Little Bill
ThatOneNewGuy@Kenny1
"If I can continue my work, fine by me. And you promise, that necromancy in the sense is atleast tolerated. Or simply categorized to be another branch of magic," he spoke, looking at the amulet.
Ling nodded "Necromancy in Xi'an is considered to be a specialization in magic, albeit one that isn't commonly chosen. But it is not looked down upon, it's just not as popular as elemental magic for obvious reasons."
Reaching into his robe Ling removed a scroll and held it out for him to take. On the scroll was the oath of Xianese scholars
"我的皇帝。你是地球的太陽和我們作為西安的自豪的源泉。我是一個謙虛的學者，尋求改善我和我的同胞的生活。我給你我的誓言，親愛的統治者，我只允許我的學習用於對西安的積極影響。我發誓永遠不要讓我的知識從我身上，無論是通過武力或通過選擇。我會早早死去，讓我的智慧離開這個王國。這是我作為一個學者的誓言，努力學習，保護我的知識，從那些誰會使用它對我們。我進一步發誓，允許你決定誰是或不是，被認為是敵人。"
(Wǒ de huángdì. Nǐ shì dìqiú de tàiyáng hé wǒmen zuòwéi xī'ān dì zìháo de yuánquán. Wǒ shì yīgè qiānxū de xuézhě, xúnqiú gǎishàn wǒ hé wǒ de tóngbāo de shēnghuó. Wǒ gěi nǐ wǒ de shìyán, qīn'ài de tǒngzhì zhě, wǒ zhǐ yǔnxǔ wǒ de xuéxí yòng yú duì xī'ān dì jījí yǐngxiǎng. Wǒ fāshì yǒngyuǎn bùyào ràng wǒ de zhīshì cóng wǒ shēnshang, wúlùn shì tōngguò wǔlì huò tōngguò xuǎnzé. Wǒ huì zǎozǎo sǐqù, ràng wǒ de zhìhuì líkāi zhège wángguó. Zhè shì wǒ zuòwéi yīgè xuézhě de shìyán, nǔlì xuéxí, bǎohù wǒ de zhīshì, cóng nàxiē shuí huì shǐyòng tā duì wǒmen. Wǒ jìnyībù fāshì, yǔnxǔ nǐ juédìng shuí shì huò bùshì, bèi rènwéi shì dírén.)
(my emperor. You are the sun of the earth and the source of our pride as Xi'anese. I am a humble scholar who seeks to better the lives of me and my fellow citizens. I give you my oath, beloved ruler, that I will only allow my studies to be used for positive effects upon Xi'an. I swear never to allow my knowledge to be taken from me, either by force or by choice. I will sooner die than allow my wisdom to leave this kingdom. this is my oath as a scholar, to study hard and protect my knowledge from those who would use it against us. I further swear to allow you to decide who is, or is not, considered an enemy.)