Chapter 786: Three Advancements, Significance of the Trial

Tower of Time, Magic Technician Office.

It is called the Magic Technician Office, but in reality, this department currently only has people, with no fixed office and no departmental structure.

Or rather, the only structure is those two Communication Magic Tool production lines.

The place Xia Duo came to first was the Workshop on the Public Level; although it had been quite a few days since he last came here, this time, he did not see what he wanted to see—

A scene where Magic Technicians at the level of Official Mage were all in place, production lines running at full capacity, and production constantly underway!

Now it was still the same as before, with only Apprentice-level Magic Technicians; Xia Duo just opened the door and glanced inside, then closed the door directly without giving the people inside time to react.

After thinking for a moment, he still obtained Jianaer's location from the Tower Spirit first, and upon learning that he was in the Spell Practice Room on the Library Layer, he teleported there directly.

Opening the door again, the scene inside this time was a bit better than what he had just seen; Jianaer was sitting in a corner quietly reading a book, while those six low-rank mages on the Communication Magic Tool production lines were constantly trying to practice 【Magic Net Background Communication】.

At this moment, it had been almost a month since Xia Duo asked Jianaer to arrange training for them; with an "Artifact" like a Learning Scroll that directly displays all the details of a spell, even the stupidest person shouldn't be unable to learn a 2nd Circle Spell in a month!

Looking at the proficiency of their practice, it seemed quite high; Xia Duo estimated that Jianaer was worried about the high defect rate and was controlling them, not letting them practice linking the Magic Net on the line, but rather wanting them to practice the spell until they were completely familiar with it first.

However, regarding this point, Xia Duo was a bit unhappy; he had clearly given Jianaer a pile of 2nd Circle 【Magic Net Background Communication】 quasi-Magic Scrolls before, specifically for these six people to practice linking the Magic Net!

Judging from the fact that they were still practicing spells in the Spell Practice Room, Jianaer seemed not to have taken out those quasi-Magic Scrolls; this might seem like it saved him money, but the wasted time was gone forever!

All sorts of thoughts flashed through Xia Duo's mind in an instant; he made some noise, startling the six people who were focused on practicing spells, as well as Jianaer who was engrossed in his book.

"Lord Xia Duo!" *6

"Xia Duo!"

Jianaer suddenly raised his head, and seeing it was Xia Duo, he hurriedly stood up from the ground and walked toward Xia Duo, "Why are you here? Are you here to inspect the training situation?"

"Something like that, what is their situation now!" Xia Duo said with some disappointment.

However, in Jianaer's view, these words sounded like encouragement, and he therefore became somewhat beaming, saying not without pride: "In a few more days, they will be able to fully master this spell!"

"A few more days?!"

At this moment, no matter how dull Jianaer was, he sensed the dissatisfaction in Xia Duo's tone; he hurriedly defended himself, trying to salvage something: "If they step up their practice, at the latest by the day after tomorrow, they can enter the next stage of training."

However, Xia Duo shook his head, "No need to wait until the day after tomorrow. Where are those practice scrolls I gave you? Give them to them! Don't waste time!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, Jianaer had already realized he had done wrong; it was clear that what Xia Duo wanted was speed and time, not saving money; he knew he had to do something!

"I'll go back and get the scrolls right now!"

Saying this, Jianaer was about to rush outside; Xia Duo just wanted to call him back, but suddenly thought of something, and in the end, did not call him.

However, after Jianaer left, Xia Duo instructed the six low-rank mages to practice well and complete the online training as soon as possible, and then he also left.

……

After leaving the Spell Practice Room, Xia Duo turned around and returned to the Public Level; while patrolling the Public Level and checking the teaching situation of various Apprentice classes, he contacted the relevant personnel of the Progress Society.

There were Dien, Sami, Tilake, Dewan, and others, and of course, it also included Jianaer who had just left, as well as Mage He Sai who had become the Supervisor of the Academic Affairs Office some time ago.

That person, after becoming the Supervisor of the Academic Affairs Office, decisively applied to join the Progress Society, and Xia Duo naturally signaled Dien to simplify the process and accept him.

It can be said that the current Progress Society represents the most advanced arcane magic civilization concepts, the most advanced industrial production capabilities, and the most advanced group of Spellcasters in the Tower of Time.

Xia Duo has the confidence to use this set of concepts from the Progress Society to gradually transform the Tower of Time into a relatively "modernized" Spellcaster organization and gain an early advantage in the future changes.

……

Before long, Xia Duo had already patrolled the circular corridor of the Public Level once; besides occasionally entering rooms marked as Teacher classrooms to take a look, he just walked with his head down, while thinking about what he would say later.

On the last lap, Xia Duo stopped in front of a large conference room; the door was open, and several people had arrived inside; he saw that these were all from the Tilake Research Lab, and he immediately smiled:

"Tilake, are you all this free? I just notified you, and you all came one after another?!"

"The research on 【Permanent Magic】 has almost reached our current limit, plus some people were taken by Dien to Huosite's place, so we don't lack this bit of time for now."

As he spoke, Tilake laughed at himself, but as he laughed, his expression gradually turned serious, "Next, I will put contacting the Deep Weave as the top priority to become an Intermediate Mage as soon as possible."

"That is what should be done! But don't forget the tradition of our Progress Society! I hope you can succeed as soon as possible!" Xia Duo reminded and encouraged him.

"That certainly cannot be forgotten; now almost everyone in the Tower of Time knows there is such a group of fools who refuse an easy upgrade and insist on doing some 【Ascension Trial】."

Since the Tower of Time represents the advanced, it will naturally also bear the prejudices of the backward, but Tilake mentioning this to Xia Duo at this time, it is unknown what he meant.

However, Xia Duo was not willing to speculate too much, just saying, "When you become a High Mage, you will know the significance of the current 【Ascension Trial】. Those who laugh at you now, I think they might possibly become High Mages or Archmages, but it is almost impossible for them to become an Advanced Arcanist. Just wait and see!"

"Ah?!"

It was the first time Tilake had heard Xia Duo mention the function of the 【Ascension Trial】 so clearly; as a mage, how could he not have aspirations for being an Advanced Arcanist!

He couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that becoming an Advanced Arcanist has something to do with the 【Ascension Trial】?"

Since it was brought up, Xia Duo didn't mind saying a little more; spreading it out could also change some of the atmosphere in the Tower of Time. Although the Progress Society is good, it cannot recruit people without limit at the current stage; the number of people is the biggest problem.

Xia Duo naturally wants to make those who identify with the concepts of the 【Progress Society】 as many as possible, and make those who are old and rotten as few as possible!

However, he did not explain directly, but said:

"Ordinary people outside often say that Elves taught humans magic, but we know that humans have long abandoned the magic inherited from the Elves. The magic we are learning now is generally called the 【Netheril Arcane Magic System】. What status do you think an Advanced Arcanist has in this system?"

Tilake shook his head blankly.

Xia Duo glanced at him and continued:

"Only an Advanced Arcanist can be considered to have entered the door in this system; if you don't become an Advanced Arcanist, you will never be mainstream. And the 【Ascension Trial】 is the best way to personally practice the Principles of spells, Arcane Geometry, and other knowledge, fusing them together to obtain a comprehensive and thorough understanding.

"Although it is not necessarily the best in all of Netheril, at least it is the best way within my scope of knowledge!"