Chapter 281: Rewards

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Lie is actually taking the initiative to ask for a Qi Refinement disciple?

It's a pity, if he were just an ordinary disciple, I would have let him go to your sect, but this child has just made a great contribution in the trial and ranked second in the secret realm trial. If I were to do this, I fear it would chill the hearts of the disciples of my sect." Tianchan ancestral elder shook his head and refused flatly.

"If Fellow Daoist Tianchan is unwilling, then forget it. I was just mentioning it casually. It seems this little fellow has no fate with our Sunset Sect." Hearing this, Elder Lieguang replied indifferently.

"Alright, let's stop the idle chatter, fellow Daoists. The disciples below are still waiting. Tian Yue, begin." The old woman in green became somewhat impatient, suddenly speaking to interrupt the conversation between the two great Golden Cores, and ordered a Foundation Establishment man from the Thousand Bamboo Sect standing below.

"Yes, Ancestral Elder."

Hearing the order from his sect's ancestral elder, the Thousand Bamboo Sect man immediately took a step forward and bowed to accept the order.

Then, the man flicked his sleeve, and a silver-bright scroll flew out. After fluttering in the wind, it slowly opened, and rows of golden text phantoms flew out, rapidly growing in size and turning into a large light curtain.

"The Jialan Secret Realm has closed, and all disciples have had their temporary merit points tallied. Tian Mou, on the orders of the ancestral elders, announces the trial rankings and the rewards for the top-ranked disciples.

The top thirty disciples of the trial are rewarded with one bottle of first-rank rare spiritual herb Soul-Returning Liquid, which can quickly restore magic power.

The top ten disciples of the trial are rewarded with one second-rank Grass Spirit Pill, which can mend broken bodies and regrow flesh and bones.

The top three disciples of the trial are rewarded with one second-rank Essence-Washing Pill, which can remove pill toxins from the body and purify magic power.

The top disciple of the trial ranking is rewarded with one offensive talisman treasure, to be used for cultivation and protection in the future.

In addition, the merit treasury is opened immediately. In order of ranking, disciples of the four sects can use the temporary merit points on the ranking list to exchange for various treasures.

The top ten on the ranking list exchange treasures on the first day, the top thirty on the second day, and disciples behind them on the ranking list can go to exchange treasures on the third day...

In a moment, the top ten disciples on the ranking list, in order of ranking, can go to the exchange point to exchange for treasures every time an incense stick burns..."

The man stood below the huge ranking list phantom and announced loudly in the sky, his voice like thunder, clearly reaching the ears of every disciple in the camp.

Listening to these words, Wang Yu's gaze focused, and he saw the two characters "Wang Yu" ranked second on the huge ranking list light and shadow in the sky, and behind the name was the number four hundred and thirty.

In the top spot above him, the name Gu Lian was indeed written, and the number after the name was as high as one thousand and eighty.

Wang Yu first clicked his tongue in great envy, but then thought, it was good that Gu Lian took the top spot; at least it diverted the attention of most people.

After his heart settled, he began to consider what kind of treasures to exchange for with his merit points.

Without a doubt, the Foundation Establishment Pill was the first thing to exchange for.

As for other treasures...

That legendary Small Spirit-Gathering Array disk, he should get his hands on it if he could exchange for it. After all, this was a treasure that could directly increase cultivation speed. If he missed this village, he wouldn't find this shop.

If there were still surplus contribution points, that legendary Blood Spirit Pill that could purify bloodlines seemed very useful to him as a bloodline practitioner...

Just as Wang Yu was pondering, the man in the sky finally finished announcing everything and retreated to his seat.

At this time, Elder Lieguang walked out with big strides and said to the disciples of the four sects below with great dominance:

"This time in the Jialan Trial, although our four sects' disciples suffered quite a few losses, the demonic path suffered even heavier casualties. Moreover, our side obtained the fifth Jialan Key, so we can completely control this secret realm in the future. In this way, it can be considered a heavy blow to the morale of the demonic path.

Therefore, on behalf of the other three fellow Daoists, I announce that every disciple who came out of the secret realm this time will be rewarded with an additional thirty temporary merit points to exchange for treasures.

Three days later, the trial will officially end, and disciples of each sect will return to their sects.

Dismissed!"

As soon as the words fell, Elder Lieguang flicked his large sleeve, and his figure flew directly toward the direction of the Sunset Sect's dharma ship.

Seeing this, Tianchan ancestral elder and the other two also headed toward their own sect's dharma ships.

The disciples below, after saying "Many thanks to the ancestral elders for the rewards" in unison, also scattered in a flurry.

Not long after, disciples of the four sects were either discussing in groups of three or five, or alone and full of excitement.

This was thirty temporary merit points!

One must know that the original rule was that one could only get one merit point for killing one demonic path outer sect disciple in the secret realm, and ten merit points for an inner sect disciple. Thirty merit points was equivalent to everyone having killed three demonic path inner sect disciples; the reward could not be said to be light.

Among the disciples, the morale that had been low because of the death of fellow sect friends in the secret realm immediately became exceptionally high.

Some disciples were even secretly thinking that if they encountered such a thing again next time, they would mostly likely take the risk and fight for it.

Wang Yu returned to his residence, also feeling somewhat restless and uneasy.

He didn't know what treasures Gu Lian, as the top-ranked, would pick first, and while the four hundred-plus merit points in his hand were not few, he still had no bottom line in his heart about what kind of treasures he could exchange for.

The time it took for an incense stick to burn felt like a year.

After Wang Yu estimated that the time was about right, he finally walked out of the wooden house again and headed straight for the center of the four sects' camp.

On the way, he met many Four Symbols Sect disciples, some familiar and some unfamiliar, but no matter who saw Wang Yu, those further away would point and discuss in low voices, and those closer would mostly cup their hands and bow, quite respectfully.

It seemed that he was truly known to everyone in the Four Symbols Sect now.

Fortunately, these people also knew where Wang Yu was heading now, so no one was tactless enough to come up and strike up a conversation, all looking over with envious eyes.

In a moment, he arrived at the original merit point tallying point.

The original two wooden houses had disappeared, replaced by a larger two-story wooden pavilion, and one could even smell the faint scent of fresh wood.

A plaque hung on the door, which had surprisingly changed to the four large silver characters "Merit Exchange".

At this time, a young man in a red robe was walking out of the door with a face full of smiles.

Who else could it be but Gu Lian!

As soon as Gu Lian saw Wang Yu walking over, the smile on his face faded. He winked at him and walked away as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this situation, Wang Yu knew that the other party did not want to appear to know him, so he walked into the pavilion door with an unchanged expression.

Inside the first floor of the pavilion, except for a long wooden table, there was no other furniture.

Behind the wooden table sat four Foundation Establishment cultivators dressed in the attire of the four sects.

One of them was wearing black iron armor; it was the 'Jin Shibo' who had originally tallied the merit points. The other three had unfamiliar faces, but they also looked at Wang Yu with curious eyes.

Clearly, these Foundation Establishment cultivators were all very clear that if it weren't for Gu Lian's great luck, the original top-ranked person should actually have been the Qi Refinement late-stage disciple before them.

"Disciple Wang Yu, pays respects to Jin Shibo and the other seniors." Wang Yu bowed respectfully to the four. ===== CHAPTER 282 =====