I'm in the Teyvat running group

While these people did play a role in the abyss and the rebuilding of Nordcalle, no one felt it was enough, including themselves.

Chapter 462 Association Trivial Matters: Landing on the Moon

“Father.” A tall young man, half a head taller than Yunxiu, appeared behind him. He cupped his hands in greeting to Yunxiu: “I have completed the enrollment procedures for the Imperial Academy and will continue my studies under my master.”

“Your Master Xiaoyue is a very powerful immortal. It wouldn’t be a problem for him to teach you for another twenty years.” Yunxiu looked at his eldest son, whom he had rescued from Heguan and who had grown up with him, and couldn’t help but smile. “Take your younger brothers and sisters home first. I have something to do at the Mage Association. Today is the association’s annual meeting. By the way, tell your mother Xiangling that I might be going home a little late tonight. After that, I also need to go to Zhidong. Your senior sister Zhilin wants to see me about something.”

"Yes... Father, but don't make any arrangements for tomorrow. Tomorrow is a family reunion day."

“I know, Hiramatsu, take them with you.”

Yun Pingsong nodded and left with the children. As the eldest brother, he watched the children in the family grow up one by one. At first, he was a little hesitant about his identity, but as time went by, even that little bit of resentment quickly disappeared under this warmth. His younger siblings got along very well with him, and no elder in the family ever mentioned his background.

He has his own generation and is no different from other children.

Yunxiu then flashed lightly from the entrance of the General Affairs Department and arrived on the deck of the Mage Association headquarters in the next moment. Although nine years had passed, the Mage Association had not expanded or changed anything and remained the same as before. Of course, there had been internal expansions, as the mages always managed to carve out a lot of space.

Just like the previous nine years, Qiming was already waiting for him at the door. Nine years had passed, and this mage, who was still at the Genshin Impact level at the time, had steadily stepped into the Legendary realm, becoming the second Prophecy Legendary mage on the Teyvat continent after Barbiros. This surprised Barbiros greatly, after all, this mage's talent was also somewhat terrifying. But Yunxiu didn't think so. The biggest advantage of the spell system is that as long as your talent for research and development is strong enough, then advancement is not a big problem. It just requires occasional opportunities.

But for Qiming, Yunxiu was his opportunity.

However, the School of Prophecy has three legendary mages, and another one is Laira, who just broke through a barrier a couple of years ago.

"Master." Qi Ming respectfully bowed to him, then pointed to a rather handsome young man next to her and said, "This is our newly appointed Dean of the Department of Spellcasting. After Ms. Alice stepped down, he ran for the position."

"Hmm..." Yun Xiu carefully examined this legendary high-level spellcaster. His foundation was quite solid, with many traces of immortal magic. He should possess three divine artifacts, making him relatively wealthy among legendary figures. Suddenly, a person flashed through his mind, and he smiled as he said, "A lackey of Master Hou Zhang?"

"Your Excellency has discerning eyes. I am Chu Li, a humble disciple, and I studied under Master Xiaoyue together with Senior Brother Pingsong." Chu Li smiled and bowed. He was the one who analyzed the "Ring of Rest" in the Spirit Realm back then. Later, he also analyzed the Super Light Sword Cannon, the Grand Ceremony of the Moon Chasing Festival, and many other interesting things. Yunxiu had always wanted to see who he was, but she never expected to meet him here, and in this capacity.

However, Yunxiu was not going to get angry about this, since Chu Li hadn't said anything wrong. On the contrary, his actions made many people fully understand his actions at the time, making him a useful talent.

"Let's go. Besides the two of you, how many other people are here today?"

"The Dean of the Department of Evocation, Archon Scarlett, and the Dean of the Department of Necromancy, Priestess Sesos, have arrived. The Dean of the Department of Enchanting, Ms. Lisa, and the Dean of the Department of Illusion, Priestess Yae no Miko, are on their way. I'm not entirely sure about the Dean of the Department of Transmutation, Ms. Nico; she's probably already here..." Kirei said apologetically. "As for Dean Talia of the Department of Protection, we haven't been able to contact her today..."

