The moment that my voice fell, everyone looked at me with shocked looks that also had traces of disbelief.
It was as if they couldn't understand what I was saying with the way that I said this, but I didn't say anything else.
I just calmly waited to see who would respond.
After a long silence, there was a short chubby boy who came forward to say, "Do you mean that if we become your lackey, you'll pay for us to join the Falling Star Sect?"
I looked at this short chubby boy and said with a chuckle, "Very good, I like your proactiveness. You'll be my first lackey." Then in a more relaxed and casual voice, "I said, "Of course, there will be no lack of benefits for you if you become my lackey."
After saying that, I tossed ten spirit stones over to him and said, "This is a tip for being the first."
The short chubby boy quickly reached out to catch the spirit stones that were falling in his direction. He did the same thing as the elder as he brought one of them to his mouth to bite it, but unlike the elder, he didn't really know what to do.
He was just biting it so that he could make it seem like he knew what he was doing.
After hurting his teeth, the short chubby boy said, "Boss, I'll follow you anywhere!"
Of course, he quickly put the spirit stones that he received away as he was afraid that someone would take them from him.
I just raised a hand and wagged my finger before saying, "Call me young master."
The short chubby boy was surprised to hear this, but he quickly nodded with a flattering smile as he said, "Yes, yes, young master!"
I gave a satisfied nod before saying, "What's your name?"
"Gao Fu Shuai! Young master!" The short chubby boy said without any hesitation, but…
I couldn't help doing a double take as I looked at the short chubby boy like I was questioning him.
Gao…He definitely wasn't tall…
Fu…His clothes definitely weren't expensive and there was even mud on his face…
Shuai…It was a face that a mother could love and only a mother since he was so chubby…
I really felt like calling the authorities about the scam that was this person's name, but then again, who was I supposed to call in this cultivation world?
So I just calmly asked, "Is this really your name?"
The short chubby boy revealed a bitter smile when he heard this, but he said, "Young master, you have to believe me. I'm still growing, so it'll only be a matter of time before I become tall and handsome. I won't bring shame to the young master."
Shaking my head with a bitter smile, I patted Gao Fu Shuai on his shoulder and said, "Alright, I believe in you."
He said with a wide smile, "I'll show you, young master!"
Shaking my head one last time, I turned to look at the elder and said, "He's one of the ones that I want to give a slot to."
The elder's expression didn't change at all and he didn't say anything. It was as if he didn't react at all to what I was saying, but…the most important thing was that he didn't deny it.
It seemed like he was silently acquiescing to this.
When the others saw this, they revealed shocked looks again.
But those shocked looks quickly disappeared as I said, "Alright, who else wants to be my lackey?"
As soon as they heard this, there were many people that came forward and started shouting that they wanted to do it.
This was a chance to get into the Falling Star Sect without any effort at all. At the same time, this was a chance to follow a super rich person that could throw out spirit stones like it was nothing.
Of course they wouldn't let this chance go!
But I just swept my eyes over them until they fell onto someone who didn't say a thing.
This was a girl with flowing long white hair who had been standing on the side.
She had a lowkey feel to her since her hair covered her face, but there was also a coldness to her that normal people shouldn't have had.
This was what drew me to her.
I walked up to the crowd and it seemed that they wanted to grab me, but Gao Fu Shuai quickly seized this chance to prove his worth as a lackey to clear the way for me.
I gave a satisfied nod and tipped him another ten spirit stones.
Ignoring the crowd around me, I made my way over to the white haired girl and said, "Why don't you want to become my lackey?"
When the crowd heard this, there were many who looked at the white haired girl with disdain. Especially the girls who thought that they were much more beautiful than this white haired girl who hid her face like this.
She slowly looked up at me, but she made sure to keep her hair in her face to hide it.
However, I could see the sparkling blue eyes that were underneath.
It seemed that there was a special story behind this girl.
In a cool voice, the white haired girl said, "I want to get in on my own merit, there's no need for me to rely on money like you do."
I wasn't offended at all by this and instead I was even more drawn into her.
She was a keeper for sure.
Now the only problem was how to get her to put down her pride to become my lackey.
My method?
Money.
With a flip of my hand, I pulled out a hundred low grade spirit stones and said, "How about it? Will you work for me now?"
Even if the white haired girl had seemingly remained calm, her eyes couldn't help widening a bit when she saw all of these spirit stones.
But in the end, she said in a voice that was shaky at first, "You, you can't bribe me. I will not be bought."
"Oh." I simply said before giving a sly look to Lin Li Zi.
She immediately understood what I was trying to tell her with my eyes and came over to look at the white haired girl with wide eyes, "Big sister, do you not like my brother? Do you not want to be friends with us?"
The white haired girl couldn't help being taken aback when she saw this.
Cute things, that was a weakness that most girls had.
When a cute little girl was asking her this kind of question with an innocent look, she really couldn't bring herself to break her heart…
"I, I, I…" The white haired girl stammered for a bit before finally saying with a sigh, "It's not that I don't like your brother, it's just that…"
Her voice trailed off in the end, showing that she had her own difficulties.
But even then, I wouldn't give up.
I just looked at her and calmly said, "I promise that I will never force you to follow an order and you are free to say whatever you want in front of me. I will only treat you as an equal and not as an inferior if you work for me."
The white haired girl was surprised when she heard this, but she narrowed her eyes to look into my eyes.
I just calmly looked right back at her without any hesitation.
In the end, she said with a sigh, "Alright…I'll follow you."
She seemed really exasperated by all of this, but I didn't mind at all.
I just casually tossed the spirit stones to her and said, "Think of it as my sponsoring you. I hope that when you become stronger, you won't forget me."
The white haired girl gave a slight nod as she caught the spirit stones.
I suddenly asked, "Right, I never got to ask your name."
"Bing Xin." The white haired girl said in a straightforward manner.
I gave a nod before saying, "I'm Lin Fan, but you can call me young master as well."