Chapter 777: Spellcasting Conversion, Basic Literacy

Before long, except for Niya who had not yet arrived, the other seven people had all arrived, and Beilaila introduced them to everyone in a timely manner.

Of course, the Advanced Rank Mages of the Seven Towers had heard of each other to some extent, so this was mainly to introduce them to Xia Duo.

"Morien Tower, Sidier!"

"Jannick Tower, Qiaoyisi!"

"Giles Tower, Fuluosite!"

Xia Duo also greeted them one by one in return, while not forgetting to observe the Cloud Qi on these Advanced Rank Mages, but in the conference room, except for Beilaila, no one had Cloud Qi as profound as Xia Duo's.

As for comparing with Niya, it was even less so.

Among these people, the one whose Cloud Qi was closest to Xia Duo's was an Advanced Rank Mage named Luodite; the Cloud Qi on him was ethereal and quite considerable in quantity.

If Xia Duo's previous speculation about Cloud Qi was correct, this person's status should be quite extraordinary; after all, an ordinary person cannot obtain a large amount of Faith Power.

The most direct speculation was that this Luodite was either the heir to a large territory like Beilaila, or a Pioneer Lord like Xia Duo.

Or perhaps, he possessed quite a lofty reputation among the Mage community.

Regardless of which one, or which combination, it made Xia Duo feel a trace of curiosity about Luodite's identity.

However, a magic exchange meeting is not a background exchange meeting, and Beilaila's introduction only allowed everyone to have a preliminary understanding of each other.

Knowing everyone's names and their respective Mage Towers was enough; there was no further information.

After the introductions were finished, Beilaila asked Xia Duo, "How much longer until Niya arrives?"

"There is still some time before the agreed-upon hour; she will arrive here before then! If you are in a hurry, you can also start first."

Of course, this was just Xia Duo's polite talk; given Niya's status, he did not believe these people would truly start without waiting for her.

Beilaila quickly took over the conversation, soothing everyone, "No rush, there is indeed still some time before the agreed-upon hour; let us make some more preparations!"

Soon, everyone sat down separately, and Xia Duo also found a seat, casually threw a book on it to save the seat for Niya, and then began to ponder, organizing in his mind what he was going to talk about later.

Although his main purpose in planning the exchange meeting was to promote the book *Principles*, advertise the Communication Magic Tool, and build his reputation, this did not prevent him from preparing for these exchange meetings as normal exchange meetings.

Not long after, Niya walked in hurriedly from outside, and as soon as she arrived, she explained to everyone, "Sorry, I am late; my teacher kept me for a while longer."

Who Niya's teacher was, naturally no one in the conference room would not know; even if Niya said nothing, the others would not have any objections.

Xia Duo understood that she said this more for his sake, and his heart could not help but warm; he beckoned to Niya, letting her sit beside him.

And Beilaila, as the nominal organizer, introduced everyone's names to Niya once again, and then announced the start:

"There is still some time before the agreed-upon hour, but since everyone is here, let us begin!

"Today's theme is 'Spellcasting Conversion in the Magic Net Environment of Other Planes'! Everyone knows that in different planes, the Magic Net environment will also differ. Today, please talk about the techniques, principles, or examples of spellcasting conversion; feel free to express yourselves."

Everyone at this exchange meeting had the experience of traveling to Other Planes, but there was still a difference between an Arcanist and an ordinary Advanced Rank Mage, and a Plane Scholar was different from a general Arcanist.

As the actual initiator of this exchange meeting and also a novice Plane Scholar, Xia Duo was the first to stand up and speak, also setting a tone for this exchange meeting.

At the same time, since he had the goal of building his reputation, he naturally had to demonstrate it at any time:

"Greetings everyone, I am Xia Duo, the Xia Duo who wrote the *Standard Development Manual of Daxia Territory* and created the 【Arcane Maze】!

"Now, I will speak from the perspective of a Plane Scholar, as a novice Plane Scholar, about the similarities and differences of the Magic Net between different planes."

Although the number of Other Planes Xia Duo had been to was not large, the number of times he had been was not small, especially the 【Blue Crystal Plane】, which he had visited many times.

In that Water World, which was as transparent as crystal and permeated with a faint blue light, there was no gravity, making it very suitable for people to travel and relax.

As long as one cast 【Plane Attunement】, one could roam freely within it.

And as for the 【Yellow Sand Semi-Plane】, although Xia Duo had only been there a few times, he knew even more about that semi-plane, which had almost no future, than he did about the Blue Crystal Plane.

Besides normal planes, Xia Duo had even been to the 【Shadow Plane】 and the 【Ether Plane】.

The former was visited once when he, Anbulier, and Aiboke raided the Hawk Territory Arcanist Aquilain; while the latter was merely when he was caught in a random spell triggered by a riotous Magic Net in the Mythallar Ruins, and he was almost immediately pulled out by the Tower Spirit the next moment.

Of course, there was also the 【Annihilation Plane】 in Giles Tower, where the flow of time was ten times that of the Main Plane.

However, when he was in that plane, he stayed the whole time in the Sacred Dwelling created by two Astral Mages; the Magic Net environment there was exactly the same as the Main Plane, at least he felt it was the same at the time, so that is not worth mentioning.

But when it came to the understanding of the different Magic Net environments of Other Planes, Xia Duo considered himself stronger than anyone else in the conference room, including Niya.

Although Niya had been to more Other Planes than him, Niya had not studied courses related to Plane Scholars; in this regard, Xia Duo still had a lot of say.

"The Main Plane's Magic Net seems to be one body, completely consistent, but in fact, it is closely related to the essence of the plane; theoretically, there are no two planes that are exactly the same, nor are there any two Magic Net environments that are exactly the same!

"Even the Magic Net of our Main Plane has background fluctuations that change at every moment, which is equivalent to the Magic Net environment changing all the time, but this fluctuation is extremely weak and does not affect actual spellcasting.

"But the differences between planes, in many cases, will affect spellcasting. For example, I once went to a Sub-plane with a Water Element tendency.

"Casting spells related to the Water Element there, the energy efficiency will increase; while spells related to the Fire Element, the energy efficiency will decrease, and other elements and energies also have their own inhibitory or enhancing effects.

"If you do not undergo conversion when casting, the spell being weakened or failing is probably the best result!"

Following that, Xia Duo used the Yellow Sand Semi-Plane as an example to explain in detail the influence of plane structure on the Magic Net environment, and how to perform spellcasting conversion according to different Magic Net environments.

Excluding the fact that he intentionally omitted some prospects for the future, this speech of Xia Duo's could completely be used as a thesis on plane studies and Magic Net studies.

Clear thinking and rigorous logic, inheriting Xia Duo's consistent thesis style.

Of course, if this were on Earth, it would only count as the basic literacy of a qualified graduate.

But here, it appeared somewhat too outstanding, and this was exactly in line with Xia Duo's goal of building his reputation.