Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 130 Choice, Secret

The window of the carriage was quietly opened, and a handsome young wizard with white hair and a cold and arrogant temperament casually looked out through the window.

It was Ronan who was rushing to Hanshi Manor to receive the "talent transplant".

"You have to ride in their special carriage and be picked up by the servants of the manor. They will not accept visitors alone."

"The family has fallen to such an extent, yet it still adheres to this decadent etiquette."

Ronan shook his head and gently closed the car window.

Not long after Barisha helped him contact Hanshi Manor, he received a response from the other party.

However, the specific matters concerning the "talent transplant" still need to be discussed in person with the legendary Madam Livi after arriving at the manor.

Hanshi Manor is located on a snowy mountain dozens of kilometers away from Baishi Castle. If you fly there directly using flying props, it will take about ten minutes to get there, but the other party insisted that Ronan take the carriage specially provided by the manor, probably to preserve the last bit of dignity belonging to the former wizard family.

Ronan sat in the shaking carriage, casually flipping through the introduction to the talents and abilities of several second-level monsters that Hanshi Manor could provide.

He already had a few preliminary options in mind, so he waited until he got to the place and learned more about it before making the final decision.

The carriage provided by Hanshi Manor was not slow at all. It was pulled by a kind of warm-blooded horse that was unique to Baishi Gaoling. It was very large, almost as tall as two people.

The hooves are wide, suitable for running on the snow. The whole body is snow-white, but the eyes and mane are light blue, which makes it look very good.

After spending about three times the flight time, Ronan finally arrived at his destination.

Ronan got off the carriage with his robe in hand and unexpectedly found that he was standing on solid frozen soil. Looking around, there was no snow in this area.

The vast snow fog covered the mountains, wrapping around a white villa not far away like a circular flow, with the outline of a huge castle.

Outside the manor are scattered blue-gray stones of various sizes frozen by frost, with groups of long-tailed pine pigeons with gray-blue feathers perched on the stones. This is probably the origin of the name of Hanshi Manor.

There was a small patch of bare gray forest covered with icicles at the entrance of the manor. Ronan saw several carriages similar to the one he was riding parked beside the forest.

"Is there anyone else visiting Madam Livy?"

Ronan asked the coachman who was leading the way, and the latter nodded and replied respectfully: "Yes, sir, three sirs have arrived at the manor before you."

It seems that the reputation of Hanshi Manor is indeed good, and the rumors of monsters circulating nearby have not been taken too seriously by the wizard community.
Ronan nodded and walked into the manor.

There were already servants waiting at the entrance of the manor, waiting for Ronan.

Ronan followed the manor's servant and strolled towards a white pointed-roof castle in front of him.

The manor was desolate everywhere, and some dead and rotten plants could be vaguely seen on the land frozen by frost.

Ronan used his mental power to pull out a plant and rubbed it gently in his hand.

It's iris.

A fairly hardy species of iris.

Unfortunately, the temperature of Baishigaoling is too low. Without the maintenance of the rune array, even the cold-resistant varieties of irises would quickly die in the ice and snow.

However, it is not common to see ice wizards who like irises..
Ronan was thinking casually, and unknowingly approached the huge white castle.

The tall butler who led the way pushed open the castle gate, stopped and made a gesture to invite Ronan to come in.

The light red carpet stretched from the castle entrance all the way to the entire hall. The light inside the castle was bright and the temperature was not much different from that outside.

At first glance, the various decorations inside are in very traditional wizard aristocratic style.

"Is it Lord Linus?!"

A woman's voice was heard from far away in the castle.

Ronan had already noticed that there were several people sitting in the castle hall, and when he pushed the door open, they all subconsciously looked at him.

"Yes."

Ronan responded that before coming, he had used the fragments of the mirror tool to replicate the aura of an ordinary late-level first-level wizard in order to conceal his own extraordinary powerful mental fluctuations.

"We've all been waiting for you... you're finally here!"

The woman who spoke quickly came towards Ronan, her voice full of joy.

This is a woman wearing an exquisite blue dress, with blonde hair, green eyes, and faint crow's feet on both sides of her eyes, but she looks mature and charming.

The woman exuded the aura of a mid-level second-level wizard, but when facing Ronan, she did not have the slightest bit of the reserve and arrogance of a high-level wizard. Instead, she was extremely friendly, as if she and Ronan were good friends who had not seen each other for many years.

