Chapter 1158: Two Tasks, Regret

"It seems it is impossible to know the answer to this question in the short term!"

Xia Duo quickly recognized the reality. After disconnecting the Mind Link, he immediately woke up Yatewude. Without hiding too much, he simply said:

"Regarding the problem of being unable to obtain Holy Power again, I already have a preliminary guess, but since it is just a guess, I won't tell you yet. Wait until I have researched it clearly in a while, then I will tell you!

"Now the only thing I can tell you is that this matter has one hundred percent nothing to do with you. You don't need to have any extra psychological burden; just keep everything as usual!"

In fact, before this, Xia Duo had also used "everything is Nature" to comfort Yatewude, but now that he hadn't been able to find a clear answer, comforting him again didn't count for much; it was just a casual remark.

After speaking, he watched as Yatewude responded with a relatively calm expression, and only then did he nod with satisfaction. Regardless of what Yatewude was thinking in his heart, at least in front of him, he had put down those unreliable thoughts.

Thus, Xia Duo continued to instruct: "Next, I have a task to entrust to you!"

"Please speak, My Lord!"

"You know that the most important development plan for the Territory this year is to connect to the Savile Territory to the north. Afterward, the exchanges between the citizens of the two places will become increasingly frequent. The Wier Lingzhu—that is, my wife—she intends to promote the Daxia Code in the Savile Territory. I now need you to take people to the Savile Territory in advance to carry out legal publicity!"

"Ah?"

Yatewude clearly did not expect the Lord to arrange such a task for him. He couldn't help but mutter in his heart, but seeing that Xia Duo did not look like he was joking, Yatewude could not help but start thinking seriously.

"But My Lord, I am not familiar with the Code!"

Although Yatewude knew most of the taboos in the Code, this did not mean he was very familiar with the specific content of the Code, nor did it mean he could do a good job of legal publicity.

After thinking for a while, he still tactfully expressed his refusal. It wasn't that he was unwilling to do it, but that he was worried about not doing it well and ruining the Lord's important business.

"Elder Yatewude, no need to look down on yourself. I believe you can do it. Legal publicity does not need to rigidly recite the articles of the Code; you only need to tell people what is illegal. As for the specific legal questions, I will let Laidun send people to assist you."

Strictly speaking, this did not count as legal publicity, because there was no strict subordinate relationship between Xia Duo and the citizens of the Savile Territory.

In fact, this was more like a job specifically used to introduce the Daxia Territory. To use the words of Xia Duo's hometown, this was so-called "external propaganda work."

Besides the law, other things like scenery, humanities, and food could also be promoted.

Of course, the main reason Xia Duo used Yatewude for external propaganda work, besides Yatewude being very good at mingling with the grassroots working people, was to promote the New Natural Philosophy.

Xia Duo proposed two guesses for the fading of Holy Power: one was that there was some defect in the Holy Power conversion mechanism behind the so-called "Natural Will," and the other was the lack of Faith Power.

Currently, it was already difficult to obtain an increase in Faith Power within the Daxia Territory. Even because of the recent incentives of the land-grant ceremony, the citizens were focused on development and production, and the Faith Power of the New Natural Philosophy might be implicated and shrink.

Opening up a new "market" in the Savile Territory could also be considered an experimental verification by Xia Duo regarding one of the reasons for the fading of the new natural Holy Power: the lack of Faith Power.

Besides this, regarding the Holy Power conversion mechanism, Xia Duo also had a corresponding research plan.

After the Lord's guidance, Yatewude knew that what he had to do was still his old profession, so he no longer refused, but stated with great confidence that he would definitely complete the task.

"Very good, then I will wait to hear your good news!" Xia Duo clapped his hands and smiled, feeling very gratified in his heart.

"My Lord, are there any other instructions? If not, I will go back and prepare!"

Yatewude now knew the importance of his work (being able to promote the New Natural Philosophy). Now it was the Savile Territory; in the future, it might not be impossible for it to be Seventon, or even Keman.

With high aspirations, he naturally had to seize every minute and every second of life, but Xia Duo stopped Yatewude and continued:

"Elder Yatewude, no rush, there is one more thing that needs the Elder's attention."

"What is it?"

"I intend to name the New Natural Philosophy Doctrine the 'Daxia Territory Citizen Moral Code.' It is similar to laws regarding personality and quality, having guiding significance, but it does not possess mandatory force."

"I understand, I will pay attention!"

Yatewude had no objection to this.

In fact, the promotion of the New Natural Philosophy was more similar to the science classes for primary school students in Xia Duo's hometown, and under Xia Duo's instructions, the so-called doctrine did not claim the name of the New Natural Philosophy.

Now adding a restrictive description like "Daxia Territory" didn't matter; at least Yatewude did not detect any abnormality and instead felt it was a matter of course.

After Yatewude left, Xia Duo leaned back in his comfortable home-style chair, his gaze piercing through the window of the Study to look outside.

At the moment, the temperature had already begun to warm up, and the forest in the distance, mottled with gray and green, also seemed to have become more lively, as if it were waking up from the deep sleep of the harsh winter.

"Spring is here!"

After sighing casually, Xia Duo sent a message to Yatewude, making some adjustments to the previous instructions: "Take care of the spring sowing work in the Territory first, and go to the Savile Territory after the spring sowing! However, the 'Daxia Territory Citizen Moral Code' can be promoted now."

Subsequently, Xia Duo received a reply from Yatewude sent via the Magic Sending spell—"Received!"

"This guy—could he already skillfully use the Sending spell so quickly?"

Xia Duo was a bit surprised and a bit regretful. He could see that Yatewude was using a 1st Circle Spell for Sending that was positioned via a Magic Mark, not the Trick-level Sending spell used by ordinary Apprentices.

That kind of spell could not connect to Xia Duo; after all, the biggest difficulty of Sending was positioning. If a Senior Arcanist were so easily positioned by an Apprentice, how could they still get by?

Only by possessing the special Magic Mark actively provided by Xia Duo could one cast a spell through the mark to contact Xia Duo, similar to a communication whitelist.

If ordinary Spellcasters wanted to maintain contact, besides the fuzzy locking through Magic Net Background Communication, the most common method was to exchange Magic Marks and then make precise contact.

Now that Yatewude could use a 1st Circle Spell for Sending with precise positioning, it meant that he had already become an Official Mage in the field of magic!

And how long had he spent learning magic?

Counting it all up, it was no more than five months!

Perhaps there were some conveniences from his previous contact with the Magic Net as a Druid, but the fact that he had learned a 1st Circle Spell and could use it flexibly was an indisputable fact.