Chapter 2101: Sightseeing and Setting Off Again

Upon hearing that the Sun Wing Family had been exiled, Saville, who had previously only been listening from the side, suddenly interjected: "Did the Crown King of Kemansuoer really exile the entire Sun Wing Family?"

"It should be true, though it must be pointed out—the Sun Wing Family was exiled during the 【People's Judgment Ritual】. Strictly speaking, it was not the Crown King of Kemansuoer who exiled them, but the people of Kemansuoer who exiled them."

Xia Duo explained the difference briefly, but Saville let out a cold laugh. "Isn't that the same thing? Do those so-called 【People's Judgment Rituals】 really allow commoners to judge? If that were truly the case, I fear the ones who would need to worry most are the Crown King of Kemansuoer and his followers."

"Great-grandfather, are you saying that this ritual in Kemansuoer was entirely performed for Xia Duo to see?" Niya could not help but frown as well.

Saville did not answer directly, instead looking at Xia Duo. Xia Duo naturally understood Saville's meaning; in fact, he himself felt that the scene in Kemansuoer was a bit too deliberate.

Of course, if one added the influence of Kelanni, perhaps it could be explained, but then why Kelanni would do such a thing remained inexplicable.

In short, there were too many mysteries here. All he could do now was steady his own footing first, and then face whatever changes occurred in the outside world with composure.

Looking at Niya's slightly worried expression, Xia Duo gently patted the back of her hand and comforted her: "That judgment ritual might indeed have had elements performed for me to see, but the fact that they could perform it already speaks volumes."

He did not mention the role Kelanni might have played in it. A change in Kemansuoer alone was already enough to worry people; if an Elven main god were added to the mix, he feared Niya would have to sleep with one eye open from now on.

"Alright, no need to worry too much! Although this trip to Kemansuoer was somewhat unexpected, all in all, it can still be considered a relatively good result."

Then, Xia Duo supported Niya's shoulders, turned her to face away from him, and gave her a gentle push, continuing: "Didn't you want to see the night view of Kemansuoer up close? Go prepare your avatar, I'll wait for you right here."

Niya gave a hum of agreement, then walked away quickly.

……

Watching Niya's figure disappear at the end of the corridor, Saville said with some suspicion: "Why do I feel like you were intentionally sending her away!"

"Not at all! We really are going to walk around on the ground in a moment, are you coming?" Xia Duo hurriedly changed the subject.

"What business of yours do I have to meddle in? I'm not going!"

"You're really not going?"

"Really not! Didn't you stuff over a dozen students onto me? Just having a headache over their affairs every day is enough to keep me busy!"

After saying this, Saville simply flashed away. Seeing this, a smile tugged at the corner of Xia Duo's mouth. He could tell that Saville wasn't truly complaining; on the contrary, there might even be a hint of showing off.

Being able to teach over a dozen Advanced Rank Mages might be inferior to their common teacher Yinaole, but Saville had used much less time! Although there was the assistance of the Inheritance Ritual, one couldn't say it was entirely without his own contribution!

Watching Saville's slightly smug appearance, Xia Duo felt both happy and a little worried. Happy, it went without saying, as the Tower of Time would soon have over a dozen more Advanced Rank Mages. Worried, because he feared Saville would get carried away as a teacher and treat those dozen-plus Advanced Rank Mages like the students of the old-era master-disciple system.

Care was necessary, but excessive care was actually quite unnecessary, and strict control was even less necessary.

Therefore, Xia Duo felt it was necessary to accelerate the progress of the investigation and selection for the second Inheritance Ritual, to find more things for Saville to do, lest he keep dwelling on the same group of people.

Additionally, there was the matter of dealing with the changes in Kemansuoer. Although it currently appeared to pose no threat to him, as the internal forces of Kemansuoer further integrated, who knew what ambitions Crown King Yinaole might develop.

He needed to assemble the full complement of operators for the Floating City's War Spells as soon as possible.

……

Afterward, in the gap while waiting for Niya to prepare her avatar, Xia Duo contacted Badijiaer again, mainly to state that Kemansuoer had already handed the Nether Scroll over to him, so they did not need to go and pursue it any further.

And the Nether Scroll Xia Duo obtained this time did not need to be transferred to the Seven Towers or the Arcane Union, but rather, according to the previous agreement with the Seven Towers, it would be kept directly at the Tower of Time.

He only needed to not refuse reading applications from the Seven Towers or the Arcane Union for six months out of the year. According to the agreement, he could keep it until the day he died; the lower limit was one hundred years, while there was no agreed-upon upper limit.

It could be said that with this Nether Scroll from the agreement, the set he had previously obtained from the Projection Plane would be even more convenient to use publicly.

When the quantity reached a certain level, who would still doubt that the several Golden Pages appearing at the same time did not belong to the same set!

Just as Xia Duo had imagined, although Badijiaer agreed to him keeping this portion of the Nether Scroll directly, his attitude was relatively cold, especially since Badijiaer had visited the Floating City over at Siluwende not long ago.

For such a change to occur in such a short time, it was hard to say it wasn't because of the Princess interfering in a mortal's Ascension to Godhood!

……

Soon, Niya had prepared her avatar, the realism of which was almost flawless; it was the Astral Projection Avatar that Xia Duo had obtained from the Seven Towers.

Compared to the Saint Form Avatar Xia Duo was currently using, it was indeed inferior purely from the level of spellcasting assistance, but the Astral Projection Avatar could eat food and could experience the complete sensation of eating, drinking, and digestion.

The Saint Form Avatar, however, could not eat food, nor could it experience the complete sensation of eating, drinking, and digestion.

For Xia Duo, he might care more about the advantages of an avatar in terms of spellcasting, while Niya paid more attention to the completeness of the avatar's various perceptions and experiences.

Furthermore, the threshold for casting spells with the Saint Form Avatar was too high. There was no need to mention Niya; she couldn't even meet the requirement of touching the tenth layer of the Magic Net, let alone the super-high requirement for Magic Net Affinity.

Even Xia Duo himself needed to use some "heretical" assistance to complete this spell, to the point that he had been unwilling to dispel it even after the war in Siluwende ended.

……

Under Niya's urging, Xia Duo quickly contacted the special channel and then teleported with Niya to the side of Geli Ruier Hu, southeast of Kemansuoer City, very close to the location where he had first arrived and departed.

Afterward, it was time for sightseeing. Having had the experience the first time, Xia Duo decisively reminded Niya that if she didn't want to be watched by others, it was best to transform into the appearance of an Elf.

Niya agreed; after all, this was also a rare experience.

Once everything was prepared, the two strolled north along the Osens River that flowed into Geli Ruier Hu. Niya had seen the Magic Image of Kemansuoer City, but being there in person still provided a different experience that watching a Magic Image did not possess.

Niya held Xia Duo's hand, sometimes walking quickly, sometimes slowing down, and sometimes stopping to pick a small flower by the riverbank to wear on both her own and Xia Duo's heads.

It seemed that once transformed into the appearance of an Elf, one also acquired the innocence and playfulness of an Elf.