As for how to determine the exact location, the answer was simple.
At first, the staff resonated at the end of the left path. However, when they reached the fork, the resonance at the end of the left path suddenly disappeared and was replaced by the right path.
Angor was puzzled. Why did the location of the resonance change all of a sudden? Also, the new location was completely different from the original location.
Basically, they were at opposite ends of the spectrum.
After a moment of hesitation, Angor decided to check the left path first. When he reached the end of the left path, he noticed that the resonance was not on the path. Instead, it was in the darkness of the void.
What surprised him even more was that he sensed a space crack on the way there. The spatial crack was a kind of disaster with extremely strong destructive power but also very hidden. Once one ran into it, the consequences would be endless.
It would not be a big deal if it was just a space crack. However, when Angor and Kael explored the void together, they realized that the path was full of space cracks.
The deeper they went, the more dangerous it would be. Angor had no choice but to stop his loss and go back.
Angor still did not find the location of the resonance in the end.
He began to wonder if the resonant coordinates were a trap or an invitation.
The resonance on the left path was not a place where mortals could enter. Even wizards could get killed if they were not careful. It didn't seem like an invitation, but more like a trap to lure him into a trap.
If the resonance was really a message from the wood spirit, then it probably did not want to meet Angor. Instead, it wanted to kill him.
Angor's logic made sense.
The wood spirit was a coward. It would never allow itself to be in a place full of space cracks. It must have lured Angor there.
However, Angor still could not figure out what was going on.
For example, if the wood spirit really wanted to kill him, why did it not do so? Why did it change the location of the resonance at the fork in the road?
Also, how did the wood spirit create a resonance point at the end of the left path?
Angor could not figure out the answers to these questions when he was on the left path because he did not have the necessary puzzle pieces. It was only when he went to the right path that he found the puzzle pieces one by one.
When he reached the resonance point on the right, the first thing he did was to figure out what was resonating with the cane.
Finally, he confirmed that the thing that resonated with the cane was … a vine sculpture.
The material of the vine sculpture came from a Wood Spirit's Derivative. This proved one thing. The Wood Spirit could sense its Derivatives within a certain range. It could also make the Derivatives resonate with each other and transmit "information".
Did the wood spirit toss one of its spawns into the void because of the resonance point? Was this the only way for it to resonate with the cane?
This conjecture wasn't very accurate, as the resonant point on the left would lead to a large number of spatial rifts. It would be very difficult for the wood spirit spawn to accurately avoid the rifts.
He did not think too much about it. The answer to this question was not a priority right now, so he could put it aside for now.
Return to the right coordinates.
After proving that wood spirits could sense Derivatives, he quickly realized something.
As a matter of fact, the wood spirit already sensed its derivative being "moved" out of the painting as soon as Angor got the wood.
The wood contained a great amount of energy, so it was obvious that the wood spirit was very interested in it. However, the wood spirit did not dare to act recklessly when it was sealed inside the painting, which contained the "blonde woman".
Now that Angor took out the wood, the wood spirit noticed it right away. At first, the wood spirit did not know what was going on, so it did not dare to make a move.
Later, perhaps the wood spirit confirmed that it was not the blonde woman who took away the wood, so it began to think about something else.
That was how the resonant point on the left came to be.
At that time, the wood spirit was clearly planning to kill Angor. However, it suddenly stopped after a while.
When Angor reached the fork in the road, he stopped at the last moment.
Why did the wood spirit stop and change the resonant point from the left to the right? Angor did not know why at first. But after going to the right resonant point, he had a better idea.
Because the resonance point on the right side was safe.
The left resonant point was extremely dangerous, but the right resonant point was not. The only possibility Angor could think of was that the wood spirit gave up on killing him.
Why did it give up?
After analyzing the wood spirit's personality, Angor could only think of two possibilities. First, it was a deterrent. When the wood spirit realized that Angor was too strong, it might not be able to kill Angor. Angor might even hate Angor for that, so it gave up on its initial plan.
Second, it saw Angor's cane.
Angor was sure that the wood spirit's original form was the cane. No matter what the wood spirit thought about Angor's cane, there was no doubt that it cared a lot about the ornament on the tip of the cane.
From Cece's story, it was clear that the wood spirit would rather stay on Cece's platform forever than hand over the only ornament on its body. It was clear that the wood spirit valued these seemingly ordinary ornaments very much, but actually had a profound meaning to it.
Either of these possibilities could make the wood spirit give up on killing him.
But Angor did not know which one it was because he did not have any concrete evidence to support it.
However, no matter which possibility it was, there was one thing in common: the Wood Spirit had seen him.
Because of Angor's strength, the wood spirit was scared. This meant that the wood spirit saw Angor and realized how strong he was, so it gave up on its initial plan.
If it was because of the cane, then the wood spirit must have seen Angor with its own eyes. Otherwise, it would not have noticed the tip of the cane at first glance.
So the question was: where did the wood spirit see Angor?
Angor could only think of one answer to this question, and that answer was the fork in the road.
Because the wood spirit changed its decision at this place.
Of course, it was also possible that the wood spirit was cunning enough to predict Angor's reaction and set up a trap at the fork in the road. But on second thought, if the wood spirit had such a cunning mind, why would it hide in the Stairs of Hanging Prison for hundreds of years?
The only possibility was that the wood spirit saw Angor at the fork in the road and immediately changed its decision.
This also allowed Angor to determine the wood spirit's current location.
Angor already figured this out when he was still at the right resonant point. This was why Angor left the room at the end of the right path without hesitation. He already knew where the wood spirit was and planned to come to the fork in the road to confirm.
But before he reached the fork in the road, the wood spirit contacted him first.
