Arcane Lord

The next day, the exchange meeting went on as scheduled. In a certain hall of the underground temple of the Goddess of Magic, all thirteen participants were present, and no mage was absent.

Even those mages who had listened to others' speeches yesterday but had not yet given a speech themselves came in droves. Everyone valued this exchange meeting very much.

Comparing the time yesterday, Xia Duo and Niya were actually among the last batch when they arrived. Most people arrived earlier than them. While waiting, they started the projection game just like yesterday.

Today, Xia Duo did not play chess with Niya, but silently sorted out what he was going to talk about later. What he planned to talk about was fixed-point teleportation, or [Teleportation Mark], which is an extremely practical spell.

This is a "pre-teleportation" spell developed by Sha Duo based on the traditional "Teleportation Technique". In essence, casting the "Teleportation Mark" is equivalent to teleportation, but the result is suppressed indefinitely and can only wait until needed. It will be stimulated immediately.

No matter what spell it is, it requires a certain amount of casting time, no matter how short it seems, let alone a complex spell like teleportation. Unless it is a magic network storage spell, it does not require casting time.

Xia Duo got inspiration from the magic network storage spell, which is essentially a "pre-cast" spell, but the result is stored in the magic network.

However, magic network storage spells are limited after all. Wouldn't it be more convenient to have an additional "pre-teleport" spell?

On Earth, Xia Duo has done projects, written papers, and coded. Isn’t the “speech + question” format of the exchange meeting similar to a graduation defense?

Even the projections are so similar, which shows that intelligent life has something in common in the selection of certain forms.

——"The application and expansion of pre-casting skills in spell-casting practice - taking the new teleportation technique [Teleportation Mark] as an example"

This is the topic chosen by Xia Duo, and he came up with it overnight last night. This is also because all his previous research records are in the portable space, and they are clearly organized. He basically has a plan in mind.

Sort it out again and replace some custom simplified vocabulary with terminology in the magic field common to Nese mages, and that's almost it.

Not long after, as the exchange meeting was about to begin, several mages who were playing chess suddenly stopped. Everyone looked at each other and smiled, expressing their wish to start immediately.

Of course no one would refuse this, so the exchange meeting continued in this relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

…

Near noon, the exchange meeting was temporarily suspended, and everyone was preparing to have some light meals and rest for a while. At this moment, a temple employee wearing a blue robe suddenly opened the door and walked in.

"Hey, isn't it late at night?" Belera, as the organizer, immediately raised the question. If the exchange meeting could be interrupted at will, she would not have chosen this place at all.

"Mage Belera, everyone, I'm sorry to disturb you." The temple staff did not panic at all, and their tone was even a bit relaxed. "Arch Mage Sandro of Morien Tower invites you to attend the ceremony. It is entirely voluntary. , if you don’t want to go, you can leave now.”

Having said this, he looked at Belera again and showed an apologetic expression, "Mage Belera's fee for renting the Unicorn Hall will be fully refunded by the temple. I'm sorry."

"Watching a ceremony? What ceremony are you watching?" Belera was not embarrassed at all by being cleared out. Instead, she was very curious about what ceremony the Archmage Sandro invited them to watch.

"Master Sandro will perform the [Immortality Ceremony]."

"Immortality ceremony?"

Belera suddenly looked at one of the thirteen people participating in the exchange meeting, "Higgs, you are also from the Morien Tower. Have you heard about Archmage Sandro performing immortality rituals?"

"No." Higgs shook his head, "How can I know about the Archmage? I can just go and take a look and find out!"

Belera did not agree directly, but asked for other people's opinions, "What do you think? Do you want to watch the Immortality Ceremony?"

The temple personnel are still waiting here. If they want to make a decision, they have to do it as soon as possible. They have to clear the place. Although Xia Duo is very curious about this so-called immortality ceremony, he is also wary.

He quietly summoned Niya, "Have you heard of this Archmage Sandro? And what about the immortality ritual? Is it a trap?"

Niya glanced at him and replied: "Is there really such a person as Archmage Sandro? I don't know much about the details. As for whether it's a trap or not, there are all Seven Towers mages here. Who dares to set a trap to harm us?" ?”

This is not necessarily true, but Xia Duo did not refute it. The probability of the Seven Towers Master being framed in Severton is indeed very low, so should he go to watch the ceremony?

"I want to see the legendary [Immortality Ceremony]." Besides Higgs, another mage was the first to express his willingness to attend the ceremony.

"I want to go too."

"Count me in!"

…

Belera glanced around and saw that there were twelve people besides her, and she was also very interested in the immortality ceremony. "In this case, let's go to watch the ceremony first and wait for the immortality ceremony." After the ceremony, we will decide whether to continue the exchange meeting based on the situation.”

…

On the way to the ceremony site, the temple staff who led the way began to remind everyone of some precautions when watching the ceremony, "During the ceremony, no matter what you see, don't be surprised, keep quiet, and do not cast spells. If possible, you can give The Archmage sends a blessing."

All the mages readily agreed.

Soon, under the leadership of the temple personnel, everyone walked around several corridors and arrived at a bright ceremony hall. On the top was the sacred emblem representing the goddess of magic, and pots of blue and white flames were lit around it.

But this flame is not the source of the brightness in the hall. In fact, it is the invisible light spell that illuminates the underground ceremony hall as if it were a scorching day, even a little too bright.

On one side of the hall is a stone platform about a palm high. There is a desk on the stone platform with some bottles and jars placed on it. The desk is a recliner.

When Xia Duo and others arrived, they saw a tall but slightly stooped old man sitting at the desk, seemingly preparing some potion. He heard the footsteps of everyone and had no intention of turning around.

On the other side of the hall is where the audience is. Except for the thirteen people who have just arrived from Xia Duo, many people have already come before them. They are sitting in their seats and waiting quietly. Any whispers.

There were about twenty or thirty people. Although they may not all be high-level mages, they were undoubtedly spellcasters. Xia Duo only glanced at them, then moved away and sat down with Niya.