Chapter 565: 100,000 Gold Coins, 25 Cubic Meters

Of course, it is not that Xia Duo truly likes whatever amount the other party gives; it is simply that the more they give, the more he likes it! If it were to be low to a certain degree, he would instead feel dissatisfied.

This is human nature.

However, regarding Princess Xiya, Xia Duo still has quite a bit of confidence; she should not be too stingy, at least exceeding his standard of liking, and now it just depends on exactly how much he likes it.

Returning to his residence, Xia Duo did not do anything else, directly taking out the second Dimensional Bag given by Archmage Greta, taking the items inside out one by one, and neatly arranging them on the desk.

Mithril Ingots, Five-Colored Gemstones; the scattered Gold Coins that were in the first bag were not in this one, as it was all Exchange Vouchers issued by Giles Tower.

As for the Document recording the reading Permission Level, it was also not there; perhaps it was placed in the first bag together.

Overall value—aside from the reading Permission Level which is not easy to judge—the value of the other items in the two bags is about the same; Xia Duo roughly estimated that this bag is worth about 100,000 Gold Coins.

Two bags would be 200,000, which greatly exceeded Xia Duo's expectations; it was simply too pleasant a surprise!

Moreover, Greta had also said that this was only for this year; if there were this much again next year, then he would simply be making a fortune.

A net income of 200,000, not even the Savile Territory can compare; excluding the major repairs of the Tower of Time last year, the entire net income of the Savile Territory including the Tower of Time the year before was only a little over 100,000 Gold Coins.

Of course, if one were to exclude the material reserves fixedly stockpiled by the Tower of Time every year, it might multiply several times over.

With just one Spell, Xia Duo earned at least 100,000 Gold Coins; of course, he also knows it is impossible to have this much next year, but just this one haul is enough to keep the entire Savile Territory busy for a year.

According to Xia Duo's understanding, for a normal 5th Circle Spell, if one registers a Spell Patent with the Arcane Union, one can earn about 50,000 Gold Coins in the first year of registration.

Starting from the second year, one can only earn about 10,000 each year, decreasing once every ten years.

As for who pays this money, of course, it is the Arcane Union mandating that all Mage Towers pay it together; theoretically, every Mage Tower is an original shareholder of the Arcane Union, and many rights and interests, including Mithril shares, are distributed with the Mage Tower as the unit.

When Xia Duo was acting on behalf of the Tower of Time, he had looked into the Tower of Time's annual patent expenditure fees; because very few people have registered Spell Patents in recent years, they have mostly been living off past gains.

The Tower of Time's annual patent income is about 300 Gold Coins, and the expenditure is slightly higher, but only about 500.

In fact, if Giles Tower were to take that Spell of Xia Duo's to register a Spell Patent with the Arcane Union, it would very likely become the only new Spell in the last few decades.

As for the excellent rating Archmage Greta mentioned, Xia Duo had not heard of it before, but since an excellent rating was given, then doubling the first year's income is nothing.

Thinking about it this way, the first bag containing 100,000 worth of materials must have been carefully considered by the other party.

It is just that he does not know if next year's income will be 10,000, 20,000, or some other number.

Next, Xia Duo carefully inventoried all the materials in the two Dimensional Bags, including some paper Documents, and incidentally transferred the items in these two bags into his own Personal Space and Dimensional Bag.

Upon this inventory, he discovered that the so-called Mithril share had already been exchanged for him by Archmage Greta in advance for this year, which was that 20 pounds of Mithril.

When next year comes, he will receive a bearer voucher for the Mithril share, which can be used to purchase Mithril at Giles Tower, or sold to others, letting others take this voucher to purchase Mithril.

The Mithril share is just a type of Permission Level, not a physical object; the share the Tower of Time receives from the Arcane Union each year is only about 100 pounds, and sometimes a portion is sold to balance the budget.

As for the Library reading Permission Level, it is very clear that the library of Giles Tower is stronger than the library of the Arcane Union, so Archmage Greta only gave the reading Permission Level for the basic area.

Of course, when actually reading books, there is still a fee.

But if one does not have this Permission Level, outsiders cannot even look at them; money kept in hand cannot breed, and only by spending it can it create value.

After finishing the inventory, Xia Duo remembered the 8 Standard Arcane Crystals gifted to him by the Great Arcanist.

For the time being, he has no need to use Arcane Crystals; the energy consumption for researching Spells does not require Arcane Crystals, as the Arcane Energy generated by his own Arcane Fire is sufficient.

If there is a real emergency, he can also borrow from the Tower of Time; he has been keeping his eye on those dozens of Arcane Crystal reserves of the Tower of Time!

Now, these 8 Arcane Crystals might as well be used to expand his Personal Space; perhaps if it grows to a certain degree, it might grow on its own!

While fantasizing about manifesting Artifacts and secret treasures through his Personal Space, Xia Duo directly transferred the Arcane Crystals from the Dimensional Bag into his Personal Space; similar to what he saw before, the Arcane Crystals began to slowly "disintegrate."

At the same time, the Personal Space was also expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Xia Duo was unwilling to move his "gaze," just staring at it the whole time, until the "vibration" of the space stopped; at this time, his Personal Space was about one-fourth the size of its initial state.

The initial Personal Space was very large, about 100 cubic meters, but because Xia Duo manifested the 【Blade of Veto】, the space shrank all at once to less than 1 cubic meter.

This was simply hard to accept!

Fortunately, he finally found a way to make the space expand, and this method is not too difficult, just a bit of a money-burner; but if the 【Mythallar】 is truly as Xia Duo guessed, a large Arcane Fire Furnace, then perhaps in the future, the price of Arcane Crystals might be cheaper than water.

But for now, he still has to persist in "paying to win."

Moreover, the efficiency of "paying to win" is also very high; just 8 Standard Arcane Crystals made the size of the Personal Space expand by more than two-fold; as long as it can be restored to about 100 cubic meters, it is almost another 【Blade of Veto】.

Of course, Xia Duo will definitely not manifest such low-value items again; he has set his sights on the 【Nether Scroll】, as only by manifesting such high-value items is it not a loss.

Just think about it, 8 Standard Arcane Crystals are worth tens of thousands of Gold Coins, and how much volume did this add to the Personal Space?

Nearly 100 cubic meters in exchange for one 【Blade of Veto】—it would be a loss to the ends of the earth!

In the short term, Xia Duo does not plan to manifest anything else, but the expansion of the Personal Space makes it convenient for him to carry a large number of Blank Notebooks and then record Knowledge from the Projection Plane.

Although 25 cubic meters is still a bit small, and he cannot fill this space entirely with Blank Notebooks, compared to before, it is already many times stronger.

Of course, the best method is still to find a medium for storing information that is more efficient than paper, and at the same time, it would be best to have a recording method similar to holographic scanning.

Or simply pack up and take the Projection Plane away!

This is the true way to open the door to scavenging Knowledge.

However, Xia Duo estimates that even a Great Arcanist cannot directly pack up a Projection Plane; otherwise, they would not be training Astral Mages to search the Projection Plane—wouldn't it be better to just go to the Astral Plane and sweep it clean?

It is conceivable that there is still a long way to go!

With chores finished, taking advantage of the fact that it was not too late, Xia Duo contacted Niya again to continue identifying Feierde's Spellbook.