Chapter 431: Discovering a Sub-plane

At first, it was only the size of a grain of rice, turning into a water droplet before it could even drift to the ground. Xia Duo felt the sporadic falling droplets and quickened his pace.

Last night, the old Shaman of the Kewu Tribe passed away. Today, under Xia Duo's personal supervision, he was buried in the Linshui Village cemetery.

The sudden death of the old Shaman caused these Langasi to lose their pillar of faith. Coupled with being in a completely unfamiliar environment, they, who were already somewhat worried and lost, became even more anxious and uneasy.

After all, they were his prospective subjects. Xia Duo comforted them well and had Laidun deliver a batch of winter supplies.

Returning to the small tent, Xia Duo began to pack his things. The time had already reached the last day of December; the Netheril Calendar year 835 was about to pass, and tomorrow would be the new year.

The Lord's Villa was basically completed, lacking only the interior and exterior decoration. However, Xia Duo planned to take the opportunity of the New Year to move in now.

It just so happened that the first phase of the Linshui Village planning was roughly finished. The South District and North District of Altar Square were both residential areas, and the west side faced the river. His little tent placed on the east side was quite an eyesore.

Removing it now would allow Laidun to move his office, supply warehouse, and such here. Moreover, a little further east from here was Xia Duo's Lord's Villa, making it more convenient to report nearby.

There was basically nothing to pack at the small tent, just some furniture and clothing. Xia Duo carried important items with him; with a Dimensional Bag and Personal Space, he could almost bring his home with him.

After putting away the stack of Documents that Laidun had sent over on the desk and the clothes on the bed, he called someone over to move, while he himself went to the villa.

The craftsmen responsible for construction had long since left, and the craftsmen responsible for decoration would not be able to come until after the start of spring. A soldier named Nuoman was guarding here.

"My Lord."

Xia Duo nodded without replying. He had just received a prompt from the Tower Spirit; Niya had sent news that she had found out about the situation of the Golden Statue Branch Cult—

It was a Druid Order that operated near Seventon. These people had always been xenophobic, and it was difficult for outsiders to hear news. It was only known that not long ago, some kind of incident seemed to have occurred in the Golden Statue Branch Cult, and all members had disappeared.

All disappeared? Xia Duo frowned. Didn't Yatewude say he was banished? How could the person who banished others also disappear? For a moment, Xia Duo became interested in the ideological conflict Yatewude mentioned. Could that be the "incident" mentioned in Niya's Sending? An incident that caused everyone in the entire Golden Statue Branch Cult to disappear?

What Yatewude revealed was very limited, and the information Niya sent back was also unclear. Xia Duo had no choice but to send another message, explicitly stating that a Druid from the Golden Statue Branch Cult had come to the Territory, and asked for Niya's opinion.

After the Sending, Niya did not immediately send a message back. It was probably another long wait. This roundabout way of communication made Xia Duo very unhappy; it was truly too inconvenient.

This was still for a Mage; if it were an ordinary person wanting to contact Seventon from Linshui Village, a round trip would take months.

No wonder Lord Duolaisen of Hawk Territory invented a brand-new communication Spell that even the Arcane Union came to negotiate the introduction of. He wondered what kind of new Spell it actually was.

But Xia Duo really wanted an advanced real-time communication Spell at this moment.

He had some ideas himself, but the ring-level upgrade of his 【Mage Armor】 was not yet complete, and he was not yet an Advanced Rank Mage, so he simply could not spare the effort for any communication Spell.

"Sigh, time, why are you never enough!"

Xia Duo thought of the Projection Plane. It was just that in November and December, two whole months, the Tower of Time's Plane Exploration Array had not discovered a single Projection Plane. Perhaps the interval would be even longer later on.

Cultivating an Astral Mage was not something that could be done in a day or two; it was truly troublesome!

But he was unwilling to use Arcane Crystals to spend at the Arcane Union.

Arcane Crystals did not fall from the sky. Only when an Arcanist accumulated Arcane Energy day after day could Arcane Crystals be formed. They had a wide range of uses, were priceless, and were more precious and rarer than Mithril.

It was clearly the case that he had the equipment at home, yet he still spent a large sum of money to use someone else's; just thinking about it made him feel it was a loss.

……

Not long after, Xia Duo had settled into the new villa. Although it still looked a bit rough here, compared to the temporarily erected tent, living here even gave him a feeling of home.

It was in this atmosphere that Xia Duo displayed unprecedented focus.

Unknowingly, the sky had already darkened, and the snowflakes were drifting larger and larger. The wind from the forest even blew into Xia Duo's bedroom, and it wasn't until they hit the book pages and turned into small water droplets that Xia Duo came back to his senses.

It was dark.

There were no windows.

However, neither of these could stump him. If it was dark, there was Spell lighting; if there were no windows, he could temporarily block the window with wooden blocks. If the Territory lacked anything else, did it lack wood!

The greatest benefit of being a Lord was having a group of subordinates who could solve most trivial matters. He directly sent a message to Nuoman, who was standing guard outside, asking him to go to the Woodworking Workshop and find a suitable wooden block.

Just at this moment, the Tower Spirit sent news again, but it was not Niya's news, but rather—

A new Plane has been discovered!

Xia Duo's mood was agitated, and he stood up subconsciously. What was discovered was not a Projection Plane, but a real Sub-plane!

"This—"

He didn't know how to describe his mood, only that at this moment, several words were constantly circling in his mind—

Farming in another world, Plane colonization, conquering the heavens! As Xia Duo paced back and forth in the room, his mood gradually calmed down, and reason regained the upper hand. Discovering a new Plane was indeed a good thing, but the problem was that the Tower of Time currently did not have the ability to develop an Other Plane.

Even if it could, one must also consider another problem, which was whether this Plane had also been discovered by other forces. If so, there was basically no chance.

Currently, those who possessed a Plane Exploration Array were, on the surface, only the Mage Towers of a few Great Arcanists. By comparison, the strength of the Tower of Time was simply negligible.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Duo discovered that the more valuable Sub-plane was, to him, not as practical as a Projection Plane.

"A chicken rib!"

But no matter what, he still had to go back to the Tower of Time to take a look. He contacted Laidun; the two already had a tacit understanding. After giving a few simple instructions, Xia Duo called the Tower Spirit to perform Guidance teleportation.

……

Tower of Time, Teleportation Room.

Just as he walked out of the Teleportation Room, Xia Duo sensed a familiar Magic Net fluctuation behind him. Turning around, Niya had also returned. Seeing Xia Duo right in front, Niya also showed an expression of surprise, then called out: "Xia Duo!"

"You came back too? Because of the Sub-plane?" Xia Duo said with a smile.

Looking at Niya's hurried appearance, she must have rushed back as soon as she received the news.

(End of chapter)