Chapter 1974: Floating City, Obsession

Xia Duo introduced his ideas to Niya simply and clearly, and Niya's eyes lit up the moment she finished listening.

Although as a Mage, Niya had long been accustomed to staying inside buildings like Mage Towers, the Floating City had even its buildings inside a larger spherical shell; to say she could completely accept that would be somewhat self-deceiving.

But now Xia Duo had given her a brand-new choice, and Niya was so excited she couldn't control herself, "Are you saying that in the future we can live on the surface of the Floating City, rather than inside?"

"Not necessarily the surface, it could be any form you can imagine," Xia Duo said confidently.

He was still quite certain about this; as long as one could manipulate space, the manifestation of the Floating City could naturally be made to change in a thousand ways, yet its essence would always remain unique.

"Then can I have it turn into a ship?"

"Of course you can, if that is truly what you wish!"

"Uh—"

This time it was Niya who hesitated; the Floating City was clearly a strategic facility of extraordinary significance, and if one were to turn it into just a ship, it would be somewhat too frivolous.

Thinking of this, Niya suddenly felt that Xia Duo's original design was just right; the sphere was simple and elegant, subtly conforming to the form of a celestial body, with cities and buildings hidden inside, revealing a hint of mystery.

Most importantly, such a design was convergent in all directions, without any defensive blind spots or psychological blind spots. Thinking of this, Niya seemed to realize something, her eyes widened abruptly, and she stared at Xia Duo, asking:

"By the way, is this Floating City of yours designed after the spaceships from your hometown?"

"I didn't expect you to see through it!" Xia Duo said, half-joking, and told the truth.

"Really?" Niya was a bit surprised, yet also had a feeling that it should be so, and immediately said, "Then I think it's better not to change it."

When she was learning Chinese with Xia Duo before, she had once heard him mention many settings of spaceships—an important tool created by humans themselves for exploring Nature and conquering Nature.

To Niya, the manifestation of the Floating City could only affect her mood when looking at the scenery, but she didn't think there was much difference between the scenery she saw with her own eyes and the scenery she saw through Spells.

At this moment, hearing the design inspiration for the Floating City, she felt she should respect Xia Duo's longing for his hometown, as well as the romance of pursuing truth under different cultural backgrounds.

"Better not change it!"

Niya mentioned it again, this time she spoke earnestly, not as full of teasing as when she said she wanted a ship just now. To this, Xia Duo shook his head and explained:

"The essence of the Floating City is already here; the new form formed through spatial transformation does not affect its essence. Besides, I also feel that the sphere is a bit too closed; changing the style occasionally wouldn't be bad, don't you think?"

"Hmm, then I'll listen to you!"

Niya understood what Xia Duo meant, but was even more moved by Xia Duo's respect for her. At this moment, Niya was once again glad that she had chosen Xia Duo in that somewhat hasty marriage decision.

"By the way, Xia Duo, about the child—"

"Why are you talking about the child again? Didn't I say to give me some more time?"

Mentioning this topic, Xia Duo immediately had a headache. As a person from his hometown, since he had already decided to settle down and work hard here, he naturally wanted his own bloodline to spread and flourish in this world, but—

Perhaps it was reproductive isolation between different Universes, or some other unreasonable reason; in any case, Xia Duo and Niya had been married for several years and had never been able to have their own child.

For this, Xia Duo had once searched for Elf fertility Spells, found them, and completed the Spells, but the effect couldn't be said to be non-existent—at least the effects outside of fertility were very significant—but it just happened to miss the fertility part!

Besides looking for "folk remedies," Xia Duo was also exploring bloodline research on his own, but his research in this area was very limited, and coupled with the fact that this matter was not suitable to be talked about indiscriminately, it made it difficult for him to seek advice from Jilan Tower.

The final result was naturally very unsatisfactory.

However, although Xia Duo was a person from his hometown, he was also a modern person. He wanted offspring, but it was not a must, especially since he had initially achieved longevity, this thought of passing on offspring had lessened again.

Unlike Xia Duo, Niya was very persistent about this, especially in the days since Saville returned; almost every few days Niya would bring up the child issue again.

In her words, although the great-grandfather would not demand the Territory, he would not sit idly by and watch the Territory named after him easily perish, and Niya had never considered letting Daxia Territory merge into Savile Territory.

Then, only if her and Xia Duo's child was born could the two Territories be justifiably merged in the name of the sole heir.

This time Niya mentioned the child issue again, and Xia Duo still felt a headache; he could almost imagine what Niya was going to say next—

"A few days ago I went to see the great-grandfather, and he also asked about the child. His words seemed to hold a lot of expectation. If we drag it out any longer, I'm worried that the great-grandfather might have other plans for the Territory."

"He won't, don't worry!"

Xia Duo had already said this many times. Saville might truly want to see a blood-related cub appear, but it was more likely that the other party wanted to use this to stabilize their alliance.

As for the Territory and such, the current Xia Duo actually didn't care much; the Floating City could completely serve as a natural Territory, the most important thing was the people.

But now the population of Daxia Territory had already exceeded that of Savile Territory; even if Savile Territory were returned to Saville, it could only be said to be a loss for all the residents of Savile Territory, and at the same time a loss for Saville.

Because this meant the other party had given up on him as an ally.

……

Having finally pacified Niya, Xia Duo had to set off for Seventon again. Going there, besides making it convenient for him to timely understand the latest intelligence on Siluwende, also made it convenient for him to go to Siluwende at any time—entering through regular channels.

In addition, going to Seventon was also to complete the transaction with the Seven Towers regarding the Crimson Plane. If the timing was right, he might even be able to watch another Ascension Ritual.

……

Seventon, Azure Manor.

Aiwa, who was originally organizing intelligence in the intelligence room, suddenly stood up, tidied up the desktop, and then quickly went out, arriving at the small woods on the outskirts of the manor.

A Portal that was almost like a mirror without a single ripple stood in the center of the woods. Nearby, fully armed guards were on alert at all times, and there were also two Mages from the Arcane Union staying in the nearby study, ready to support at any time.

As soon as Aiwa arrived, he called a halt to the ongoing two-way teleportation, cleared out irrelevant people, and then stood alone in front of the Portal, waiting silently.

After about a few minutes, a figure walked out of the Portal. Seeing this, Aiwa immediately stepped forward to salute, "My Lord!"

"No need for formalities."

Xia Duo nodded, but his footsteps did not stop, "Go check the intelligence first. I won't stay long this time. You should let them continue with the Portal! Winter is coming soon, so let as many people pass through as possible."

"Yes."

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