Two flowers blossomed, one for each branch.
While Adanis was busy thinking about how to stop Angor's group, the Wise Man had already explained everything that was not mentioned in the Book of Commandments.
The terms of the contract were quite lax. Only the punishment was severe. However, while the punishment looked harsh, it was actually a way for the Wise Man to increase the reward.
The first two terms were related to the wood spirits. They were meant to protect and respect the wishes of the wood spirits. There was a lot of ambiguity in the two contracts. Many of the clauses were not clear. Angor had many ways to get around such vague rules. Even if he violated the contract, he would not be punished.
The third term stated that he was not allowed to tell anyone about what happened in Nether City, unless it was related to the wood spirits.
If there was only the first part, there would not be much room for ambiguity. However, the Wise Man added the second part without specifying the scope of the contract, which meant that Angor was free to testify.
As long as Angor was free to testify, the punishment would not be decided by the power of the contract. Instead, it would be decided by his own thoughts.
If he felt that he did not do enough and deserved to be punished, the power of the contract would take effect. If he was thick-skinned and black-hearted enough to think that he did nothing wrong, the power of the contract would not affect him at all.
It could be said that the restrictions of these three contracts were very loose, and there were ways to circumvent each of them. Because of this, even the harshest punishment would be for naught.
In Jon's words, this was a typical "gentleman's agreement".
It only restricted the honorable, not the scoundrels and rascals.
On the surface, it seemed that the Wise Man was giving Angor enough respect. However, the real reason was that the Wise Man was worried about the wood spirits.
…
Returning to the issue of the contract, the Sovereign of the Wise had explained it quite clearly.
The third term stated that Angor was not allowed to tell anyone about what happened in the "abandoned land". As for "excluding the wood spirits", it was up to Angor to decide for himself.
It was a very broad term.
As for the reward and punishment, there was only punishment, but no reward. Why?
The Sovereign of Wisdom's answer was simple and crude. "Whatever you want in return, you can decide for yourself when you sign the contract."
Angor was not the only one who was shocked by this. Everyone else was also surprised.
Previously, everyone felt that the Ruler of the Wise had intentionally left empty space in the reward column because he was going to use a big move. But unexpectedly, this' big move 'was far too shocking.
"The contract reward is directly given by Sir Super Dimensional, and he didn't even mention the upper limit. This is too …" Wa Yi was so shocked that he covered his slightly open mouth.
Everyone understood Wa Yi's unspoken words and nodded in agreement.
However, the Black Earl poured a bucket of cold water on the hot-blooded Vay through the Spirit Bond. "The reward did not mention the upper limit, but the upper limit already exists. If you think about it carefully, you will know where the upper limit is. "
With the Black Earl's reminder, Wa Yi pondered for a moment before nodding in understanding.
Indeed, it seemed that there was no upper limit. However, if you really want to make a request, you will have a lot of concerns.
Wa Yi put himself in their shoes. If he were to make a request, he would definitely have to consider whether his request was too much and whether it would anger the other party … If it was too little, the other party would be happy, but he would feel that he was at a disadvantage.
Just these thoughts alone made Wa Yi feel very conflicted. Of course, the most important thing was that they were still in the Ruler of the Wise's territory. If they angered the local tyrant, even a powerful dragon would have to run away.
If they were in Noah's Manor, Wa Yi would not care about these problems. Because he had someone backing him up.
That was why Wa Yi thought this way. Adepts with no background would not dare to make excessive demands.
Apart from this reason, the blank reward actually had a hidden upper limit.
There was no way Angor would ask for something that the Wise Ruler could not fulfill. For example, Angor's request was: "Promise me that I'll become a legendary wizard, give me Nether City, kill a real Abyss Demon, give me a lost treasure, or let the Wise Ruler kill himself …" Angor's request was
These were all extreme examples, but the Ruler of the Wise might not be able to fulfill all of them. For example, Angor's request was: "Forget about becoming a legendary wizard. I know it's hard to achieve, but I will definitely become a truth-finder wizard."
This was not an unreasonable request. The Ruler of the Wise could easily see that Angor was already standing at the threshold of the path of truth. All he needed was time and accumulation.
Did it sound like he would succeed? Not necessarily.
