Chapter 1471: Seven Towers' Trump Card, Returning to the Southern Border

Thinking about it this way, those factions outside the Seven Towers are truly pitiful!

They appear to be able to stand on equal footing with the Seven Towers when united, but in reality, it is likely just the Seven Towers playing a game of house with them!

From this, Xia Duo also speculated that the Seven Towers must possess a sub-plane with a large habitable area; otherwise, it would be impossible to hide so many Great Arcanists, and even more hidden spellcasters.

After all, spellcasters are not robots; they are living, breathing people, and people have human emotions. How could they hide so quietly without a sufficiently large plane to accommodate them?

Xia Duo did not believe that these Netherese Mages possessed the noble, selfless spirit of the sages from his hometown!

As for Huo En and Badijiaer insisting that Giles Tower provide the spell, rather than just a single projection service, Xia Duo guessed it was likely a gesture of goodwill.

Bulundesi was bent on recruiting him into Jilan Tower, and he also had an agreement with Jilan Tower to be introduced to influential figures in southern Calimshan; it was not strange for Huo En to show such goodwill.

On the contrary, Xia Duo did not have much interaction with Badijiaer, only a passing acquaintance; there was no need for Badijiaer to do this at all.

Perhaps this was the magnanimity of someone who was a contemporary leader of the Seven Towers?

Unable to figure it out, Xia Duo stopped thinking about it and continued to ask Iolum about the details of the trip to Akaola: "Does Akaola need to prepare anything for the departure in two days? Also, besides me, is anyone else going?"

"This matter needs to be kept secret; only you will go. As for why we must wait two days even though everything is settled, it is because Akaola needs to prepare a reception magic array that can take you directly from the Astral Plane to Akaola, reducing the traces left in the outside world."

Speaking of this, Iolum could not help but frown, "Actually, according to my plan, I would prefer to wait for the portals between the two countries to open, so you could mix in with the delegation; that might be safer."

But unfortunately, Akaola was in a hurry!

Iolum did not say the rest, but Xia Duo could hear the subtext. He felt there was not much difference; perhaps after the portals opened, Keman would watch even more closely!

……

Over the next two days, Xia Duo did not continue to busy himself with the Independent Arcane Fire Device project. On one hand, the local simulation tests were nearing their end, and on the other, he needed to rest.

For some time, he had been throwing himself into the project, working overtime, almost never resting, and rarely even sleeping normally. He simply handed over his current work and returned to Nan Jing.

The best auxiliary facility for an astral projection is the Plane Exploration Array. Xia Duo did not hide the existence of the Tower of Time's Plane Exploration Array from Iolum, nor could he necessarily have hidden it.

Saville had already returned; it was difficult for the Tower of Time itself to have any secrets.

Returning to Nan Jing was simply because Xia Duo felt that performing the projection at the Tower of Time might be safer—a purely psychological feeling.

Of course, not having seen Niya for a while was also an important factor.

And in these next two days, besides relaxing and resting, Xia Duo also needed to learn this spell. If he could not learn it, he would have to go to Seventon to perform the projection at Giles Tower.

Sikumu seemed a bit petty, and Xia Duo was not very willing to go there.

……

Daxia Territory.

Returning to the territory after more than half a month, Xia Duo actually felt a sense of unfamiliarity. There were fewer people in the two squares, but it was still somewhat crowded.

The biggest change, however, was that outside the newly allotted fields in the western part of the territory, a large piece of land had been newly reclaimed further west.

On this new land, where one could still see a large number of uncleared tree roots, stones, vines, and ashes, the territory's standard small wooden houses for settlement were neatly arranged row after row, connecting into one piece.

At a glance, it looked as if the territory had expanded by more than double in size!

And this made the Tower of Time, originally located on the east side of the territory, appear somewhat to the west within the territory.

"This is the power of the people!"

Xia Duo could not help but exclaim, and silently added in his heart—"Enough to turn the world upside down!"

Niya was also very moved by this, "I watched the whole process of their reclamation. Almost every moment, new land was being opened up. It is truly incredible!"

"By the way, can the Arcane Garden still hold up?"

"It can."

Niya nodded proudly. She knew that what Xia Duo was actually asking was not about the energy of the Tower of Time, but whether the maximum production efficiency of the Arcane Garden could supply the tens of thousands of new residents who had just arrived.

"But maintenance is also a problem. Recently, Uncle Aiboke has been complaining every day, saying that you found him a big trouble."

To this, Xia Duo could only respond with silence, deciding to compensate Aiboke well in the future, but for now, he would have to work hard.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo felt that he could not do nothing, even though he had decided long ago not to interfere with the residents' reclamation affairs with extraordinary power, allowing the residents to fully accept and integrate into the new order of the territory during the process of reclamation.

But the situation was a bit special now, and since the residents already identified with the territory's order, he decided to speed up the reclamation progress a little.

And incidentally, give these tens of thousands of new residents a deep impression.

……

Subsequently, Xia Duo told Niya his thoughts, "I plan to use magic to open up a batch of new land on the northwest side of the Tower of Time."

"You are doing it yourself?" Niya expressed great surprise.

"Yes, in the current situation, only I can do it; otherwise, I would have already issued a task at the Tower of Time."

Mages of the Tower of Time could certainly do it, but the efficiency would definitely not be as high as Xia Duo doing it himself, and everyone in the Tower of Time now had their own tasks; it was difficult to spare a lot of time to reclaim new land for Daxia Territory.

Then, Xia Duo contacted Laidun while taking out his notebook, starting to write and draw on it to design the spell for the upcoming magical reclamation.

Before long, Laidun trotted over to report: "My Lord, the Development Department has temporarily stopped reclamation and withdrawn all relevant personnel."

"Hmm, I saw. Later, I will cast a spell to reclaim a piece of new land in the north. The commotion might be a bit large, so maintain order and do not cause any chaos, especially among those new residents."

"Yes."

"Go get busy; I don't need you here for now."

……

After dismissing Laidun, Xia Duo continued to design the spell, and Niya occasionally offered suggestions from the side. With the two collaborating, efficiency increased greatly.

Before long, a large-scale Transmutation spell gradually took shape, but as the spell neared completion, Xia Duo suddenly closed his notebook.

The spell itself was not complicated, but according to the current plan, pulling up all the trees within a certain range would bring the final spell circle to the 10th Ring, and it would even require additional element expansion.

Such a big commotion would not only change the face of a forest but also have an impact on the Magic Net environment, making it very easy to be monitored by those with ulterior motives.

Especially since he was about to go to Akaola, this was somewhat inappropriate.