Chapter 1260: Manor Acquired, Buying the Dip for Huge Profits

Regarding Xia Duo's condition to promote the new coins of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, Charles Halan did not consider it for long and quickly agreed.

In fact, the new coins of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce had long appeared in the Halan Territory, but the authorities had not deliberately paid attention to them, merely maintaining an attitude of neither opposing nor supporting; now that he had to actively promote them, it was nothing more than a matter of a single word from him.

"Lord Xia Duo, as for the remaining nine arrows—"

"Rest assured, I will find time to make them. Within these next few days, I will send someone to deliver them to the Halan Chamber of Commerce!"

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Charles Halan nodded repeatedly, not continuing to press for an exact date, but he had already decided that he would go to the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce to inquire later; perhaps he could obtain more Demon-Slaying Arrows from there.

After seeing off the Lord of Halan, Xia Duo turned his gaze toward Dailike, who had returned with him, and at this moment, Dailike very appropriately handed over a stack of documents:

"My Lord, this is the manor purchase contract signed with the Halan Chamber of Commerce in the name of the Tower of Time, as well as the proof of ownership issued by the Seventon Council."

Xia Duo received them and flipped through them roughly; the contract document was nothing special, just an ordinary contract. The Sacred Contract he had previously signed with the Lord of Halan at the Watchtower was regarding the subcontracting of Demon-Slaying Amulets and had nothing to do with the manor purchase.

However, the proof of ownership issued by the Seventon Council was a magic document, which recorded in detail the previous transfer records of the Halansaide Zhuang Yuan; by the time it reached Xia Duo, it had already changed hands seven or eight times.

Besides this, there was a series of magic marks used for anti-counterfeiting, which corresponded with the copies kept by the Seventon Council, making it very difficult for outsiders to forge.

Setting aside the magic aspects, this document was just an ordinary document, but such a method was still worth learning from.

After putting the two documents away properly, Xia Duo asked Dailike again: "How did the matter I asked you to inquire about go?"

"My Lord, I asked several managers of the offices under the Seventon Council, and they had never heard of any Mage Tower construction permit. It might be that the level I reached was not high enough, but it is more likely that such a permit truly does not exist."

"Is that so? Is that what you think?"

"Yes, my Lord. Those people have stayed at the Seventon Council for years; if there really were a Mage Tower construction permit, there is no reason for them not to know. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that they are deliberately not saying; if my Lord can give me a few more days, I will definitely be able to find out more news."

It had only been one day; Dailike could barely avoid getting lost in Seventon now, let alone being familiar with the place.

And this was all thanks to Deacon Tom of the Arcane Union; if not for such a tour guide, he would probably still be feeling dazed right now!

Regarding Dailike's explanation, Xia Duo expressed his approval. He himself had only heard that a tower construction permit might exist, and he did not know the specific details very well either. Dailike had only arrived for one day, so there was no need to be too demanding, so he said:

"I will stay in Seventon for a while longer. During this time, you can continue to inquire about the secrets of the tower construction permit. Additionally, hire some people to tidy up and organize the manor. In a few days, I will go over to set up alert and protection magic."

"Yes, my Lord," Dailike replied.

Xia Duo thought for a moment, then left his own magic mark on the palm of Dailike's hand and said: "If you encounter trouble, show this mark."

"Yes."

Dailike responded, then opened his palm wide, carefully examining this complex pattern that emitted a faint, dim light.

He was very familiar with the Magic Book pattern representing the Tower of Time, and the "Brave" Elf character representing the Daxia Territory was also not unfamiliar, but as for the rest, he did not quite understand.

While pondering, Dailike subconsciously spoke his thoughts aloud: "My Lord, is there anyone in Seventon who can recognize this mark?"

Hearing this, Xia Duo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "You just need to show it; there is no need to worry about this."

In fact, the main function of this thing was to stun; after all, those without a background would generally not dare to flaunt their connections so blatantly.

Therefore, even if ordinary people did not recognize the background represented by the magic mark, they would not offend someone in such a situation too much.

Of course, more importantly, Xia Duo had left simple encrypted information about his identity in this magic mark. Ordinary spellcasters could interpret it relatively easily, so there would not be the problem of failing to recognize each other that Dailike worried about.

As for non-spellcasters, upon encountering someone flashing such a mark, they might be too busy trying to hide to even think about looking for trouble!

After Dailike left, Xia Duo leaned heavily back against the chair, let out a long sigh, and lamented: "Finally, I can have some peace for a while!"

The Demon-Slaying Arrows were already finished, waiting only for delivery in a few days. Xia Duo was staying in Seventon now just to wait for Kelifu to finish the work at hand, and then they would head to the Dream Ruins together.

As for setting up alert and protection magic for the manor, it was not really much of a troublesome matter, or rather, it could not even be considered trouble at all.

After all, it was Aiwa who would be staying in Seventon later. In this city almost entirely filled with spellcasters, setting up too many or too complex protection magic might instead attract unnecessary trouble for Aiwa; general ones would suffice.

Xia Duo prepared to post a task at the Arcane Union to set up the manor's protection magic and just find an Advanced Rank Mage to do it; he himself only needed to do some fine-tuning work.

However, after resting with his eyes closed for a moment, Xia Duo ultimately could not sit still.

Not to mention the echo feedback data regarding the Mithril Mine brought back from the Leisen Territory that needed to be organized and analyzed.

There was something more immediate—the Demon-Slaying Amulets needed to undergo Netheril Magic System conversion and mass-production design so that the Magic Technicians of the Tower of Time could mass-produce them.

"People really can't stay idle!"

Xia Duo sighed and threw himself back into his work.

Just as Xia Duo was busy again, in the same city of Seventon, at the Headquarters of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, the Chief Advisor and Senior Arcanist Saide was listening to the work reports from the chamber's various managers in the council hall.

"After the Seven Towers announced the results yesterday, we purchased Gold Coin Exchange Vouchers for the Guanghui Zhi Ta in batches, with a total face value of 4.45 million Gold Coins, yet we only spent less than 2.2 million Gold Coins."

"Just now, news came from the Seventon Council that Lord Kelifu did not die, but had purchased a Resurrection Covenant and has now returned to life. Those exchange vouchers have suddenly become valuable again!"

The manager said with an excited face: "My Lord, your prediction was truly accurate!"

Others echoed him one after another. As for Saide himself, he accepted all the flattery quite calmly; after all, in the entire Seventon, he was the only one who could make the decision to acquire the Guanghui Zhi Ta Gold Coin Exchange Vouchers under those circumstances!

Of course, his actual heart had little fluctuation, and he was not truly able to predict the resurrection of a Great Arcanist, but rather because—

He happened to know that Kelifu possessed a Resurrection Covenant!