Colin shook his head.
"Words alone can't explain," said Wild with a mysterious smile,
"but this is the gift I wish to thank you with."
"Please come with me… It will take no more than an hour of your time."
At this point, despite hesitating, Colin decided to follow Wild's steps.
To be honest, he was also curious about how the Yili Kingdom had managed to recruit two Sacrificial Wizards.
They walked through the hallways and climbed into a carriage.
Ten minutes later, the ornately decorated carriage slowed and eventually stopped.
Colin stepped down from the carriage and was met with the sight of a luxurious palace.
"This is the former residence of the wizards Ivan and Anthony," Wild explained as he led Colin inside.
Soon, the pair approached an ancient, gray building deep within the palace grounds.
Narrow windows, a semicircular archway, and a low dome—this was a typical tower.
The mottled exterior was covered with green ivy, and nearby, white roses swayed in the breeze.
No guards were stationed here, and Wild took the initiative to open the iron-bound wooden door for Colin.
The two walked in side by side, with Hayden remaining outside.
To Colin's surprise, the interior of the tower wasn't dim. Two large beeswax candles cast a bright light all around.
Looking around with the help of the light,
a soft, sophisticated gray velvet carpet lay in the center, covering almost two-thirds of the area, encircled by obsidian-like interior walls that shimmered faintly under the candlelight.
Besides these, there was nothing else.
No... there was also an attic.
Colin looked toward the spiral staircase built against the curved inner wall.
"The second floor is just a resting room," Wild explained in a timely manner.
Colin shifted his gaze.
"To save your time, I'll cut to the chase."
"This place is known as the Life Tower. Since the inception of the Yili royal family, except for those who met accidents, nearly all royal family members have lived at least eighty years.
Half of them lived past the age of one hundred due to this very Life Tower."
Colin nodded slightly.
Although Great Knights were not uncommon in this world, he had the Golden Paper, whereas many others relied on life transformation by Wizards.
True breakthroughs on one's own as a Great Knight were rare.
Typically, only those who naturally break through could live nearly 150 years, while most life-transformed Great Knights lived much less than 150 years.
Some even less than a century.
So, for the common man, living to the age of one hundred was considered an exceptionally long life.
"Lord Colin, please focus your mind and feel," Wild reminded him again.
Colin obediently half-closed his eyes to concentrate.
In an instant, the sounds of the burning beeswax candles, the friction of Wild's clothes, and the scent of roses brought by the wind through the narrow windows… all came to mind.
As he concentrated, a strange breath suddenly appeared.
It was as elusive as morning mist and as regular as tidal waves at sea, but most importantly, it was filled with a vibrant, budding-sprout-like vitality.
It seemed that Wild noticed Colin had felt it.
Wild spoke, "The Life Tower is just an ordinary tower. What makes it special is the unique life force present here."
Colin opened his eyes.
Wild handed him a prepared leather scroll.
"This is a Nameless Knight Breathing Skill, discovered simultaneously by the ancestors of the Yili royal family when they found this place."
"The Life Tower does have life-extending properties, but they are not strong. A common person living here would, at most, gain only two to three more years of life through gradual influence."
"However, if one practices this Nameless Breathing Skill along with living here, even those not becoming Great Knights can mostly reach the age of one hundred!"
Colin listened as he looked through the scroll that Wild narrated.
Although Wild's words were tempting, he knew that lifespan was not only limited by the body but also by the spirit.
Between the two, the spirit has the higher priority.
If one's spirit was sufficient, with his current life strength, he could live for at least two hundred years.
Merely increasing life strength was of little use to him.
But if Wizards could stay here, it might also provide benefits to the spirit…
Colin was amazed.
Then, Wild smiled and added, "Of course, that's the effect for common people… As for Wizards, I've heard Lord Ivan say, if they practice the Nameless Breathing Skill here long-term… they could extend their lives by two to three years."
Two to three years…
It didn't sound like much, but if it were the day near death, even one more day could drive one to madness!
However, for him now, this seemed somewhat negligible.
After all, to extend life, one needed not only to learn the breathing skill, but also to persist for a long time…
Seemingly noticing his uncertainty, Wild spoke again:
"Lord Colin, I'm not jesting here. To gain the life-extending effects of the Life Tower, there is also another, quicker method."
He reached into his coat and pulled out a semi-transparent stone, its smooth surface shining under the candlelight.
A hint of pain flashed through Wild's eyes.
"This is a Life Seed left by an ancestor of the royal family who broke through to become a Great Knight through the Nameless Breathing Skill.
It allows one to temporarily possess the absorption ability of the Nameless Breathing Skill, and the first practice here in the Life Tower yields the best results."