Conditions

Yang Ye's phantom fell silent for a moment before respectfully saying, "I shall obey your command! However, please permit my Steel City to wage war against the Sang Family!"

Bratz said coldly, "No!"

A surge of anger rose in Yang Feng's heart. At his command, Yang Ye's phantom also sank into endless silence, no longer agreeing as readily as before.

Bratz said evenly, "I can have the Sang Family compensate you! Ten thousand Magic Stones—I will have them pay you ten thousand Magic Stones for their foolishness."

Ten thousand Magic Stones were equivalent to one million Gold Coins. Even the war reparations paid by the Fein Deluo Principality after its defeat at Yang Feng's hands had only amounted to three hundred thousand Magic Stones. That enormous sum of three hundred thousand Magic Stones had already left the Fein Deluo Family struggling to catch its breath. For a warlock group like the Sang Family, which did not rule a nation, even one Magic Stone was an immense sum.

Yang Ye's phantom respectfully said, "I do not need Magic Stones! I only ask that you grant me three requests. First, allow my nephew to enter the Secret Technique Tower of Antalya Warlock Academy and choose a secret technique that can advance to Great Warlock. Second, please give my nephew a bottle of Mermaid Tears Potion. Third, Bandania's head. Fourth, please allow one of my nieces to enroll without taking the examination."

The Secret Technique Tower of Antalya Warlock Academy contained countless secret techniques, including many that could advance one to Great Warlock. The reason Antalya Warlock Academy could become one of the six hegemonic powers of the Durando Subcontinent was that its inheritance of Great Warlocks had never been severed throughout thousands of years. Even in its weakest periods, it had still been guarded by two Great Warlocks. One important reason was the countless secret techniques within its Secret Technique Tower, allowing geniuses to choose different secret techniques for cultivation according to their actual circumstances.

Mermaid Tears Potion was an Alchemy Potion capable of changing a cultivator's Soul Aptitude. Its grade was higher than that of Azure Enchantress Potion, and it was even more difficult to refine. Each bottle was worth more than eight thousand Gold Coins, and it was a treasure money could not buy.

Though Azure Enchantress Potion was scarce, it could still occasionally be bought on the market. Mermaid Tears Potion, on the other hand, only rarely appeared at auctions or on the black market. The Mermaid Tears Potions within Antalya Warlock Academy were basically bought directly by the various formal Warlocks, and very few ever flowed outside. Although Yang Feng had acquired a huge number of Magic Stones, he had nowhere to buy such a rare Alchemy Potion as Mermaid Tears.

Bratz's brows furrowed slightly as he said in a deep voice, "If your nephew Yang Feng signs a Soul Contract promising that he will not impart that secret technique to anyone by any means, including you, then I can grant your request."

Yang Feng's Soul Aptitude was only Level-1 Lower Grade. In Bratz's eyes, even if Yang Ye risked his life gathering potions that increased Soul Aptitude, he could at most raise it to around Level 3. With a Soul Aptitude of around Level 3, even if Yang Feng possessed a Great Warlock-level secret technique inheritance, his limit would be becoming a Level-3 Wizard Apprentice. It would be exceedingly difficult even for him to advance into a formal Warlock.

Yang Ye's phantom respectfully said, "Very well! I will have him sign the Soul Contract. He will absolutely not impart that secret technique to anyone."

The respectfully standing Yang Feng's lips curved slightly, and a flicker of amusement passed through his eyes.

"Sign this Soul Contract!" Bratz took out a Soul Contract drawn on a sheet of Beast Skin from some unknown powerful monster and handed it to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng carefully examined the Soul Contract for a while. Only after finding no traps did he sign his name upon it.

Once Yang Feng had signed his name, the Beast Skin paper immediately began to burn, transforming into a ball of icy azure flame.

The ball of azure flame abruptly shot out and sank into Yang Feng's forehead, vanishing without a trace.

Bratz tossed a silver badge to Yang Feng and said flatly, "Once you officially advance to Wizard Apprentice, take this badge and you may enter the Secret Technique Tower! With your current physical constitution, you would die the moment you entered the Secret Technique Tower. You would not even be qualified to receive a secret technique inheritance."

Every kind of Warlock secret treasure possessed unimaginably formidable power. Mortals simply could not come into contact with the secret treasures and domains of Warlocks. The Secret Technique Tower was one of the core forbidden grounds of Antalya Warlock Academy, defended by countless secret treasures. Just a wisp of the power fluctuations leaking from those secret treasures could easily kill a mortal like Yang Feng.

Yang Feng respectfully bowed to Bratz. "Thank you, Lord Bratz!"

Bratz cast Yang Feng an icy glance and casually waved his hand. A massive door appeared once more, and a scarlet giant hand materialized from thin air, seized Yang Feng, and hurled him straight through that door.

Yang Feng only felt the world spinning around him. Then his eyes brightened, and he reappeared at the testing site of Antalya Warlock Academy.

At the testing site of Antalya Warlock Academy, the young men and women from the Southern City-State Alliance looked at Yang Feng with fear flashing in their eyes. No one dared discuss him in private any longer.

Yang Feng swept his gaze around and discovered that Bandania had already disappeared, while Jessica of the Fein Deluo Family was glaring fiercely at him.

Without an excuse, even though Steel City was far stronger than the Fein Deluo Family, it could not act against the Fein Deluo Family now. Otherwise, it would be tantamount to provoking the laws established by Antalya Warlock Academy. To uphold the academy's dignity, they would surely send countless experts to deal with Yang Feng's Steel City.

Yang Feng ignored Jessica and stood alone in the area for those who had passed the test.

In that area, many noble youths from the Southern City-State Alliance had already formed small circles. Not a single circle took the initiative to approach Yang Feng.

Yang Feng's domineering display earlier had stirred resistance in many of those noble youths from the Southern City-State Alliance. Though they did not dare confront him head-on, they silently resisted Yang Feng through their actions.

Yang Feng did not care in the slightest about the youths' united exclusion. He had come to Antalya Warlock Academy at enormous risk solely to cultivate the path of Warlocks. If he could someday advance into a Great Warlock-level powerhouse, then even as an Easterner, countless people would come flocking to curry favor with him.

Shi Xue, meanwhile, did not even need to have her Soul Aptitude tested. She enrolled without examination and came to stand beside Yang Feng.

The gazes of the young men and women gathered upon Shi Xue at Yang Feng's side, and many noble youths developed favorable feelings toward her. Yet wary of Yang Feng standing beside her, not a single person dared go over to harass her.