Chapter 2704: Elf Invitation, New Industrial Opportunity

Therefore, right now, it is not just the Personnel Department that needs to work overtime; Xia Duo himself also needs to work a little overtime to rush out the teaching materials that will be needed in a month and a half.

Fortunately, this is not starting from scratch; otherwise, let alone a month and a half, even a year or so might not be enough to complete it. But standing on the shoulders of the giant that is the Red Heart Alliance, a month and a half is more than enough for Xia Duo.

……

Besides compiling the teaching materials, Xia Duo also has to tutor the one hundred Quasi-High Mages who recently took over the Inheritance Ritual. Saville will help during this period, but the part where he acts as his assistant is something Xia Duo cannot bypass no matter what.

It is best to cultivate them oneself so that they can be used more smoothly in the future.

Xia Duo estimates that in six months at most, these one hundred people will be initially usable. If placed outside, they would undoubtedly be High Mages, but in the Tower of Time, they still need to constantly consolidate their foundations and continue learning.

And besides these one hundred people and the previous batch, Xia Duo is also preparing to select a group of people to receive the Inheritance Ritual. There is no help for it; the research projects he has accumulated are simply too many.

Even if the cultivation fails, at the very least they can be used as Advanced Technicians, which are also talents in short supply in the Tower of Time.

However, for this next batch, he does not intend to select those with higher talent; he must always leave some foundation for the Tower of Time. He plans to select some with slightly inferior talent.

It is best if they are the kind who could never advance to Arcanist by their own ability. This way, after receiving the Inheritance Ritual, they can at least guarantee a floor of being an Archmage in the future, and even achieving Legendary status is not impossible.

Whether this counts as pulling up seedlings to help them grow or turning rotten wood into talent is a matter of opinion.

In any case, Xia Duo feels that as long as he does not choose the most top-tier people to receive the Inheritance Ritual, if he uses others, those people will only get a better future.

Taking a step back, if it weren't for him, these people might still be farming at home or working as Apprentices for craftsmen outside!

……

The next day.

Xia Duo received an invitation from Yierlan, transmitted through the channels of the Arcane Union, inviting him to travel to Taiweimansa on the day of the Midwinter Festival to attend the victory banquet hosted by Crown King Helien at the palace.

Xia Duo was quite surprised by this invitation. One reason for the surprise was that the invitation came too early; the Meitelier incident should not have been fully investigated yet, right? And they are already inviting him?

The second reason for the surprise was the time of the banquet, which was actually set for a month and a half later. Even by the Elven concept of time, it shouldn't be this outrageous.

Under normal circumstances, Elven invitations are either within ten days or at least a year later; ten years or a hundred years are also possible.

A month and a half is truly somewhat abnormal. In a sense, this can already be considered rude.

Therefore, Xia Duo naturally began to speculate—

"Could it be that there is something special about the day of the Midwinter Festival? Or will some change occur?"

What is special about the Midwinter Festival? It is nothing more than the counterpart to the Midsummer Festival. The Midsummer Festival is the day with the longest daylight in the year, while the Midwinter Festival is naturally the day with the shortest daylight in the year.

For Elves who love all-night banquets, it is almost a natural holiday and indeed a good date for a banquet.

But if one has to choose this day even at the risk of being rude, it is somewhat not worth the loss. Which day is not for playing, which day is not for joy? Must it be this day?

Therefore, Xia Duo is more inclined to believe that some change might occur on the day of the Midwinter Festival. Perhaps the Demon Descendants infiltrating the upper echelons of Yierlan want to cause trouble that day, or perhaps Yierlan wants to have some special action that day, using the banquet as a cover.

Or, it was simply chosen for that day.

Xia Duo considered it and decided to accept the invitation; after all, Yierlan still owes him a reward!

Yesterday in Evereska, he did receive an additional reward from Yierlan, but that was actually compensation from Yierlan to the Northland Alliance, and then the Northland Alliance shared some of this compensation with him.

Strictly speaking, it had nothing to do with Yierlan.

Oh right, in the middle of this, Maigeluoer, the Supervisor of the Northland Alliance Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab from Yierlan, adjusted the types of additional rewards within his own Permission Level.

That was all.

It is impossible for Yierlan itself not to have a gesture. In fact, previously in Meitelier, the Crown King's Consultant Feilifa had mentioned a celebratory banquet and almost explicitly stated that there would be a relatively generous return to follow.

Something like yesterday's, a dozen Gemstones and a Zhigaochengcheng that might carry bad intentions, cannot be considered very generous!

……

Xia Duo submitted his reply accepting the invitation to the Diplomatic Affairs Department under the Council through the channels of the Arcane Union, and he did not need to worry about the rest.

Arriving at the Territory, the Water Vapor Migration Plan had already reached its final stages, and because the central cyclone had moved north to the sky above Maihete Lake, Daxia Territory was left with almost nothing but a clear sky.

The midday sun was just right, warming people's bodies, even though it was already winter, and due to the abnormal climate, this year's winter was colder than in previous years.

But no one could refuse a perfect warm sun at noon in winter. Due to the existence of the windbreak barrier, Code Plaza became the best place for the residents to bask in the sun and chat.

Especially since Linshui Village is currently being renovated and rebuilt, the original residents of Linshui Village do not like the temporary shelters and have all run to Code Plaza to chat with neighbors, relatives, and coworkers.

Xia Duo saw the lively scene on Code Plaza from the Projection Window. To avoid disrupting this leisurely and comfortable atmosphere, he quietly concealed his figure when he came over from the Floating City.

He did not reappear until he reached the construction site in the south, which had already been completely demolished.

And as soon as Xia Duo appeared, Laidun, who had received the news, immediately rushed over from a temporarily erected construction shed, his face beaming with an excited smile. As he ran, he began to report:

"Lord Territory Lord, you would never imagine what we discovered during the construction process!"

"What did you discover? Slow down."

Xia Duo was still a bit curious. It couldn't be that they discovered another ruin, could it? But when he explored the Saluoke Wuhui Ruins before, he had already roughly explored all the underground areas near the Territory.

Let alone a tiny place like Linshui Village, even if it were further away, it would be impossible to discover any new ruins.

So Xia Duo was very curious about what exactly was discovered at Linshui Village.

At this time, Laidun had already run up to Xia Duo. Although he had been restrained enough, he still could not hide his excitement, "Lord Territory Lord, we discovered a magical creature while digging the sewer.

"After preliminary research by Yatewude and other Magic Affairs Officers, as long as we feed it all kinds of household waste, then remove some tissues, and then perform acid removal treatment on those tissues, it is a very excellent fertilizer."

Xia Duo nodded, but this should not be the reason why Laidun was so excited, because he had already taught the residents how to compost manure for fertilizer a long time ago. Feeding it to a magical creature would at most speed up the production of fertilizer, which was nothing.

Moreover, Laidun also said that it needed to be de-acidified first, which is not a simple step, so it can be seen that the magical creature should have other magical qualities.