Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 422 Reappearance

A real man never looks back at an explosion.

Link did not watch the scene of the Level 6 Sage and his family headquarters, which he had built up over a lifetime, turning to ashes in the self-destruction.

Just as he felt no joy at that moment.

In Link's view, killing a Level 6 Sage in such a way, so easily, as if crushing an ant, was really not something to be happy about.

This matter was something that Link found extremely repulsive.

there are many reasons.

The biggest one, of course, made Link feel like an ant.

Below the saints, all are but ants!

There are reasons why I did it even though I knew I would hate it.

One reason was to avenge Christina and free Garona from living in hatred.

But that's not the main reason. There are two main reasons.

Firstly, Link wanted to test the performance of this spaceship and, incidentally, verify a suspicion he had in mind.

The test is now over. This spaceship is extremely powerful, powerful enough to easily crush a level six sage and destroy all his achievements in one lifetime.

The suspicions were also confirmed.

As the Tower of the Great Sage Michelle launched its surprise attack on the advance party of the Rivosos Academy, a small elite interstellar fleet simultaneously attempted to surround the spaceship.

Link went through tremendous effort to avoid being successfully surrounded.

However, as it turned out, given the performance of this spaceship, if it had unleashed its full firepower at that time, not only would it have escaped, but it could have also annihilated that small elite interstellar fleet.

Lotte Snow manipulated things using his ownership privileges.

The motive is unknown, but the purpose is definitely to use Link and Jasmine as bait.

Of course, that's all in the past now.

Even if his suspicions were confirmed, there was nothing Link could do.

It's just that I'm not so confused anymore.

Who says that living means being blissfully ignorant?

Link refused.

Secondly, Link wanted to personally experience just how big the gap was between a saint and someone below the saint level.

This spaceship is naturally far inferior to the Saint.

Let alone one, even a hundred or a thousand ships cannot compare.

However, to be able to barely become the mount of a saint, one's status must still be quite high.

From the actual performance of this starship, we can deduce to some extent what kind of power the saint possesses.

With the "price" of his Level 6 Sage and his life's work being destroyed without any resistance, Link personally experienced just how vast the gap truly is between Saints and those below them.

As the saying goes, all those below the saint are but ants!

Therefore, Link didn't know whether he should feel fortunate or not.

After all, it would be difficult to find another mid-level wizard like him.

He could be a blood-related brother of a saint's reincarnation, interact with the Celestial Master Xu Jing, who was infinitely close to the saint's rank, so many times, and even have face-to-face conversations with elemental saints.

It is neither unprecedented nor unparalleled.

It is extremely rare to find a contemporary reference point.

"call……"

After letting his mind wander for a while, Link suppressed the jumbled thoughts churning in his mind and started to get down to business.

He first informed Ms. Lisandra, the acting dean of Rivosos Academy, of his annihilation of a level six sage from Shadow City.

After all, once the Michelle District was renamed the Rivosos District, Shadow City became a wizarding force under the jurisdiction of Rivosos Academy.

Link's complicated relationship with Rivosos Academy and the Diormand family has not been exposed to the public.

In the public eye, Link Grand is a highly regarded member of Rivoss Academy.

Wiping out an entire family of a level six sage from Shadow City is no small matter.

Without clarifying the matter, who can be sure whether Link's actions represent the will of Rivosos Academy?

What if Rivoss Academy really does have designs on Shadow City?

The motivation is readily available; there's no need to think of it on the spot.

After all, not long ago, Rivosos Academy suffered a great loss at the Great Sage's Tower of Michel.

It's understandable that they would turn around and vent their anger on Shadow City, which once had a very close relationship with the Tower of the Great Sage Michel.

Having thrown out a hot potato, Link ignored how Ms. Lisandra would react or act upon receiving the message and continued to focus on his own work.

After inputting a few commands into the control panel of the Starship, Link soon received an edited video.

The story begins with the sudden appearance of the Starry Sky Flying Boat near the headquarters of the Level 6 Sage's family, and ends with the Level 6 Sage and his family's headquarters turning to ashes in a self-destruction.

