Chapter 3123: Visiting the Psionic Society Base

However, Xia Duo did not show his suspicions, but instead pretended he had discovered nothing at all and directly stated his purpose:

"I am looking for Kalishi. If you can contact him, tell him that Xia Duo has come to visit."

"So it is Consultant Xia Duo. Please wait a moment, Consultant, I will contact the President immediately." A flash of surprise and suspicion crossed the Elf receptionist's eyes, but they quickly reacted and retreated to the side to begin contacting Kalishi.

Seeing this, Xia Duo feigned interest in the Psionic Artifacts inside the shop, while in reality, he kept a close watch on every move the other party made. Judging from the abnormal tremors in the Magic Net after the other party proposed contacting Kalishi, the person had indeed used a Psionic Technique, but it was not a purely imaginary spell; it involved elements of reality and triggered tremors in the Magic Net.

Of course, one could not conclude which school the other party belonged to based on this alone; spells from the Zeqi School could also trigger reactions in the Magic Net. In fact, there were very few Psionic Techniques that could not trigger a reaction in the Magic Net at all.

The key was to look at the Psionic Mage's attitude toward reality—the distinction between acknowledging it or not.

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A moment later, the extra bookshelf located inside the shop, which Xia Duo had noticed as soon as he entered, suddenly emitted a creaking sound.

The next moment, the bookshelf indeed moved, revealing an inclined walkway that could accommodate two people walking side-by-side, leading to an unknown underground space.

Soon, a familiar figure appeared before Xia Duo; it was none other than the Psionic Master Kalishi, whom he had met just a few days ago. Upon seeing Xia Duo, Kalishi wore a look of delight.

"That's fine, then I shall trouble Master Kalishi."

"Is it impossible to have them change the design?"

"It's not that it's impossible, it's just that the asking price is exceptionally high. Most of my capital has been invested in the construction of this base; I have no spare money to change the design, so I can only make do for now."

As the saying goes, one does not strike a smiling face. Although Xia Duo had the intention to question the other party, seeing this situation, he found it somewhat difficult to speak. Since the other party had invited him to visit the society's base, he might as well go and take a look; as it happened, he was indeed quite curious about the situation there.

"So that's how it is!"

"It seems Consultant Xia Duo is not very familiar with Psionics. After a Psionic Mage awakens Psionics, their Perception becomes exceptionally sharp. This transcendent Perception is enough to allow them to ignore most Arcane Magic Jieti. And if they use Psionics, their own Psionics cannot yet be stably controlled, while using someone else's Psionics easily causes interference, so a naturally silent environment is the most reliable."

This limit of cultivation, just like the Integrated Subconscious and Conscious that Xia Duo trained in daily, was the ability to completely control one's own consciousness.

From this perspective, in fact, any domain that seeks to reach the extreme may require self-control at the level of consciousness and mind.

There were also several Psionic Artifacts whose very existence oppressed the Magic Net. Even if Xia Duo could not perceive the specific power of these Psionic Artifacts, he could indirectly infer it through the performance of the Magic Net.

Kalishi's seemingly complaining words, in Xia Duo's view, were more like him trying to act tough in front of him so that he would agree to the so-called Artifact Project. After all, who could bear to refuse someone who had already discarded their own fortune and was prepared to discard their own life?

From the central hall, there were four passages leading forward, backward, left, and right to four main functional areas: the Library, the Meditation area, the showroom, and finally the experimental and combat area.

This was a possible path to immortality that he was currently exploring himself.

"Consultant Xia Duo, please come this way. The society's base is located beneath my little shop. Although the area of this little shop is not large, thanks to the support of the Evereska Council of Elders, the underground space here is quite spacious."

In fact, Xia Duo was not entirely ignorant of these things; he just wanted to hear Kalishi's answers to these questions to see if they matched what he had learned from the memories of the two Psionic Masters.

If this is the case for Psionic Mages, why wouldn't the Focus Training of Arcane Mages be the same!

Regardless of Kalishi's purpose in letting him see these Psionic Artifacts, Xia Duo felt it was necessary to re-examine Kalishi's existence.

Was it supported by Zhamu Dasi? Or was it "snatched" casually when leaving the Anti School?

And the Integrated Subconscious and Conscious, the complete control of one's own consciousness, in Xia Duo's view, was merely the threshold for "Mind Never Regresses." To truly reach the realm of Conscious Immortality, there was still a considerable distance to go.

For example, Xia Duo saw several true Focusing Artifacts here, which were not comparable to the decorative items displayed in the Psionic shop on the ground.

Soon, under Kalishi's guidance, Xia Duo arrived at the Psionic Society base located underground. This base was much deeper and much more spacious than he had imagined.

After coming out of the secret passage, he almost ran to Xia Duo, his tone so enthusiastic it bordered on sycophantic: "Consultant Xia Duo, I have been waiting for you. I wonder if I might have the honor of inviting Consultant Xia Duo to visit our society's base."

Kalishi introduced as he led the way, "Consultant Xia Duo should have seen it just now; the entrance to this passage was designed by the Dwarves of the workshop. Even though it is achieved through Magic for silent opening, they insisted on making it a creaking mechanical style. I really cannot understand the aesthetics of those Dwarves."

Since the stairs leading to the underground base were quite long, Xia Duo simply started chatting with the other party. He asked Kalishi, "Then have you ever thought about putting the base on the ground?"

Now it seemed that the other party did not seem to be lying. Psionic Mages in the early stages indeed needed a quiet environment to conduct Meditation Training to restrain their divergent thinking; this was also called cultivation at Zhamu Dasi.

It was also unknown how Kalishi had obtained these Psionic Artifacts. Relying on his own manufacturing alone, he probably could not have accumulated so many high-quality Psionic Artifacts.

The entire underground space was roughly distributed in a cross shape. The intersection of the cross in the middle was a grand hall. The dome was at least eight or nine meters high, and the top was treated with Magic to create a lighting effect, making it look completely unlike being underground.

"That is not the case. Rather than saying it is restricted by the policies of Evereska, it is better to say that I chose the underground voluntarily. Consultant Xia Duo is not very familiar with Psionics. We need a very quiet environment during our daily cultivation, especially those novices who have just awakened Psionics; they need a quiet environment even more."

Xia Duo mainly visited the Library and the showroom of the Psionic Magic Society. The former preserved most of the Psionic books that Kalishi had brought back from Zhamu Dasi, while the latter preserved some important Psionic Artifacts.

"I remember that Master Kalishi is also an Arcane Mage, right? Why not use the silent Jieti from Arcane Magic?"

It was just that Psionic Mages conducted this kind of training to better control Psionics, while Xia Duo did it to reach the legendary realm of "Mind Never Regresses," which he also considered to be the threshold for immortality.

And in Xia Duo's hometown, there were also Sages who once mentioned the realm of "following one's heart without overstepping the rules." He felt that this was also a realm that could support immortality, but it was not as practical as the "Mind Never Regresses" he had envisioned.

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This was also an important reason why Xia Duo never valued Psionics. Although he did not look down on such an existence, not liking it did not mean he did not value it.

Of course, there were also some less important functional areas, such as the Reception Room and member residences, which were located in the Library and the Meditation area, respectively.

If one cannot reach this realm, even if the physical body achieves immortality, the spirit has no way to exist for a long time and will eventually be crushed by endless memories or lose itself.