Chapter 1095: Daoist Practitioner, Still Alive

"Actually, even if you hadn't come to see me today, I would have found time to invite you over for a chat recently."

Kangjienio's words took Xia Duo by surprise; he thought of the investigation report he had just seen in the office area outside regarding the falling prices of Communication Magic Tools.

But for Kangjienio, who had effectively handed over his work at the Arcane Union to his successor and was only waiting for the formal public announcement, there was no need for him to personally inquire about such matters.

For a moment, Xia Duo couldn't think of a reason, so he had to get straight to the point again and ask: "Why?"

Through various rumors and a few actual encounters, he had gained some understanding of Kangjienio's character and style of conduct, which could basically be described with one word—"simple."

Not the simplicity of being plain, but the simplicity of being pure and going straight to the essence.

In Kangjienio, Xia Duo vaguely saw the image of a Daoist practitioner from Earth, and therefore, he felt that his questioning would not annoy the other party; rather, harboring doubts but deliberately not asking might be what would annoy him.

Sure enough, Kangjienio was not the least bit annoyed by Xia Duo's inquiry, but instead smiled and explained: "I talk to every Senior Arcanist in the Empire; on one hand, it is to meet these promising juniors, and on the other, it is to share some of my own experience with them to serve as a reference."

Upon hearing this, Xia Duo was immediately filled with respect and praised: "Master, your righteousness is noble!"

As the saying goes, it is not hard to do a good deed; what is hard is to do good deeds for a lifetime.

Applied to Kangjienio, it meant that it is not hard to mentor one or two juniors, but it is hard to spend a lifetime mentoring juniors, and given Kangjienio's age of nearly five hundred, this was several lifetimes for an ordinary person, which made it even harder.

At this moment, Xia Duo finally understood why the handover of the Arcane Union president position had been so calm, and had even been completed before the official public announcement.

This must have involved discussions with other Great Arcanists, but it also showed the high prestige and status Kangjienio held in Netheril.

Xia Duo suddenly felt that perhaps Kangjienio was the thickest thigh to hug in all of Netheril, even thicker than the Princess who had already achieved Ascension to Godhood.

Because you simply don't know how many people have received his kindness over the past few hundred years, and how many of those people have become Great Arcanists and are still alive today.

The idea that Netheril only has fifteen Great Arcanists is certainly inaccurate; just counting those Xia Duo knows, there is President Zhenna of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, as well as that Kaousi who suddenly appeared.

There might be even more hidden ones!

The relationships and emotions of spellcasters are admittedly relatively restrained, but clearly, people are not made of wood or stone—who can be without feelings? Where there is anger, there is joy; where there is hatred, there is admiration.

As the oldest known Great Arcanist with a very positive reputation, Kangjienio's thigh is definitely not just an ordinary one to hug!

Of course, as an elder who has long since seen through the ways of the world, Kangjienio's thigh is by no means something an ordinary person can easily hug.

If you don't suit his fancy, you might cry and beg and still not be able to hug it, but if you do suit his fancy, you might not even need to mention it, and he would proactively offer protection, or even more.

It truly has the air of a Daoist practitioner!

……

"I watched Netheril grow and strengthen bit by bit; the young people of Netheril are like my juniors, so how could I not give them more attention and support! It's just a pity—"

Speaking of this, Kangjienio suddenly sighed, "When a person gets old, they become talkative. Xia Duo, I can call you that, right? If you have any questions, feel free to ask me directly. As long as I can answer them, I will try my best to do so."

"Yes, Master!"

Xia Duo thought for a moment and did not immediately ask about technical questions regarding Plane Domains, as that would make him seem too impatient. He chose to ask about the situation of Inosen, which was a question he was more concerned about, and one that could also be linked to Kangjienio, making it the perfect first question.

"Master, have you heard of a person named Inosen?"

"Inosen?" Kangjienio repeated the name.

"Yes, that's Inosen!" Xia Duo added, "He was a Netherese Mage from about two or three hundred years ago, and he was a Half-Elf."

"A Half-Elf?"

Hearing this keyword, Kangjienio, who had been deep in thought, suddenly changed his expression. Xia Duo, who had been keeping an eye on this, immediately realized there was something to it and hurriedly asked: "Master, do you know this person?"

"Inosen, Inosen!"

Kangjienio repeated the name several times, his expression one of nostalgia and lament, before he began to explain: "I remember this person, I even met him once!

"Inosen's father was among the first batch of Arcanists in Netheril at the time, while his mother was from a noble family in Yierlan. But unfortunately, Inosen's father died in an Arcane Fire experiment, and afterwards, he followed his Elf mother to Yierlan.

"But not long after he went to Yierlan, he was banished from Taiweimansa (the capital of Yierlan) by the Moonhorn Family in the name of bloodline. This incident caused quite a stir in Netheril at the time.

"Later, I heard that he gathered a group of Half-Elves like himself and returned to Netheril, but they never appeared before anyone, and I didn't hear anything related to him after that."

At the end, Kangjienio asked curiously: "Where did you hear this name?"

Xia Duo did not hide anything and briefly recounted the general process of Luodite inviting him to explore the Inosen Mage Tower, including the use of Miscellaneous Crystals to replace Mithril, and the conjecture that the Inosen Mage Tower was suspected to have been destroyed in a "Plane Creation" experiment.

"Replacing Mithril? An experimental accident?"

After hearing Xia Duo's description, Kangjienio couldn't help but frown, as if thinking of something unpleasant. He immediately asked again: "Are you sure the fire person at the end shouted 'Xierdalanna'?"

"Yes, I am sure!"

Having received Xia Duo's affirmative answer, Kangjienio's frown deepened. Seeing this, Xia Duo did not dare to ask too much and just waited for the Master to speak voluntarily.

After a long while, Kangjienio let out a long sigh. Looking at Xia Duo's inquisitive gaze, his expression was somewhat dim, and he couldn't help but sigh again:

"If I am not mistaken, that experimental accident at the Inosen Mage Tower must have been caused by Xierdalanna!"

"It was caused by an Elf? But many books in the Inosen Mage Tower say that Inosen and Xierdalanna had a very good relationship!" Xia Duo voiced his doubt.

"I don't know what the true situation of the relationship between Inosen and Xierdalanna was, but I can tell you that Xierdalanna is now the first heir of the Moonhorn Family in Yierlan!"

"Xierdalanna is still alive?!"

Xia Duo was truly shocked now. In such an accident, almost no one could have escaped (if someone had escaped, there wouldn't be the ruins that exist today~), yet the "Xierdalanna" shouted by that final fire person was still alive!

If it really was done by an Elf, there must be a reason!