Chapter 135

Just kidding, what level of treasure is the Book of the Vishanti?

That is the authentic work of the Trinity Vishanti, and it has been constantly added to with new knowledge by generations of Sorcerers Supreme, containing the most powerful white magic and defensive magic known in the world.

It can be called the most precious white magic classic in the Marvel World, bar none!

For such a precious treasure, Lin Yu would naturally not miss it.

Even if it meant standing against Dormammu, he would be happy to do it.

The two were willing to hit and willing to be hit, and just like that, they returned to Kamar-Taj.

Lin Yu also temporarily suspended his dimensional travel journey and decided to stay in this universe for a period of time.

Unlike the female Ancient One of the Celtic version next door, this Chinese-style white-haired old man clearly had more style.

His Kamar-Taj was not hidden in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, but was located in a large secret realm completely independent of the real world on the outskirts of Kathmandu!

In the words of the cultivation realm, it was a small world and a blessed land created by Ancient One himself.

In the secret realm, there was also a town of considerable scale, where many ordinary people lived, all of whom were relatives of Kamar-Taj mages or descendants without magical talent.

After Lin Yu arrived here, he unexpectedly discovered that many elderly people actually called Ancient One 'Lord.'

Isn't that a coincidence~

Lin Yu was also a lord in the Frieren world, so he asked curiously.

As a result, he learned that this white-haired Ancient One actually had a noble lord title!

According to Ancient One himself, this title was actually inherited from his best friend of five hundred years ago, a vampire lord who was also obsessed with magic and possessed extremely high talent.

At that time, they could talk about anything and spent all day studying magic together, making progress together on the path of exploring truth.

To this day, Ancient One still missed this beautiful past extremely much, and every time he mentioned it, he couldn't help but sigh.

The more Lin Yu heard, the more he felt something was wrong, and finally couldn't help but say: "Wait, vampires in this world should live longer than humans, right? How did you manage to outlive him in a mere five hundred years?"

"Sigh, that's a long story!"

Ancient One sighed, looking like the past was unbearable to look back on.

Lin Yu scanned the surrounding town and asked suspiciously: "Do you have an urgent matter now?"

Ancient One froze and said strangely: "Of course not."

Lin Yu said irritably: "Then hurry up and say it!"

Ancient One: "..."

After a little pondering, he sighed: "Actually, in the end, it's nothing; it's just the classic routine of having different concepts and turning into enemies."

"Varna was indeed my best friend, and he once shared the knowledge of the Darkhold with me, but unfortunately, his will was not as firm as mine. He was bewitched by the black magic in the Darkhold, attempting to crown himself king, rule the world with black magic, and control the minds and thoughts of all humans on Earth..."

Lin Yu complained: "Classic indeed!"

Ancient One sighed lightly: "It's a pity, he did have that ability at the time. I had no choice but to choose to destroy my relatives for the sake of justice and banish him to an extra-dimensional space..."

Lin Yu glanced at him and said: "And then inherited his territory?"

Ancient One's expression didn't change: "It was liberating the people of the territory!"

Lin Yu continued: "And the Darkhold?"

Ancient One smiled: "It's in the library... Are you interested?"

Lin Yu: "..."

This is the rhythm of killing and seizing treasures!

Of course, in the face of such a world-class crisis, Ancient One would certainly not bother to lie.

Lin Yu was willing to believe his claim that his friend tried to rule the world.

However, facing the Sorcerer Supreme of five hundred years ago, the vampire lord named Varna didn't die, but was just banished to an extra-dimensional space by Ancient One, which showed that his strength was also quite extraordinary!

... Wait, extra-dimensional space?

Lin Yu suddenly realized and looked at Ancient One suspiciously.

"The extra-dimensional space you mentioned, it wouldn't be the Dark Dimension, would it?"

"..."

Ancient One stopped in front of a magnificent temple-style building complex, as if he hadn't heard, smiled, and reached out: "This is the real Kamar-Taj, my lord, please!"

"Hey, hey!"

Lin Yu said with a dark face: "Don't think that if you pretend nothing happened, nothing really happened. Honestly tell me, how many enemies do you have in the Dark Dimension?"

Ancient One pondered for a moment, then showed a difficult expression.

"This question is indeed hard to answer..."

"Is it hard to answer, or are they too numerous to count?"

Lin Yu's face grew darker, and he looked at him expressionlessly: "Let me guess, you wouldn't have treated the Dark Dimension as a public toilet, throwing every troublesome opponent into it, would you?"

Ancient One thought for a while and explained: "It's not that I throw everyone in."

So you did throw them in!

Lin Yu couldn't help but roll his eyes.

No wonder this guy wanted to find someone to deal with Dormammu. With his way of raising insects, he would either cultivate an incomparably powerful Lord of the Dark Dimension that far exceeded other universes, or leave behind numerous enemies, causing the Dark Dimension to be divided among heroes.

