Chapter 962: Soul Space, Eerie Human Figure

After setting up basic Protection and alert measures, Xia Duo leaned back in his chair, letting his consciousness enter a state of focus, and gradually increased the level of focus until it reached a limit that allowed him to see his Soul.

Yes, Xia Duo was perceiving his Soul again. The collective rehearsal just now had made him the absolute protagonist in the square. Although he knew that this momentary, sporadic Belief Power might not bring much change to his bloodline or Soul, he still couldn't help but want to take a look.

The Soul State was no longer unfamiliar to Xia Duo. When he performed his routine Meditation Training every morning, he often perceived his Soul State, and this naturally included this morning.

After some perception, compared to the morning, his Soul had not undergone any qualitative change. It was still a large amount of Belief Power constantly bombarding the "surface" of his Soul, thereby stimulating a thin glow that illuminated a small space around his Soul.

Originally, this perception was just a whim of Xia Duo's, and he had never had any unrealistic thoughts. Wanting his bloodline to awaken again could not be satisfied by just the attention from this gathering.

But—

When Xia Duo saw a human figure flash and disappear in the small space around his Soul illuminated by the glow, he was simply stunned!

What is going on?!

Extreme shock made it almost impossible for him to maintain such a level of focus, and he immediately broke out of the state of perceiving his Soul. But even though he could no longer perceive his Soul, that scene just now remained deeply in his mind.

What was that?

Why would it appear here?

Would it cause harm to his Soul?

A series of questions surged in Xia Duo's heart. Originally, he had wanted to take advantage of this free time to study the Semi-plane, but now he was in no mood to study the Semi-plane at all!

The Soul could be said to be a person's most private thing, if it could be called a thing. But now, a human figure had actually appeared around his Soul. Although it disappeared quickly, how could he just pretend he hadn't seen it!

Although it was from the Soul's perspective just now, he had seen it very clearly. It was indeed a human figure, with a head, hands, and a torso, and it was even wearing a simple linen shirt.

It was just that the person's face was somewhat blurry. Xia Duo searched his memory for a long time but could not find a similar existence. If he could see the person's appearance clearly, perhaps he could determine the other party's identity.

And then infer the other party's purpose, or the secret behind this matter.

Being able to exert influence around his Soul must involve something major. That figure flashed and disappeared; if he hadn't happened to perceive his Soul at that time, he might have missed it.

Because of this, Xia Duo regarded this matter as some kind of warning mechanism triggered by intuition. Otherwise, why would he perceive his Soul at this very moment, even though he knew that the gaze of these few hundred people, whose emotions were not even intense, was not enough to bring about any change to his Soul or bloodline?

It is hard to say that this was not caused by intuition.

Recalling the figure that flashed and disappeared in the space around his Soul just now, although the face was blurry and even other features were not very clear, some things did not need to be very clear to be judged.

For example, the style of the linen shirt the figure was wearing!

It was somewhat similar to what Xia Duo himself was wearing now. Xia Duo was not particular about clothing; basically, as long as it was comfortable, it was fine. The shirt he was wearing now was just the most common shirt in Netheril.

It was a bit like the ancient undergarments of Xia Duo's hometown, but the form was simpler and it was not complicated to wear. This was also the biggest reason why he did not design his own shirts.

With his current status, he could completely find a tailor to design a new style, but because the Netheril-style shirt was quite comfortable to wear, he hadn't changed it.

Of course, the shirt he was wearing now was still different from the one he wore during his time as an Apprentice, but this difference was only in the material; the style and flair had not changed much.

Netheril had been a nation for nearly a thousand years, and during this time, it did not know how much influence it had received from the Elves. The style of shirts, which were close-fitting clothes worn every day by everyone, must be relatively mature.

It was just like underwear on Earth; every era had its own relatively stable styles. At most, there were only some changes in details, but the major styles did not change much.

This was also the reason why Xia Duo could recognize at a glance that this was Netheril style, and not Elf or Dwarf style.

But knowing this was not enough. Netheril had millions of people, and he didn't know how many people wore this kind of shirt. He still had to have a relatively clear face.

Only then could he use the Scrying spell to perform Positioning and find the possible target.

If there was too little information, he could only use the legendary Prophecy. Xia Duo did not know this kind of spell, and he had not heard of many people who did.

This kind of spell was obviously not something everyone could master. The more famous ones who had mastered Prophecy were the Archbishop of the Sewendun Dashendian and the Great Arcanist Kelifu.

And the latter was not a pure Arcane Spellcaster; strictly speaking, he should be classified as a Priest, it was just that he also had extraordinary achievements on the Magic Path.

As for others rumored to have mastered Prophecy, none were pure Arcane Spellcasters. The closest were believers of the Magic Goddess, who were beings possessing Holy Power.

Xia Duo suspected that non-directional, out-of-thin-air Prophecy might require the participation of a god. He didn't need to think about it himself, and as for asking others for help, that would inevitably reveal the secrets of his Soul.

Otherwise, could the other party really give an accurate answer just because he said, "I have a question"?

If so, then Prophecy would be too exaggerated, exaggerated to an unimaginable degree, and might even overturn his understanding of gods.

If Prophecy could give an accurate answer without providing any clues, it would mean that as long as the other party had a need, they could understand the vast majority of secrets.

This was already close to omniscience. Before seeing it with his own eyes, Xia Duo absolutely did not believe that there was such a spell or Divine Magic. In his view, even a god might not be omnipotent.

How could a god's Priest be so powerful!

……

After repeated thinking without results, Xia Duo entered the state of extreme focus again to re-observe the small space around his Soul, but until his mind was exhausted and he could no longer maintain focus, he never encountered that mysterious human figure again.

While this made him somewhat disappointed, he also couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Perhaps that was some kind of naturally occurring phenomenon, and there was no one operating behind it; everything was just him overthinking.

Xia Duo really wanted to think so, but his reason told him that the figure appeared very abnormally and disappeared very abnormally. Even if it were a natural phenomenon, how could it happen around a Soul?

And that unmistakable Netheril-style shirt was almost blatantly telling him—

Look! I am definitely not a natural phenomenon!