This was because the words "time" and "accumulation" both included the "process" that no one knew about. However, "processes" could lead to unexpected variables. For example, Angor might be killed in the middle of "accumulating knowledge". Or, Angor might be distracted by random thoughts one day, which resulted in energy backfiring and messing up his mind space.
If that happened, he might not become a truth-finder wizard in the end.
Such requests were filled with variables. Even if they were right in front of him, they were just a beautiful dream that could shatter at any time.
Since it was just a dream, it was hard to make it come true. Therefore, there was an upper limit.
First of all, he could not make excessive requests that even the Ruler of the Wise could not fulfill. Second, he could not ask for too much. He had to sink into reality. Lastly, he had to make his request as fair and just as possible. He had to get back what he paid for.
These were the restrictions set by the Ruler of the Wise.
Not only Wail, but Angor, as the owner of the contract, could also figure it out.
Everything he thought was cheap was just another way to pay a price. Every "gift" you received was marked with a price. Asking for too much would only make you pay a higher price in an invisible way.
For example, if Angor asked for too much, the Ruler of the Wise would definitely agree. Perhaps the Ruler of the Wise would be happy to see Angor's request.
Angor would have to pay a higher price to make the vague terms of the contract clearer.
The Ruler of the Wise only wanted Angor to form an emotional bond with the wood spirit so that the wood spirit would be protected as much as possible.
"Hope" was not "certain", so Angor could just ignore it and laugh it off. However, if he asked for too much, he would not be able to ignore it.
It was like a small bump on the road ahead. For a normal contract of equality, it was just a small bump that would not affect anything.
However, if Angor wanted to sign an unequal contract, it would not be a bump. It would be a huge trap. The more unreasonable the request, the deeper the trap would be. Angor would end up digging his own grave, and he might never be able to climb out of it.
Of course, Angor knew that the Ruler of the Wise was intentionally leaving him blank.
The Ruler of the Wise saw Angor's hesitation and said, "So? If you've made up your mind, we'll sign the contract."
A contract … Angor would definitely sign it.
The terms of the contract were not harsh. Besides, once the contract was signed, the Ruler of the Wise would be on their side.
Dodoro's prophecy told Angor that "wise men are not fools" reminded him that he had to go through the Wise Man if he wanted to reach the ruins. If the Wise Man was on their side, the advantages would outweigh the disadvantages.
However, Angor had to think about how to repay the Ruler of the Wise Man.
The best thing he could ask for was knowledge. However, the Ruler of the Wise Man already agreed to give Angor his alchemy notes, as well as the original ones he wrote in his early years.
In terms of knowledge, he had gained quite a lot. As a "wise man", the Ruler of the Wise Man must have other things in store, but Angor didn't need them. He already had the only valuable alchemy notes. He didn't really care about the rest of the knowledge, but he didn't think he could use them for the time being.
Besides, Brute Cavern had a better library than Nether City. Many new books were added to the Cloud Library every day. Most of them were unique because they were written by the Elder of Books.
Angor didn't need to worry about knowledge.
So what should he ask for?
"I can sign the contract, but I hope the Ruler of the Wise Man can tell me … something from the past."
"Something from the past?" The Ruler of the Wise Man raised an eyebrow. "You want to know about Nether City's past?"
"I'm not interested in the destruction or rebirth of Nether City. I want to know something else."
The Wise Ruler: "Oh? Why don't you ask? I'll see if I know something. "
Angor didn't say anything. He simply stared at the Ruler of the Wise Man.
The Ruler of the Wise Man quickly understood Angor's intention. He didn't want to tell anyone what he wanted to know, not even to his own teammates.
What could it be? Did it have something to do with Angor's trip to the underground waterway?
The Ruler of the Wise Man's curiosity was piqued. Without hesitation, he created a Spirit Bond and connected the two of them.
Although it was called a Spirit Bond, it was different from ordinary Spirit Bonds. The Spirit Bond didn't rely on the Ruler of the Wise Man's body. Instead, it relied on the magic array beneath their feet.
In other words, anyone who tried to eavesdrop on their conversation wouldn't have to face the Ruler of the Wise Man alone. Instead, they would have to face the magic array of the underground waterway.
