Chapter 655
"Sir, the person you''ve asked for has arrived."
"Thanks," Shang answered the town nner before flying over to a new person that had just entered his town.
“Wee to my town," Shang spoke politely to the person floating in front of him.
The woman floating in front of Shang chuckled politely. "Thank you, Town Lord," she said. "I''ve heard that you are interested in
buying several Istion Chambers?"
The person in front of Shang was a woman with long and beautiful grey hair wearing expensive golden robes. She was an Early
Ancestral Mage.
"Correct," Shang answered. "I''ve had some less-than-savory people skulking around my town, and since | am a follower of the
mindfree doctrine, | can''t just read their minds. That''s why | want a couple of Istion Chambers.”
Reading one''s mind was the most intrusive act one could possibly be, and there were severalws for exactly this act.
Depending on the Empire that ruled thend, thews were a bit different.
In the Lightning Manor''s territory, reading someone''s mind was prohibited. Of course, the Areas were different since they were
isted.
The mind was something sacred, and if one wanted to read someone else''s mind, one would need to get permission from the
Lightning Manor, which wasn''t easy.
Shang lived in the Twilight Dusk Family''s territory, and their rules were a bit different.
The Twilight Dusk Family was more open to reading minds, but they also weren''tpletely open.
Reading someone''s mind was essentially the same as killing someone in the Twilight Dusk Family''s territory.
If you had a very good reason and justification for reading someone''s mind, it was fine, but just randomly doing it when hiring
someone, for example, was a no-go.
Of course, as a Town Lord, Shang couldn''t just do whatever he wanted. His town was part of the Twilight Dusk Family, and he
had to follow the generalws of the Empire.
If he wanted to kill someone or read someone''s mind, he had to have an actual reason.
He couldn''t just do it because he wanted to.
The mindfree doctrine that Shang had talked about earlier was a specific ideology that followed the Lightning Manor''s
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A follower of the mindfree doctrine believed that minds shouldn''t be read, no matter what.
If there truly were sketchy people skulking around Shang''s town, he couldn''t just kill them or read their minds. However, he could
keep them in jail for a couple of months for investigation.
Also, a mind read wasn''t the only thing that would allow one to find the truth of a matter.
And the person floating in front of Shang was a specialist in one of these methods.
The woman just smiled. "Ipletely understand. A big part of our clients also follow the mindfree doctrine, and we''re quite
thankful," she said as sheughed politely. "After all, we wouldn''t be where we are today without our valued clients."
"Do you know how our Istion Chambers work?"
"Vaguely,”" Shang said.
The woman nodded. "Well, let me exin it in more detail. We will be using special materials and Magic Circles topletely
iste someone from the outside world. The inside and the outside of the chamber arepletely cut off from each other."
"That means no Mana can enter or exit, and it is impossible to look inside or out. The istion puts a significant strain on
someone''s mind, and theck of new Mana only intensifies that feeling.”
“After some time, the person inside the Istion Chamber will slowly start losing Mana and life energy, which creates an
agonizing feeling of approaching death. If we were talking about normal humans, you could view it as slowly asphyxiating
someone over three months."
“Of course, depending on how it is used, an Istion Chamber can also help calm someone''s mind."
The woman exined all the details of the Istion Chamber for the next couple of minutes, and Shang just nodded along.
"That sounds great. | would like tomission three of them whole and one more as individual pieces of metal in case the other
three receive some damage," Shang said.
The woman''s smile widened. "No problem. How strong do you wish for them to be?"
"| want it to be absolutely impossible for an Archmage to escape and nearly impossible for an Initial Ancestral Mage to escape,”
Shang said.
The woman nodded. "How big should they be? How do you want them to be essed?"
Shang answered a couple more questions.
After a while, the woman nodded and handed over a sheet of paper she had created.
It was the bill with all the details.
25 Grade Six Mana Crystals.
Shang signed the bill and summoned 25 Grade Six Mana Crystals.
The woman smiled brightly, created a copy, handed the copy to Shang, and pocketed the Mana Crystals.
After that, Shang led her to his castle, and they entered the basement.
Shang''s mind dug three huge rectangr holes and motioned for the woman to proceed.
SHING!
Three huge, ck, and rectangr objects appeared inside the hole, and the woman summoned several more materials.
The Magic Circles of the town were shining withplex runes as the additional Magic Circles were integrated.
After about an hour, she was done.
“And that should be it," she said with a smile. "The three Istion Chambers share the same energy source as your town''s
barrier.”
Shang nodded.
After that, the woman summoned several huge ck stones and put them beside Shang. "These are the recement pieces
that you ordered."
Then, she exined how Shang could swap out destroyed or defective parts of his Istion Chambers.
“And that should cover everything," she said.
Shang nodded. "Thank you. Everything''s to my liking.”
After that, she said her goodbyes and left the town.
Shang continued flying in the sky for a while and then went back to his basement.
He activated the Magic Circles to iste his castle from the town and walked over to one of the huge ck stones.
Shang''s hand touched it, and after a while, Shang smirked.
SHING!
Shang summoned both bodies of Sword and stabbed them into the ck ore. "Eat up."
What material couldpletely iste all kinds of Mana?
Entropy ore.
How strong would the Entropy ore need to be to resist an Initial Ancestral Mage?
At least in the Initial Sixth Realm.
After a while, Sword had filled up with Entropy ore again, and Shang put the stones away.
Shang had expected that it would be harder to find Entropy ore, but surprisingly, it wasn''t difficult at all.
Where there was a need, there was money to be made.