Wizard Earl

Since the creation of the Polsa Crystal Ball, many people have been speculating about the identity of the mysterious alchemist who assisted Polsa in crafting the Heritage Crystal Ball, but no one has been able to come up with a definitive answer!

But now Connor feels he has solved the mystery and found the answer: this mysterious alchemist is, without a doubt, his dear mentor Reyes!

As a master alchemist, Reyes was fully capable of helping Borsa to forge the Borsa Crystal Ball. There were at least two Borsa Crystal Balls, one used on Costa and the other ended up in Reyes' hands!

The "gift" and the "forbidden mechanism" that Reyes gave Connor in the crystal ball to help him break through to the first level of wizarding are actually the same thing. This thing is the legacy of Bolsa. By obtaining a part of Bolsa's cultivation, Connor will be like Costa back then, and will definitely immediately have the cultivation of the peak of the first level of wizarding. However, he will be stuck at this level for life. This means that Connor will never be able to pose a threat to Reyes, who is a second level wizard!

Reyes's scheme was truly a cunning and insidious plan. Moreover, it might even be a two-pronged attack: Connor, a peak-level first-tier wizard, posed no threat to him, and perhaps even benefited his other plans regarding Connor through the advanced wizarding meditation technique, *The Abyss Arcane*...

It took Connor twenty minutes to calm his anger at almost falling for Reyes's dirty trick. He then began to examine the secret vault. Just as he had guessed, Reyes had placed high-quality magic stones under every floor tile of the underground chamber. These magic stones were connected by Reyes using a type of rune that Connor had never seen before, but which was extremely concealed and efficient, forming a mysterious energy array.

After excavating the entire energy array from the underground vault, Connor was no longer threatened, but after observing the mysterious array for a while, a chill ran down his spine, and he felt a sense of relief.

If Connor hadn't noticed anything amiss when breaking the formation and had instead attacked the energy vortex on the left, he would have fallen into Reyes's trap. This would have caused the energy array's suction to increase tenfold in an instant, leaving Connor with no choice but to accept the inheritance from the Borsa Crystal Ball. There would be no other possibility!

Although the energy array Reyes had set up in the secret vault almost backfired on him, Connor was deterred by its immense alchemical value. He had never seen anything like it before, and understanding it would greatly improve his alchemical skills. Therefore, after calming down, Connor didn't destroy the array in anger. Instead, he relaid the floor tiles and hid the energy array in the vault, planning to study it thoroughly after he took over Ferguson Manor.

After dealing with everything in the underground vault, Connor returned to the library above ground. But just as Connor was about to return the bronze key to Jon Ferguson, he was surprised to find that Jon Ferguson, who was lying on the bed in the secret room on the second floor of the library, was completely lifeless and had his eyes closed peacefully. He had been dead for about ten minutes.

This immediately puzzled Connor. Before he went to the underground vault, Jon Ferguson was alive and well. He had just been knocked unconscious and didn't remember what happened tonight. He was supposed to wake up tomorrow morning. How could he be dead now?

Connor's first thought was that he had just been killed, but this idea was quickly dismissed by him. First of all, there were no marks on Jon Ferguson's body, and there were no signs of anyone else in the secret room on the second floor. Moreover, just ten minutes ago, although Connor was in the underground vault, unless Reyes was there in person, it would be difficult for anyone else to deceive Connor's mental power. He had killed Jon Ferguson silently in the secret room.

Filled with doubt, Connor meticulously examined Jon Ferguson's body. This time, he made a new discovery: within the capillaries of Jon Ferguson's body, he found a considerable number of tiny, invisible black particles. Connor's initial examination of Jon Ferguson, focused on checking for any mental restrictions, and the fact that these black particles were so small and well-hidden within Jon Ferguson's body, had prevented him from noticing them. But now, seeing them, it was truly horrifying…

After observing carefully for about a minute, Connor's expression became serious. If he wasn't mistaken, these black particles should be some kind of toxin. Judging from the degree of integration between these black particles and capillaries, these black particles had been present in Jon Ferguson's body for at least half a year.

This means that these black particles are some kind of chronic toxin. Jon Ferguson was poisoned at least six months ago. The rest is unknown. Today was supposed to be the day Jon Ferguson's death was approaching, or perhaps the pills Connor just gave him stimulated the toxin, causing it to take effect prematurely and kill Jon Ferguson.

Connor shook his head slightly, sighed, and then looked at Jon Ferguson's body, whispering, "Grandpa Jon, rest in peace and reunite with your family over there. Whoever harmed you, I will avenge you!"

After giving Jon Ferguson his promise, Connor conjured a black flame in his hand, cremated Jon Ferguson's body, and buried his ashes in the library's underground vault, so that he could protect the Ferguson family in another form.

Connor originally intended to return the key to the underground vault to Jon Ferguson for safekeeping, but now that Jon Ferguson is dead, and his death is so suspicious, Connor senses a conspiracy.

Although Jon Ferguson killed many people for the Ferguson family and did many shady things when he was young, if the descendants of his former enemies wanted to take revenge on him, they would definitely want to kill this seventy-year-old man with one blow, and would never be patient enough to use a slow poison to kill him in a painless way!

If it wasn't for revenge, then what was the purpose of the person who poisoned Jon Ferguson, who would use a slow-acting poison to kill a tower keeper who hadn't stepped out of the family library for decades?