The witch cradled her delicate face in her hands and sat rather boredly at the small wooden table beside her, listening to Cao Xing's instructions one by one.
Though she appeared somewhat absentminded, she took every one of his instructions to heart.
A moment later, Cao Xing said, "That's basically everything. I'll bring you along when I head out later."
Upon hearing that last sentence, Franciska's absentminded look vanished, and the corners of her lips instantly curved upward.
After bidding farewell to the witch, Cao Xing returned to the territory.
By the time he finished all that, it was just past eight in the evening.
It was still early.
And Cao Xing still had many things to do.
This time, he had obtained over thirty recruitment scrolls for Earth Mage Apprentices in that mountain range, including one Boss Tier scroll.
He could summon them now and solve the shortage of mages in the territory.
Cao Xing thought to himself, I wonder what the character and temperament of these new mages will be like. I'll have Aili and Sylvia lead them for now.
Cao Xing still trusted these two mage girls with maxed-out loyalty.
At that moment, Cao Xing noticed that there were still two golden staffs in his backpack.
They were the Dawnlight Staff and the Frost Corruption Staff.
"Not bad. They've both reached level 30 already, so they can make use of these two staffs."
However, when Cao Xing went straight to their residence and pushed open the door, he found that the two mage girls did not seem to be home.
The blankets inside were folded neatly. It looked as though they had not returned all day.
After pondering for a moment, Cao Xing knew where they had gone.
"At this time, they should be studying in the