The Death List Novel - Chapter 653
Chapter 653 Biography
“Then can it offset the cost of borrowing the teleportation array?” Qin Lun was a little disappointed, but he immediately straightened his mind. No matter how valuable this note was, they didn’t have enough time to find the decipheror. Right now, the most important thing was to obtain the qualifications to teleport.
“Not enough!” Old Mage smiled and shook his head.
“Sir, you are deliberately making things difficult for us. Could it be that the research notes of the Nether Scroll are not precious enough?” Idrea frowned and asked indignantly.
“Little girl, don’t worry. Listen to me!” Old Mage smiled and stroked his white beard. “Thousands of years ago, Nathaniel was the most glorious magical empire in human history. There were countless magical items passed down from him. There were also many magical notes and research notes on the Nathaniel scroll. There were at least tens of thousands of Nathaniel scrolls in Candlekeep.”
Old Mage paused for a moment and continued, “But not every record of the Nether Scroll is valuable. As you all know, the Nether Scroll not only records legendary forbidden spells, it also extends out a complete magical system.” “The Netheril Magicians studied the Netheril Scroll extensively, ranging from apprentice-level zero-ring magic to ten-ring legendary forbidden spells …”
When Old Mage said this, Qin Lun and the others understood. Because ancient mages studied the Nether Scrolls too extensively, not all records of the Nether Scrolls were high-level magic. Some of them were only Zero Ring Apprentice-level magic.
If the magic note that Qin Lun had provided was about the legendary forbidden spell above the ninth ring, then its value would naturally be inestimable, but it might just be a worthless zero-ring spell.
Compared to high-level magic, the Nether Scroll extended out more low-level magic. It was like the tens of thousands of records stored in Candlekeep, the vast majority of which were low-value documents. However, this magic note had not been deciphered for the time being, so Old Mage had previously said that he was unable to determine the true value of this magic note.
A high-value item with a probability of less than a thousandth of a chance would naturally not be able to offset the cost of the teleportation array. Old Mage had a good reason to reject it, so he did not deliberately embarrass them.
“If you have other supporting magic notes …”
“Nothing, only this one!” Before Old Mage could finish speaking, Qin Lun shook his head indifferently, causing the atmosphere in the study room to become slightly awkward.
“Then there’s nothing I can do. As the gatekeeper commissioned by Candlekeep, this old man must be fair to every visitor!” Old Mage reluctantly put down the sheepskin scroll, “I hope you will be fully prepared for your next visit to Candlekeep!”
“Your Excellency, please wait a moment! I do have only one copy of the magic notes regarding the Nether Scroll, but I can provide another copy of the martial skill copied from another continent. I hope you can appraise it for us again.” Qin Lun said calmly.
“An alien continent’s martial skill instance dungeon?” Old Mage’s eyes lit up and he asked, “Is it the eastern continent of Karatu? Alright, then take it out and let this old man admire it!”
Qin Lun’s words surprised Hill and Rand, who were standing beside him. The three of them knew everything and could not remember what other martial skill books Qin Lun had brought with him.
Apostle’s martial arts system was different from ordinary martial artists. They could absorb the Laws of the World from the Skill Scroll, allowing the Laws Body to acquire skills directly.
Compared to their familiarity and mastery of each move, this kind of learning speed was like riding a rocket. Moreover, they had to enter the mission world every month, so how could they have the time to cultivate? Therefore, no matter how precious and top-notch martial skill books were in the Otherworldly World, they were only a pile of waste paper for Apostle.
Since it was waste paper, Qin Lun and the others naturally wouldn’t pay attention to collecting this kind of thing, nor would they let this kind of book occupy a limited storage space.
“Qin Lun, you’re not trying to fool the Old Mage in front of you, are you? Don’t be self-defeating. We can think of other ways!” Rand warned on the guild channel.
“Of course I’m not fooling him. This old fellow is a Grandmaster-level scholar. It’s impossible for him to conceal a martial skill system from him on an ad hoc basis.” Qin Lun took out a set of bound notes from his storage space and said with a smile, “I almost forgot about this item in my storage space. I didn’t expect it to be of use here.”
Rand glanced at the item Qin Lun had taken out and a strange expression appeared on his face.
Back in the Hunter’s World, Qin Lun had helped the Yorkson City gangsters kill the members of the Phantom Brigade, and he had obtained a complete set of books on advanced reading skills from Ten Elders.
It wasn’t that he wanted to completely learn the martial system of mindfulness, but because his slaughter aura had formed a blood that resembled the dissection of mindfulness. He wanted to increase his understanding of this incomplete mindfulness.
Because the Blood of Dissection had not been complete until now, he had kept this set of applied skill books. He never expected that it would finally have an unexpected use today.
‘”Eh? This kind of martial skill seems to be a very unfamiliar power system. It’s a bit like a knight’s Dou Qi system, and it seems to be related to mysterious alchemy … But there are too many changes in it. Can life energy really be manifested?”
