"Then from now on, I'll call you Junior Brother Tong!" With all the terms settled, Xiao Yingjin shook Ye Tengchuan's hand.
It was only because the other party's demands were so steep, requiring no small amount of resources every year, that Xiao Yingjin could not help putting a little strength into the handshake.
After all, every bit of those squeezed-out resources had been wrung out from his own hands.
"If there is anything I do poorly in the future, I hope the Sect Master will offer guidance." Ye Tengchuan nodded at that moment, as though he had not felt the other party's grip at all, a faint smile still on his face.
After all, according to their previous discussion, his current stipend in the Blue Star Sect was comparable to that of some mid-Spirit Transformation cultivators, and even late-Spirit Transformation cultivators from smaller factions.
And he would not even need to participate in any major sect affairs.
That was enough to prove that the Blue Star Sect still possessed quite a few treasures.
"By the way, Sect Master, when will Martial Uncle return?" Ye Tengchuan added.
As soon as those words fell, Xiao Yingjin's body paused slightly. A trace of impatience surfaced in his expression, but it lasted only an instant before he quickly returned to normal.
"I don't know that either. But rest assured, with our sect's foundation and experience, you can come to me with any problems in your cultivation!" Xiao Yingjin explained a few more things before having Ye Tengchuan go to the sect's ancestral shrine to swear an oath.
Joining a sect always involved an oath-taking ritual, but such oaths were quite simple and naturally full of loopholes. Back then, the Blue Star Sect had exploited Qixuan Valley through such a loophole, and the Ye Family