Becoming a Wizard by Starting From the Mind Closure Technique

Chapter 781: Chapter 241 Trade_2 Chapter 781: Chapter 241 Trade_2 “It was me.”

Link nodded, calmly responding.

“Could you tell me what happened all those years ago? Why did we fall on this planet, while you didn’t, and why have you appeared now?”

“Do you really want to know? And what significance will knowing have?”

“I just want peace of mind.”

Link thoughtfully worded his response and briefly said: “The Lucia’s family betrayed the academy, revealing the locations of the rear bases of the Sage Palo army. To show their defiance to the academy, the Flame and Metal Trading Company and the White Tower Alliance bombed the portal, inadvertently causing a spacetime turbulence. I estimate that everyone in the vicinity of the portal at that time was affected and was swept into the temporal chaos.”

“A spacetime turbulence?”

The Wizard Apprentice’s phantom said thoughtfully and then asked, “I remember you were there as well, right? How did you manage to escape the spacetime turbulence?”

“Just fate, nothing more than a coincidence.”

“Then why are you on this planet now?”

“As for the details, I don’t know. I can only tell you that I am simply carrying out a mission of the Supreme Council.”

On hearing the term “Supreme Council,” the Wizard Apprentice phantom suddenly became excited.

The phantom swayed a few times before stabilizing once more.

“Supreme Council, Supreme Council, Supreme Council…”

After muttering the term to himself a few times, an intense hope burst forth from the Wizard Apprentice’s phantom’s eyes. Then it asked gingerly, “Since the Supreme Council has turned its attention here, is there hope for me to return to the Wizard World?”

Facing a persona who, in order to survive, had infused his body and soul into the Longevity Peach Tree and drained a large amount of human vitality every few hundred years, while Link was not afraid, he didn’t want to provoke him needlessly.

The lesser the trouble, the better.

After some thought, Link solemnly replied: “I can’t promise you, but it is indeed a possibility, and a big one.”

The entire Wizard World was watching Elise Clark’s test, waiting for the gateway to the parallel universe behind the special ruin planet to open, seeking to draw nutrients from the parallel universe, grow and then discard the ashes of the World of God.

It was really possible that they might include the young wizards who had helped Elise Clark pass the test and the planet of the test in the territorial map of the Wizard World.

At that time, the establishment of the portal or the arrival of the Starry Fortress could allow this Wizard Apprentice to return to the Wizard World.

“Oh! Finally, finally…”

The Wizard Apprentice’s phantom took a long sigh, murmured a few words, and then fell silent.

An intense sadness shone through his eyes; it was like an avalanche caused by a loud explosion, once set off, it couldn’t be stopped.

Link waited patiently.

He still had some questions he needed answers to.

After a long while, the Wizard Apprentice’s phantom sighed a word, “Pity,” and finally calmed himself down.

“My name is Lorin Ben, and I wish to trade with you.”

“What sort of trade?”

“In order to survive, my life form has thoroughly changed and I’m no longer human, but a tree spirit. I do not expect to return to the Wizard World alive. I merely hope that my ashes are spread in my hometown, to seek a chance at possible reincarnation.”

“Where is your hometown?”

“The Stormy Sea, Lete Islands.”

Upon hearing this place name, Link’s mind was flooded with seemingly long-distant memories.

The Stormy Sea, Quete Archipelago, Viscount Holliday’s territory.

The blacksmith couple.

Jasmine…

Quickly gathering his emotions, Link replied: “I need to think about it.”

“How long?”

“Before I leave this planet.”

“That’s too long.”

“You’ve waited for thousands of years, what’s a little more time?”

“That’s different.”

“What’s the difference?”

“It just is!”

The Wizard Apprentice phantom became visibly agitated and its voice rose, almost to a roar.

The heavy fog trembled along with the Apprentice’s roar and some aggressive illusions flickered in and out of existence.

