Arcane Lord

While Shado was thinking about the changes brought by the Communication Artifact to Netheril and what the Tower of Time could gain from these changes, he determined the general framework of the transaction with the manager of the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce, Sethos.

As for the specific transaction details, we still need to wait for the appraiser from the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce to come over before we can continue the negotiation, but then there is no need for Xia Duo to come forward in person.

In terms of business negotiations, both Derrick, the dedicated business manager of the Saville Territory, and Ai Burke, who has been the material manager of the Tower of Time in the past, are more experienced than him!

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Returning to the Tower of Time, Shado took out the magic scroll printing machine that had only been used once since it was manufactured, printed a batch of 2-ring quasi-magic scrolls [simplified version of the magic network background communication], and handed them to Ganal before returning. own residence.

Behind the desk, Shado subconsciously took out his spell notes and put them on the table, but his eyes were not in the right state. His mind had already flown to the strange statue he had just seen in Savile Town.

In the past, the statue of Savile in the center of the central square of Savile Town did not have any peculiar charm, at least Chateau had never noticed it before today.

He guessed that what was wrapped around it might be the legendary "Power of Faith."

In this world, faith or belief has real power. There is no doubt that even Xia Duo is a beneficiary of this power.

In the past, almost every time he awakened his bloodline, it was after a group activity and receiving cheers from the crowd, but of course it was not the case this time.

But before that time, he was well-known in Severdon and even the entire Netheril. Not to mention anything else, but just being the creator of [Arcane Puzzle] could bring him countless——

According to his speculation, the power of faith can awaken the bloodline!

Ever since he speculated about the power of faith, and after the recent bloodline awakenings, Sha Duo has deliberately observed whether he was absorbing mysterious power.

The latest time he discovered visions that were different from those before, but considering his new ability after awakening [Soaring into the Clouds and Riding the Mist], he just regarded those visions as "cloud energy".

After all, as the old saying goes in my hometown, "the wind follows the tiger, the cloud follows the dragon", you can control Feng Shui and soar into the clouds, and it seems normal to have a bit of cloud energy.

And when he discovered the strange phenomenon on the statue of Savile in the central square of Savile Town, Shado felt that his previous guess might be wrong. Perhaps the "cloud" he had observed on his body was not a cloud, but the power of faith. .

But this thing is really very similar to clouds, like light, mist, misty, and invisible. Only when you don't pay attention to it can you get a glimpse of it.

Behind the desk, Xia Duo changed his usual focus and put himself in a relaxed and trance state. He did not deliberately think about the vision on himself, but recalled the strange and charming vision he had just seen on the Savile statue.

In a daze, he seemed to see a wisp of "cloud" suddenly emerging near the skin of the back of his hand that was drooping on his knees, but just when Xia Duo wanted to observe it, it disappeared in an instant.

Although it was only for a moment, he still saw what he wanted to see, and it was indeed somewhat similar to the strange charm entwined on the Savile statue.

But the strange thing is that at that moment, he was very sure that the "cloud" on his body and the vision on the Savile statue were definitely not the same thing!

Sha Duo has not done any research on the power of belief or faith. Everything is based on assumptions, guesses and intuition.

This time he guessed that perhaps the power of belief directed at different people was completely different, which made him feel specious.

However, the premise of all his current speculations is that what is wrapped around him and the Savile statue is the power of faith or faith.

Xia Duo can't figure out the difference between the two for the time being. He can only say that it may be a special power produced by intelligent creatures.

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After observing for a long time, Xia Duo could not find any more useful information. Such mysterious and mysterious things were giving him a headache.

However, he also knows that existence is reasonable, and there must be a set of standardized operating rules behind this thing to support it, but he has not been able to discover it yet.

"Is it related to the soul?" Xia Duo guessed naturally.

With this idea, he immediately took action. One of the conditions for becoming an arcanist is that he must actively perceive the soul.

Because will is another aspect of the soul besides consciousness, arcane fire needs to be combined with will to exist stably for a long time, otherwise it will be assimilated and absorbed by the external magic network environment.

After all, the essence of arcane fire is a special creation made from the strings of the magic web torn from the external magic web and rewoven.

The combination of arcane fire and will requires the caster to actively perceive the will and penetrate the arcane fire with will. However, ordinary people can only passively perceive and apply will and cannot achieve this operation at all.

Sha Duo is already an arcanist, and it is effortless to re-perceive the soul, just follow the consciousness or will directly.

It's just that sensing the soul requires a state of extreme concentration, even far beyond the concentration when casting a spell. Without long-term concentration training, it is impossible to achieve it.

In the past, Xia Duo had wondered whether souls were born due to extreme concentration.

Of course, this is wrong without verification.

It is a certainty that ordinary people in this world also have souls, so how could it be possible that only quasi-arcanists have souls!

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The soul has no form, or it transcends form, but it is a real and concrete existence, not a virtual existence that only exists in imagination.

Feeling the soul again, Xia Duo couldn't help but want to complain.

Although other arcanists have no form when they first perceive the soul, they will immediately transform into the same form as the original body based on their own cognition.

But Xia Duo is still in an amorphous form. Although he can change into his true form under self-restraint, once he is ignored, he will return to his original state.

In fact, He has no original state at all and is always changing.

It's hard for Xia Duo to accept that his soul is like this, so he can only comfort himself by saying that he is from Earth. After all, he can't be something indescribable!

That would make it harder for him to accept!

But this time, the situation seems to have changed.

Although the soul was still indescribable when he first sensed it, when Xia Duo took the attitude of giving it a try, he once again finalized it.

An accident happened——

Even if Xia Duo no longer pays attention to him, he has not returned to his original state. He has always existed stably and even emitted a ray of light, reflecting a small space around him.

"Sea of ​​consciousness? Sea of ​​spirit? Purple Mansion? Divine Palace? Lingtai?"

Xia Duo was immediately stunned. At the same time, he also instantly withdrew from the state of extreme concentration. His consciousness returned to himself, but his body was still sitting safely behind the desk.

"How is this possible?" Xia Duo couldn't help asking from his soul.

Other arcanists in Netheril are not in a situation like him. The soul is the soul. It is in a very high position in perception. There are no other existences around, there is only that lonely soul.

The same situation happened to Xia Duo when he advanced to Arcanist. After the advancement, although he usually didn't use his soul, he occasionally felt it, and there was no situation where the soul glowed and reflected a space!

He didn't know whether this situation was good or bad, but he knew that being special would definitely attract malicious looks!