Without any support, the staff just stood straight on the Path of Void.
Angor, on the other hand, closed his eyes and showed a calm expression.
At first glance, it looked like Angor was "fishing", waiting for the fish to take the bait. But in fact, he was already trying to come up with an excuse. If the Wood Spirit didn't show up, how could he fool the others into believing that he had found it? Instead of deliberately mystifying things?
This was just a one-sided story, after all.
This was too much trouble.
"Are you saying that the wood spirits themselves are willing to appear or not?" Kael muttered.
"That should be it. He's doing this because …" Dorcas hesitated. He didn't know if he should tell Angor that his brain was swallowed by a sandworm.
He didn't want to say it out loud, but he also didn't want to affect the progress of "making friends".
While Dorcas was in a dilemma, Wa Yi, who was beside him, sighed and said, "My lord has already found the wood spirit, but he still has to consider the wood spirit's opinion. If the wood spirit doesn't want to appear, he definitely won't force it … How gentle."
The moment Wa Yi's voice fell, Dorcas' face was full of surprise. He turned his head and looked at Wa Yi with a questioning gaze that said, "Are you telling the truth?"
However, Wa Yi completely ignored Dorcas and continued to express similar sentiments.
Dorcas: "If that's enough for you to praise me, then why didn't you say I'm gentle when Evil Fire burned me to a crisp to save you at the edge of Chen Chi World?"
Wai: "You're exaggerating. It was just a small burn on your back. How did you get burned? Besides, you're a Bloodline User. It didn't take long for you to recover. "
Dorcas: "You call Evil Fire's flame 'small burn'? And what do you mean 'didn't take long'? It took me half a year to recover. "
"Half a year isn't that long," Wai mumbled, looking a little guilty.
Dorcas was so angry that he wanted to take Wai back to Chen Chi World and let Evil Fire do something to "small burn" to see how it would react.
This was too much of a double standard!
Wa Yi probably felt that he had gone a bit overboard with his words. After all, Dorcas had saved him … Even though he had returned the favor in various ways over the years, it was still inappropriate for him to speak like that. He didn't say anything else. He didn't argue with Dorcas or Angor. He just quietly tried to eliminate his presence.
On the other side, the Wise Sovereign had wanted to analyze the relationship between Wade and Dorcas, as well as the information they had divulged. But when it came to the analysis step, Wai's first words echoed in his mind: "My lord has already found a wood spirit, but he still needs to consider and respect the wood spirit's opinion … How gentle."
The Wise Ruler couldn't help but let his thoughts wander. Was he really respecting the wood spirits' opinions, or was he just putting on a show for himself?
The Wise Sovereign was more inclined towards the latter. He knew very well that the Wood Spirit was not so easily moved. Moreover, using this method, other than moving himself, had no other effect.
Since he wasn't trying to move the wood spirit, then was he just putting on a show for him? After all, Wood Spirit was a student that he acknowledged, so it was quite possible that he would do something like this.
The Wise Sovereign actually didn't have much of an aversion to this sort of devious plot. The fact that Angor was willing to put on such a "show" meant that he wanted to improve their relationship. Perhaps this "variable" chess piece could be used by the Wise Sovereign. He didn't have to listen to everything the Wise Sovereign said, but at least he could influence the Wise Sovereign's decisions to a certain extent.
This way, if something bad really happened, the Wise Sovereign would have time to prepare for it.
At this point, the Wise Ruler was already thinking about how to use this chess piece to its fullest potential.
However, when he came back to his senses, a voice faintly appeared in his heart.
"Can a chess piece that can be influenced and controlled be called a variable?"
A variable was an "unknown". Everything that happened could not be measured. That was why it could be called a variable. If Angor could really be controlled and lowered his head to the Wise Sovereign, that would also be out of the category of a variable.
The Wise Sovereign's thoughts were running wild, and his expression kept changing. Sometimes he frowned, sometimes he relaxed, sometimes he was hesitating, and sometimes he was pondering. It was obvious how intense the game in his mind was.
