Mysterious Tribulation

A country house.

A wooden fence surrounds a circle, and a purple bell flower is planted in the courtyard, like a string of small bells hanging there.

Whenever the breeze blows, the melodious bell rips open.

This is a mansion that Aaron prepared for himself.

The same villa, he has dozens of them across the continent.

It must be said that time is a good helper for accumulating wealth.

And among these villas, there are shadow spider's butlers, attendants, witchers... who handle chores for Aaron.

Pharmacy room.

He picked up a test tube and stared at a bit of purple blood in it.

The spiritual power of the middle-level warlock apprentice directly probed into the test tube, constantly exploring and exploring...

hissing...

Aaron seemed to hear something.

In the darkness, it looks like something with scales is hiding...

But wait until he wants to pursue more.

Click!

Aaron opened his eyes and saw that the glass of the test tube shattered, and the blood inside was emitting white mist and quickly evaporating...

Failed again?

He murmured.

The vision he saw when he was promoted to the witcher grandmaster has always made Aaron's heart heavy.

He knew that if it wasn't for him, no witcher master could pass that kind of illusion and test!

Just the babble of the Mother of Snakes and the Flower of Evil can make the Master Witcher go crazy and collapse!

'Perhaps...that's why the witcher's experiments all failed. ’

He had some guesses in his heart, and became more interested in the Mother of Snakes.

But now, it can be confirmed that the son of Po Suji has a little relationship with the illusion... that's enough!

I need to find more, more...

Aaron thought for a long time and walked out of the room: Prepare me a hot spring... After the bath, I hope to see a table of Baisen Palace banquet.

Yes!

A maid quickly bowed and stepped back.

But the other maid did not leave, and handed over a note: Sir... This is from the height of the stars when you were doing the experiment... Because you told me not to disturb...

Aaron's current identity is one of the top leaders of Shadow Spider, and this maid is of course respectful.

Oh.

Aaron took the note, opened it, and saw a piece of information about a certain warlock family written on it.

He nodded and put away the note.

After the maid left, she took out a silver metal bottle and dropped a drop of liquid on the paper.

A new line of red text emerges.

The airship has left... Alexander has no news, is it suspected that he successfully boarded the ship?

Unless he angered the warlock and was left with no bones, there is a high probability of boarding the ship...

Aaron lit the note with a smile on his face: Finally there is good news, I will celebrate tonight...

...

Aaron is, after all, a man of great self-control.

After a little indulgence, stick to your daily meditation.

Blood Without Darkness is actually a bloodline meditation method. The stronger the bloodline, the better the effect. After all, the bloodthirsty wild bird is too useless...

Rao is so, with continuous efforts and the data-based assistance of the attribute bar, Aaron's meditation progress is also gradually improving.

Ellie was the seventh-class aptitude estimated by Aerys. It took about three years to become a junior apprentice, and then it was abandoned.

Aaron has been working hard to persevere in meditation, rain or shine, and it still took about ten years to break through.

After that, it was even more difficult, and it took decades to barely break through the middle-level apprenticeship.

According to his estimation, it will take at least fifty years before he can try it out and sprint as a higher apprentice!

In the Warlock Continent, this is standard waste!

After all, the sooner you are promoted to a higher apprentice, the more likely you are to become a full-fledged warlock in the future!

Once you are over 30 years old and have not become a high-level apprentice, you will basically have no hope of being promoted to a full-fledged warlock!

Because of this, the top five qualifications are widely sought after.

It is not uncommon for people with bloodline talents below the fifth level to eventually be promoted to formal warlocks, but it will take more hard work and several times of resources!

According to the standard of Warlock Continent, Aaron can already give up directly.

Fortunately, he himself is not in a hurry at all, just accumulating spirit and willpower little by little.

Aaron is very clear that taking some drugs to stimulate a surge in willpower will inevitably lead to the disadvantages of mixed willpower.

On the contrary, what he has accumulated bit by bit, his foundation is extremely solid, and the probability of promotion is definitely higher than that of ordinary apprentices... The premise is that they meet the promotion standards.

