amaotonovel Chapter 144: Borrowing and Giving Gifts
Chapter 144: Borrowing and Giving Gifts
"Senior Brother Xu, why did you come just now?" Jiang Xiaochuan complained directly.
Xu Changshou glanced at him and asked, "Has the initiation ceremony begun?"
"No."
"If there is none, it means I am not late."
"you……"
Jiang Xiaochuan was speechless and didn't know how to respond.
Xu Changshou stopped looking at him and looked at Ye Shanhu. He lowered his voice slightly and asked, "Senior Sister Ye, have you discussed it?"
Ye Shanhu nodded: "It's agreed, one hundred spirit stones per person."
"One hundred spirit stones, do you all agree?"
Xu Changshou looked at Han Zong and Su Mo, thinking that they would have objections, but unexpectedly, they both nodded.
what's going on?
Su Mo and Han Zong were both willing to take a hundred spirit stones. Xu Changshou knew their conditions better than anyone else. Where did they get the hundred spirit stones?
Ye Shanhu glanced at everyone and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's go fill out the gift list."
"go!"
A group of people stood up and walked towards the door of the inner courtyard.
At the entrance of the inner courtyard, there were two people responsible for filling out gift lists, one for receiving gifts and the other for keeping accounts.
Ye Shanhu walked over, took out a hundred spirit stones, and said to the person who wrote the gift list, "Ye Shanhu, a hundred spirit stones."
The person who received the gift took away Ye Shanhu's spirit stones, and the person who kept the bill wrote on the gift list: Ye Shanhu, one hundred spirit stones.
Then, Jiang Xiaochuan walked over and took out a hundred spirit stones.
Xu Changshou stood at the back and saw clearly that everyone had taken out a hundred spirit stones, even Su Mo and Han Zong were no exception.
When the two took out the spirit stones, although their faces were full of heartache, the one hundred spirit stones each were real.
Xu Changshou knew the living conditions of the menial disciples. Even the disciples from small families lived a disappointing life.
When using spirit stones, most menial disciples are very frugal.
I never expected that everyone would be so generous when giving gifts to Li Linhao.
Seeing that everyone took out a hundred spirit stones, Xu Changshou also took out a hundred. For Xu Changshou now, a hundred was nothing. Even Ye Shanhu was probably not richer than Xu Changshou.
After paying the spirit stones, everyone sat back at their original tables, each with a rather grim look on their face.
Especially Su Mo and Han Zong, they lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Su Mo, Han Zong, come with me."
Xu Changshou stood up, slowly walked to the edge of the cliff in the outer courtyard, and looked into the distance with his hands behind his back.
Su Mo and Han Zong looked at each other, then both stood up and walked towards Xu Changshou.
"Senior Brother Xu, what do you want to talk to us about?" Su Mo lowered his voice and said to Xu Changshou's back.
Xu Changshou didn't look back at him, but smiled and said, "Look at the scenery. Look, how beautiful is the scenery of Taiyi Peak?"
Su Mo smiled bitterly: "Senior Brother Xu, how can we be in the mood to enjoy the scenery now?"
"Yes, Junior Brother Xu!"
Han Zong also echoed: "No matter how beautiful the scenery of Taiyi Peak is, what does it have to do with us?"
Xu Changshou turned around, looked at them seriously, and said, "Since it's okay, why do you need so much money? Don't think I don't know your situation. Tell me the truth, where did your spirit stones come from?"
Su Mo lowered his head: "I borrowed my spirit stones from the sect."
Whether it is the Green Immortal Sect or the major sects, there are loan benefits, and menial disciples can borrow money.
Moreover, there is no need to pay interest when repaying the money. If you can afford it, you can repay it. If you can't afford it, your salary will be deducted.
Of course, most people are unwilling to borrow money unless they are in real trouble or have something they absolutely have to buy.
You know, cultivating immortality is all about cultivating a state of mind. If you are already in debt, how can you have the mind to cultivate immortality?
Although Su Mo's situation was very tight before, he had never borrowed money. Unexpectedly, he actually had to borrow money in order to give a gift to Li Linhao.
"What about you?" Xu Changshou looked at Han Zong.
Han Zong also lowered his head: "I also borrowed money."
Xu Changshou was speechless. Han Zong dug up corpses at night and worked as a helper in the slaughterhouse during the day.
In order to earn three more spirit stones a month, Han Zong worked day and night. Even in such a situation, he did not borrow money, but chose to borrow money when giving gifts.
Xu Changshou shook his head helplessly: "Is it necessary for you to do this?"
Han Zong's face was full of bitterness: "Senior Brother Jiang said that if there are not enough spirit stones, he can't give it to you. The minimum is 100 spirit stones, so..."
"So you go and borrow money?" Xu Changshou frowned.
"Ok!"
Han Zong and Su Mo nodded at the same time, and then fell silent...
“I ask you, is it worth it?”
“…” The two remained silent.
Xu Changshou sighed: "You shouldn't have come."
Su Mo made a bitter face and said helplessly, "Brother Xu, please don't blame us. We just want to establish a good relationship with Uncle Li."
Han Zong nodded: "Others have taken it. If we don't take it, if Uncle Li blames us, we can't afford it."
Han Zong's words revealed their true thoughts.
They were cultivators of the lowest level and were afraid of getting into trouble. What if Li Linhao was petty and came to settle accounts with them because they didn't give him any gifts? The consequences would not just be a hundred spirit stones.
Just one word from Li Linhao could cost them their lives.
This is the huge gap between Qi Refiners and Foundation Establishment Masters.
"Maybe you are right."
Thinking of this, Xu Changshou didn't say anything more. The world of cultivating immortals is so cruel and so realistic.
Xu Changshou himself gave a hundred spirit stones in order to spend money to ward off disasters. He was the same, but his conditions were better than Su Mo and Han Zong. What qualifications did he have to criticize them?
"Let's go!"
Xu Changshou said nothing more and took the two of them back to their original seats.
Xu Changshou had no intention of helping them repay the loan. Since they chose to borrow money, they should bear the consequences.
soon.
Li Linhao's initiation ceremony began. The ceremony was held in the main hall. Xu Changshou and others could not even enter the inner courtyard, so they naturally could not see what was going on in the ceremony.
An hour later, the various ceremonies of the initiation ceremony were finally over.
Then it's time to eat.
One after another, exquisite food was brought to the table, including delicacies from land and sea, and fine wines.
Faced with a table full of delicious food, no one had any appetite.
So far, no one has seen Li Linhao. Even if we have taken a hundred spirit stones and still cannot see him, it would be very sad.
At this time, everyone wanted to know what Li Linhao’s attitude was towards their former companions?
So everyone is waiting to meet him.
"Look, Senior Brother Li is coming out."
Someone said something, and everyone's eyes turned to the entrance of the inner courtyard.
A young man in a purple Taoist robe came over with the gait of a dragon and a tiger. He was wearing auspicious cloud boots and a golden crown on his head.
The person who came was full of energy and had an imposing bearing.
It was Li Linhao.