When Adil turned his head around again, McDonough's figure had already slowly disappeared from his sight.
Seeing this, he raised his head and looked into the distance as many thoughts flashed through his mind.
"Even though I expected this, Macdo seems to know too much about the Emerald Secret Realm."
That was what he thought as he stood there and looked into the distance in Silence.
The Emerald Secret Realm was an absolute secret of the Elves, and there were not many who knew about it.
Not only did Macdo know about it, but he even knew some inside information, which was quite amazing.
"The members of the Hall of the Dead were all created by ancient Sorcerers who had fallen. Perhaps they were true spirits left behind by ancient Sorcerers, or consciousnesses born from ancient corpses that inherited the memories and legacies of the past …
"No matter which it is, the members are destined to be extraordinary, and it is not strange for them to know many secrets that no one else knows.
"As one of the three future Kings of the Hall of the Dead, Macdo must be even more so."
Thinking about Macdo's identity, Adil felt more at ease and stopped thinking about this question.
Everyone had their own secrets, and even Adil could not investigate them one by one.
Since Macdo knew about the Emerald Secret Realm, it meant that he had a great background. Apart from this, there was not much else.
After figuring this out, Adil gently turned around and looked in a certain direction in the distance.
"Mason … I will be back very soon …"
Looking into the distance, he muttered to himself, as if he had seen something familiar.
Tens of days later, Kuru and the others saw Adil off as he walked into the Teleportation Hall of the Emerald Tower, slowly stepping into the massive golden gate.
Traces of golden light spread out, and the ripples of the world shook the surroundings. The inch-by-inch patterns were like the undulations of waves, and as the light spread out, they covered the entire hall.
"I've already left the coordinates of the tower in your imprint. Once you're done with what you need to do, just use the spell formation to teleport back."
At the side, Kuru was adjusting the spell formation as he spoke to Adil.
"Alright." Within the spell formation, Adil nodded and greeted the people who had come to see him off. Only then did he slowly walk into the huge and bright world gate.
This time, he left the Wizard Tower and returned to the Mason District. The reason he used was that he wanted to settle some things from his past.
As Simar's student, the tower didn't suspect anything. It gave Adil the authority to teleport and even gave Adil the coordinates of the tower itself.
As waves of light surged, a sound that sounded like glass being torn rang out in Adil's ears. At first, it was weak, then it became stronger, and finally, it gradually calmed down.
In front of the enormous spell formation, the originally solid space was torn into countless shapes like a thin layer of tofu. The core of the space was forcefully pierced through, creating a huge spatial hole.
A dot of coordinates gradually fell in front of him, merging with the surging World Force around him, forming a perfect circle that wrapped around Adil. He left through the spatial hole in the distance.
When Adil regained consciousness and light appeared in front of him again, the scene in front of him was completely different.
The morning sun shrouded the land, and fresh and tender wildflowers bloomed intensely. The fragrance from them spread in all directions, adding a bit of colour to the land.
The familiar land and climate assaulted his senses. The familiar aura made Adil's heart relax, as if he had returned to his hometown.
Mason District.
This was Adil's country, and it was also a region that Adil had carefully managed for hundreds of years. He was incomparably familiar with the climate and terrain of every inch of the mountains and rivers, and he knew them by heart.
When he arrived here, he raised his head and looked around. After roughly identifying the terrain, he took a step forward, and his figure instantly turned illusory as he returned to Falcus City.
Two years was too short for Magi, and the whole city hadn't changed much.
When Gloria, Kural, and the others saw Adil, they were extremely surprised, as if they felt that he shouldn't have returned so quickly.
"I've reached the Mason District and had some gains, but there are some other things I need to do, so I came back early."
Looking at Gloria and the others, Adil said this, and then immediately ordered the group of Magi to make preparations.
This time, Adil had not returned to Mason just to reminisce about the past. He had his own matters to attend to.
In 200 years, the Emerald Pocket Plane would open. When that time came, as one of the few pure-blooded geniuses left in the Wizard Tower, Adil would definitely be sent in by Simar and the others to obtain the things contained within.
When that time came, regardless of whether there were opportunities or dangers in the Emerald Pocket Plane, Adil would have to face them directly.
Hence, before that, Adil had already decided to take the final step.
Advancing to the fifth rank.
The fifth rank was the pinnacle of power in the Emerald High Region. Even in the entire High Region, it was considered the pinnacle. It possessed the power to truly face all dangers head-on, and could even go on expeditions to other worlds and conquer an entire world by itself.
