Ouyang Mu heard this and shook his head.
"Too low a price?" Mo Hua asked.
"No, no," Ouyang Mu hurriedly replied, "When I craft artifacts for others, it's usually forty merit points, and sword casting is just sixty. A hundred merit points is too much. My experience is shallow, and my skills are rough—I'm not worth that much."
Ouyang Mu glanced at Mo Hua and said somewhat embarrassedly:
"Brother Mo, I'll just charge you sixty as well. I'll craft eight… no, nine spiritual artifacts to pay off my debt."
Mo Hua was taken aback.
He'd haggled with plenty of people before, but encountering this reverse-negotiation was a first for him, leaving him momentarily disconcerted.
"Then it's settled—eight spirit swords!"
Mo Hua replied with a cheerful smile.
He stuffed the spine bone of the Flame Demon Wolf into Ouyang Mu's arms, making it impossible for him to refuse, and said:
