Chapter 1080

Nage Li Si brought his three 'attendants' into the House of Sages, and Jilifte specifically reminded him:

"Lord of Omniscience, we previously thought you had fallen, so we did not notify you. This afternoon at three o'clock, the House of Sages is holding a remote communication meeting. You can participate from the Place of Meditation. The topic is regarding the Light Disaster."

Nage Li Si nodded: "Got it. I'm injured anyway, so who cares about some Light Disaster? Boring."

Muttering to himself, he stepped onto the Wisdom Stairs. This was the first verification checkpoint for entering the House of Sages.

As the large door behind them slowly closed, Nage Li Si asked in a low voice: "Was the acting convincing? Why do I have to pretend like this?"

Anthony gave a thumbs up: "Too convincing, it was practically a natural performance. As for why? Because that is the personality of the Lord of Omniscience. Based on the data I got from Kesini, the psychological profile I built shows the Lord of Omniscience has exactly this personality—even harder to please than you."

Nage Li Si rolled his eyes: "I heard that. You're saying I'm hard to please."

"Lord Nage is brilliant; you heard my meaning immediately. I admire you, I truly do," Anthony replied with a smile, which made Nage Li Si want to hit him.

Soon, everyone walked up the stairs and arrived at a large room. The room was empty, with only a large door on the side directly opposite the stairs.

"What's going on? Is the Wisdom Stairs finished? Didn't you say there would be verification?" Nage Li Si asked in a low voice, though he wasn't asking the others outside, but Xisilu inside the Book of Yellow Stone.

Xisilu said: "Of course not. This is only the first rank. There are three ranks to the Wisdom Stairs. You can only enter the next rank after answering the questions."

"Where are the questions?" Nage Li Si asked.

"Walk to the center of the room and step on it, and you'll see them. They are all rather difficult questions, and they change every period. If you can't answer them, you won't be able to enter the core Wisdom Treasury, nor will you gain higher permissions," Xisilu explained.

"I'm already a member, yet I still have to answer questions to enter the Wisdom Treasury? Then what is the point of being a member?" Nage Li Si asked in surprise.

Xisilu said: "My lord, member status allows you to receive basic help, but you are trying to enter the Wisdom Treasury now—the most core place. Naturally, it must verify your wisdom. If you don't need to enter the Wisdom Treasury, you can go to the nearby Place of Meditation or the Sea of Learning, or even just stay at home and send a message to the House of Sages, and someone will come to provide service to you."

"Oh, so you mean everyone who comes here wants to enter the most core area and wants higher permissions? For general matters, there's no need to come here at all; just sending a message is enough?" Nage Li Si realized.

"Yes, everyone comes here mostly to get permissions to issue tasks or seek help. If general matters can be solved, people solve them themselves. Who would make a fuss and come here?" Xisilu said.

All the members are Lords of Omniscience. People of Xisilu's level are overlords in their own right. If they need to seek help regarding wisdom, it must be some very difficult problem. To get help from other members, they need to verify their wisdom; otherwise, who would know if you really need help?

After hearing Nage Li Si's relay, Anthony nodded. He actually understood the purpose of this verification very well. Intelligent beings have inertia, especially regarding intellect; when they can't think of something, they want to be lazy.

If there is a place that can easily provide you with answers, you will definitely want to find the answer there immediately rather than thinking for yourself, just like how some mages are less willing to cast spells themselves after using magic scrolls.

In this way, it doesn't help improve wisdom at all; instead, it makes members lazier. If a checkpoint is set up, it increases the difficulty for everyone to 'find' answers.

Then, when they encounter difficult problems, people won't come looking for help immediately, but will instead ponder and rack their brains until they truly cannot solve it before coming for help. This is a means to maintain the vitality of the entire organization. The person who set up this program is a master.

Nage Li Si flew to the center of the room and stepped on a raised part of the floor. A coordinate system diagram was projected, with two points flickering on it.

"Pfft..." Xisilu inside the Book of Yellow Stone spat out a mouthful of blood: "Why are you so unlucky to run into the most troublesome coordinate system calculation? This kind of problem is the worst. The calculation volume is huge and the time is tight. If you don't finish within the corresponding time, it changes, and you have to calculate it all over again."

"You are so unlucky. Let the others help; four people calculating is faster than you doing it alone. The House of Sages allows three people to be brought in precisely to deal with these kinds of trash problems. Whoever runs into this will end up vomiting blood all over the floor..."

Xisilu had clearly suffered greatly from this type of problem, his heart full of resentment. He complained for a while, and then he saw Nage Li Si inputting the answer.

"Beep—" The coordinate system diagram disappeared, and the door on the opposite wall slowly opened.

"This... this... you calculated it? Or did you just guess randomly?" Xisilu was dumbfounded.

"Can you guess coordinate system calculations? You try guessing one," Nage Li Si said, hands on his hips triumphantly.

"You... you aren't human." Xisilu could only reach this conclusion. How could a normal person calculate coordinates mentally in such a short time?

"I'm not human, are you blind? Dragon, dragon, dragon, look closely," Nage Li Si said triumphantly, turning back to beckon everyone to fly toward the door opposite.

Behind the door was a staircase. After going up, they arrived at the second floor. Following the same steps, a question appeared in front of Nage Li Si: "Please select one hundred correct magic circuit structures."

Along with the question, dozens of magic circuit structures appeared.

Xisilu spat blood again: "Why are you so unlucky? It's this kind of problem again. The last one tested calculation ability, this one tests your memory. Magic circuits are so complex, and you have to select one hundred correct ones? That means you have to remember at least one hundred correct magic circuits. Who can remember that many? People remember a few common ones, and store the uncommon ones in jewelry, rings, or scrolls..."

While he was complaining, Nage Li Si's claws were clicking rapidly. Every time he clicked one, it disappeared and a new one popped up, always keeping dozens of structure patterns on display. Before Xisilu could finish speaking, Nage Li Si had already clicked one hundred.

The door on the opposite wall slowly opened again.

"This... you remember all of these? Do dragons have such good memories? Even the previous Lords of Omniscience couldn't do this, right?" Xisilu said in disbelief.

No one would go out of their way to memorize so many magic circuit structures. They remember a dozen common ones, seal the uncommon ones in jewelry, rings, or scrolls, and carry dozens of scrolls to go anywhere.

But this problem wasn't a spellcasting problem; it was 'spot the difference.' You have to find the correct ones among a pile of magic circuit structures. If you aren't very familiar with the structure diagrams, it's very easy to click the wrong one.

Fortunately, this problem didn't have a time limit like the coordinate system calculation, but Nage Li Si had finished before he could even finish his sentence. Isn't this too abnormal?

Xisilu, feeling his IQ had been severely rubbed into the ground, arrived at the third rank. When he saw the final question, he couldn't hold back his shouting anymore: "Targeted, targeted! You are being targeted! We never encounter these kinds of problems when we come here. All three of your problems are this kind of trash. You are being targeted."