Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 374 Conditions

There needs to be a method to doing things.

The Rivoss Academy is inclined to grant the request of the Michelle Sage Tower Mission.

Link Grand also agreed to step in and negotiate with Cowell Ludwell, a sixth-level sage.

However, there's no need to rush.

One news item is that Link's wedding preparations are almost complete and it will be held soon;

Secondly, it's unlikely that the Rivosos Academy would rush to agree after the Michelle Sage's Tower delegation made the request.

That would make it seem as if the Rivosos Academy is inferior in status to the Tower of the Great Sage Michel.

Long ago, the Great Sage Tower of Michelle was no longer qualified to speak with the Rivosos Academy based on its strength and status.

Putting aside these unrelated matters, Link and Jasmine's wedding began quietly.

Link didn't invite many guests, and the wedding wasn't as grand as Asander Cornett and Renée Clark's.

They only invited Sage Paro, Sage Celine, Sage Cody, members of "Do Whatever You Want," old man Murphy, and Poirot Salosar.

Dean Forrest received the invitation but did not attend in person; he only sent a gift.

This distance is just right.

Link was already drawing enough attention.

If Dean Forrest were to attend Link and Jasmine's wedding in person, Link would likely be placed in the eye of the storm again.

The wedding went very smoothly, and no one tried to cause trouble.

On the other hand, the Rivosos forum saw a surge in comments from witches expressing envy for Molly Kidman.

Link and Jasmine's past has basically been exposed.

The most striking and enviable thing is that Molly Kidman's wizarding aptitude is actually quite poor, but by "hooking up" with the Sage Grand, she won from the very beginning.

Many witches thought that Link Grand Sage was a studious, reclusive nerd who only knew how to study, while Molly Kidman was a pot of green tea that had already been brewed.

Taking advantage of her proximity to the source, Green Tea fully utilized her tea skills to gradually win over the Sage Grand.

In this way, thanks to the resources and help she received from the Sage Grand, Molly Kidman was able to become a Level 3 Wizard so quickly.

She was ahead of Lanny Taylor, who was also a fifth-class talent in the same cohort, and faster than most of the previous fifth-class talents.

Expanding the scope to the entire wizarding world, among the younger generation under 25, only the two sages, Link and Iris Clark, can be considered the top geniuses of the most prestigious wizarding forces.

These are those who were shortlisted for the Supreme Council's two selections related to parallel universes.

After the wedding, Lani Taylor learned about the commotion on the forum and was speechless.

Those witches who claimed to "sympathize" with Lani Taylor were all more wicked and filthy than the last.

He was jealous and wanted to slander Molly Kidman, but instead used her as a scapegoat.

Lanny Taylor decided to settle scores with the most vocal witches one by one after she was promoted to a third-level wizard.

"When are you going to advance to level three wizard?"

On their way back to the Academy's main world after leaving Link and Molly's new home, Tiffany noticed Lanny's actions and couldn't help but ask her what was wrong.

An unprecedented upheaval occurred after the wizarding world dispatched a five-person delegation to a parallel universe.

Throughout the wizarding world, the cultivation speed of wizards below the Great Sage level is accelerating.

In the past, it would take twenty or thirty years to be promoted to the sage level, but now, if one has enough talent and opportunity, it may only take seven or eight years.

Lanny Taylor's progress in her spiritual practice was actually quite fast, not slow at all.

If it weren't for the need to take her time and mature more, she could have taken advantage of the great upheaval and relied on the resources of the Diomand family to become a level three wizard before Jasmine.

It's just a matter of different choices.

With that thought in mind, Lanny Taylor smiled and said, "Today! Today!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a mysterious fluctuation appeared on Lani Taylor's body, and her entire aura suddenly changed.

In Tiffany's eyes, it was like a river flowing upstream from a low-lying area, climbing up a high cliff, and leaping into a wide river.

This scene made Tiffany extremely jealous.