No matter which result it was, the surviving side would definitely have explosive hatred and wish they could swallow Ancient One alive.

Looking at it this way, Ancient One's previous statement that 'the trouble is far more than the one next door' should be true.

But then again, under these circumstances, Earth was still living well in the universe, and even ordinary people on Earth didn't know that so many crises had occurred, which showed the strength of the Ancient One in front of him.

Lin Yu complained in his heart while following Ancient One into Kamar-Taj.

A moment later, the two arrived at the reception hall of the main hall. Ancient One naturally invited Lin Yu to the two grand chairs at the top, while he sat on another one, waving his hand downward:

"Serve tea!"

Two mages immediately stepped forward and presented two cups of emerald hot tea respectively.

Lin Yu sensed the vast energy within their bodies and couldn't help but marvel.

Leaving aside magical attainments, in terms of energy alone, these two were only slightly inferior to the female Ancient One next door, which showed that they were definitely not nameless extras!

"What are your names?"

Lin Yu took the teacup and asked with interest.

The two mages looked at each other and bowed gracefully to Lin Yu.

"Karl Mordo."

"Kaecilius."

Lin Yu: "..."

Very good, both are rare pillars of talent!

That is to say, in this universe; if it were next door, one more would be enough to make Ancient One retire early.

Lin Yu looked at Ancient One calmly, seemingly asking: 'How come these two famous villains haven't rebelled yet?'

Ancient One drank tea leisurely, glanced under the tea table, and seemed to answer with his eyes.

Lin Yu followed his gaze and saw a thick-covered book padded under the table leg. Looking at the dust-covered cover, he could vaguely see the words 'Book of Cagliostro'...

Wait, "Book of Cagliostro"?

If Lin Yu remembered correctly, this book was the one from which Kaecilius stole pages in the movie, right?!

The book not only recorded the magic ritual of how to draw power from the Dark Dimension but also contained parts of the Darkhold, as well as much occult knowledge related to time.

Such a powerful black magic classic, the old thing actually used it to pad the table leg.

... Isn't this too wasteful?

Lin Yu was a bit jealous and wanted to pick up the book and take it away immediately, but he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he could only pick up the teacup and use drinking tea to suppress the urge to rob.

As for Ancient One's meaning, he already understood.

Kamar-Taj here had both the "Darkhold" and the "Book of the Vishanti"; a mere magic classic from the end of the 18th century that borrowed from the Darkhold naturally didn't count for much!

Of course, this was just one reason.

Baron Mordo and Kaecilius didn't rebel, most importantly because Ancient One could suppress them.

When Ancient One retired in the future and Strange took over, it was estimated that things wouldn't be so simple...

After some entertainment, Ancient One introduced the more important mages around him to Lin Yu, and then took him to the library, borrowing the Book of the Vishanti for him to read as promised.

Lin Yu had been looking forward to this for a long time and couldn't wait to open this book, which was protected by heavy magic.

Just as he expected, the white magic recorded in the book was indeed countless, and each was exquisite; even those life-type spells that looked like grandma's household tips had incomparably profound magical attainments behind them.

Not only that, but the Book of the Vishanti also had countless pages.

Theoretically, no one could finish reading it, not even Lin Yu and Ancient One today.

This kind of near-infinite magical knowledge was very much in line with Lin Yu's current needs.

If he had to say what the disadvantage was, it was that the white magic in the book was too positive and could only defend, not attack.

Discovering this, Lin Yu couldn't help but feel a bit regretful, but his movements didn't stop at all, and he continued to flip through the Book of the Vishanti.

Streams of holy white light bloomed as he flipped, causing the newly flipped pages to merge into the previous one, making this magical book not appear bloated or piled up no matter how it was flipped...

Seeing that Lin Yu was already immersed in the ocean of magical knowledge, Ancient One smiled slightly, and his figure disappeared quietly.

The next morning, New York in the universe next door.

Lin Lie, who had been trying for many days, finally guided out the innate Qi in his body.

Just at the moment the innate Qi was guided out, Lin Lie, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, suddenly raised his head.

A pair of pitch-black eyes opened suddenly, shooting out two silver-white sword auras, like silver lasers, piercing the ceiling and disappearing into the sky quickly.

Seeing this scene, Lin Lie was startled.

After coming back to his senses, he remembered that this was the top floor of the hotel, and couldn't help but cover his chest and sigh in relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, he had booked the top floor of the hotel to walk in high-rise buildings.

If it were a room on the lower floors, he might have accidentally injured innocent ordinary people...

Lin Lie felt lucky, then closed his eyes, sensing the brand-new power budding in his body while shifting his attention to the system prompt box that had just popped up in his mind.

"Detected that the player has met the prerequisites..."

"You have learned the new skill 【Selfless Sword Aura (Selfless Sword Qi)】!"

(End of chapter)