Chapter 35
Afterpleting the experiment, Lynn sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate.
Three hourster, the twelfth earth ring sessfully condensed within his mind.
Apanied by a cold current, rity washed over Lynn’s brain. Habitually, he opened the interface panel, and his mental attributes increased by 0.1. The progress of the Earth Ring Meditation Technique also reached 12%.?
It took approximately three days on average to condense one earth ring. Lynn estimated that in just 24 days, he could elevate the Earth Ring Meditation Technique to 20%. However, he knew that the difficulty of the meditation technique would likely increase.
He wondered whether his meditation speed was considered fast or slowpared to other wizard apprentices. Lynn recalled teacher Angley mentioning three levels of wizard apprentices—first-level, second-level, and third-level.
He pondered in the depths of his mind on the criteria for these three levels and wondered if he could be considered a first-level wizard apprentice at this point.
A sigh of admiration escaped Lynn’s lips.
The next day, Lynn continued with his experiments.
Armed with the insights gained from the previous night’s failure, Lynn smoothly navigated through the experiment. Soon, a potion with a deep emerald hue was sessfully concocted, albeit not entirely standard in color.
“Daily taskpleted: Experiment (1), Completed an experiment of extremely low difficulty.”
“Completion: Qualified (︾)”
“Reward: 10 general experience points, 1% progress in Mutation Studies.”
In Lynn’s mental sea, a door swung open, and a plethora of new knowledge flooded in.
The feeling of navigating the ocean of knowledge left Lynn thoroughly content.
Indeed, the rewards forpleting experiments were even more abundant than before.
Though Lynn had achieved a “Qualified” status, upon expanding the symbol, he discovered six mistakes he had made. Five of them were minor details regarding time and handling of raw materials, while the remaining one involved a significant problem with the proportions.
Fortunately, these errors were not too severe, merely affecting the quality of the potion.
Examining the test tube of reagent in his hand, Lynn faced a dilemma. He realized he hadn’t prepared a sk to store the potion. Using a cork stopper to seal the test tube, Lynn considered that the potion, with moderate vtility and weak oxidization, could withstand exposure to air for a considerable time withoutpromising its properties.
Subsequently, Lynn cleaned up theboratory, earning another daily reward of 10 points of general experience.
Calcting it this way, if he maintained a minimum “Qualified”pletion status every day, he could secure 20 experience points daily, faster than before.
Lynn silently contemted this in his mind.
What if two experiments were to be conducted each day?
He spected there wouldn’t be additional rewards. Angley had conducted two experiments on the same day previously, and Lynn, despite cleaning theboratory twice in a day, hadn’t triggered extra rewards. Just like cooking, one could only trigger a task once a day.
Daily tasks were truly meant to be once a day, or else they would be considered repetitive.
Nevertheless, to keep the spirit of exploration alive, Lynn set aside some meditation time for his second experiment of the day.
With the experience gained from the second experiment, the third one concluded sessfully five minutes faster than the second.
Observing the emerald-green potion before him, the color was now much closer to the desired shade.
Regrettably, no daily task was triggered. It seemed that all tasks of the same type could only be triggered once a day.
<em>Tomorrow, I should be able to achieve a higher evaluation than just “Qualified.” </em>Lynn thought to himself.
At this moment, at the old dock.
The lighthouse’s me was the only faint light on the dock, and the dark seawater surged back with the cold wind.
Big Goldtooth sat by the window, listening to his subordinates report the recent events.
Not long ago, the hole in the ground had been refilled, but the newlyid floor stood out conspicuously with a color mismatchpared to the surrounding floors.??
Every time Big Goldtoothid eyes on that hole, he would be haunted by the memories of that day.?
Listening to the reports from his subordinates, Big Goldtooth’s expression gradually darkened.
A significant event had urred in the Bolent family a few days ago. Many dignitaries who attended the Bolent family banquet that day reportedly failed to return.
No one knew exactly what had happened, and the incident remained veiled until rumors began to circte today.
On that day, many people were said to have perished. Not only that, but even the current patriarch of the Bolent family had met his end!
Others might consider it an ident, but Big Goldtooth vividly remembered that person inquiring about the Bolent family shortly before.
“The Bolent family has undergone such a major incident, and it happened not long after that person asked me about the Bolent family.”
Big Goldtooth’splexion suddenly turned ugly.
In a daze, he seemed to glimpse arge looming cauldron.
<em>No, absolutely cannot let anyone know that I am connected to this.</em>
A trace of severity shed in Big Goldtooth’s eyes.
The few underlings involved in that incident must be dealt with swiftly.
As long as that person remained silent, others wouldn’t know about his involvement in this.
And that person, truly dangerous.
Even dared to strike at the Bolent family, a noble n.
If nobles could be targeted, let alone someone like him, amoner. Big Goldtooth nowbeled Lynn as dangerous.
He just wanted to stay far away from Lynn.
Over the years, navigating the underground docks, Big Goldtooth understood a fundamental rule—never offend the nobility.
The rtionships between these nobles were intricate, like the roots of a massive tree buried underground. If you didn’t pull them all out, you’d never know how deeply intertwined those roots were.
Generations of nobles intermarried, and the rtionships between many noble families were extremely close.
Because in the kingdom, there exists a noble inheritance decree!
When a noble family loses all its direct blood rtives due to foul y, the king, acting justly, can appoint a coteral rtive to inherit the original noble’s title and territory to seek revenge on behalf of the fallen family.
Nobles would never despise having morend of their own, and this decree has led to intermarriage among noble families. Unless ennobled by the king during times of war, nobles can only be seeded by their descendants.
Furthermore, Big Goldtooth received another piece of information—the Bolent family’s banquet that day was held to entertain a prominent figure.
To be treated seriously by a viscount, the status of this influential individual was beyond Big Goldtooth’s imagination.
However, what seemed peculiar was that yesterday, Big Goldtooth received news thatrge ships from the old dock were conscripted by some influential figure. Judging from the faintly revealed rumors, it seemed rted to the Bolent family. The higher-ups leaked the information to ensure the cooperation of Big Goldtooth and his underground associates, warning them not to cause trouble and to keep all their schemes in check.
Naturally, Big Goldtooth wouldn’t court trouble willingly.
What puzzled him, though, was the mass conscription of ships by the Bolent family at the port. Were they preparing for a sea voyage? Big Goldtooth had never heard of the Bolent family venturing out to sea. In Bangor Port, numerous ship guilds and merchants’ associations, all of which had the backing of major noble families in the kingdom. The Bolent family didn’t need to embark on sea expeditions because these associations and guilds paid substantial taxes to them annually.
These taxes were more than enough to keep them well-fed.
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