Chapter 340: Chapter 14: Six Years

At this point, the rules system of Lynch Witch Domain has been constructed, and the rest basically no longer requires much work. It can be gradually advanced with time.

The matters of the Witch Domain are also settled, and the next step is to focus on cultivation.

Entering the Wizard Tower, Lynch began his seclusion for meditation.

This was Lynch’s first seclusive meditation since settling in the Jade Land, destined to be a long cultivation…

…

— Wizard Calendar Year 10044 July —

Bronze-level adventurer [Rock Breaker] Huck unearthed the [Earth Vein Resonating Battle Hammer] in the 3rd Underground City. The crystal embedded in the hammerhead could induce small-scale earthquakes. The guild purchased it for 2000 Magic Gold Coins, his portrait was sculpted into the plaza fountain statue, and “Huck Whiskey”—a beer mixed with volcanic ash, burning the throat like a hammer strike—became popular in the taverns.

— Wizard Calendar Year 10045 November —

The first female Golden-level adventurer [Ice Swordsman] Teresa returned with the skull of a Frost Giant. In the 17th Underground City, she triggered an ancient Ice Array, suffering 87% frostbite, yet was reborn through the church’s [Resurrection Holy Pool].

At the celebration feast, the Guardian’s apprentice [Transformer] Mila refined the giant’s eyeball into a Permanent Freeze Gem embedded into her left eye, allowing Teresa to freeze arrows with her breath. A trend of “Ice Pattern Tattoo” surged among the populace, with girls painting frost scar patterns on their collarbones using blueberry juice.

— Wizard Calendar Year 10046 April —

The twin thieves [Shadow Fang Brothers] smuggled the forbidden item [Mirror of Lies] out of the 9th Underground City, leading to collective hysteria among three thousand people in the Eastern District.

The guild urgently enacted the “Ruins Items Mandatory Collection Act”, Lynch controlled the Saintess to launch the [Great Purification Technique]; the escaped evil spirit from the mirror was refined into the church’s first soul lantern. This incident spurred the creation of a new profession [Sealing Officer], specializing in detecting contamination when adventurers return from certain ruins.

— Wizard Calendar Year 10047 September —

Wandering minstrel Glen won the annual epic crown with a piece titled “Lava and Roses,” based on the tragic annihilation of the Silver Squad in the 21st Ruins—they used their flesh and blood to block the lava valve to buy time for civilians to evacuate.

By then, minstrels were no longer scattered individuals; Greywell specially established a Minstrel Association for unified management, and it was overseen by Guardian’s apprentice Kali. It was said that the harp used by the minstrels and the stories they composed contained magic infused by the Guardian. Some minstrels even possessed transcendent power.

— Wizard Calendar Year 10048 February —

The black market circulated [Fake Adventurer Badge], a low-quality alchemy imitation of church relics granting wearers temporary Fighting Spirit augmentation. The church turned the tables by embedding tracking runes within these badges, uncovering the mischief caused by the wizard organization [Dark Moon Church].

— Wizard Calendar Year 10049 December —

A Platinum-level adventurer team founded by the Great Knight of the Jade Land [Wolf Fang] Plack awakened an Ancient Dragon Witch Demon in the 36th Underground City. The entire underground city was corroded by the Undead Dragon Breath, with nearly complete annihilation of adventurer teams exploring therein, causing immense panic among all adventurers.

Finally, it was said that the Guardian personally stepped into the 36th Underground City, and the church also announced that they would resurrect the explorers who perished this time for free. Thus, this crisis was subdued.

To prevent similar incidents, a month later, the Wizard Tower launched emergency Teleportation Scrolls, allowing adventurers encountering life-and-death crises in the underground city to tear open the scroll and escape promptly.

Phosphorus Powder makeup became popular in brothels, known as “Undead Makeup.”

Within six years, the Adventurer Guild expanded to 47 branches, with registered members exceeding 120,000.

From the ruins in the west to the White Bay Territory in the east, adventurer guilds have been established in over thirty town outposts, multiple noble territories chose allegiance to Queen Karina, and the population under Feiyan City’s jurisdiction surpassed one million, a number still rapidly increasing.

…

Stars and frost converged between the fingers into frost flowers, and annual rings encircled withered branches performing the dance of reincarnation. Time marched on the lilting steps, and in the blink of an eye, six years had passed.

Wizard Calendar Year 10049 March, Misty Valley, Guardian Tower, Time Hut.

“Tick! Tick!”

The sound of time flowing gently resonated, with the pointer incrementally leaping forward.

