The A.I. Chip showed a string of warnings, constantly flashing in front of Leylin.
“A.I. Chip, scan the study room!”
A resolve expression appeared on Leylin’s face, as he began to use various detection techniques to search for concealed compartments in the room.
After 5 minutes, Leylin’s face turned even more unsightly.
“I estimate that I need 5 minutes to leave this place. Which is to say, the time left for me to search is only 6 more minutes! I have to leave before that!”
Although Leylin wanted the high-grade meditation technique badly, he valued his life more than the technique.
“The study desk is okay! No problem with the chair! Oil painting, oil painting!”
Leylin stared fixedly at a most suspicious-looking oil painting.
Apart from an emblem with the similar sign of the Ouroboros[1], there was nothing else on that canvas.
[tl: [1] = Ouroboros is an ancient sign which shows the head of a serpent or a dragon eating its tail, forming a circle. ]
“Eh?!”
At this moment, Leylin discovered a tiny object within his robes radiating heat.
He reached in and withdrew a cheap yellow bronze ring.
This ring seemed to be extremely average — there was even some scratches and rust on it. Inscribed on the surface of the ring was the letter ‘K’, which seemed to represent the emblem of some organisation.
“This is… the ring that was obtained from Roman’s remains!” Leylin thought about the origins of this ring.
Back when he was in Extreme Night City, after searching the lab of the Great Magus Serholm, he found the corpse of the vengeful spirit, Roman. This ring was found on his corpse.
It seems that the vengeful spirit Roman did not just obtain this information. Moreover, he somehow managed to hide some information from Leylin.
Leylin stroked the yellow bronze ring on his finger.
The closer he walked to the oil painting, the more heat the ring emitted. Moreover, there was even light emitting from the letter ‘K’.
*Ka-Cha!* *Ka-Cha!*
On the bottom area of the oil painting, part of it fell, revealing an empty hole which had the ‘K’ symbol, the same as the ring.
Leylin fitted the ring in the gap! *Bang!* Both sides seamed tightly, and a strange energy wave radiated from it.
*Sssii!*!
The black snake in runes on the oil painting seemed to come alive and a scarlet gleam was there its eyes. It continuously chased after its tail, spinning within the painting.
The spinning speed of the black snake kept increasing, finally turning into a black hole.
In the hole, there was the space of a small cabinet. In it was a cage that was made of crimson lightning.
Leylin gritted his teeth and looked at the decreasing amount of time, immediately reaching his hands to it.
*Bang!*
An ancient voice suddenly sounded in Leylin’s brain.
“The test has begun. Begin to portray this spell formation within 30 seconds!” A yellow, illusory figure, formed by the spell, appeared in front of Leylin.
“There is even a spell?!” Leylin was now convinced that this Great Magus Serholm was a sadist.
Under the circumstances of the secret plane collapsing, he even intended for the inheritor to complete a test!
Moreover, even if it was a basic spell model, it would at least require several hours of time. 30 seconds? He’s plainly toying with others!
“A.I. Chip! Immediately decrypt with full operational capabilities!”
With Leylin’s order, a bright blue light flashed in his eyes. This was the greatest calculation abilities that the A.I. Chip projected.
[Mission establishing, beginning analysis…] The A.I. Chip loyally carried out its duty, very soon projecting the completed spell formation in Leylin’s brain.
“Construction completed; next test. Within 30 seconds construct this spell formation!” This time, it was a blue formation.
Leylin rolled his eyes and continued to use the A.I. Chip to analyse.
Afterwards, it was the third spell formation, black coloured. This time, the required analysis surpassed Leylin’s expectations. Right before the 30 seconds timer was up he then managed to complete the formation.
“Will it end now?”
Leylin thought after finishing the third formation.
However, at this moment, the yellow, blue and black formation in his brain began to converge suddenly.
*Ka-Cha!* After the 3 spell formations instantly merged, it turned into a scarlet coloured spell formation. On the surface, it was filled with many mysterious runes.
*Sssii!* The scarlet lightning behind the oil painting seemed to have been attracted to him and entered Leylin’s body immediately.
