Chapter 2052: Twisted Space

Xia Duo has always paid close attention to the Territory Guard; although it is only a transitional territorial defense force, it can still lay a good foundation in advance.

Xia Duo actually does not have high standards or strict requirements for the current Territory Guard, only one very rigid rule—that is, to obey orders.

This way, when Spellcasters gradually replace ordinary soldiers, it will not cause chaos in the inheritance of order. As for conscripting the troublemakers among the new territory residents into the army, there is actually also the idea of seeing the assimilation ability of the Territory Guard.

……

After understanding the recent situation in the Territory, Xia Duo finally brought up the Floating City: "Did you just send me a briefing about the strange object in the sky through the Tower of Time?"

"Yes."

A look of surprise appeared on Laidun's face, "Could it be that the strange object in the sky has something to do with you, my lord?"

"Indeed, come with me."

After saying this, Xia Duo stood up and walked out of Laidun's office, walking all the way to the Altar Square on the east side of the Government Hall, then he cast a Flight Spell on Laidun and waved his hand, saying:

"Come up!"

As soon as the words fell, Laidun shot up high, then suddenly decelerated; it took several times back and forth like this before he barely adapted to the flight state.

Xia Duo, however, appeared much more relaxed and comfortable. For him now, flight has already become an instinct carved into his blood. With the Walking Ring temporarily disabled, his body naturally rose into the air.

"My lord, are we going up there?" Laidun pointed to the peculiar object the size of a fingernail far above his head and asked Xia Duo.

"Yes, that is also my Territory; it is a new city. Come, follow me!"

"A new city?!"

Laidun was extremely shocked in his heart and hurriedly chased after the Lord to fly upward.

At the current altitude of the Floating City, under normal circumstances, if one wanted to fly up by relying on a Flight Spell, it would take at least several tens of minutes. However, when Xia Duo cast the Flight Spell for Laidun, he had already contacted the Floating City.

By using the War Spell Wide-Area Prohibition to distort the distance from the Floating City to the ground, as long as one flies to a certain altitude and then continues to fly upward, one will find that the Floating City rapidly grows from the size of a fingernail, almost occupying the entire field of vision.

It took less than two minutes.

……

Below the Floating City.

Laidun looked up, staring in shock at the main body of the Floating City that blotted out the sky and sun above. Such an expression had not stopped since he entered the twisted space passage.

At this moment, it was even exaggerated to the extreme, unable to speak a word.

Fortunately, Xia Duo was thoughtful enough; he waited until Laidun recovered before pointing to the inverted Floating City Public Zone above and saying with a smile: "Don't you want to go in and take a look?"

"Go in and take a look?"

Even though Laidun was well-trained, he could not help but feel a burning sensation in his heart, but looking at the completely inverted world above, he was somewhat at a loss.

"This—how do I get in?" Laidun asked hesitantly.

"Just fly straight over."

As he spoke, Xia Duo had already flown over first, and Laidun hesitated for a moment before quickly following.

The experience of passing through the twisted space boundary was very wonderful; there was no feeling at all, and the Floating City that was originally above suddenly moved to beneath his feet.

Next, it was no longer flying up, but flying down.

Xia Duo had not crossed the twisted space boundary before; these two experiences today gave him some brand-new understandings of space and the Plane.

……

In the process of falling to the Public Level of the Floating City, Laidun saw at a glance the traces of people moving in Hengchun Square and almost subconsciously veered toward that side.

Xia Duo let him be. Kuke and the others had not yet left that side, and if they met, there would surely be a lot to talk about. Seeing Laidun land on the ground preparing to explore the Public Zone, Xia Duo flashed and appeared in a Xiu Xi Shi in the Central Control Zone.

He had been tutoring Jieyi here before, and now Jieyi was still here working on the test papers Xia Duo had customized for him.

Xia Duo's appearance did not startle Jieyi. This studious young man who knew how to seize opportunities did not notice at all that his teacher was already standing behind him, still staring intently at the test paper, occasionally writing and drawing on the draft paper beside him.

"Ahem—"

Xia Duo coughed lightly, but this not-too-loud sound really gave Jieyi a fright. He clutched his chest and quickly stood up from his chair. Only after seeing it was Xia Duo did he slowly let out a sigh of relief:

"Teacher, you almost scared me to death."

Xia Duo originally wanted to say, "Let me teach you another lesson: never let your guard down under any circumstances," but thinking that the magic civilization he wanted to build was not a dark forest where everyone was in danger, the words changed when they reached his lips—

"It's my fault; I will notify you in advance next time."

Hearing his teacher say he was wrong, Jieyi was suddenly a little flustered, even more so than when he was just startled by his teacher, "No, Teacher, it's that I was too absorbed and didn't notice that you had arrived."

Although the environment and atmosphere inside the Tower of Time had improved greatly compared to the past, and Xia Duo had always appeared with a friendly and peaceful image, the status of the two sides was still too far apart.

Jieyi had not completely shaken off the shackles of old-era thinking. This performance clearly exceeded the normal degree of politeness and modesty. Seeing this, Xia Duo could not help but sigh in his heart that more effort was needed.

"Alright, no need to argue about this. Pack up. Laidun has come over and is at Hengchun Square. You go over and take him around; it's not limited to the Public Zone. After I set up the Portal, you can return to the Territory with them!"

"Teacher—"

Upon hearing that his teacher wanted to send him away, Jieyi's eyes instantly turned red, "It's my fault for always failing to learn and disappointing Teacher."

"……"

Xia Duo was speechless, but considering that Jieyi was still just a child of ten or so, on Earth he probably wouldn't even have graduated from High School yet!

"I'm not trying to send you away, but letting you go back to reunite with your family. Think about how many days you haven't been home; aren't your family worried and missing you? The Moon Festival is at the end of the month; how could I keep you here any longer?"

The traditional Netheril Moon Festival is for worshipping ancestors, but Xia Duo extended it into a festival for family reunions and even artificially created the habit of eating mooncakes for it.

As a Lord, he certainly could not say one thing and do another; if there were conditions to let students reunite with their families, he had to let them reunite.

However, his saying this still could not stop Jieyi's sobbing, so he could only take out the prepared materials related to the Arcane Energy Field and stuff them into Jieyi's hands:

"These were supposed to be given to you after the Moon Festival, but if I don't give them to you in advance now, I'm afraid you won't be able to spend this year's Moon Festival with peace of mind."

"Arcane Energy Field? Is this the new Activator that Teacher told me about before?" Jieyi took the materials and immediately stopped crying.

"Yes, that's the one!"

Xia Duo looked at Jieyi, who had already begun to flip through the materials impatiently, and continued: "The contact during this period has let me understand your potential. After the Moon Festival, I will bring you to the Floating City to study the Activator."

"Really?!"

Jieyi could not care about wiping the tears from his face; he looked up at Xia Duo with extreme anticipation, hoping to confirm this news again from his teacher's mouth.