First Arrival: Exchange Office

An hour later,

Wayne looked at the three signed Sanctuary Contracts burning before him,

and nodded slightly.

"Aurora,

introduce the resource provisions to them, along with the matters concerning the courtyard.

Once you're done,

go register them as followers, and while you're at it, check on the dragon egg exchange."

At his words,

Aurora nodded faintly and turned to her three brothers.

"Brothers."

After drawing the three men's attention, Aurora continued, "The resource treatment Young Master has arranged for you is the same as mine.

First,

the resources for absorption are all corresponding elemental ores. For instance, mine is Light-element iron ore,

as well as the matching Blood-Qi Potions and Dragonfang Rice. These three are standard cultivation resources,

and Young Master will supply them without limit.

You can absorb as much as you can,

but there is one condition:

you are not allowed to resell them."

Seeing her three brothers nodding like chicks pecking at grain, Aurora nodded in satisfaction.

Then she said, "Also, what I'm about to say concerns Young Master's secrets."

At that,

the three burly men immediately sat up straight. They clearly knew just how powerful the Sanctuary Contract was!

Seeing this,

Aurora spoke again.

"Young Master has also cultivated one hundred magic plants in the courtyard. Those magic plants are all nurturing little sprites.

In three years,

or rather, in exactly two years, they will be born. From this, you can imagine

just how wealthy Young Master will be by then.

You are fortunate. Of course, so am I!"

Hearing this,

the three brothers looked at one another. Yet one thing was the same: they all saw

the delight in the others' eyes.

At that moment,

the eldest brother, Andrew, abruptly rose to his feet and looked at Wayne.

"Young Master, forgive me for not having graduated from Knight Academy yet.

I cannot,

in the manner of a knight,

swear an oath to you!

I'm not good with words,

but I swear upon the Deli family name that I will carry out every order Young Master gives!"

"Big Brother is right!"

"That's right, me too!"

Looking at the three burly men standing before him, Wayne inexplicably thought of Dian Wei and Xu Chu at Cao Cao's side.

Tsk.

By that logic, he had one more Dian Wei than Cao Cao did.

He raised a hand,

signaling the three to calm down before speaking mildly.

"You are Aurora's brothers, and also my earliest core group.

Do not betray me,

and do not be of two minds. Otherwise, you will learn what happens when you offend a lord wizard of peerless talent,

and a wealthy wizard."

"Young Master,

I will never betray you!"

"That's right. The Deli family's honor will not allow us to betray you!"

"Big Brother and Third Brother are right!"

At that,

once Wayne saw that the warning had been delivered, he gave them a sweet date after the stick.

"Right,

do the Breathing Methods you cultivate require additional purchases?

If so,

I'll ask around."

The three brothers shook their heads slightly. Andrew explained,

"No need, Young Master.

We cultivate the Breathing Method Father primarily practiced. Its elemental attribute suits us, so there's no need to change."

Wayne nodded slightly.

"What about Aurora? Speaking of which, have you asked General Deli

to take a look at your Breathing Method?

After all, Uncle is a level-seven Holy Dragon Knight. His judgment surely won't be poor."

Aurora shook her head faintly.

"How could I show Young Master's things to someone else without Young Master's permission,

even if that person is my father?"

Hearing that,

Wayne slapped his forehead.

"You fool. If I hadn't remembered today,

were you really planning to figure it out by yourself?"

As he spoke, he shook his head.

"Forget it, forget it.

Go back later and have Uncle take a look for you. Since there's a ready-made level-seven Holy Dragon Knight,

he can check whether there are any omissions."

Aurora nodded slightly, a radiant smile blooming on her face.

"Understood. Thank you, Young Master!"

By morning,

after Wayne and his group completed the follower registration,

they arrived at the Academic Affairs District.

Beneath the Contribution Building in the Academic Affairs District, Wayne led the group inside.

They took the elevator all the way to the twelfth floor. Upon exiting, they saw an enormous door,

with six large characters written above it.

[Contribution Points · Exchange Office]

Wayne stepped forward and raised a hand to knock.

Knock~ knock.

"Come in."

At that, Wayne pushed open the door and led the group inside.

Before them was a counter,

where an elderly man was stationed. Seeing Wayne enter,

he could not help but smile.

"Wayne, I know you."

"You know me?"

"Of course. How could I not know someone with talent second only to His Majesty's?

To be honest,

I've been wondering when you would come. After hearing about contribution points,

most people

would come immediately. After all, dragon eggs and little sprites hold undeniable

appeal for novice wizards."

He paused as he spoke.

"What I didn't expect was that you held out for more than a year, only coming here now,

after advancing to a level-one formal wizard."

As his words fell,

Wayne was somewhat puzzled.

"You wanted to see me?"

The old man shook his head, then nodded.

"Yes and no. With talent as high as yours, I naturally wanted to meet you. But more than that,

it was just a small joke between an old friend and me.

We were guessing

when you would come here!"

Hearing that,

Wayne shook his head and had no intention of responding. As an outsider,

it was not his place to point fingers at such matters.

Instead, he brought the conversation back on track. "May I ask,

how are contribution points exchanged?

And how are little sprites and dragon eggs exchanged?"

In response to Wayne's question,

the old man chuckled. "Your temperament is completely

at odds with your diligent cultivation."

Then he continued.

"There are two ways to obtain contribution points. First,

complete missions issued by the academy.

Second,

exchange top-grade magic crystals.

Other than those, there are no other ways to exchange for them."

As he spoke, he stood up.

"Come with me. Consider it broadening your horizons."

Hearing that,

Wayne did not hesitate and led the group after him.

They arrived before a small side door.

As the door opened, a vast space appeared before them. Moreover, it was obvious at a glance

that the space did not match its apparent area.

"Spatial expansion or folding?"

"Mm, you're fairly knowledgeable."

As he spoke,

the group arrived atop a platform. Reaching its edge, the enormous space below immediately came into view.

At least several hundred enormous, one-man-tall eggs in every color were placed separately within huge nests.

"Are these all dragon eggs?"

In response to Wayne's instinctive question, the old man's calm voice sounded.

"That's right.

These eggs are all dragon eggs. Only a force like the academy could collect them from all over the land,

and cooperate with dragon clans,

to gather this many dragon eggs."

Faced with that answer, Wayne rubbed his chin.

"So... that's all?"

The old man immediately blew his beard and glared.

"What do you mean, 'just these'?"

Several hundred dragon eggs—those had cost countless painstaking efforts.

The academy had collected them from all over!

Wayne did not dwell on the matter, instead asking,

"How many contribution points does one dragon egg cost?"

"One million contribution points."

"How are magic crystals exchanged for contribution points?"

"One top-grade magic crystal can be exchanged for ten thousand contribution points."

"Only top-grade magic crystals are accepted."

Hearing this,

Wayne's eyes instantly lit up as he secretly calculated: one million contribution points meant one hundred top-grade magic crystals.

That was not much at all—only equivalent to the top-grade magic crystals needed to nurture one-tenth of a little sprite.

Besides,

Top-grade magic crystals?

Were they even a problem to him?