Naturally, advancing to this level would not be as easy as it had been in the past.
However, for Adil, his opportunity to advance to the fifth rank lay in the Mason District.
A month later.
In the southern part of the Mason District, in a desolate mountain range, a large number of Magi walked into this place.
This was the Frozen Mountain Range, which originally did not belong to the Mason District. Instead, it belonged to the Northern Plains, a gathering place for Magi within the Mason District.
Hundreds of years ago, after Adil had unified the Mason District, in order to deepen the connection with the surrounding regions and to better govern these places, Adil had personally taken action. With the power of a great fourth rank Magus, he had forcibly opened up the dark areas between the Magi gathering places and the surrounding regions. He had forcibly exterminated the radiation and large amounts of polluted creatures within, and only then had the Northern Plains become part of the Mason District.
To the other Magi of the Mason District, this was just a small corner. Not only was it lacking in resources, but it was also sparsely populated. Apart from a small number of Magi who had been forcibly dispatched, not many Magi were willing to stay here. Everyone had rushed to the center of the Mason District.
However, to Adil, this was a special place.
Back then, Adil had risen from a sea in the south. He had first stepped into the southern continent, then set off from the Northern Plains and arrived in the Mason District.
Hence, this place had a lot of symbolic meaning to Adil.
The Frozen Mountain Range before him was even more so to Adil.
Walking into the mountain range, Adil raised his head and discovered that the originally primitive mountain range had undergone many changes.
Inch by inch, huge white rocks covered the entire mountain range. However, in the surroundings of the mountain range, the originally primitive area was now filled with many cities and villages.
In between the mountain paths, there were also small paths that ran through the center, forcefully opening up the Frozen Mountain Range, which had originally been extremely difficult to travel to, and slowly developing this place.
What grew along the sides of the roads were no longer the wild grass and trees that Adil had seen in the past. Instead, there were fields of wheat and crops, and the farmers were sweating profusely as they worked hard to cultivate the land.
This scene made Adil speechless, and only after a long time did he start to laugh. He was happy to see this kind of change.
Under the company of the crowd, he continued to walk forward for a while. Soon, the governor stationed in this region hurried over.
"Your Majesty!"
A young man wearing a black robe and a top hat galloped out of the mountain range on a tall white horse, followed by a large group of Knights and Sorcerers.
After seeing Adil walking over, the young man hurriedly dismounted and knelt down, deeply bowing to Adil.
Seeing this scene, Adil looked down and sized up the young man's appearance.
The young man had decent looks, and even though he was not very handsome, he was quite pleasing to the eye. He wore a messy black robe, and there were traces of sweat on his neck. It seemed that he had rushed over in such a hurry that he did not have time to tidy up his attire.
On the other hand, the young man had the radiation of magic power and the life energy of a Knight. It seemed that he had walked the path of a Sorcerer and a Knight.
As he looked at the young man, Adil didn't pay much attention to his magic power and life force fluctuations. However, the young man's appearance, as well as the familiar aura of his bloodline, caused Adil to stare blankly at him.
"Who is Elwa to you?"
After a long while, Adil calmed down and looked at the young man in front of him.
"He's my great-grandfather." Facing Adil, the young man spoke respectfully and excitedly, unable to hide his fanaticism and excitement.
"Great-grandfather?"
Hearing the young man's words, Adil fell silent, and his thoughts unknowingly drifted off into the distance.
Elwa was a good friend of Adil's when he was young.
He still remembered how Elwa and his father, Earl Poria, had taken care of Adil when he had just transmigrated to this world.
He also remembered that when the city was breached, Earl Poria had told him to take good care of Elwa and carry on the legacy of the Farcus family.
Adil had always remembered this instruction and promise and had never forgotten it.
After Adil unified the entire Mason district, he moved Elwa and the entire Farcus family into Farcus City and tried to train Elwa well.
Unfortunately, Elwa did not have the talent to become a Sorcerer, and his talent as a Knight was too poor. In addition, he was too old at the time. Even though he enjoyed Adil's full training, he was only able to become a Firmament Knight with countless potions in the end.
Elwa himself was very open-minded about this.
He had once calmly talked to Adil. He did not have the talent and bloodline that Adil had, nor did he have the strong will that Adil had for decades. He was just an ordinary person who was greedy for enjoyment and wasted his days.
