Mage Joan

"My student, for you, the pattern of the lich is too small, and becoming a **** is the right way."

"I believe that in the near future, you will be able to become a demigod and gain an immortal body."

"Absolute existence means absolute nothingness. When a mortal achieves immortality, the greatest pain in the rest of the never-ending journey is to lose his way and find a goal that can inspire oneself to move on."

"When that day comes, I hope you can still remember this invitation to join the conference, and carefully consider my suggestion."

"Finally, good luck to you!"

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After reading the mentor's reply, Qiao An's mood was very complicated.

Joan also happened to recognize Sameer and Cain mentioned in Professor Moriarty's letter.

Sameer used to be the cardinal elder of Oedis, the identity that Joan pretended to be in Oedis, the "faster" Gnostic, and the master was a student of Sameer.

Qiao An didn't expect that his mentor, Professor Moriarty, and the mentor of "Gnostic", Elder Sameer, turned out to be old friends in reality, and both of them eventually chose to become Liches.

Another member of the Libra Club, the "Vampire" Cain, Professor Moriarty said in his letter that he died of a vendetta. However, Mr. Professor, I am afraid that his students also participated in the killing of Cain.

Had it been known that Cain and Professor Moriarty were both members of the Libra Society, Joanne would not have accepted Metatron's entrustment to help her chase and kill Cain.

All kinds of accidental coincidences made Qiao An have to feel that the world is unpredictable.

Aside from these coincidences, Professor Moriarty stated in the letter the creed of the "Battle Club", the so-called "rational neutrality, against extremes", Qiao An quite disagrees.

The ideal of the Tianpinghui sounds noble, but the question is how to judge what is rational, what is fanaticism, what is conservative, and what is radical?

If the balance cannot find an objective and fair measurement standard, it can only judge right from wrong with its own likes and dislikes. If it inadvertently violates the original intention of this organization, it is very likely to make jokes about doing bad things with good intentions, and even itself will be reduced to destroy the world The scourge of balance.

With Professor Moriarty’s ingenuity, it is impossible not to see an insurmountable gap between the ideal and reality of the Tianpinghui. However, he does not mention these hidden dangers at all. Is he pretending to be confused?

Qiao An recalled the words at the end of the teacher's letter, and gradually tasted deeper meanings.

Life is short. If you are not willing to waste your time, you must always set an ideal for yourself and work hard to realize it.

It is also limited by the shortness of life. A rational person always considers various realistic factors when setting life goals. Reasonable goals must be realistic and drunk at least in their lifetime.

However, this criterion does not apply to individuals who have gotten rid of the limit on lifespan, such as liches.

Contrary to ordinary people who suffer from short lives, Lich’s distress stems from immortality. Any goal that can be achieved in a limited time is insignificant and not worth fighting for in an infinite river of time.

It is difficult for an individual with infinite life to find an ideal that requires a lifetime of hard work to achieve. Even if you throw stones into the sea, as long as you don’t die, there will be the day when the sea will be filled. This is a goal that has been foreseen and will be achieved. What's the point of being non-challenging, not working hard?

If you abandon all lofty goals and live just to live, your soul will fall into the abyss of emptiness, and you will doubt the meaning of your life in the world. It is better to die and eliminate all your troubles.

As Professor Moriarty said in the letter:

"Absolute existence means absolute nothingness. When a mortal achieves immortality, the greatest pain in the rest of the never-ending journey is to lose his way and find a goal that can inspire oneself to move on."

This is a difficult problem facing all the undead. Professor Moriarty and his fellow liches must give an answer that can justify themselves and encourage their continued existence.

"Tianpinghui" is their answer.

Everyone can tell that the program of this organization is simply unrealistic.

Where there is life, there are conflicts. Trying to maintain a balance in a conflicting world is more difficult than destroying the world. The ideals of the Tianpinghui will never be fully realized.

However, for the immortal lich, it is this illusory goal that is worth pursuing. Unrealistic ideals and the endless life of the lich are opposed to each other, and to a certain extent, the emptiness in the heart of the undead can be eliminated.

Of course, there are many unrealistic ideals. Some of them are far more noble, more passionate and inciting than the modest and boring creed of "rational neutrality", but Professor Moriarty and his comrades have no choice. Those more lofty ideals are not because they are too narrow and outdated in thinking, but because they have self-knowledge.

In this world dominated by living people, undead creatures are the epitome of evil in the eyes of the public. The sharp opposition between the living and the undead is far greater than the contradictions within human society.

If Tianping proposes a more radical program of action, even a noble program for the welfare of the people at the bottom of society, it will inevitably arouse the resentment and vigilance of the rich and powerful, denounce it as a cult with bad intentions and instigate riots, and unite to brutally suppress it. .

On the other hand, it is also very difficult for the Tianping Club to win the support of the people at the bottom. In this world where most people agree that "others have different hearts", how can ordinary people believe that the Lich will sincerely work for their own welfare?

On the other hand, if the balance is biased towards conservatives and assists those with vested interests in maintaining the current order, it will become a thug and shameless lackey of the powerful, and will be spurned by progressives and hated by the lower class.

The same reason is because of the difference between life and death, the powerful class will not really treat the liches as their own people. Once the ruling foundation is unstable, they will most likely abandon their allies and calm the anger, and the balance will not escape the end of the bird.

Since these two stances that are too strong are undesirable, the Tianping Society can only choose to be neutral, to maintain balance as its responsibility, and to oppose all extreme forces.

The experience in Shizhu Town has shown that not everyone is qualified to maintain neutrality between the two parties to the conflict.

Professor Moriarty and Elder Samael are obviously aware of this, so they actively look for newcomers to enhance the strength of the balance.

If you want to join the Tianping Club, you must have an "immortal body." This condition is very harsh, and the high threshold is obviously not conducive to expanding the scale of the organization.

Qiao An initially thought that Elder Sameer and Professor Moriarty didn't want to be too high-profile, which attracted suspicion and was only content with forming a small and united "elite club."

However, when he re-read the teacher's reply carefully, he suddenly came up with a new conjecture.