Chapter 140: The End
"What would it cost to make a copy of all the books in Candlecastle?" Dugu Feng asked directly, the construction of an academy must first have a library rich enough, and near the Gate of Baldur, there is no library bigger than Candle Castle.
Therefore, one of the purposes of Dugu Feng's coming over this time is to empty the library of Candle Castle - of course, it is easy for Dugu Feng to directly steal the materials of Candle Castle, but since it is to build the library of the academy, it needs to be able to release it openly, so some transactions are still needed as a cover.
"It's impossible!"
For Dugu Feng's question, the scroll keeper Urlant did not hesitate to refuse, in his heart, the knowledge collected by the Candlecastle Library is priceless, and no price can be compared to it.
"Knowledge is priceless, and there is no treasure in this world that is as valuable as the knowledge contained in the Candle Keep!"
"Really?"
Dugu Feng smiled lightly, and she just said lightly for Ulrant's arrogant refusal: "There is almost nothing in this world that is truly priceless. Everything has value, even if it is a godhead and a priesthood, it is not necessarily that it cannot be obtained after paying a certain price. ”
What knowledge is priceless, it's just the arrogance of the mortals of Urlanth. Even the Lord of Knowledge, in the face of an olive branch extended by a certain Lord of War, had to exchange the priesthood of the novel for the invention of papermaking and printing. The so-called priceless, but the price is not enough.
"If you have a new invention that rivals papermaking, you can indeed get all the books of Candlekeep!"
The corners of Ullante's mouth curled slightly, and he said sarcastically. As a powerful prophet and high-ranking member of the Church of Knowledge, Urlant naturally knew the deal behind the novel's canonization of the goddess of news, but he didn't think that a mere mortal who killed Princess Alita could compare to a medium-class god, let alone come up with an invention comparable to papermaking and printing. These two inventions are not difficult in themselves, but what really matters is their significant impact on the dissemination of knowledge, and the impact on the gods of knowledge that it has caused. Such an epoch-making invention was not expected to happen again in a short period of time.
"Papermaking and printing are great, but there are new inventions that can be compared! It's just that if you want to trade at this level, the object will not be you! ”
Dugu Feng said lightly, of course, there are inventions comparable to papermaking and printing, in the world of science and technology, the invention of computers and the Internet is another explosive progress in knowledge and information, if it can really appear, the power of the gods of knowledge is simply an explosive rise, and its impact may even exceed the invention of papermaking and printing.
Although the computer and the Internet seem to be high-tech things, but in fact the principle is very simple, it mainly uses the simple characteristics of the on-off circuit to represent the state of yes or no, and through the logic circuit to complete the automatic control, these hardware difficulties are mainly material limitations, these can be completely replaced by the magic and alchemy technology of this world, as for the software, it is completely a mathematical logic problem, basically does not involve the structure of the universe material composition, It is a common skill in all dimensions, as long as the underlying hardware is mastered, the porting of software is a breeze.
With the magical background of the world of Feiren, the invention of computers and the Internet is not much more difficult than the invention of papermaking and printing, and even in some ways, Feiren's magic network is actually a super Internet network itself, but it is not a universal civilian technology.
However, Dugufeng is not a good person who helps others, and of course he is not interested in helping the gods of knowledge to increase their influence and strength in vain. Even if she wants to make a deal with the gods of knowledge, she must have an equal status with them on the surface, otherwise with the conservative attitude of the Lord of Knowledge, I am afraid that as soon as she says this invention, she will immediately face the hostility and attack of the Lord of Knowledge.
"If you have one, I'd be happy to introduce you to the right one!"
Urlante and Na naturally decided that Dugu Feng was talking big, so after he said something sarcastically, he turned his head directly, crossed Dugu Feng, and asked Ms. Veria Roland: "Ms. Roland, I heard that you have also lived in the abyss for a long time?" Master Yonggan* has brought me a lot of knowledge about the Abyss, but I don't know much about Broken Domain, can you tell me about the situation in Broken City......"
No matter how eccentric and arrogant the Guardian of the Tome may be, Ullant is at least an avid collector of knowledge, and he will not pass up any opportunity to gather knowledge. After knowing that Ms. Vilia Roland was from Abyssal Fracture City, and had dealt with the famous Abyss Twins and the Black Sun Butler, she kept asking questions to Ms. Vilia Roland.
