Chapter 268: Plane Crystal

*Clack—* Aipusi closed the Magic Book in his hands. His already furrowed brows knitted even tighter. No one would have a pleasant expression when interrupted while thinking quietly, let alone—

"An emergency?"

With a thought from Aipusi, the book in his hand flew back to the bookshelf automatically. He tidied himself up slightly and opened the door to the Research Lab.

"Niya, you are the lord of Savile Territory now; how can you be so flustered when encountering matters!"

Before the door was fully open, that familiar voice came out. Niya's eyes lit up, and she hurried toward the doorway. "Father, an Elf Ruins has been discovered on Xia Duo's Territory."

"Just this?" Aipusi walked out from the door slowly, glanced at Niya, and looked quite dissatisfied.

"But Father, he said that the ruins are inside a Mythallar! For him to come and notify me, that Mythallar must be on the verge of collapsing."

At this moment, Niya's train of thought was very clear. She hurriedly explained, "Once the Mythallar collapses, it might attract Arcanists from the Inner Land, adding variables to the Territory's subsequent expansion."

Although it is the convention that for a Pioneer Territory like Savile Territory, the surrounding undeveloped land is implicitly considered to belong to it, one cannot stop someone from forcefully inserting themselves.

After all, strictly speaking, these lands are ownerless, and conventions are merely conventions. Now that there is a Mythallar here, who knows if it will attract people from the Inner Land to come and stake their claims.

Especially since the Princess has already issued a Pioneer Order; if someone were to maneuver to make the Green Pearl Forest an area for expansion, the trouble would be immense.

Perhaps someone is just waiting for such an excuse! "Mythallar?" Aipusi muttered. This Elvish term is not easy to pronounce accurately, but Aipusi's pronunciation was so perfect that even an Elf could not find any fault with it.

"A Mythallar was discovered on Xia Duo's Territory? Is the information accurate?" Although he knew it was unlikely to be false, Aipusi still asked this.

"It should be true. Xia Duo is still in the Study; you can ask him yourself," Niya said.

"No, I've thought of it!" Aipusi suddenly revealed a strange expression. "You wait here for me; I need to check some information!"

After saying this, he disappeared, leaving only a surprised Niya standing there, a "Father" still stuck in her throat, unable to be spoken.

Before long, Lord Aipusi returned with an excited smile. "Follow me!"

Subsequently, the two of them teleported together into a secret room. Niya recognized this as the family's Secret Chamber; after her father announced her as the heir, he had handed this place over to her.

It was just that she had not inspected the things here.

Seeing her father carefully undoing the spell seal, Niya couldn't help but reveal a trace of curiosity. "Father, what is in there?"

After the seal was undone, Lord Aipusi took a book from the shelf on the wall—an ordinary Parchment book. It seemed quite out of place in this environment shimmering with spiritual light, but there is always a reason for everything—

"This is a collection of letters left by your great-grandfather." Aipusi gently stroked this collection of letters, his gaze very complex.

"Great-grandfather?" Niya knew her father was referring to Archmage Savil, who was also the original Pioneer of Savile Territory, though her impression of this great-grandfather was limited to the Statue in the Central Plaza of the town.

"Let's not talk about him. Most of these letters were sent back by my grandfather via the Mage Tower when he was away. Take a look at the last page."

Niya took the collection of letters. If she had known about these letters earlier, she would have come to look at them long ago. The number of these letters was not large, so Niya simply started reading from the beginning.

The recipient was Niya's grandfather. The earlier letters mostly detailed the construction points of the Mage Tower, and the middle ones were some plans for the development of the Territory.

And on the last page that her father asked her to look at, only two things were mentioned: one was to erect a Statue in the plaza, and the other was to keep an eye on abnormalities around the Territory.

"Plane Crystal?!" After reading the letter, Niya couldn't help but exclaim, "There is a Plane Crystal around the Territory?"

【Plane Crystal】 is an essential core material for establishing a Plane Exploration Array. Niya was very clear about the state of their own Mage Tower; it only lacked a 【Plane Crystal】 to be able to activate the Plane Exploration Array.

Why can the territories of those Great Arcanists gather so many Spellcasters? Besides the Great Arcanist themselves, the ability to open a Plane Exploration Array is also a very important reason.

A Projection Plane is nothing, but more importantly, there are Sub-planes. These are real, non-illusory Planes. If one could find a Habitable Plane, the benefits contained within would make even a Great Arcanist's heart race.

At this moment, seeing the content on this letter stating that a Plane Crystal might exist around the Territory, how could she not be exceptionally excited! Niya looked at her father expectantly, hoping he could give a definitive answer!

"Whether it actually exists, we descendants are not clear. This letter was the last one sent back by my grandfather. Later, my grandfather's teacher sent someone to notify my father, saying that my grandfather had become trapped in an Other Plane, and after that, my grandfather never appeared again."

Recounting these past events, Lord Aipusi was quite emotional. In fact, the Great Arcanist grandfather had disappeared before he was born. It was his father who had arduously supported the Territory, continued to build the Mage Tower, expanded the land, and eventually died in an Orc Tide.

He only discovered these letters after he took over the Territory and inspected the family's Secret Chamber. Because the contents mentioned in the letters had either already been completed or were ethereal and vague, he had not looked at them again since.

*Sigh—*

Aipusi let out a sigh and continued, "【Plane Crystal】 is a product of a Plane's destruction. Most of the Empire's Plane Crystals are obtained from Elf Ruins. Perhaps my grandfather chose to build the Territory here in order to obtain a Plane Crystal."

"Is there really a Plane Crystal?" Niya asked in surprise.

She knew that Savile Town was built on top of an Elf Ruins, but since the Mage Tower currently lacks a Plane Crystal, it meant their ancestor did not find one here.

Could it be inside the Mythallar on Xia Duo's Territory?

Niya told her father her speculation. Aipusi also had his own guesses, but by this time he had already calmed down. A Plane Crystal is a good thing, but one must have the life to take it.

The Empire has fifteen Great Arcanists on the surface, but not all Great Arcanists possess a Plane Exploration Array, and a Plane Crystal is not only used for a Plane Exploration Array.

Once the news leaked, Aipusi dared not imagine that scene.

"I suspect that the Elf Mages who suddenly appeared in the Green Pearl Forest are also searching for a Plane Crystal," Lord Aipusi said in a deep tone.

Once these words were spoken, Niya's face turned pale. Yes! She should have thought of it earlier; the Elf Mages appeared very suddenly and disappeared very suddenly; perhaps they were searching for the Mythallar.

At this moment, two thoughts appeared in her mind simultaneously—the Plane Crystal very likely exists, and the Elves must not be allowed to know about this!

I saw a bug when looking back at the previous content: the protagonist's Bloodline Ability is currently only related to water, not ice. Ice is related to wind; the next Bloodline Awakening will be able to obtain~~

(End of this chapter)