If Angor knew what the Wise Sovereign was thinking, he would probably feel lucky that he didn't lower his head to the Wise Sovereign.
The smarter a person was, the more he or she thought. The more he or she thought, the less he or she trusted others.
For someone like this, maintaining a balance of fear would be more efficient. If they were to blindly lean towards him, without hundreds or thousands of years of observation, they would not easily trust others.
From this, it was easy to see why the Wise Sovereign chose the wood spirit as his student.
Apart from the fact that they were in the same boat, the main reason why the Wise Ruler had chosen the wood spirit as his student was because he had grasped all of the wood spirit's trajectories.
The wood spirit was basically a blank piece of paper when it was born. Only a pure and flawless creature like this could gain his unconditional trust.
Despite the wood spirit's many flaws, the Wise Sovereign still didn't give up on him.
However, the Wise Sovereign thought he knew everything about the wood spirit, but he forgot about the wood spirit's true form.
It wasn't that he didn't want to find the wood spirit's true form, but that the spirit wouldn't cooperate. The Wise Sovereign couldn't see through the wood spirit's innate talents. Plus, the wood spirit was his student. Even if it was still rebellious, the Wise Sovereign couldn't do anything to it.
This caused the Wise Sovereign to never truly understand the wood spirit's origin.
In addition, the Sovereign of the Wise had personally observed that the wood spirits' supernatural properties only appeared after they were born. This meant that the wood spirits' bodies were actually very ordinary. It was very likely that they were ordinary plants, or perhaps some sort of man-made wooden object.
Either way, if the wood spirit's true form was very ordinary, it was very likely that the wood spirit's true form was once a mortal or a very low-level apprentice. The Wise Sovereign didn't pay too much attention to such people. There was a high chance that they were all dead.
Combining all these factors, the Wise Sovereign no longer cared about the wood spirit's true form. What he didn't expect was that the wood spirit's true form was indeed a low-level apprentice. It was just that the wood spirit's true form was extremely talented. After several hundred years, he already became one of the top wizards in the southern region.
The Wise Sovereign also didn't expect that the wood spirit's true form's master's student would coincidentally come here.
This was a mistake made by the Wise Sovereign. However, when it came time to review the ending, the Wise Sovereign would most likely admit to this oversight. This was because this was too much of a coincidence, too much of a deviation. Even if the ending was known, it would be very difficult to make up for this oversight.
However, the Wise Sovereign didn't know that everything was already decided. He still thought that Angor was putting on a show for him.
In fact, Angor was indeed putting on a show. However, he wasn't putting on a show for the Wise Sovereign, but for the "audience".
He knew the wood spirit was here, but he couldn't find any trace of it. The wood spirit also didn't contact him, so there was nothing he could do.
Yelling and screaming here wouldn't help. It would only embarrass him. So he might as well just pretend to be "willing to take the bait" and let the wood spirit decide for itself.
This was the only thing he could do right now.
Angor didn't know whether the wood spirit would come out or not, but he believed that it probably wouldn't.
The wood spirit contacted him out of respect for Sunders. However, Sunders was only the wood spirit's former master. He didn't really have many feelings for the spirit.
In fact, the wood spirit didn't even see Sunders after it gained sentience.
Angor believed that the wood spirit wouldn't show up even if Sunders came here in person. He was only Sunders' student, so it was normal that the wood spirit didn't show up.
This was why Angor had already prepared his excuse in advance. He was thinking about how he should "act" later so that everyone would believe that he really found the wood spirit and wasn't just putting on a show.
"Wait, Wai said I'm respecting the wood spirit's free will. Maybe I can do something about it." Angor wondered if he should put on a similar show later.
But wasn't it a bit too much to respect the wood spirit's freedom of choice? According to the information on the hologram tablet, this could be done on Earth. As long as the issue was brought up as a matter of values, the ignorant people would agree. Besides, Earth was relatively peaceful when technology was slowly developing. There were many people who had nothing to do, and there were many organizations who wanted to stir up trouble. Plus, there was a well-developed information network, which could make people more convinced.
