"Indeed!"
"That's one way to put it."
In the end, it was that young female cultivator surnamed Guo who hesitantly nodded, indicating that Annie was right. The thing troubling the few of them most at present was indeed spirit stones—in other words, money.
If everyone had money, meaning enough spirit stones, then it wouldn't matter whether that overseas sect was shady or not. All the problems facing the six of them would be solved!
But unfortunately...
They simply didn't have that much money, and there was no way they could obtain so much in a short time.
"So..."
Having received confirmation, the smile on Annie's face deepened, revealing two adorable little tiger teeth.
"Maybe..."
(╰╯`)
"I can help you solve this 'tuition' problem!"
"?!"
"W-what?"
"This..."
"Are you sure?"
"Huh?"
"How are you going to solve it?"
Hearing Annie say this, the next second, all of them—including the female cultivator who had been bowing her head with a bitter expression—cried out in surprise almost simultaneously. They then turned toward Annie in disbelief. She looked no more than eight or nine years old, and although her clothes were far from ordinary, the way she spoke was rather strange.
But although they were surprised, they didn't think Annie was boasting.
After all, they had personally seen—and knew—just how luxurious the enormous "Cloudwatcher Skyship" Annie had ridden was. A family background like that clearly wasn't something an ordinary cultivation family like theirs could fathom.
"You..."
The scar-faced man was the first to recover. A trace of suspicion flashed through his eyes, but in the end, he still asked nervously and cautiously:
"Y-you'll help us solve it?"
"But!"
"Fifty spirit stones isn't a small amount, and..."
"There are six of us!"
At fifty spirit stones each, that came to at least three hundred spirit