Chapter 1687: Acceptance and Objection

Before the renovation, the First Floor Hall of the No. 1 Spire was just a slightly larger room; after all, the area of the spire's base was fixed, so it couldn't be much larger than that.

But after Saville's renovation, the hall at the entrance alone spanned several thousand square meters, and that did not include the other functional zones on this floor.

"I am most familiar with the Tower of Time, so the structure of this first floor is generally consistent with the Tower of Time," Saville began to introduce to Xia Duo after entering. "Over there in the hall, there are also a kitchen, dining room, and storage room."

"Hmm, it's good that it's the same as the Tower of Time; that way, there's no need for extra familiarization costs."

At this moment, the hall was empty. Xia Duo looked around and walked straight to the important elevator of the hall; this was likely the biggest difference between the first floor of the No. 1 Spire and the Tower of Time.

The Tower of Time has two elevators, located on both sides of the tower body but not near the outer walls, whereas for the No. 1 Spire, Xia Duo had placed the elevator in the center when he built it.

The No. 1 Spire is shaped like an elongated pyramid; if the elevator were not placed in the center, other ways to enter the upper levels would need to be set up. The Tower of Time is a pillar, so the elevator can be placed anywhere.

Arriving at the elevator, Xia Duo circled this circular area, which was divided into eight sections, and finally randomly chose a sector. A fan-shaped elevator, missing a circular piece, was lying there quietly.

Just as he was about to enter, Xia Duo suddenly stopped and asked, "The elevator originally only went up four or five meters per floor. Now, even if the space has been expanded, the relevant Spell Elements won't change. How did you solve this problem?"

"It's simple: I reset the lifting logic. It doesn't calculate by height, but by the characteristics of each floor. After all, the heights of the floors are not exactly the same after the renovation, so calculating by height is no longer appropriate."

Xia Duo thought that made sense. He then entered the elevator and operated it according to his previous method, discovering that Saville had added some elements to his original "operation interface," allowing the elevator to travel between specific levels.

Because it was similar to the Tower of Time, Xia Duo picked it up very quickly.

As the elevator slowly ascended, Saville began to introduce again: "The second floor is the Arcane Garden. One of the two Semi-planes I brought back is used for this."

"According to your request, the priority was to expand the area as much as possible, so the height is not as high as the Arcane Garden in the Tower of Time. This might affect the transmission of Positive Energy."

"No matter, we can just set up a Positive Energy Array in the Arcane Garden later," Xia Duo was quite open-minded about this.

As they were talking, they arrived at the Arcane Garden. Xia Duo did not go in, but just glanced inside from the entrance. The area was indeed very large; a rough estimate showed it was at least four or five times that of the Tower of Time's Arcane Garden.

In the center was a circular lake, surrounded by land, which looked full of traces of artificial carving.

Seeing this Semi-plane, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh; Iolum had gone much further in the Plane Domain than he had imagined.

However, he had now obtained Iolum's Creation Blueprint, and he believed that in time, he would definitely be able to catch up to Iolum.

After seeing the Arcane Garden, Xia Duo and Saville continued to take the elevator upward. The function of the third floor was similar to the Public Level of the Tower of Time.

But in terms of structural design, it was almost the opposite. The workshops in the Tower of Time were in the middle and on the periphery, with a circular corridor in the middle, and elevators at both ends of the corridor.

For the No. 1 Spire, although Xia Duo hadn't deliberately planned it before the renovation, Saville was very good at adapting to local conditions. The center, just like the first floor, was a slightly smaller square hall, with doors covering all four surrounding sides.

Xia Duo glanced at them; there were nearly three hundred rooms, a number that already exceeded the Tower of Time by half.

Of course, these three hundred rooms should be empty now; the relevant equipment and facilities still needed to be equipped by himself. There was no reason for Saville to help with the renovation and also give away equipment for free.

"Let's go in and take a look," Xia Duo walked out of the elevator first.

As a Public Level, this place would be used for classrooms, offices, production workshops, Laboratories, meeting rooms, Xiu Xi Shi, and other purposes in the future.

Especially for use as production workshops and Laboratories, they must be able to connect to the Mage Tower energy system, otherwise, the function of the Mage Tower could not be reflected at all.

Xia Duo valued this part very much; if the interfaces were not reserved, it would be too troublesome to renovate later.

The Tower of Time did quite well in this regard, but there were also shortcomings. Xia Duo had specifically reminded Saville before, and now was the time to check the results.

He randomly chose a room and pushed the door open to walk in. Xia Duo saw the unadorned Mithril Circuit on the wall at a glance. Just as he was about to speak, Saville had already started to explain:

"The workload for three hundred rooms is too large. It's impossible for me to finish them all in just these few days. The fixed interfaces have already been reserved; they just need to be linked to the Magic Net. You can do that yourself later."

"Hmm."

Xia Duo nodded without saying anything. Indeed, he had only asked Saville to renovate the space, which did not involve anything else. It was already decent enough that the other party could accept all the various requirements he had proposed; he really couldn't ask for more.

After attempting to Link Magic Web and confirming that the interface was fine, Xia Duo left the place without checking every single room.

If he really did that, Saville would probably walk out on the spot.

On the way to the elevator, Xia Duo asked Saville, "By the way, where is Niya? Why haven't I seen her until now?"

"She should be in the Library!"

Speaking of this, Saville's eyes suddenly became sharp. "Organizing the Library is not something Niya needs to do, right? And I heard that you arranged a lot of trivial matters for her, almost leaving her with no free time?"

"..."

Xia Duo's forehead darkened. Niya shouldn't have complained to Saville; perhaps she mentioned something during a chat that made Saville dissatisfied.

"What did Niya tell you? Could it be because of those test papers?"

Except for the test papers, Xia Duo really couldn't think of anything else. Niya was not someone who didn't know the gravity of things; the Blue Crystal Plane was so important that she couldn't have told Saville everything.

On the contrary, it was he himself who had taken Saville directly to the Blue Crystal Plane, but this was also a choice he made after careful consideration; after all, Saville could be considered more than half "one of his own."

"What else could it be?"

As soon as the test papers were mentioned, Saville's anger clearly flared up. "I don't care how you mess around with those Apprentices in the Tower of Time, but Niya is not allowed."

Saville had also learned a little about the training model for Apprentices in the Tower of Time. In his view, this was no different from raising pigs; regardless of whether the Apprentices could accept it, he would force everything he thought the Apprentices needed into them.

If it didn't work once, he would do it twice, three times, or even more.

Can a Mage cultivated in this way, not to mention the waste, still be considered a proper Mage?

He couldn't control the Apprentices, but Niya didn't need that. In the days since he returned, he had come to know Niya quite well.

In his view, Niya had the full potential of a Great Arcanist and didn't need extra training at all—if doing crazy amounts of test papers could even be called training.