"Yes, I'll save it to sell to you."
Yu Sheng nodded lightly and spoke with utmost sincerity.
The corner of Xu Yuanqing's mouth twitched slightly as he struggled to maintain a stiff smile. "Can I write you an IOU?"
"No. An IOU from you would be worthless."
Yu Sheng shook his head decisively, without the slightest hesitation.
"You actually doubt a great and honorable teacher of the people!"
"My character is beyond question!"
"Honesty, discipline, justice, perseverance, all the good qualities in this world..."
Seeing the complicated looks on everyone's faces, Xu Yuanqing found himself unable to keep going.
Even Sun Wen briefly emerged from his sorrow to stare at him balefully.
"I'll sign myself over to you!"
"Will that do?!"
"With these Phoenix Tears, I'll definitely reach the seventh awakening within five years!"
"I'll work for you for six years to pay off the debt!"
"You definitely won't lose out!"
"We can sign a contract!"
Seeing Yu Sheng's utterly unruffled gaze, Xu Yuanqing added another sentence to prove his credibility.
Phoenix Tears, the seventh awakening...
Improving the quality of his Awakening Object.
These things were too important to him.
Even if he had to work for it, he had to make the trade!
"Working for me... won't be necessary."
"We don't do that in Sin City."
"Hmm..."
Yu Sheng fell into thought, and time continued to pass under Xu Yuanqing's nervous gaze.
"Could you owe me a favor?"
Finally, Yu Sheng looked into Xu Yuanqing's eyes and asked earnestly.
Xu Yuanqing froze for a moment.
Clearly, he hadn't expected Yu Sheng's terms to be so simple either.
A favor...
Something like that held practically no contractual value in itself.
You could acknowledge it or refuse to.
The only thing binding you was morality.
But seeing Yu Sheng's exceptionally serious