“My inheritor! You must have the courage and wise, be astute and filled with knowledge. Only then, can you break through the shackles of Bloodline…”
That ancient voice sounded once again in Leylin’s mind.
At this moment, the A.I. Chip indicated, [A Spiritual Force data has been received, to accept or deny transmission?]
“Accept!”
Following which, Leylin felt that his brain was stuffed with a load full of information, similar to when he received his meditation technique when he first entered the academy.
A massive stream of information continuously entered his brain and was sorted by the A.I. Chip.
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“The book is a copy of high-grade meditation technique. It is only for warlocks who carries the bloodline of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent…”
The beginning of the information already sent Leylin in ecstasy.
“The high-grade meditation technique that I have always dreamt of is finally in my hands now!”
Leylin only felt a surge of blood rush to his brain and almost could not resist screaming in excitement.
[Warning! Warning! Time left for the place to collapsing: 5 Minutes 01 Seconds! It has already reached the limit that the Host has set!] The A.I. Chip reminded Leylin once again.
“Damn!” Leylin started running immediately.
When he started to run out of the study, he glanced quickly at the collapsed corpse of Bosain.
“To have you buried inside the secret plane is the best method to conceal the murderer. And, since I did not directly kill him, the probability of any Detection Magic is very less”.
After walking away from the study room, he found himself inside the Dylan Gardens where there was every kind of flower blooming.
Leylin did not think any further and reached out to grab the few most precious flowers and placed it in his robes. He did not stop his footsteps and directly dashed out from the Dylan Gardens.
After running through the metal passage, Leylin once again returned to the cave where the corpse of the Black Horrall Snake lay.
“Something’s not right, there is something missing!” Leylin ran to where the black snake was. His right hand glowed with the defense of the Fallen Star Pendant and as he traced the opening of the wound he ripped open the stomach and pulled out a scarlet heart out from it.
As the handling of such ingredients was troublesome, Bosain and the rest had decided to retrieve it only when they were prepared to leave.
“There is no more time!” Leylin looked at the timer which was counting down to zero soon and immediately chanted an ancient incantation.
“Starier Guderian!”
“This was the password recorded in the Book of Giant Serpent for leaving the secret plane. A pity that with the destruction of the secret plane, this time, there was no other chances to use it in the future.
After the chant, Leylin was enshrouded in a red lightning and immediately disappeared from the cave.
On the top of a cliff.
A few red flashes of lightning formed, taking the form of a spell formation.
A brown haired acolyte’s illusory image slowly turned into real substance among the lightning and l
anded on the cliff.
“I am finally out!”
Leylin looked at the void which was constantly emitting energy waves, his expression complicated.
This was the influence of a secret plane self-destructing in the main world. It was extremely weak and extremely difficult to discover.
However, Leylin was clear that the Dylan Gardens, and everything inside it was now wiped off from the face of this world.
“A pity! So many resources and precious herbs….”
Leylin looked down at the energy wave of the void which was slowly vanishing, and he felt a great pity about it.
After all, that was the secret plane of a Rank 4 Magus!
Just the various flowers and herbs in the Dylan Gardens could fetch the price of several millions of Magic Crystals. Moreover, there had been copious quantities of herbs in there.
With it, Leylin would not have to worry about his finances after turning into an official Magus.
“Fortunately, it’s not like I don’t have any gains!” Leylin looked at the few stalks of herbs tightly gripped in his hands, his expression relaxing a little.
On his hands, there were several rare herbs, only that their appearance was not very beautiful at this moment.
As Leylin prioritised in escaping earlier, he merely grabbed a fistful of the most precious plants, so naturally there was some damage done to those herbs.
“There is one more — Book of Giant Serpent!”
Leylin touched the sturdy black book in front of him.
Although it was just something the Great Magus Serholm placed outside to conceal the high-grade meditation technique inside the oil painting, its price was still extremely precious.
On the Book of Giant Serpent, there were the travel notes of the Great Magus Serholm with the drawings of a few precious items, which could enhance Leylin’s knowledge.
Moreover, many experiments were also explicitly stated in detail, which allowed Leylin to benefit from it.
