All Came to Claim Their Rewards

Another quarter of an hour passed, and the third person from the Shentu Family was eliminated. She was a woman in her twenties. When she saw this woman being eliminated, Granny Thousand Hands' old face twitched slightly.

This woman's name is Shentu Yinxiang. She was adopted by the Shentu Family and given the surname Shentu because of her extraordinary talent in martial arts from a young age.

She grew up with Shentu Nantian from childhood and will become Shentu Nantian concubine in the future.

Originally, Shentu Yinxiang was supposed to accompany Shentu Nantian on this trip to the secret realm, responsible for protecting and assisting Shentu Nantian. Granny Thousand Hands also had some expectations for Shentu Yinxiang, hoping that she could accompany Shentu Nantian further.

Unexpectedly, she was eliminated right from the start.

This made Granny Thousand Hands frown. This woman usually had some ability, but when it came to actually using her, she always failed. She was truly useless.

How is Tian'er?

Shentu Yinxiang's injuries, Granny Thousand Hands eagerly inquired about Shentu Nantian's condition.

"Yinxiang is incompetent and failed to assist Young Master..." Shentu Yinxiang hurriedly swallowed a pill and said guiltily, "Young Master passed the trial perfectly, his skills amazed everyone. Not only did he finish in the shortest time and emerge unscathed, but he also received the reward from the Empress Secret Realm and obtained the Emperor's Mark."

"The Emperor's Mark?" Upon hearing Shentu Yinxiang's words, Granny Thousand Hands beamed with joy. "It's only natural that she would obtain the Emperor's Mark. It's nothing to Tian'er. How many are there in total?"

"Five. Yinxiang counted them very clearly."

"Not bad!" Granny Thousand Hands was even more satisfied, and she was no longer so picky about Shentu Nantian's future concubine. "Since that's the case, let it go if you fail. Your strength is limited, and Tian'er doesn't need your assistance anymore. Speaking of which, in the last Empress Secret Realm trial, Tian'er obtained quite a few Emperor's Mark, including three in the first trial. But in the end, it was still just a little short of enough to open the Empress's Treasure."

"However, this time, Tian'er obtained five marks in the first trial. The Empress's Treasure will soon be Tian'er's."

Granny Thousand Hands' voice was loud and clear, without any attempt to conceal it. The elders of the surrounding forces heard it clearly. They had all seen the jade slips of the Shentu Family and naturally knew what the Emperor's Mark meant.

They were all envious and jealous of Shentu Nantian for obtaining five Emperor's Mark.

"That old hag, he's gotten too cocky!" Old Madam Lin said resentfully from the Lin family's side. She even regretted not crippling Granny Thousand Hands back then.

Now, the Shentu Family is in a very good position in this trial, while the Lin family's prospects are worrying, which makes Old Madam Lin feel uneasy.

Sensing Old Madam Lin's gaze, Granny Thousand Hands smiled disdainfully. After the Medicine Trial Assembly, she hated the Lin family to the bone and wished she could massacre them, leaving no one alive.

"Lin Fengxian, do you really think you can obtain the ancient formula for the precious medicine to cure that little demoness in the Empress Secret Realm? How laughable! Of the ten juniors from your Lin family who entered the Empress Secret Realm this time, it would be good if two or three of them came back alive. Today's trip to the Empress Secret Realm will be the beginning of your Lin family's decline. One day, my Shentu Family will wipe your Lin family out of the Tianyuan Realm!"

Granny Thousand Hands's words were filled with murderous intent. Old Madam Lin's eyes turned cold. The Lin family and the Shentu Family had truly reached the point where they had to draw their swords and draw blood.

She stopped arguing pointlessly with Granny Thousand Hands. She needed to wait to help the younger generation of the Lin family. She had to be fully focused to prevent the Shentu Family from launching a sneak attack while she was rescuing people.

However, another quarter of an hour passed, and the spatial fluctuations at the entrance to the Empress Secret Realm grew weaker and weaker. For quite some time now, no juniors who had failed had been ejected from the Empress Secret Realm.

This gave Old Madam Lin a thought. She hadn't seen Lin Yu or Yi Yun; could it be that both of them had passed the test?

"There's almost no one left. Yi Yun might not come out. Could it be that only one member of our Lin family's younger generation has been eliminated after the first trial?"

Of the ten younger members of the Lin family, only Lin Ping was killed; the other nine have disappeared without a trace.

Granny Thousand Hands scoffed at the Lin family elders' naive ideas, saying that the elimination process in the Empress Secret Realm wasn't over yet, Yi Yun would be kicked out sooner or later.

She was well aware of Shentu Nantian's arrangements and was eagerly anticipating seeing Yi Yun's tragic death.

However, as time passed, the spatial fluctuations at the entrance to the Empress Secret Realm gradually subsided, and no one came out anymore. Granny Thousand Hands' old face slowly froze.

"I passed!"

Heaven Punishment Elder and Old Madam Lin exchanged a glance, both secretly delighted. As for Lin Yu, he was, after all, a promising young talent nurtured by the Lin family. It wouldn't be surprising if he performed well and passed the test.

But Yi Yun, a young man from the Eastern Barbarians region, who had wasted a great deal of time cultivating the Savage Heaven Technique, actually passed the first trial under these circumstances?

Such achievements and such talent are simply astonishing.

