Ever since Balsa's Crystal Ball had appeared, many people had been trying to guess the identity of the mysterious master alchemist who helped Balsa create the Legacy Crystal Ball. However, no one had a definite answer.
But now, Connor felt that he had solved this riddle and obtained the answer. If he was not mistaken, this mysterious master alchemist was his beloved mentor, Reyes!
As a master alchemist, Reyes was completely capable of helping Balsa create the Crystal Ball. Furthermore, Balsa had at least two Crystal Balls. One was used on Costa, and the other was in Reyes's hands.
The 'gift' that Reyes gave Connor to break through to rank 1 Magus and the 'forbidden mechanism' were actually the same thing. This was Balsa's inheritance. After obtaining part of Balsa's cultivation, Connor would be like Costa. He would definitely reach the peak of rank 1 Magus immediately, but he would forever be stuck at that level. This meant that Connor would never be able to pose a threat to Reyes, who was a rank 2 Magus.
Reyes's scheme was truly a vicious one. Perhaps it was killing two birds with one stone. Connor, who was at the peak of rank 1 Magus, would not be able to pose a threat to him. Instead, it would be beneficial to him. He had other plans for Connor in the advanced Magus meditation technique, Abyss Secret Arts.
After twenty minutes, Connor finally calmed down from his anger of almost falling for Reyes's dirty trick. He began to inspect the secret vault. Just as he had guessed, Reyes had placed high-quality magic stones under every tile in the secret vault. These magic stones were then connected by Reyes using a type of rune that Connor had never seen before. It was extremely well-hidden and efficient, forming a mysterious energy formation.
After excavating the entire energy formation from the underground vault, although they had already gotten rid of its threat, Connor still felt a chill run down his spine after observing this mysterious formation for a while. He felt a sense of relief in his heart.
If Connor did not notice anything wrong when he was breaking the formation and directly attacked the energy vortex on the left, he would have fallen for Reyes's trick. The suction force of the energy formation would increase tenfold in an instant. In that case, Connor would have no choice but to accept the inheritance from Balsa's Crystal Ball. There would not be a second possibility.
Although the energy formation set up by Reyes in the secret vault almost killed Connor, Connor had never seen such an energy formation before. If he could understand it, it would greatly improve his alchemy level. Therefore, after calming down, Connor did not destroy the energy formation to vent his anger. Instead, he repaved the floor tiles and hid the energy formation in the secret vault. He would come back to the secret vault to study it after he moved into Ferguson's Manor.
After dealing with everything in the secret vault, Connor returned to the library above ground. However, just as he was about to return the bronze key to Jon Connor, he was surprised to find that Jon Ferguson, who was lying on the bed on the second floor of the library, was dead for some reason. His eyes were closed peacefully, and he seemed to have been dead for about ten minutes.
This made Connor puzzled. Before he went to the secret vault, Jon Ferguson was still alive and well. He was just knocked out by Connor and did not remember what happened tonight. He would wake up tomorrow morning. How could he be dead now?
The first answer that came to Connor's mind was that Jon Ferguson had just been killed. However, as soon as this idea appeared in his mind, Connor denied it. First of all, there was no trace on Jon Ferguson's body, and there was no trace of anyone else in the secret vault on the second floor. Ten minutes ago, although Connor was in the secret vault, unless Reyes came in person and could hide from Connor's mental strength, no one else could hide from Connor's mental strength and kill Jon Ferguson quietly in the secret vault.
Connor was full of doubts, so he carefully checked Jon Ferguson's body. This time, he made a new discovery. He found many tiny black particles that were invisible to the naked eye in Jon Ferguson's capillaries. When Connor first checked Jon Ferguson's body, he wanted to check whether there was a restriction in his mind. In addition, these black particles were too small and well hidden in Jon Ferguson's body, so Connor did not notice their existence. However, now that he had a closer look, he was shocked.
After a minute or so of careful observation, Connor's expression became serious. If he was not mistaken, these black particles should be some kind of poison. Judging from the degree of integration of these black particles with the capillaries, they had been in Jon Ferguson's body for at least half a year.
This meant that these black particles were some kind of chronic poison. Jon Ferguson had been poisoned at least half a year ago. The rest was unknown. Today was the day of Jon Ferguson's death, or the pill that Connor had just given him had stimulated the poison, causing it to act up prematurely and kill Jon Ferguson.
Shaking his head slightly, Connor sighed. He then looked at Jon Ferguson's body and said in a low voice, "Grandpa Jon, go there and reunite with your family in peace. No matter who did this to you, I will avenge you!"
After giving his promise to Jon Ferguson, a black flame appeared in Connor's hand. He cremated Jon Ferguson's body and buried his ashes in the underground vault of the library, so that he could protect the Ferguson family in another way.
Originally, Connor had planned to return the key to the underground vault to Jon Ferguson for safekeeping. But now that Jon Ferguson had died in such a strange way, Connor felt that there was a conspiracy behind this.
Although Jon Ferguson had killed many people for the Ferguson family when he was young, he had done many unspeakable things. If the descendants of his former enemies wanted to take revenge on him, they would definitely want to kill this old man in his seventies. They would not be patient enough to use chronic poison to kill him slowly!
Since it was not revenge, why would the one who poisoned Jon Ferguson use a slow-acting poison to kill a lighthouse keeper who had not stepped out of the family library for decades?
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