Lady Veria Rolland knew everything about this, and gave detailed answers to questions raised by Urlante, the guardian of the scroll, such as "the geographical location of the Broken City", "the number of people", "history, humanities", and "distribution of power". And she seems to have some kind of bad taste, when answering Ullante's question about the famous characters of the humanities of Broken City, she deliberately leads the topic to the love story of the Abyss Twins and a certain human mage, and by the way, it is also nested in the love and hate of several famous characters, so the gossip and meaning of the topic suddenly aroused the greater interest of Urlant, the guardian of the scroll.
As a result, the whole dinner turned into a process of Ullante's non-stop rhetorical question, and Ms. Ville Loren's non-stop answer. Instead, Dugu Feng and another rainbow dragon guest became idle.
Dugufeng didn't care about this, he just tasted the meals and dishes with great interest. The other guest, the Iridescent Dragon, was patient at first, listening to the conversation between Ullant and Lady Ville Roland, but when the conversation lasted for an hour, he couldn't help but show a hint of impatience.
Luckily, Ullant wasn't a tireless constructor or lich, and after more than an hour of endless questioning, he finally got tired and stopped asking contentedly.
"Thank you very much for your generosity, Ms. Roland!"
Obviously, Ullante, the Keeper of the Scroll, was satisfied with this conversation with Lady Veria Roland, and he took the initiative to ask, "You have obtained my approval to come to my tower to inquire about the information you need during your stay in Candlekeep." Of course, if you have any special needs, you can make your request now! ”
"I need to check all the prophecies that the Great Prophet Arlando left behind in the Candle Keep!"
Of course, it was not unreasonable for Lady Veria Roland to cooperate with the questions of the Keeper of the Scroll, so she said directly: "If I allow, I would also like to be able to see all the prophecies in the realm of the Candle Castle!" ”
Hearing this request from Veria Roland, Ullante, the guardian of the scroll, frowned rarely, and after thinking about it seriously, he said: "Some of the prophecies of the Great Prophet Arlando are the most important secrets of the Candle Castle, and although the information you just gave me is precious, it is not equivalent to the prophecy of the Great Prophet......"
Lady Veria Rolland, however, seemed to anticipate Ullante's reaction, and said confidently: "I know the original of Candlecaste, but I also have some prophecies and knowledge from other places, and I think these are enough to exchange for the prophecy of the Great Prophet......"
Ullante, the guardian of the scroll, thought about it carefully, then nodded and said, "That's fine, if your prophecy is valuable enough, it can indeed be exchanged for ......."
After finishing the conversation and transaction with Lady Veria Roland, Ullant the Guardian of the Volume took a sip of wine and continued to ask the other guest, the Iridescent Dragon, "Mr. Ryanstein, I am curious about the land of dragons......"
Seeing that it was finally his turn, the Iridescent Dragon couldn't help but look uplifted, and answered the question of the Scroll Guardian with a smile on his face. It's just that his answer is not as inexhaustible as that of Lady Veria Roland, and when it comes to some of the secrets of the dragons, it is obvious that he is vaguely staggered the topic.
Ullant the Guardian of the Tome didn't care, but shifted the conversation to something obviously less sensitive, asking about less important side topics.
However, when the conversation between the two ended, the Iridescent Dragon said that he wanted to consult some information on dealing with the Great Cleavage and Shadow Spells, but was directly rejected by the Guardian of the Scroll, Urlante.
"Mr. Reinstein, whether it's the Great Cleavage or the Shadow Spell, it's knowledge that directly has power, which is completely different from the value of knowledge that doesn't have power......"
This high-sounding reason directly made the rainbow dragon's face gloomy.
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The dinner was over, and the rainbow dragon hurried away with a gloomy face. Dugufeng and Ms. Vilia Lola walked out of the tower side by side.
"This kind of character of Your Excellency Ullant really doesn't know how many strong people you have offended!"
Looking at the back of the iridescent dragon that left in a hurry, Veria Roland couldn't help but shake her head slightly.
"It's not enough to be polite, it's the interests and beliefs that really cause conflict."
Dugu Feng said lightly, the legendary powerhouse is not a child, nor is it just a second-year young man who draws a knife and cuts each other with a bad breath, if there is no real conflict of interests and positions, there are not many strong people who are willing to provoke Candle Castle, an important stronghold of the gods of knowledge.
"Yes!"
Ms. Veria Roland also nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Ullant almost stays at home, and Candle Castle has legendary mages and mysteries in charge, and I don't think any strong person will rush to Candle Castle to trouble him because of a little thing!" ”
"Not necessarily! Perhaps, in a few days, we will see people asking for trouble with him! ”