Equivalent Exchange

"So this was... the First-Ring All-Knowing Eye?"

Vast, profound, indifferent—like the course of sun, moon, and stars, like the ebb and flow of tides—yet it did not give him the slightest sense of pressure.

Wizards who pursued truth had no faith. The All-Knowing Eye was merely a false totem that hung from their lips.

Occasionally, it was used as a witness to contracts. The price of breaking a contract was no more than being unable to use anything related to 'it.'

Yin Ming showed no reverence. He watched coldly as the All-Knowing Eye wove elements into a silver balance.

Suddenly!

The emotionless voice of the All-Knowing Eye rang out of nowhere in his mind. "Place the knowledge you offer in exchange upon it! You have three attempts?"

Hearing this, Yin Ming placed a formula listing mold as a potion ingredient onto the tray on the right side of the silver balance.

The black words on the paper peeled away, turning into black threads that burrowed into the silver pupil and vanished in an instant.

"This knowledge has already been recorded. Invalid!"

The indifferent voice reached his mind!

The balance did not tilt in the slightest, meaning the All-Knowing Eye already possessed this knowledge.

Yin Ming was not surprised. After all, it was knowledge that had already leaked out.

He then picked up another slip of paper and placed it onto the tray on the right side of the silver balance.

It recorded the formula for 'smokeless gunpowder,' as well as a structural model for activating the energy of Element Crystals.

Even without optimization by the Scavenger Gourd, as long as the replication rate reached over ninety percent—

The firearms produced could threaten First-Ring Warlocks. In groups, they could even threaten a small number of Second-Ring Warlocks.

As for wizards, the