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When he heard the young mage laugh, Rio had the urge to run into a wall. He really hadn't expected that his praise would only get a chuckle from the other side. This made him feel really embarrassed. Just as he intended to say something else, Lin Yun's voice echoed again.
”Err, Sir Rio, can I ask some questions? Why are the ancestors of the Ancestral Land looking for me…?”
”...”
This question instantly made Rio choke back his words. When the Family's young geniuses were summoned to the Ancestral Land, they didn't even have time to feel happy, so how could they ask such a question? But after thinking about it, this Mafa Merlin wasn't an ordinary person, so Rio stopped and answered, ”As for the true reason, you'll have to wait to meet them to ask. Their answer has more weight. But this matter should be related to the Raging Flame Plane. The Sword Saint going to the Raging Flame Plane with you, that Thorne guy, came to the Ancestral Land a few days ago.
”Oh…”
Lin Yun lightly nodded. He then landed beside Rio and walked into the ravine with him. Lin Yun suddenly recalled the mysterious Ancestral Land, and Rio, as one of the ancestors, should know many things. Thinking of this, Lin Yun asked, ”Sir Rio, what's going on with our Merlin Family's Ancestral Land…?”
Rio smiled. He seemed to have been expecting this question. This was one of the secrets of the Merlin Family and couldn't rashly be leaked, but the youth next to him wasn't ordinary. He would know of some matters sooner or later. ”Mafa... In reality, the source of our Merlin Family's Ancestral Land has been an enigma to this day. No one knows how it appeared. The only thing I can tell you is that a millennium ago, there was Lorr Merlin, our ancestor. He left the Ancestral Land and built the Andlusa Kingdom alongside the first king. After establishing the kingdom, he withdrew and returned to the Ancestral Land, and no one met him ever since.
Rio sighed as he looked at the dense fog, a complicated expression on his face. ”Ever since Lorr Merlin disappeared, the successive generations of the powerhouses of the Merlin Family chose to live in the Ancestral Land, firstly to attack a higher realm, and secondly to wait for a certain matter to happen.”
”Wait for a matter to happen?”
Hearing Rio's answer, Lin Yun was bemused. He could understand attacking a higher realm, but living in seclusion in the Ancestral just to wait for something… This sounded pretty strange. ” Does Sir Rio know what that matter is…?”
”No. This was an ancestral teaching Lorr Merlin had left behind. Even if we don't know anything, we still comply with it,” Rio said, perplexed. He didn't seem unwilling to answer the question, but he truly didn't know. He pointed to a tower in the distance. ”That magic tower is said to be the dwelling of a Heaven Mage that disappeared, and in reality, the Ancestral Land is the true foundation of our Merlin Family. There are many Archmages here, and if ancestor Lorr is counted, we have three Heaven Rank powerhouses. As for the other one, you should have guessed. It is Santon Merlin. But he hasn't returned to the Ancestral Land for a long time and his last appearance seemed to have been in the Blood Moon Plane.
”The Merlin Family has truly exceeded my expectations, it's even deeper than I thought…” Hearing Rio's explanation, Lin Yun coughed with sorrow.
If he hadn't known the secret of the Merlin Family beforehand, he would have been truly shocked hearing this news. The Merlin Family actually had three Heaven Ranks!
The last time he came to the Ancestral Land was to undergo the Bloodline Ceremony. He didn't enter the ravine back then, but when passing by, he discovered the outline of over a dozen magic towers. Now, the deeper he went in, the more apprehensive he was. He finally understood what Rio meant by ”many Archmages”.
”This is only an Ancestral Land?”
Lin Yun walked alongside Rio for over ten minutes, but he was so shocked that he was speechless. He could clearly sense that this Ancestral Land was incomparably huge, just like a plane, and was ruled by the Merlin Family. It looked just like an independent kingdom. There were nearly a hundred magic towers with seven floors, and more could be seen in the depths...
Didn't that mean that the number of Archmage powerhouses was in the triple digits?
”Mafa, you can see now, this is the true Merlin Family…” On the way, Rio observed Lin Yun's expression and was secretly prideful. He then gave Lin Yun a bit of an explanation. ”The most elite children of the Family would come to this place. This is the foundation of the Merlin Family. Not only are there many powerhouses here, but there are also all kinds of passages to various planes, some of which were conquered, and some still in the process of being conquered.”
”Sir Rio, do the major forces of Okland have similar areas to our Ancestral Land?” Lin Yun didn't doubt Rio's words. The Ancestral Land was indeed showing such power and definitely had the qualifications to launch expeditions on every major plane. But he then remembered the Black Tower and the Cloud Tower.
It would be quite frightening if those forces also had places with the same layout as the Merlin Family.
”Naturally, those well established thousand-year-old forces also have their own locations similar to our Merlin Family's…” Rio smiled gently. ”In fact, this isn't something you should have known, but you are already qualified, which is why I'm leading you to the Guardian Tower…”
Half an hour later, an imposingly large tower was now standing in front of the two. Just by standing in front of it, Lin Yun could feel rich mana assault his senses, and he couldn't help looking up. The tower was built with incomparably profound arrays, and even with Lin Yun's achievements in the field of alchemy, there was a small part he couldn't understand.
Lin Yun and Rio entered the Guardian Tower together and followed the staircase up. After about ten minutes of walking, they reached the top floor of the Guardian Tower. Rio stopped and knocked on the door with a solemn expression. After hearing an answer from inside, he opened the door and entered with Lin Yun.
This place was a conference hall. It was extremely spacious, and a simple wooden table stood in the middle, around which seven old men were sitting. With one glance, Lin Yun felt apprehensive, because he saw that everyone here was stronger than Rio Merlin.