“Service attitude is pretty good”

Ronan silently made an assessment in his mind, and then politely asked, "Is it Madam Livy?"

"Yes, you guessed it right."

A beautiful witch named Madam Livi came up, naturally took Ronan's arm, and led him affectionately to the gathering place in the castle hall.

"Your body is really strong, unlike ordinary wizards."

Mrs. Livi took Ronan's hand and gently pinched his arm twice, making a sweet giggle. The hot air from her mouth seemed to spray on Ronan's earlobe, making Ronan feel an irresistible discomfort.

However, Madam Livy seemed quite sensible. After she led Ronan closer, she gently released his hand and briefly introduced him to the people present: "Mr. Linus came to Coldstone Manor for the same purpose as you all."

Some people on the field nodded slightly to Ronan, while others just glanced at him and turned away.

This was not an exchange meeting between wizards. They were just "customers" who came to the door. Madam Livi's behavior of actively introducing the guests seemed strange.

Ronan found a random chair and sat down.

There are a total of four wizards on the field who have received the "talent transplant" like him, one is a level two wizard, and the remaining three are all late level one like him.

Madam Livy is the strongest of all the people on the field.

"Since all the guests are here, I will take Mr. Yukik in first. The others can rest for a while. The wait won't be too long."

Madam Livi spoke to everyone with a smile, and then clapped her hands. Servants came out from both sides of the castle and served snacks and tea to the wizards on the scene.

And Yukik, who was named by Madam Livi, was the second-level wizard among the guests.

He was a thin man with cold eyes and sparse hair. He quickly stood up and followed Madam Livy to the back of the castle hall.

Ronan sat in his seat, killing time out of boredom. The other wizards around him didn't seem to have any desire to communicate with others, and everyone sat quietly.

The snacks and tea brought by the castle servants were all cold food, and Ronan had no interest in even tasting them.

He began to observe the interior of the castle.

They were now in the very center of the castle hall, with a spiral staircase on each side leading to the second floor.

Ronan's eyes followed the stairs to the second floor, and he found that the dark corridor on the second floor was covered with portraits of people.

All are women.

She has a graceful and noble temperament, and looks somewhat similar to Madam Livi.

Some of the women in the portraits are still moving, rubbing their cheeks, blinking, or even yawning. In such a quiet environment, it feels a bit eerie and creepy.

Ronan was not surprised.

He had heard of this special portrait technique, which was a kind of wizard alchemy method. It could preserve part of the character's charm when he was alive, making him look extremely lifelike.

Some more extreme cases will even have their entire soul reside in it after death, and can remain there for up to a thousand years.

"In a family where only women are eligible to inherit, what is the role of men in the family?
Only provide fertility?"

Ronan suddenly understood why Mrs. Livy's behavior seemed a little "dissolute".

Perhaps this is how the Hanshi Manor family continues, by obtaining the seeds of powerful wizards through some means to cultivate the offspring of their own family.

Now that the family has lost its talent, there is no need to be reserved in some areas.
Ronan sat in his seat and made random guesses. This was also a way to kill time.

The ancient clock in the castle was ticking, and no one knew how much time had passed before two figures returned to the hall.

It was none other than Madam Livi and the second-level wizard Yukik who had left earlier.

Yukik, who was still at the early stage of level two when he just left, now began to emit mental fluctuations of the middle stage of level two, but it was a little unstable, and it seemed as if it was forcibly raised by some means.

But Yukik still looked quite happy, and his excitement could not be hidden on his cold face.

What surprised Ronan was that Yukik, who had been quite cold and arrogant before, seemed to have a huge change in his attitude towards Madam Livi after he came back from his trip.

In a subtle way, he showed a kind of respect from the bottom of his heart, a respect that was even a bit like flattery.

His appearance also underwent some subtle changes - his originally sparse hair became thick and coarse, his thin figure seemed to be stronger, and he exuded a slight heat, which was a sign of his surging blood and strengthened physique.

Ronan is a master in body building and is extremely sensitive to the other person's physical changes.

"Will talent transplantation affect physical fitness?"

Ronan frowned slightly, with a strong sense of doubt in his heart, but his face remained calm.