She also possessed a fifth-grade superior aptitude and had cultivated for two more years than Lanny Taylor, yet...

She was promoted just two days earlier than Lanny Taylor.

However, Tiffany quickly adjusted her mood.

The two followed Sandra, who was smiling as she looked over, back to the main world of the academy.

Sandra was, of course, happy.

Link Grand's early ascension to the sage realm is enough to prove that her ideals are sound.

Tiffany Colonna and Lanny Taylor's rapid attainment of Level 3 wizards is certainly due to their own talent and hard work, but Sandra's vision and mentorship cannot be denied.

Among the scions of the world's great families at the academy's main campus, and among their peers with fifth-class superior aptitude, not a single third-level wizard has yet emerged.

The fourth generation of the Diormand family will undoubtedly revere her, Sandra Diormand!

After seeing off all the guests, Link and Jasmine finally had some free time.

The couple ordered their smart home assistant to clean the house and tidy up, then went to their bridal chamber to pack their gifts.

After that, they enjoyed a few more days of blissful married life.

Link and Jasmine had just left their cozy home and were busy with their own business.

Jasmine needs to keep a close eye on the Grand family's businesses while also keeping up with her own spiritual practice; she has a lot to do.

As for Link, he proactively approached Ms. Lisandra, indicating that he was ready to cooperate with the Academy at any time to speak with Cowell Ludwell, a sixth-level sage.

For some reason, Ms. Lissandra's attitude towards Link changed.

I'm not as resistant as I used to be.

However, both of them knew that there was a thorn between them that they could never remove.

Even if Link gets the chance to kill Soren Lucia.

What's done is done, and cannot be ignored.

Ms. Lisandra told Link to go back and prepare, as he might be asked to appear this afternoon.

The academy wouldn't let Link make his appearance for nothing; the prepared rewards were even distributed ahead of schedule.

Two base units of "ammunition" have been replenished to the Grand Sage Legion's starfleet.

This made Link quite happy.

With two base numbers, we can wage another annihilation war like the last one.

Its value is approximately equivalent to 6 to 12 standard level 3 magic stones.

This appearance fee is not low for a level four sage.

Time quickly passed and it was afternoon.

Led by Ms. Lisandra, Link arrived at a villa in the central district of Rivosos.

Each wizarding faction's headquarters world is subject to extremely strict entry and exit controls.

Even with allies like the University of Mesopotamia, Rivosos Academy will carefully decide whether to allow outsiders into its main world.

Last time, it was only after the Great Sage Michel himself summoned Lysander that Cowell Ludwell brought her into the main world of the Great Sage Michel's Tower.

Even so, they made blatant precautions along the way, switching teleportations several times.

The delegation from the Tower of the Great Sage Michelle, hosted by Rivosos Academy, was naturally located in the central district of Rivosos City, the home of the Wizarding World.

Cowell Ludwell insisted on meeting with Link Grand in person.

This afternoon, I finally got my wish.

The rest of the delegation was excluded, and in the huge conference hall, only Cowell Ludwell, a sixth-level sage, was waiting for Link's arrival.

Ms. Lisandra was quite surprised to see this.

"Ma'am, could you please step aside for a moment?"

Cowell Ludwell's very first words were even more surprising.

"impossible."

Ms. Lisandra refused without even thinking.

This request is truly unreasonable and seems like pushing one's luck.

"All right."

Cowell Ludwell was not at all surprised to receive such a reply.

He shrugged, behaving somewhat frivolously; his tone, posture, and movements were not very appropriate.

Ms. Lissandra frowned.

Even though they were prepared, the academy deduced that Cowell Ludwell's request to speak with Link Grande meant he was plotting something sinister.

However, when the time came, Ms. Lisandra felt that she and her companions had been too optimistic.

Just then, Cowell Ludwell turned to look at the calm and collected Link and said with a smile, "Hello, Sage Grand, I am Cowell Ludwell. We met before."