“Talia told me yesterday that she would arrive on time today.” Yunxiu had just nodded when she saw a figure suddenly appear on the platform outside, rushing in in a panic and stopping only next to Yunxiu.

"Master! Mr. Abedo and I just finished our experiment, I'm so sorry!" This legendary Protective School mage, a rare sight in Teyvat, looked at Yunxiu with some helplessness. Seeing that his master wasn't angry, he continued, "Miss Sugar and Mr. Abedo improved the design of their storage bag and need me to assist with the experiment..."

"It's alright, it's good that we've arrived." Yunxiu waved her hand and walked into the hall with the others.

The mages had already transformed this place into a meeting venue through spatial displacement. Rows of mages entered the venue, where spatial magic ensured that everyone was equally close to the eight department heads and legendary mages in the center. Yunxiu naturally sat in the very center, as he was the nominal president of the Mage Association, though he didn't actually manage much of the affairs.

In most cases, the vice president and the heads of each department handle daily affairs. The current rotating vice president is Fox Palace.

Yunxiu casually waved his hand and sat down in his seat. A magical light screen popped up in front of him, quickly changing the number of words after verifying his identity, displaying the current situation of the Mage Association bit by bit.

The current Mage Association has more than 370 million mages, of which those above the Genshin Impact level are still more than one in a hundred, less than three million. There are 81 legendary mages, of which 23 are at the peak of the legendary level. However, most of the peak legendary mages do not hold any official positions, only occasionally serving as rotating vice presidents for a period of time. The heads of the academic departments are basically high-level legendary mages, except for the Department of Transformation.

It wasn't that Nico was reluctant to step down; the main reason was that the Department of Transformation hadn't produced a second legendary high-level mage so far. Apart from Nico, the only other legendary mage was the newly-breakthrough Dream Moon Mizuki. Given this level of talent, Nico really didn't have any good solutions. Transformation was indeed too difficult to learn.

Evocation is indeed very simple, especially after Yunxiu promoted a series of systems such as elemental isolation. The chances of the Evocation school being elementalized have been greatly reduced. Of the seventy-eight legendary mages, twenty-six are from the Evocation school, accounting for about one-third.

The remaining ones are the defensive ones. Apart from Yunxiu, who is at the peak of the legendary level, the strongest one is Talia, who is at the high level of the legendary level. However, there are two high-level legendary and thirteen ordinary legendary. The number of spells and enchantments is not small either. With the anti-interference spatial anchoring spell, the learning difficulty of the spellcasting school has been greatly reduced. It has finally returned to the most ordinary level. Now there are 12 legendary mages of the spellcasting school.

Then there are illusionists and necromancers, each with five or six legendary mages, and finally, there are the pitiful prophet and change mage, with three and two respectively.

However, there are three special professions: Yunxiu's third disciple, Zhilin, is a legendary high-level expert in the Scribe Society; Linette became a rare sword chanter; and Dixia unexpectedly embarked on the path of war magic, fusing many spells.

Every year, the Mage Association holds a meeting to determine the rotating president for the following year, the main directions for mage training, the quotas for each department, and the establishment of some key secret realms and locations.

The main topic of discussion today is to establish a branch of the Mage Association on the moon to support the growing number of mages on the lunar base and their magical research.

After pulling the moon down before the flood control battle, Yunxiu began to think about how to set up a branch on the moon. After all, it was impossible not to go to space, and if the next battlefield could be moved to space, Teyvat would at least encounter fewer dangers.

Columbia can indeed take people to the moon via a special path, and it's very fast, but it can only take one or two people at a time, and it's also quite troublesome.

Once spatial magic enters space, it loses its location on the ley lines. Even though Yunxiu improved the spatial anchoring spell, at most he could only use the Prayer spell to deploy some arrays on the moon itself, but these arrays were huge and difficult to move.