Therefore, even if Aaron could make it simple and deploy some bloodline coagulation potions and willpower-increasing potions with dubious effects, he would never use them.

At most, save it and prepare it as capital for future investment.

...

Time is like running water, it will never return.

With the passage of time, the original gorgeous villas have become mottled, the wood is rotten, and it has been renovated several times.

Aaron has long since abandoned his original identity and address, and changed to another identity to travel the mainland.

this day.

He came to the location of Dick's Land, looked at the cemetery that had turned into ruins, and felt a little emotional.

Unconsciously... a hundred years have passed like this.

Aaron glanced at the age in the attribute column and sighed:

【Age: 309】

[Meditation: Blood without Darkness (3000/3000) (Perfect)]

[Warlock Talent: Ninth Class]

[Warlock Level: Advanced Apprentice]

【Will: 14】

[Mana: 140]

[Level 0 Spells: Mage's Hand, Flash, Zorro's Sneak Attack Palm, Zorro's Bodyguard Palm, Sun Explosion, Mass Blood Explosion]

...

It took him sixty or seventy years to complete the Blood Without Darkness meditation method and successfully promoted to a high-level warlock apprentice.

This kind of strength should have reached the top of the Yadsen Continent.

Moreover, when I was idle and bored, based on the two templates of Hand of the Mage and Flashing, as well as the blood talent of the witcher, many variants of level 0 witchcraft were created.

Unfortunately, after reaching a certain stage, Aaron also found that he had entered a certain bottleneck and did not make progress for a long time.

If an ordinary warlock apprentice encounters this, he must communicate with other apprentices, replace the advanced meditation method, or collect information and refine higher-level medicines to assist in breakthroughs.

But Aaron chose to lie flat!

The bottleneck is a thing, maybe after a few hundred years of grinding, it will naturally break through!

At this time, looking at the town of Yanan, which has doubled in size, and the large number of descendants of Guin and Ellie in the town, Aaron is quite satisfied:

Well, the second wave of apprentices has also been sent to Star Heights...

I just don't know... what surprises will there be this time?

He developed the shadow spider, there is a principle, that is not related to the warlock.

In this way, it can be low-key enough to avoid being hit.

And when the floating airship flew every hundred years, 100% of the official warlocks followed all the way to escort him. Aaron was stupid to ask for relevant news.

Wouldn't it be better to wait until the airship leaves, and then ask slowly?

...

Aaron was patient and waited in the town for half a year.

On this day, a knight holding a brightly colored flag rushed into the small town of Yanan.

On top of the flag, there is the royal coat of arms of the Rogge Kingdom.

This scene made many town residents worried, not knowing what happened.

Soon, the local lord, Baron Dick arrived.

The other party was a young man who had just inherited the title. He had never seen such a battle, and his face was a little pale.

And a duke of the kingdom, with the appointment signed by the king, began to read aloud: Starting today, the Dick Territory will be changed to the Meny Territory, and the three nearby Viscounties and five Baronies will be merged into the Earl Territory, consisting of The Mayni family is in charge!

Mene... is the surname of little Jack in Mene Village.

Now this family is also spreading its branches in Yanan Town.

No! Why didn't I know? This is my domain! I'm going to appeal to the Council of Nobles!

Baron Dick screamed.

This is your power, Your Excellency... But this order is actually recognized by the major kingdoms and principalities of the continent, and you should know the weight of it!

The Grand Duke of the Royal Family looked at Baron Dick with a sneer.

In normal times, even a king cannot deprive a powerful baron of his lands unless he wants to go to war.

But now, isn't this a special case?

The Meni family members in the town have been stunned by the pie that fell from the sky.

The Grand Duke of the royal family ignored it, turned to look at a carriage guarded by a knight, and came to the window.

Master Minnie, are you satisfied with this arrangement?

From the carriage, came down an old woman in a green robe, gray hair, and a black pointed hat.

She looked at the town with a bewildered expression: This is... my father's hometown?!

Yes……

The Grand Duke of the Royal Family replied with a hint of grief.

