"You don’t need to be polite."

Fa Fuke nodded and bowed again, responding, "As fellow Secret Law Members, we have common enemies and goals."

"Moreover, even if you hadn’t received my message in advance, Salido would not be your match."

"In the face of great power, plots hold no value."

Fa Fuke, like Linda, speaks very bluntly but with more regard for etiquette than Linda.

"You’re right, Fa Fuke."

Luo De said with a smile, "But your information gives me more confidence to deal with Salido, and I like to do things with certainty."

"Also, I cannot let those who help me go unrewarded; I must grant you a reward."

Luo De paused, then continued, "But as a Spellcaster, I know you wouldn’t appreciate ordinary items like gold coins and jewelry; I don’t have anything worthwhile to give you here."

"Therefore, I plan to give you ten thousand work points."

"Work points?"

Fa Fuke was momentarily stunned by Luo De’s words.

In that brief moment, Fa Fuke thought of various things Luo De might reward him with.

Gold, jewelry, servants, women, or even magic jewelry.

But he never expected it would be work points.

"What do you mean..." Fa Fuke suddenly showed some interest.

Anything brought up by this powerful Duke must not be ordinary.

"Work points, you can treat them as a currency like gold coins, but they can only be used to exchange items here with me."

Luo De didn’t explain much, retrieved a parchment scroll from his coat and handed it to Fa Fuke,

"This is the current list of items available for exchange."

This was all part of Luo De’s plan.

As the domain expands, managing the work point system becomes increasingly difficult.

Quantifying them becomes extraordinarily challenging.

More importantly, data recorded in a ledger, it’s easy to forge.

Currently, there is no mature system supporting paper currency; it’s best to continue using the gold, silver, and copper coin system.

But on a small scale, the work point system is highly effective, an instrument for ruling and maintaining cohesion.

Therefore Luo De decided to apply the work point system exclusively to Spellcasters.

Unlike the previous work point system, it’s solely used to exchange extraordinary items.

Fa Fuke didn’t understand this; after receiving the parchment scroll, he cautiously opened it to review.

It was divided into three columns: item name, item price, and item description.

And written within were extraordinary items, such as magical beast blood, magic models, meditation techniques, demon skins, and sea pattern magic iron mines, among others.

At the top were magic potions and dragon’s blood, priced between five thousand to several million.

"Is this, is this real?"

Looking at the items on the list, Fa Fuke cautiously asked, "Are all these items exchangeable with those work points?"

"Yes, as long as there is stock available for exchange."

Luo De laughed and said, "But you must know, sometimes extraordinary items are here one moment and gone the next."

"Of course, that’s common knowledge."

Fa Fuke nodded repeatedly, lowering his head to review the list again.

After a while, Fa Fuke shook his head somewhat helplessly, "My ten thousand work points seem to only buy two bottles of magical beast blood..."

Fa Fuke cautiously asked, "Lord Luo De, how can I acquire more work points?"

Luo De was waiting for Fa Fuke to say this.

"Work for me, and your monthly salary can be settled in work points."

Luo De patiently introduced, "Additionally, I will assign some extra tasks, completing them can earn you work points."

"In the future, extraordinary items can also be exchanged for work points."

"At the same time, based on the duration of your work for me and the total number of work points, you’ll be rated from level one to level ten."

"Each level has corresponding discounts for exchanging items; the higher the level, the greater the discount, with level ten allowing items to be exchanged at half price."

After Luo De finished introducing, Fa Fuke couldn’t help but fall into thought.

Fa Fuke understood clearly, this work point system was Luo De’s method of drawing Spellcasters to him.

And once this system developed, Luo De would decide the pricing of extraordinary items, his position would be unshakeable.

Because everyone would want to protect their work points, naturally they would need to preserve this system, hence maintaining Luo De’s rule.

But even knowing this, Fa Fuke still desired the items on the list.

Especially dragon’s blood, which only Luo De possessed.

"By the way, if there are other items you wish to add."

Luo De looked at the hesitant Fa Fuke and smiled, "I hope you and the sages can help me improve this list and set prices together."

"I will pay you another work point salary along with a level five title, reducing item exchange prices by twenty percent."

"That’s, that’s wonderful!"

Fa Fuke didn’t hesitate any longer, delightedly nodding and bowing.

Even knowing Luo De is tempting him, Fa Fuke couldn’t resist.

Fa Fuke knew clearly that if he didn’t accept the "toast" now, the wine would be poured over his head.

"If I may ask, Lord Luo De."

Fa Fuke pointed at the item below dragon’s blood on the exchange list and asked, "What is this Seed of Nature worth ten million? I see it appears to enhance abilities?"

"This is my extraordinary creation, capable of aiding meditation and Breathing Technique Cultivation."

Luo De patiently introduced, "It’s very special; only those loyal to me, or possess a title of level four or above, can exchange it."

"But you can borrow to exchange it; for instance, if you have only a hundred thousand work points, you can exchange it early, and repay the remaining nine hundred ninety thousand work points slowly over time."

Luo De elaborated on the specifics of borrowing to exchange.

In practice, it’s just like taking out a mortgage to buy a house, repaying monthly.

However, this type of loan has no collateral, so only those with a title of level four or above can exchange.