But this wasn't Earth. There was no efficient information network here. Talking about respecting freedom and human rights would only make people think that he had taken the wrong medicine.
If that was the case, this topic would only make people laugh. So what should he do?
Angor fell into deep thought again.
Of course, in other people's eyes, Angor still looked like he had everything under control. Still, after a long time, nothing happened, which made people suspicious.
"Could we have been tricked by him?" Dorcas asked in a low voice.
Angor had been doing this for a long time, but nothing happened. Not to mention Dorcas, even Wa Yi was hesitant.
"Should we call Mister Sunders?" Kael suggested.
"If Mister Sunders is busy, won't we disturb him?" Wai hesitated.
Dorcas said unhappily, "Does he look like he's busy? Don't be fooled by his appearance. His heart is black when it's cut out. "
Dorcas nudged Kael. "Go wake him up. Tell him that if he can't find the wood spirit, he should get someone else. Don't waste time. "
"… Why don't you tell someone else?" Wai stuttered.
Dorcas spoke in a serious tone, "We'll meet again in the future. Let's save each other some face."
Kael was already prepared to step forward, but when he heard Dorcas's words, he stopped in his tracks. Dorcas wanted face, but he didn't want it?
Also, according to Dorcas, waking up Angor would only bring displeasure to him. He didn't want that!
Kael's situation instantly became very difficult. He wanted to cry, but no tears came out.
Maybe Angor heard Kael's thoughts, or maybe he was done with his act, because after five minutes of silence, Angor finally opened his eyes.
He pretended to look around and made sure there was no one around. He sighed. "So you still don't want to come with me. Fine, I respect your choice. "
Angor's words were full of emotions. From the helplessness and disappointment at the beginning to the seriousness at the end, everything was on point.
The only thing he regretted was that he didn't come up with something else.
In the end, he chose to "respect Angor's freedom of choice".
More importantly, he had wasted too much time here. He didn't have time to think of something else. If he really did something, it would be fine even if it didn't work out. But he didn't do anything at all. He was just killing time. Even if he had his eyes closed, he still felt a little embarrassed.
Besides, Wai already helped him set up the scene. Even if Angor's acting didn't fit his values, it would at least give the audience some time to adjust.
More importantly, Angor didn't forget that he was a guest "streamer".
He closed the livestream and closed the curtain. Angor was back to his normal self. As for the "acting" and "values deviation", they were just for show. What did it have to do with Angor?
After giving himself enough mental preparation, he gritted his teeth and began to put on his act.
Emotion Perception allowed Angor to expand his acting options and make it more realistic. Even if he didn't cry, his helplessness was still very contagious.
If Wizard Mu Ying from Rest Torch Academy was here, he would probably be moved by Angor's acting too.
Angor didn't say much. He controlled his emotions well and didn't say much.
Then, at the end of the act, according to Angor's plan, he would sigh and leave.
It would be best if the audience could just watch him walk into the darkness and disappear. That way, the drama would be more intense, and it would attract people's imagination.
However, when Angor really turned around, he didn't notice that the noise in the distance suddenly stopped.
Everything became quiet.
Angor walked a dozen steps and realized that no one was "cheering" him. Even Wai, the "Best Audience Member", didn't say anything. Angor began to doubt himself.
Did he … do something wrong with his acting? Was it not deep enough? Or did he do something like this too many times, and the audience couldn't understand?
Angor paused for a moment and prepared to "redo" the "looking back" scene with a tinge of uneasiness.
This kind of "looking back" scene was usually used by indecisive characters. However, he was in a livestream, and all the interpretation rights belonged to the streamer. It had nothing to do with Angor.
With that in mind, he adjusted his emotions and calmed his expression. Then, he suddenly turned around and looked at the old man.
Angor was ready to say the "redo" lines, but when he turned around, he froze.
This was because, at some point in time, there was someone behind him who was almost as tall as him.
A wooden figure!
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