Lu Zhengnian swept his gaze over the crowd and shook his head helplessly.
It was not just Xu Qing watching him. The others had raised their heads as well, and the meaning in their eyes was much the same: they wanted to ask whether they could choose more.
They would not choose for free. They would pay silver.
Some had even learned that they could pay silver to select additional supreme arts.
These people were elites from their respective counties, with sponsors behind them. Relying on their own abilities and that backing, every one of them had a considerable fortune.
Even the poorest had brought three thousand taels in banknotes. Jiang Chun and the other Force Transformation martial artist had fortunes approaching ten thousand taels.
They all had the strength and the money to copy more than one supreme art.
Lu Zhengnian sighed inwardly. They really were young people from small places, lacking worldly experience. It was only natural for their hearts to stir upon suddenly seeing so many profound techniques.
He understood, but understanding was one thing. Their worth in his eyes had instantly dropped by a notch.
He decided to lay it all out in the open.
He cleared his throat and spoke blandly with an expressionless face. "What? You all want to learn all seven supreme arts? It is not impossible. Aside from the one free technique, every additional one costs a thousand taels of patterned silver."
The moment Lu Zhengnian said that, someone immediately began rummaging through their bundle.
Xu Qing was relieved as well. His bundle contained eighty thousand taels in banknotes. He could learn as many as he wanted. In the end, however, he only chose Snow-Treading Startled Swan and Five Elements Mountain-Subduing Fist.
Xu Qing picked up the two booklets, went to register