I want to see Grandpa Gu Yin... well, I'm afraid he's already dead...

A wry smile appeared on Minnie's face: Take me to the cemetery area...

There was a look of embarrassment on the face of the royal prince: It's been abandoned there, but I found someone to clean it up... It only takes one night, and it will be restored to its original state in the morning tomorrow! I promise!

There is a big man in the Meni family, you see... even the royal family can directly confer an earl, which is impossible without a war in the past!

Aaron was in the crowd, listening to the excited gossip and discussions of the townspeople: And Baron Dick... This kid collects taxes as soon as he takes office, so he deserves to lose his territory, haha... The ancestors of the Dick family may be so angry that they will go from their graves. Jump out!

He looked in the direction of Master Minnie and curled his lips slightly: I didn't find me... I'm probably not an official warlock... But I have been courted and courted by Misri and many other warlock families, and it seems that it is very likely that he is an apprentice of a high-level warlock. Big.

Alexander's daughter?

Sure enough, Alexander is dead...

This is a development in line with his expectations.

After all, it is difficult to become a full-fledged warlock!

And the warlock apprentice can only live to be about a hundred years old at most. Even if Alexander does not encounter an accident, he is very likely to die of old age.

On the contrary, his descendants may return to this land, the hometown of their father!

'But to be honest... the one who can afford the shipping fee must be the Warlock Apprentice... The Warlock Apprentice has returned to the backcountry... There can only be one reason, it can't get along in the Warlock Continent... It's okay to not get along, so A warlock apprentice is a good bully! ’

Of course, Aaron did not intend to bully the descendants of these old acquaintances.

He was only going to wait until Minnie died of old age, and then go look through Alexander's diary.

If you can find some other important information, it will be even better.

...

Master Minnie came back alone, with no other descendants.

In the small town, a young man from the Mene family who is relatively close by blood has good luck and becomes the Earl of Mene in one step.

The original Lancaster Castle has also been expanded and turned into a magnificent Earl's Castle.

When the construction of the fort of the Earl of Menie was completed.

The earl also went from youth to middle age, and learned to properly handle territorial affairs and establish good relations with various nobles.

And all this glory and wealth, he knows why.

Therefore, Lord Earl goes to the cemetery location every week to visit the old ancestor.

Master Minnie is withdrawn and likes to be quiet, so he does not live in the castle, but has opened up a small wooden house in the built cemetery.

Many of the Mene family were buried there, as well as Master Guin, and even the ashes of her parents that she brought back.

The gorgeous carriage stopped in front of the cemetery. Count Mene got off the carriage and bowed respectfully before coming to a wooden house: Aunt Minnie, I'm here to see you!

come in……

An old voice came from the wooden house.

Earl Mene walked in and saw Minnie sitting at an alchemy table with a black octopus-like creature crawling on her arm.

Countless fat leeches were lying on her back sucking blood.

No matter how many times I watched it, this scene still made Count Meny's scalp tingle.

He knew that this was the aftermath of Aunt Minnie's injury in a battle, and she had not recovered until now.

Aunt, this time I'm here, it's about the marriage proposal of the Rogge royal family...

Count Mene hesitated to speak.

When I came back, the Mene family was a Warlock family, so I couldn't hide it...

Master Minnie sighed: Any Warlock family has concerns about the degeneration of blood, so marriage is nothing... What I want to guard against is that the other party will annex our entire family!

Approach? Impossible, right? Earl Menie's eyes widened.

Hehe... In the Warlock Continent, nothing is impossible. I have seen the curse that wiped out the blood of an entire family, and I know six or seven ways to extract the blood of mortals...

Master Minnie sneered a few times: Who made me die of old age, and the second apprentice warlock has not yet been trained in the family... Those hyena tricks are really inferior compared to the continent on the other side of the ocean.

Then what should we do? Count Mene's expression became extremely serious.

It's very simple, pull a batch, fight a batch... But the key is to cultivate your own apprentice as a warlock.

Minnie sighed: I've made arrangements... Next, you don't have to see me, let me face death calmly.

aunt……

Earl Mene burst into tears.