Chapter 71

He paused, looking at Jie Ming, with a trace of appreciation in his eyes: "The academy hopes that you can manufacture as much refined gold as possible, and the academy can act as an intermediary to help you sell it. Of course, this is a free service, and all points obtained from selling refined gold still belong to you."

"Sell?" Jie Ming raised his eyebrows, "This operation by the academy is simply replenishing inventory."

"If you understand it that way, it's about the same, just without the handling fees and intermediate steps." Instructor Clark nodded reservedly.

After thinking for a while, he smiled again, his eyes deep: "The academy needs refined gold. Whether it is to supply returning wizards or as the academy's own reserve and research materials, it is needed. The academy provides raw materials and channels, and you provide technology and labor; this is cooperation."

Jie Ming was thoughtful: "How much refined gold does the academy need?"

"About this..." Clark did not answer directly, but just repeated a sentence, "These returning wizards are coming back from the Shadow Plane."

Jie Ming's eyelids jumped, and he understood Instructor Clark's meaning.

To put it bluntly, he needs to prepare for attacking an entire world, and the amount of refined gold required is completely an astronomical figure!

"This task won't be completed even if I'm worked to death!"

"You think of yourself a bit too highly." Clark glanced at him.

"Who told you that the academy relies entirely on you? You are just a small part of this war preparation system, and refined gold is just a small part of the anti-erosion materials. The real war preparation mainly relies on the high-tier wizards of the alchemy department to work... and you don't need to do too much, just consume the materials in the academy's inventory."

Jie Ming blinked, took out his small portable Magic Network terminal, and logged into the Magic Network to check.

Although the academy does not know the refining method of refined gold, Jie Ming is not stupid enough to think that people in the academy don't know what the raw materials for refined gold are.

Even if he arranges many other materials as cover every time, the fact that the main raw material is gold is definitely not a secret to the academy.

Just by taking a look at the school's inventory, Jie Ming's hand shook, and he almost threw the terminal out.

Tens of thousands of cubic meters of gold!

Even if his current strength has improved, wanting to refine so much gold into refined gold in a short time would make him exhausted!

"... Is it too late for me to give up this task now?"

"Absolutely impossible!" Clark's tone was unusually firm, "If you hadn't looked at the inventory, there would still be a possibility of giving up, but since you've looked at the inventory, you definitely can't run away!"

"Why?!" Jie Ming was puzzled.

"Why?"

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Jie Ming felt that the smile on Instructor Clark's face was a bit "insidious."

"Three days ago, the school's gold reserves were only a hundred cubic meters." He smiled sinisterly and leaned toward Jie Ming: "Gold is a common material with few uses and is difficult to collect; guess how the academy managed to gather tens of thousands of cubic meters for you in such a short time?"

Scared by Instructor Clark's smile, Jie Ming stepped back unconsciously, and Jie Ming swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Glancing at the not-so-obvious dark circles under the other party's eyes, and then looking at the alchemy department badge hanging on his chest, Jie Ming suddenly understood:

"Al... Alchemy?"

"Smart!"

Clark "grinned" and suddenly reached out, grabbing Jie Ming's head.

Lifting Jie Ming in front of him like a chick, Clark's low tone was full of the exhaustion of a corporate slave:

"I was suddenly called out of the laboratory by someone to do hard labor for three whole days; if you kid dare to give up this task, believe it or not, I'll refine you into gold!!!"

"Okay, okay, I already understand! I already understand everything! I accept this task!"

Jie Ming grabbed Clark's palm that was holding his head with both hands, his two legs kicking helplessly.

Although Instructor Clark's strength was well-measured, he could break free if he used some force.

But now seeing the other party's resentful look and intention to drag someone into the water, Jie Ming felt it was better to follow his wishes.

What's more, this matter has no disadvantages for him; after all, the academy purchases at market prices and also provides raw materials for free.

It's just that after accepting this task, I'm afraid I'll have to work hard for a period of time.

"Sigh..."

Looking at Jie Ming, who seemed to have suddenly lost all his strength and hung on his hand like a salted fish, Clark's expression relaxed, and he opened his fingers to let Jie Ming down.

"Alright, don't sigh like that. This task was issued by the academy through the workshop; if you can complete it, you can also get 10 military merits. Tsk tsk tsk, this is a fat job; others want to take this task but have no way."

"Military merits?"

"That's right, and it's high-tier military merit."

Upon hearing this term, Jie Ming's eyes lit up, and he was no longer in the salted fish posture from before, becoming spirited.

The military merit system is similar to the point system used in Nuolun Academy; although there are differences in value, there isn't actually a particularly large one.

If converted by the value of exchangeable resources and knowledge, the exchange ratio between points inside Nuolun Workshop and low-tier military merits is about ten to one, and for high-tier military merits, it can rise to about one hundred to one.

The main difference between the two is still manifested in the range of resources and knowledge that can be exchanged.

The point system of Nuolun Academy can only be used inside Nuolun Workshop; once leaving Nuolun Workshop, it will not be recognized by other forces, while the scope of use of military merits is wide.

Low-tier military merits are issued by the Star Ring Federation and can be exchanged for resources throughout the Star Ring Federation.

And if it is high-tier military merit issued by the Star Track Arbitration Tribunal, it can even be exchanged among major forces in all camps of the entire wizard civilization.

The exchange ability of 10 high-tier military merits is equivalent to 1000 points, and points at this price can already exchange for some knowledge at the formal wizard level.

In addition to the most special Star Track Arbitration Tribunal, wizard civilization mainly has four major camps, each of which has its own unique philosophy and representative technology.

Under normal circumstances, the four major camps are not completely disconnected, but wanting to obtain corresponding technology and special materials is also quite difficult.

Like the Level 2 Cultivation Agreement Jie Ming obtained before, it contained treaties that could help him connect sales channels to other camp forces.

But in terms of actual effect, the effect of this treaty is relatively average.

When other forces buy, they generally use barter, and if they want to buy some unique materials, the price suppression will be very serious; as for the unique knowledge inside the forces, don't even think about it.

These military merits are not too high in actual value, but this means Jie Ming has one more choice.

Most importantly, if a high-tier wizard wants to go to the front line, they must consume high-tier military merits to exchange for qualifications.