Chapter 1748: Meeting Keluosi, Blade of Spiritual Closure

In the short term, Niya is still unable to effectively participate in the design of the Floating City Mythallar, but Xia Duo can see her efforts and the rapidly catching-up progress of her studies.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will certainly be able to participate effectively before he completes the full design of the Mythallar.

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Three days later, Seventon.

A spellcaster suddenly walked out of the teleportation area at the Arcane Union Headquarters, wearing a Crimson Robe, a starry belt around his waist, holding a Scepter, with five stars atop his head, a tall stature, and a blurred face.

This is Xia Duo, who just teleported over from the Tower of Time; the reason for coming early is nothing more than to check the agenda for tomorrow's meeting first—of course, this reason is the same for everyone.

But for Xia Duo, there is one more reason—Iolum notified him that the method for splitting the Spirit Core has been found!

Leaving the teleportation area, Xia Duo familiarly bypassed the trade district and the Library, arriving at the administrative office area in the innermost part, where Iolum's office and Study at the Arcane Union Headquarters are located.

……

Just as he arrived outside the Study, Xia Duo heard faint sounds of arguing from inside; he subconsciously stopped his steps, and just at this moment, Iolum's voice reached his ears—

"Come in!"

Xia Duo pondered for a moment, pushed the door open and walked in, immediately seeing a middle-aged Mage with a gloomy expression walking quickly toward the door.

When the two sides passed each other, the man's expression cleared slightly, and he nodded at Xia Duo; Xia Duo also nodded slightly in greeting and walked toward Iolum.

As the door behind him closed, a trace of confusion appeared on Xia Duo's face, and he asked Iolum: "Teacher, what did Keluosi come here for?"

The person just now was Keluosi; Xia Duo had only met him once before, and seeing him again in his teacher's Study, he almost didn't recognize him.

However, for Keluosi to dare to argue with Iolum, yet still act with grace and pretend nothing happened when seeing him, he really is bullying Iolum for not hitting him now that he has become the president of the Arcane Union!

And at this time, Iolum's answer also arrived: "Him—he wanted me to remove a few items from tomorrow's agenda. Heh, the young man has a bit of a temper."

"What items? Is it mine?"

"Not yours. I suspect the Seven Towers have made a move; several Territories in the west of the Verdant Tower Alliance have linked up to protest Keluosi's malicious interference in their internal Territory affairs."

"This—"

Xia Duo was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this something the Seven Cities Council should manage? Why was it brought to the Arcane Union for discussion?"

"Indeed, Keluosi said the same thing just now."

Iolum's eyes clearly showed amusement, as if he hadn't taken Keluosi's arguing just now to heart at all, "Judging solely from the nature of the event, it should indeed fall under the jurisdiction of the Seven Cities Council!"

"But you also know that most Netheril Lords are spellcasters and all have their own Mage Towers; lodging a protest at the Council of Great Arcanists in the name of a Mage Tower organization can also be considered reasonable."

Of course, what Iolum didn't say was that if an ordinary lord didn't have the support of a Great Arcanist, they would likely not confront another Great Arcanist, especially in such an obvious, public confrontation as it is now.

"Forget it, let's not talk about him. You came to me, I suppose, to ask how to split the Spirit Core!"

As he spoke, Iolum walked behind the desk, took a small jade knife with a warm luster from the bookshelf with his hand, handed it to Xia Duo, and said:

"This is it!"

Xia Duo took the knife, and as soon as it was in his hand, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity; without a doubt, this is a Psionic Artifact, and it is far more powerful than the few he bought from Evereska before.

"Teacher, this is—"

"Blade of Spiritual Closure; it is said to be custom-made from Zhamu Dasi in the south. I have already tested it; it can indeed be used to cut the Spirit Core."

After finishing, Iolum took out six Spirit Cores in total—two large and four small, shaped like multi-faceted crystal beads—from his Dimensional Bag, "You try it."

"Mm."

Xia Duo took the six Spirit Cores from Iolum's hand, but he chose not to cut those; instead, he put them away and took out a complete Spirit Core that was larger than those six.

Xia Duo held the knife in one hand and the Spirit Core in the other, but what he didn't expect was that when he brought the warm-colored 【Blade of Spiritual Closure】 close, the Spirit Core immediately emitted a strong Magic Aura.

No, perhaps "spiritual radiance" would be more appropriate.

When this light bloomed, Xia Duo felt his hand lighten; at the same time, the jade knife in his other hand fell into his palm with almost no resistance.

The next moment, the light in his palm converged, and two multi-faceted crystal beads, slightly smaller than the previous ones, appeared; at the same time, Xia Duo also felt the weight of the Spirit Core again.

It was very light, but it definitely had weight; it had indeed disappeared before.

"Did you see anything?" Iolum asked.

Xia Duo shook his head in silence and made another cut; just like before, although he sensed a reaction in the surrounding Magic Net, it was not any element he was familiar with.

And with his current level of Magic attainment, he could fully judge that these elements had almost no practical significance; if forced to cast, perhaps only a few streaks of Element Turbulence could be pulled out.

However, Xia Duo was not surprised by this result at all.

He hadn't even figured out the few Psionic Artifacts he bought before that were more like toys; this 【Blade of Spiritual Closure】, which is clearly more powerful and possibly more perfect, is obviously even harder to understand.

"Psionic is truly mysterious!" Xia Duo couldn't help but exclaim.

"It is indeed mysterious, but also too idealistic. What we Arcanists need is Knowledge that can be understood and repeatedly verified; Psionic is not suitable for us. You should weigh the importance of this aspect yourself!"

"Don't worry, Teacher. I have never thought of Psionic as Magic. Regarding Psionic, my view is—it's fine if it can be used by me occasionally; there's no need to over-investigate. Of course—"

Xia Duo has always been interested in the unknown, and currently, Psionic clearly belongs to a type of unknown, "If one day we truly exhaust Magic, Psionic might be able to open up a brand new Domain for us."

"Perhaps, but if we could really exhaust Magic, then Magic would no longer be true Magic!"

After Iolum finished speaking, he changed the subject without a trace; Xia Duo certainly didn't want to go deeper into this topic, as this topic might end in a clash of ideologies.

And there shouldn't be a clash of ideologies between him and Iolum, at least not yet. The so-called truth becomes clearer with debate, and the same is true for thoughts; if they really talked deeply about the topic of Psionic, perhaps the differences would surface and be difficult to bridge.

It's better to stop here; sometimes it's better to be ignorant!

……

"Does Teacher think tomorrow will go smoothly?"

"Of course it will, I am absolutely certain of this!"