The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 262 Information
In cabin 011, Lynn slowly emerged from his meditation.

He exhaled a long breath, his pale gray eyes gleaming.

Summoning the Insightful Light Screen, the realm column clearly showed: [First-Tier Advanced Wizard (38/100)]

'I'm almost halfway there. Although each improvement will be more difficult as I progress, I'm certain I'll reach the first level of perfection within a few months to a year.'

Lynn was very confident in his judgment; this confidence came from the perfect level of Black Moon Meditation.

Where can I obtain the second-tier Black Moon Meditation Technique?

Shaking his head, Lynn stood up, looked around the narrow cabin, and stood by the round porthole.

Through the small porthole, Lynn could clearly see the Grey Forest ruins below—though now the ruins looked more like an exceptionally flat plain.

Half a day has passed since the gray wind ended, and the once smooth, mirror-like plain has been roughened by the winds that have swept in from the outside.

Lynn wanted to look out over the core area of ​​the Graywood Ruins, which was shrouded in mist, but due to the orientation, he could only see the outer part of the Graywood Ruins, with the core area in the other direction of the airship.

Lynn then turned and left the room, heading to the rest area in the middle of the airship.

Although he was temporarily confined in the shuttle, he was not forced to stay in the room.

The rest area is open on both sides, allowing views of the airship from both sides.

Lynn moved to the right and stared at the core area of ​​the Gray Forest Ruins, which was shrouded in gray-white mist, his gaze uncertain.

'Can I obtain the second-tier Black Moon Meditation Technique from the Graywood Ruins?'

This thought never left Lynn's mind, but he never found a suitable opportunity.

'If Graywind hadn't come before, then we would only have to wait a few months to be eligible to explore the Gray Forest Ruins.'

But now, things are uncertain.

With the Grey Forest ruins having undergone such a drastic change, many of the original arrangements may no longer be valid.

Their future destination will ultimately depend on how Silver Ring Academy arranges things.

'However, I first need to pass the upcoming review.' Lynn thought to himself, a sense of unease creeping into his heart.

Selth had told him that the Silver Ring Fortress did not scrutinize wizards like them who only operated in the Third Ring area, and did not check their storage rings.

But we'll only know the actual situation when that time comes.

'I'm not afraid of having my storage ring checked; there's nothing sensitive inside. As for the Black Moon Rune Plate, once I've completely mastered it, even a sixth-tier wizard in front of me, if they don't know anything about Black Moon Runes, will only think it's an ordinary stone slab.'

'My only concern is that a second-tier wizard might come to check. Even with perfect-level concealment threads, my strength and meditation techniques will likely be hard to hide.'

'Of course, they might not know that this is the Black Moon Meditation Technique, but it's quite easy for them to see its extraordinary nature... after all, the size of my spiritual sea far exceeds that of ordinary wizards of the same level.'

Lynn pondered silently, but couldn't come up with any particularly good solutions.

Fortunately, contact examination, which involves using magic and mental power to invade the body of the examined wizard, is a very serious examination, so it is usually only used on criminals.

It is unlikely that these wizards would be subjected to such humiliating examinations.

Of course, Lynn still had some concerns, considering the Silver Ring Academy and especially the Silver Ring wizards' consistently ruthless style.

He could only console himself that even if his strength was exposed, it wouldn't matter much. It would only prove that he was exceptionally talented, as long as he didn't reveal his connection with Black Moon Academy.

Lynn sat in the lounge area for a while, and just as he was about to leave, a new wizard entered. The new witch seemed somewhat surprised that there was someone else there, especially after she noticed that the badge Lynn wore on his chest wasn't the one from Silver Ring Academy:

"Are you also a survivor of the Gray Wind?"

"Hmm." Lynn nodded slightly. He glanced at the witch but didn't seem to have much interest in talking to her.

Although he had just seen this witch before the gray wind struck.

—This was the Silver Ring Witch that Lynn had seen before the Gray Wind struck, being chased by a rotten monster.

Lynn was already surprised that the witch had managed to escape the attack of the two rotten monsters, but he never expected that she would survive the gray wind.

However, the witch was quite interested in Lynn: "How did you dodge the gray wind? Did you dig a hole in the ground?"

The witch had chestnut hair and red eyes, looked very young, and had some freckles on the tip of her nose. Her speech and behavior were as lively as her appearance.

Lynn shook his head and explained, "I was lucky enough to hide in an underground building."

The witch was even more surprised. She pointed to her badge and bowed: "Alia Butler. Forgive my surprise, but it is truly fortunate that you have found an underground structure! You must know that most of the buildings in the Greywood Ruins, along with their underground parts, were completely exposed during the initial 'Great Turbulence'."

"Most of the buildings that haven't surfaced are still functioning normally, just like the buildings in the core fog zone."

"Really? This is the first time I've heard this information?" Lynn raised an eyebrow, his face expressionless, but his heart sank suddenly.

No wonder Seles questioned him so thoroughly about the underground workshop, even demanding that he take him there to see it in person...

'Most of them are functional buildings...which means they might contain something of value.'

The more Lynn thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. He had told Selse that there was nothing of value in what he said.

'I wonder if Seles believes it...'

“Of course you wouldn’t know, Your Excellency. This is an extremely confidential matter at Silver Ring Academy. I know it because my mentor is His Excellency Stephens.” Although Aria didn’t try to show it, the confidence in her words was hard to hide.

Stephens... Lynn had heard of this wizard, but didn't know much about him. He only knew that he was a relatively senior third-tier wizard at Silver Ring Academy and was very powerful.

“Alia Butler.” Alia repeated herself, tapping her badge heavily with her delicate white fingers.

Lynn realized what was happening and quickly pointed to the badge, saying, "Lynn Kent. Sorry, I'm not very good at socializing."

Aliya smiled brightly, not taking it to heart, and instead asked curiously:
"I wonder if you found anything interesting in that underground structure?"

Perhaps realizing she had asked the wrong question, Aliya added,
"I'm just curious; I don't have any particular thoughts about what you've gained."

“I’ve always been very interested in Black Moon Academy, which is why I begged my mentor to let me come to Graywood Ruins this time…”

Aria's words didn't seem like a lie, especially since she had a third-tier wizard as her mentor.

'Unfortunately... not everyone is like Aria.'

Lynn shook his head and sighed, "I wish I had that kind of good luck, but unfortunately there wasn't anything interesting or valuable in the underground building I discovered."

Since he had already said that to Saiss, he could only stick to that story now, otherwise it would only arouse suspicion.

And by then, even if Lynn confessed everything.

Greed can also make people feel that he has completely confessed everything, and instead they will always feel that he is hiding something, and even death cannot eliminate such suspicion.

(End of this chapter)