Wizard Bloodline

The original effect of [Empty and Clear Realm] is that after it is activated, it can give Ronan a master-level operating consciousness, mentality, and overall view.

Whether it is practicing or fighting, he has an absolutely calm and clear brain, as if observing the overall situation from a third-party perspective.

And [Lake of No Thought] elevates this point to another level, eliminating all irrelevant emotions and thoughts.

In the state of [Lake of No Thought], Ronan even feels that his body is taken over, controlled, and dominated by another "self".

A self that is completely unaffected by sadness, fear, joy, pain, any emotions, and any distracting thoughts.

In this state, his ten points of strength may burst out twelve points, or even twenty points of combat power.

"But this state cannot last too long."

"If it is maintained for a long time, those "frozen" emotions will sink to the bottom of the Lake of No Thought forever, and I will gradually become numb, indifferent, and my heart will lose temperature"

Until I completely become a walking corpse, a "puppet" dominated by strength.

This is not what Ronan wants to see.

Soon, Ronan caught up with the magic ship, broke through the light of the rune shield, and landed on the deck.

There is no rule that you cannot leave the ship during the journey of the magic airship. Many people will get off the ship from time to time to get some fresh air, but this behavior has certain risks. The ship will not slow down or stop for anyone, and the consequences of leaving the ship are your own responsibility.

Sitting on the floor of the room, Ronan refilled the burned-out brain fluid essence of the mind-grabbing monster and entered meditation again.

At this moment, the progress bar behind the strength column of his character panel has almost reached (110%).

The mental power in his mind is growing, like a thick water ball mixed with ice chips.

Ronan slowly dispersed his mental power, and the light that originally fell on him smoothly appeared "bends" at the edge of his skin, and the air became sticky and distorted, like transparent oil paint

The mental power fluctuations he naturally exuded were much stronger than those of a normal wizard in the late stage of level one who stepped on the threshold of impacting level two.

But not as good as the real level two, it belongs to a position between the late stage of level one and the early stage of level two.

Ronan was very confident that he could easily succeed in his attempt to become a Level 2 wizard with the help of the crystallization array.

"Let's see how high it can go."

Ronan thought, closed the character panel, and continued to meditate.

The efficiency of the [Basic Meditation] after the master's level of 500 proficiency points has also improved a lot. It is estimated that it will not be long before he touches the limit again.

Three days later.

A ray of cold sunlight passed through the window of the room and gently sprinkled on Ronan's face as he sat with his eyes closed.

There was a knock on the door.

Ronan opened his eyes, and a brilliant light shot out of his eyes, but it soon disappeared and returned to the infinitely quiet lake blue.

He put away everything on the floor, stood up and walked to the door, opened the door, and a young crew member stood outside the room, keeping his head bowed, and said: "Respected sir, we have entered the White Stone Ridge."

"White Stone Ridge."

Ronan's eyes flickered, and he walked quickly to the window and looked out along the transparent glass window.

What appeared before his eyes was a scene of snow-capped mountains and steep cliffs. A long black river meandered through the snow-white scenery. The front of the river seemed to be connected to a valley surrounded by many peaks. Under the white color, traces of a large number of alpine cold zone vegetation could be seen.

"We will arrive at White Stone Castle soon."

"How many people live in White Stone Castle?"

Ronan asked the young crew member.

The latter thought for a while and replied thoughtfully: "If we count the ordinary people living in White Stone Castle, there are probably about 60,000 to 70,000 people."

Ronan was silent for a while, then nodded.

After the young crew member left, Ronan stood alone in front of the window, looking down.

There was a letter as white as ice in his hand.

If there was a chance, Ronan didn't mind handing the letter to its original recipient.

But in a place with 60,000 to 70,000 people, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a person named "Soraya" based on only a clue of a name.

He didn't even know if the other party was still in Whitestone Castle, and he might have died long ago.

"Frost leader...Ice Flame Iris Lanster Family."

Ronan thought quietly.

After a moment, he shook his head, put the letter away again, left the window and began to prepare to disembark.

Half a day later, the magic ship of the "Black Swan" Chamber of Commerce slowly landed on an empty snowy ground in the Gaoling Basin.

The wizards on the ship began to disembark one after another.

At this time, Ronan was in his room, standing in front of a dressing mirror as tall as a person, looking at himself at this moment.

