Chapter 272: The Confident Aipusi

"My Lord, the sky here is the sky of the outside world." Xia Duo took the initiative to introduce it. Previously on the ship, he had introduced the situation of the Mythallar ruins to Lord Aipusi, but there were more or less some omissions. Now, seeing Lord Aipusi looking up at the sky, Xia Duo thought he had doubts about the sky here.

It was just that Lord Aipusi had no reaction to his words, and only after a long time did he blurt out, "The Magic Net here has actually undergone artificial reconstruction; it is truly a breathtaking technique!"

"..."

"You go about your own activities; I am going to inspect the environment within the Mythallar!"

After saying this, Aipusi cast 【Flight】 and shot into the sky, flying toward the distance.

After Lord Aipusi left, Xia Duo immediately took out his notebook and recorded the spellcasting process of Lord Aipusi just now; the process was very brief.

Although it was only a glimpse, it was enough for Xia Duo to note down a few insignificant elements of 【Flight】.

Even, if Lord Aipusi were willing to act as a spellcasting machine for him and keep casting, he could completely deduce and infer 【Flight】.

And now, even if it were just a few insignificant elements, it could allow him to take fewer detours when researching 【Flight】 in the absence of data.

Not only that, from Lord Aipusi's spellcasting just now, Xia Duo was inspired that he could also purchase a large number of 【Flight】 scrolls.

Encryption is not foolproof; the essence of Magic is the manipulation of the Magic Net. As long as this essence remains unchanged, then no matter how it is encrypted, it is nothing more than a higher cost for breaking it.

Whether it is cracking scrolls or creating new Magic, what is needed is an understanding of the essence of the Magic Net and the Principles of Spells, and in this regard, Xia Duo has never relaxed.

It is just that Xia Duo has not yet thoroughly researched 【Levitation】, so purchasing 【Flight】 scrolls and then cracking the Magic is only a backup option.

Perhaps, he could even deduce 【Flight】 himself from the series of Spells like 【Mage Hand】!

Putting away his notebook, Xia Duo thought of another question. Although Lord Aipusi's spellcasting process just now was very brief, he still saw—

That 【Flight】 was not just a 3rd-circle Spell, but rather, like Xia Duo's upgrade of 【Mage Armor】, it had been upgraded.

And this also made Xia Duo certain that his own upgrade path had not gone astray!

Lord Aipusi flew away, and Xia Duo did not remain idle. He first tested his Dimensional Bag and found that it could actually be used normally.

You must know that the last time he entered the Mythallar, the Dimensional Bag could not be used. Perhaps this was the precursor to the collapse of the Mythallar!

But thinking too much was useless. Xia Duo took out a shovel, randomly found a "grid" that had not been searched before, and began to search.

Of course, all of this was done for Lord Aipusi to see. Xia Duo used this method to tell him—I was doing this before; perhaps I picked up some things, but since you have a large family and a big business, don't haggle over it! It was also to remind him—the ruins are given to you, but the benefits cannot be lacking.

At the beginning, Xia Duo was just going through the motions, but treasure hunting is addictive, and as he dug, he became more and more invested.

Clang—

A dull and short sound of metal collision woke Xia Duo up. Coming back to his senses, he discovered that he had already dug a test pit of 2 or 3 square meters.

The deepest part was no more than half a foot, reaching the stone slab at the very bottom. The metallic collision sound just now was his Iron shovel hitting some metal object.

Being able to be preserved after such a long time, it must be a treasure; it was just a question of how much it was worth.

Xia Duo used his shovel to poke around in the pile of dirt he had just shoveled out, and there was another sound of metal collision. The main subject was also picked out, revealing a trace of its true face—

It was a palm-sized, grayish-brown sphere, with a slight silvery-white metallic luster showing in the fine details.

Seeing this thing, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh. He took a water bag from his Dimensional Bag and poured it out with a splash. The debris on the sphere was washed away, revealing more luster.

At this time, it could already be seen that this was a Hollow Mithril Sphere!

Before this, he had already excavated one. This thing seemed to have high value, but it was not a Magic Item; for Xia Duo, it was just raw Mithril material.

Unless a suitable buyer could be found, it could only be sold at a premium as an Elf handicraft.

Otherwise, this bit of Mithril was not worth much at all. (The price of Mithril and Adamantine is 10 times that of gold, which is not uncommon. Of course, occasionally there will be a premium because there is a market but no supply, but the premium will not be too high.) But regardless, having a harvest is much better than having no harvest. Xia Duo picked up the Mithril sphere and continued to rinse it with water until he could see the gaps inside.

Just at this moment, Lord Aipusi descended from the sky with the sound of wind. At a glance, he saw the shiny Hollow Mithril Sphere in Xia Duo's hand, and combined with the test pit on the ground, there was no doubt it was dug up right here.

"A nice Elf toy!" Seeing that Xia Duo was about to hand over the Mithril sphere, Aipusi waved his hand, "You keep it."

No matter what was in these ruins, in Aipusi's eyes, it could not compare to a Plane Crystal; possessing a Plane Crystal meant infinite possibilities.

Not to mention it was just a mere piece of Mithril product; he was not greedy to that extent.

"Let's go, let's get out first!"

The two of them quickly crossed the boundary line between the withered and decayed ruins and the flourishing vitality, arriving outside the Mythallar. Aipusi took out a Communication Magic Tool, fiddled with it for a while, and then said to Xia Duo: "Next, I will study the composition of the Mythallar in the ruins. During this time, you can come into the Mythallar to search for valuable items, and at the same time report the abnormal changes in the Water Element environment outside. As for your reward for reporting the Mythallar ruins, I will give it to you when I return to the Tower of Time."

Xia Duo really wanted to say no, but he couldn't bring himself to refuse, so he could only agree, but at the same time, he raised his own question: "My Lord, will there be danger if the Mythallar collapses?"

"If you perceive danger, you can leave at any time." At this moment, Aipusi was full of confidence. Having read the letters left by his grandfather, he believed that as long as a Plane Crystal existed in the ruins, he would definitely be able to discover it.

If he couldn't discover it, then it didn't exist!

And this would not take long. Out of superstition in the power of a Great Arcanist, he believed that if his grandfather had really considered this problem, then this matter was definitely within his ability to handle.

Since Lord Aipusi had said so, Xia Duo could not say anything more, but he made up his mind that as long as the abnormal changes in the Water Element environment outside reached a certain degree, he would run away regardless of whether the Mythallar collapsed or not.

It was not a wise move for a small Intermediate Mage like him to get involved in such a thing; hiding in the Tower of Time early to ensure his safety was the real deal.

In the following days, Xia Duo went to the Mythallar ruins to conduct archaeology every day, and incidentally reported the abnormal changes in the Water Element environment of the outside world.

And Lord Aipusi seemed to have been fully prepared for this exploration, as a large pile of Magic Items with unknown uses were brought out by him.

At first, Xia Duo only thought he was studying the Mythallar, but as the days passed, the expression on Lord Aipusi's face began to become irritable.

Xia Duo did not dare to ask more, and did not even dare to stay in the Mythallar for long, for fear of provoking him. Later, every time Xia Duo reported the Water Element situation, he would dig a few shovelfuls and then quickly withdraw from the Mythallar.

(End of chapter)