stonecrandall The 6th one!
The 6th one!
Subsequently, Lin Qi conducted more detailed tests and assessments on Lucy, thoroughly understanding her current strength.
First, his attributes: strength, agility, and constitution all reached 3 or higher, with agility being an astonishing 6.6, making him even stronger than the knight.
All senses have been greatly enhanced, and it has a "night vision" effect, so that it can see clearly even in the dark.
Possessing the ability of [Shadow Stealth], one can minimize their presence while walking, and in the shadows, it is almost equivalent to being invisible.
It can extend retractable claws from its palms, which are harder and sharper than the sharpest cross-shaped sword in the city, and can easily tear apart ordinary armor.
This is the power of bloodline magic!
A female slave who was almost starving to death, without any targeted training, could instantly possess strength comparable to a mid- to high-level knight. This is definitely one of the fastest ways to gain strength in the wizarding magic system.
This is why, despite the numerous shortcomings of the bloodline magic route within the wizarding system, such as physical mutations, its popularity remains undiminished.
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After completing the bloodline modification of Lucy, Lynch immediately began to deal with the gains from this adventure.
First, there's the core knowledge—potion recipes.
He compiled a total of nineteen complete or nearly complete potion recipes from the ruins and his companions' belongings.
These formulas encompass highly effective healing, powerful detoxification, mental restoration and enhancement, elemental resistance, temporary attribute boosts, and even several rather insidious curse and corrosive potions.
The most dazzling treasure among them is undoubtedly the Water of Life, sealed in silver leaf paper and a product of top-secret research by the Crimson Royal Court.
This is more than just a recipe; it touches upon the most precious area of life extension for wizards. Its theoretical value cannot be measured by ordinary magic stones. It is Lynch's greatest and most secret gain from this adventure.
Secondly, there are finished magic potions.
Lynch collected a total of forty-seven finished potions in varying states of preservation from the relics safe, his companion's pocket, and the remaining containers in the laboratory.
This includes five precious "Starlight Concentrate Elixir", several high-quality primary mental recovery potions, several special healing and antidotes, and some ancient magic potions with unknown uses but strong energy fluctuations.
Next are the magical materials.
The materials collected on this trip were numerous and varied, ranging from "Frost Vein Fern" and "Rock Core Ointment" found in the ruins to various intermediate and low-level materials carried by companions and remaining in the laboratory, which filled half a table.
A rough estimate suggests that if these materials were sold in bulk in Tree Town at 70% of the market price, their total value would reach between 800 and 1,000 magic stones. More importantly, many of these materials are exactly what he needs to prepare the recipe he already has, saving him a lot of trouble in purchasing them.
The above are the direct gains from the Potions Manor. Next, we'll look at the "legacy" of those unfortunate companions.
From the relics of Black Stone, Gray Falcon, and Old Pipe, Lynch found five magical artifacts with practical value:
Blackstone's warhammer with the "Heavy Strike" rune, Grey Falcon's pair of "Hummingbird's Kiss" short blades coated with a complex neurotoxin, and Old Pipe's "Sleeping Staff" that can generate a slowing force field.
These magical artifacts are all of medium to low apprentice level quality, with each piece worth between fifty and one hundred and fifty magic stones. If sold in a package, they can probably be exchanged for around five hundred magic stones.
Tree Town naturally has gray channels for dealing with these kinds of "ownerless items," and Lin Qi plans to sell them in batches in the future to avoid attracting attention.
What surprised Lynch the most was the intellectual gain.
Besides the potion recipes, he found two complete knowledge models with clear traces of inheritance from his companions. One set was a collection of apprentice-level earth magic and techniques called "Earth Leyline Perception and Simple Trap Setting".
The mark originates from "Heart of the Rock," a medium-sized organization in the Abyss Witch Domain renowned for its exploration and civil engineering.
The other set is "Shadow Travel and Aura Concealment," which includes several practical shadow tricks and a complete low-level apprentice-level invisibility spell model.
The mark comes from a small organization called "Silent Blade," which specializes in stealth assassinations.
In the wizarding world, knowledge "inherited" through exploration and struggle is usually tacitly accepted as long as learners do not openly spread it on a large scale or undermine the interests of the original organization.
Lynch was particularly pleased with this set of shadow knowledge, as it suited his attributes and could be learned directly, and it greatly made up for his current shortcomings in stealth and mobility.
Finally, there are scattered resources.
After gathering all the magic stones and adding the portion of the materials whose estimated value could be quickly converted into cash, Lin Qi had an astonishing amount of magic stone equivalents at his disposal, approaching three thousand magic stones!
This doesn't even include the valuable knowledge that can't be valued immediately, the witchcraft tools that need to be slowly converted into cash, and some sensitive materials.
"Thousands of magic stones..." Lin Qi tapped the table lightly, his eyes flashing with a calm and satisfied light.
Indeed, a horse won't get fat without night grass, and a person won't get rich without unexpected wealth!
This near-death experience during his exploration yielded such rich rewards that it would be enough to support his stable cultivation for a long time to come, and even lay a solid resource foundation for his advancement to the advanced apprentice level.
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After completing this adventure, Lin Qi stopped most of his work and began to focus on cultivating and improving his strength.
Time flies, and eight months have passed.
Manor, training room.
Two meditation candles were burning with a 'sizzling' sound, releasing a stream of pure elements that almost turned into a visible mist, pushing the elemental concentration in the small space to a level that would be considered a luxury for an intermediate apprentice.
Lin Qi sat cross-legged in the center, each breath seemingly resonating subtly with the active elemental particles around him.
His spirit had long since sunk deep into the sea of consciousness.
There, five fully solidified, star-like, and stable basic runes formed a more complex and harmonious energy array.
They intertwined, their light flowing, forming a preliminary self-consistent micro-cycle, radiating a spiritual fluctuation several times stronger than it had five months ago.
This is a natural manifestation of the five runes being fully stabilized and highly integrated with Lynch's own spiritual power.
On one side of the five-symbol array, the outline of the sixth basic will rune is already crystal clear.
The key nodes and loops are already 99% full, leaving only a few of the most subtle nodes that are crucial to the overall "spirituality" and stability of the runes.
Like the final gears meshing in a precision clock, it urgently needs to be completed.
Lynch's entire focus was on this.
His spiritual power was like the most resilient spider silk, and like the most skillful carving knife, precisely guiding the elements, penetrating, filling, and polishing those final imperfections thread by thread.
Time loses its meaning in absolute focus.
I don't know how much time has passed; it may have been just a fleeting moment in the outside world, or it may have been a long spiritual journey.
When a certain moment arrives—
It was not a silent thunderclap, but a more restrained yet profound sense of completeness, born from the deepest part of the rune core.
"Buzz..."
The first sound was a deep and clear tremor emanating from within the sixth rune itself.
That was not a sound, but a declaration of a completely stable structure and perfect energy circulation that was directly perceived on a spiritual level.
Immediately afterwards, the final node seemed to be ignited by a spark, bursting out with a pure and warm milky white radiance that quickly spread throughout the entire rune!
The sixth rune has completely solidified and lit up!