Chapter 1882: Sharpening the Knife Will Not Delay the Work of Cutting Firewood

The ceremony concluded with a speech by Andelie, the Elder in charge of administrative affairs in the Council of Elders, the content of which was somewhat similar to a leader's campaign speech or a government work report on Earth.

It mainly expounded on the governing philosophy that the Council of Elders had consistently upheld since its establishment, some of the achievements made, and a general plan for the various aspects of Evereska's future.

Xia Duo had participated in the discussions of these contents and had even put forward many constructive opinions; hearing them now, not only was there a sense of fullness of familiarity, but he also gained another layer of understanding regarding the governance of a Territory.

At the end of the speech, Andelie used a proverb widely circulated among the Elf races as a concluding remark—

"May the Tai'kuise Clan live on and prosper forever!"

……

After the ceremony ended, the Elves in the square left one after another; it was not that there were no celebrations, but rather that celebrations were everywhere in the streets.

As for Xia Duo, he directly dispelled his Force Field avatar, which counted as returning to Asuosi Manor; in reality, his Saint Form avatar had never left.

Back at the manor, the examination of the 42 Wood Elf volunteers was already more than halfway through, but Niya had brought back more volunteers, who were also all Wood Elves.

Moreover, in terms of age, they almost strictly followed the requirements Xia Duo had put forward—every age group was represented, and they were relatively even.

This made Xia Duo quite satisfied, because this meant that the data model he would eventually obtain regarding the Wood Elf's long-lived body would have a high degree of universality and applicability.

If his guess was correct, this time he should be able to solve most of the problems related to the body in the Magic Energy Infection Purification Plan.

……

Afternoon.

Xia Duo had not yet finished examining all the Wood Elf volunteers when word came from Saijisi that he had completed the remaining survey work from last night and invited Xia Duo to Asuosi Manor to discuss the next experimental plan for the New Mythallar.

"He really can't stop for even a moment!"

Xia Duo sighed casually; of course, strictly speaking, this should be his praise for Saijisi. Everyone outside was celebrating that Evereska was about to become independent, and even within Asuosi Manor, Niya's face showed joy when she was handing over tasks.

Clearly, Saijisi was not indulging in the fleeting moment of relaxation at hand, but was seizing the time to work, and had even called for Xia Duo.

Xia Duo was, of course, infinitely welcoming of this; he called Niya over and instructed:

"Send back the volunteers I have marked, and give the remuneration as agreed beforehand; do not deduct anything. Additionally, pause the recruitment of new volunteers for now; wait for my experimental results before considering whether to continue recruiting."

"Yes."

Niya responded, then asked: "Then should I arrange for these volunteers who have not yet participated in the experiment to stay in the manor temporarily?"

"No need, just arrange for food. I will be back later, and you can send them back when the experiment is over."

"Yes," Niya responded again.

……

Xia Duo was relatively at ease with Niya. He let Niya keep the salaries and gifts sent by the Council of Elders; in fact, there was nothing to worry about. He did not intend to bring these liquid assets back to the Main Plane, so he would not care even if they were all lost.

Only some things that were relatively novel or meaningful did he intend to manifest back along with the Nether Scroll to continue researching or to collect.

For example, the Consciousness Cage, War Magic Artifacts, the original Dragon Madness Secret Scroll, as well as some artworks that he also considered to have great collection value, and so on.

One must know that when he was searching for the Nether Scroll before, he had hollowed out nearly an entire city. Although it was a small city that had gone through the ravages of war, the items left behind were not few at all.

It was only now that Arcane Crystals were abundant and his Personal Space could be expanded at any time that Xia Duo could collect such items. If it were before, he would have to consider for a long time even manifesting a Mythallar key, for fear of delaying the manifestation of the Nether Scroll.

……

Yeman Valley, New Mythallar project experimental base; after dealing with the trivial matters at the manor, Xia Duo rushed here immediately.

Unsurprisingly, Saijisi had already arrived first. Seeing Xia Duo, he immediately stopped his conversation with Diptatus and beckoned to Xia Duo:

"Asuosi, we were just waiting for you. I just told Diptatus about your plan, and he has some questions he wants to confirm with you."

"Mm, no problem, feel free to ask any questions."

Currently, in the entire project team, besides Diptatus, there were five other senior Mages, but those five were not proficient in the Mythallar Domain, and their participation in the project was mostly to assist with experiments; it was difficult for them to participate in the discussions between Xia Duo and Saijisi.

Only Diptatus, because he followed Saijisi, had come into contact with the Mythallar very early on, and after becoming a senior Mage, he chose the Mythallar Domain as his main focus.

Except for not having the spellcasting limit of a High Mage, he was at least no worse than most High Mages in the Mythallar Domain.

Therefore, Xia Duo also respected Diptatus's opinions very much, or rather, he respected the opinions of every member of the project team. Even the Elf Mage who understood the Mythallar the least might have a better understanding of the Mythallar than the vast majority of human Mages.

This was determined by the Elven Magic System, and it was also a fact that Xia Duo could not avoid.

"It's like this—"

Facing Xia Duo, Diptatus's attitude was respectful but he did not consider himself inferior, and his conduct was quite open and honest. "Master Saijisi just told me about your plan, in which there are some descriptions regarding Permission Level design. You hope to integrate Permission Level design into every stage.

"But I think that what we need to do most right now is to figure out the adaptation problem of the adaptive framework to the Old Mythallar rules. For this reason, I even think that we can completely put aside the functions that the project needs to implement for now and explore the new rules of this new type of Mythallar—the adaptive framework—through the implementation of some simple functions."

So that's it!

Xia Duo was thoughtful. What Diptatus said was nothing more than the principle that "to do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools." Xia Duo undoubtedly supported this.

The reason he didn't mention it in the past was mainly because it was difficult to grasp the time for such basic research, and he didn't want to delay too long in the Projection Plane.

No matter how good the prospects were, he could not pursue them as his main goal. His main goal was a concrete Mythallar plan, preferably one that he could use immediately after returning to the Main Plane.

But now, since Diptatus said so, does it mean—"sharpening the knife will not delay the work of cutting firewood"?

Xia Duo's research on the Mythallar was ultimately not as good as that of an Elf Mage who specialized in this path. If it did not affect the schedule, he was more willing to support conducting basic research first!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo asked Diptatus: "Evereska has now obtained independent status. To avoid possible changes in the future, the construction of the New Mythallar should be as fast as possible. How confident are you that it won't affect the schedule?"