Soon, in the following days, the surrounding noble territories announced their surrender and merged into the Okra Territory.

Some opportunistic individuals and wandering knights who had committed crimes came to seek refuge. Having heard of Baron Carlos's notorious reputation, they believed this was their paradise.

Unfortunately, all the latecomers, after their crimes were thoroughly investigated, were casually strangled to death by Li Cheng颐.

Of course, the various knowledge, skills, and past experiences they possessed before their deaths were also interrogated by Li Cheng颐 and transformed into his own resources.

As Li Cheng颐 expanded recklessly, in just two months, the black deer flag of the Okra Territory was planted throughout the entire eastern part of the Sola Empire, occupying nearly one-third of the empire's territory.

At this time, the White Tower and the Tower of Knowledge had barely united with the royal family to assemble an army of ten thousand, formally raising the banner to suppress Carlos.

The nobles' cumbersome social interactions led to extreme inefficiency even when they joined forces.

At this time, Li Cheng颐 had already arrived at the White Tower's mage city. Accompanying him were more than thirty new barbarian warriors he had subdued, and more than a hundred human soldiers who had been forcibly gathered.

Standing on the snowy ground outside the city, Li Cheng颐 gazed at the snow-white tower inside the city, which was over a hundred stories high.

The top of the tower shone with a never-ending silver light.

That was the brilliance of magic, representing the foundation of the Sola Empire, the first White Tower mage—Obenxi Tilaman.

The only ninth-level mage in the entire Sola Empire, and the strongest mage who had signed a war cooperation agreement with the Dragon Clan.

Feeling the flame of light that had occupied four-tenths of his Yuanshen Sword Palace, Li Cheng颐 looked at the White Tower as a glutton would look at an unparalleled delicacy.

'Just the knowledge gained from interrogating those White Tower mages has increased the flame in my Sword Furnace by another tenth. I really don't know what level the flame could reach if I could obtain all the knowledge within the White Tower!'

The system of knowledge of all things follows a pyramid structure, with the underlying basic knowledge occupying the majority.

And the higher you go, all knowledge will have common parts, and the essence of many principles is actually repetitive and similar.

So, having collected until now, Li Cheng颐 had already discovered that many of the skills and knowledge systems in this world had begun to overlap and intersect.

It was gradually becoming more difficult to acquire completely unfamiliar and untouched information.

Snowflakes fluttered, and just as he raised his hand, preparing to order the attack on the city,

Whoosh!

A huge white figure flew out from the silver light at the top of the White Tower and quickly approached this place.

The giant shadow had a slender snake neck, white scales, and wide wings. It was actually an elegant white dragon more than ten meters long.

Sitting on the back of the white dragon was a bald, white-bearded mage with silver flames burning in his eyes.

He held a short staff made of gold, looking down at Li Cheng颐 from a high position.

"Stag Carlos, why have you come?"

The smile on Li Cheng颐's face gradually faded. For the first time, he felt a trace of powerful, undeniable threat from the other party.

The person who could make him feel threatened at this time, combined with the white dragon he was riding, was undoubtedly the empire's strongest mage, Obenxi Tilaman.

"I have come to pursue knowledge," Li Cheng颐 answered sincerely.

"The world says you have come for your own ambitions, but now I see you," Obenxi rose from the back of the white dragon, his figure turning into an electric arc and flashing. He landed and reappeared in human form.

"There is no ambition in your eyes, only exploration."

"The mage is wise," Li Cheng颐 smiled.

At this time, the white dragon landed, splashing up large amounts of snow powder, and roared angrily at Li Cheng颐.

Hiss!!

The white dragon's eyes were blood-red, without any intelligence at all, completely like a powerful beast.

Li Cheng颐 looked up, his eyes flashed with a deep darkness mixed with countless dark gold threads.

A trace of the bloodline aura belonging to the Dark Dragon God was faintly released.

Roar!!!

The white dragon's scales instantly stood on end, like a ruffled sparrow, and its huge body leaned back frantically.

Before Obenxi could call out, it turned around and flew away frantically as if fleeing for its life, disappearing into the end of the wind and snow in the blink of an eye.

"What a strong unknown dragon blood!!" Obenxi recognized the trace of aura just now. He also seemed to understand the source of the other party's strength.

He ignored the fleeing white dragon, but instead looked coldly at Li Cheng颐.

"If you truly only seek knowledge, then the White Tower Library is open to you. Will you still wage war on the Mage City?"

"Naturally not. I love peace and abhor meaningless killing," Li Cheng颐 replied solemnly.

"Are you willing to make an agreement?"

"Of course."

"Mida!" Obenxi called out in a low voice.

Soon, the gate of the White Tower behind him opened, and a team of White Tower mages quickly rode out.

One of the leaders was Mida, the White Tower mage who had previously sent an owl to investigate Li Cheng颐.

"Are you willing to resolve your previous grievances with Baron Carlos and dispel misunderstandings?" Obenxi did not care that Mida's assistant and subordinates had died at the hands of Carlos.

He only cared about whether he could quickly end the turmoil.

The Sola royal family did not care whether Tisilan or Carlos ruled the east, as long as they could continue to stabilize the eastern border territory, everything would be fine.

After weighing the cost of resolving Carlos, the royal family decided to follow Obenxi's advice. Since Carlos was waving the banner of pursuing knowledge, they would give him knowledge.

Thus, there was this negotiation under the city.

"I..."