The return of the two made the wizards waiting on the field all sit up straight.

"According to the agreement, Mr. Yukik, you need to live in the manor for two months."

"clear."

Yukik, who had just completed the ceremony and was promoted in some aspects, nodded respectfully to Madam Livi, and then, led by several castle servants, left the hall and went to another place in the castle.

"So..who's next?"

After seeing Yukik off, Madam Livi looked at the remaining people in the hall with her habitual smile.

A dark-skinned female wizard stood up and followed Madam Livi away.

In the following time, Mrs. Livi would come back almost every one or two hours.

Some of the wizards who left with her came back with her, while others did not.

Madam Livi's explanation for this was that those people left directly after completing the "talent transplant".

There was nothing suspicious about this. After all, the wizards present were not friends with each other, and there was no need to come back and take another look at them.

at last.

It's Ronan's turn.

In the softly lit corridor, Ronan followed Mrs. Livi as she walked slowly, still thinking about Yukik.

He always felt that there were some secrets hidden in Hanshi Manor.

This secret might be the reason why monsters appear near Hanshi Manor, people often go missing, and even official wizards go missing.

But there might be some danger.
Ronan felt it was unlikely.

Since so many ice wizards come here every year to perform "talent transplantation", if Hanshi Manor was a "devil's den" that occasionally "eats people without leaving any bones", it would have been exposed long ago and flattened by people working together.

Most wizards who can afford "talent transplantation" have good backgrounds, dare to come to the door on their own initiative, and are not soft persimmons that can be bullied by anyone.

Whitestone Castle is also a gathering place for grey robes, but it is not a place for dark wizards.

Ronan is more inclined to believe that the secret hidden in Hanshi Manor is something that those who know the secret understand and abide by tacitly.

Often this kind of thing also means benefits that you don't want others to know.

"Sir Linus looks like he is of noble birth. Is he from some powerful wizarding land?"

Mrs. Livy, who was leading the way, suddenly spoke to Ronan.

Ronan shook his head calmly, "Not very powerful... and I spend most of my time traveling alone."

Madam Li Wei stopped and looked back at him and smiled. She didn't say anything, but gently pushed open a door beside her and said to him, "We're here."

Inside the door was a small room with soft lighting. There was not much furniture except for a set of rather exquisite golden tables and chairs.

The two sat down at the table, and Madam Livi pushed a few rune stones towards Ronan. She was wearing several beautiful gem rings on her hands, which made the skin on her fingers look even more delicate and smooth.

Ronan picked up the rune stones on the table and scanned them one by one. The contents recorded in them were similar to what he saw in the carriage when he came here, but they were more detailed.

"Let's just use the second-order cold-scaled python."

Ronan thought about it and made a decision.

The Frost Scale Python is a first-level magical beast that is very difficult to break through to the second level.

But once promoted to the second level, it means that the bloodline has evolved and has more powerful abilities and potential than monsters of the same level.

After the "Talent Transplant", the ice energy affinity effect it can bring will be stronger.

At the same time, the innate ability of the Frost Scale Python is the instant second-level [Ice Armor], a defensive second-level spell, which is considered an advanced spell of the first-level [Ice Armor]. It can not only serve as a spell anchor point in the [Frozen Soil] field, but is also quite practical.

Ronan has no shortage of offensive means, but his defensive means are not rich, so the transplant of the Frost Scale Python talent is the best choice for him.

Madam Li Wei's eyes flickered, and she said softly, "I only have one copy of the Frost Scale Python bloodline, and I just used it on a wizard before you... Sir Linus, you can consider another choice."

Such a coincidence? !

Ronan had a blank expression on his face, but an inexplicable emotion was slowly surging in his heart.

But he didn't say anything. He just took out his second choice and made a new choice.

Logically speaking, the next step is bargaining and preparation.

Madam Livi gently pushed aside a few rune stones on the table, looked directly at Ronan with her emerald eyes, and said softly, "Actually, I have a few better options here. Would you like to listen to them before making a decision?"

Ronan narrowed his eyes slightly, with a faint light flashing in them. He was not at all surprised by Mrs. Livi's sudden new proposal. Instead, he had a thought - "It's finally here."

He looked calm, nodded, and said to Madam Li Wei in front of him: "You might as well tell me."

(End of this chapter)