When a person decided to fall, it actually happened very quickly. Elder Liao had found himself an excuse to fall, so he could happily make a move.
Feng Jun gave him a strange look. "You're using my name to make money, and you still want to earn more than my Spirit Plant Shepherd?"
"That's different. Our cultivation levels are different," Elder Liao argued reasonably. "And if I'm not mistaken, every time your Spirit Plant Shepherd is summoned, it has to pay a price too, right?"
The guy had actually guessed correctly. Feng Jun was putting on this act precisely to see whether he could fool him. Bringing Huahua over would certainly solve the problem, but... it was simply too inconvenient.
The Energy Points spent crossing planes were nothing much. The main issue was that he could not let Huahua appear so strangely again and again. More and more cultivators were paying attention to Pacify Arms Mountain now, and he did not want to leave any clues.
Moreover, if he wanted Huahua to come, he had to go through Good Scenery, adding another restrictive step to the process.
That was what he thought, but he could not admit it. So he smiled. "Two thousand Spirit Stones is already quite a lot for you, all right? The Spirit Plant Shepherd is one of mine. Giving it more is merely keeping the benefits within the family. Why should I give them to you?"
Elder Liao shamelessly replied, "Mountain Lord, I'm one of yours now too."
"You know perfectly well whether that's true," Feng Jun said, too lazy to deal with him. "If you want to do it, it's two thousand Spirit Stones. If not, forget it."
"Can't you give me five hundred more?" Elder Liao shamelessly haggled. "I'm at the Emergence from Dust