Chapter 311 - Chapter 311: Chapter 296: Institutional Innovation (2/2)

Scholar Straitor suddenly spoke up, “A perfect Philosopher’s Stone does exist.”

“We found a centuries-old parchment that was authored by the legendary curator of the Sapphire Ancient Library.”

The Ancient Library?

At the mention of the Ancient Library, everyone was momentarily taken aback.

The six Ancient Libraries, each with tens of thousands of years of history, were legendary entities, supposedly established at the very advent of Claud World civilization to collect nearly all extraordinary things such as “Extraordinary materials,” “Mysterious rare artifacts,” “Extraordinary Bequests,” “mysterious creatures,” and even “Extraordinary Exponents” themselves.

They were said to be mysterious organizations born at the beginnings of civilization, with long histories even predating the great churches, handed down through generations to this very day.

Straitor continued, “The curator of the Sapphire Library had conducted many experiments a thousand years ago, confirming the existence of the Philosopher’s Stone but unclear about its composition.”

“And according to the contents revealed on that parchment, the curator of the Sapphire Library once reached worlds beyond Claud, and in those other worlds, he saw the true, perfect Philosopher’s Stone—the ultimate goal of alchemy! The world’s most beautiful substance! Capable of fulfilling all of mortal desires! Far more valuable than a human life!”

His tone stayed as calm as possible, yet there was a burning passion in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, everything became clear to everyone present.

Mr. Straitor must have used many living people for his experiments, resulting in a considerable loss of lives.

Yet, everyone was skeptical about his ability to create the Philosopher’s Stone, something that only existed in legend.

Christine spoke, “To gather funds, Mr. Straitor and his Sage Academic Society began to amass great wealth through the trafficking of people, victimizing not only many natives of the White Sea but hundreds of Cyart people from the East Coast as well!”

There was a moment of silence; trafficking the natives of the White Sea typically went unregulated, but undoubtedly, trafficking one’s countrymen was a heinous crime!

Being the organizer, Straitor deserved to be executed publicly by the church!

Christine paused briefly, then looked at Byrne.

“In that Sage Academic Society, there were many of Uncle Byrne’s classmates and friends.”

While Chris was nominally the head of the family, he was not present here.

Everyone turned to Byrne, who effectively managed various affairs.

Even if everything about it was illegal and immoral, if he decided not to pursue those people, the matter could be glossed over.

Because he had power on the East Coast.

Byrne took a deep breath and his eyes filled with disappointment as he looked at his teacher.