Chapter 1236 - Six Months Later (1/2)

He looked at the 108,000 truth runes. The mysterious aura they emitted formed an independent space atop the peak and the aura kept condensing data and formulas, some even evolved into special Magic Tools.

Like the continuously changing illusion at the top of that mountain. After stepping on the peak, Lin Yun felt as if he was wrapped by a boundless mysterious ocean. The Magic Array started working on its own, but it then crashed suddenly.

The tremendous amount of mysteries made the Magic Array stop working for a moment.

He hurriedly left the peak with a wry smile. He had kept copying the truth runes for the past three months and carved them onto the peak.

The power contained within such a large number of truth runes altered the topography of the peak.

It originally looked like an ordinary mountain peak, but now, it turned into a kilometer-wide smooth platform with a wisp of metallic luster. A bit under 108,000 truth runes were packed into the kilometer-wide platform and there was no space for Lin Yun to stand.

Floating in the air, Lin Yun took out the Spell Wheel with a wry smile. The Magic Array crashed and couldn’t be used anymore, he could only use something else if he wanted to research, and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was the best choice.

He picked a truth rune on the edge and immediately started using the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to infer and decipher. Less than an hour later, that truth rune was completely deciphered and the secrets contained within were comprehended by Lin Yun.

Following Lin Yun’s comprehension, that truth rune merged and disappeared into the mountain peak.

Lin Yun suddenly looked at the Spell Wheel with a bewildered expression.

The truth runes were surrounded in data, and while Magic Tools could be used to infer the mysteries, the true core mysteries could only be calculated by the mages’ own abilities.

But Lin Yun had just used the Spell Wheel to research a truth rune!

Lin Yun clearly knew what that meant. If Magic Tools could be used to research truth runes, then his research speed would be several times faster than before!

Lin Yun used the Spell Wheel to study another truth rune before sighing in relief. He was sure of it now.

Artisans would reach a limit after studying truth runes, they wouldn’t be able to continue researching unless they made progress in their alchemy path. They would be like a building without foundations, unable to stand straight.

They would be just like a Great Master Alchemist trying to research truth runes, if they had enough time, they might be able to research one truth rune, but they would need at least ten years. And the progress they could make on their own during that time would be a lot better than what they would get from one truth rune’s mysteries.

Lin Yun suddenly remembered that in the future records regarding truth runes, there had never been a mention of someone being able to research the 108,000 truth runes. Ordinary Artisans could research a few hundred truth runes before reaching their limits and becoming unable to research new truth runes.

As for the Artisan that researched the most truth runes, he only researched over a thousand truth runes, and that was over the course of many years.

During Noscent’s peak, there was a Saint Alchemist that also researched truth runes, but it was recorded that he only researched over ten thousand truth runes, before thoroughly disappearing. Ultimately, the Whisper Crystal disappeared and the research of truth runes reached rock bottom.

Thinking of the Whisper Crystal’s evilness and linking it to the fact that the truth runes couldn’t be copied completely, Lin Yun instantly understood.

The research of these Artisans weren’t limited by their alchemy abilities, but by the Whisper Crystal itself!

It might just be calmly floating there, but that thing’s evilness made Lin Yun cast aside any thought of getting close to it. Not only were Magic Tools useless, the research was even more difficult.

But the truth runes copied onto the Demiplane could be researched and deciphered by the Spell Wheel, the difficulty was even lower than outside. Everything pointed out that there was a problem, this was due to the Whisper Crystal’s tricks.

The Starry Sky College had gotten the Whisper Crystal many years ago, but their understanding of truth runes wasn’t very high. The truth runes they comprehended might amount to a few thousands runes at best.

After all, there might be duplicates during the research, but the “endless” runes only amounted to 108,000 truth runes.

At this rate, the Starry Sky College might only comprehend a bit over ten thousand truth runes two millennia later.

That was because the power of the Whisper Crystal itself was obstructing everything. It clearly enticed others, but didn’t allow them to research many truth runes. It even restricted everyone’s Magic Tools, mages could only rely on themselves to reach the core of the truth runes. The bottleneck cast aside any doubt he had left.

This showed that the truth runes were just bait. Only some benefits were exposed, but no one could get everything.

As he thought of the Whisper Crystal’s evilness, Lin Yun was even more certain about his conjecture.

Lin Yun hid in the Demiplane and researched for over a day. In a day, he researched a dozen truth runes.

He thought about it for a bit and straightforwardly researched in the Demiplane. But there was an obvious flaw. After all, the matter of the 108,000 truth runes being copied couldn’t be exposed.

If the Starry Sky College knew about that method, they would spare no cost to capture him and get a hold of the 108,000 truth runes.

Lin Yun left his room and casually moved to a crystal table in a corner before starting his new research. The Spell Wheel remained on the peak to analyze the truth runes while Lin Yun researched at the crystal table.

The Spell Wheel was inferring crucial data, but Lin Yun had to do the last step. However, the Spell Wheel helped with the most complicated parts, saving a lot of time for Lin Yun.

Lin Yun hid in the back and the other Artisans simply ignored him. Time was precious after all, no one cared how Lin Yun did his research. They would at most throw a disdainful glance at Lin Yun’s corner every time they took a break.

Time flew by and another three months soon passed. The six months of research concluded, but Lin Yun had already stopped researching several days ago…

Because he had already reached his limit. He had completely researched 1,800 truth runes, and the limit he reached had nothing to do with the Whisper Crystal, it was his own.

During these three months, Lin Yun already made a conjecture. If he had continued to research the truth runes, he would have been able to research at most five hundred truth runes, but he would have been unable to completely research five hundred runes within six months.

The mysteries contained within 1,800 truth runes greatly increased Lin Yun’s strength in the field of alchemy. At least when it came to theory, he was already at the peak of the Artisan realm.

It would take a long time before he could make full use of the mysteries contained within these truth runes. It was just like the Reedpush Plate, he knew how to craft it but was unable to craft it at the moment.

During the last three days, Lin Yun didn’t continue his research and instead entered his Demiplane.

1,800 truth runes had already merged with the mountain peak and there was only a small spot devoid of runes on the platform. This was the only area Lin Yun could step onto.

As for the Demiplane, its changes were even more monstrous. The mountain peak had been influenced the most by the runes, the peak already reached up to five kilometers in height, and the mountain no longer looked like an ordinary mountain, it looked more like crystal or metal. There were even some simple veined patterns on the surface of the mountain.