Buying People's Hearts

"Yes, Master Huai." Speaker Rayne replied.

"Thank you, young man."

Wantuosrui*Huo Huai nodded, as if being brought back from the dead was nothing worth mentioning. After signaling to Tim Kainan and the other Soul Saint Wizards, he stepped aside, took out his pipe, and lit it. He drew deeply, a contented smile spreading across his deeply wrinkled old face. He looked nothing like someone who had just died once.

Everyone around them felt somewhat strange. Master Huai had been resurrected by Rayne. Could a simple word of thanks really be enough?

However, they did not dare say anything about the affairs of a Soul Saint Wizard.

Rayne himself merely smiled calmly.

Most people did not know this, but Master Huai had a very strange temperament. Rayne had repeatedly heard Storm Queen and Duke Silverstar, Master Huai's students, call him an "old fart."

Master Huai was slovenly. His beard and hair were always a mess, and the magic robe on his body was filthy. Combined with that weather-beaten old face, his appearance was no different from an old man on the street. Anyone unaware of the truth would never imagine that he was a Soul Saint Wizard.

Moreover, Master Huai had lived in seclusion for years, and almost no one could find him.

Rayne was not unfamiliar with this kind of personality. In the wuxia novels of his previous life, Master Huai was the typical reclusive master.

When dealing with a reclusive master, many things did not need to be stated too plainly.

If he brought up the argument that "everyone has a price" and bargained with Master Huai, he would only achieve the opposite effect and sour their relationship.

By saying nothing about this favor, he could win Master Huai's approval even more easily.

The more he acted as if