"Uncle!?" Luo Qian covered his mouth. Beside him, Tie E's face had flushed scarlet. When had the Ironheart King, famous throughout the Immortal Realm for thousands of years, ever been so humiliated? "Hahaha..." Luo Qian held it in, but Isaac could not help doubling over with laughter. Simple-minded Mang Shanluo gave him a nudge and asked, "What's so funny? He's so old that calling him uncle hardly seems respectful enough. I should call him grandpa..."
In an instant, Tie E went from creepy uncle to creepy old man. Except creepy old men usually fancied little girls, while this one fancied mature women.
Xun She and Zhe Fangshi looked as if they were struggling not to laugh. Tie E was deeply embarrassed, but Luo Qian finally relaxed. Fortunately, the girl had no feelings for Tie E. Otherwise, explaining things to Chamber President Hanton would have been difficult.
Tie E wiped his mouth and left the table without much grace. "I have something to do. I'll be going."
Luo Qian found Yifen's asking price rather hard to swallow. He looked at the others, and Isaac was the first to spread his hands. "She's worth it." Mang Shanluo kept eating as he mumbled, "You'll find out what's good about her later." From anyone whose mind and body were not equally pure, that would have been easy to take the wrong way. Dong She nodded too. Left with no choice, Luo Qian said, "Fine. An annual salary of one hundred and twenty Superior Saint Stones. As for big brother Tie E, I doubt he'll come within ten meters of you again after this." He made a point of stressing "big brother."
With all five staying on, Luo Qian finally had a team of his own in the Saint Realm. Yifen did not care that