The request Lor put forward is actually not excessive, but changing the ironclad rules due to personal wishes is the last thing he wants to see.

This has nothing to do with whether the request is reasonable, but rather whether the ironclad rules remain stable.

"I understand your concerns."

Lor, seeing Francis looking reluctant, immediately explained, "There are only two possibilities for someone to change the ironclad rules in the future: either they are stronger than everyone in the Wizard Alliance combined, making it impossible for us to resist."

"Or like me today, they must pay a far greater price than modifying the ironclad rules."

"The first situation is virtually impossible to occur, and as for the second, if the other speakers and legislators agree, it must mean the benefits to the entire Wizard Alliance outweigh the drawbacks. Why oppose it?"

He was desperate for talent, with a plethora of experiments awaiting the assistance of new Fourth Ring Spatial Mages, and had to find a way from this perspective.

As for Francis' worries, in his view, they were completely unnecessary.

"No."

Francis shook his head, complaining, "I still believe that the ironclad rules should not be changed due to personal wishes; they should be a rule ingrained into every aspect of the Wizard Alliance."

"Otherwise, today you change one rule, tomorrow someone else changes another, and the future development of the Alliance will undoubtedly be severely restricted as a result."

"Maintaining the stability of the ironclad rules is what I have always been doing, and today you have set a bad precedent."

Out of trust for Lor, he didn't mind telling the other his most genuine thoughts.

Though he chose to compromise this time, if similar situations arise in the future, he will oppose them as he should.

"All right, if you insist, I'll stand by you next time too." Lor shook his head reluctantly, giving his promise.

Francis was good in every way, except he was overly stubborn on the issue of the ironclad rules.

But it's not necessarily a bad thing; with his ideology, perhaps the Wizard Alliance will develop faster and better than in past lives, at least without creating some ambiguous cross-planar alliance regulations later on.

"Well, with your word, I can rest assured." Francis' furrowed brows relaxed, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Let's continue the meeting."

There are actually very few in the Wizard Alliance who have the ability to change the ironclad rules against his objection, counting carefully, it's just Lor, and the future Abyssal Wizard, Mechanical Wizard.

Oh, according to Lor's previous description, maybe also Domenico?

And now with Lor's promise, the other few will no longer pose a threat to the ironclad rules.

From now on, the ironclad rules of the Wizard Alliance will become true ironclad rules.

"Hmm, okay." Lor suspiciously glanced at Francis, whose mood changed faster than flipping a book, suspecting that he might have been set up.

Unfortunately, he couldn't see anything, so he had to take out the Continent Communication Device, connect to the Great Council Hall, and continue the Grand Council.

"Gentlemen."

Once back in the Great Council Hall, Francis glanced around and slowly said, "Speaker Lor just proposed to exchange fifteen percent of the inter-dimensional earnings for priority in choosing talents, meaning that after excluding some geniuses with special talents from various factions, recruitment of new wizards will prioritize recommending them to join the Space Wizard Faction."

"I personally agree with Speaker Lor's proposal; let's start the voting now."

Francis' words allowed most of the legislators and speakers present to breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately.

Fortunately, Lor did not heed Francis' opinion; otherwise, the share they could get would undoubtedly be significantly reduced.

As for Lor's request...

Ironclad rules in the face of vast interests aren't so ironclad, after all.

"I think Speaker Lor's request isn't excessive." Legislator Eddie of the Thousand-Eyed Spider was the first to speak: "Compared to fifteen percent of inter-dimensional earnings, a priority choice is practically negligible."

As he spoke, he gave a signal to allies like Speaker Dragon Bear.

Compared to a few talented apprentices, he wanted a sufficient number of common apprentices more.

The path of a Bloodline Wizard is different from an Elemental Mage; geniuses mean slightly less than having more Witchcraft Positions to experiment with.

The loss is small, the gains are great, it is natural to support Lor's idea.

"Yes, I also think this is a reasonable request."

"Agree."

"Seconded."