"I have met the Sage Ludwell."

Link gave a brief response without saying anything more.

Before coming, Link had set the rules for today's meeting and discussions.

Listen more, observe more, think more, and speak less.

Cowell smiled, not finding Link's subtle wariness offensive at all, but rather quite appreciative.

Very good. He did not become complacent or arrogant because he was promoted to sage at a young age, nor because he beat up a super genius of his time in the Supreme Council.

Only a wizard who can always maintain humility and caution can continuously climb to the top.

The reason is simple: this type of wizard is not so likely to die prematurely.

A dead genius, no matter how brilliant, is still a dead person.

Only living geniuses can continuously realize their potential.

Link Grand's performance warrants further discussion.

Cowell turned to look at Ms. Lissandra and said in an extremely serious and solemn tone, "Great Sage Michel has decided to give up the Michel District in exchange for Sage Link Grand joining the Tower of Great Sage Michel."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Ms. Lisandra was so shocked that she almost jumped up.

Is the Great Sage Michel going to abandon the Michel district?

This news directly shattered Ms. Lisandra's composure.

"Madam, you heard me right."

Cowell smiled, enjoying the sight of Ms. Lisandra's loss of composure and the beautiful scene of the fruit on the branches undulating due to her hesitant emotions.

Once Ms. Lisandra had calmed down and glared at him, Cowell finally withdrew his deliberately blatant gaze.

Yes, Cowell did it on purpose.

Only by constantly stimulating Lissandra's mind can the subsequent negotiations possibly begin.

Adhering to this principle, Cowell continued, "Madam, I might as well be frank: Great Sage Michelle has made up her mind to give up the Michelle District. However, whether it will be given to your Rivosos Academy or to other forces qualified to establish independent districts depends on whether you can meet our conditions."

After a pause, Cowell emphasized, word by word, "Our condition is simple: Sage Link Grande must transfer to our Great Sage Michel's Tower."

After saying that, Cowell nodded to Link, gave him a friendly smile, and then walked away.

As he reached the entrance to the conference hall, Cowell stopped again, saying without turning his head, "Seven days. From the time I proposed meeting with Sage Link Grand to the time you agreed to the request, a total of seven days have passed. So, I'll give you seven days to think it over carefully."

Only Link and Ms. Lisandra remained in the meeting room.

Everyone has different feelings and different thoughts.

Before long, Ms. Lissandra calmed down completely, looked at Link who had a calm expression, opened her mouth as if to say something, but swallowed her words back.

Her behavior just now was truly inappropriate.

This is completely inconsistent with her status and strength as a sixth-level True Spirit Wizard.

This is strange.

It's unclear what methods Cowell Ludwell used to stir up her emotions.

In the face of shock, a person's outward behavior is a true reflection of their inner thoughts.

Ms. Lissandra knew that Link had once studied True Spirit Wizardry and was quite skilled at it.

Of course I knew that the moment I heard Cowell's conditions, I revealed my true thoughts.

That is, trading a Link Grand for a Michel district is a particularly good deal.

As a result, the atmosphere between the two was quite tense.

Adhering to the principle of listening more, observing more, thinking more, and speaking less, Link remained calm and did not take the initiative to speak.

Ms. Lissandra, unable to swallow her pride, explained to Link that her previous behavior was due to Cowell's trap, and that even if she had ideas, she wouldn't easily put them into action.

Okay, this matter is hard to explain.

"Go back by yourself."

Ms. Lissandra was not one to mince words; if she couldn't explain it clearly, then she wouldn't explain it at all, she said in her tone and voice.

"Um."

Link nodded, stood up, and left.

There was no procrastination, nor was any intention revealed.

"Ugh!"

Ms. Lisandra sighed, and with a thought, she teleported to Dean Forrest's office.

Are you really interested?

Dean Forrest stood by the window, gazing eastward.

The Great Sage's Tower of Michel is in that direction.

"Um."