When time reached a certain moment.

[Time Wheel (Second Rank) Skill Level +1]

Lynch opened his eyes, withdrawing from meditation, while habitually glancing at the data on the system panel:

[Time Wheel (Second Rank) lv1: 126682/500000]

In six years, without any unexpected events, he smoothly completed the cultivation of the first mystical circuit and became a genuine 1-star Mystical Wizard.

The first mystical circuit is called [Spiritual Circuit]; as the name suggests, the enhancements brought by this circuit are mainly in the direction of spiritual power:

Spirit: 2082.

Lynch had just advanced to the mystical rank with a spiritual power of just over 1000, and now, having merely broken through one mystical circuit, his spiritual power has doubled!

Moreover, it’s known that similar spiritual circuits are not limited to just one throughout the mystical rank. This first spiritual circuit is merely the lowest among them, showing how immense the enhancement is upon breaking through the mystical rank circuits!

“Yawn!~”

With a yawn, Lynch finished this round of his daily cultivation, exited the Time Hut, and returned to the material world.

In the spacious Cultivation Room, he sat alone on the sofa, holding a pocket watch.

Though several weeks had passed within the Time Hut, outside, the world remained at the moment he pressed the pocket watch. Every time he came out of the Time Hut, he felt a strange sense of things unchanged and changed.

It’s no wonder that Wizard Somda always asked him the time upon meeting him. Now Lynch shared the same sentiment.

Placing the pocket watch into the Space Crack, Lynch stood up and snapped his fingers casually. A cacophony erupted from the table, where a cup, tea leaves, and a teapot floated up by themselves, soon pouring a hot cup of tea for Lynch.

Holding the hot tea, Lynch walked to the window, leaning against it to enjoy the night view outside.

Outside was a tranquil valley, where the night draped the forest in a gown of jet stone. The silver-white bark of ancient millennial trees shimmered under the cold moonlight, with luminous filaments hanging from the branches like a shattered Milky Way, lightly tapping the window frame in the evening breeze.

In the center of the valley lay a small lake, where several glowing Crystal Deer bent down to drink, their large antlers drifting along with snowflakes; a group of Mermaid Lake Demons frolicked in the lake, the playful little fellows occasionally emerging from the water to splash upwards, aiming to strike the small yellow starlight spots floating just above the lake surface — those were mayfly fireflies.

In the center of the lake stood a small island, connected to the shore only by a narrow worm-like path, at the entrance of which lay two towering Alchemy Guardians, whose metal shells were now thickly covered with green foliage, surrounded by small white flowers.

Following this path to the island in the lake’s center, Lynch’s Wizard Tower stood in the island’s center, not high, only about seven or eight meters, with ancient stone walls entangled with mottled nettles that lightly swayed in the night breeze.

This was no longer the Wizard Tower of Feiyan City, but rather an anonymous valley located in the ruins zone a hundred miles away from Feiyan City, hidden within an unfrequented forest with no road leading in, where approaching might cause one to lose their way in the thick fog.

Being a wanted criminal of the Supreme Council, Lynch needed to ensure some necessary safety measures anyway. Everything in his domain was already arranged; Greywell was in the city, Alya was with the church, and other apprentices were at the farm and the Wizard Tower.

Having sorted everything, Lynch found himself a place that no one could locate to build this secluded hideout, ensuring a retreat route should any emergency arise in the future.

Even rabbits have three burrows; even animals know to build more than one nest, so Lynch certainly wouldn’t be foolish.

Few in the city had ever seen him—

Though he participated in guarding the city walls during the Beast Tide, after it ended, he blurred the soldiers’ memories on the city walls with Soul Resonance.

Presently, those capable of directly interacting with him in his domain were limited to his few apprentices, Greywell, Queen Kalina, and others, not many, making it not so easy for someone to have designs on him.

Even now, those people can only contact him through the signals released by the Magic Items he provides; upon seeing the signals, Lynch would teleport directly, making it absolutely impossible to actively find him here.

Overall,

It’s quite safe.

“Rustle…”

At this moment, footsteps sounded from the hallway outside, and soon the door opened. Annie walked in, the only apprentice among Lynch’s who knew this place and was trained by his side.

After six years, Little Annie remained the same size as before, still looking as if she’s five or six years old.

She wore a flowery dress, dragging a large stuffed doll, which upon closer inspection was evidently one of Lynch’s early creations—Frankenstein.

Dragging the doll, Annie entered the room, rubbing her sleepy eyes and saying:

“Teacher, haven’t you slept yet?”

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