Speaker Dragon Bear and other Bloodline Wizard speakers and legislators did not hesitate, and one after another cast votes in favor of Lor's request.

Soon, all the legislators and speakers from the Bloodline Wizard Faction present had cast their votes in favor, totaling 257 votes, already more than half.

And this wasn't the end; some legislators and speakers from the Elemental Faction followed suit, casting votes in favor.

In their view, those geniuses might not choose their own faction anyway.

Compared to that, the additional fifteen percent inter-dimensional share is more appealing; it's visible profits.

Before long, the votes in favor reached 357.

The remaining speakers and legislators, also in urgent need of genius inspiration, sighed helplessly upon seeing this, and could only follow by casting votes in favor.

Ultimately, the proposal regarding Lor changing the ironclad rules was unanimously passed.

"Thank you all for this." Lor smiled and expressed his gratitude.

"It's what should be done."

"Yes, Speaker Lor, you paid such a great price, your request deserves to be met."

"If any thanks are due, we should be the ones thanking you."

"I also..."

One after another, the speakers and legislators chimed in, and the meeting room buzzed with excitement.

A moment later, as the commotion gradually subsided, Lor spoke again: "Now that my interests have been divided, let's talk about the distribution of your interests."

"Let's use the first plane we are about to develop, the Forest Plane, as an example; the strongest in this plane is rank five, with a total of seventeen."

"Below them, there are roughly no more than a hundred rank fours, as for rank three and below, I haven't paid much attention."

"I propose the rank five giant trees be subdued by the speakers, while the rank fours are to be 'assisted' by legislators through the single Elemental Legion, whereas rank three and below will be left to other Multi-Element Mages, Bloodline Wizards, and Abyssal Wizards."

"The final distribution of benefits will follow the old rule, with speakers taking two-thirds, including my share, and the rest distributed according to contribution."

"If anyone has other ideas, feel free to bring them up for discussion."

The Forest Plane is a predetermined development target of the Wizard Alliance, similar to the Yinhua Plane, without oceans, filled with forests and lakes, making it very suitable for mortal habitation.

The Sovereign of the plane is a kind of giant tree called Sanya, with all forests on the plane forming its group, while everything else is subsidiary.

This time, Lor did not make any modifications, adhering to the interest distribution plan which is a long-standing tradition of the Wizard Alliance, so naturally nobody raised objections, and consensus was quickly reached.

Subsequently, everyone discussed the specific distribution plan, approximately taking half an hour to completely reach an agreement.

Lor also timely summarized: "Then this matter is settled. After the Grand Council concludes, I will construct the first Cross-Plane Space Transmission Array, and everyone will gather those under their command who are willing to participate in this plane's development."

"Okay."

"Yes."

Amidst the enthusiastic responses, the topic of the first plane development came to a close.

"Next, let's start the second topic of this meeting."

As the atmosphere gradually calmed, Francis spoke: "The second topic I want to raise is regarding the talent selection system, like the most outstanding current First Ring Mechanical Wizard Vincentia, who during her apprenticeship struggled due to mediocre Meditation Talent, leading her to only become a Harvest Wizard."

"It is undoubtedly a disgraceful waste."

"I propose modifying the wizard talent selection system, henceforth adding some new criteria on top of the existing measurement standards such as Meditation Talent, speed in constructing Meditation Models, optimizing Witchcraft Models, potion synthesis, and magic artifact creation."

"Whether it's Elemental Control Power, Pain Tolerance, or Witchcraft Creativity, as long as there is one aspect that is exceptional, it should earn some resource preference."

"If anyone has better ideas, feel free to propose them, and we'll finalize the modification plan through voting."

"I do have some ideas on this." Lor was the first to speak: "How about we abandon the old Wizard Tower training system and switch to an academy training system from now on?"

With the grand development of planes, the reproductive efficiency of mortals will rapidly increase, and those with Meditation Talent will increase accordingly.

With more people, the Wizard Tower simply cannot accommodate them all, so an academy system is due to emerge.

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