For such an ordinary person, how could he not be satisfied with such an outcome?
Therefore, in the end, Adil chose to respect his choice and did not force him to continue working hard. Instead, after changing his bloodline, he allowed him to explore the Mason district.
Decades ago, Elwa returned to the southern continent where he and Adil were born and died there. He looked peaceful before he died, surrounded by many children and grandchildren. It was a happy ending.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. After a while, Adil came back to his senses. He continued to look at the young man in front of him and began to ask about his life.
In front of him, the young man was talking excitedly with Adil. He had to pause for every sentence, and the fanatical expression on his face did not change for a long time.
The young man in front of him was called Ella, and his surname was also Farcus. He was a descendant of Elwa who had stayed nearby and was now in his thirties.
Relying on the Farcus surname and the influence that Elwa had left behind, Ella had become the governor of this area in just a few years, managing a city near the Frozen Mountain Range.
On the way, he slowly conversed with Adil, introducing the changes in this generation to Adil.
"After hundreds of years, many places with suitable terrain have been settled in this generation. There are only some places that are not suitable for farming that have not been settled by many people."
He pointed at the village in the distance and slowly introduced the terrain of this area.
Adil watched these changes in Silence.
In his mind, the scene recorded by the chip began to replay. It was a mountain range from hundreds of years ago, a stark contrast to the mountain range of today.
The image was still clear, and the scene was still the same. However, changes were changes. With the accumulation of time, one could distinguish them at a glance.
However, to a certain extent, these changes were also a good thing.
After walking and stopping for more than a month, Adil finally arrived at his destination.
It was a remote and small mountain peak. It was shrouded in white mountain rocks, and there was nothing special about it.
Even now that the mountain range had gradually developed, this laughing mountain peak was still so desolate. Apart from a few wild beasts, there was nothing else on it.
At the foot of the mountain, there was a group of Magi. Among them, the top Magi had already reached rank 3.
They had been sent by Adil. After all, the things contained in this mountain range were too important to Adil, so he could not pay too much attention to them.
After coming here, Adil did not bring anyone with him. Instead, he left everyone behind and walked up the mountain alone.
On the desolate mountain peak, the wind and frost blew past his face, making him feel uncomfortable as if knives were scraping at his face.
However, Adil did not feel anything. He only felt that it was interesting. Step by step, he walked up the mountain peak and arrived at a node on the mountain.
After arriving here, a faint calling began to sound. It came from this mountain, but it did not come from this mountain.
"At the top of this mountain peak, a space that can be used was forcefully carved out in the spatial crack."
After carefully sensing the faintly discernible call and confirming the location, Adil made such a judgment.
In the next moment, he disappeared from where he was and instantly entered the spatial crack.
Golden light sounded in the sky, and a huge historical remnant appeared in front of him. The majesty that it gave off was unchanging, and it would cause anyone to feel terrified.
Even though it was not the first time he had come here, coming here again, Adil still felt a great power that surpassed rank 4, and even faintly surpassed rank 5.
"The Sun Emperor's Tomb, it's been a long time …"
Looking at the boundless golden sun in the sky and the incomparably terrifying power contained within, Adil sighed softly, feeling the changes in the world.
Back when he was in the Northern Plains, before he entered the Mason area, Adil had once obtained the location of the ruins by chance. In the end, he entered the mausoleum of the Sun Emperor and obtained the coordinates of the Emerald World from there.
When he had first entered this place, he had just become an official Sorcerer. Now, hundreds of years had passed, and Adil had already reached the peak of rank 4. He was only a step away from becoming a rank 5 Sorcerer.
This step would be completed by relying on the Sun Emperor's Tomb.
Within the Sun Emperor's Tomb was the corpse of the Sun Emperor.
This was the same Sun Emperor bloodline as Yala, but it was not an unstable existence like Yala. Instead, it was a Sun Emperor that had truly grown to the limit and reached the peak.
To a certain extent, the Sun Emperor bloodline here was even more noble and pure than Yala's. As long as he consumed it with the Bloodline Secret Tome, he would immediately be able to break through the final obstacle in Adil's way and advance to rank 5 with his bloodline.
This was why Adil had not come here in the past and had only come here now.
Only when he was at the peak of rank 4 would he be able to obtain the greatest benefits from consuming the corpse of a Sun Emperor that had grown to the peak of rank 5. Not only would it allow his bloodline to grow to rank 5, but it would also allow his strength to grow and break through that final limit.
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