Chapter 696: Weide, The Test

At this mention, Princess Xiya immediately thought of something; Braun, who had supported her even when she was in a weak position, had suddenly opposed her at that meeting.

And he had even staged a farce of filing a complaint against Jilan Tower; this did not seem like Braun's usual style.

As for Weide, who had originally opposed her, upon seeing that she had persuaded the allies of the Seven Towers and gained the upper hand, he immediately turned to support her.

Weide's attitude was not surprising; he had always been like this, voting with the wind, but Braun was indeed acting somewhat abnormally.

Princess Xiya had initially thought that it was just someone inside the Gelei-White Spiral Tower wanting to challenge Braun's position that led to that farce, but now it seemed that behind all of this was actually Weide?

Thinking of this, Princess Xiya suddenly asked, "When was the last time you all communicated with Weide?"

"It's been several years, right!"

"Me too!"

"I spoke a sentence to Weide last time at the Arcane Union, but it was just a normal greeting upon meeting."

After a round of answers, Princess Xiya discovered that the last time everyone had communicated with Weide was also several years ago; what Weide had done over these years, when they truly recalled it, they actually had no impression at all.

The group, who had originally intended to discuss whether to accept the Rodney Territory, immediately went off-topic, "This Weide has a problem!"

"No need for you to say it, I can see it too!"

"Alright, let's put Weide's problem aside for now." Princess Xiya hurriedly brought the topic back, "Huo En, you just said that the Rodney Territory involves Weide behind the scenes, so what did you say Weide did in the Rodney Territory?"

"Aozikaer said that Weide's people have almost hollowed him out in the Rodney Territory; the words of an Arcanist Lord are not even as useful as the words of a steward!"

Speaking of this, Huo En seemed to have thought of something on the spur of the moment, "By the way, Aozikaer also said that last year, Weide commanded his subordinates to cause destruction in the Savile Territory and also killed a merchant of Elf bloodline."

"It was Feierbosi!" Princess Xiya's expression suddenly turned cold, and she turned to look at Haruisi on the side, "He was a friend of Grego; you should have met him too!"

"Yes." Haruisi nodded, his expression also not very good.

The two were only well-acquainted with Grego and were not friends of Feierbosi, so naturally, they would not be too sad or heartbroken over Feierbosi's death.

But the problem was that they had previously thought the mastermind behind Feierbosi's death had already been punished; they had not expected there to be another layer, and it was even a Great Arcanist.

On this matter, Princess Xiya had even more feelings; she had once sent people to ask Feierbosi to help her collect Faith.

And Feierbosi died during the mission; there was no way she could just ignore it. Thinking of this, Princess Xiya looked at Huo En:

"Anything else? Say it all at once!"

"There is also that Weide might be plotting against the Savile Territory."

Upon hearing this, Princess Xiya's expression turned even colder; she had taken the Totem Pole left by Saville, which played a very important role in her research on the Ascension Ritual, and she was also Niya's teacher.

Most importantly, Saville's return was imminent; a Great Arcanist who had survived Divine Punishment was highly valued even by the Seven Towers Group.

Not to mention that behind Saville, it involved at least two other Great Arcanists—Iolum and Buluode.

The teacher-student relationship between Great Arcanists was almost unbreakable, just like her and her teacher Bailun; after all, if the relationship were not good, it would be basically impossible for a student to become a Great Arcanist.

Without considering for long, Princess Xiya immediately stated, "I approve of accepting the Rodney Territory."

"I also approve."

Soon, except for Lander who was not present, everyone else expressed their approval. At this time, Lander's opinion was no longer very important, or rather, Lander did not care about these things either.

Princess Xiya made the final summary, "Since that's the case, Huo En, please handle the coordination with the Rodney Territory; after all, it came out of your Jilan Tower."

"Can do."

"Additionally, there are some things that require the cooperation of the Rodney Lord; it can be considered a test for him!"

"No problem."

"Then that's it!"

After speaking, Princess Xiya left the meeting room first; she had to make some preparations in advance.

A Great Arcanist is not so easy to manipulate; wanting to manipulate Weide, relying solely on the accusation of the Rodney Lord is useless, unless one can obtain ironclad evidence.

But even so, it would be impossible to really do anything to Weide; at most, it would be making him pay some money, unless one could prove that Weide's existence was a threat to Netheril.

This possibility, Princess Xiya had never thought of; no one would be stupid enough to stand against everyone, especially someone like Weide who had always been accustomed to standing on the winning side.

But even so, Princess Xiya decided to make Weide pay a price, whether it was for the returning Saville or for Feierbosi who worked for her.

Or perhaps, simply out of dissatisfaction with Weide himself.

And on the other side, Nan Jing, Tower of Time.

After the small interlude of being called to the door by Niya, Xia Duo, who had devoted himself to the experiment, soon completed the comprehensive test experiment of the entire Spellbook system.

Next was the production.

As for materials and such, Xia Duo had long since prepared them; except for the Arcane Crystal being slightly more expensive, the other materials combined would not cost ten thousand Gold Coins.

Of course, the actual situation would have some discrepancies; for example, most of the Mithril materials Xia Duo prepared came from Elf ornaments; if purchased directly, ten thousand Gold Coins per piece would not be a joke.

But it couldn't be helped that around the Tower of Time was an Elf Ruins and Mythallar Ruins; as the Magic Net environment here was restored, the ruins also shrank a bit.

And the development of Daxia Territory had long included the Mythallar Ruins; Xia Duo's territory residents had truly picked up quite a few scattered Mithril ornaments.

The quality of these Mithril pieces used by the Elves themselves was better than the foreign trade Mithril obtained through the Arcane Union.

Many Mages, in order to pursue high-end configurations for Magic Items, besides digging in ruins everywhere, would even spare no expense to purchase High-Grade Mithril from the Elves in the form of art pieces.

Of course, there might also be the possibility of deceit here, but these had nothing to do with Xia Duo; he had never bought any so-called art pieces from the Elves.

He hadn't in the past, and he likely wouldn't in the future.

"Perhaps when I master 【Element Extraction】, I can also sell Mithril art pieces to those suckers!"

Having a small daydream about his future money-making plan, Xia Duo returned to his residence and had a good rest for the night.

The next day.

Carrying all the materials, Xia Duo came to Niya's Laboratory again; thinking that he would soon possess his own Spellbook, Xia Duo felt burning hot inside.

He had waited for this day for far too long!

Standing before the Alchemy Bench, Xia Duo still felt somewhat agitated, but not until he had placed the materials one by one within reach and activated the Alchemy Array did he gradually calm his mood during the process.