"Chief, our most pressing task right now is to purchase two congratulatory gifts," the Second Deputy Sect Master said.
"Two?" Huang Xiao was slightly taken aback.
"We need two. We have to prepare one each for the new and old sect masters," Huo Lian said.
Hearing this, Huang Xiao immediately understood.
With the old sect master of the Demon God Sect stepping down, people like them had to make a gesture. Though tea grew cold once its drinker had left, he was still an expert, and they had to show him respect.
The new sect master's accession called for an even greater gesture. That congratulatory gift clearly had to be more lavish than the old sect master's.
"What ideas do you have? What gifts were you planning to buy?" Huang Xiao asked.
"We haven't decided on the specific gifts yet," the Second Deputy Sect Master said. "At the time, we set a budget of around a million taels for the new sect master's gift and around five hundred thousand for the old sect master's."
Huang Xiao nodded slightly.
That plan was acceptable. After all, the Fierce Mountain Gang was still a lower-tier sect. A congratulatory gift worth a million taels was already a lavish one.
"Then follow that budget," Huang Xiao said. "Who was in charge of this before?"
"Wang Xiongshan hadn't decided yet. He only told us to first think about what gifts would be suitable," the First Deputy Gang Leader said.
"Then each of you prepare a few options. I'll make the decision when the time comes," Huang Xiao said.
"Yes," everyone replied.
That was what he said, but the elders knew they would have no hand in this matter.
The choice of gifts would certainly fall to the two deputy gang leaders and the four grand elders.