"Controlling Fourth-Tier beings and assisting advancement?" Francis suddenly understood why Lor valued this flower.

However, he was curious about what Lor intended to do with it. Simply controlling Fourth-Tier beings seemed useless to him, given that this guy could easily destroy Fifth-Tier beings.

Domenico was also somewhat surprised, looking at the flower below. The Wizard Plane had nothing that could help Fourth-Tier beings directly advance, and he wanted to get some for research, but he didn't know if Lor would be willing to sell him any.

Francis and Domenico each had different thoughts, while Edith trembled as she replied, "I have two drops of Pure Dew, and both my second and youngest sisters also have one drop each. If you need it, we can give it all to you."

"Give?"

Learning about the four drops of Fifth-Tier Pure Dew, a hint of joy flashed through Lor's heart, but he maintained a calm facade and shook his head, "No, you misunderstand me. The Wizard Alliance values fair trade and will not arbitrarily accept offerings from vassal races."

"If you provide the Pure Dew, I will naturally reimburse you with Magic Crystals, which you can use to purchase anything you need from the Wizard Alliance, including breakthrough permissions."

"Of course, obtaining this benefit is not without cost. As the price for joining the Wizard Alliance, you must surrender the plane's ownership and the Magic Crystal ore rights to the Wizard Alliance."

"If you want to survive in your territory, you must first use Pure Dew and valuable items to exchange for Magic Crystals and then use Magic Crystals to purchase the territory. You should have no objections to these terms, right?"

"I almost forgot, you don't know what Magic Crystals are yet."

At this point, Lor paused and took a Magic Crystal from his Space Ring, "This is a Magic Crystal. You might have a different name for it, but from today on, it has only one name: Magic Crystal."

Four drops of Fifth-Tier Pure Dew are enough to forcibly advance four Third-Ring Mages to Fourth-Ring Mages.

Outside this core area, there are some Fourth-Tier Yinhua, whose Pure Dew is not enough to forcibly advance a mage with a single drop, but fifteen drops combined would be adequate.

This time he might be able to gain enough Pure Dew for all his close associates to become Fourth-Tier, and even if it's not enough, it shouldn't fall short by much.

As for the conditions he gave out...

To grow the crop, you must first fertilize it.

If you want to fertilize it without paying, you have to take what originally belonged to the crop and use it to fertilize it.

This tactic was the main strategy of the Wizard Alliance in the past for dealing with vassal races, and Lor naturally spoke it out.

What he didn't know was that as he said these words, Francis and Domenico couldn't help but hold their breath and looked at him with a complex gaze filled with many emotions.

Truth be told, they had also thought about how to deal with these vassal races.

But compared to the ideas Lor expressed, theirs were either too kind, leaving room for leniency, or too harsh, failing to exploit the Yinhua Race's value to its fullest, leaving them in despair.

Lor's method perfectly balanced both aspects.

Appearing that anything is possible, offering much hope.

But succeeding in this framework means providing even greater benefits to the Wizard Alliance.

In short, Lor's plan can be described in two words: perfect!

"As you command."

Edith swayed her blossom, responding extremely submissively, as two crystal-clear droplets flew from her bloom, eventually stopping before Lor, "However, to atone for the previous offense, I am willing to offer the Pure Dew to you at no cost."

After speaking, she gestured to her two sisters standing beside her with a wave of branches.

"Speaker Lor, I am also willing to offer the Pure Dew to you at no cost."

"Me too."

The other two Yinhua reacted quickly and simultaneously tossed their Pure Dew in front of Lor, their survival instinct very strong.

"I appreciate your kindness."

While Lor took out a Potion Bottle to collect the four drops of Pure Dew and placed them in his Space Ring, he said, "But no need for gratuitousness. As a member of the Wizard Alliance, I must adhere to the rules of the Wizard Alliance. I will take these Pure Dew back to the appraiser mages for evaluation and give a 'fair' purchase price."

"Moreover, those Fourth-Tier Yinhua should also have some Pure Dew in reserve, right?"

"By the way, Fourth-Tier beings are a life level lower than you, while you are Fifth-Tier beings."

"I suggest you have them submit their Pure Dew to me to exchange for future living territory, the qualifications to break through to Fifth-Tier, and the resources necessary for growth."

"Yes, Speaker Lor." Edith's voice became much lower.

Only then did she truly realize one thing: the world that birthed her, allowed her to grow and reach the top, no longer belonged to her, but to the Wizard Alliance.

But this was not unchangeable. Speaker Lor just said that anything of value could be exchanged for Magic Crystals, which could then be used to purchase territory.

So she secretly made a determination, that if there was a chance in the future, she would definitely buy back her homeland, no matter the cost!

At the same time, she spread out her senses, prompting those Fourth-Tier detached... Yinhua to submit their Pure Dew.

A total of seventeen Fourth-Tier Yinhua gave eight drops of Fourth-Tier Pure Dew to Lor.

"Alright." Lor collected all the Pure Dew, smiling, "For now, you can temporarily stay in this plane and get things in order. After a while, I will return to set up the Cross-Plane Space Transmission Array and relocate you from this plane."

"One more reminder, Magic Crystals are not within the range of items you can tidy up."

After finishing, his Spiritual Power sank into his Sea of Consciousness, triggering the Spatial Mark left above Francis City in the past, and in the next moment, the space beside him suddenly cracked open.

He led Domenico and Francis into the space fissure, returning to the Wizard Plane.

"Big Sister, what should we do in the future?" The flower on the right asked with a tone full of fear and confusion.

It never expected that a world at peace for countless years would undergo such a dramatic change because of an unexpected guest's arrival.

"Big Sister, I'm sorry." The flower on the left apologized guiltily.

If it hadn't first controlled the Puppet Beast to attack Speaker Lor, perhaps everything would have been different.

"In the short term, we can only exchange Pure Dew for a new living space, and as for the long-term goal, I want to buy back our homeland world."

Edith sighed, "Besides, Little Sister, you don't need to apologize. If my guess is correct, whether or not you attacked Speaker Lor, we would have ended up with this outcome."

"Huh?" The flower on the left asked confusingly, "Why is that?"

"When you gave the Pure Dew to the Beast Puppet, did you ever consider why you had to control them?" Edith countered.

"Wasn't that natural?" The flower on the left said blankly, "I need the Beast Puppet, and they want my Pure Dew, so I gave it to them."

"Indeed."

Edith said, "Now that Speaker Lor needs Pure Dew and we want to survive, ending up with this result is natural as well."

"The root cause is that we are not strong enough."

As her words fell, the scene fell into silence.

...

Wizard Plane, above Francis City.

"Lor, in the future you originally saw, would our Wizard Plane end up like those in the Yinhua Race?" After returning, Francis didn't ask about the Pure Dew or discuss the vassal races' treatment issues but rather inquired about the future.

"No, it would be worse off."

Lor shook his head, "Our Sixth-Ring Mages would be taken by the Silver Wolf to other Plane Groups and make an oath before the Oath Stone."

"From then on, they would be loyal to the Silver Wolf at the soul level, never harboring thoughts of rebellion, and should the Silver Wolf die, those Sixth-Ring Mages would perish with it."

"Looking at it this way, it seems my early death was a sort of luck?" Francis remarked self-mockingly.

"Perhaps." Lor laughed, "But all that is in the past. What awaits us is a brand new future."

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