Wasting Money to Become an Immortal-Chapter 146: Gathering the disciples
Elder Wang was surprised when he heard this, but there was a slow look of understanding and curiosity that appeared on his face.
Even if he didn’t like Lin Fan because of his relationship to Liu Ao Xue and because of how he had said that he wanted to join the alchemy tournament out of the blue, he knew that he was a true prodigal and a generous one.
The compensation that he would offer definitely wouldn’t be something cheap.
So in the end, Elder Wang gave a simple nod in response to this.
Seeing this, I said, "I’ll offer a hundred First Grade Herbs to the Alchemy Hall as compensation, along with ten thousand High Grade Spirit Stones."
"Huh?"
It wasn’t just Elder Wang who said this, it was also Elder Wang who was shocked to hear this.
After all, First Grade Herbs were not that easy to obtain.
In the entire Alchemy Hall, the First Grade Herbs that they owned could be counted on a single hand. Even in the entire Star Peak Sect, there were less than two hands worth of First Grade Herbs.
Even if it was a first grade sect, there wouldn’t be that many First Grade Herbs either.
First Grade Herbs were things that were incredibly hard to find, harvest, and even store. They were not things that could be found as one wanted and could only be obtained by luck.
So this was not something that they could obtain even if they were a powerful sect.
This was without a doubt a large bribe that Lin Fan was throwing out and Elder Wang couldn’t remain calm in the face of this bribe...
It was a long time before Elder Wang was even capable of reacting.
With a cough, he said, "While the Alchemy Hall is where these bright disciples who are skilled in alchemy study, it cannot represent the will of these disciples."
The way that he said this made it clear that just giving a bribe to the Alchemy Hall was not enough.
After all, the disciples wouldn’t receive any benefits if only the Alchemy Hall was bribed.
But this was something that I already knew, so I saId, "Of course. Elder Wang, please come with me to meet with those that would have been chosen for the alchemy tournament. I wish to personally compensate them for this."
Elder Wang was surprised by this, but after thinking about it, he gave a nod and started leading the way.
I just silently followed him.
Perhaps if this was before, I could have just given the bribe to Elder Wang and trusted him to give it to the disciples. But now...it wasn’t that I didn’t trust Elder Wang, but because of something else.
It was clear by how the elders and disciples acted that they cared about Liu Ao Xue very much. So now that I was in a true relationship with her, it wasn’t as if I could just leave my reputation as it was.
I needed to raise my reputation in the Star Peak Sect for her and the best way to do that was...
Well, being a prodigal was what I did best and throwing money was what I did as a prodigal.
So here I was, heading off to throw money at them.
...
"Do you know what the elder gathered us here for?"
"No, do you?"
The disciples of the Alchemy Hall were confused when they had been suddenly gathered like this.
But they all fell silent when Elder Wang came forward to speak.
"I’m sure that you’re all wondering why you’ve been gathered."
All of the disciples nodded in agreement when they heard this before waiting to see what Elder Wang had to say.
Elder Wang continued by saying, "The Central Sect Alliance is holding an alchemy tournament and you all are among the best disciples of alchemy in our sect."
All of the disciples suddenly narrowed their eyes before looking at each other.
The way that they looked at each other made it clear that they seemed like they were prepared to compete with each other. It was clear that they thought that they had been called here to decide who would be going to the alchemy tournament.
There was no other explanation for why they had all been called here all of a sudden.
But to their surprise, Elder Wang still had something else to say.
"As expected, there are a certain number of slots for the tournament. However, there’s something that I have to tell you before we decide who will take these spots." He stopped and turned to look at me before saying, "Or it should be said that your Junior Brother Lin here has something to say."
Everyone was surprised when they heard my name and they looked at me with confused looks.
There wasn’t a single person who didn’t recognize me since I could be considered a famous person in the Star Peak Sect.
With how much money I had thrown at them before and how much I’m still throwing at them when I came back to the Star Peak Sect, it was strange if they didn’t know me.
When I walked forward, Elder Wang said, "Your junior brother here wants to take one of the spots for this tournament and we have already agreed to this proposal. But he is here to talk to all of you about this. I hope that you will listen to what he has to say."
I gave an internal bitter laugh when I heard this.
The way that he introduced me, it was clear that this was the worst way to be introduced since it made it seem like I was stealing a spot from them. It seemed that this was his petty way of getting some revenge on me, but I didn’t mind since I had something that was far more powerful.
It was the power of money.
After stepping forward, I said with a smile, "Senior brothers and sisters, I do want to take one of these spots, but I’m not here to talk about that today."
