131 No Way (1/2)

If a Master Alchemist was annoyed enough, he could even sign a contract to sell his services to a major force in order to get his revenge.

Especially now that the Master Alchemist had the power to fight against a High Mage, these forces wouldn't dare to make a move once they learnt about this...

”Okay, I understand…” William understood after thinking about it for a bit. It turned out that his earlier actions had actually been a good move for the Merlin Family.

Originally, he had been frustrated that he had acted against this cousin before ending up bowing to him.

But he hadn't expected that bowing would actually secure a deal for the Merlin Family.

Now that he thought about it, if he had insisted on setting himself against his cousin, he would end up like Raven, going back to Okland and perhaps gathering a force to retaliate. And meanwhile, the Watson Family might have been the one having dealings with his Master Alchemist cousin.

William knew that this cousin didn't have any concept of family relationships. He chose to sell Nether Iron Ore to the Merlin Family purely to prepare for the path ahead of him.

William believed that if the Watson Family had come first, with a proper attitude and a proper price, this cousin of his would have chosen to sell the Nether Iron Ores to the Watson Family.

It would be a completely different situation then...

Thinking back on what a close call it had been, cold sweat trickled down William's back. 'Thank god, thank god I gave up, otherwise I might have been the one that got slammed on the ground and burnt…'

”So, Cousin William, you are training those 5th Rank Mages carefully, right? I'll help them find a special training ground next month at the latest.”

”Special training ground?”

”Yes, a training ground filled with undead lifeforms.” After Lin Yun explained, he planned to leave the Gilded Rose to take a look at the alchemy workshop to check on the mining puppet production.

Lin Yun had stayed in the prince tomb for a bit over a month, and the Planar Path recharging cooldown had already finished. He hadn't left for it yet because he needed this batch of mining puppets.

”Wait, Cousin…” But William stopped him just as he got up.

”What is it?”

”I came over because I came across a Great Mage named Solon. He said he was the disciple of the Sage Tower's Solomon. He also said that Solomon is looking for you very urgently and that you must take some time to go over…”

”Solomon is looking for me?” Lin Yun scratched his cheek, thinking of what he wanted. He was thinking of establishing a relationship with the Cloud Tower through Solomon and then borrowing the True Spirit Magic Tool from the Cloud Tower.

He hadn't expected Solomon to be the one calling on him first.

”Okay, I'll go over at once.” Lin Yun nodded, but before he left the Gilded Rose, he added, ”Oh, right, Cousin William, if you have time, can you take a trip to the alchemy workshop to ask when they will be finished with that batch of mining puppets?”

”Yes, no problem.”

Lin Yun took his leave from the Gilded Rose and quickly arrived at the Sage Tower.

”Great Mage Merlin, you finally came…” Solon had already been waiting for a long time when Lin Yun rushed over, and he still looked very anxious.

”What's going on?” Lin Yun felt strange. From the times they had met, Solon had always been very calm. He would rarely display his emotions in such a way. Even when Lin Yun advanced to become a Great Mage, Solon only slightly forgot himself. But today, he looked as if he had lost his head.

”Let's talk while walking, Teacher has been waiting for too long…”

”Let's go.”

The two entered the Sage Tower and quickly walked through the spiraling stairs.

”Good Morning, Great Mage Merlin.” Solomon got up to welcome Lin Yun when the latter entered his study.

”Good Morning, High Mage Solomon.” After Lin Yun greeted him, he sat down with Solomon. But he was feeling a bit apprehensive.

Lin Yun clearly remembered that during the Black Horn Auction, he had taken out several hundred thousand golds to help Solomon win the Hell Destroyer incantation during the face off. It was tantamount to helping the Sage Tower keep their reputation, but at that time, the High Mage had only invited him to his box with a ”please come in” and greeted him with a smile without getting up to welcome him.