If Lei Lu had not personally introduced Yu Jing and the others, Supervisor Zhang Zhidong would never have gone on with so much pointless chatter, let alone taken the time to explain these matters.
To be honest, he did not think these young people could survive the harsh environment of the Old World, much less confront the Old World Evil Spirits head-on.
"This is an S-rank exchange item, and it requires an extremely high number of Merit Points... I don't recommend that you consider it as a novice adventurer. Also, out of goodwill, I suggest you think carefully before setting out. The Old World is far more dangerous than you imagine."
"Thank you."
Yu Jing knew that the other man was only offering a well-intentioned warning. After all, the members of his group were only in their twenties, while the people active in the Old Imperial City were at least thirty-five.
Anyone without sufficient strength who came here was simply throwing their life away.
Besides, the four of them had only just become Temporary Adventurers. They had neither Merit Points nor status, and had been assigned a large shared room where all four of them would have to rest together.
"Let's go to the Adventurer's Guild first and learn about the basic Merit Points system. If exchanging for a Fragment of Gehros is exceptionally difficult and takes too much time, we'll leave the Old Imperial City directly and travel on our own."
Hastur had no interest in these trivial matters. He had already sat down at his self-made tentacle writing desk and waved them off. "Go ahead. That'll give me time to save up some chapters! I'm preparing for a burst of updates soon."
"Mm."
Bringing Hastur along would be troublesome anyway, so leaving him in the room was actually