Chapter 1916: The Land of Scholars

He may have found the real reason the Council of Elders failed to discover intelligence on the troublemakers; it was not that the Demon Descendants had quieted down, nor that the various nations lacked ideas, but that the Northland was currently preoccupied with the trading of the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll.

Evereska Independent was a foregone conclusion; unless there was some deep-seated hatred, who would come to cause trouble at a time like this?

As for the Demon Descendants, they were likely drooling over the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll themselves!

Setting aside their Demon Bloodline, they were not essentially different from Elves. What the Elves wanted, they wanted too; the ambitions the Elves possessed, they possessed as well.

Whether it was the Integration Faction, the Duli, or the Radical Faction, none were exceptions.

……

One hour was not long, and it passed quickly amidst the casual chat between Xia Duo and Saijisi.

Following the order to begin, the eight High Mages, twelve Senior Mages, and 168 Elite Mages—the same team from the previous comprehensive test—began their collaboration once again.

In an instant, winds surged above Duli Guangchang, with a trend of spreading even further; the momentum was even more spectacular than during the previous test.

While keeping a close watch on the ritual's spellcasting process, Xia Duo also projected his Perception Field to every corner of the city; the other three High Mages who were not participating in the ritual were doing the same.

However, they were mostly monitoring for any sudden incidents, while Xia Duo was more focused on observing the process of modifying the Magic Net in this area during the construction of the Mythallar.

The perspective was slightly higher than microscopic but lower than macroscopic; it could be called the essence of the Mythallar construction process.

Of course, the greater essence lay in the changes to the Magic Net at the macroscopic level, which even transformed a vast stretch of the Magic Net into an independent territory, though Xia Duo had long been aware of this.

But the data collection on the transmission process of the Mythallar from the macroscopic to the microscopic was never enough!

Xia Duo had previously speculated that the Energy Equation Spell, which exhausted the possibilities of evocation spells, might be another form of Mythallar transmitted from the microscopic level to the macroscopic level.

Combining the two might be the highest realm of the Mythallar.

……

As the ritual progressed, Xia Duo was intoxicated by the data he was collecting on the influence transmission from the macroscopic Magic Net to the microscopic Magic Net String.

But spells always have a time of completion; after about two hours, the anomaly above the city of Evereska gradually faded, which meant the spell had reached its final finishing work.

That is, the "Node setting."

Up until this moment, no Demon Descendant Elves or terrorists had jumped out, and the spellcaster team had maintained the same rigorous style as in the previous comprehensive test regarding the handling of the Nodes.

Not a single accident occurred until the Nodes were completed.

It was only then that Xia Duo withdrew his projected perception and expressed his congratulations to the spellcasting team!

Next, Evereska needed to consider when to hold a grand independence celebration, though given the current situation in the Northland, the level of liveliness would likely be discounted.

But for Xia Duo, these things were no longer important; he was already prepared to leave.

……

He did not say goodbye to anyone, nor did he notify anyone; everything was as usual, only Yisite, who had received the Arcanist materials gifted by Xia Duo, sensed something and sent a blessing from afar, though he did not say much else.

Just like that, Xia Duo came quietly, and in the end, he left quietly as well.

He recreated his avatar, changed his appearance, and appeared in Tashalisi Cheng, the largest city in Wuweilun, under the identity of the Mage Laier who had previously appeared at the Elf Court.

Of course, it was also the capital of Wuweilun.

Previously, while in Evereska, Xia Duo had heard many legends about Wuweilun, but legends are legends because they contain many exaggerated elements.

But upon arriving in Tashalisi Cheng, he discovered that many descriptions in the legends were not exaggerated, and were even slightly modest.

For example, Wuweilun had the reputation of being the Land of Scholars; under normal circumstances, this should be an exaggeration, but after arriving in Tashalisi Cheng, Xia Duo found that the most common buildings in the city were various libraries.

There were public ones, private ones, semi-public membership-based ones, or those categorized by the type of book collection: major magic categories, minor ones, gourmet food, art.

Basically, as long as one could think of the content of a book, one could almost always find a corresponding library; of course, whether one could find a satisfactory book was another matter.

Besides libraries, Xia Duo also discovered a type of shop in Tashalisi Cheng that had completely gone extinct in the Elf World of the Main Plane—the Inheritance Chamber.

The shop was equipped with Wisdom Gems and Inheritance Instruments; by connecting to the various libraries in the city through the Mythallar, a user only needed to lie on a recliner to absorb a large amount of Knowledge in a short time with the assistance of the Inheritance Ritual.

Many secret transmissions were clearly priced here; the only regret was that the Inheritance Chamber was only open to citizens of Wuweilun, and money was useless for foreign Elves.

Xia Duo tried asking a shopkeeper, but the other party complained to him, saying that while the Inheritance Chamber looked like it had a high income, after splitting the profits with the libraries and authors, they could barely make ends meet.

Yet, the authorities did not allow them to receive foreign Elves, which reduced their income, forcing them to compete with domestic peers for the already very limited domestic market.

But when Xia Duo asked the other party in return why they didn't change professions if life was so difficult, the other party immediately stopped talking.

Regarding this, Xia Duo, who had experienced the commodity society on Earth, was long accustomed to it; merchants' mouths are deceitful ghosts, and if you truly believe them, you are purely a leek sprout.

Seeing that Xia Duo's interest had waned and he was preparing to leave, the shopkeeper secretly added, "If the guest really wants to experience the Inheritance Ritual, I know of an underground Inheritance Chamber that is open to foreign Elves, but it can only transmit a few types of newspapers and magazines from Tashalisi Cheng. Is the guest interested?"

"Underground Inheritance Chamber?"

Xia Duo carefully savored the term; Elvish was rich in semantics, but the descriptions were precise enough, and there was not much ambiguity, which was also the main reason many Netherese Mages on the Main Plane considered Elvish to be complex.

The "underground" the shopkeeper spoke of was not of the "illegal" nature, but was truly built underground! And judging from the fact that it could only transmit a limited number of newspapers and magazines as the other party said, that underground Inheritance Chamber should also be under control.

Otherwise, they could have provided more exciting content.

Xia Duo speculated that the reason Wuweilun kept the Inheritance Chambers open to foreign guests so secretive was, besides maintaining the superiority of their own citizens, likely to make a fortune from it.

Such things are hard to ban with just a piece of paper; opening a controllable outlet is just the right way to trick some suckers.

Xia Duo would not be fooled, but he was still very interested in the Inheritance Chamber itself; if he could set up such a facility in the Tower of Time, it might significantly reduce the growth time of Apprentices.

Xia Duo noticed that here at the Inheritance Chamber, besides Wisdom Gems and Inheritance Instruments, there were also some things to assist memory.

Such as Memory Perfume that could be used to deepen memories or awaken blurred memories, refreshing spices to keep the mind clear and consciousness sharp, and even Inspiration Movements specially created by music Masters.

Of course, since even the underground Inheritance Chamber used to harvest leeks had been created, these auxiliary services could actually be purchased directly in the above-ground Inheritance Chambers.

Except for the Inspiration Movement which could be brought back to the Main Plane for continued use, things like perfumes and spices, even if materialized back, would be gone once used up.

Only by finding the formulas and the seeds of the raw materials could one truly possess them!