Chapter 2119: Great Life, Heading South

The intellectual brain's efficiency was extremely high; by the time Xia Duo and Niya turned back to the branch they had previously taken the wrong turn on, it had already completed the construction of the human navigation system with Xia Duo as the carrier.

"Go this way!"

Xia Duo pointed in a direction according to the navigation; while Niya was still somewhat hesitant, he had already taken her hand and started leading the way.

Different from the gorgeous and magnificent style of Kemansuoer Aryvandaar, Taiweimansa's architecture was full of conservative characteristics; perhaps the trees were indeed not an ideal location for construction.

The buildings Xia Duo and Niya saw along the way were mostly built relying on the branches of the oak trees where the urban area was located, most of which were natural buildings constructed by using spells to reshape the tree structures, and only a small portion were built with stone or other materials.

Naturally, stone buildings that could appear on trees hundreds of meters high were not something ordinary Elves could live in or even own.

Almost without exception, those non-wooden buildings were either public buildings serving many Elves, such as Temples, academies, or plazas, or they were privately owned by High Elves.

If judged purely by the convenience and comfort of Commoner life, the situation in Taiweimansa was far worse than in Kemansuoer, and perhaps even inferior to some Netheril territories.

Therefore, the Taiweimansa that Xia Duo saw was actually a peculiar city with few Commoners, even appearing somewhat overly quiet and peaceful.

"Since there are so many inconveniences on the trees, why don't the Eaerlann Elves choose to rebuild a Shoudu on the ground? It's not like they don't have ground cities!"

Niya finally asked the question she had been holding inside; regarding this question, Xia Duo actually couldn't quite understand it either and could only analyze it from the origins of Eaerlann:

"The initial Eaerlann was merely a settlement established by a fallen Upper Family that split from Shaerwen, and it only received further support later out of the need to resist Siluwende, allowing it to become an independent nation.

"Building the city on trees was perhaps initially out of defensive considerations! Later, it might have gradually evolved into a spiritual symbol; even with ground territory, they did not abandon this city on the trees."

From this perspective, Xia Duo also thought of Seventon; if Floating Cities become prevalent in the future, the Seventon on the ground might not gradually decline or fall into ruin as he had initially thought.

Perhaps it could even experience a second spring!

Or perhaps Seventon could be lifted directly from the ground, elevating it into a Floating City, rather than building a new one.

Of course, such thoughts only flashed through Xia Duo's mind; in the future, he had the confidence to build Daxia Territory into the most desirable territory in Netheril, and his Floating City would also become one of the most important cities in Netheril.

"What kind of giant tree could possibly support a city built upon it?" Niya asked again.

"I happen to know this!"

Taiweimansa was of course not built on one tree; if that were the case, how big would that tree have to be! Taiweimansa was built on a group of trees, and Xia Duo did indeed know something about the origins of these trees.

This must be traced back to the rise and prosperity of Aryvandaar, which was more than ten thousand years ago, when the High Mages of Aryvandaar planted a series of magical plants in their core territory at the time—that is, the vast land centered on Eaerlann in the current era.

Among them, the group of tall oak trees where Taiweimansa is located was one of them; the reason Xia Duo knew this was because the Xilin he incarnated as in the 【Projection Plane · Evereska Independent】 was essentially such a giant tree.

Of course, compared to these trees where Eaerlann is located, the Xilin at that time was still slightly smaller, but even so, the species of Xilin was named "Grandfather Oak" by the Shaerwen Elves.

This was to highlight its difference from ordinary oak trees; one was of the grandfather generation, and the other was of the grandson generation.

It was just that Xia Duo had wandered around Taiweimansa and had close contact with this group of giant trees, but he did not discover any signs of these giant trees awakening consciousness.

He didn't know if they had been wiped out long ago or if they were deliberately hiding.

If it were the former, there was no need to consider it for the time being, but if it were the latter, this group of giant trees themselves might be Eaerlann's most powerful trump card.

Nearly a hundred trees in total meant nearly a hundred High Mages with greater endurance than Elves; if supported by a Saint Form Avatar, not to mention sweeping the Northland, at least they could suppress all other countries in the Northland Alliance.

Additionally, within Shaerwen, there should also be a batch of Grandfather Oaks; perhaps there was even the Xilin that Xia Duo had once incarnated as in the Projection Plane!

Thinking deeply, Xia Duo was both happy and worried; happy because the Elves had such deep foundations, so if there were any world-ending catastrophe in the future, they would be the strongest backing.

Worried because, damn it, these were Elves, and he was a human.

In the process of telling Niya about the origin of the Grandfather Oaks, Xia Duo was also constantly probing these lives that could be called great even without awakening consciousness, but unfortunately, until they had almost finished walking around, he hadn't been able to probe any results.

This uncertainty made him feel even more uneasy; if he were simply told that these nearly a hundred Grandfather Oaks had all awakened consciousness, he might not be this anxious—after all, things happen, and he could make preparations early.

But now, to make him prepare for dealing with nearly a hundred treant High Mages when it was uncertain if they even existed, that was truly excessive, practically fighting shadows in the void.

Moreover, he understood the existence of treants very well; as long as their survival was not threatened, even if the outside world was torn apart, they would not pay any attention.

Even like Xilin in the Projection Plane, who had signed a contract with the Elves, it would not help the Elves actively fight enemies, acting more as a final means of Protection.

Like Xilin, it used its main body as a Mythallar Node for Shaerwen, and usually, it didn't care about anything but sleeping.

From this perspective, Eaerlann's persistent refusal to abandon the city on the trees might not be without such considerations; if these Grandfather Oaks had partially or fully awakened consciousness, then they definitely could not move the capital—this was simply the best sanctuary.

If not a single tree had awakened consciousness, maintaining the posture of not moving the capital even in death could also confuse the enemy, causing the enemy to make misjudgments and thus not dare to attack with full force, which could also be considered a final trump card.

Like now, Xia Duo, who had once incarnated as a treant, could not judge whether these Grandfather Oaks had awakened consciousness, let alone others (Elves).

If he wanted to confirm further, perhaps he could start an investigation from the Shaerwen side, but currently, none of the Elf countries (except Kemansuoer) had shown too strong an aggressiveness, so these could completely be put aside for later.

Xia Duo felt that after this travel plan was completed, if there were no other urgent matters, perhaps he could take a trip to Shaerwen.