Even Count Black wouldn't be able to eavesdrop.
This was the Ruler of the Wise Man's special ability. After all, the Ruler of the underground waterway was the one who was actually controlling it. Only the Ruler of the Wise Man would have the confidence to control the magic array.
"You can speak now. No one will disturb you. What do you want to know?"
Angor considered for a moment. "I want to know what kind of experiment Nether City conducted ten thousand years ago. Also, I want to know everything about the 'Snake Cones'."
Along the way, Angor had already seen several experimental areas, which proved that Nether City was conducting experiments on human subjects.
Human experiments weren't something new in the wizarding world. However, almost all of the tools used in these experiments had the symbol of a 'Snake Cones' on them. Angor always thought that the 'Snake Cones' was the symbol of the Serpent Nation in Fairy World. But when he came to the underground waterway, he realized that the 'Snake Cones' already existed ten thousand years ago.
Count Black also told him that the 'Snake Cones' had something to do with the Baiyuan People.
When Angor asked Sisya about it, she either said that she didn't know, or that she couldn't tell him because of her contract.
Perhaps the Ruler of Wisdom was the only one who could tell him about the 'Snake Cones'.
The Wise Overseer remained silent for a while. He thought Angor would ask about Nether City, Augustine, or even Franklin and Margret, but Angor didn't.
But instead, Angor asked something that the Ruler of Wisdom didn't think had anything to do with him.
For a moment, the Ruler of Wisdom felt as if the person standing in front of him wasn't Angor, but Sisya, who was sitting on her throne with her legs crossed.
"You're interested in this?"
"You want to know why I'm interested in this, don't you, Ruler of Wisdom? The answer is simple. I saw the 'Snake Cones' symbol somewhere else. "
The Wise Overseer didn't believe Angor's explanation. No one in the room would believe him if he said it out loud.
However, Angor's explanation at least revealed that he didn't want to talk about the 'Snake Cones' symbol with anyone else, not even the Ruler of Wisdom.
The Wise Sovereign didn't expose that obvious lie. Instead, after a moment of silence, he said, "There were many experiments conducted in Nether City. I cannot tell you about the core experiments, but I can tell you about a few of the other experiments."
The Ruler of Wisdom saw Angor's frown and added, "Don't worry, they all have something to do with the 'Snake Cones'."
Angor sighed in relief. But he soon had another question. "Is the core one related to the 'Snake Cones'?"
The Ruler of Wisdom shook his head. "I can't tell you about it. This is because ten thousand years ago, the various Hegemons signed an agreement that forbids them from divulging this information. "
Angor had no choice but to nod.
"As for the 'Snake Cones' symbol, I can tell you about it. But I won't tell you what I can't tell you. "
The Ruler of Wisdom didn't need to tell Angor about the 'Snake Cones' symbol, but he did so to remind Angor that the 'Snake Cones' symbol might be related to Nether City's core experiment.
"Also, what you said about the 'Snake Cones' symbol? That's too big of a scope. You sure you don't want to narrow it down a bit? "
Angor considered for a moment. "Everything about the 'Snake Cones' symbol and … the Baiyuan people."
The Sovereign of Wisdom narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself: As expected.
He was wondering why Angor suddenly mentioned the 'Snake Cones' symbol. It was just a symbol on the 'Snake Cones' symbol. It didn't have any practical meaning.
But if it had something to do with the 'Baiyuan people', it would be a different story.
One had to know that the symbol of the Snake Coiling Awl originated from the Baiyuan Tribe.
Angor wanted to know about the 'Baiyuan people' for himself? Or was it Sisya's doing? Also, could the 'Baiyuan people' and 'Nether City' be the reason for Angor's visit to the underground sewer?
The Wise Overseer closed his eyes and cleared his mind. "Sure."
"Let's sign the contract then."
The Ruler of Wisdom chuckled and used his energy to write something on the reward column of the contract: "Information".
Then, the Wise Sovereign took the initiative to inscribe his own energy on the contract.
The contract on the 'Book of Wisdom' recorded the amount of energy released by the user. It was much more restrictive than a simple name.
Angor watched as the Ruler of Wisdom signed the contract. He hesitated for a moment and reached out his hand.
Again, his right hand.
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