Give me ten

I just ignored all of them as I said, "It's cheap! It's even cheaper than scrap vegetables! Should it really be this cheap?"

The elder had been staring at me in shock just like the others, but he was slowly pulled out of his thoughts when he heard all of this.

He narrowed his eyes to look at me before saying, "Cheap? What are you talking about? This is a hundred low grade spirit stones! If you're just trying to shame me, then don't blame me for…"

Before he could finish, I had already waved my hand in front of me and caused a large pile of stones to appear at my feet.

Once I did, I looked at the elder and asked, "It's so cheap that I want ten. That should be a low grade thousand spirit stones, so just give me ten spots in your sect."

Once again, there was only silence that followed after my voice fell.

The elder looked down at the pile of low grade spirit stones on the ground in shock before looking back up at me. He kept looking back and forth between me and the pile of low grade spirit stones, as if he didn't know how to react.

But in the end, the elder came forward to pick up one of the low grade spirit stones without even asking me anything. He brought it up to his mouth and then…bit into it like he was testing it.

Seeing the elder use his mouth to test this spirit stone like one might bite into gold to test it really was a strange scene.

Was this really the way that a cultivator tested spirit stones?

Shouldn't they just use their spiritual energy or spiritual senses to test it instead of biting into it?

Seeing the elder bite into the spirit stone like this really ruined the expectations that I had for this cultivation world.

But the elder didn't care about what Lin Fan thought.

After he bit into the spirit stone, his eyes couldn't help opening wide in shock.

That was because he could feel the powerful spiritual energy coming out of the spirit stone. Even though it was a low grade spirit stone, there was still this wave of fresh spiritual energy that came out, showing that this was a spirit stone that was freshly mined.

A freshly mined spirit stone was different from the concept of an old spirit stone mined long ago.

Only those that controlled a spirit stone mine would be able to obtain freshly mined spirit stone and those that could control spirit stone mines were all powerful people.

If this kid was from one of those places, why would he want to join their Falling Star Sect?

The elder just kept that thought in his mind for a second before throwing it aside.

Regardless of the reason, this was a thousand low grade spirit stones.

It didn't matter what reason he had if all he wanted was a single spot in the sect.

For a thousand spirit stones, he was more than happy to give up one spot.

That's right, for a thousand spirit stones…

He wouldn't just give him ten spots like this, it would really hurt their Falling Star Sect's reputation if he did.

So the elder gave a cough to calm down before saying, "Alright, it seems that these spirit stones are real. I'm willing to turn a blind eye and give you a spot in our Falling Star Sect."

I gave a cough before saying, "Didn't you say that the price for one slot was a hundred low grade spirit stones? I think there's a thousand here, so shouldn't that be ten spots?"

The elder gave another cough before calmly saying, "Did I? I think you must have misheard. I clearly said a thousand low grade spirit stones for a slot."

Though I had a calm look on the surface, underneath I was thinking, "What a shameless old man."

Still, I wasn't worried about the fact that the elder had changed the price from a hundred low grade spirit stones to a thousand low grade spirit stones. Instead, I just simply asked…

"So you're saying that it's a thousand low grade spirit stones for one spot in the Falling Star Sect, right?"

The elder gave a firm nod as he said, "Of course. I have said this, so I will keep my word."

I gave a nod too in response before saying, "Right, I was just thinking that a hundred low grade spirit stones seemed too cheap for a spot in the famed Falling Star Sect."

The elder said with a smile, "Of course, of course, we are the famed Falling Star Sect after all."

After he said this, I waved my hand and there was another pile of stones that appeared on the ground.

Once this pile of stones appeared, I looked at the elder with a smile on my face as I said, "I'll take ten spots."

The elder looked at the pile of stones on the ground in shock.

He could easily tell that this pile was nine times bigger than the one that Lin Fan had put out before…meaning that added up, this was ten thousand low grade spirit stones.

Just where did he get ten thousand low grade spirit stones?!

This time, the elder couldn't hold back his shock anymore as he quickly went forward to check the pile. But no matter what he did, he couldn't find anything wrong with these spirit stones.

No matter how he checked, he could see that all of them were real…

Once he looked back up at me, I said to the elder, "This time, it should be ten spots, right?"

The elder didn't know what to say in response to this.

He just looked at me with a bitter smile on his face before eventually giving a slow nod.

I gave a satisfied nod before turning around to look at the rest of the people who were here to take the sect recruitment test.

Speaking out loud, I said, "Now, that's one spot for me and one for Li Zi, so that leaves me with eight more spots. I do remember that I need some lackeys."

Everyone revealed confused looks when they heard this, but those confused looks soon turned to shock when they heard what I said next.

"Who wants to join the Falling Star Sect? I'm currently looking for lackeys!"