The battlefield had reached a temporary lull, but that did not mean the war was over.
For Lu PingAn and Zhu Xinran, it was time for the garbage-time cleanup after the battle. For humanity's counteroffensive as a whole, however, this was merely a skirmish at an outpost, a small raid in a border region.
Still, victory was cause for celebration, especially when it came with significant gains and unexpected rewards.
"Three hundred million in bounty? Two Rule-level items, three Wanjing University training slots, and three training opportunities with the Wanjing Bureau of Anomalous Affairs. Damn, that's actually worth something."
Even Lu PingAn was somewhat stunned when he saw the rewards.
The astronomical bounty was actually the least valuable part. Even Lu PingAn was pleasantly surprised by the other rewards.
There was no need to mention the two Rule-level items. Rule-level items had indeed become somewhat devalued around Lu PingAn, but the fact remained that the entire Ancient City had only secretly stored three of them back then. Some weaker prefecture-level cities did not even possess one. Rewards like these came with a certain degree of choice, so whatever one received was generally useful.
The rewards after that were not things money could buy. They were truly priceless and unavailable on the market. It was not that no one wanted them, but that this kind of "meritorious service benefit" was basically impossible to trade.
Those three Wanjing University slots meant directly arranging for one's family members or descendants to receive an extremely high starting point. As for the Wanjing Bureau of Anomalous Affairs, that was the headquarters of supernatural administration in the Eastern Kingdom.
In other words, he could directly arrange for three people to enter the Eastern Kingdom's highest institution of learning and receive official training. As long as they