268 Successor (1/2)

After sending off Monchi and Ryan, Lin Yun returned to his alchemy laboratory. The harvest from the Four Seasons Canyon was too amazing. He had gotten eight kinds of rare magic materials, each of them being a rare treasure that couldn't be found not just in Thousand Sails City, but even in the core of the kingdom, Okland. They might only show up during large auctions.

Especially the Appeasing Soulsong Gem. This was a treasure that would only appear once in a hundred years. This Appeasing Soulsong Gem was dark red, the size of a thumb, and would sparkle with a dazzling light when put under the sun. More importantly, the gem would start singing hymns once activated with mana!

The Appeasing Soulsong Gem's songs had the power to put souls to rest, making it the nemesis of all ghostly lifeforms. If Lin Yun had been in possession of the Appeasing Soulsong Gem when he crossed the River of Ten Thousand Ghosts, over 30% of the Ghosts would have evaporated from the sound of the hymns.

But handling the Appeasing Soulsong Gem was very difficult. It was different from other gems, as it couldn't be cut or carved. Every Appeasing Soulsong Gem was a whole, and if damaged, the gem's hymn would no longer be complete.

In fact, it would still be fine if that were all.

The problem was that even if the Appeasing Soulsong Gem's hymn could put souls to rest, it didn't inherently have the power to suppress evil. It had to be enchanted so that an array to enhance power could be added. Only with this could the Appeasing Soulsong Gem become a true Magic Tool.

This meant that the alchemists had to be very careful with the enchantment. They couldn't get any scratches on the gem, which was very difficult. Gems were most vulnerable during enchanting.

Lin Yun spent a week crafting that Appeasing Soulsong Gem into a pendant, replacing the Lava Dominator's spot.

Lin Yun spent a week in his laboratory just taking care of the Appeasing Soulsong Gem… Over twenty days had passed since his return from the Four Seasons Canyon, yet Lin Yun only did a third of the work. Apart from the Appeasing Soulsong Gem, the other rare magic materials only underwent a simple processing. It would take him a lot more time if he wanted to make the best use of them.

And there was also the Latour Gold Essence.

Latour Gold Essence's boundless inclusive nature was a characteristic people usually yearned for, but it was too disgusting when it came to enchanting. Lin Yun used a spirit mana crystal to pour mana into it, but the effects were minimal. After twenty days, the enchanting of the Latour Gold Essence was only halfway done.

And on top of that, Lin Yun still had to deal with the Parasitic Tree and the Obsidian Flower, and also prepare the compound to cure Solomon's collapsed Mana Whirlpool. He also had to find ways to repair the Heaven Rank Puppet, and also...

He had too many things to take care of.

He hadn't had much free time during these twenty days.

But nothing could be done about it, as there were too many things waiting for Lin Yun.

And all of them were very important.

In contrast, what did the Monchi Family even count as?

At first, Lin Yun wanted to retaliate against the Monchi Family on behalf of Mafa Merlin. He felt that since he was occupying this body, he should do some things for him, such as finding the truth about Locke Merlin's shipwreck.

At first, Lin Yun truly thought that the Monchi Family had plotted against Locke Merlin in order to get a monopoly over the market.

But as time passed, Lin Yun gradually adapted to the era and gained greater understanding of Thousand Sails City's major forces, as well as Locke Merlin. Lin Yun came to the conclusion that the Monchi Family most likely didn't have the ability to do so.

Locke Merlin was a lot more powerful than everyone else.

The Bone Plane's Planar Path, the identity as a descendant of the Merlin Family, as well as the powerhouse that could contend with Solan...

In others' eyes, Solomon was the number one High Mage, Lys was the number one Alchemist, and the Monchi Family was the number one in terms of wealth. But few people knew that Locke Merlin, who started from nothing, already had enough power to shake Thousand Sails City's very foundations, and the original Mafa Merlin was completely unaware.

Using a shipwreck to engulf Locke Merlin wasn't something the Monchin Family could pull off, at least on their own. Not to mention the Monchi Family, even Solan didn't have that ability.

Naturally, how could Lin Yun not know that the Monchi Family had played a part in that shipwreck? He was obviously far from being as innocent as he claimed.

He needed someone to feed him information.

In any case, he couldn't get any more information from Monchi. It would have to wait until he reached Okland and met with the rare genius Solan if he wanted to find the truth about the shipwreck.

As for the Monchi Family...