic Conducting Rune. He could become a Great Mage like Solon at any time.
Solon had spent a full ten years to become a Great Mage!
It would have been better if they didn't compare, but now that he did, Solon wanted to curse.
Standing there, Solon really wanted to ask, 'Are you a human or a beast?'
"Mage Solon, Mage Solon …" Seeing that Solon didn't respond for a long time, only sizing him up, Lin Yun finally couldn't help shouting.
"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing …" Solon recovered from his grief after being shouted at by Lin Yun. In order to cover up his gaffe, he promptly looked for the two books Lin Yun wanted on a bookshelf.
If it was any other mage, they might have lost their mind after seeing this situation, and it might even leave a shadow in their hearts on the path of magic in the future.
Going from 1st Rank to Great Mage in a few months, this really wasn't something a human could do.
The two books Lin Yun wanted weren't very rare, so Solon spent a bit of time to find them. When he handed them over to Lin Yun, he casually reminded him, "I heard from Teacher that this Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm has been very controversial recently …"
"Yes, I know." Lin Yun nodded and didn't say anything else.
Lin Yun already knew that the Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm was very controversial. In fact, tens of millions of years later, this Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm would still be mentioned by those mages at the peak of their era. Of course, it was mentioned as a negative example because there were many mistakes in it.
But in this era, the research on Magic Conducting Runes was far from mature, so the ones who could feel this controversy were limited to the group of mages at the peak.
Moreover, even they could only sense it …
If they really had to say what the problem was, perhaps none of them would be able to say it.
In this era, only Lin Yun could point out the problem.
Even with his eyes closed, Lin Yun could count the number of mistakes in the book, the reasons why they were mistakes, and how to correct them. After living in the apocalypse for more than 20 years, Lin Yun had already memorized all of this.
However, Lin Yun didn't come here today to play the game of "everyone come and find trouble" …
Things like finding mistakes should be left to the future mages.
The reason Lin Yun came here today was to find a classic Magic Conducting Rune that had been repeatedly mentioned by powerful mages during the peak of the Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm.
That Magic Conducting Rune was called Magic Array.
Naturally, this was a name that would appear tens of millions of years later. In this era, the name Magic Array didn't exist. Under normal circumstances, people would call this Magic Conducting Rune a Discarded Rune or a Useless Rune.
The first to use this title was in – Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm –. In that book, the Magic Array was used as a negative example. The author talked about how important it was to properly construct a Magic Conducting Rune, and if one didn't do it properly, they would end up with a useless rune in the future, and so on.
This was also the only way for Lin Yun to obtain the method to construct the Magic Array.
The construction of the Magic Array wasn't difficult, but obtaining a complete Magic Array was extremely difficult. Let alone now, even during the peak of the magic civilization, there were no more than five mages with a complete Magic Array. And as luck would have it, these five mages with the Magic Array didn't leave behind any inheritances.
This led to the five mages falling like everyone else during the peak of the magic civilization. In all of Noscent, not a single mage knew how to construct a complete Magic Array. In other words, the records of the Magic Array in that decaying library were limited to some descriptions and didn't contain the method to construct it.
Lin Yun thought for a long time before recalling a book that mentioned the Magic Array being called a Discarded Rune. And the first to use the name "Discarded Rune" was in a book called – Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm –. The author seemed to be a High Mage of the 3rd Dynasty. He wasn't famous at the time, but he would be recorded in the annals of history millions of years later.
Naturally, the way it was recorded in the annals of history was a bit peculiar.
After thanking Solon, Lin Yun took the two books and found a seat to sit down before flipping through them.
Lin Yun's reading speed was very fast, and it only took him half an hour to finish reading – Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm –. Sure enough, there were too many mistakes in this book. Lin Yun only looked through it once and found over twenty mistakes. This was simply unimaginable for a magic book.
After all, magic was a rigorous art to begin with. Any mistake could lead to a completely different result. Lin Yun had only seen – Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm – after so many years, he had made over twenty mistakes and still not been discovered.
Fortunately, Lin Yun's mind wasn't on these mistakes. He almost forgot about them after reading through them. The only thing Lin Yun was looking for was the method to construct the Magic Array. It was a bit funny, the only valuable bit of knowledge in the book was ridiculed by the author as a negative example. Some of the words used were very rude, saying that the Great Mage who constructed this kind of abandoned rune would only be able to accomplish so much in his lifetime.
Unfortunately, the author didn't know that after countless years, the research of Magic Conducting Runes would gradually mature and form a complete system. At that time, the Discarded Rune he was talking about would be known as one of the most powerful Magic Conducting Runes, allowing Great Mages to contend against High Mages and so on.
But now, the Magic Array could truly be called a Discarded Rune.
Because in this era, the research of Magic Conducting Runes was far from mature. Even many High Mages and Archmages would rely on their experience to explain Magic Conducting Runes to their disciples. The Magic Conducting Runes they spoke of were independent existences, and although they were related to each other, they didn't form a complete system.
Under such circumstances, the Magic Array was no different from a Discarded Rune, because for the Magic Array to display its power, it needed at least six Magic Conducting Runes. When these six Magic Conducting Runes formed a Magic Array, a Great Mage would be able to contend against a High Mage.
They wouldn't need any external power, they would be able to surpass the limits of their rank and contend against a High Mage with their own mana.
It was because of this that the Magic Array was known as one of the most powerful Magic Conducting Runes.
What Lin Yun wanted to construct now was such a Magic Array system.
Lin Yun took out his own magic book and copied down the entire Magic Array's construction. After finishing, Lin Yun put down the quill in his hand and closed – Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm – to digest the knowledge within. After half an hour, Lin Yun opened another magic book.
This time, it was – Explanations of the Max Formula –.
– Explanations of the Max Formula – came from the end of the 3rd Dynasty. Although from the title, it seemed to have been written by Archmage Max, the Flame Tyrant, this book was actually written by one of Max's disciples. From the perspective of a disciple, he analyzed Max's entire magic system in detail, as well as a large number of battle cases. It could be said that the analysis of an Archmage's control over fire magic had reached the pinnacle.
This book was very popular in this era. Many Great Mages and High Mages hoped to get a glimpse of the Flame Tyrant's control over fire magic from this book.
It was the same for Lin Yun.
To Lin Yun, – Explanations of the Max Formula – could be said to be one of the few good books of this era. In that spacious decaying library, Lin Yun had seen this name in many books, but he never had the opportunity to see this book with his own eyes. Only after arriving in this era did Lin Yun find it in the Sage Tower's librarian.
Naturally, what Lin Yun wanted wasn't some kind of insight into fire magic.
There were many such insights in that spacious decaying library. Even if Max was known as the Flame Tyrant, he was only an Archmage. But in that spacious decaying library, there were many Heaven Mages, as well as mages above the Heaven Rank.
What Lin Yun truly wanted were examples of battles.
If Lin Yun wasn't wrong, the place where the Flame Tyrant Max came from was near Ghost City. That place was known as the paradise of the undead. That place was even more terrifying than the Bone Plane. Although the undead were rampant in the Bone Plane, the overlord was only a Bone Dragon. But Ghost City wasn't much worse than the Undead Plane. The Undead Tide that happened once every hundred years was a terrifying disaster that made all of Noscent feel like it was facing a great enemy.
Being born in such a place, Max was destined to spend his life fighting the undead. It was probably because of this that he was able to achieve such high accomplishments in fire magic. Apart from holy light, the undead were most afraid of fire.
What Lin Yun wanted were examples of Max's battles with the undead. It would be best if he fought against a Bone Devil in his youth.
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