The corner of Lin Chuan's mouth twitched almost imperceptibly. He vaguely felt that everyone's thoughts had veered off in a rather peculiar direction.
Still, he had no intention of explaining further. He wrapped up his remarks and steered the conversation back on track:
"Of course, to many Beyonders in the outside world, the City of Silver holds immeasurable value."
"For example, a wealth of secret history concerning the Great Cataclysm, or the Third and Second Epochs."
"Or certain Beyonder creatures that have long since vanished from the outside world but still thrive in that land."
Noticing Miss Justice's sparkling eyes and Alger's yearning gaze, Lin Chuan smiled and said gently:
"As for those matters, I imagine Sun, who lives in the City of Silver, has access to far more detailed information than the few casual remarks I could offer."
"You can discuss and decide on the specifics of any exchanges yourselves. Sun just mentioned that he could obtain the Telepathist formula, so presumably there's something he urgently needs as well."
Only then did Audrey understand.
So Mr. Temperance had introduced the City of Silver before Sun could speak in order to establish the value of what he had to offer, preventing him from naively giving away precious information!
Given the simplicity and innocence Sun had displayed, Miss Justice had no doubt that he might reveal everything about the City of Silver as though it were ordinary small talk.
Once again, she marveled inwardly at what a good person Mr. Temperance was. Hmm... but I suppose Mr. Hanged Man must be rather disappointed?
Alger did indeed regret losing the chance to obtain new information for free. With Mr. Fool as witness, no one dared violate a deal, but if someone got fleeced out of ignorance, Mr. Fool most likely would not