The climax in the middle is the scene where the sixth-level sage tries to fight to the death but is powerless to resist.

After quickly reviewing the video and confirming that it was exactly what he wanted, Link sent the edited video to Garona.

Along with the video, Link also released a quote.

"Garona, don't live in hatred, grow up happily."

This video and this quote can be considered Link's birthday gift to Garona.

After finishing these two tasks, Link quickly adjusted his emotions.

From this moment on, he will truly embark on the path of confronting his "predetermined fate."

Everyone must be responsible for their choices and bear the corresponding consequences.

When Link chooses to face his "predestined fate" alone, he must keep company with loneliness and befriend solitude.

After setting the new destination coordinates, the Starship enters the highest level of stealth navigation mode, like an invisible, intangible, and undetectable ghost, traversing the starry sky.

Link, like a ghost, has temporarily severed ties with the wizarding civilization.

The Wizarding World's homeland, Rivosos Academy.

After receiving the message from Link, Lissandra Diormand showed no emotional reaction.

Those who are not in a position should not concern themselves with its affairs.

Before becoming the acting dean of Rivoss College, Lissandra didn't quite understand or think highly of many of her brother Forrest's decisions and actions.

She had always thought that Forrest lived too restrainedly, even too repressedly.

Not at all carefree and unrestrained.

Unlike her, who said she wanted to divorce the great-grandson of the True Spirit Saint of the Central Plains, and then immediately divorced him.

They said they wouldn't give custody of Sandra to the other party unless it was awarded to them.

However, after becoming the acting dean, Lissandra took on all the responsibilities of the junior college, senior college, main college, numerous business companies, numerous families, numerous partners, and numerous enemies of Rivosos Academy. Only then did she understand why her second brother, Forrest, had been so restrained and even so resentful all these years.

With heavy burdens on my shoulders, I really can't live a carefree and unrestrained life!

Link Grand's unconventional move of not giving any prior notice, while in line with a plan that the academy and family were about to undertake, was indeed a major surprise.

In the past, Lissandra's first reaction would definitely have been to tell Link to clean up his own mess.

But now, Lissandra's first reaction is to take this opportunity to launch that plan ahead of schedule.

Seize the initiative, deliver a powerful blow, and then take whatever you want!

While Lissandra was busy with her own petty schemes, Garona also received a birthday gift from Link.

After watching the video once, Garona deleted it completely without any expression.

Christina is dead, and the enemy who killed her, the Level 6 Sage, is also dead. Is there really no one left to take revenge on?

Still there.

Shadow City is Garona's target for revenge!

"Father."

Garona went to the French windows of the bedroom and looked at her younger sister Melia, who was playing happily on the lawn. She gently touched her left wrist with her right index finger.

There is a faint pattern there, so subtle that you can't see it unless you look closely.

Stroking the faint patterns, Garona murmured to herself, "Father, the special construct you designed specifically for me is called 'Shadow Serpent's Bite.' Isn't the Shadow City's greatest pride based on its research achievements on the Shadow Serpent race? I was born to destroy the Shadow City!"

If Link heard this, he might have a deeper understanding of "predetermined fate" and develop a stronger obsession with breaking free from it.

At the same time, it also helps to better understand why the wizarding civilization acknowledges the existence of "fate" but does not believe in it.

However, Link was already far from the Wizarding World and could no longer hear Garona's murmurs.

Like a ghost, doing everything possible to avoid detection by the wizarding civilization, Link quietly arrived at a starfield he hadn't visited in a long time, aboard a starship.

In this star system, the Supreme Council placed a star fortress to monitor the special ruined world that connects the universe of the wizard civilization with the universe of the immortal civilization.

After the passage between the two universes was opened, that special ruined world disappeared.

Perhaps it became the structure of the passage between the two universes, perhaps it became Iris Clark's destined world, or perhaps it simply disappeared. Who can say for sure?

However, regardless of the outcome, this star system will remain unnoticed.