Old Mage flipped through a few pages of the ability book and was immediately attracted to it. His expression constantly changed, sometimes frowning, sometimes muttering to himself.
Six Nature of Thoughts, Strengthening Element, Emission Element, Change Element, Operation Element, Appearance Element, and Feature Element.
The four systems-Strengthening, Releasing, Transforming, and Operating-were quite understandable. They were similar to Toril’s Dou Qi magic system, but the manifestation of life energy and the attributes of life energy were completely out of this category. Perhaps only divine arts could explain it.
With Old Mage’s extensive knowledge, he could naturally see that this martial skill system was very complete and mature. It was definitely not a fabrication. However, some of the theories that he had put forward were very different from his understanding of magical martial skills, or even completely opposite.
“This notebook … is different from all our current knowledge of magic and martial skills.” Old Mage put down the binding and gathered some words. “But … I personally think it is real and has great research value. Are you really willing to leave it in Candlekeep?”
Qin Lun and Lan De exchanged a meaningful glance. Of course, the ability to read martial arts was real, but it was not in this world.
However, the notion of life energy could be accepted by Old Mage, and it might be of some research value to the magical system of Toril’s world. However, the entire spiritual force system could not be realized here, because the laws of the world of its origin were different.
“Of course, Your Excellency, as long as you can use it to exchange for the right to use the teleportation array.” Qin Lun and the others were overjoyed. Old Mage’s words clearly gave them a pass.
“Take back those magic cores. Just these two notes should be enough to offset the cost of the teleportation array, especially the later one … How about this, in order to ensure the fairness of the transaction, I will also give you some things!”
Old Mage pondered for a moment and waved his hand. A book with a black cover flew out from a shelf on the right and landed in Qin Lun’s hand.
“Knowledge is power. As the gatekeeper of Candlekeep, since you have given knowledge to Candlekeep, I will give it back to you as well.” Old Mage smiled and waved his hand. “Alright, go. This old man will pass your mirror images to the guards of the underground maze. When we get there, someone will guide you into the teleportation array.”
Qin Lun held the black book in his arms and bowed. He brought his companions back to the Water Mirror Magic Door behind him.
“Ferrari, show me, what book did that Old Mage give us?” As soon as he walked out of the study, Elistine came over curiously.
“You guys also want to see it!” Qin Lun picked up the black book in his hand and waved it. He looked at his companions with amusement.
In this face-to-face exchange with Old Mage, not to mention the three curious ladies, even Hill and Rand, who were originally not interested in books, were curious about what kind of book Old Mage had given Qin Lun.
“Tyser’s Legacy?!” After opening the book’s black cover, Qin Lun looked at the title on the second page and took a deep breath.
The Dragon Slayer-Tyser, King of Keldomo, the greatest Moon Fairy King in history. Old Mage didn’t know what he found on them, but he actually gave Qin Lun a biography of the life of the Legendary Fairy King.
This Tyser’s Legacy is a personal biography of King Old Mage compiled by Candlekeep through a large number of Elves historical documents stored in Tyser.
There was no record of magic or martial skills, but it was a priceless treasure for the entire Elves Clan, especially Moon Elves. As Old Mage had said, Qin Lun had given him a book on martial arts that was of great research value, and he had also given Qin Lun the knowledge he needed the most.
[Prompt: The apostle’s guild has obtained the important document [Tyser’s Legacy]. After starry sky evaluation, the authenticity of the contents recorded in this document is above 76%. The guild has obtained 0.023% of the world exploration, and the personal contribution of Apostle 70053 is 66%.]
“You’re really lucky that a useless manuscript has been exchanged for so many levels of world exploration.” Hill said with a bitter smile.
The reason why Old Mage was able to give this “Tyser’s Legacy” was entirely due to the fact that Qin Lun had made up the majority of the contribution points on the manuscript of “Applied Skills of Reading Ability”, which was also the meaning of the title.
“Haha, this can be considered as not being able to get the compensation from the Bo De’an Treasure Treasure, right?” Qin Lun couldn’t help but laugh. The fun of adventure was that you never knew when unexpected surprises would appear.
“Respected visitor, Great Sage Allott has already passed on your mirror images to me.” Just as Qin Lun and the others were stopping in the city wall corridor, a simple-dressed young monk came to their side and greeted them with a smile, “Please follow me. I will take you to the long-distance teleportation array in the underground maze.”
“Also, if you still have other books with you, please temporarily store them in half of the plane to prevent any misunderstandings between the Eternal Silver Dragon Heroic Spirit Miriam.” The monk glanced at the “Tyser’s Legacy” in Qin Lun’s hand and reminded him softly.
“The old fellow who calls himself the gatekeeper of Candlekeep is actually a great sage!” Even though they knew that Old Mage’s words were extraordinary, everyone still criticized Candlekeep for treating the Great Sage as a toll collector.