Moreover, spatial spells based on ley lines will shatter the moment they pass through the atmosphere, rendering spatial teleportation arrays unusable unless a legendary, peak-level archmage from the Conjuration School is always available to stabilize the space.

This also means that storage bags are not acceptable.

As for the rocket... it's been tested, but it still doesn't work. The mech's thrusters aren't actually rockets, but rather devices that use air to propel itself by fusing lightning and fire elements.

Although I've considered trying electric propulsion, even with sugar and other materials, I've also considered the possibility of electric propulsion. However, I've also considered the possibility of electric propulsion, even with sugar and other materials, even with electric propulsion. I've also considered the possibility of electric propulsion, even with electric propulsion, even with electric propulsion. However, I've also considered the possibility of electric propulsion, even with .... I'

Floating stones rely on the Earth's magnetic field, and even if they wanted to pass through the atmosphere, they could not overcome the Earth's gravity.

After some research, the mages finally gathered together and found the dragon scientist, the wise dragon Kukulkan, who was now working under the Ruotuo Dragon King. They tried a very simple but effective method—restarting the space elevator in Ochikanata.

The project took seven years to complete and was finally finished two years ago. The Ochikanata Tower was restored and improved with new technologies and spells. The huge pillars supported the tower that reached into the sky and extended into space. There were as many as thirty-six launch channels, and a large amount of supplies were launched into space every day and then transported to the moon by shuttle ships. This also promoted the economic development of Zhidong and the reconstruction of Nordkale to some extent.

After all, Ochikanata is located in Nata, which is relatively close to Nordkale and Winter.

Chapter 463 Establishing a New Department to Kill the Sage

Even with the space elevator already built, constructing a massive space city is still no easy task.

Contrary to what many people imagine, space elevators are not a very reasonable invention on most planets. If Teyvat didn't have things like floating stones and lunar distance forces that could greatly reduce the difficulty of launching within the atmosphere, and if it didn't have magic arrays to ensure structural strength, this thing would basically be impossible to build.

Even so, with the addition of the dragon race's various advanced technologies and the mage association's techniques, it still took a full seven years.

Moreover, while his launch intensity was indeed very high, building a city was not an easy task.

Because there are no storage bags, the carrying capacity of a space elevator cargo unit is only around a thousand tons. High-intensity cargo launches occur approximately twelve times a day, with a daily delivery volume of around 40 tons.

After deducting the necessary dry matter weight, about half of it can be sent to the moon. Building a city on this scale would be quite troublesome. So the lunar base is gradually expanding. Two years have passed, and it has developed into a small town. Yunxiu went there once and set up a spatial magic array with Xiaoyue, Alice, and a few others, but the magic array was simply too big.

Within the atmosphere and the space of the False Heaven, storage bags and spatial spells are extremely difficult to use, and each time a legendary mage must personally stabilize them to barely maintain the space.

Only after leaving the False Heaven and truly traveling to outer space can spatial magic truly stabilize. Yunxiu only briefly tried going to a nearby transit station once, where she met Alice and Kleiner, before quickly returning to Teyvat, because both going out and going in were indeed very troublesome matters.

“My suggestion is that the Mage Association’s lunar branch can be suspended, but the Nordkalai branch can be expanded. From there, we can use emergency launch mode to reach space in a few tens of minutes.” Yunxiu cleared his throat and said, “First, we should focus our resources and energy on how to expand the space anchoring spell, and it would be best to solve the spatial chaos problem inside the False Heaven. With storage bags, we can transport supplies that would normally take months or even years to arrive in just a few days.”

"The expansion cost of Nordkale is also relatively low. Next year, we only need to invest 30,000 to 50,000 mages, about 200 billion Mora, and materials of considerable value to achieve this," said the rotating vice president, Fox Palace. "We should also appropriately increase the research funds for spatial magic and prayer magic, and try to solve this problem within two years."

The eight department heads exchanged glances and nodded. Only Cethos of the Necromancer Department hesitated slightly, but still did not object.

