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"What do you wish to gain?"
Hearing The Hanged Man's question, Lin Ruo propped his chin with one hand, observing The Hanged Man's expression, which even through the gray fog, showed complexity and contradiction. He smiled and said, "To be honest, there isn't anything specific I particularly want. Equivalent information, gold pounds, or Sealed Artifacts, anything is fine."
Of course, it would be even better if you were willing to share the coordinates of that island, which is suspected to have been conceptualized by Adam.
Lin Ruo added that in his mind. Because of The Hanged Man's past demonstrated attention and killing intent towards Vice Admiral Hurricane, he was almost certain that The Hanged Man must possess the coordinates of a mysterious island, just like in the original work.
In the original work, that island was suspected to be a product of Adam's conceptualization. It disappeared after Klein and The Hanged Man teamed up to explore it, and Klein even obtained the Card of Blasphemy: Tyrant card on the island under Adam's arrangement.
Lin Ruo wasn't quite sure what was going on with that mysterious island now, but he wasn't too afraid of encountering Adam. If he could team up with The Hanged Man and Klein to explore that island, resolve The Hanged Man's subsequent Sequence advancement potion formula acquisition problem, and conveniently equip Miracle Klein with a new set of gear, Lin Ruo would be very happy.
However, even with this intention, Lin Ruo couldn't possibly bring it up himself. After all, with The Hanged Man Alger's sensitive and suspicious personality, if he really did that, he would probably scare the other party to death.
The Hanged Man Alger was silent for a moment, then said, "I need some time to prepare..."
"That's not a problem. Anyway, I haven't gotten the formula yet. You can take this time to prepare. Once I get the formula, we can officially trade." Lin Ruo smiled, maintaining his usual generous persona, and considerately added,
"If you can't come up with something of equal value for a while, you can wait a bit longer. I don't mind delaying the transaction. And perhaps in a while, I might obtain an Ocean Songster characteristic. At that time, you can trade for both."
Lin Ruo also knew that a mere Sequence 5 formula might not be enough to make The Hanged Man make up his mind, so he simply added more incentive.
Anyway, he was certain that The Hanged Man wouldn't be able to gather enough money to buy the formula in a short time. Furthermore, as a member of the Church of the Lord of Storms, even if he obtained the Ocean Songster formula, it wouldn't be easy for him to acquire the Ocean Songster potion formula through other channels, bypassing the Church.
In this situation, when he, a highly reputable member of the Tarot Club, offered to provide both the formula and the main ingredients, The Hanged Man's internal scales would naturally tip more easily towards him.
As for where the Ocean Songster characteristic would come from—Lin Ruo felt that as long as he looked, there would always be wild and deserving-to-die Ocean Singers. Not to mention, there were already spies from the Loen Royal Family within the Church of the Lord of Storms, and these spies were already categorized as enemies in Lin Ruo's eyes.
If he really couldn't find one, Lin Ruo remembered that there was a Sealed Artifact in Saint Samuel Cathedral that corresponded to the Ocean Songster. At that time, he could just exchange it for an equivalent Sealed Artifact.
Others couldn't do this, but he could.
Once he exchanged for the Sealed Artifact, he could then use the Unshadowed Crucifix to extract the characteristic, or simply have Medici help him crush it, and he would have a steaming hot Ocean Songster characteristic.
While doing this was a bit troublesome, considering the gains from exploring Adam's island, it was definitely not a loss.
Hearing Chariot's words, which sounded calm but contained quite a lot of information, The Hanged Man Alger couldn't help but glance at him, his brow twitching.
In a while, he could not only get the Ocean Songster potion formula but also the corresponding characteristic?
What does Chariot want to do? He wouldn't be thinking of hunting those quasi-high-ranking members of the Church, would he?
It wasn't surprising that The Hanged Man Alger thought this way. Mainly, Chariot's words were too misleading. And perhaps other members of the Tarot Club would only think Chariot was knowledgeable, thus overlooking his strength, but The Hanged Man Alger would not.
A person who knows many hidden secrets, including much high-level knowledge, and is willing to share it, no matter how low his own Sequence is, it wouldn't be that low.
If such a person wanted to hunt a Sequence 5 of the Church of the Lord of Storms… The Hanged Man Alger didn't think Chariot couldn't do it.
I hope it's not like that… The Hanged Man Alger sighed inwardly. Although he was essentially a double-crosser, he was still a member of the Church of the Lord of Storms. Even with many dissatisfactions towards the Church, he still didn't want such a thing to happen.
Of course, if it unfortunately happened, The Hanged Man Alger would mourn for that unlucky colleague, but he would still buy the characteristic.
After all, The Hanged Man Alger was a realistic person and would not give up the Ocean Songster characteristic that was practically handed to him for a colleague he didn't even know.
However, if Chariot really intended to hunt a quasi-high-ranking member of the Church… perhaps he could find clues to the other party's true identity afterward?
The Hanged Man Alger's thoughts raced, but outwardly, he remained calm and said,
"...Thank you. I will prepare the compensation to your satisfaction as soon as possible. If you truly obtain the Ocean Songster characteristic, I hope you can reserve it for me for a period of time."
"Of course." Lin Ruo smiled and nodded. The bait would naturally be kept for the fish.
After their transaction was completed, Little Sun Derrick raised his hand. He was clearly a bit nervous but didn't immediately state his trouble. Instead, he first looked at Lin Ruo, then at Justice Audrey, and said, "Mister Chariot, Young Miss Justice, I still copied ancient god legends this week. The corresponding content will be given to you after this Tarot Club meeting ends."
Because the content of the ancient god legends was extensive and difficult to condense, it was not suitable for Lin Ruo and Justice Audrey to read directly during the Tarot Club meeting, as it would take up too much of others' time. So last week, they had discussed with Little Sun that if the content was about ancient god legends, Little Sun would provide it to them by copying it.
Therefore, neither Lin Ruo nor Justice Audrey naturally had any objections to this.
Afterward, Little Sun Derrick looked around at the members of the Tarot Club again, and somewhat nervously said,
"Everyone, I have been assigned a mission to explore a half-ruined temple in the near future. It's the temple I mentioned before, which might belong to the Fallen Creator."
Although under Lin Ruo's intervention, Mr. Fool and the True Creator were not "at loggerheads" as in the original work, because of Lin Ruo's previous popularization of knowledge, Little Sun still knew about the existence of the True Creator. He also knew that this evil god was called the Fallen Creator by Mr. Fool, and the associated Sequence was suspected to be Shepherd.
So Little Sun Derrick immediately added, "Elder Lovia, who is in charge of this operation, is the Shepherd Elder I mentioned before."
After learning about the True Creator's Sequence, Little Sun Derrick had also mentioned Elder Lovia at the Tarot Club, after all, she had always been a bit abnormal, and knowing the evil god above her Sequence, it truly couldn't help but make Little Sun worry.
"Do you have any suggestions?"
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