Link handled it all calmly, not afraid in the slightest, even though he was right in the opponent’s home turf.

Even if the Wizard Apprentice was a genius among geniuses when it came to rune arrays.

“Aren’t you afraid I’ll kill you?”

The Wizard Apprentice’s illusion gradually revealed ferocious eyes, the killing intent coalescing bit by bit.

The dense fog responded to the phantom’s motions, tightening around Link’s neck like a rope, continuously pressuring him.

Confronting the seemingly negligible coercion, Link suddenly laughed.

Did he truly believe that with the Rune Array unfamiliar to martial artists in this world, he could control Link as well?

The Rune Array engulfing the entire Death Valley, although it reached the level of Tier 5, was hollow.

Even though Link hadn’t specially delved into Rune Arrays, he’d come across them while learning alchemy.

In comparison to Lorin Ben who’d only been exposed to Tier 1 Rune Array knowledge, Link’s Rune Array studies spanned from Tier 1 to 2, then 3 and 4, even reaching Tier 5.

He had, after all, managed to manufacture an interstellar warship from the remnants of an Insect Race Nest.

In terms of Rune Arrays, Link felt that he would not be at a disadvantage compared to Lorin Ben, who was only a half-educated wizard.

However, dismantling the Tier 5 Rune Array of Death Valley, which had grown almost fused with time, would be challenging.

Yet, ensuring his unrestricted movement within the array was entirely feasible.

Lorin Ben’s phantom abruptly shook a few times.

It appeared that Link had countered the opponent’s incessant threats, agitated by his lack of self-awareness.

“Humph!”

The phantom grunted, asking with an extremely grim expression, “To which rank have you ascended since you arrived on this planet?”

“Tier 3 Wizard.”

“Tier 3 Wizard? No wonder…”

Link did not concern himself with whatever Lorin Ben might’ve been thinking and directly declared his choice, “I’m willing to take your ashes back to the Wizard World, but not now. In exchange, I need your full understanding of this planet.”

“Fair enough.”

Lorin Ben’s phantom immediately agreed.

A palm-sized leaf fluttered down, floating before Link.

“All that you seek is contained herein. I presume you can extract the information.”

“Of course.”

Link waved his hand and, using the spatial secret technique refined from inspiration within the “Celestial Shuttle,” relocated the leaf without any contact.

“I hope you keep your word.”

Lorin Ben took a deep look at the vigilant and distrustful Link before his phantom disappeared.

The dense fog surrounding the Longevity Peach Tree gradually dissipated.

The four people waiting near the tree roots exhaled in relief as Link’s figure gradually became clearer.

A slight tremor sent ripples across an interconnected web.

The brief standoff within the fog unleashed a significant ripple effect.

The fallout was felt strongest by the four individuals waiting near the tree roots, who faced a severe threat to their lives;

Hu Songqi, who had found an Evil Witch Art Canon in the Peach Forest or Cliff Area, was having problems with his cultivation;

A large number of Normalize Realm Martial Artists progressing towards the Longevity Peach Tree from different directions ended up dead, their vitality constantly sapped to nourish the colossal Longevity Peach Tree.

“It’s safe now. I did say you have nothing to worry about.”

Link comforted the slightly shocked group, especially the keenly perceptive Hu Suqi.

“We’re really safe now?”

Hu Suqi frowned, her afterthoughts filled with fear.

“Rest assured, everything is truly safe.”

A convincing smile on his face, Link added a hint of confounding secret technique in his voice to soothe everyone unconsciously.

“What just happened?”

Outside of Death Valley, within the military camp.

An angel watched in discontent as a large number of Normalize Realm Martial Artists suddenly died on the monitoring screen.

Normally, as long as there was a gain, the angel could not care less about how many people died after the initial quarter of the surveyed area.

However, nearly half of the Normalize Realm Martial Artists who first entered the valley died in the area, which the scouts claimed to have surveyed.

Could this still be called being explored?

They were all useless!