Yunxiu noticed his expression and guessed the reason. He probably wanted to secure some funding for the biological aspects of his Necromancy department. However, a large amount of funding had been invested in the Conjuration and Enchanting schools in the past two years. But there was nothing that could be done about it, because Teyvat's life power was mainly concentrated in the Life Ruler, and bio-alchemy was a popular field, which actually squeezed out some of the Necromancy research.

However, bio-alchemy is far too market-driven. For example, Sugar's main sources of funding are dividends from storage bags and various products he has modified, such as the essential oils used in the Heart of Evolution. Necromancers are not particularly skilled in this area.

"Alright, let's move on to the next topic." Yunxiu tapped the table, glanced at Huzhai Palace, and continued, "There are more and more mages with special professions now. According to yesterday's statistics, they have already exceeded the size of the Prophecy Department and the Transformation Department. Therefore, special professions should also establish a department to include existing niche professions such as surveying mages, war mages, sword chanters, summoning mages, and talisman scholars, and make it the ninth department of the Mage Association."

"We will appoint one minister and two deputy ministers, with fifteen branches under his command. We will now begin recommending candidates for the minister position."

Soon, several candidates were recommended, and millions of mages began to vote. The voting list quickly appeared on the screen.

The first place winner was Zhiqiong, with a vote share of 76.2%!

Below, rows of images pop up show Zhiqiong's achievements and her resume.

The first truly masterful [Elemental Barrier] and a powerful individual who achieved the ability to cast spells without the Eye of God within the magic system.

The first scholar to establish the profession of "surveying mage" while still a mortal.

The first scholar to draw a detailed map of the entire Teyvat region

125 mapping spells were developed, 42 of which were Genshin Impact-level spells of 7th rank or higher.

The Liyue Surveyors Association was established, training 89 surveying mages, the highest of whom had reached the ninth ring.

The Surveyors' Association has spread across seven countries and now has more than 1200 surveying mages, including 35 powerful individuals with Genshin Impact-level abilities.

And so on and so forth. Although in terms of strength, Zhiqiong, who entered the top ten, is the weakest, she is only at the peak of the ninth ring. However, the fact that she can even overpower legendary figures and several other peak ninth ring experts who are good at fighting is enough to show her ability!

Yunxiu smiled and raised her hand to cast her vote.

"From today onwards, the Ninth Academic Division is officially established. Zhiqiong will serve as the Minister, and Dixia and Zhilin as Vice Ministers. Departments are to be arranged independently. The annual budget for the first two years will be allocated from the direct internal treasury and will not be used to fund the budgets of the eight academic divisions. After two years, the budget will be disbursed uniformly." Looking at the list before him, Fox Palace smiled and said, "In addition, two extra grants will be allocated this year to the Necromancy and Transformation Divisions respectively. Please study them as soon as possible and upgrade the 'Heart of Evolution' and related facilities."

Sesos was somewhat surprised, while Nicole nodded with a smile. Nicole was still unable to speak, but she had been visiting Yunxiu's home frequently in recent years.

Now that the two biggest things have been basically settled, there's naturally nothing more to worry about. The mages quickly dispersed. Although they hadn't expected that Zhiqiong would end up as the head of the special studies department, it wasn't surprising. Just considering the fact that she created the mage school, she had already surpassed most legends. Moreover, her expertise in surveying magic and her level of student training far exceeded that of most powerful individuals.

She is certainly qualified to be a minister; her lack of ability is actually the least of her problems.

As she stepped out of the conference hall, Zhiqiong was waiting for her at the door. This girl, whom he had rescued from Dihuazhou eleven years ago, was now a peak ninth-ring expert in her thirties. Although she wasn't a genius, she was still quite skilled, and might eventually reach the high-level of the legendary realm. If Yunxiu reached out and gave her a push, she might be able to advance even further.

"Master, did you have any influence over my becoming the minister this time?" Zhiqiong bowed respectfully before continuing, "Actually, I think Zhilin is better than me..."

