Meanwhile.
On the fourth level of the City of Elements, in the most luxurious eastern district, stood a sprawling manor.
Inside a room on the top floor of the central Castle.
The room was spacious and tranquil. Elemental lamps worth over a thousand Magic Stones each cast a gentle glow from above. The floor-to-ceiling windows were made entirely of Water Jade Crystal Glass, a top-tier First Ring material, while several magic plants nearly at the Second Ring emitted a faint, secluded fragrance.
There were three people in the room, yet the air was utterly silent!
At last, the silence was broken.
Cassian, seated behind a table to one side, raised his head and looked at the indignant Audrey before him. "Audrey, you went too far this time. You actually handed the resources for your advancement directly to some other unfamiliar Wizard."
"Father, Ian isn't some unfamiliar Wizard. I think he has that potential." Audrey bit her lip and retorted.
"That was a batch of resources worth at least twenty or thirty thousand. Even for the Chamber of Commerce, that isn't a small sum. Little sister, you really went overboard this time."
Another blond Wizard beside them wore an expression of heartbroken anguish.
"Fisher, what are you putting on an act for? I'm using my own resources. What the hell does it have to do with you?" Audrey turned her head and snorted coldly.
"Father, you heard her too. I really think you ought to cut down on the resources you give her regularly. If those resources were given to me, I might not necessarily create value with them, but at least I wouldn't throw them away for nothing like this." Fisher argued.
Cassian rubbed his temples, feeling rather troubled as well.
He was not worried about the resources themselves. He