Chapter 1011: Chapter 767 Authority Level
Long Yi didn’t stay here long before leaving. Just after he left, several shadows became visible from around: "Master Elma, do you need our help to get rid of Long Yi? I think he is starting to suspect you."
But Elma shook his head: "No need, and besides, this man is very strong; you might not be his match. If you startle the snake by hitting the grass, it might actually be worse. After all, his little girlfriends have been a great help to me. So, I will continue to maintain this relationship with my friendship."
Although Elma didn’t tell Long Yi his real name, given his high level of 19, Long Yi found it hard to believe he was just an ordinary farmer. Why would such a person run off to be a farmer there without any ulterior motive? Long Yi definitely didn’t believe it! Precisely because of this, Long Yi took the initiative to interact with this ’farmer.’
For some time now, Long Yi had been inquiring about Solis, whom Yavenny believed was a person of the God Chasers. Considering the God Chasers organization had even infiltrated the demon realm, it was hard to imagine they would take interest in a Giant airship. Or to say, was there something here they wanted?
Now, Long Yi’s only understanding of Solis was that he was one of the controllers of the Ancient Mage Tower. His status was lofty, his authority was second only to that of Elma, the master of the Ancient Mage Tower. It was said Solis himself had personally named Long Yi to enter this Ancient Mage Tower, but since entering, there seemed to be no extra actions taken. Were you just bringing me here and that’s it?
At this moment, Long Yi felt somewhat frustrated, as if he had hit a dead end.
For this reason, he decided to take a risk and do something.
And the target of the risk was naturally that ’old guy.’
Long Yi realized that this old fellow was using some sort of Crystal Poison device to sustain his own life. Although Long Yi hadn’t studied this area, he believed with his knowledge, he could definitely help somehow. To ask for something, one must first give something; Long Yi was very clear about this principle. So, one day, Long Yi suddenly offered to take a look at the old guy’s device on his chest.
This time, however, the old guy—Elma—didn’t readily agree as usual. Because this thing was extremely important, and any mishap could lead to unthinkable consequences.
Seeing Elma’s hesitation, Long Yi chuckled: "Don’t worry, I’m pretty good with various Magic equipment, especially your so-called Life Crystal, also known as Crystal Poison Crystal; I’m familiar with this stuff."
Hearing Long Yi speak like this, Alma shook his head resignedly: "You boy, when you first came into contact with the Life Crystal... yes, the Crystal Poison Crystal, I already felt it was strange. Ordinary people should have been infected by the Crystal Poison by now, but you not only jump around lively, you must have seen this thing before."
Long Yi said: "Of course, I’ve seen it before, and I almost turned into Crazy Demons, although ultimately I managed to save myself."
Hearing Long Yi say this, Elma immediately lost his composure and approached Long Yi proactively: "What? You said you almost turned into Crazy Demons and still got saved back?"
Long Yi grinned: "What, are you also running into this trouble?"
In fact, Long Yi was deliberately saying this to test the other, not expecting the old guy to actually take the bait.
Elma sighed, saying: "Honestly, I might really be facing a huge disaster now."
Long Yi immediately patted his chest: "Come on, show me, even if I can’t make it better, I definitely won’t make it worse, right?"
After thinking, Elma opened the clothes on his chest, Long Yi leaned over, took a quick look, then raised his head to look at Elma: "What, can’t see anything, can you?" Elma said with a smile.
"No, actually I haven’t started looking yet." Long Yi shook his head, "But could you first have those thirty-five invisible guards around you hide further away? Their murderous aura is about to make me want to turn around and take action."
Elma was slightly stunned, then smiled helplessly. He nodded lightly and immediately the killing intent around him silently receded.
"Yes, that’s much better now," Long Yi said with a smile.
"When did you notice them?" Elma asked.
"From the first day I saw you, there were three on your left and two on your right," Long Yi said.
"You can see them?" Elma asked in surprise.
"Of course not, but although they are invisible at your side, they haven’t concealed their aura. Or to say, sensing enemies is like an instinct to me. For example, right now, the two people sneaking up behind me, I can even guess their movements," Long Yi said.
Elma waved his hand, signalling everyone to leave.
Long Yi also stopped talking and instead observed the device seriously. The structure of the device and the Magic used were Giant technology. Its main purpose was to decompose the crystallized Crystal Poison into life force and Mana for human use. However, the life force and Mana received from the Crystal Poison could cause slow crystallization of the body. So, it seemed that inside the old guy’s body, there originally was a portion of Crystal Poison serving as a vaccine of sorts, which must have undergone special modification.
Within the device, Long Yi also found magic fragments developed by Ai Lin. Because Ai Lin’s style of Magic was so distinctive, Long Yi quickly identified them.
But as for the specific effects, Long Yi preliminarily judged them to be unsuitable because he could sense a faint Crazy Demons essence from the other party.
"What if I told you that you’re about to turn into Crazy Demons, would you believe me?" Long Yi said.
