Chapter 3278: Sharing Power, Tracking the Moonshadow Family

"Mage Xia Duo can also hand Taide's Holy Seal to someone he trusts and let that person perform the summoning. As long as you inform Taide in advance, I believe Taide will respond to the summoning."

Just as Richi finished speaking, Taide expressed his agreement with his words and also promised Xia Duo: "If an Abyssal Land Embryo has not yet formed and it is only a small amount of Abyssal Aura, I can leave a Projection specifically to respond to your summoning. If an Abyssal Land Embryo has already formed, or in more serious situations, Richi or Pasetiya would likely be very happy to handle it."

Although Taide and Richi are of equal rank, one is a Holy Sword Divine Envoy and the other is a Law Book Divine Envoy; the fields they excel in are different. For a serious Abyssal Land, Taide could certainly handle it, but it would ultimately not be as professional as a Law Book Divine Envoy.

Therefore, he recommended Richi to Xia Duo, as well as Pasetiya, whom Xia Duo had met before. Hearing Taide name him, Richi also readily provided a Holy Seal.

"This is a Projection of the Holy Book I hold. Mage Xia Duo, by holding this Holy Seal, you can summon me in the Mortal Plane. Additionally, this Holy Seal can also allow you to obtain part of the abilities of a Mortal Plane Priest—witnessing a Sacred Contract."

"Ah?" Xia Duo was immediately stunned. How could this Divine Envoy be handing out a Holy Seal as if he were promoting himself?

"Just now, the higher-ups have clearly expressed their opinion, agreeing to and authorizing me to track the other party in the contract you provided, Mage Xia Duo. Furthermore, that contract of yours has also received high praise from a Wisdom Divine Envoy. It was He who authorized me to share with you the power to witness a Sacred Contract. I hope you will not let this power down."

So that was it!

Xia Duo immediately expressed his gratitude to Divine Envoy Richi and also tentatively asked for the name of that Wisdom Divine Envoy. Regarding this, Richi said: "That Lord does not wish for mortals to know His name, as this might dilute the glory of my Lord. If Mage Xia Duo wishes to give thanks, then thank my Lord!"

Hearing this, Xia Duo was immediately filled with awe. One must know that even in the Holy City, reaching the level of a Wisdom Divine Envoy grants one the right to erect their own Statue and accept worship from ordinary people, let alone in the Mortal Plane.

Theoretically, as long as a ruler in the Mortal Plane is willing, it would be very easy to make the Faith of a certain Wisdom Divine Envoy surpass that of the Lord of Radiance. After all, the Lord of Radiance has an extremely low sense of presence, while Divine Envoys have plenty of reasons to respond to the summons of mortal believers.

If a certain Divine Envoy were to suddenly develop ambition, it would indeed be possible to steal the glory of the Lord of Radiance in the Mortal Plane.

Yet this Wisdom Divine Envoy this time had a very high level of awareness, directly preventing such a situation from the source. Of course, it is also possible that He simply did not want Xia Duo to go around swindling people in His name in the future.

After all, judging by this incident, Xia Duo really does seem like someone who knows how to get things done, even thinking of tracking the other party through a contract.

……

Xia Duo took the Holy Seal in the form of a Holy Book handed over by Richi and stored it solemnly. This was a treasure capable of witnessing a Sacred Contract. Of course, for Xia Duo, who is a lord, this function was merely a slight convenience.

After all, in his Territory (the Savile Territory and the Daxia Territory to the south are moving toward integration), there is no shortage of Priests who can also witness Sacred Contracts; it is nothing more than keeping a few blank contracts on hand in advance.

Now with Richi's Holy Seal, it just means he doesn't have to be ready with blank contracts at all times. Whenever and wherever he wants to sign a Sacred Contract, he can just take out the Holy Seal to witness it.

"Then I will trouble Divine Envoy Richi in the future."

"It is no trouble. Please also feel free to use it, Mage Xia Duo. In fact, as long as we Divine Envoys have the opportunity to come into contact with visitors from the Mortal Plane, as long as the other party belongs to the Order alignment, we are always very happy to give out a Holy Seal."

"Why is that?" Xia Duo actually already had a guess in his heart.

And Richi's subsequent answer confirmed that his guess was correct—"We Divine Envoys need to constantly promote if we want to get closer to my Lord, and promotion requires merit. The merit we can obtain from our daily work is a fixed amount.

"Taking my current position as manager of the Holy City as an example, if I only did this one job, it would take about five thousand years to promote to an Arbitrator Divine Envoy, and after that, at least ten thousand years to have a chance to promote to a Wisdom Divine Envoy.

"Only at the level of a Wisdom Divine Envoy is one qualified to see my Lord. Of course, if one wants to stay by my Lord's side constantly, one still needs to continue to promote.

"Therefore, we usually take the initiative to look for more tasks, and at the same time, we especially cherish any opportunity to obtain extra merit."

Xia Duo did not ask Richi why he wanted to get close to the Lord of Radiance; that would not be polite, and it was not actually a question. Taking the Progress Society as an example, how many people in it would not want to stay by his side?

Mortal leaders are all like this, let alone a Heavenly Realm bigwig like the Lord of Radiance. For Divine Envoys, whose essence is already connected to the god, the attraction is even more incomparable.

However, being able to have a Divine Envoy personally admit that mortal tasks are very attractive to them, Xia Duo was completely relieved and could safely summon them to help in the Main Plane without worrying about disturbing them.

"Shall we go and track the traces of the Moonshadow Family now?" Xia Duo steered the somewhat derailed topic back to today's main subject.

Richi had just said that the higher-ups had already agreed to use the contract to track the Moonshadow Family. Although this might only be an individual case, for Xia Duo, this was an opportunity that must be seized.

Hearing Xia Duo's urging, Richi smiled slightly and said to Xia Duo: "Mage Xia Duo need not be anxious. I have already locked onto the existence of the other party in that contract of yours. Now you can return to the Mortal Plane and then summon us over."

"Is it that simple?"

"Of course it is not simple, it is just that the complex procedures have already been resolved for us by the higher-ups. Now we just need to confirm the result directly."

"I understand. Then I will leave first. I will summon the two of you in the Mortal Plane shortly."

Although he might only need to summon Richi to solve his problem next, Xia Duo still brought Taide along. On one hand, it was to guard against a possible Abyssal invasion, and on the other hand, it was, of course, for the sake of human relations.

Building a good relationship with Taide is never a bad thing. After all, there are many places where the other party's help will be needed later; one shouldn't treat them as a treasure when in use and discard them like worn-out shoes when not!

……

After the agreement, Xia Duo did not return to the Main Plane from the Holy City, but first went to the Daxia Homeland (Shenguo Chu Xing) in the Boundless Wilderness to connect with Yalun and the others, and only then returned to the Main Plane with the newly harvested Celestial Wheat.

Although the Illuminati might jump over the wall in desperation at any time, Xia Duo still did not immediately summon Richi and Taide. After all, the various preparations for the study tour to the Other Plane had not been fully completed yet.

If he really tracked down the Moonshadow Family now, it would not necessarily be possible to directly eliminate the Illuminati; it would likely force the other party to jump over the wall in desperation immediately, which would be too wonderful.

At the very least, he had to wait until he sent Niya and the others away from the Main Plane before talking about it.

Divine Envoys usually have their own tasks and may not be able to personally go out every time. Leaving a Projection specifically to handle the cleanup tasks on Xia Duo's side was already very kind.