"Don't worry, I will prove to you how wise your choice is," Ian said with a smile. He pointed to the side, and a magic circle appeared. The great elder Kori looked at it with interest. He had never seen such a magic system before:
"Great Elder, are you willing to honor me?"
Kori briefly looked at the magic array and said, "Why not?"
He walked in without hesitation. Soon, the three of them found themselves in another space.
"Welcome to Arcane Grand Library," Ian smiled proudly. Kori looked around, with a look of shock on his huge head.
"It's really a magnificent the Library. Although the scale is only 5% of ours, it is quite amazing."
Scholar Race (Savant Race) has the largest the Library in the entire Astral Realm, which means they have more knowledge than countless planes combined. Therefore, anyone whose the Library can reach 1% of their size is enough to be praised for their achievements.
"I know that my the Library cannot compare with yours in terms of scale, but I can guarantee that you will definitely not be able to compare with me in terms of quality."
"What a loud tone, Mr. Ian," Kori did not hide the contempt on his face.
"Haha, I know you won't believe my words alone," Ian continued, "So, let me show you the evidence."
He waved his hand, and a holographic screen appeared in front of Kori. The latter immediately knew how to use it and started browsing the directory of the Library.
At first, he didn't take it seriously, but as time went by, his frown became tighter and tighter.
'No way; there is no way your the Library contains these secrets and knowledge.'
He was a little annoyed, thinking that this person was misleading him with this false the Library, and maybe he wanted to use this inferior method to scare his family. It was not like their family had never encountered this kind of thing before.
"I know you won't believe it easily," Ian said calmly, not paying attention to Kori's emotional outburst. "I will give you access to read some documents."
Kori frowned when he heard this; he resisted the urge to walk away. He did not hesitate to choose a book titled "An In-depth Analysis of the Relationship between Body, Soul and Magic".
Scholar Race The most cutting-edge knowledge on this subject comes from research on Heavenly Dao Plane. In that plane, spellcasters call themselves "immortal cultivators". Their power system involves the concept of the unity of essence, qi, and spirit--which is another way of saying body, soul, and energy.
Kori started reading this book and soon discovered that the content in the first few pages reached the same level as their racial studies. However, after turning more than twenty pages, the knowledge in the book had exceeded their knowledge. However, what happened next made him so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
"Where's the rest of the content?" He stared at Ian like an enemy and asked.
"I told you earlier, it's only partial authority," Ian replied with a smile.
"You!"
Kori's huge head tilted to one side, as if it would fall from the air at any time.
He forced himself to calm down, and then chose another topic of interest and started reading. Sure enough, the knowledge was not only true, but also very profound. However, the content always ended abruptly halfway through.
Kori tried several times and finally gave up. He felt like he was about to have a cerebral hemorrhage with anger.
"What do you want to exchange for your the Library?" he asked bluntly.
"The Equivalent Exchange Law," said Ian. "My Arcane Empire will trade knowledge for knowledge, quality for quality, quantity for quantity. If quality is not enough, quantity will make up for it."
Kori was silent, and he understood the latter's intention: he wanted to use this method to drain most of the knowledge from their the Library. The worst thing was that they, Scholar Race, could not resist this conspiracy at all.
Kori finally sighed, "How are you going to trade?"
"Can you make decisions on behalf of your entire race?"
"Okay." As the great elder of Council, he has the final say on such matters.
"That will be easy. I will send an ambassador to your city; they will be solely responsible for negotiating the deal between us."
Kori frowned when he heard this. He could foresee how painful this transaction would be, and both parties would fight for the value of every piece of knowledge. If it were up to him to decide, he would rather choose a faster transaction method, but he knew this was impossible.
'Perhaps we can use Akashic Records to speed up the transaction?'
Akashic Records has a way of quantifying the value of knowledge, so having them as In-Betweener might speed up the whole process.
"How about using Akashic Records to speed up the progress?" Kori suggested.
"No," Ian flatly refused.
"Why not?"
"Doing this will expose all our knowledge to them. Then what else will we trade for?"
"That's true." Although Scholar Race will also conduct knowledge transactions with Akashic Records, they also have reservations because they know little about this mysterious and unknown power.
"When will the ambassador come?"
"Send it over as soon as I get home," Ian replied, and the great elder nodded. He took one last deep look at the Library, and then left reluctantly. Ian and Luna did not stay much after that, and returned directly to Floating City.
"I haven't seen you so happy and relaxed in a long time," Luna said.
"Now that I know how to deal with the current dilemma, I feel much more at ease," Ian nodded.
"That's good," she replied, "Then, what conspiracy are you playing against Scholar Race?"
"What do you mean?"
"That look you made when you turned down their offer to use Akashic Records - that's the look you make every time you scheme against someone."
Ian smiled awkwardly. "Through the conversation just now, I inferred that their authority in the records is not as high as mine, so I plan to take advantage of this opportunity."
"So, you want to involve them too?"
"Only partially involved. I will use my authority to purchase a Divine Artifact that can quantify the value of knowledge. I will give it to the ambassador and let them raise the price during negotiations."
"Their desire for our knowledge is far greater than our need for them, so they can really make a big deal out of this," Luna nodded in agreement, "But, as you said, aren't you afraid of them stealing our intelligence?"
"With Merlin (Merlin) supporting me, they don't dare to act rashly," Ian replied, and then suddenly frowned, "Speaking of that old man, I haven't heard from him for a while. I'm a little worried that something happened to him."
Luna hugged him and said, "Don't worry, Merlin Lord Jiren has his own destiny."
"I hope so."
Ian and Luna both know what it means once a strong person like Merlin falls. Such an event will shock the entire Omniverse, and it is also a sign of how far the situation has deteriorated.
The two returned safely to Floating City soon. Ian returned to the surface world without hesitation. As soon as he came back, he contacted his family and told them that he was done, so that they no longer had to worry about him.
The family then agreed to have dinner together a few days later. After that, Ian continued to work. He needed to form a large team dedicated to the research and development of the Quantum Realm.
This team not only includes the ambassador responsible for the negotiations, but also covers Arcanist in various research directions, and even includes experts in the Divination field. Luna has shown a strong interest in using Quantum Realm as a Divination medium.
At the same time, Ian wanted to delve into the underlying laws of that place and figure out what would happen in the deeper realms.
The preparations took more than a month, and Ian personally saw off the expedition team. When handing Akashic Records Divine Artifact to the ambassador, he had his last private conversation.
Eventually, he began to prepare for the future of the upcoming Time Game and Empire.