Chapter 2260: Attitude Change

Yinnupulasi, Red Square.

Xia Duo sat on the bow deck of the Magic Ship with Niya and Poche, chatting idly, though he spent more time communicating privately with Niya via Sending to exchange their views on this exotic city.

"Have you noticed? The Yimaska people seem very unskilled in spells! You can barely see any traces of spells in this massive city!"

"Don't underestimate them! They use tools to explore the world that are completely different from ours. Just think about the fact that half of this city is built in the Ether Interlayer, and you will understand that the Yimaska people are not unskilled in spells, but rather unskilled in the spells we are familiar with. The laws of the world manifest here in ways entirely different from Netheril or even the Elf World."

"Is it the Scepter?"

"Yes!"

Although Xia Duo still insists that Netheril Magic is the best tool for exploring the world, this does not mean he cannot tolerate other tools in his eyes.

Especially the Yimaska Creation Magic System, a system closer to the technology he was familiar with before he traveled here, had he traveled here at the very beginning and come into contact with this system earlier.

Perhaps he would even think this magic system is the best tool for exploring the world!

Now that he has been working in the Netheril Magic System for too long, even if he encounters a better magic system, as long as it does not have an absolute superiority over the Netheril Magic System, he is not prepared to switch to a new system.

Instead, he will find ways to absorb the strengths of other systems and integrate them into his own.

Speaking of which, the Yimaska Creation Magic System and the Dwarf magic system have many similarities, for example, both take creations as the core, and both highly value various creations within their systems.

It is just that Dwarf Mages can cast spells with the help of their creations, but can the Yimaska people cast spells with the help of the Scepter?

Currently, the Jiamu that Xia Duo sees does not seem to be able to, only able to use the functions of the Scepter itself. However, the Emperor's Projection when entering the country earlier was a bit like casting spells with the help of the Scepter, or even casting spells independently.

However, Xia Duo believes that a magic system that can exist for thousands of years should not have obvious shortcomings. As for spells, the most direct tool for controlling reality, he thinks the Yimaska craftsmen must have mastered them.

It is just that the methods and forms might be different from those of Netherese Mages.

……

Just as Xia Duo was chatting with Niya and Poche, Jiamu, who had disappeared as soon as they landed, suddenly returned, and changing his previous stingy attitude, began to take the initiative to introduce the specialties of Yinnupulasi to Xia Duo.

Seeing this, Poche did not delay any longer, immediately summoned a Yimaska Envoy, and then left the Magic Ship with two subordinates.

"Mage Asuosi, would you like to take a stroll in the Commercial Area of Yinnupulasi? I believe many of the specialties there will surely give you a better understanding of this great nation."

Regarding Jiamu's sudden enthusiasm, Xia Duo did not give an answer directly, but first looked at Niya, "Do you want to go for a stroll?"

"A stroll would be fine, it's just—"

Niya also noticed Jiamu's suddenly changed attitude and couldn't help but feel a little worried. Xia Duo, however, although he also felt strange, was not worried because of it.

But to set Niya's mind at ease, he transferred the "bubble" formed by the Floating City, which was originally placed on the bow, to the top of the Pioneer Scepter, then handed the Scepter to Niya and comforted her:

"It's good to have the idea of going out, don't worry about anything else, I'm here for everything."

Seeing Xia Duo say this, Niya's hanging heart gradually settled down, but she did not take Xia Duo's Scepter, but stuffed it back to Xia Duo.

Xia Duo did not force it either. Anyway, it is the same wherever the Floating City is. In fact, even if it is placed on the Magic Ship and not carried with him, it does not affect it from exerting its due effect.

"Then let's go! Next, I will trouble Tax Official Jiamu to take us for a good tour of this Zise Zhi Cheng!"

Just now Jiamu said it was the Commercial Area, but Xia Duo deliberately expanded the scope of the tour Jiamu mentioned. On one hand, he really wanted to take a good look at this magical city that spans the Ether Interlayer and the Main Plane, and on the other hand, it was also a probe into Jiamu.

The other party's sudden change in attitude made him feel a bit strange, but if it could be utilized, perhaps he could easily obtain the Creation Magic System here.

"This way, please, both of you! Our first stop is the Maersi Shangyejie to the west of Red Square."

While introducing, Jiamu took out a small box suspected to be a communication tool and pressed it a few times quickly. Not long after, when Xia Duo and the others were about to walk to the Commercial Area, two Mulan people with obvious characteristics appeared on the side of the road.

Seeing Jiamu, they immediately stepped forward to salute, and after chattering for a while, they joined the team. Regarding this, Jiamu's explanation was—

"Bringing two Mulan people makes it convenient to haggle!"

This was a treatment Xia Duo had never enjoyed before. Previously, let alone strolling in the local city, if he wanted to buy something, he needed to have it handled by Jiamu first to re-price it, let alone being able to shop on his own like now, and even having a special "haggler"!

Although Xia Duo did not think these two Mulan hagglers could play much of a role, at least the attitude was there, which made him feel like a guest for the first time, rather than just a fat foreign sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

……

Maersi Shangyejie, named a commercial street, is actually a Commercial Area, consisting of three pedestrian streets running north-south, with a main road running east-west in the middle connecting the three pedestrian streets.

Xia Duo and his party came from the Red Square in the east and walked along that east-west main road, and later, under Jiamu's recommendation, chose the middle pedestrian street and turned south.

"Mage Asuosi, although this street is not the most prosperous street in Yinnupulasi, it is the street with the widest variety of goods. If you can't buy it on this street, it's unlikely you'll be able to buy it anywhere else."

"Hmm."

Xia Duo had actually noticed that the goods in the shops on both sides of the road were almost all-encompassing, exactly the same as shopping in a mall on Earth. The only problem was that there were too few people here.

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There are very few Yimaska people strolling here. Most of those who appear here are Mulan people, and even those responsible for business in the shops are mostly Mulan people.

As for the actions of the Mulan people, although Xia Duo could not understand what they were saying, it was not difficult to see from their expressions and tone that these people were extremely purposeful, completely unlike his current leisurely state.

"Are there so many Mulan people in Yimaska?" Xia Duo asked curiously.

"Many, the Mulan people can be said to be the race with the largest population in Yimaska, followed by the Dupa Ren, but the total number of Mulan people is at least one hundred times that of the Dupa Ren!"

Speaking of this, Jiamu also sighed a little, "It's just a pity that the Mulan people's hometown is all desert, they are not good at planting at all, and they don't have much talent in the field of craftsmen."

"Has there really never been a Mulan craftsman?" Xia Duo asked again.

"There has really never been one!"

Jiamu's tone was very certain, "The Empire is not in the nomadic period of the past. The great Master of Craftsmen has long clearly realized the role of the number of craftsmen to the Empire. With the population size of the Mulan people, if they could give birth to craftsmen, it would definitely not be the current treatment."

"Whether it is the Kadi people, the Dupa Ren, or the Wuergasi people, or even the Zekesi people or the Tukan people, as long as they can become craftsmen, they are indisputably Yimaska people!"

"The Mulan people have such a large population, yet they cannot even give birth to a single craftsman. It can only be said that they are a born slave race!"