"Hahaha! Good, good!"
True Person Mu Xuan's laughter grew even heartier, as though Lin Ke's barbs had not upset him at all, but pleased him instead.
"I like you, boy! Haha!"
"Since you like me, True Person, why not knock off another ten thousand? How about forty thousand spirit stones?" Lin Ke smiled as well.
Who would have thought True Person Mu Xuan's expression would change at once? Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he said, "Don't go climbing up the bamboo pole just because I held it out for you. Fifty thousand means fifty thousand, haha! Shimeng, off you go!"
At those words, the Dream-Eating Gecko, who had been resting in Lin Ke's mind, immediately darted out.
"Yes, yes, yes!" the Dream-Eating Gecko exclaimed excitedly. "True Person Mu Xuan, I finally have a master!"
"Haha, make sure you help Lin Ke properly." True Person Mu Xuan stroked his beard with a smile. "The sect will belong to you youngsters in the future. Work hard! Hahaha, haha!"
True Person Mu Xuan laughed very happily.
Lin Ke smiled too, then handed the spirit stones to True Person Mu Xuan.
He could naturally tell goodwill from malice.
In his exchange with True Person Mu Xuan just now, there had clearly been more goodwill than malice.
In fact, True Person Mu Xuan had shown no malice at all.
It had seemed more as though he had deliberately needled Lin Ke to test his eloquence.
Remembering that True Person Mu Xuan had managed the Spirit Insect Cave for years without running a loss, Lin Ke understood his prowess all the better.
The Spirit Insect Cave's profits over the past few years had admittedly also benefited from the contributions of the sect's elders and disciples.
But they owed even more to True Person Mu