"Then analyze it."
Angel signaled that Nomephins could explain the rules.
However, Nomephins shook her head. "Not yet."
"What do you mean?" Angel was puzzled.
Nomephins did not answer. Instead, she posed a question: "Have you heard of the Scholar's Nine Chapters?"
Scholar's Nine Chapters? Angel pondered for a moment, then shook his head. He knew "scholar," and he could understand "nine chapters," but when combined, he had no idea what it meant.
"The Scholar's Nine Chapters are special rituals that the Great Demon God, the Cruel Scholar, has set up on every level of the Abyss." Nomephins paused and looked at Angel. "You can also think of them as nine different trials."
"The essence of these trials is actually very simple. Anyone who wishes to meet the Cruel Scholar must take part in the trials of the Scholar's Nine Chapters."
In other words, this was an unavoidable procedure for meeting the Cruel Scholar.
It was also the only legitimate procedure.
No one was exempt—unless your strength had reached the Demon God level and you could go directly before the Cruel Scholar. Otherwise, even the Cruel Scholar's followers had to go through this process to meet Him.
Angel said, "By your account, ordinary people can also meet the Cruel Scholar through the Scholar's Nine Chapters?"
Nomephins nodded lightly.
"Yes. Mundane mortals yearning for extraordinary power, transcendents with obsessions lodged in their hearts, undead pinning their hopes on vengeance... no matter who you are, as long as you clear the Scholar's Nine Chapters, the Cruel Scholar will certainly cast a glance your way."
"However, such people must pass all nine chapters in full. Not one chapter can be omitted."
"But if you are a subordinate or follower of the Cruel Scholar, or if you merely wish to deliver a message—for instance,