"Excellent! That's the spirit!"
Xiluo patted Little White Dragon on the head in encouragement.
"Yes!" Little White Dragon roared again.
"Hehe... you really are two interesting little fellows.
So, Xiluo, what price range did you have in mind for Allen's staff? There are ones for a few gold coins, a dozen or so, several dozen, or even over a hundred."
Barbara asked with interest.
"Hmm... something around 25 gold coins," Xiluo said.
A staff at that price should allow second-tier nature spells to reach, or approach, the proficiency dragons had when using spells of their own element, and it should reduce mana consumption somewhat.
He considered that quite good.
Going a step further and reaching the third tier might cost more than even 50-60 gold coins, which he thought was somewhat poor value.
After all, as a wyrmling, Allen did not have enough mana to squander recklessly.
"All right. What else?"
"That leaves 375 gold coins.
I need 325 gold coins' worth of Tidal Crystals and 55 gold coins' worth of Frozen Crystals."
"55 gold coins' worth of Frozen Crystals? Those are for Allen too?" Barbara was even more surprised.
Wasn't this little dragon Xiluo being far too generous?
"Allen is a dragon I have high hopes for," Xiluo replied simply.
Little White Dragon Allen, however, threw his forelegs around Xiluo's foreleg and gazed at him with tear-filled eyes.
"Xiluo... Xiluo... you're far too good to me! Am I really worth all this? I..."
"All right! All right, stop crying. My expectations for you go beyond even what the Mad Dragon Baichuan will become! Don't disappoint me."
"I won't!"
Little White Dragon's answer was firm and brief, but his tears still would not stop.
Xiluo still had the 40 gold coins he had just received from Barbara. He needed to