"As you wish, young man." The scarecrow took the money and did its best.
"Wait, hide my name before we talk. Hmm, just use the code name 'Owl.' "Tang Shidao could make requests after paying, and the scarecrow usually complied. Thinking that the scarecrow knew everything, Tang Shidao couldn't help but ask curiously, "Everyone relies on you to pass on information, you must know a lot, right? I'm curious, sometimes you don't seem to know me. "
The scarecrow sent a message to the Blood Earl.
While waiting.
It calmly raised its head and slowly raised its right hand. Casting a spell, it extracted a piece of information from its own head and then shattered it into nothingness. "This spell is called 'Memory Destruction.' I cast it every once in a while. Memory Destruction won't make me lose my memories completely, it will only shatter them and make them messy. So, my forgetting of someone and forgetting of something is random. "
Tang Shidao found it strange. "Why do you do that?"
The scarecrow was rarely serious. "In your world, smart merchants will remember the preferences of their customers, figure out what their customers are thinking, and provide them with better service. But the Mage Web is different. If I firmly remember all the mages' purchases and studies, it's tantamount to prying into the mages' privacy. Thousands of you who are so weak, even if I pry, you can't do anything to me. But, even I don't know how many mages there are in the Mage Web, and I'm not sure if there's anyone stronger than me. I'll only be safe if I shatter my memories. I don't want to be besieged by all the mages in the Mage Web one day, understand? "
Hearing this, Tang Shidao understood.
The scarecrow's approach was very smart. The thing mages were most afraid of: secrets being exposed!
Not only in the original world, but also in the Mage Web. For example, there were countless mages in the Mage Web, but none of them exposed their talent spells. The scarecrow worked every day, with countless clones, and if it always knew the movements of all the mages, then … it would be the public enemy of all the mages.
A person who knew all the mages' secrets, no one could be at ease.
Even himself.
If the scarecrow knew all the spells he bought and sold, knew all the places he went, and knew all the missions he took, he would be very uncomfortable with this kind of "existence." It didn't matter if he knew about it. Once it was a matter of life and death, the scarecrow had to be treated as an 'enemy'. The scarecrow did not want to become the enemy of all mages, so it could only delete some things that it was not supposed to know.
Shattering his own memories was a foolish thing to do.
However, this was a very smart move.
Tang Shidao believed that the scarecrow's memory destruction was targeted. It was impossible for it to forget its original job. If it was a computer, it would only erase the 'browsing history'. It would not destroy its own system.
"The other party has agreed to the secret meeting." The scarecrow opened a special passage and avoided listening.
Very soon.
"Hello, fellow traveler. I'm Blood Earl."
"Hello, I'm Owl. Please forgive me. This is my fake name. I don't want to reveal my true identity, "Tang Shidao replied.
"It's normal to use a fake name. I don't mind. Looks like you still want to sign a contract that I can't investigate, right? "
"That is a must, Blood Count. Without this condition, I won't accept your mission, "Tang Shidao stated his requirements in advance, lest the rest of the conversation turned out to be nonsense.
"Sure, we'll talk about the conditions later. Are you clear about my mission requirements? "
"Resurrect you."
"Yes, not just resurrect. You need to resurrect me when I'm completely destroyed. Can you do it? Normal resurrection spells won't do. I want a spell or scroll that can resurrect a soul. You must guarantee that I can be successfully resurrected even if I'm completely destroyed. "
"Sure. As long as you don't spy on what method I use. "
"Of course. Spying on other mages' secrets is also an act of making enemies for me. It's normal to hide one's identity and ability on the Mage Network. Even old friends who have known each other for tens of thousands of years won't reveal everything. Mr. Owl, we need to sign two new treaties. First, I guarantee that I'll be in a state of deep sleep after I die. I won't know, won't investigate, won't trace your casting process, and won't track your identity. As long as the mission is completed, I can directly destroy this memory. However, I also need a guarantee. Second, you must sign a quest-style life contract. If you break the contract and don't resurrect me after I die, you will also die. "
"No problem." Tang Shidao knew what the other party meant. It would be strange if he didn't ask for a guarantee after he died and gave his' resurrection 'to a stranger.
There were many things that had the effect of resurrection.
For example, one's own talent spell, a magic scroll with resurrection spells, an alchemy ring or wand with resurrection spells, or even a resurrection armor or a necklace. Resurrection spells could be used many times, but items could only be used a few times, at least once. Therefore, items that could resurrect were very precious. Most mages were reluctant to use them because they would be gone after one use.
The Blood Earl was afraid that he would meet a teammate who 'backed out halfway', so he naturally asked for a life contract.
Tang Shidao readily agreed. Because his talent spell was reincarnation and rebirth, a resurrection spell that could be used infinitely. All he needed to do was: keep it a secret! As long as the other party didn't know what method he used, nothing else mattered.
With the premise agreed, the two of them discussed for a while.
Soon.
Tang Shidao signed a contract with the Blood Earl and turned into an owl to go to the Blood Earl's world.
After entering.
