Chapter 2427: Returning to Seventon, Tasting New Tea

After finishing his chat with Aiboke about the situation in the Yin Aolemu Territory, Xia Duo once again focused his attention on the design of the spellcasting ritual; the feeling was like that of a person whose mind had been accelerated countless times over.

Any problem he thought of would be instantly solved by his infinitely accelerated mind; although limited by the scale of the Wisdom brain, it was impossible to truly complete it in an instant, but the feeling was incomparably real.

Xia Duo was full of anticipation for the future development of the Wisdom brain's acceleration.

However, this state did not last long; soon he received news that the Snow Melting Competition had come to a successful conclusion, and Yinaole should have freed up some time.

Thus, Xia Duo hurried to Seventon without stopping. Just as he stepped out of the Portal at the Arcane Union Headquarters, he felt an extremely intense source of Magic Net disturbance appearing high above his head.

If nothing went wrong, that must be the Xin Saiwendun where the Snow Melting Competition had just been held!

Xia Duo's visit to see Yinaole this time was largely related to the Xin Saiwendun overhead, but before meeting Yinaole, he also planned to see with his own eyes the city base rumored to have been made by severing a mountain peak.

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Walking out of the Arcane Union and arriving at the Arcane Plaza outside, Xia Duo looked up at the sky and saw an inverted mountain peak occupying nearly half of his field of vision, quietly hovering at an altitude of about five hundred meters.

The vegetation on the mountain peak was clearly visible, and at the edges of the inverted base, some scattered rocks were also quietly suspended in the air; occasionally blown by the high-altitude wind, they would drift slightly in his field of vision, but they would not move too far from the main body.

Thanks to the excellence of the tea leaves themselves, Xia Shao's first attempt at crafting them was not yet very proficient, but it could still be called a boutique product, at least ranking among the top few Bonu teas available on the market.

If everyone followed suit, let alone within Netheril, I am afraid there would not be many high peaks left on the Main Plane; this was the broken window effect, the existence of an originator.

Xia Shao had long regarded the Main Plane as the place where the modern civilization he created was conceived and grew; since it was his own territory, he naturally needed a greater sense of ownership.

It was just that the crafting was closer to the original, in order to preserve the refreshing effect of the Bonu Tea as much as possible, so there was actually still room for improvement in terms of taste.

"It really is a real mountain peak!"

Behind the desk, Yinaole was pinching his beard with one hand while writing and drawing on paper with the other; he was not surprised by Xia Shao's arrival.

For Xia Shao, it was not that the mountain peak severed by the Tower of Time was so important, but that the other party had set a bad precedent; if it were not stopped, what would he answer if the children of the Great Xia Territory asked him what a mountain peak was in the future?

"What kind of tea is this? It feels like Bonu Original Leaf, but it's not quite the same."

It was the kind of natural aura felt when wandering in mountain forests and streams, but compared to pure nature, it had more of a feeling of human participation, yet it was incomparably harmonious.

Yinaole was neither an Easterner nor from the same hometown as Xia Shao, so the bonus of nostalgia might not be that great, but the excellence of the tea was enough to conquer the other party.

This was the same logic as his active search for solutions to the Demon Descendant threat and the Dragon Madness Mythallar crisis; if he did not care about the Main Plane, why go to all this trouble?

"How should I put it?"

As long as the first one appeared, if it were not stopped, soon a second and a third would appear, until they were too numerous to count; those who came later would imitate the behavior of the Tower of Time, or even go from bad to worse.

Yinaole's Study.

Such a description could also be expressed in the Netherese language, but it lacked a bit of the nuance compared to using Elvish. After sitting down, Xia Shao took out a teapot and teacups to start brewing tea; firstly, to soothe his restless mood, and secondly, he was actually preparing to give Yinaole a gift.

Having known Yinaole for so long, Xia Shao was long familiar with this teacher's temperament; in fact, he had not notified him of his visit this time, but the Teleportation Array would display the identity of the visitor.

After taking just a small sip, Yinaole's eyes lit up, "Although this tea is not as good as Bonu Original Leaf in terms of its refreshing effect, it is superior in taste and mouthfeel."

Others, such as the new technologies of the Red Heart Alliance, were too sensitive and concerned future strategy, so they were not suitable as gifts.

……

After all, his people were currently recruiting talent in Yinaole's territory, so he owed some favors, not to mention that since the two sides established a relationship, he had not yet given the other party any gifts, whereas the other party had given him many.

Although he had received definite news before coming that the Floating City Base newly built by the Tower of Time was severed from a mountain peak in the Strait Mountains in the middle of the Narrow Sea, only until he saw it with his own eyes could he understand how crazy the Tower of Time was.

To be honest, this was not the first time he had drunk this year's new tea, but every time he saw, smelled, and tasted it, he would have a brand new feeling; this feeling was hard to describe, having both the effect of the tea itself and the nostalgia for his hometown surging and interweaving within it.

Yinaole seemed unable to find the right words to describe this feeling for a moment, so he took another sip, closed his eyes to savor it carefully, and only after a long time did he say a sentence in Elvish.

As he spoke, Xia Shao poured a cup of clear, emerald-green tea for each of them and made a "please" gesture.

Regarding the question of how to stop the Tower of Time from severing mountain peaks, he had not actually thought it through completely, because this matter was already an established fact; opposing it before it was done and opposing it after it was done were two completely different concepts.

"Sit down first, I still have some things to finish." Yinaole signaled for Xia Shao to make himself at home, while he continued his work.

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"Teacher, please finish your work; I will sit for a while."

Perhaps the official business of the Arcane Union had been finished, or perhaps he was attracted by the fragrance of Xia Shao's tea, Yinaole finally stopped the Mithril Pen in his hand, walked out from behind the desk, and sat down opposite Xia Shao.

"Teacher, this is Bonu Tea, but I used the crafting method from my hometown; the craftsmanship is still a bit rough, please give me your critique, Teacher."

Therefore, he needed to listen to the advice of Yinaole, this wise elder.

And Xia Shao's hometown crafting method had even greater room for improvement; at his stage, the refreshing effect was no longer that important, and instead, he focused on the taste. He believed that after the scale of the tea trees expanded in the future, he would certainly be able to find better tea-making techniques and produce good tea that would become famous throughout the Main Plane and even the heavens.

Tea leaves could be considered one of the few things he could bring out; the first Eastern tea tree in the Tower of Time was already almost usable, and it could be considered a stable source of tea leaves for the future. It was currently the time for new buds to sprout, so getting some new tea for gifts was also of extraordinary significance.

"Truly good tea!"

Before coming, he had tasted it himself; it was probably only slightly inferior to the Elvish-crafted Yinaole tea.

After briefly observing the new tea leaves overhead, Xia Shao did not make any further attempts at probing, but turned around and returned to the Arcane Union Headquarters.

Yinaole stared curiously at the teapot in front of them; the tea leaves that had just been put in by Xia Shao were spiraling and flying up and down in the water; this scene alone had more charm than the Yinaole tea.

Or rather, at Xia Shao's stage, giving gifts was more about the sentiment than the value; the tea leaves he brought this time were all handmade by him using ancient methods from his hometown, which were somewhat different from the methods on the Elf side, and one could say that each had its own merits.