Seeing Jie Ming sit down, the other three finally showed satisfied expressions.
“Actually, we’ve wanted to meet you for a while. Savien has mentioned you many times this past month.” Morna smiled at Savien, a teasing note in her tone. “He never praises anyone on his own initiative.”
Savien’s expression was calm. “I’m only stating facts. The Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol technology this kid researched has indeed solved quite a few long-standing problems.”
“Besides, after a month of discussions, I think what I gained from him isn’t necessarily less than what he gained from me.”
When Savien said this, several high-rank wizards chatting at the nearby round table couldn’t help but look over, surprise flashing through their eyes.
After all, everyone knew exactly what kind of person Savien was. He was a research maniac, but also extremely arrogant.
For him to give such an evaluation was no longer simple approval.
Basian and Morna knew their old friend even better.
Basian unconsciously leaned forward. “Oh? Then I have to hear this carefully.”
Morna also nodded slightly. “I’m getting curious about this young man too.”
Savien, however, unhurriedly took a cup of tea from beside him. “This kid isn’t simple. He’s definitely going to do great things in the future. Honestly, I always think we were only lucky enough to be born earlier than him.”
“Oh?!” ×2.
This time, Basian and Morna were genuinely astonished, because Savien’s words carried considerable weight.
Feeling their eyes on him, Jie Ming felt cold sweat about to break out all over his body.
“Cough... Lord Savien is too generous. I’m just a bit luckier than everyone else...”
Jie Ming meant every word. He had always believed he was only slightly luckier than others.
For one thing, if a genius like his mentor or his senior apprentice sister had obtained the Great Dao Book Pavilion, they would certainly have done better than he had.
Before the other two could say anything, Savien looked at Jie Ming with uncommon gravity. “You’ve seen too little of the world, boy. You still don’t know how astonishing the things you’ve made are.”
Jie Ming: “...Huh?”
Am I really that unaware of myself?
Jie Ming was completely dumbfounded.
“Take a careful look at this kid’s state.”
Savien lifted his teacup and took a light sip, calmly cutting off the questions Basian and Morna had yet to ask. Hearing this, both of them turned their gazes to Jie Ming at the same time.
As seasoned eighth-rank wizards, even without deliberately probing, the body Jie Ming presented held almost no secrets in their eyes.
Actually, the moment they first met Jie Ming, the two had already confirmed the nature of this body: a puppet.
It was a fairly high-grade flesh-and-blood puppet. Whether bones, muscles, or spiritual simulation, it had all reached a level that could fool people.
However, their expressions barely changed. This sort of thing was far too normal in the wizard world.
With wizards’ maniacal obsession with modifying themselves, something like Jie Ming operating a puppet to walk the outside world was already an extremely ordinary state. But... Savien wouldn’t ask them to observe a puppet for no reason.
Basian looked at Jie Ming. “May we?”
“Go ahead.”
Jie Ming nodded, already roughly understanding why Savien had given him such a high evaluation.
With his permission, Basian and Morna extended their mental power. Two enormous streams of mental energy plunged deep into the puppet’s core at the same time.
Flesh structure, formation patterns, mental fluctuations... Layer by layer, the camouflage was easily peeled away.
Very soon, both of their expressions turned serious at the same moment.
They had found a special place. It was not a soul, nor a mental imprint, but a “coordinate.”
More precisely, it was a spatial mapping node that was continuously operating.
Jie Ming sighed inwardly, knowing that the three were probably having some misunderstanding.
What Basian and Morna had detected was exactly the coordinate point used by the Mustard Seed Contains the Dao True Body Art to mark the outside world while the true body was fused with the cave domain. Under normal circumstances, even if Jie Ming deliberately left the coordinate exposed, only wizards of seventh rank or above who specialized in spatial knowledge could discover the existence of a “coordinate.”
But for the three in front of him, the reason they hadn’t found it immediately was simply that they had subconsciously wanted to leave the younger generation some privacy. Jie Ming could clearly feel the two streams of mental power continuously probing the details of the coordinate, yet unable to break deeper—only circling outside.
Still, despite not being able to analyze it on a deeper level, as leading experts in spatial studies, the two were able to glimpse a great deal through the smallest opening. This coordinate’s other side was connected to another plane.
But that plane’s state was peculiar. It was not located in the distant Endless Chaotic Void; it truly existed, yet eerily overlapped with the current space.
The two spaces did not interfere with each other, yet coexisted side by side.
“This...”
Sensing a technique that was rough on the surface yet intricate within, Basian was in awe.
He instinctively searched his memory. One theory and technique after another flashed through his mind, only to be rejected one by one. No. Not right. None of them matched!
The Wizard Civilization was not lacking in similar technologies, but all existing spatial mapping techniques had to rely on enormous external spell formations to maintain stability. And the farther apart two spaces were, the greater the consumption.
More importantly, none of those technologies could overlap two spaces completely while keeping them mutually independent!
This kind of technology... at least he had never heard of it.
On the other side, the crystals around Morna kept flashing, clearly using the knowledge models of the Void Architecture Academy to rapidly match against the technique.
After a few breaths, the crystals stopped flashing. No matching result was found.
Basian slowly turned his head toward Morna, and Morna almost simultaneously looked back at him.
Their eyes met. Neither of them spoke, but both read the meaning in each other’s gaze: You haven’t seen this either?
Basian was silent for a moment, then looked at Savien.
Savien just smiled and nodded slightly toward him, confirming his thought.
Basian and Morna slowly withdrew their mental power.
This time, when they looked at Jie Ming, there was no trace of looking at a young junior in their eyes.
There was even a hint of solemnity.
Remember, the three of them were all top-tier masters of spatial studies!
If even they couldn’t find any corresponding theory, then it meant only one thing...
This kid had invented a brand-new technology independent of the current system!