Chapter 1139: Identity Card, Order Net

After seeing Saide off, Xia Duo began the final preparations for the land-granting ceremony three days later without a moment's rest.

He had already completed a portion of the land deeds, and he would definitely be able to finish the rest within three days; he had no intention of using golden pages imitating the Nether Scroll like the Princess did for land deeds.

The land deeds he prepared were just some thicker pieces of parchment, upon which he had made Constant Magic for cleaning and stabilization; if he didn't make the magic constant, he wouldn't even need much extra preparation.

Such land deeds were sufficient for ordinary territory residents to pass down as heirlooms.

Besides the land deeds, there were also the new-style coins and the Identity Card.

For the former, he needed to use an Alchemy Array to produce a batch for emergency use at the land-granting ceremony; in the future, he would still use old coins or gold and silver materials to exchange with the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce.

As for the Identity Card, Xia Duo also wanted a magic version, but considering that population mobility was not frequent right now, and he hadn't fully thought through the issues of binding and verification, he decided not to make a magic version for the time being.

Even the ordinary version might have needed to be delayed if not for this ceremony.

The ordinary version of the Identity Card was a piece of wood similar to the identity cards from Xia Duo's hometown, but the source of this wood was a tree known as "Iron Wood."

Currently, only one had been discovered within the exploration range of Daxia Territory, but it was enough for all the territory residents to use Identity Cards.

It was difficult for ordinary iron axes and saws to damage this kind of tree, and it was only because Xia Duo had left an Adamantine Axe in the territory that the Development Department was able to fell it.

For this ceremony, Xia Duo gave Laidun a few exceptionally sharp Adamantine Knives, so making dozens of Iron Wood Identity Cards before the land-granting ceremony would be easy.

Of course, for Xia Duo, while all the above required his attention and focus, they were not enough to be called "final preparations."

The truly final preparation was actually a rehearsal of the ceremony.

It was similar to the several rehearsals of the Princess Ascension Ceremony that Xia Duo and a group of Pioneers and High Mages conducted in the Arcane Plaza semi-plane in Seventon a few months ago.

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Unlike the rehearsal with the Princess, Xia Duo did not summon the participants of the land-granting ceremony, but instead concealed his figure and came above the Code Sculpture alone.

The Code Sculpture could be considered a key element of the ceremony; at this moment, with no Lord here to receive visitors, a group of residents who had no reception or construction tasks were gathered at the foot of the sculpture.

Xia Duo had also listened to Laidun's Code lecture, but the time for each class was limited and the content covered was also limited; even if the residents listened to many classes, it was difficult for them to establish a relatively comprehensive understanding of the Code in their minds.

Therefore, the Code Sculpture became a place for many residents to "recharge"; if it weren't for the fact that Code Plaza was quite far from the residential area of Linshui Village, there would definitely be more people here.

When the sculpture was previously placed in Altar Square, that was truly crowded!

Xia Duo did not mind the noisy chatter of these residents; on the contrary, because these residents were here, his rehearsal might go even more smoothly!

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In his first attempt to communicate with the Order Force, Xia Duo did not deliberately choose any specific kind, but rather, in a very general way, perceived whichever he could first.

Perhaps because of this relaxed state of mind, after unfolding his Arcane Fire and casting spells according to some of the steps in the Ascension Ritual, and projecting his perception onto the residents below, Xia Duo soon perceived bursts of unusual rhythms.

An invisible force connected these people, and even Xia Duo, who had concealed his figure above the sculpture, all together.

Upon careful perception, Xia Duo discovered that this invisible force was similar to the concepts of "flow" and "moist" he had perceived at the current location of the Linshui River when he first came here to explore the territory two years ago.

Of course, it was only a similar feeling, as if they were the same type of thing, not that their inherent attributes were identical or that they were the same thing.

This invisible force was naturally the so-called "Order Force"; compared to the "Water Elemental Force" that was so obvious at the original Linshui River location, the Order Force appeared much more obscure.

At the very least, after Xia Duo had undergone multiple Bloodline Awakenings, he was still unable to directly perceive this magical force.

As for that "flow" and "moist" Water Elemental Force, Xia Duo had been able to vaguely perceive it after just one Bloodline Awakening.

Although this was related to his awakened Bloodline Ability 【Water Control】, his bloodline ability itself was also related to faith or belief; being able to ascend by absorbing these unconventional special powers, it was not unimaginable that he could perceive a special power like Order Force, which was related to ascension just like Faith Power.

Xia Duo had likely already perceived Faith Power; he felt that the force striking his soul from around his soul was very likely Faith Power.

Of course, this could also be a misjudgment on his part.

But if it was not a misjudgment, it meant that he could perceive the Order Force without the aid of spells.

It was just that perceiving it directly didn't have much meaning; it was like that force around his soul—he could perceive it, but he could not control it.

At most, he could control the small space illuminated by the radiance emitted when that force struck his soul, and he could use that space to travel to the Outer Planes.

As for the rest, he still felt completely in the dark even now!

Perhaps he would have more understanding after his bloodline awakened a few more times!

And now, what Xia Duo needed to do was to continue perceiving and familiarizing himself with the Order Force, although he had also perceived the Order Force during the Princess's Ascension Ceremony.

But the feeling then was very different compared to now.

The Order Force he perceived then was controlled by the Princess; this did not change based on who the Spellcaster was, but rather, whoever dominated the order could dominate this force.

Although the dominator of order was not necessarily able to perceive and dominate this Order Force, the attribution of the power was already clear.

Especially now that Xia Duo perceived a brand-new Order Force dominated by himself, the question of "who dominates" became exceptionally prominent at the level of perception.

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Continuing to perceive, the general, direct 【Lord-Resident】 Order Force soon differentiated into more distinct and relatively clear Order Forces.

For example, the Order Force on the resident whom others called "York," whom Xia Duo was observing now, extended one strand upward and differentiated into five strands downward.

Based on this, Xia Duo guessed that this "York" was very likely the leader of a small Working Group under the Development Department, with five members below him.

And that strand of Order Force extending upward, if nothing went wrong, should point to his direct superior.

The other residents gathered around the Code Sculpture also had at least one strand of Order Force extending upward.

Of course, if viewed from a general perspective, these were all directly connected to Xia Duo; the so-called Order Force, more accurately, should be called the "Order Net."

A complex network composed of order!