Tang Shidao found that this was a world with an interstellar civilization. Its technology was many times more advanced than that of Earth Emperor Planet. The Blood Earl dressed like a vampire noble and revealed his identity as soon as he opened his mouth. "Hello, Mr. Owl, thank you very much for your help. If you want to go out, please be careful and don't cause any trouble. There are vampires in this world, but no mages. "
Tang Shidao nodded. "Mr. Blood Earl, please don't worry, I won't affect your world. I'm curious. This is a technological society. Why are there vampires? "
The Blood Earl showed his fingers. "Because this alchemy ring is called the Vampire Transformation Ring. There are more than three hundred of these things in the world. I got them all from the Mage Network. There are more than three hundred vampires in this world besides me. They are the most powerful and the wealthiest people. "
"You need them to provide you with a comfortable life?"
"More or less. I don't want to change this world, but I want to enjoy a comfortable life, so I created a group of my own kind to satisfy my needs. "The Blood Earl didn't deny it.
"Aren't you worried about revealing the secrets of the Mage Network?"
"No. These rings come from ancient ruins. They're antiques. Although this world is technologically advanced, it's still impossible to analyze alchemy items. I put the rings in ancient ruins. They must be antiques as soon as they're unearthed. If you want to suspect, the scientists also suspect that something happened in ancient times. "The Blood Earl wasn't worried about using alchemy items because technology couldn't break magic.
As long as they were placed properly, the scientists could fill in the rest on their own.
"Why do you need to die?" Tang Shidao found it strange.
"Because I've lived longer than other vampires." The Blood Earl laughed at himself and said, "These rings can make the wearer's body strong and live for hundreds or even thousands of years. Unfortunately, no matter how long the body lives, the soul will age. Death is inevitable. Only mages can cultivate and strengthen the soul. Mortals can't. I've lived for too long. They've begun to suspect me. If it weren't for the fact that I was the first vampire who discovered them, they would've already taken me down. "
"Discovered them?"
"That's right. I'm now a scholar. The first person to find the vampire rings, and the most honored scholar in recent generations. They haven't made a move yet, but some of the vampires feel that death is near and don't care so much. This is my secret place. There are some of my experiences on the bookshelves. Take a look at the history of this planet and you'll find my reasons. "Now that the Blood Earl had teammates, he immediately began his plan.
Tang Shidao didn't ask any more questions.
In order to hide themselves, mages would resort to any means possible. Thunder Stone hid underground and didn't come into contact with outsiders. Poison Master Wolf turned himself into a warrior to save the princess. It wasn't strange that the Blood Earl wanted to "die" once, because there was no more complete disappearance than death.
Flipping through the history books of this world, Tang Shidao found some interesting things.
First of all.
In the age of steam, the world was very chaotic. War and death were everywhere. During this period of time, as everyone had been praying for, a great hero had appeared. He rose as an orphan and quickly gathered his own team. Gradually, he gained power over a region, then united a country and finally dominated the world. The Great Unifier worked hard to develop science and technology, but he put the most effort into biology. In the development of the world as one, the Great Unifier finally created the biological technology to maintain the body on his eightieth birthday, allowing him to regain his youth.
It was praiseworthy.
After the Great Unifier regained his youth, the first thing he ordered was to expand this technology to all of humanity. He also took out half of his wealth to choose the lucky ones to realize their youthful dreams.
No matter how you looked at it, the Great Unifier was the greatest leader in the history of the world.
But.
With the development of science and technology, there were more and more biological technologies to extend people's lives. The people who stepped into the interstellar civilization suddenly found a strange thing: their supreme leader had lived for more than a thousand years. At this time, the second generation of loyal subordinates who followed him were also close to death.
In science and technology.
Genetic agents, controllable viruses, or directly creating biochemical bodies. The interstellar civilization had countless technologies to keep the body young.
But, no one could avoid the aging of the soul.
In the turbulent undercurrent, the great leader died in an accident during an experiment and turned into ashes. After that, all the conspiracies and guesses about the great leader disappeared and were never mentioned again.
Seeing this, Tang Shidao smiled.
He flipped through the history books again.
After the great leader, another pope of the 'Life Sect' appeared. He successfully established the Life Sect in a few years and guided people to practice some ancient secret techniques to extend their lifespan. Although this was an interstellar civilization, extending lifespan was still an important topic. Not long after, the Life Sect and its secret techniques became mainstream. Even now, the Life Sect still stood at the top.
When people were suspicious of the pope who had lived for more than 800 years, the pope also spontaneously combusted and died during a cultivation.
Only a pile of ashes was left.
After that, all the questioning voices disappeared. The Life Sect even worshipped the 'ashes' and worshipped it as a sacred object.
Tang Shidao smiled again.
He recalled the words of the Wolf Poison Master: I can't even fulfill all of my wife's wishes. It's too naive to want to satisfy everyone. The Blood Earl's actions weren't entirely for others. His unification of the world was equivalent to giving everyone a stable home. Why continue to cause trouble? It was simple. He needed to have his own life. He didn't want to hide in a cave like a mouse, so he naturally took the route of 'hiding in the city'.
Every thousand years or so, he couldn't pretend to be a normal person anymore and would have to 'die' once.
The Great Unifier.
The pope.
The first great scholar to find the vampire ring.
These identities allowed him to live comfortably and not be suspected by others. Other than the mages who knew about the Web of Wizards, how could the people think that their emperor, pope, and great scholar were all the same person? Even if someone suspected, hehe, they would have died of old age. Who could live longer than the Blood Earl?
If it was on their side, would you suspect that Emperor Xia reincarnated into a modern person?
The Blood Earl seemed to have always done stupid things.
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