Arcane Lord

After that, Xia Duo will "cut off power" to the magic circle that needs maintenance.

Although it is not actually running at this time, in fact, it still maintains a very close link with the element pool and energy pool, and the link with the magic network is also very close.

At the same time, the three-layer array does not exist completely independently, but is interrelated and forms a whole. Otherwise, there would not be a situation where the two sets of arrays jointly function as external light bulbs, similar to "infinite dimming".

The difficulty of maintenance is here. Not only do you need to disconnect the magic circle from the fire element pool, positive energy pool and magic network, but you also need to reconnect it after maintenance, and still keep the triple magic circle in a relatively independent overall state.

If there is a maintenance manual, the difficulty lies only in the operation level. You will become familiar with it after practicing a few times. But for Xia Duo, he did not get a detailed maintenance manual in advance. The difficulty lies in the operation of the Blazing Sun Array itself. understand.

Fortunately, he had completed this part some time ago, otherwise it would have been possible to postpone this month's maintenance work to next month!

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The power outage is divided into three steps. First, disconnect the link between the magic circle that needs maintenance and the other two magic circles at the level of the magic network in a specific order.

After that, the connection between the magic circle itself and the magic network is disconnected, and finally the main body of the magic circle is replaced.

Of course, except for the arcane crystals that serve as the core of the energy buffer and must be replaced, the mithril components of the magic circle do not need to be replaced every month.

As for changing it every few months, the notes in the library recording maintenance precautions say that it should be about a year or so.

But the problem is that Steven didn't say much about the maintenance of the Blazing Sun Array when handing over. Sha Duo didn't know how long the mithril components of the Array here had been running.

To be on the safe side, he planned to replace the other two mithril components of the magic circle with new ones in the next two months.

As for the maintenance of the watch tower itself, it does not need to be so frequent. After all, other places are not like the Blazing Sun Array, where a large amount of elemental energy passes through almost all the time.

In this regard, Xia Duo plans to formulate a quite proper maintenance plan after conducting a comprehensive inspection of the watch tower. Of course, it may also be a maintenance + renovation plan.

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Relying on the mithril components and arcane crystals prepared in advance, Shado quickly completed the replacement of the array body including the arcane crystals. The subsequent linking, testing, and packaging were also a breeze.

The whole process took about seven or eight hours, which was pretty fast. For an ordinary high-level mage, it would have been impossible to complete it in less than ten days and a half.

After all, if you don't come into contact with the ninth layer of the Magic Network, you must use alternative casting when connecting with the Strings of the Magic Network.

Replacing high-loop elements with low-loop elements will increase the complexity almost geometrically, and the workload will be at least ten times that of Xia Duo.

If you can complete it within half a month, you have to be very diligent, but if it takes a month, it is really unusual.

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After completing the maintenance of the Blazing Sun Array, it was almost late at night. While his energy was still good, Xia Duo continued to check the main energy transmission lines of the watch tower before falling asleep peacefully.

The next day is March.

After Xia Duo woke up, he carried out meditation training as usual, but then he lamented that time flew by so fast. After returning from the green field plane, several months passed without him realizing it.

In a few days, it will be the day to visit Congenio. Looking back on the last time I saw him, it seemed like it was more than half a month ago.

Now, in addition to continuing to inspect the watchtower, he also needed to prepare gifts for his visit in five days.

After all, they gave him three Ioin Stones last time, so as a junior, he couldn't say anything. Of course, Xia Duo also had the idea of ​​getting a few more Ioin Stones during this visit.

Each Iron Stone made by Master Congenio is not encrypted. Obtaining an Iron Stone is equivalent to obtaining its production method and a special spell.

Like the three that Sha Duo obtained before, they are concentration blessing, physical enhancement, and spell reversal, which are very useful even for senior arcanists. (Xia Duo has a strong physique, and the one with the stronger physique was given to Niya)

In addition to gifts, Xia Duo also needs to prepare some questions. Knowing that the master is kind and likes to support younger generations, how could he not make good use of this opportunity!

Apart from questions about Innocent, Shado was not prepared to ask too many questions that had nothing to do with magic or had little to do with it. In the field of magic, Shado had too many confusions.

But the visit cannot last too long, and it is impossible to go every day, so you need to choose carefully.

There is no need to ask those things that can be solved through your own research, so as not to waste time and opportunities; only those things that you have no ideas at all, or those that need warning from the forerunners, are necessary to ask.

With the help of the relaxed state during meditation, Xia Duo sorted out the problems he was currently encountering in the magic field.

It mainly focuses on several aspects. One is the macroscopic principle. In addition to the transformation of the magic network string, whether there are more basic theories and soul-related issues.

Secondly, the specific subdivided areas - the exploration directions and key element units related to the plane field. This is actually the specific technology. Xia Duo is embarrassed to ask, and at the same time he is not sure whether the master can answer it or is willing to answer it. .

After all, supporting younger generations does not mean giving away technology without limit.

Xia Duo feels that the master's support may be more about research experience, methods, ideas, and even personal connections.

In this regard, Shado actually has many questions, such as why the "papermaking technology" is monitored, and why Netheril does not produce its own mithril, etc.

Although these questions are not directly related to magic, they are of great significance to Xia Duo's deeper understanding of the world.

Although he himself had some guesses, how could an elder who had lived for hundreds of years explain it directly and accurately in person?

As for whether Congenio will fool him, Shado is not worried about this. After all, he is also a senior arcanist and can be regarded as the absolute backbone of Netheril.

If he had to be perfunctory and fooled, Congenio would never have the fame and reputation he has now.

…

After thinking carefully, Xia Duo roughly knew what he should bring to see the master and what he should ask when he saw the master.

After making some breakfast, he went back to the Tower of Time. There were some preparations that he couldn't complete at the Watchtower, but they were just ready when he arrived at the Tower of Time. It didn't take much trouble anyway.

After everything was ready, Sha Duo returned to the watchtower and continued a comprehensive inspection of the entire tower.

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Busy time always passes quickly, and in the blink of an eye it comes five days later, which is the day when Chateau officially visits Congenio.