Earlier, when Angor suddenly acted strangely on their way here, he kept calling the tree spirit a "little guy who's watching them from the dark". He wasn't joking. The tree spirit really was watching them and even contacted him on its own.
However, the wood spirit did not reveal who it was. Instead, it pretended to tell Angor to drop the cane so that it could point out the most valuable treasure in this place.
By now, he was sure that the wood spirit did not give up on killing him just because he was too strong. It was because of the cane.
In order to make its act more realistic, the wood spirit even imitated the voice of the "Lord of Wisdom". But it probably did not know that the Lord of Wisdom was actually following Angor through an illusion. The wood spirit just could not see it.
Angor did not want to waste time, so he directly exposed the wood spirit's identity. He even mentioned Sunders' name to convince the wood spirit.
Angor did not know if Sunders could influence the wood spirit's decision, but he decided to reveal it first. If it did not work, he would wait.
The wood spirit's response was interesting. It seemed to be moved, but also hesitated. Judging from this, it seemed that the wood spirit really did remember Sunders.
Angor quickly tried to persuade the wood spirit. However, perhaps the wood spirit had never encountered such a situation before, or maybe Angor was too enthusiastic, so it backed off a little.
After that, the wood spirit did not contact Angor again.
However, Angor was not someone who would give up so easily. He acted as if he was going to leave in front of everyone. But in fact, it was just for show effect.
It was a live broadcast. There were no ups and downs, no twists and turns, and no cliffhanger settings. How could there be an audience retention rate?
This was why Angor was trying his best to put on a show.
But whether it was a show or a "stubborn character", as Dorcas said, was a matter of opinion.
Since Angor did not want to give up, there was only one choice left. If the mountain did not come to him, he would go to the mountain.
If the wood spirit did not want to talk, he would find it and ask it face to face.
But how? Angor already guessed the location of the wood spirit, and the fact that the wood spirit contacted him meant that it saw the staff at close range. There was no need to think about where the wood spirit was. It had to be at the fork. Therefore, he came here directly to sense the wood spirit's location.
This was Angor's real plan. The Wise Ruler assumed that Angor came for the Goddess, but it was purely his own imagination. However, it was not the Wise Ruler's fault. The main problem was that he did not have enough information.
The Wise Overseer thought he knew everything about the underground tunnels. Little did he know that Angor's knowledge of the underground tunnels far exceeded the Wise Overseer's, but in terms of depth, Angor knew more than the Wise Overseer.
Besides, the wood spirit was created by Sunders' staff. This was a "variable" that the Wise Ruler did not expect at all. This was why the Sovereign of Wisdom's imagination had gone astray.
…
He thought he would be able to find the wood spirit by coming to the fork in the path.
But he was still too naive.
Even the Dark Earl's terrifying sense of smell could not find anything. How could Angor find the wood spirit so easily?
Angor stood at the fork and scanned the surroundings. Still, he found nothing.
He even began to wonder if there was something wrong with his mind. Maybe the wood spirit's main body was not here?
After a fruitless search, he heard Kael's voice in his ears.
"Sir, is the wood spirit really around here? Is it in the void? "
Kael did a carpet search of the area as well, but he came up empty-handed. Seeing Angor coming back to his senses, he quickly approached him and asked.
Angor was not sure whether the wood spirit was in the void or not. However, he could not find any trace of the spirit even when walking on the ground. The void was also boundless, which made it even harder to find the spirit.
Therefore, he could not give a clear answer. But in order to make the livestream look better, Angor imitated the wood spirit's pretense and said, "I'm sure it's nearby. But where exactly … "
Angor considered for a moment to keep Kael in suspense. "That's not important."
"It's not important?" Kael did not know what to say.
"Of course it's not important."
"Then what's important?" Kael quickly asked.
"We've found it. But we don't know if it'll follow us or not. That's the most important thing."
Kael was even more confused after hearing Angor's answer.
Kael wasn't the only one who was confused. Everyone else was confused as well.
What did Angor just say? He found the wood spirit? Where is it? Wasn't there nothing around here?
Or did Angor really find the Wood Spirit, but he didn't show it to the audience through the livestream?
Dorcas and the others looked at the Wise Ruler. If Angor really did not update the illusion, then only Kael and the Wise Ruler knew about the situation inside the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
Kael was just as confused as everyone else, so he had to ask the Wise Ruler for help.
The Wise Ruler finally spoke. Instead of answering everyone's questions, he looked at Angor and asked, "How did you find this place?"
Instead of "how did you find the wood spirit", the Wise Ruler asked "how did you find this place". In other words, the Wise Ruler was more interested in this place than the wood spirit.
There was something strange going on at the fork. He wanted to know how Angor found this place.
Angor did not understand what the Wise Ruler meant. He thought the Wise Ruler wanted to know how he found the wood spirit.
In order to make the livestream look better, Angor put on a mysterious smile and uttered a word that sounded familiar to Dorcas.
"Inspiration."
Inspiration? From the details, it seemed to be the truth, but the answer was obviously perfunctory and a lie.
The Wise God frowned. Angor's attempt to mystify the Wise God's impression of Angor had become even more contradictory and mysterious.
The Wise Ruler felt that Angor was a "variable".
However, he still needed to observe to see if this "variable" was good or bad in his scale.
The Sovereign of Wise didn't say anything else, because he had many things weighing on his mind.
"Then, my lord, how are we going to convince it to follow us?" Khael asked again, "Then, how are we going to convince it to follow us?"
Kael wanted to know where the wood spirit was. Did they really find the wood spirit? But since Angor sounded so confident, Kael had no choice but to follow Angor's lead.
"Well, we'll have to see if it wants to follow us."
While speaking, Angor took out his cane and let it stand beside him.
(End of Chapter)
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