After entering Whitestone Castle, he was not going to walk as a silver magic ring wizard.

The patterns on the gray metal robe that were more like magic rings were all wiped out by him, leaving only some exquisite silver edges for simple decoration.

He controlled the muscles on both sides of his cheeks, making his originally well-proportioned face look much thinner, and his facial features became sharper, and with the glacier-like light blue rune patterns that could be highlighted, he gave people a cold, unruly, mysterious and cold temperament.

He braided his long white hair into a thick braid, tied it tightly with a silver metal rope, and let it hang behind his head.

Although it was only a slight change in some details, Ronan became very different from before. If it weren't for someone close to him standing in front of him, ordinary people would not recognize him at all.

"From now on, my name is Linus."

Ronan confirmed his new identity and left the boat alone after several magic circle wizards left.

The mountain valley where Whitestone Castle was located was much larger than he expected. It was located in the valley in the form of a circular town. The river surrounded the town, and the valleys on all sides had traces of being dug out.

There were also some buildings located between the mountains and forests. Ronan vaguely saw traces of a castle on a towering snow-capped mountain opposite.

There were people coming and going at the entrance of Whitestone Castle. In addition to wizards, there were also a large number of ordinary people, most of whom wore thick fur robes to resist the cold.

The situation where formal wizards and ordinary people lived together was generally more common only in small wizard gathering places.

Although there were third-level wizards in Whitestone Castle, they did not belong to a single wizard force. There were many wizard families in Whitestone Castle. The families continued and grew in the form of reproduction. At this time, ordinary people were needed.

Ronan had experience in wandering and knew that it would be much easier to find a guide familiar with the local area after arriving in a new place.

There were many such people at the entrance of Baishi Castle. Many of them were ordinary people. Occasionally, wizard apprentices could be seen standing in groups on the snow, like a group of cuckoos huddling together for warmth.

Ronan expressed his desire to hire a guide, and a large group of people gathered around him immediately.

He swept his eyes through the crowd, and finally selected a middle-aged man with a simple temperament, in his forties, and with a face full of thick hair.

After he selected the middle-aged man as a guide, the others immediately dispersed. The middle-aged man selected by Ronan seemed quite excited. Ronan found that he always looked at a place unconsciously.

Following his gaze, Ronan saw that in a corner outside the crowd, a bloated woman with three children was looking at this side with joy on her face.

It seemed to be the man's family.

"Does your family rely on you as a guide to support them?"

Ronan asked casually.

Maybe it was because he had changed his appearance, and seemed cold and difficult to get along with, the man who introduced himself as Gru seemed to be thoughtful and cautious in answering every question of Ronan.

"Yes, in this season, the mountains and forests are too dangerous now... In two months, when the snow melts a little, we usually go into the mountains to hunt."

Ronan nodded, and he saw that the man had undergone simple physical exercise.

"How much does it usually cost to hire you for a day?"

"Only two silver ears will do."

After the man answered, he thought about it and couldn't help but add: "One silver ear can buy us five days of bread. I usually get a job every three to five days, but half of the reward for each job needs to be handed over to the 'Red Thorn Society'... The 'Red Thorn Society' belongs to the Ababok family."

The man's honesty was written on his face, and he wanted to pour out all the things he knew in his heart to Ronan like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Ronan could probably guess that the "silver ear" mentioned by the man should be something like silver coins.

There are many mortals in Baishi Castle, and it is normal that ordinary currency is still in circulation, but he does not have any gold or silver in his hand.

After thinking for a while, Ronan took out a low-level magic stone from the space ring, crushed it, and threw a few crumbs to the man casually, saying:

"Help me find a better place for wizards to stay first. I will probably stay here for half a year or even longer."

"Yes, sir."

The man subconsciously took the magic stone particles given by Ronan, and after seeing clearly what was in his hand, he became excited.

He bowed deeply to Ronan and said in a sincere tone: "Thank you for your generosity, the Griffin family will be full of warmth this winter because of you..."

After speaking, he quickly got up and walked towards the town with Ronan without stopping.

Ronan found something in this man named Gru.

Because of the existence of the wizard family, the status gap between the top wizards and the bottom ordinary people is too large. The ordinary people here show more respect and awe for wizards, and the lives of ordinary people seem to be more poor.