"Stop dreaming." Just then, Granny Thousand Hands' shrill voice rang out, "Do you really think the remaining nine members of your Lin family, especially that little beast Yi Yun, can pass the trial? Let me tell you, there are many ways to die, some leave behind a corpse, and some don't."

"For example... after being torn to pieces and reduced to ashes, if that little beast were to become ashes, even if it were ejected from the Empress Secret Realm, it would just be a pile of inconspicuous ashes. Who among you could recognize that little beast?"

Granny Thousand Hands' words made Old Madam Lin's heart sink. For martial artists, destroying evidence after killing someone is an easy task.

She tilted her head slightly and looked at some of the young trainees who had been eliminated.

These people were all around sixteen or seventeen years old. Old Madam Lin had a very good memory, and she remembered that some of them had entered the Empress Secret Realm with Yi Yun. According to the rules of the Empress Secret Realm, those who entered together and were of similar age would be grouped together.

These people should know about Yi Yun's situation.

Including the short, chubby boy who had lost his hand in the Empress Secret Realm and was called "Guo'er" by a woman, he had now woken up from his unconscious state and happened to hear the verbal conflict between Old Madam Lin and Granny Thousand Hands.

In her final words, Granny Thousand Hands mentioned Yi Yun's name, and the chubby boy finally understood that the conflict between the two important figures of the Shentu Family and Lin families was not only due to their long-standing feud, but also had a lot to do with Yi Yun.

Yi Yun...

Thinking of this monstrous talent, the chubby boy, still lying in the woman's arms, twitched his fat face. That kid was too strange, so strange that it was frightening. What made the chubby boy most uneasy was that he had actually thought about killing Yi Yun before.

He was glad he hadn't made a move, otherwise he probably would have lost all his fat in the Empress Secret Realm!

When the Granny Thousand Hands mentioned that Yi Yun would definitely be eliminated from the trial, then be torn to pieces and reduced to ashes, the chubby boy blinked his small eyes on his fat face, his expression extremely strange.

As for the other boys and girls from the same clan as Yi Yun who were eliminated, they all had similar expressions.

"You've reminded me." Granny Thousand Hands noticed Old Madam Lin's gaze and looked at the eliminated boys and girls. "I know Tian'er issued a bounty. Since Tian'er hasn't come out of the trial yet, I've distributed the bounty for him. Among you, is there anyone who participated in killing that little beast Yi Yun? Anyone who stabbed or stabbed him can come to me to claim the reward. As long as it's true, everyone gets a share."

Granny Thousand Hands' voice was hoarse but loud, and with the infusion of her vital energy, it easily reached everyone's ears.

She wanted to use this arrogant method to slap Lin Fengxian in the face and severely damage the Lin family.

However, to Granny Thousand Hands' surprise, none of the eliminated boys and girls came forward to claim their reward; instead, they all looked at her with strange expressions.

"Huh? What do you mean by this?"

Granny Thousand Hands felt a sense of unease; a slight, ominous premonition seemed to suggest that the situation was not quite what she had expected...

"Um... we didn't stab Yi Yun..." the chubby boy was the first to speak.

Granny Thousand Hands was taken aback, and her unease intensified.

Old Madam Lin also looked at the chubby boy.

Sensing Old Madam Lin's gaze, the chubby boy hurriedly said, "Grandma, please don't misunderstand. I never intended to take action against Yi Yun, nor did I intend to accept any bounty."

The chubby boy hurriedly stated his position, already terrified. The terrifying Ancient Savage Beast that had its hand snatched away by him in an instant had actually been killed by Yi Yun with a single arrow.

Although people like Gongsun Hong believed that Yi Yun had gotten incredibly lucky and happened to attack the weakness of the Ancient Savage Beast, the chubby boy didn't think so. Yi Yun was too uncanny, and he didn't want Yi Yun to grow up in the future and remember the time when a chubby boy tried to kill him for the bounty.

Therefore, he had to make things clear on this occasion, even changing his form of address to Yi Yun, which speaks volumes.

Old Madam Lin naturally noticed the fear in the chubby boy's voice. Curious, she asked, "How exactly is Yi Yun?"

"He... uh... he passed the test perfectly... not only was he unharmed, but he also killed the Ancient Savage Beast guarding the pass. Because of this, the Empress Secret Realm rewarded him with the Emperor's Mark..." The chubby boy was a little helpless. He was in such a bad situation, with his hand broken. Of course, he felt uncomfortable talking about Yi Yun's glory.

"The Emperor's Mark!?" Old Madam Lin's eyes lit up. This was a wonderful surprise. She had thought that it was already extremely difficult for Yi Yun to pass the test, but she never expected that he would also be able to obtain the Emperor's Mark!

"Yi Yun obtained the Emperor's Mark?" Heaven Punishment Elder also spoke up. As the supreme elder of the Lin family, a genius who could only obtain the Emperor's Mark was not worth his attention. However, a genius who could obtain the Emperor's Mark in martial arts and also had unparalleled talent in the Savage Heaven Technique moved him.

"Yeah... quite a lot," the chubby boy said with a bitter expression.

"How many?" Old Madam Lin asked immediately.

"This..." The chubby boy scratched his head, saying uncertainly, "It seems to be... um... thirty-odd..."

"How much... how much!?"

Old Madam Lin was completely stunned, Heaven Punishment Elder was also completely petrified, unable to believe his ears!

...(To be continued~^~)