The moment Xiao Hongchen heard that the other party wanted additional payment, he understood. It was time to pay more.
But Huo Yuhao liked taking pills too, so adding pills would work as well.
Xiao Hongchen put on a rather lavish expression and grinned. "Ha, Yuhao, you should know that as the eldest young master of Mingde Hall, not only am I exceptionally talented, I'm also skilled in many areas."
"Anything that can be solved with Gold Soul Coins and pills isn't a problem."
He casually pulled out a Gold Card and showed Huo Yuhao his spending power—the balance displayed seven figures in Gold Soul Coins.
"This is the living allowance my sister and I usually receive. Sometimes, we also browse the top auctions in Mingdu to see if we can buy any rare items that would help with cultivation."
Patting his chest, Xiao Hongchen confidently declared, "With your big brother's financial strength, it shouldn't be a problem to hire you for a few months to use that Soul Skill specifically to help me fire some cannons and practice tactics, right?"
Huo Yuhao slowly shook his head and said that he was not especially interested in money. He simply wanted to further develop Mental Detection's supporting capabilities in the field of Soul Tools.
"Mainly because I never had the opportunity before to use Mental Detection in a Soul Engineer's combat."
A gentle, sincere smile rested on Huo Yuhao's handsome and refined face.
"While practicing coordination with Brother Xiao, I can try using Mental Detection to assist a cannon-platform-type Soul Engineer and see exactly how great the enhancement will be."
Naturally, Huo Yuhao knew about Mingde Hall's spending power.
In the Original Work, Xiao Hongchen spent one hundred and fifty million Gold Soul Coins to buy the Snow Empress embryo at