There is more than one wizard family in Whitestone Castle, and there must be a struggle of interests between them. Even if those wizards who are high above do not affect the ideas of ordinary people, this contradiction is passed down layer by layer, which is enough to exploit the people below.

In this way, the original Hoddam Wizard Land seems relatively comfortable.

The middle-aged man Gru led Ronan to a place called "Ice Bat Tavern". The tavern also provides accommodation. In addition, there are guide-like characters of higher levels than Gru. The transmission of news about the size of Whitestone Castle is very well-informed, which quite meets Ronan's requirements.

The prices here have returned to the level of normal wizard lands. Gold and silver payments are not accepted. The room fee is one intermediate magic stone per day, three meals are included, and additional intermediary services are provided.

Ronan settled in the "Ice Bat Tavern" as a wandering ice wizard who came to Whitestone Castle to seek "talent transplantation".

He sat in the tavern for a while, listening to the wizards gathered in the tavern chatting, during which the waiter of the tavern served him a local specialty food of Whitestone Castle.

In fact, it was just marinated fish with a few pieces of bread and some side salad.

Ronan took a few bites and found the fish very salty with a strong fishy smell. The fishy smell was slightly reduced after adding salad dressing, but it was still unbearable for him with his super sensitive five senses.

The only thing that was worthy of praise was the taste.

Ronan had no appetite. After discovering that the wizards in the tavern mostly used the local dialect of White Rock Castle when chatting, he went back to his room.

He assigned all the purposes of his trip to the people at the "Ice Bat Tavern", and what he had to do next was to wait.

Although Kirsty gave Ronan only two and a half months, he was in no hurry.

The mental power after purification is still growing, and Ronan has too many things to do every day.

Five days later, Ronan began to receive responses to several things he had inquired about.

Ice Bat Tavern.

The temperatureless white sunlight penetrated the window, which was almost the size of two palms and was covered by thick snow, and fell on the small round black wooden table, leaving an inconspicuous small spot of light.

Ronan, who had ice patterns covering his cheeks, sharp eyes and a cold temperament, was wearing a black and gray robe with silver patterns. He was sitting in front of a small round table, listening to a report in a respectful and low voice by a middle-aged man with a strong build and brown hair next to him.

"The Tourt family has long since ceased to exist?"

Ronan couldn't help but frown when he heard what the middle-aged man said, and then glanced at him coldly.

"Don't try to deceive me. As far as I know, there are third-level wizards in the Tourt family.

How could it cease to exist in just a few decades? "

The middle-aged man turned pale at Ronan's glance and hurriedly explained: "How dare you deceive your noble lord.

It is true that the Tourt family has a third-level wizard, but it has been missing for nearly a hundred years.

The Tourt family has no core pillars to support them, and they have provoked too many opponents before. In order to prevent the entire family from being destroyed, they left Whitestone Castle decades ago.

You can find out this matter if you go out and ask any old man."

Ronan's face darkened.

He didn't expect that things would not go smoothly as soon as he arrived.

I don’t know if Kirsty hasn’t been out of the tower for a long time, or if she’s just a bit nervous to begin with. She didn’t know her friend had been missing for hundreds of years, and she thought she just lost contact with her normally.

In this case, the letter of introduction given by Kirsty would be completely useless. If you want to receive the "talent transplant", you have to find a way on your own.

"...The person your Excellency asked us to inquire about is the person named Soraya. We have collected some of them here and will show them to you first..."

After the middle-aged man reported the affairs of the Tourt family, he immediately handed Ronan a rune stone for recording.

Ronan glanced briefly and nodded without paying attention.

He just took matters into his own hands when it came to Soraya. It didn't matter whether he could find a needle in a haystack or not.

Seeing Ronan sitting at the table without saying anything for a long time, the brown-haired middle-aged man cautiously said: "Sir, in fact, if you just want to do a 'talent transplant', you don't have to go through the Tourt family. We do the same. That’s fine too.”

"oh?"

Ronan's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he looked up at the middle-aged man in front of him with a slightly surprised expression.

The middle-aged man saw Ronan's interest and quickly introduced him.

After listening to the middle-aged man's explanation, Ronan discovered that Baishi Castle's unique "ice talent transplantation technology" was actually completely different from what he had imagined.