"I didn't interfere with anything; it was all your ability." Yunxiu smiled and patted her disciple's head. Her peak ninth-ring strength, combined with her water element cultivation, made her look no different from before. Yunxiu had asked Zhiqiong if she needed the Kiss of Time to maintain her life, but Zhiqiong gave up on it herself. She said she wanted to try climbing on her own first, and would come back if she couldn't climb anymore.

Yunxiu didn't object, of course. In any case, even if Zhiqiong died, she could be brought back to life again. At worst, she could just be her master again.

“Besides, Zhilin has other work to do. She’s already in a lot of trouble dealing with the Chamber of Commerce and space transport supplies in Nordkalai and Zhidong.” Yunxiu thought for a moment before continuing, “Believe in your abilities. If you can lead the Surveyors’ Association well, you can naturally lead the Ninth Department of the Mage Association well. There’s not much difference.”

"Well... I'll give it a try."

Yunxiu nodded, then suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, have you ever thought about marriage? There are quite a few high-level mages here in the association, and a few of them have asked me for your contact information..."

"Huh? No, no, I'm not considering it right now!" Zhiqiong said, then ran off like the wind: "I'm going to check on the Ninth Department's offices and the related magic array construction, and try to get the department's framework up and running as soon as possible!"

Yunxiu scratched his head, wondering why he had recently developed a condition where he felt compelled to pressure older, unmarried men and women to get married...

After that, he went to Zhidong to handle some matters he had promised the Queen. With the establishment of the space elevator, Zhidong's resources have been greatly developed. Zhidong has now largely abandoned heavy industry and moved towards precision processing, forestry and resource industries. In particular, the resources used to produce the materials that the space elevator delivers every day, as well as most of the materials used to rebuild Nordkalai, all come from Zhidong.

The new forces overshadowed the old ones, and most of the old forces were quickly destroyed by Scarlett's violence. Winter recovered quickly as well.

The only thing I didn't expect was that the Winter People, living in heated magic circle rooms and taking hot showers, would actually display such a high level of artistry. It just goes to show that the Snow Country's cultural heritage is truly remarkable.

Yunxiu wouldn't normally need to make this trip himself, but Yanfei is currently at home taking care of her second child, so he has to make the trip himself.

Although Zhilin, who is currently handling affairs here, has been entrusted with almost all the authority, matters involving the Queen, the Grand Governor of Winter, and a series of other matters still require his signature as the actual owner of the Chamber of Commerce.

"It's really a good fit for him that my sister became the head of the special studies department." Zhilin smiled helplessly at Yunxiu, who was rapidly reviewing documents. "Master, by the way, my sister just told me that you've been pressuring him to get married again..."

“She’s over thirty too… Never mind, these things aren’t important.” Yunxiu finished reviewing the last document and handed it to Zhilin: “Is there anything else you need me to handle? I’m going back to Liyue for a few days, and it won’t be so easy to find me after that.”

"It's like this, that 'prophet' sent a message to Queen Winter Solstice, requesting that you, Kong, and Ying meet..."

"I remember six years ago, after we took down a key clone of the 'Sage' together, he said it would take at least ten years to process it..."

"I don't know about that. What exactly happened in the end about that war six years ago?"

"Six years ago..."

Yunxiu was lost in her memories.

Six years ago, he did keep his promise, which was the battle he had agreed to with the "Prophet" to kill the "Sage." Yunxiu gathered Yueji, Xiaoyue, Li Qinglian, Ying, and Columbia, along with himself, forming an absolutely luxurious six-person team to surround and kill the "Sage." In the end, they did kill the "Sage" and even obtained several artifacts from him, including the "Echo of Ilmin," which is very similar to the "Echo of Ilmin."

But soon both he and the "prophet" discovered that the sage still existed in this world, they just couldn't track him down.

The sage's remains and most of his avatars were absorbed by the celestial body, but the remaining portion was enough to sustain the prophet for a long time. In addition, he seemed to have acquired something else, which meant that it would take more than ten years to digest it.