Or rather, apart from a few dedicated wizards and wizarding factions, not many people are still paying attention to this star field.

Link kept the Starship in its highest level of stealth mode the whole way, trying to avoid being discovered by any wizards or wizarding forces with ulterior motives.

As for the five saints of the Supreme Council and Master Xu Jing, Link did not have any intention of guarding against them.

This is especially true after personally experiencing the vast difference between saints and those below sainthood.

It can't be hidden.

Under Link's command, the Starship activated its full-power detection mode to search for any cloaked units in the vicinity.

Barry is only half of 90.

It took half a month to arrive here stealthily, avoiding countless detections along the way. We can't afford to be exposed at the last moment.

After patiently waiting for three rounds of detection and confirming that there were no invisible units nearby and that his actions would not be noticed by any malicious wizards or wizarding forces, Link no longer waited and acted decisively.

The spaceship arrived near the coordinates of the location of the special ruins world.

With a thought, Link's innate construct set instantly appeared, switching to extreme defense and extreme survival modes. He then left the starship and flew alone towards the coordinates of the special ruins world.

During the flight, Link closed his eyes and activated his life force.

The concept of "life" comes from the civilization of immortals and gods.

The concept of "light of life" is similar.

Although the wizarding civilization excels at learning, assimilation, and sublimation, Link has also incorporated this into his instincts as he continues to grow.

However, only half a month has passed since Link entered the River of Time with the help of Master Xu Jing and revealed the light of life.

It is not easy to actively ignite one's own life force in such a short time, in a manner entirely characteristic of a wizard.

Fortunately, Link is not an inflexible person.

Since it's impossible to do this entirely in a wizarding way, let's compromise.

Do it in other ways first, and then gradually "localize" it.

From the abilities he possessed, Link chose the ability from the Human Immortal Martial Arts World: "Break through the void and you can see the gods."

The so-called "seeing the divine" can also be understood as "enlightening one's mind and seeing one's true nature."

Furthermore, since the Immortal Martial Artist cultivates essence, qi, and spirit simultaneously, the first four realms—Qi Strength, Condensation of Truth, Return to Oneness, and Penetrating Emptiness—all involve cultivating life-force techniques.

In this way, both life and death can be saved.

It is very simple to reflect one's own "light of life".

Including this time, the experiences and gains from the Immortal Martial Arts World have already helped Link a lot for the third time.

Every experience is a treasure; this is absolutely true.

A faint glow emanated from Link's body, and as Link flew toward the center of the special ruins world, it seemed to breathe, constantly adjusting the rhythm of its flashing.

This scene is extremely similar to what happened when Link was taken to the River of Time by Master Xu Jing.

The difference is that in the long river of time, what responds to or drives Link's life force to adjust its rhythm is the flow of time; but here, what responds to or drives it is still unknown.

Link flew slowly, contemplating the experience, without any rush.

More than three hours passed in this manner.

Even with Link deliberately slowing down his flight speed, just as he was about to reach the coordinates that should be the center of the special ruined world, the change Link had been waiting for arrived.

The faint light transformed from breaths into whispers.

Link listened intently.

Before long, Link clearly heard the whispered words of the faint light, and was quite surprised.

He opened his eyes and looked around.

All around was a pitch-black void, with no trace of any special ruined world or other celestial bodies.

The invisible spaceship hovered not far away.

With just a thought, Link can use the pre-set teleportation function to return to the Starship.

Everything is real and true, and still originates from the universe where the wizard civilization resides.

It is not in a state of overlap between two universes, as it was when the special ruins world existed.

However, just as he clearly heard the whispered words of the faint light, Link suddenly felt that he had entered that superposition state.

It exists in both the universe of the wizard civilization and the universe of the immortal and god civilization.

It exists in the present, as well as in the past and the future.

This feeling is quite wonderful, somewhat like the three horizontal and three vertical lifetimes that Link spoke of in his previous Buddhist life, and also somewhat like the feeling of being at the source of the river of time that the Celestial Master mentioned.

In short, it was a very fruitful experience.

(End of this chapter)