Chapter 1412: Meeting Between Master and Student, the Holy Golden Dragon Empire

After lunch, Saville canceled the originally scheduled tour, instead taking a quick look at the Savile Territory via spells, and then he and Xia Duo stepped onto the teleportation array heading to Seventon.

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Seventon, Arcane Union.

Upon arriving here, Saville, who had not found many anchors in the current world, suddenly became active, because everything here had hardly changed compared to when he left.

This deep sense of familiarity made him feel as if he had never experienced that period of exile; everything felt as if it were starting over from the beginning.

At the same time, Saville became much more talkative. Just after stepping out of the Teleportation Room, he kept asking Xia Duo: "Is Teacher really the President of the Arcane Union now? I remember he was very uninterested in these worldly affairs back then!"

"Teacher is indeed the President now. As for why, you can ask him yourself in a moment!" Xia Duo said with some impatience.

In fact, Saville had already asked him this question more than once before stepping onto the teleportation array; he hadn't expected him to ask it again once they arrived here.

But since the other party was both a student of Iolum and Niya's great-grandfather, and furthermore a potential ally he was trying to win over, Xia Duo had no choice but to answer repeatedly.

Fortunately, they had finally arrived, and it was only these last few minutes until he saw Iolum.

……

While heading to Iolum's Study in the administrative district, Xia Duo contacted him in advance and informed him that he was bringing an important person to see him.

Iolum did not have any particular reaction to this, but he did ask a question that Xia Duo had not expected—

"How do you know someone from the Mairide Family?"

Almost instantly, Xia Duo realized that the connection between the Seven Towers and the Arcane Union might be even tighter than he had imagined.

Regarding the invitation received in Evereska from the Calimshan Envoy, Xia Duo had only spoken to Bulundesi about it yesterday, besides Niya.

Under normal circumstances, Niya would not bypass him to contact Iolum, let alone speak of such a secret matter.

Then there was only one answer—

The news had leaked from Bulundesi's side.

And while Bulundesi was ostensibly a Councilor of the Arcane Union and considered Iolum's subordinate, he was actually the spokesperson for Jilan Tower within the Arcane Union.

Moreover, he was close to the contemporary leader of Jilan Tower, the Great Arcanist Huo En; one could hardly say that Bulundesi had betrayed Jilan Tower or betrayed Huo En.

Then there could only be one possible truth—

Bulundesi had told Huo En about this matter involving the special interests of Jilan Tower, and Huo En had then told Iolum.

Now that Iolum was asking Xia Duo, this was the only possibility.

As for whether this matter was leaked, Xia Duo was not worried; as long as it was something that came out of his own mouth, there was nothing that could not be made public. He would not speak of anything that could not be made public.

However, he had not expected Iolum to ask him about this. Perhaps he felt this matter was somewhat incredible? Or was he worried that Xia Duo had been deceived?

Thus, Xia Duo replied: "At the time in Evereska, the other party might have sensed that my Bloodline Power was related to wind, and coupled with the fact that I could attend the founding ceremony of the Northland Alliance, that invitation came about. But before I am fully prepared, I will not rashly go to Calimshan."

Xia Duo knew that the Calimshan observer might have had good intentions, or perhaps not; they might have just taken a fancy to his Bloodline Power. But he was not prepared to go now; without a Floating City, he would not head to the south.

Each of the Southern Four Kingdoms was no small matter. If he went alone like this, in the event that the other party harbored any ill intentions, he might not even have room to resist.

Xia Duo had never been afraid to speculate about others with the greatest malice, but he would not actively test human nature, nor would he artificially create conditions for others to commit evil.

With a Floating City in hand, everyone stays in their place—I'm good, and you're good!

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Arriving outside Iolum's Study, Saville's footsteps faltered, but in the end, he walked in firmly.

At this time, Iolum was behind his desk reviewing Document reports. He did not look up upon hearing footsteps, but only when he heard a clearly somewhat aged "Teacher" did he look up with some suspicion and uncertainty, seeing Saville walking toward him.

At first, Iolum did not react; after all, Saville's appearance at this moment was truly far from how he looked when he left all those years ago.

But the look of yearning that had appeared in Saville's eyes still made him feel a sense of familiarity from the bottom of his heart, though he did not know where this feeling came from for a moment.

Just at this time, Xia Duo spoke up: "Teacher, this is Saville."

"Saville?"

Hearing this familiar name, Iolum stood up from behind his desk immediately, staring straight at Saville, who looked even older than himself, and asked with a trembling voice:

"Are you Saville? You've returned?"

"Yes, Teacher, I am Saville. I have returned!"

Xia Duo had originally thought that Saville, who had appeared so anxious yet hesitant outside, might weep bitterly upon seeing Iolum, but he had not expected such calm, simple words.

And Iolum also appeared very restrained. Xia Duo knew that this master and student might still have some private words to say, so he quietly retreated and thoughtfully closed the door for them.

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Not knowing how much time had passed, Xia Duo received a Sending from Iolum—"Come in, Saville has some experiences you should hear as well."

Xia Duo was very interested in Saville's experiences after being exiled by Divine Punishment. Back in Nan Jing, he had wanted to ask the other party several times.

But considering that such behavior carried the suspicion of rubbing salt into the other party's wounds, he ultimately did not ask when the other party did not bring it up voluntarily.

Now that Saville had "confessed" to Iolum, Xia Duo could finally satisfy this curiosity.

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Inside the study.

Saville and Iolum sat opposite each other, and no trace of any loss of composure could be seen on either of their faces. Xia Duo had anticipated this long ago and did not say much, finding a seat nearby and sitting down quietly.

"Those wild, exotic realms have already been told to Teacher just now, so I will not repeat them here. What I want to talk about now is a super-large Plane comparable to the Main Plane."

A super-large Plane comparable to the Main Plane? Hearing this description, Xia Duo felt a shock in his heart.

Although he had long known that the Main Plane and those so-called "Sub-planes" were not essentially different, he was still very shocked to learn that there was a Plane not inferior to the Main Plane.

And what Saville said next shocked him even more—

"That Plane is ruled by an incomparably powerful nation, which they call the 'Holy Golden Dragon Empire'. Its territory covers almost the entire Plane, whether it be the sky, the earth, or the ocean. There are only a few scattered small nations established by their vassal races, including humans, Elves, and Dwarves."