Chapter 1067: Triple Magic Array, Extracting Elements

After settling the recruitment matters with Captain Bill, Xia Duo finally brought up the follow-up arrangements for the Yuanfang: "After you return to Seventon, go find Evans, then load up the Bards I had him recruit and return to Nan Jing."

"My lord, allow me to ask one more thing: how many Bards in total have you recruited?"

"I don't know yet; Evans is in charge of the specifics. I imagine it's no more than ten."

Xia Duo knew what Captain Bill meant—that it wasn't cost-effective to transport only ten people on a ship—but he had other arrangements in mind!

"After leaving Seventon, fly the flag of Daxia Territory. Stop at every port and wharf you pass to purchase Slaves. As for the number, as long as you can bring them to Nan Jing alive, the more the better."

"Yes, my lord."

"Also, I have tasks for those Bards; I'm not letting them eat, drink, and make merry all the way to Nan Jing."

"My lord, please give your orders—"

Xia Duo took out a piece of Parchment directly. This was a portion of the requirements for literacy teaching materials he had prepared earlier. Xia Duo left a Magic Mark on the paper and handed it to Captain Bill:

"Don't take this out until the ship has passed Rodney Territory. Tell those people that once their work is adopted, there will be more opportunities waiting for them. Tell them to create well."

"Yes, my lord."

"In that case, rest here for one day tomorrow, and return to Seventon the day after. There is no need to stop at Shouwang Dao on the way."

"Yes, my lord."

Seeing that night was about to fall and the lights of Harbor Port had already been lit in advance, Xia Duo had said just about everything he needed to. He did not go for a tour of Harbor Port but left the ship directly.

It might not have felt like much while it was still bright, but once the sky darkened, the powerful light source at the top of the Watchtower became impossible to ignore.

Teleporting back to Shouwang Dao and standing on the higher southwestern cliff where the Watchtower was located, Xia Duo took in the entire northeastern part of Shouwang Dao.

Looking at the surrounding sea area, which was as bright as day, he felt a sense of his heart bleeding. Was this the effect of 100,000 Gold Coins per year?

It really was an outstanding effect!

But this was also too wasteful!

Returning to the Watchtower, Xia Duo went straight to the top floor where the Positive Energy Pool and the Blazing Sun Array were located. After a simple inspection, he discovered that the Blazing Sun Array was almost directly connected to the Positive Energy Pool.

Of course, to emit light, it didn't just need Positive Energy; it also required the coordination of Fire Elements, conducted through several Mithril Wires leading directly to the Four Elements Pool in the middle of the Watchtower.

It really was a lighthouse!

At the same time, Xia Duo also noticed that the Positive Energy Pool was always in an un-filled state, and from the afternoon until now, he had roughly deduced that the upper limit was about this much.

And the Fire Elemental Pool was probably the same!

From now on, whenever these two types of energy were needed, the consumption of the Blazing Sun Array had to be considered. If too much was used, causing the "light bulb" outside to go out, that could be a very troublesome matter.

Xia Duo then continued with a more detailed inspection of the Blazing Sun Array.

The result was as he expected: this Blazing Sun Array was essentially a triple Magic Array—in layman's terms, one in use and two in reserve.

But this was different from the equivalent reserve arrays of different circles in the Tower of Time; these were just three identical 9th Circle Arrays.

In the center were three Standard Arcane Crystals, each acting as the Energy Buffering core for the triple array.

Among them, the Arcane Crystal currently participating in the operation of the Blazing Sun Array had already begun to emit rays of light from the inside out.

This was not a normal phenomenon, but a situation that occurred after the Arcane Crystal had undergone Elemental Transmutation to a certain degree.

If it continued to be used, perhaps it wouldn't be far from exploding.

"This is really not very good news!"

However, Xia Duo did not immediately switch the triple array. He hadn't fully understood the Principles of the Blazing Sun Array yet; acting rashly might lead to even more serious consequences.

Next, Xia Duo decided to slow down the comprehensive inspection of the Watchtower and focus his inspection on the Four Elements Pool, the Positive and Negative Energy Pool, and the Blazing Sun Array.

Once the status of these few things was cleared up, the entire Watchtower would be no problem.

After a hurried meal, Xia Duo began to inspect and record the specific structures of these Magic Arrays. With the Transcription Spell—a swift and convenient recording Spell—this process was not yet fully completed by the time the next day dawned.

For an entire night, Xia Duo stayed on the main control level. He had recorded over 200 pages of diagrams, and this was only half of the structure of the Four Elements Pool array.

While eating breakfast, he realized that what he was doing was too inefficient. Figuring out the array structure was only the first step; subsequently, he needed to extract and organize the Spell Elements within it, and this step was the most tedious.

Organizing physical Documents was indeed necessary, but now, he could completely perform these steps in his consciousness, and organizing them afterward might even allow for a more comprehensive result!

Memory Retrospection was not a capability Xia Duo had possessed since childhood; sometimes he had to take some detours before thinking of actively using this ability.

However, once he thought of it, the efficiency began to take off.

As for the Four Elements Array, he gave up directly. Although a night of recording had failed to fully form paper files, the relevant details already existed in his memory.

After breakfast, Xia Duo went straight to the locations of other Magic Arrays to observe and memorize them accurately. By noon, he was already sitting in the Xiu Xi Shi, beginning to study the structures of these arrays and attempting to extract the relevant Spell Elements from them.

"Xia Duo, the transfer procedures for the ownership of Shouwang Dao have been completed. I plan to see my teacher one more time before returning to Nan Jing."

Niya's sudden Sending made Xia Duo, who was fully immersed in thinking about the core Magic Array of the Watchtower, extremely annoyed. He had just reached a key point and hadn't expected Niya's message to come at such a coincidental time.

Fortunately, his Memory Retrospection ability could trace all the details when his thinking was interrupted; otherwise, he really wouldn't have known how to recover the traces of his thoughts at that moment.

"I am here at the Watchtower, so you don't need to worry. I will return to Nan Jing after the ruins exploration is over. Help me look after Daxia Territory."

"Alright, I'll wait for you to return."

Ending the conversation with Niya, Xia Duo was about to continue his previous train of thought when another message came: "Mage Xia Duo, the exploration team is ready. Shall we head to the Tower of Time now?"

The sender was Mage Luodite. Xia Duo suppressed the irritation rising in his heart and waited a few seconds before replying: "I am currently at Shouwang Dao. I will tell you the Access Key for the Watchtower's Teleportation Array in a moment; you can come directly to the Watchtower."

After sending the message, Xia Duo immediately left the Xiu Xi Shi and came to the Teleportation Room to begin adjusting the relevant settings of the Teleportation Array, the most important of which were opening the teleportation and calculating the Access Key.

Without a Tower Spirit, he had to do every step himself.