Everyone looked at Xu Yi in puzzlement.
He had spent all that time rejecting what Archmage Gascoigne had said, so why was he now saying that the most important topic was meaningful after all? Wasn't he contradicting himself?
Archmage Gascoigne frowned slightly. "President Xu, may I ask what you think makes it meaningful?"
"Well... naturally, it lets the continent's mages establish how they measure up against one another, giving them something to strive for. Actually, it's not so different from the mage rank assessment system the Mages' Guild used to employ."
At this answer, Great Mage Gascoigne's expression changed again.
Everyone else wore a look that said they had expected as much.
It would have been truly incredible if Xu Yi had seen eye to eye with Great Mage Gascoigne and the Mages' Guild.
This reaction was far more normal.
"Then, President Xu, what should this mage rank assessment system you speak of look like?" Great Mage Gascoigne pressed.
Xu Yi glanced at him, then smiled and shook his head. "Isn't that the main topic of this conference? Let's leave that discussion until the conference itself."
Archmage Gascoigne's face darkened, but he soon recovered his smile and nodded lightly. "Quite right. The conference hasn't officially begun yet. There's no need to rush."
With that, Archmage Gascoigne changed the subject, and the group entered the Manor as they chatted.
By then, the Manor had already gathered famous mages from across the Sains Continent, including more than ten archmages at the very pinnacle of their profession and over four hundred great mages. It could easily be considered the grandest gathering of mages on the Sains Continent in recent years.
The scale of this gathering was, in fact, closely connected to Xu Yi.
Before Xu Yi had confirmed that he would attend, the