Chapter 2731: Practicing the Dao and Performing Duties Can Obtain Merit

Regarding the Three Lights Divine Water, Xia Duo suddenly birthed many speculations, but these speculations, up to this point, were merely speculations, without even the slightest bit of evidence.

In fact, he hoped even more that the Three Lights Divine Water was an exceptionally scarce resource; that way, even if he could not replicate the Brightness Treasure Mirror or analyze the related spells later, having this treasure mirror in hand would still not be a loss.

After three precious pearls, today's Refining process was considered finished. According to the information the treasure mirror transmitted to him yesterday, the treasure mirror's self-Refining stage required three to five days; today should be considered an extraordinary performance.

If this Refining efficiency were maintained hereafter, perhaps the preliminary Refining could be completed in less than three days.

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Xia Duo's guess was correct. In the following two days, he studied the Jade Tablet during the day, and at dusk, he would pilot the Floating City to an extremely high altitude, then wait for the moment of Three Lights Illumination to Refine the Brightness Treasure Mirror.

In just two days—actually, just two times—the treasure mirror became like glazed glass, its surface flowing with brilliant colors, making one feel at a glance that it was no ordinary object.

Regarding this phenomenon, Xia Duo was also very shocked. Although he had previously guessed that the Brightness Treasure Mirror might be far rarer and more precious than the jade Identity Token he had already Refined.

But when he saw the extraordinary appearance of the treasure mirror after preliminary Refining, he realized the gap between the two; if not a difference of heaven and earth, it was at least a hundred thousand miles apart.

On the terrace, Xia Duo held the treasure mirror and examined it carefully. Besides the changes in material and appearance, the mirror surface also showed some unusual alterations; previously the mirror surface was clear enough to reflect a person, but now, after preliminary Refining, it had instead become hazy.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck your mind, and you said to Xia Duo in a very certain tone: "That is a Magic Glue Shoe, right? When I came just now, the workshop was already working; if the Magic Glue material has had a breakthrough, am I right?"

Although he himself did not come every day, Laidun had to send people every day to store document copies of the Territory's various affairs.

Often it was not a careful meal, but today was just a good opportunity to compensate Niya.

If it exceeded the time limit, the Three Lights Illumination Refining process would need to be walked through again.

Villa dining room.

Xia Duo perceived carefully, but did not discover any abnormalities, nor did he feel the slightest bit of operability; however, this was also not hard to understand, as it was only preliminary Refining, and a preliminary Refining without any artificial factors added.

Compared to before, the spiritual light was more than ten times stronger, but its characteristics had also become more obscure, hazy like the mirror surface.

Hearing that it was personally designed by Xia Duo, Niya could not help but tighten her grip on the box in her hand, but then she frowned, "But how does one wear such transparent shoes?"

Under Xia Duo's expectant gaze, Niya opened the paper box unhurriedly, and inside lay two blue, transparent Crystal Shoes!

Two days ago, the Magic Glue Research Center discovered that adding Ironwood Charcoal as a stabilizer during the acid-removal and dehydration process of Magic Glue could significantly improve the water resistance of the Magic Glue material.

Under normal usage conditions, the stability period reached as long as one or two years, which meant that Magic Glue Products could already be put into practical use; in other words, the long-stagnant renovation project of Linshui Village had finally restarted!

Xia Duo further speculated that what one obtained by practicing the Dao should also be Order Force; in other words, so-called Merit is actually Order Force.

In fact, Dragon Skin Boots are known for their protective power, not for their comfort, although they are indeed more comfortable to wear than most shoes.

Before serving the dishes, Xia Duo took a paper box from his Personal Space, handed it to Niya, and said softly, "I have been too busy lately, but it has not been without harvest; this is a gift I have for you."

As for the so-called "Merit," the treasure mirror also had an explanation: practicing the Dao and performing one's duties can obtain Merit; according to Xia Duo's understanding, it is doing things that Heaven hopes to see, as well as doing one's own job well.

The paper box itself had no Protective Spell cast on it, and Niya could likewise "see" that there were no Magic Items inside the paper box, so what exactly was it? Worthy of Xia Duo specifically giving it to her as a gift?

Light, too light; she even felt that these two shoes were not as heavy as the paper box used for packaging!

With a hint of curiosity, Niya touched the shoe body; the touch was soft yet quite resilient, and for a moment she could not think of any word to describe it.

No, Niya was not without a concept of crystal; on the contrary, she was very knowledgeable about crystals and Gemstones. Just from the weight of the box, the two crystal shoes inside the box could not possibly be of real crystal texture.

But the Magic Glue Shoe had already surpassed that, and this was only an early version of the Magic Glue material; if there were further breakthroughs later, even more comfortable Magic Glue Shoes could be made.

"Open it and you will know." Xia Duo kept her in suspense, signaling for Niya to open the box and look for herself.

And one's job, if nothing unexpected happened, should be the Eastern World's dynastic system; within the system, one could obtain Order Force.

Next, he wanted to see if Order Force was indeed that so-called "Merit."

Could mere sky light establish a connection between him and the treasure mirror?

If it were outside the Great Xia Territory, "paper" would be considered relatively precious, but the Great Xia Territory had been popularizing cheap plant-based paper for several years; if she did not understand Xia Duo's character, she would even feel that using paper for packaging was somewhat disrespectful.

Niya was stunned for a moment, subconsciously taking the paper box. Only after the paper box was in her hand did she react and ask Xia Duo, "What gift is it?"

That was obviously impossible. The Refining information the treasure mirror transmitted to him earlier mentioned that after sky light Refining, it still required Refining with Merit, and this Refining process had a time limit, needing to be conducted within three days after the sky light Refining.

"Yes, you guessed correctly, the Magic Glue material has indeed had a breakthrough. And this pair of Magic Glue Shoes in front of you, although not the first pair of Magic Glue Shoes in the Territory, was personally designed and crafted by me; what do you think?"

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Of course, the reason for this speculation was to a large extent because he had already used Order Force to Refine the Identity Token, which also came from the Eastern World.

It was just that during this period Xia Duo was busy with various affairs, first the trip to Evereska and Meite'er, then busy training Quasi-high-level Mages and researching Order Force, and had not been able to have a proper meal with Niya.

"It doesn't have to be worn out; just wear them at home. These Magic Glue Shoes are very comfortable, not at all inferior to Dragon Skin Boots."

However, the most urgent thing now was dinner. Xia Duo quickly left the terrace and arrived at the ground Territory, in the southwest direction of the Elemental Fountain, where his Lord's Villa was now summoned.

Xia Duo coming over this time was also because the territory residents had caught too many fish from the Elemental Fountain pool over the past two days, and Laidun had repeatedly requested to offer a winter gift, which was actually just a fish feast arranged because there were too many fish caught.

In the Eastern World, although there were conceptual Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother, as well as the actual rulers of the Three Realms—the Seven Holy Ancestors—and countless Ancestral Gods, Heaven was actually the will of these existences.

Hearing this, Niya was half-believing, because her instinct as a Mage had already allowed her to look through the box in advance using Magic Vision; it was just an ordinary paper box.