Chapter 2181: Live Broadcast

Just like in Xia Duo's hometown, the true essence of poverty alleviation is leading the masses to cast off poverty and become prosperous, rather than gifting air conditioners or color televisions; those objects of enjoyment can be purchased by the masses themselves after they have worked to escape poverty, which is far more meaningful.

Of course, in a magical world, even after completely solving the problem of food and clothing, it is still unrealistic for ordinary territory residents to construct the Hengchun Barrier or other large-scale Magic Facilities on their own; these can basically be classified as infrastructure only found in developed societies, which should be invested in and built by the territory's official authorities.

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Aside from various curiosities about the Elves themselves, the question the residents asked most frequently was why a blank patch would appear in the Elf city from time to time.

This problem does not, in essence, actually exist; it is, of course, impossible for a blank patch to appear in an Elf city from time to time.

That is because Xia Duo is within the borders of another country and cannot use high-intensity Scrying Spells; basically, whenever he encounters an Elf or a scene with an Avoidance of Detection effect, a blank patch appears in the footage synchronized back to the Territory.

If it is an Elf, that blank patch even moves constantly!

As for the requests raised by the residents, there were too many, all sorts of things, such as a previous scene not being seen clearly, and wanting Xia Duo to return to take another look.

There were also those hoping Xia Duo would go in a certain direction, or even asking him to speak a sentence to a certain Elf; basically, as long as it wasn't too excessive, Xia Duo satisfied the residents' requests one by one.

For two days, from morning till night, except for the time he met the Siluwende Envoy, he was almost never idle for a moment, starting from the manor where he was temporarily residing.

With Dawn Plaza as the center, excluding a few restricted areas and private territories, he toured almost the entirety of Evereska, and he even gave key introductions to famous sites such as the Sky Garden, the Morning Light Pool, and the Cloudtop Tower.

Xia Duo does not want his residents to only be able to see a few steps away from their own door; he hopes more that his residents possess independent and sound Personalities and possess a broader vision.

Evereska is merely the first step in letting them open their eyes to see the world, and if there is an opportunity later, he is prepared to make more attempts.

Of course, what he hopes for most is that the residents themselves have the ability to walk out and then personally experience it with their own physical senses.

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Two days is very difficult for someone who wants to understand an independent city-state like Evereska, even if experiencing it personally, let alone observing it through the perspective of another person.

When the live broadcast activity ended, Xia Duo could clearly feel the residents were still unsatisfied, and even Aiboke and Depake, who maintained a communication link with him, had developed a strong yearning for Evereska.

But it is impossible for him to start a similar live broadcast again in the short term; however, if Aiboke and Depake could harden their hearts to ask for leave, it wouldn't be difficult for them to take a trip to Evereska.

It is just a pity that Aiboke is kept firmly in check by Xia Duo because of Niya, and Depake is single-mindedly thinking about becoming an Advanced Arcanist, so I am afraid there is no chance to go to Evereska for a look in the short term.

However, Xia Duo will not bully honest people; Aiboke has worked hard in the Tower of Time for a lifetime and deserves respect; and what Depake needs most right now might not be highly stressful tutoring, but a trip to relax his mood!

After this Alliance Assembly ends, he is prepared to give those two a vacation, and even other High Mages of the Tower of Time can go out to travel and vacation during their time off from rotations on the Floating City.

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Nese Li 839 Nian, January 10th.

This is a day worth commemorating; the 42nd Plenary Assembly of the Northland Alliance was grandly convened in the Covenant Hall of Evereska.

Except for a few meetings involving major proposals, this assembly had the highest specifications among all the representatives sent by various countries to previous assemblies.

The Netheril representative is Badijiaer from the Seven Towers; as the Seven Towers is the actual ruler of Netheril, and Badijiaer is the recognized spokesperson of the Seven Towers, compared to the Elf countries, it is almost equivalent to the Crown King arriving in person.

And the Yierlan representative is their Crown King Luoruian; although Crown King Luoruian has limited power within Yierlan, his title and status alone are enough to prove the importance Yierlan places on this assembly.

Although King Dan Zuo did not come, he still sent his close younger brother and son to attend, and due to the special clan alliance system within Dan Zuo, some members from the great clans of Dan Zuo were also mixed into the delegation.

As for Comanthor, one of the five great nations of the Northland Alliance, although Crown King Yilise'er did not come in person, they sent Jialanuode, who is a Sword Lord and holds the status of Mage Leader within Comanthor, to attend, and there were also many figures of noble offspring among the delegation members.

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Only Yierlan, for whom rumors had already spread that they were not prepared to respond to Xia Duo's proposal, sent a Land Consultant who is not well-known among the Northland nations as their representative to the assembly.

Although this assembly indeed has topics related to territory, the issue of territory is not the primary duty of a Land Consultant; the position of Land Consultant in the Elf Kingdom originates from ancient times, and its original intention was to be a recorder who records information such as the population and output of residents near settlements for the Crown King to review.

Later, it evolved into an archivist who tends more toward household registration management, and the work they do most often is not managing current household registrations, but conducting research on family heritage within a certain range (usually domestic).

When some small families want to break through the class ceiling, in addition to the requirements of hard power, they often need to go to a Land Consultant to "beg" for an Upper Family lineage, only then can they successfully break through.

It is conceivable that the intention of Yierlan in sending such a Land Consultant, who is not considered very glorious in the eyes of the Elves, is almost self-evident.

Not to mention, for such an important meeting, other great nations all bring a crowd of people; Yierlan, besides one Land Consultant as the official representative, only had two timid attendants, barely propping up a delegation.

As for the other small nations, whether it be a Lord, King, Crown King, or Great Elder, every single one of them arrived in person.

Such specifications, excluding Yierlan, were completely no less grand than the founding of the Northland Alliance.

In addition, there are two countries that are quite eye-catching at this assembly: one is Siluwende, which recently had a collective blood transfusion of its high-level officials, and the Ailan Kingdom, which became independent from Siluwende.

I don't know which talent arranged the seating for this assembly, but they actually arranged the Siluwende delegation next to the Ailan Kingdom!

It can be said that from the moment each delegation entered, that area became the focus of everyone's attention, even surpassing Xia Duo at one point.

And the Siluwende representative and the Ailan representative also "lived up to expectations"; as soon as they met, their eyes flashed with murderous intent, and if it weren't for being in the assembly venue and having representatives from other countries present, I am afraid they could have started fighting on the spot.