Tang Hao
Inside Cloudtop Academy.
"You say you are willing to lead the entire Star Crown Sect to join us." Li Chen looked at the Star Crown Sect master before him and felt somewhat surprised. "What makes you think that if you want to join, I will agree?"
Xu Yun looked as though he had expected this question all along. His expression remained calm as he bowed slightly with his hands tucked into his sleeves, his tone neither humble nor arrogant. "I dare not use the word 'think'. I came because the astrolabe has already pointed the way."
Li Chen leaned back against his chair, just looking at him quietly before raising a hand to conjure a contract in front of Xu Yun. "Sign this contract."
The contract came from the ninth soul skill of the Book of Knowledge. It bore only a pile of strange runes and contained no terms or clauses whatsoever. Even ones already signed could be modified at will by him, and whether it was breached was naturally up to him to decide.
Moreover, simply signing the contract meant that life and death were completely controlled by Li Chen. A single thought could erase their existence, and under the blessing of the world's rules, even the traces of having existed would be wiped away along with them.
In short, it was an utterly overbearing clause. The only benefits to be gained were smoother cultivation and the ability to resurrect if one died in other worlds.
Xu Yun signed his name on the contract without any hesitation.
Li Chen looked at him and asked, "Don't you even want to ask what is written on it?"
"What difference does it make whether I ask?" Xu Yun said in a flat tone. "Asking before signing or asking after signing