270 Okland (1/2)

”The Patriarch has been supporting you all along, but… The rules of the Merlin Family are like that. The Elder Council has a lot of power…” William suddenly paused, before adding, ”I also got the feeling that someone was secretly influencing the Elder Council. How else could they be so united against you? These old geezers would fight each other for a few dozen golds…”

”Eh?” Lin Yun's frown intensified. It would be troublesome if someone was truly influencing the Elder Council. He would have to have a chat with that person when he reached Okland.

”It couldn't be helped, the Gilded Rose's wealth made some people too greedy…”

”Haha…” Lin Yun smiled and changed topic. ”Okay, let's put this aside. How is the merging with your Alchemic Mana Whirlpool?”

”I finished merging with it two days after returning to Okland and I've spent my time adapting to having twice the mana on my way back. It still feels a bit strange…”

”That's good, I'll give you three days to completely adjust to the Alchemic Mana Whirlpool. In three days, we are going to Okland.”

”Okay.”

Three days later, Lin Yun finished the processing of the Appeasing Soulsong Gem and named this Spiritual Magic Tool the Evil Punishing Pendant.

At the same time, the Heaven Rank Puppet had been renovated.

Naturally, the renovation wasn't a true repair.

The Heaven Rank Puppet was an existence on par with a Heaven Mage, which meant that it was an outstanding alchemic achievement. It would be a miracle if an Artisan could easily repair it, let alone a Master Alchemist like Lin Yun. Even Nolan, who stood at the peak of the Artisan realm, or the future Saint Alchemist Osul, would sigh and shake their heads in front of that puppet.

That was a realm that very few could ever reach.

Moreover, Lin Yun couldn't afford the materials needed to even attempt to fully repair the puppet. He would be ruined just for a fighting system set. Latour Gold was rare and expensive. Lin Yun calculated that if he wanted to rebuild the puppet's fighting system, he would need enough Latour Gold Essence to build thirty Ten Thousand Spell Wheels.

Just hearing about this amount would make anyone feel numb.

Lin Yun's so-called renovation was only based on ordinary puppets. All the materials and techniques used were far from meeting the requirements of the Heaven Rank Puppet. What Lin Yun did could be likened to wrapping the Heaven Rank Puppet in an ordinary puppet shell.

But even then, its strength was outstanding. After all, this mechanical system of an ordinary puppet was connected to the Heaven Rank Puppet. Just borrowing a bit of its strength was enough to make this puppet's power reach a terrifying level.

Lin Yun estimated that the puppet's power was close to that of a Sword Saint...

And as he worked on the puppet, Lin Yun had learnt some things. Although he couldn't make it recover to its full strength, he wasn't completely unable to make it regain some of it. But the method was a bit stupid. He had to amass a large number of rare parts. The more powerful the parts, the more power this Heaven Rank Puppet would recover. In theory, he would be able to make its strength infinitely close to its original if he found enough rare parts.

Naturally, this was only theory.

As for the source of these rare parts… Lin Yun already had a place in mind.

It was rumored that in Gaugass' depths, there was a Planar Path that had never been unearthed. At the end of that Planar Path was an extremely strange world. There was no life on that world, only puppets, a world of puppets. Lin Yun believed that as long as he could find that Planar Path, he would be able to find enough rare parts.

Naturally, the condition was to quickly merge his ten Magic Arrays as soon as possible to remove the obstruction in his magic path. Otherwise, he would never be able to become a 5th Rank High Mage and wouldn't be able to survive in that puppet plane even if he found it.

Before leaving, Lin Yun went to the Sage Tower to give the potion he had spent a few nights refining to Solomon.

”Rest assured, I can help you keep an eye on the Monchi Family.”