Chapter 1760: Returning to the Main Plane, Reasonable Suspicion

Returned to Daxia Homeland.

Xia Duo was just about to ask Yalun if any demons or Divine Envoys had come by after he left, but Mengte told him a shocking piece of news—

"Lord, where have you been these past two days? Did you find the owner of those hyenas?"

"Two days?"

Xia Duo was shocked by this number, "You mean I've been gone for two days?"

"Yes, you left with the Divine Envoy from the Kingdom of Radiance the day before yesterday and only returned today; isn't that two days?" Mengte said as if it were a matter of course.

Hearing this, a massive wave still surged in Xia Duo's heart; although he was unsure how the time flow was distributed across the various regions of the Outer Planes, the time here in Daxia Homeland had synchronized with the Main Plane because of him.

In other words, two days had passed in Daxia Homeland, and two days had passed on the Main Plane; he had perfectly missed the Council of Great Arcanists meeting he had convened himself.

Xia Duo was now extremely anxious to know what had happened on the Main Plane over these two days; if his absence caused the new Patent Law—which had a high chance of being successfully "passed under the radar"—to fall through, he would truly be beating his chest in regret.

However, Daxia Homeland could not be left unsaved; Xia Duo did not regret coming to the Outer Planes, nor did he regret following Taide and the others to pursue them into the Abyss.

If there was anyone to blame, it was the mastermind behind all this; if not for those mutated hyenas, there wouldn't have been so many complications.

"Yalun, Mengte, I must leave again now. As for the demons, you need not worry too much; Divine Envoy Taide is already handling it, and I believe they will be able to resolve it properly."

After speaking, as if thinking of something, Xia Duo added, "If enemies attack again, you can summon me in your hearts, and I will arrive to support you immediately."

With this experience, next time, he would at least make some arrangements in advance on the Main Plane to avoid missing major events like this again.

……

Returned to the Main Plane.

Xia Duo only felt a bit hungry, but had no other discomfort; he was still in the private laboratory provided by the Arcane Union for fifth-level members.

All kinds of protection measures remained intact.

At this moment, Xia Duo noticed the Holy Seal given by Taide had appeared on the back of his main body's left hand. After a slight hesitation, he transformed the Holy Seal into a Light Feather and then found a separate Dimensional Bag to store it away.

Whether it was demons or Divine Envoys, they were too mysterious to him right now; keeping this Holy Seal, which might contain the essence of a Divine Envoy, on his person always gave him a sense of being watched.

Although Xia Duo believed that Taide was unlikely to do such a thing, such a precious Holy Relic was not convenient to show to others casually; it was safer to put it away and take it out only when needed.

After dealing with the Holy Seal, Xia Duo finally deactivated the protection measures in the laboratory. The next moment, he immediately experienced the scene of exploding text messages and missed calls that he only encountered back home before transmigrating.

The Magic Aura of his Communication Magic Tool flashed incessantly, and hundreds of messages flooded in at once. If he were not using a Second Generation Communication Magic Device integrated with management spells, he would likely have become the first person in Netheril to experience an information bombardment.

Among these hundreds of messages, more than half were from Niya, and a small portion were from Iolum. Xia Duo didn't have time to listen to them one by one, so he just selected the two most recent ones to listen to.

Niya's messages were asking what had happened and why he wasn't replying to communications; she was very worried.

And Iolum's message told him that if he didn't reply, he would forcibly break through the laboratory's protection spells in another day.

Unlike traditional Sending spells, Magic Net Background Communication is more like a "probability cloud" collapsing onto the target; the Spellcaster can know whether the communication has been accepted or is still permeating the entire Magic Web Background Fluctuation.

It is similar to the "read" or "unread" status in some communication software from Xia Duo's hometown.

"Reading but not replying" is undoubtedly very annoying. Xia Duo hurriedly replied to Niya, briefly stating that he had sealed off external communications in the laboratory and telling her not to worry.

As for Iolum, Xia Duo asked if he was in the Study. After receiving an affirmative reply, he immediately teleported outside Iolum's Study.

Pushing open the door, the two met, and Iolum spoke first, "The meeting from two days ago was postponed by me. The Seven Towers side is somewhat dissatisfied because this gives Keluosi time to prepare."

Xia Duo's expression changed, and he asked hurriedly, "Will there be variables in the matter?"

"There shouldn't be," Iolum shook his head and continued, "Unless Keluosi is willing to abandon the Verdant Tower Alliance, accepting sanctions is the only result, and the Magic Artifact design patent will also take this opportunity to become a precedent."

"That's good. As long as this matter can pass, I can accept the Seven Towers' dissatisfaction," Xia Duo said very generously.

"Don't worry too much. On the Seven Towers side, only Sikumu's reaction was the most intense; others only mentioned it according to convention. Huo En even spoke up for you. After all, anyone might encounter some sudden emergencies; this time it was you, next time it might be them."

Iolum advised Xia Duo not to worry about the Seven Towers' attitude, but he himself felt worried about Sikumu's performance. With such an immature leader in the Seven Towers, he didn't know what kind of variables might arise in the future.

"Then Teacher, to which day did you postpone the meeting?" Xia Duo asked.

"You only pushed Keluosi out, but left the Seven Towers in an awkward position. They only agreed to a three-day delay. If you hadn't appeared tomorrow, they would have taken the Keluosi Verdant Tower Alliance matter to the Seventon Council, which might have had a very bad influence. Fortunately, you appeared."

Speaking of this, Iolum suddenly glanced at Xia Duo curiously, "Come to think of it, what was so urgent that you couldn't even make it to the meeting the day before yesterday?"

Xia Duo held the Communication Magic Tool and hurriedly replied to Niya. Seeing that Iolum was also interested in what he had experienced, and since he also wanted to ask for Iolum's opinion on some matters, he said:

"Two days ago, I suddenly received a request for help from a friend in the Outer Planes. Because the situation was urgent, I didn't have time to tell you, Teacher. When I was about to return, I realized the time had exceeded the limit.

"My friend encountered demons, but I suspect those demons were targeting me. Teacher, do you know which factions among the Elven Nations are involved with demons?"

Daxia Homeland was complicated to explain and involved his own special bloodline, so Xia Duo didn't say too much. This led to his judgment of the demons' purpose being closer to speculation, but looking for reasons from the Main Plane would certainly not be wrong.

He had no enemies in the Outer Planes, not even potential ones—though perhaps he did now.

Actually, it wasn't that Xia Duo hadn't suspected the Drow, but the Drow had already fled into the deeper layers of the Underdark. Even if they left some tails behind, they wouldn't expose themselves for the sake of a human like him.

He should be looking for the Elves instead!

Therefore, Xia Duo reasonably suspected that the Elves might be behind this. Of course, Keluosi also had a certain degree of suspicion, but Xia Duo didn't believe the other party had the ability to manipulate demons to track Daxia Homeland, which was located in the Outer Planes.

"Demonology" should be a bit too high-end for Keluosi; the Elves were more suspicious.