29 No Hurry (1/2)

But the power within the Dark Fire Gem was limited, and even a brilliant Alchemist couldn't make it reach Spiritual level. It seemed inferior to the Abyssal Magic Diamond, but if these two were put on the market at the same time, the Dark Fire Gem would ultimately get a higher price.

This was a certainty...

There was no requirement for the user, making it way too overpowered at lower levels. Every major family would spare nothing to nurture their own heirs. Mason of the Monchi family was a good example of that. In order to let him become a true Mage, the Monchi family had spent several hundred thousand gold.

If they spent several hundred thousand gold just to make him into a Mage, how much would the Monchi family be willing to pay for an Excellent Magic Tool that completely lacked usage requirements?

After all, a Mage wielding an Excellent Magic Tool could face some weaker Great Mages...

'Good luck.' Lin Yun smiled happily. With just this one Dark Fire Gem, this trip could be considered a great success.

Although it couldn't be used to improve the Planar Path, putting it on the market wasn't bad either. He should earn at least five hundred thousand gold from its sale, and that was a conservative estimate. Even if he used the profits to buy an Abyssal Magic Diamond, it would leave him plenty of money.

Lin Yun put the Dark Fire Gem on the table and fished out three more magic gems from his pocket.

But there wasn't any pleasant surprise this time. Despite them being magic gems of fairly high quality, there was still a huge gap compared to the price of the Dark Fire Gem. The best of those was an Elemental Amber, which contained a very small amount of mana itself. But it still was one of the best mana vessels, and it could store a large amount of mana from external sources. It could even store a High Mage spell.

After thinking for a bit, Lin Yun put the other two magic gems with the Dark Fire Gem and kept the Elemental Amber.

Now, it was time for the last magic gem.

”Eh!” When Lin Yun put his hand back in his pocket, his expression suddenly changed. Lin Yun clearly felt that the last magic gem carried a bone-chilling feeling.

Because the Bone Devil's power had been too great and Lin Yun needed to escape, he hadn't paid attention to what magic gems he had found, but now that he had returned to Noscent and checked his loot, Lin Yun finally noticed that this last thing in his pocket didn't seem to be a magic gem at all.

But even if that wasn't a magic gem, it might be more precious than all the magic gems he had together.

'Sure enough…' Lin Yun had a cautious expression as he took the object out from his pocket. It was the size of a dove's egg, a sparkling pure-black, with a glimmer flashing from time to time. It carried a breathtaking power.

'Sure enough, it's the Frost Lich Heart…'

In the legends, it materialized after a Lich's soul fire was extinguished. A Lich was a frightening existence able to contend with a High Mage, and its strength wasn't inferior to that of the Bone Dragon ruling the Bone Plane. Even if its soul fire was extinguished, it would still possess world-shaking power.

Although Lin Yun had never seen a real Frost Lich Heart, the Frost Lich had been mentioned several times among the books of the decaying library. Even at the peak of the magic era, the Frost Lich Heart had its importance.

Thus, there was no need to mention its importance in the current era. This Frost Lich Heart was worth at least ten Abyssal Magic Diamonds, and if used to maintain the Planar Path, Lin Yun would be able to stay at least five hours in the Bone Plane next time!

He had won that gamble.

Even if the Elemental Incarnation had exhausted all of Lin Yun's mana, even if the Bone Devil's Dark Fire Bullet had almost hit Lin Yun, this didn't matter in front of the Frost Lich Heart.

With this Frost Lich Heart, Lin Yun would be able to gradually nibble away at that Nether Iron Vein.

But before that, he had to advance to Great Mage. A 9th Rank Mage would seem very weak in front of a large amount of Skeleton Warriors, let alone the existence behind them, a Bone Devil that could contend against High Mages.

But to advance to become a Great Mage, Lin Yun would have to carry out his plan.

After checking his loot, Lin Yun took another hour to transform that Master rank alchemy array with the recently obtained Frost Lich Heart. After completing this task, Lin Yun put the magic gems and Undead Essences into his pocket and left the secret passage.

Remy had already been walking around outside for a long time when Lin Yun walked out from the study.

Remy brought two pieces of news, a bad one and a good one.

The bad news was that Solon had rummaged through the Sage Tower and only found three of the materials needed for the Mana Baptism, meaning that Lin Yun still needed more than half of the seven items required.