Chapter 2458: The Possibility of Breaking the Blockade

Upon learning that there were a total of twenty-six Great Arcanists across the Tianshui Plane, the Golden Plain Plane, and the Qiya Plane, Yinaole felt more confident about renegotiating the Seville Covenant.

Even if a large portion of those people still identified with the leadership of the Seven Towers, once they were brought to the Main Plane, division would almost inevitably occur.

Because under the current Seville Covenant system, the Seven Towers were only the nominal rulers; perhaps they had the capacity for actual rule, but they could not achieve it, so the positions of power and the benefits were limited.

If the Great Arcanists were to consume all the internal resources of the Seven Towers, it would clearly not be enough; otherwise, so many people would not have chosen to break away from the Seven Towers in the past.

Or rather, Netheril initially only had the Seven Towns Alliance, which later developed into an interest alliance with the seven Mage Towers as its core; then, with limited core positions and the spread of Mage Tower technology, people constantly became independent, forming the current landscape.

"The key to the problem now is that the Seven Towers' blockade of those three planes makes communication between the inside and outside impossible, and actions cannot be coordinated; furthermore, there is the issue of division."

"Yes, I have mentioned before that not everyone is with me; some think the Seven Towers' current blockade is just a normal operation to prevent the leakage of plane information and that it can be lifted after some time, but in fact, such thinking is too naive, pinning hopes on the mercy of the Seven Towers' top brass instead of striving for it themselves."

When mentioning the views of certain people in the Tianshui Plane, Puman's face could never hide his dissatisfaction, although he knew that the other party might have chosen to stand against the majority because their families or the plane itself were endangered by the Seven Towers' top brass.

Yet it was precisely because of the choices of this minority that their resistance was cast in a pessimistic light; if they could not even fully win over their own, how could they talk about confronting the Seven Towers' top brass?

"Can you still return to the Tianshui Plane now?"

"No, the Seven Towers have blockaded the plane; I cannot go back."

When Puman said this, his mood visibly dropped; it seemed he was thinking of his family and friends in the Tianshui Plane, and that his departure might cause them to suffer disaster.

Suppressing his panic, Puman continued: "Unless one can find the coordinates of the Tianshui Plane and then forcibly descend, but that is also easily misled."

"You don't have the plane coordinates?" Xia Duo suddenly interjected.

"I don't have the coordinates for the Tianshui Plane; is that strange? The Seven Towers' blockade is not only against the outside but also against the inside; the most important thing is to restrict the probing of coordinates within the plane, otherwise, what if someone returned to the Main Plane and leaked the coordinates?"

"Then can you contact others in the Tianshui Plane now?" Xia Duo asked again.

"I can, but it is difficult; conventional communication methods are no longer available. I can use a special curse to send messages, but this method of contact cannot be too frequent, otherwise, it is easily detected by the Seven Towers."

"Using a curse? That is a good idea; it shouldn't be too easily discovered," Yinaole commented, then looked at Xia Duo, "Do you have anything else you want to ask? If not, let us each take action!"

"So soon? How does Teacher plan to proceed?" Xia Duo asked.

"I will first go to contact others; you stay in Nan Jing and find a way to establish contact with the Tianshui Plane. Additionally, ask if there is a way to contact the other two planes."

"Is Teacher planning to use collective pressure to make the Seven Towers lift the blockade?"

"Wouldn't that be too passive?"

"It is indeed a bit passive, but I am confident I can persuade Lander to help, so there is still a high probability of success," Yinaole said with some helplessness.

Now that those few Other Planes were all in the hands of the Seven Towers, even with Lander's help, it was very difficult to directly bypass the Seven Towers' blockade; one still had to find a way through pressure.

Just like how the Seven Towers threatened those people in the Tianshui Plane, people outside were just as troubled when encountering such problems; no matter how detailed the plan was, it was undeniable that the initiative always remained in the hands of the Seven Towers.

But Xia Duo did not want to be so passive; although it was unlikely that the Seven Towers' top brass were autocrats, this possibility still needed to be considered. If they could not even manage a single countermeasure, even if they could get the other side to lift the blockade, what price would they have to pay in exchange?

It was not that the other side would definitely agree to everything just because of collective pressure; they still needed to pay a certain price. Otherwise, if it worked this time, would the other side have to agree if the Seven Towers made them slaves next time?

All in all, the general trend only provided an opportunity for both sides to sit down and talk; whether it could be successful depended on the specific bargaining chips. If there were too few available chips, Xia Duo had no doubt that the Seven Towers would find a way to delay or simply refuse outright.

After thinking about it, he still felt it was necessary to be more stable, so he told Yinaole, "Not long ago, I performed a Prophecy regarding the Seven Towers' attitude, and during it, I saw some images that might be Other Plane Portals. Give me some time; perhaps I can resolve the coordinates of those few planes."

"Prophecy?" Yinaole looked at Xia Duo with some suspicion, "When did you learn Prophecy?"

"I just learned it not long ago; before, I only tried it once. Although the result was not very satisfactory, it was not without gains."

What Xia Duo prophesied was the Seven Towers' attitude toward Sustainable Development and the possibility of renegotiating the Seville Covenant. As a result, the former showed Yinaole having a dispute with Badijiaer over whether to agree to let the people from the Other Planes return, while the latter directly showed three huge Plane Portals.

Perhaps his prophecy skills were not yet proficient, but he privately preferred to believe that this was the foresight of Prophecy, only that it required events to develop to a certain degree to be understood.

If one performed Prophecy frequently and possessed extraordinary insight, perhaps one could also glimpse the context of a series of events from it.

However, Prophecy had its benefits and naturally its drawbacks; Xia Duo was not prepared to use it frequently. Using it occasionally to get some hints was enough, just like this time.

Those three Plane Portals, although seen in the prophecy, were not impossible to resolve into corresponding plane coordinates; after all, those three portals would produce unique disturbances to the surrounding Magic Net just by being placed there.

Although difficult, it was indeed possible.

The only troublesome thing was whether the planes they led to corresponded to the Tianshui Plane, the Golden Plain Plane, and the Qiya Plane in this incident.

If the resolved ones did not correspond, although they would have great value later, they would actually act as an obstacle in this incident, at least delaying the time for their side to act.

Xia Duo stating this was largely to hear the opinions of Yinaole and Puman, the person involved, and to let them share the risk of the decision, especially Puman.

Yinaole was well aware of this, so he did not express his stance immediately, but left the time to Puman. Puman naturally was not oblivious, and after pondering for a moment, he chose to take a gamble—

"Direct pressure is indeed not very stable; if the coordinates of the Tianshui Plane or the Golden Plain Plane can be resolved, then the Seven Towers will certainly not be able to persist."

"It's just that there is one more problem now: if those three Other Plane coordinates are resolved, how can we be sure they are the three from the Tianshui Plane?"