The Condensed Liquid Realm juniors, along with the occasional two elderly Soul Sensing Realm cultivators, all bowed down to offer their thanks. Quite a few were so overcome with excitement that they could barely contain themselves.
The more than three hundred Spirit Stones were divided evenly among the third-generation disciples. Each person received five or six, a considerable fortune for disciples still struggling to make ends meet.
This single round of rewards immediately raised the loyalty of everyone, from top to bottom, by several levels.
Especially for the third-generation disciples: why had they joined the sect? Was it not for the sect's protection and access to resources? Their sect leader was so generous, and the Number One Under Heaven Sect's strength was plain to see.
After rewarding the third-generation disciples, Xu Yi dismissed them and kept Zhao Wuliang and the other nine second-generation disciples behind. He asked how their search for Fire Spirit Stones had gone.
That was the task he had left them before departing.
They each reported their findings, but there had been little success. Aside from one Fire Spirit Stone that they had bought together, which Zhao Wuliang held out to him, only two of them had heard at separate trade associations that Fire Spirit Stones might be auctioned. The rest had not even caught a glimpse of one.
Though disappointed, Xu Yi could understand. Fire Spirit Stones were rare; outside of auctions, they seldom appeared, and the major powers all kept them as treasures tucked away at the bottom of their chests.
An ordinary mid-stage Soul Sensing Realm cultivator was nothing special in this world. How could such a person easily lay hands on a treasure like this?
Xu Yi gave them a few words of encouragement and, after they repeatedly declined, rewarded them with three