"I believe it, because that’s the trouble I’m currently facing," Elma said with a helpless expression.
"Do you believe I can help you?" Long Yi asked again.
"How can you help?" Elma immediately became excited.
"Heh heh, this is my unique skill! However, I won’t help you for nothing!" Long Yi said with the air of a businessman.
"You little rascal! Are you planning to swindle me? Fine! What do you want?" Elma asked.
"I was originally just fine on the surface, then suddenly I got pulled into this Ancient Mage Tower and they slapped such a miserable rank on me, I can’t go anywhere. If possible, could you bump up my rank a bit? Not too much, just enough to ensure that no one blocks my way wherever I go," Long Yi said with a grin.
"You little guy, that’s rather greedy, isn’t it? Not being blocked anywhere? Are you planning to be the master of the Ancient Mage Tower?" Elma laughed and said.
"Nah, I’m not interested in that, I don’t even know what I’m doing here, and besides, I reckon I won’t be able to stay here for long with my personality," Long Yi added.
After some thought, Elma made a decision, "Fine! As long as you can help me, I’ll help you upgrade your rank!"
Long Yi laughed heartily and gave Elma’s shoulder a hearty pat, "That’s the spirit! We’re good friends after all; it’s all about give and take! Come on, find me a piece of Cosmic Stone."
Elma immediately took out a piece of Cosmic Stone from his private space, and Long Yi held the Cosmic Stone fragment in his hand. Instantly, complicated and chaotic runes poured into it. Although Elma couldn’t see what exactly it was, he understood that a magic that required such complex and irregular runes must be no simple feat.
After a while, Long Yi suddenly opened his hand, and around the Cosmic Stone was a ring of tiny symbols, all composed of Giant’s script.
It was Giant’s magic! Even though Elma had been studying Giant’s magic his whole life, he couldn’t recognize what was written in those symbols at all.
"This is the Giant’s magic I got the hang of in some mysterious cave. It can’t cure your problem permanently, but it can alleviate it for the time being," Long Yi explained.
As he spoke, Long Yi placed the small Cosmic Stone on his palm and made a handshake gesture.
Elma hesitated for a moment, then reached out his hand too. Immediately, a pulling force emanated from the small Cosmic Stone, and Elma felt the Crystal Poison lurking in his body start to move towards his palm, causing his arm and palm, which had gathered too much Crystal Poison, to appear somewhat crystalline for a short while.
After some time, Long Yi released his grip, and the Cosmic Stone in his palm had turned into powder. Elma, however, was surprised to find that the Crystal Poison originally lurking in his body had indeed significantly reduced!
Elma had only intended to take a gamble, but he never expected that Long Yi would actually succeed in lowering the level of Crystal Poison in his body!
"You’re practically my savior!" Elma said excitedly.
"Hahaha! Now you know how awesome I am!" Long Yi started to boast shamelessly.
"But when will I be able to completely get rid of the Crystal Poison in my body?" Elma asked anxiously.
"That... that’s probably not possible, right? Your Crystal Poison isn’t produced by yourself, but you’ve been constantly infusing it through this device. Even if it was cleaned out, you would still accumulate more Crystal Poison," Long Yi responded.
Upon hearing this, Elma came to his senses. Long Yi was stating the truth, which he knew very well himself; he was just too excited and had forgotten for a moment.
"I can cast this spell once every three days; it can basically keep the Crystal Poison in your body at a very low level. However, if you want to completely eradicate it, I’m afraid you’ll need to start with the device in your chest," Long Yi advised.
Elma nodded, "Yes, I was too anxious. I forgot about that."
Long Yi leaned in with a grin, "I’m saying, old fellow, since I went to such lengths, shouldn’t you..."
Elma laughed, took Long Yi’s hand, and magic surged. The number on Long Yi’s hand back changed to a ’ten’!
"Just ’ten’? You’re at ’nineteen’ yourself, at the very least give me an ’eighteen’," Long Yi grumbled dissatisfiedly.
"Be grateful for what you got, you’ve only been here a few days, and you’re already at ’ten’. How many rank ten people are there in the entire Ancient Mage Tower?" Elma scolded with a laugh.
Long Yi pursed his lips, "Fine, ten it is. I’m not that greedy. I can tell, you must hold a high position here. If I ever can’t go someplace, I’ll come back to find you. But for now, I need to go show off in a few places first! Hahaha!"
With those words, Long Yi actually ran off on his own.
Watching Long Yi leave, Elma couldn’t help but smile. He really liked Long Yi’s straightforwardness; the unreserved nature made it hard for anyone to feel hostile towards him.
When Long Yi had completely disappeared from sight, Elma, feeling the absence of the restless Crystal Poison within him, revealed a cold smile: "Solis, oh Solis, do you think I don’t know the purpose of you giving me this unfinished product? Although I don’t know why you’ve changed so much, if you think you can take away my Ancient Mage Tower just like that, it won’t be so easy!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)
