After losing the competition, Wizard Organizations like Moonlight Forest and Green Cottage were driven to the Barren Land, a place relatively scarce in resources.

Moreover, the legacies that Wizard Organizations from the Barren Land can bring out are strictly limited.

In the subsequent control, the Land of Dawn was even stricter, and things like the Key of Rules hardly flowed into the Barren Land.

The Key of Rules is too rare; even on the Land of Dawn, they don't have enough, let alone letting any flow into the Barren Land.

This has led to many exceptionally talented Wizards in the Barren Land hitting their limit upon reaching a Level 1 Crystalization Wizard.

Beyond that, it becomes extremely difficult.

Without a special opportunity, they would end their lives as Crystalization Wizards.

This also made it easier for the Land of Dawn to manage the Barren Land, as long as there weren't any particularly powerful Wizards here, the Land of Dawn could always maintain control and rule over it.

Of course, throughout the long history, there have been people in the Barren Land who broke through to Level 2 Wizards.

These individuals were Level 2 Wizards who advanced purely by understanding rules on their own, without relying on the assistance of the Key of Rules.

It's not surprising, for at the very beginning, the Key of Rules hadn't been discovered yet.

At that time, Wizards relied entirely on their own understanding of rules to advance to Level 2. The conditions were incredibly tough, but it wasn't impossible to succeed.

For Wizards from the Barren Land, although they couldn't get the Key of Rules, they could obtain second-level spells.

However, even though these people advanced to Level 2 Wizards, they quickly joined the forces of the Land of Dawn.

Many times, these individuals would be sent back to the Barren Land, becoming one of the administrators in various Wizard Organizations.

If they wanted to advance further, they needed the support of the Land of Dawn, especially since they didn't have the power to resist the Land of Dawn.

As a result, these people eventually became tools for the Land of Dawn to strengthen their control over the Barren Land.

Herag, upon seeing this, recalled the recent movements in the Land of Dawn.

The Land of Dawn now seemed no longer obsessed with strictly controlling the Barren Land, appearing to fully open up and connect both sides.

This move was very strange; it wasn't possible to suddenly lift restrictions after so many years of control.

After thinking for a moment, Herag speculated that the Land of Dawn must be influenced by some external factor, some sort of pressure.

Under such pressure, controlling the Barren Land was no longer important, leading to this situation.

Herag then thought of the Abyss Plane invasion. Although people in the Wizard Plane had difficulty sensing the Abyssal Aura, they should have ways to monitor these changes.

The Land of Dawn wasn't foolish and certainly detected some abnormalities.

They probably sensed these changes earlier than Herag, and thus took some actions.

But according to future fragments seen from the Sands of Time, the Land of Dawn eventually was destroyed.

Herag speculated that the Wizard Alliance must have learned something, and presumably took some actions in secret, though it was unclear how they were preparing to respond.

He proceeded to other places, scanning and recording all the remaining books.

After scanning and recording all the books, Herag searched a few more times but found no records related to Nicholas.

There were some mentions of the Sixth Ring Tower, but besides describing how powerful the Sixth Ring Tower once was, they just recounted the betrayal of the Sixth Ring Tower.

These records were almost completely consistent with the lower three layers' records, containing no valuable clues.

After confirming no book was overlooked, Herag left the library.

He then continued into the peaceful life of Meditation Practice, while keeping an eye on news related to the Key of Rules.

...

Seven days later.

"Herag, someone in Shahai City is willing to sell a Key of Rules. Are you interested? The seller is from the Farrell Wizard Family, and it's a treasure of their family. It seems that their patriarch, Ales, is nearing the end, so the people below started selling off some assets," Vernon sent a message saying.

"Farrell..."

Herag found the name somewhat familiar, when he suddenly remembered, isn't this the family of his beautiful follower?

Misu indeed had mentioned that the Farrell family was in decline and prayed to him for a child due to inheritance issues.

From her account at the time, Farrell's Ales should have a few more years to live.

Now that the Farrell family is starting to sell off assets, Ales must be critically ill.

This indicates that Ales has lost control over the family and can no longer manage the people within the family.

In a Wizard Family that has developed and grown, with so many people, all kinds of individuals exist.

At such a time, not everyone has the ambition to make the family stronger, selling things for funds is common.

Herag asked: "Does a Wizard Family actually have something like the Key of Rules?"

The Key of Rules should, in theory, be in the hands of the major Wizard Organizations; the Farrell family isn't considered a large Wizard Family, yet they have something like a Key of Rules.

Vernon replied: "That's quite normal, as nearly every Wizard Family has someone participating in Plane Wars, possibly acquiring it during those wars."

The Key of Rules contains the Power of Rules, and this is generally considered a treasure, no matter on which Plane you are.

During Plane Wars, if one enters another Plane, with enough luck, it is indeed possible to acquire such an item.

Moreover, according to the rules of the Wizard Alliance, any items acquired during Plane Wars by expedition team members belong to them.

This is a baseline rule to ensure fairness so that more people willingly participate in Plane Wars.

Therefore, it's very likely that someone from the Farrell family acquired the Key of Rules during Plane Wars, and perhaps it has been kept until now for many years.

No other force will oppress them to seize it either, as this goes against the baseline.

The Key of Rules is important, but not so much that one would risk breaking protocol to seize it.

Herag said: "Alright, do you know what type of this item is?"

"I heard it's a Key of Rules for the Fire Element," Vernon said.

"How much is the Farrell family asking for?" Herag asked.

"Forty thousand Magic Stones. I've temporarily held them back, so the news hasn't been leaked yet. If you're interested, you should be able to buy it now," Vernon said.

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