Chapter 25

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lin Suo had asked Valia to help him find items that could help him hide from mental power detection. Direct blocking wouldn’t work though, since others would find a huge space that had no mental power at all with a scan, which was a blatant lie.

It was better to hide and make the space exist in substance like the soil.

At this point, he could see that Valia was truly… innocent! She was so dumb it was endearing. She was not a b*tch posing to be pure.

As a result, his attitude toward her changed and he couldn’t help but feel a sense of guilt.

He had assumed too much!

Before he asked her for help, he had looked into it. Although Valia was more than a hundred years old, the psychological maturity of Elves had nothing to do with their age.

From the books he had read, Elves had a lifespan of about 500 years. Only in the last ten years of their lives would they age quickly. As such, they could be considered to be eternally young.

According to the history books, the Dandong people’s history of prosperity started with a 16-year-old boy obtaining a wealth of millions of gold from a three-hundred-year-old Elf with just a few toys from the human world.

It was ridiculous.

The matter reached the ears of the Dandong people, and being shrewd, they scammed many Elves, obtaining huge wealth.

Thus followed the rise of the Empire.

After obtaining benefits from conducting business, their direction of development thus changed drastically. In the end, the Empire became the current commerce-military Empire.

Back then, the one who had been scammed the worst was the Language of Nature family. Legend had it that even an “old grandma” of 480 years old had been deceived into paying for a human in a brothel.

It was just tragic. Tragic beyond compare.

Unfortunately, just one family was not powerful enough to take revenge. Plus, the transactions between families were done through established contracts. Even if one party made a play of words, the Elf Queen could not say anything about it.

As a result, they could only retaliate in secret, instead of directly starting a war.

This was the history from a millennium ago. Perhaps humans had already forgotten about it, but for Valia · Language of Nature, it was simply a two-generation story.

Maybe some Magis of the Language of Nature family from that era were still alive now.

Yet, to think she could still hold such tremendous goodwill towards the humans of Dandong…

Her innocence and kindness were instinctive, seemingly ingrained in her bones.

Humans were, indeed, despicable creatures.

Recalling the contents of the books he had read over the past few days, Lin Suo couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

After covering the entrance that led down to the safe house, he showered and drank some peppermint essence. With that, his eyes brightened.

He had enough time to prepare a table of vegan dishes and waited for the agreed-upon time.

Two o’clock in the afternoon.

Creak~

Ding, ling, ling!

As the wooden door was pushed open, the sound of wind chimes resonated in his ears, and Lin Suo greeted the Elf with a friendly smile.

“Lia, have a seat.”

“Wow! Rhein, you’re so kind. You made so much delicious food.”

“I knew you were hungry. Let’s eat first and then discuss business.”

“Mm-hmm~”

The Elf with ruby eyes smiled and under her fine hair was smooth and tender skin. One could see two hundred percent of the vitality of youth in her.

Compared to her, Lin Suo, who was young as well, had pale skin and dark circles around his eyes. Even if he had taken some “stimulants”, he still looked lazy and nihilistic.

If one didn’t know, they would think he had been kidnapped by five ladies and forced to have sex in bed…

“You don’t look very well, Rhein.”

“I’ve been busy lately. Eat.”

“Oh.”

After a satisfying meal an hour later, Valia recounted the task that Lin Suo had asked of her.

“I had to put in a lot of effort to get this, but unfortunately, there isn’t much of it.”

“That’s alright. Can you tell me what happened?”

“Sure.”

Valia touched the pendant on her chest, and a white stone appeared in her hand.

A spatial storage equipment… He wanted it so much!

“This is the Stone of Earth, a rare mineral that can deceive mental power detection. I… I… I only managed to obtain one.”

Lin Suo nodded, not blaming her. One was enough.

Valia didn’t take it that way though. She thought he was not speaking because he was disappointed.

“Rhein, the Stone of Earth is very rare and used mainly by official Magi to build meditation rooms. Generally, only a small room can be built. You also want it to build your own meditation room, right?”

Valia was a little annoyed at this point.

“My things have all been taken by my sister. Otherwise, I could have dismantled the meditation room at my house and given the Stones of Earth to you.”

Lin Suo’s lips twitched.

There was no need for that. He wasn’t a mosquito and didn’t suck blood.

Valia was like moonlight, seemingly possessing some mysterious purification power that could always dispel the darkness in his heart.

Perhaps, this was her innocence.

It was great.

Taking the Stone of Earth, Lin Suo detected it with his mental power to feel its effects. Indeed, it was inconspicuous, but like soft soil, it could be sensed, carrying a hint of earthy smell.

“Lia, do you know how the Stone of Earth works?”

“The principle…”

Valia tapped her chin with her index finger, pondering momentarily before brightening up with a beautiful smile.

“Grandma once told me that the Stone of Earth is an earth elemental crystal, but its elemental strength is very loose, just like soil. With many Stones of Earth, one can shape a quiet and sturdy magic domain. Once magic energy enters the domain, it can never leave. As such, it is usually used to make the meditation rooms of official Magis. In addition to hiding from mental power detection, it can also isolate the various elements in the air. In fact, now is the perfect time for you to start accumulating Stone of Earths. By the time you break through to become a stage-one Magi, you should be able to build a meditation room…”

Lin Suo took a deep breath.　　

The crystallization of the earth, huh…

It seemed that the so-called meditation room was likely built underground. In that case, he needed to disguise a small basement room to avoid exposing the more hidden areas below.

“Understood, thank you.”

“You’re welcome, Rhein. You treat me to delicious meals daily, and your food is much better than my sister’s.”

“Heh…”

After a brief chat, Valia happily left, leaving Lin Suo feeling a bit guilty about his growing debt.

Soon, Lin Suo began researching the Stone of Earth. Its texture was like softened brass, with a whitish color and a unique magic energy structure within. It seemed somewhat like a spell model, just that it was more natural, without any artificial traces.

Trying to cheat using the power of synthesis to make an artificial Stone of Earth as he did for the artificial magic stone was somewhat problematic. The problems had to be solved step by step.

He purchased many ores that could be bought with gold coins, primarily consisting of earth elements. These ores all had a faint reaction to magic energy, The official Magi didn’t think much of them, and they were only suitable for apprentices.

Among them, orichalcum was the main ore he bought.

Using mental power, Lin Suo captured earth elements in the air.

If magic energy was the fusion of all elemental forces, then earth elements were secondary separations. They were more widely distributed than magical energy.

Simply injecting them into the orichalcum was useless. Only with the power of synthesis could individual elements be thoroughly fused into the orichalcum.

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