The young clerk's surprise was not merely due to the director's attitude.

More importantly, he knew very well the process of distributing subsidies at the service point.

An individual claim application based on facts is required, followed by verification of the staff's identity before the corresponding Crystal Coins can be withdrawn from the treasury on the second floor.

Just now, the director only withdrew 30,000 Crystal Coins in front of him, but now he says the amount is enough?

What does this mean? It means part of the funds came out of the director's own pocket.

Could it be that this guy had previously embezzled the association's funds and is now making up for it?

So is he trying to compensate in this way?

A whole underwater drama immediately played out in the clerk's mind.

However, what he didn't know was that things were not that complicated at all.

The reason for this situation was simply that the service point's treasury was almost empty, not enough to pay Li Pu's hefty one-time subsidy of 56,000.

Of course, the lack of funds is a legitimate and compliant reason.

The service point could refuse Li Pu's application and ask him to come back in a month, which was not impossible.

But as the leader of the service point, Deputy Director Fu could also choose to cover the shortfall out of his own pocket for the association, though the process would be much more troublesome for him.

Not to mention that 26,000 = 56,000 - 30,000 is no small amount, nearly draining all of his savings.

This money was intended for buying cards to participate in the Cube Cup.

Now, why was he willing to offer it voluntarily to a student like Li Pu, who was neither kin nor acquaintance?

The reason is actually very simple.

Because it made him happy!

You have to know that the current student's 50,000 is completely different in concept from that of the masked man before!

The latter was a regular monthly subsidy, while the former was a one-time grading subsidy!

To encourage the enthusiasm of the service point staff, according to the association's regional division principle, card grading is counted in the performance of the service point.

In other words, the association, to some extent, considers the graded cardholders as talents unearthed by the service point.

Getting a gold 3 grading, removing the school's funds, means the association's subsidy reaches as high as 51,000. What kind of concept is this!

It's a big performance, a big achievement!

Deputy Director Fu understood very well that just securing this one deal could elevate his salary and possibly even lead to a raise!

If the issuance were really delayed by a month and someone went to claim the subsidy at a service point in Xidu City, wouldn't it all fall through!

If such a major deal were lost due to insufficient funds, he'd definitely regret it!

So, there's no way he could let it slip away!

"Thank you, Deputy Director Fu."

Li Pu didn't know about all these intricacies; he simply accepted the pile of Crystal Coins with his most sincere smile.

In terms of shape, this pile of Crystal Coins was no different from usual, but upon closer inspection, you'd find its surface texture and color more solid.

A single thought, and the information fed back into his mind.

56,203 + 500

One-time grading subsidy and monthly subsidy, the numbers were accurate.

Next, it was time to consider how to spend this money.

Having obtained the Crystal Coins, there were no more steps in the process requiring Li Pu's involvement, leaving the remaining operations to the service point.

So, after thanking once again, Li Pu cheerfully walked out with the Crystal Coins.

However, just at that moment, a female student entered the service point.

"Hello, I'm here to claim this month's cardholder subsidy."

As she spoke, the female student skillfully swiped her watch on the device.

[Beep]

With a crisp sound, her relevant cardholder information was displayed on the screen.

"Sorry."

As a result, Deputy Director Fu took a glance at the screen and stated flatly, "This month's monthly subsidy for below-platinum will no longer be issued."

"It will be postponed to next month, come back then."

After withdrawing 30,000 from the treasury, there's not enough left to distribute to all cardholders this month.

Although the monthly subsidy below platinum doesn't amount to much, due to the sheer number of them, the total amount actually exceeds that of those above platinum.

"Huh?"

The female student was stunned at these words.

I just saw a younger student walking out with Crystal Coins, do you think I'm blind?

There's no way that guy is in the platinum rank, right?

But she didn't dare to speak these thoughts out loud, knowing that the other person was the director of the service point.

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After securing the Crystal Coins, Li Pu felt completely refreshed.

This was the wealthiest moment since he'd become a Summoner.

He hadn't expected the one-time grading subsidy to be so much. He really had misunderstood the association before.

Misunderstanding cleared.

On the way back to the dormitory, he began contemplating his next plans.

Before leaving, he had consulted Deputy Director Fu about the Southwest Star Tournament and discovered he fully met the qualifications.

However, the tournament doesn't start for another month, so for now, he could just gather information and observe, no need to rush into registration.

The real issue to consider was how exactly to use this money.

First, although 50,000 is a lot, the "Strength of Godzilla" must still wait, since 500,000 is still too expensive.

He'd wait to win the Southwest Star Cup (perhaps?) before thinking about it.

Next is the learning fee of 10,000 for "Sprint."

This had already been decided: it wouldn't be considered for Scarecrow due to the limitation of skill quantities.

About whether to grant it to Bu Bu, Li Pu felt he needed to observe further.

Since he still didn't know Bu Bu's exact combat style or if "Sprint" was suitable.

So the learning of "Sprint" was temporarily shelved.

Which leaves only upgrading his two summons.

Now with money, the remaining requirement for upgrading would be related items.

Such items could directly be purchased from the trading station.

However, that would be too costly, and even though he's currently well-off, he should still use the money sparingly.

So the only means to obtain related items was from magical beasts.

After wandering the southern forest for a month, there were basically no more resources to harvest.

As for the Aphid Race of the Great Stone Wall, Li Pu thought there should still be some races he hadn't collected from yet.

But times have changed; previously he dared to handle aphids because he was unaware of the Climbing Wall Vine's existence.

Even if he were given several more guts now, he wouldn't dare. If discovered by the Climbing Wall Vine, one sneeze from it might kill him.

Didn't he witness it issuing a cleanup commission for Dark Cloud Wolves, showing it placed quite a bit of importance on these affiliated races?

This basically means that the direction, after several twists and turns, has returned to the original one, pointing towards the East Wilderness Ridge.

If not heading for East Wilderness Ridge, there's nowhere to spend this money now.

With a decision made, Li Pu quickened his pace.

However, he hadn't expected to find Senior Sister Jiang already sitting there when he reached the dormitory even though he planned to contact her after returning.

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