However, the most precious in the Book of Giant Serpent was the 12 Rank 1 Spell models and 3 Rank 2 Spell models! All these were items that the various guilds and magisterium in the South Coast tried to get their hands on. They were something that Magic Crystals could not buy.
Finally, the motive of Leylin’s expedition, this time, the high-grade meditation technique, was finally obtained.
This meant that Leylin’s path in the future might not be smoothly paved, but at least he had a direction to work towards to. He had more chances than other acolytes!
Any one item on this book, once leaked, will only result in one outcome for Leylin. That is to be listed as wanted by all the organisations in the South Coast!
All official Magi, various academy chairmen, even the strongest Magus that Leylin had seen, the head of the Lighthouse of the Night, will do their utmost to catch him who was a mere acolyte.
Just thinking of that outcome, Leylin already felt a headache.
At the same time, he resolved to conceal everything he had gotten in this expedition.
“Since I have already decided!” Leylin’s eyes flashed viciously and looked at the few struggling prisoners behind him.
They were captured by Bosain, used as guinea pigs to test the mechanisms of the secret plane. Furthermore, Leylin even bound all of them later.
He did not know how long he stayed inside the secret plane. Only that from what Leylin saw, these few people were already on the verge of death. If he were to come out a little longer, it would just be a few more corpses that he would see.
“I originally wanted to use them to kill Bosain after defeating him, but from what I see now, the self-destruction of the secret plane is a better way to kill him!”
Acolytes who hailed from great families or were geniuses of an academy often had various detection spells placed on them. Once they were to die, the spells would be activated and imbued itself on the closest intelligent creature beside them and turned into a tracking spell. Hence, Leylin seldom attacked other acolytes. If there was a choice, he preferred to use scapegoats to finish his job.
Leylin muttered and walked towards the few prisoners.
Very soon, his face hardened, and he immediately grabbed a few prisoners and tossed them over the cliff.
*Pa Pa!*
Not long after, there was the slight yet heavy noise which travelled to Leylin’s ears.
“Not only that, the stone blades at the bottom must be destroyed, the corpses must also be gotten rid of with some bone dissolving powder.”
Leylin muttered and applied the floating spell on himself, floating down from the cliff like a feather.
When the moon was high in the sky, the blue constellations shone brightly. Only then did Leylin returned to the cliff, his robes filled with traces of grey powder.
The starlight which shone down was constantly absorbed by the Fallen Star Pendant on Leylin’s chest, forming a small ball of light in front of him.
[Fallen Star Pendant recharging. Estimated time: 5 hours 21 Minutes!] The A.I. Chip’s voice intoned.
Although the might of Magic Artifact were extremely strong and did not need any chanting to activate it, they required to be recharged. After the energy was fully consumed, the Magic Artifact was basically a useless item!
Previously in the secret plane, Leylin concealed his Fallen Star Pendant and let Bosain use their Magic Artifact many times to drain the energy in his Magic Artifact. Finally after engaging in a battle with him, he drained all of Bosain’s Magic Artifact energy!
Whenever he thought of the Magic Artifact on Bosain’s body which could take on the form of anything, the silvery and metallic “Silver Light” which could attack or defend, Leylin envied Bosain for it.
However, he did not retrieve it from Bosain’s body. Instead, he let that Magic Artifact remain inside the secret plane.
Things that belonged to large families, if one were to say that there weren’t additional protective measures on them, Leylin would be the first to doubt that statement!
Moreover, he had killed Bosain. This was the genius acolyte in Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, and one of the successors of the three big families, the Lilytell Family.
Once this incident was discovered, he would naturally face the wrath and revenge of the Lilytell Family.
However, Bosain, fortunately, was killed due to the secret plane’s self-destruction. The place where he died was also not in the main world but in a secret plane, which would mean many troubles for the Magi, who excelled in Divination or Prophecy.
“Only that it is still not enough! The methods of Divination Magi are not that simple!”
Leylin’s face was extremely solemn. He sat cross-legged on the cliff and picked up several water chestnut grass, forming the shape of a little human figure.
*Pu!* When the human figure made of grass was tanned, Leylin took out a dagger and cut his arm.
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