Chapter 1714: Mutual Utilization and the Supreme Magic Secret Scroll

At that moment, the distant horizon, under the effect of the Sun Rising Ceremony, broke through layers of obstacles and entered everyone's field of vision.

Although it was not his first time attending the Sun Rising Ceremony, Xia Duo still felt it was novel enough; at this moment, the light from the east seemed to break through the limitation of "light traveling in a straight line."

Of course, one could also say it thoroughly implemented the principle of "traveling in a straight line," treating the buildings around the square as if they were nothing.

Xia Duo still could not understand the mystery within it to this day; the reason he attended the Sun Rising Ceremony was not unrelated to wanting to find the profound mechanism behind this anomaly.

However, even Bishop Anbulier, who presided over the ceremony, did not understand the mystery within it; as an outsider, how could Xia Duo possibly know?

He certainly couldn't go and ask the Lord of Radiance!

Every experience of attending the Sun Rising Ceremony reminded Xia Duo that there were still many unknowns in this world, and he must not become arrogant or complacent because of the small achievements he had currently attained; the future was still long!

……

The moment the rosy sun leaped over the horizon, Xia Duo's mood seemed to be infected by something; his whole person became sunny, and he was filled with hope for the future.

At this moment, he really wanted to shout out loud—

"With sacrifice, there is great ambition; daring to call the sun and moon to change the new sky!"

However, he ultimately failed to shout it out, but in his heart, he had already recited it countless times; a realization sparked by the thoughts of the Sage welled up at this moment—

The Yinter Naixiongnaer will surely be realized!

The sages of his hometown might not be able to see where the order they single-handedly created would head, but Xia Duo, who had already obtained initial immortality, could watch his own order grow, develop, and continue bit by bit.

How fortunate!

But an ideal always requires a group of like-minded people; Xia Duo thought of the Progress Society, full name "Progressive Learning Society," which was the group of like-minded people he had cultivated.

Technology and culture are highly developed, and everyone has been fully developed.

Xia Duo wanted to see such a civilization too much; although his current realization had not yet reached the level of the Yinter Naixiongnaer, he also had such a pursuit!

This was not only derived from the inertia of his hometown experience, but also his most real expectation from the bottom of his heart.

In his view, perhaps this was one of the ultimate goals that every intelligent creature strived for; Heaven was nothing more than this.

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After the Sun Rising Ceremony, Xia Duo took Niya to sit for a while in the garden behind the Temple; it was already starting to get lively outside, but there was a rare sense of detachment and tranquility within the Temple.

Pouring a cup of tea, Xia Duo and Niya chatted about Elder Laruian of Evereska coming to Nan Jing.

"You said that Elder Laruian is coming to Nan Jing? That's not very likely, is it? How could an Elf of that status come to our place?"

"He said it himself; he wouldn't be lying to me, would he!"

Xia Duo joked casually; mentioning this now, he actually didn't place much importance on it in his heart, but a native Netherese like Niya had a completely different perception of Elves.

Even for a Great Arcanist, as long as there was no deep-seated hatred or unbearable pain, there was a high probability they would still hold a certain degree of goodwill, or even awe, toward Elves.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Duo said again: "Evereska is just a small Elven nation; in the current Northland Alliance system, they should be currying favor with Netheril. Keep a level head; you will encounter these situations often in the future."

Actually, saying that, the situation of Evereska currying favor with Netheril was only possible recently; in the future, if their Small Nations Alliance formed, perhaps it would be Netheril currying favor with them.

Of course, this did not mean the issue of whose strength or status was higher or lower, but that both sides understood mutual utilization better; on this basis, mutual respect would not be a big deal.

"By the way, speaking of Evereska, their Great Elder also sent me a gift; I haven't had time to open it before, but now that I have time, let's take a look together!"

As he spoke, Xia Duo took a beautifully packaged gift box from his Personal Space, peeled off the outer colored paper packaging, and inside was a paper box folded from Elven Paper.

Elven Paper is Wood Pulp Paper, but this box was not the common writing paper, but a relatively thick and hard paper.

If he couldn't see some obviously scattered golden fibers on the surface of the paper, Xia Duo would have thought it was a thin wooden board!

"Even a small city-state like Evereska is incomparable to humans in papermaking technology!"

Xia Duo sighed in his heart; if papermaking was like this, one could imagine that there must be a large amount of technology in other areas that humans needed to desperately catch up on.

"Hurry up and open it to see what it is?" Niya stared at the paper box in Xia Duo's hand and urged him curiously.

"Hmm."

Xia Duo observed it simply and found a small buckle woven with extremely fine Mithril wire on the edge of the box, which loosened with a light touch.

Opening the box, it was covered with a layer of blue velvet cloth; inside seemed to be a book. Xia Duo lifted the velvet cloth to take a look, and sure enough, it was a book, and looking at its appearance, although it was exquisite, it clearly showed signs of having been produced in a short time.

What could it be?

Xia Duo took the book out of the box and handed it directly to Niya, while he continued to check the other gifts in the box.

There was no problem with the gift being a book, but when he lifted the velvet cloth just now, Xia Duo clearly felt he had touched something else.

Now that the book was taken away, Xia Duo simply pulled the velvet cloth out of the box. Good heavens! Xia Duo was not sure if the Elves were really that extravagant, or if this was specially prepared for him.

This piece of velvet cloth was about three times the size of the book cover, but it was not only woven with complex patterns, but also dotted with a large number of Five-Colored Gems.

Although the gemstones were very small, their purity was not low; they could almost be used directly to make high-quality Magic Items, which was rare and commendable.

And before he could look closely at the patterns on the velvet cloth, Niya had already let out an exclamation—

"Supreme Magic Secret Scroll!"

"Wait, what did you say? Supreme Magic Secret Scroll?"

Xia Duo immediately cast aside the velvet cloth and looked at the book in Niya's hand, "Are you sure you didn't misread it?"

"I didn't misread it, and it seems to be related to a Mythallar, but this level of Elven Magic is already beyond my ability; I can't judge exactly what it is, but 'Supreme Magic Secret Scroll' is what they wrote at the beginning themselves, see for yourself!"

As she spoke, Niya directly presented the opened book to Xia Duo, and even used Prestidigitation to add a highlight effect to the words "Supreme Magic Secret Scroll."

Xia Duo saw it at a glance; the rest was the introduction to the heritage. He scanned it roughly and knew that this heritage came from the Moon-Pattern family.

And this Moon-Pattern family was actually the family of Ankalita, the Great Elder of the Evereska Council of Elders.

"Giving me their own family's heritage?"

Xia Duo felt a wave of suspicion in his heart, but the fact seemed to be right in front of him; he took the book from Niya's hand and then continued to flip through it.