Mida's expression was ugly, but he could not refuse at all.

He was silent for a while, and finally nodded.

"Willing!"

"According to the regulations on the size of the territory, the Okra Territory has reached the level of a viscount, and Baron Carlos is automatically promoted to viscount. On behalf of the White Tower, I can sign a knowledge sharing and exchange agreement with the Okra Territory." Obenxi finally showed a trace of a smile.

With a wave of his hand, countless snowflakes in mid-air rotated and gathered, quickly condensing into a white paper composed of ice and snow.

Lines of agreement text automatically appeared on the paper, and then the White Tower's seal and his name were signed.

Then the paper flew to Li Cheng颐 and floated in front of him.

Li Cheng颐 carefully read all the text content, nodded in satisfaction, and reached out to press his fingerprint on it.

Buzz.

The agreement suddenly disintegrated, turning into snowflakes and disappearing.

In the dark, Li Cheng颐 felt that the world seemed to have some kind of connection, linked to himself.

"This... what is the principle behind this contract!?" His eyes lit up.

"This is a natural contract. A great agreement established under the witness of the natural world. It is a destiny contract that I, as a ninth-level mage, can only sign three times in my life," Obenxi said in a deep voice.

"It's really amazing... Can I obtain this part of the knowledge?" Li Cheng颐's eyes flashed with anticipation.

Looking at such pure expectation and curiosity, Obenxi now somewhat believed that the other party really only came to pursue knowledge.

War and slaughter were only for the flow of knowledge.

"Of course!" He nodded seriously.

As an equally pure scholar, a pinnacle pure mage, he had a very good impression of such a person.

"When can I see this part of the information? Can I see it now?" Li Cheng颐 asked quickly.

"Now?" Obenxi was stunned. Seeing the other party's undisguised pure curiosity, his originally cold face gradually softened.

"Of course!"

Then the two quickly walked together, entered the Mage City, and went to the White Tower.

The remaining Okra Territory army generals looked at each other, and stared at the garrison on the Mage City wall for several hours. What they ultimately received was their lord's notice of ceasefire and withdrawal.

Thus, this vigorous Stag Rebellion, which had only lasted a few months, ended in a speechless manner.

Carlos, the undefeated of Okra, publicly announced his joining of the White Tower, becoming a special consultant to the Mage City, and directly entered the White Tower for academic exchange.

This exchange lasted for two years.

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Two years later.

Top floor of the White Tower.

Obenxi and Li Cheng颐 stood side by side, looking at the distant horizon from the tower's terrace.

The brilliant silver light shone, jumped, and burned behind the two, reflecting their faces somewhat darkly.

"Do you feel it?" Obenxi asked in a low voice.

"Yes..." Li Cheng颐 nodded calmly. "The source of the natural contract, I feel it..."

He had no mage aptitude, but his mental strength far exceeded that of ordinary mages. After mastering the method, he could easily follow the natural agreement that bound him, extend over, and feel the Natural Agreement Hall, located in the dark, unknown place in the dark.

"The cornerstone of the world restrains all things, allowing them to operate, flow, and circulate within a set range and framework. But such a cycle is not perfect," Obenxi sighed.

"There is no perfect thing in the world, so to make up for it, the world naturally bred the Agreement Hall." He continued, "This is for successors to supplement the loopholes that shake the cornerstone."

"I see... I really... really see it..."

Li Cheng颐 closed his eyes, his mental strength following the extended link, entering the dark hall located in nothingness.

Inside the hall, the walls were covered with various agreements determined between different lives.

In the past two years, Li Cheng颐 had studied and accumulated day and night in the White Tower, and had absorbed the entire White Tower's system and accumulation.

The flame in his Yuanshen Sword Palace had spread to seven-tenths. His physical fitness had also increased to nineteen times that of Milton.

But at this node, no matter how much new knowledge he absorbed, he could not go any further.

It was as if the rest of the new knowledge was more repetitive.

To ignite the divine fire, his current breadth of accumulation was enough, but perhaps he lacked depth.

And at this time, after finding the way to enter the Agreement Hall, the flame in his Sword Furnace suddenly rose sharply.

Finally, there was a new breakthrough, although this breakthrough was very small.

"The world, nature, what else exists besides the laws of operation of all things? Why do I still feel unable to understand even though I have learned enough knowledge?"

Thinking of this, Li Cheng颐 could not help but sigh.

"Carlos, your talent is the only one I have ever seen in my life. If you had a mage talent, you might become an even more powerful pinnacle mage. But..." Obenxi said, "You have a fatal flaw."

"What?"

In the past two years, the two had gradually become cooperative partners similar to fellow Daoists due to a large amount of communication.

Obenxi was also an extremely indifferent person, who only liked to pursue truth and knowledge. So at this time, the relationship between the two was much better than before.

"It's experience," Obenxi smiled.

"Books are just records. You can learn the feelings and experiences extracted from them, but those are not your true personal feelings. They have been recorded and are no longer complete. What you really lack now is not books, but practice."

"Practice..." A flash of lightning seemed to cross Li Cheng颐's mind.

Yes.

Book knowledge is just a way of recording all things, a carrier, but as long as it is a record, there will inevitably be distortion and loss of information.

Only by personally feeling and perceiving can one perfectly and completely obtain all the information.

In that instant, Li Cheng颐 suddenly understood why he had only seven-tenths of the flame now.

"Go, if you want to explore the truth of the world, you have to try it yourself."

(End of this chapter)