"I never expected there to be something this useful—a magic telephone. Right, this was a world with magecraft. I'd need to pay more attention to things like this later on. Still, this was a good thing."
After the banquet ended, just as Miyamoto Iori and Young Martial Venerable were preparing to leave, Zheng Chenggong gave them two items. One was a talisman capable of setting up a defensive barrier, made personally by Zheng Chenggong. He was quite a skilled magician—or, in Celestial Dynasty terms, a sorcerer.
The other was a ritual implement: moon blocks. These crescent-shaped ritual implements had only one function—long-distance communication. They were magical items meant to make future contact easier, crafted by Taoist Priests. In this world with magical power, Taoist Priests naturally counted as sorcerers as well.
The appearance of the moon blocks greatly surprised Shen Fei. It was perfectly normal for Magicians to use magecraft to contact one another. For example, Tohsaka Tokiomi still used magecraft for communication even in modern times instead of telephones, though the range was limited. These moon blocks, however, truly allowed communication across a thousand miles. And they did not merely transmit voices—both sides could see each other's images. They were practically video phones.
Although both Zheng Chenggong and Miyamoto Iori called them rare treasures, judging from the fact that Zheng Chenggong had given Miyamoto Iori one upon their first meeting, even if they were treasures, they could not be especially scarce. At most, they were expensive. And that expense was only significant for someone like Miyamoto Iori; to Zheng Chenggong, it probably meant nothing.
One thing was certain: if this were a one-of-a-kind treasure, Zheng Chenggong could not possibly have given one away so generously. That was indeed the case. Zheng Chenggong had more, and many of his subordinates