Chapter 429: Yatewude

Thinking of language, Xia Duo thought of another problem, the issue of education for the territory's residents, so he said: "Gather the minors in the territory, including those Langasi children, and arrange for someone to teach them to read; the territory is not short of their labor for the time being." Regarding this decision, Laidun did not agree in his heart, but he had always found it hard to refuse the Lord's words, so he could only agree and began to ponder what deep meaning might lie within it.

The two of them together called it a discussion, but it was more Xia Duo unilaterally assigning tasks, though sometimes he would have blind spots in his thinking, at which point Laidun would add a few words.

Unknowingly, the night was already very deep, and Xia Duo was already feeling a bit weary, "Do you have anything else to say? If not, go back and rest."

"There is one more thing that must be told to you, My Lord." Laidun's expression suddenly became solemn.

Xia Duo immediately became interested and said: "What is it?"

"Among the people who came with the ship this time, besides those Langasi, there is also a very special person."

"A special person?" Xia Duo recalled for a moment; besides the Langasi, weren't there just the people from the Silaiwen Chamber of Commerce on the ship? But he had not discovered any special person.

"Is it those translators from the Silaiwen Chamber of Commerce?" Xia Duo asked.

"No, My Lord." Laidun shook his head, "That person was mixed in among the Langasi. Although it is hard to distinguish from the outside, I can be certain that he once possessed Holy Power!"

"Who is it?"

At this moment, Xia Duo was not just curious; having once possessed Holy Power meant he did not have it now, so what was this person's identity? And what was his purpose in coming to Daxia Territory? "The skin on that person's right hand is like withered old tree bark; My Lord should have an impression of it."

Once Laidun said this, Xia Duo remembered; he had been present the whole time when arranging accommodations for those Langasi just now, and that right hand with the appearance of withered old tree bark was truly impressive.

Moreover, thinking back now, that person seemed to lack a bit of wildness compared to the normal Langasi, though he did not know if it was just psychological.

He hurriedly asked Laidun: "You said he once possessed Holy Power; can you judge what kind of Holy Power it was?"

Laidun showed a look of shame, "My Lord, I cannot judge; I can only see that there are residual traces of Holy Power radiation on his body."

Traces of Holy Power radiation?

Xia Duo was no stranger to this. In the past, when Savile Territory held an Arcane Competition, a priest of the Magic Goddess who came from afar performed a Secret Flame Baptism Ritual for Aiboke, and Aiboke regained his Youth Amulet because of it; this was actually a type of Holy Power radiation trace.

It was just that afterwards, Aiboke used spellcasting to conceal his youthful appearance; in reality, he should look even younger than himself.

Generally speaking, Holy Power radiation traces are permanent, which is equivalent to saying that the effects after Holy Power modification are permanent. There is only one situation where that person could have residual Holy Power radiation traces on him.

That is, the person was originally a Cleric who lost his Holy Power for some reason, and all the various effects based on this Holy Power ceased to exist.

If Laidun were to suddenly lose his Holy Power now, he would also have some residual Holy Power radiation traces on him.

It was just that identifying Holy Power radiation traces is indeed a difficult problem; at the very least, Xia Duo had not been able to discover the Holy Power radiation traces on that person, let alone distinguish specifically what kind of Holy Power caused them.

Even a professional like Laidun could not recognize it.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo felt it was better for both sides to talk openly and honestly about such matters. If it really was some troublesome affair, he could prepare in advance, so he said:

"Tomorrow, you first go and ask the people from the Silaiwen Chamber of Commerce to see if that person was in the Kewu Tribe from the beginning. Afterwards, you go and talk to that person to ask about his specific identity. If there is no trouble behind him, he can stay in Daxia Territory; if there is trouble, the ship hasn't left yet, so have him leave directly tomorrow."

Laidun can cast 【Domain of Honesty】; it is very difficult for an ordinary person who has lost his Holy Power to lie in front of him. As long as the situation is clarified, Xia Duo naturally does not mind having one more person in the territory.

"Let's stop here for today, go back and get some rest early."

"Yes, My Lord."

The next day, the sky became increasingly gloomy, and the low clouds seemed as if they were about to press down on one's head, making one's mood somewhat depressed as well.

While watching the sky, Xia Duo gnawed on a steamed bun, calculating in his heart when it would snow. Laidun had just come by a moment ago, saying he was preparing to go to the South District to inquire about the situation.

The people from the Silaiwen Chamber of Commerce had already been asked; that person claimed to be called "Yatewude" and was fished out of the river by the Silaiwen Chamber of Commerce. He was seriously injured at the time, and stuffing him into the Kewu Tribe was to save him, and also just to add one more person to earn a few more Gold Coins.

Now Laidun was going to directly question Yatewude; he should know his identity in a while.

Xia Duo was still very curious: how could a normal Cleric with status and position lose his Holy Power? Was it because he angered his god, or because of some other reason?...

After finishing breakfast, Xia Duo first performed some simple physical training to get his body and spirit active, then took out his books and notes to wander in the field of Magic.

The last time he spent over a year in the Yierlan Yinguang City of the Projection Plane, although most of the time was not devoted to Magic research, even if it was only a small amount, it was enough to greatly increase his advancement progress.

The threshold for a High Mage is a 5th Circle Spell. Xia Duo was already very close. He had previously adjusted his advancement plan to prioritize leveling up, and then slowly polish afterwards to meet the advancement conditions.

This was out of a longing for Long-distance Teleportation, and also because such an adjustment did not actually have much of an impact; it just pushed the advancement time back slightly.

But there is no absolute gap in strength between a High Mage and an Arcanist, so delaying advancement slightly but accelerating the process of becoming a High Mage is, to a certain extent, even more advantageous.

The advancement method Xia Duo chose was still to select a 4th Circle Spell and construct a complete 5th Circle Spell using the elements before the fifth layer of the Magic Net, thereby coming into contact with the fifth layer of the Magic Net.

If possible, he of course hoped to be able to come into contact with a deeper level of the Magic Net all at once, but for advancing to Advanced Arcanist, the 5th Circle level is the easiest.

If it is too low, the essence captured is insufficient to form Arcane Fire; if it is too high, it is difficult to capture the essence of the Magic Net under the influence of more layers of the Magic Net, and the difficulty of advancement increases greatly.

This time, the spell he chose was 【Mage Armor】.

This Creation School spell, which was originally only at the 1st Circle level, had been upgraded by Xia Duo to the 4th Circle level not long ago. The involvement in the deeper layers of the Magic Net also gave this spell a stronger essence and higher extensibility.

From the 2nd Circle to the 3rd Circle, Xia Duo mainly focused on the improvement of defensive capabilities, but by the 4th Circle, the improvement of passive defensive capabilities was already sufficient; one could even say that the 3rd Circle level 【Mage Armor】 was already enough.

Therefore, at the 4th Circle level, Xia Duo focused more on the improvement of duration, and thus there was the current 4th Circle 【Changxiao Hujia】.

As the name suggests, the duration is super strong; one casting can maintain it for over twelve hours.

Of course, because the higher the circle of the spell, the higher the extensibility it possesses, this spell actually did not reach the level that satisfied Xia Duo.

However, in order to become a High Mage as soon as possible, he did not perfect it as much as possible, but instead continued to reverse-engineer the elements of the fifth layer of the Magic Net on this basis, constructing an equivalent 5th Circle Spell using elements below the fifth layer of the Magic Net.

And with this, he came into contact with the fifth layer of the Magic Net.

(End of chapter)