"The Fourth-Grade Realm isn't low. Back in the Ancient Era, you could have finished your training and gone down the mountain to make your way in the world. You can do it." Pavilion Master Chu sounded unconcerned. "Oh, do you want a reward? See the Jadewater Pavilion below? It's been smashed apart, but its foundations are still there. You can have it. Though I'm afraid you won't be able to take the two big trees behind me."
Song Shuhang looked down at the shattered Jadewater Pavilion, which had also been contaminated by deadly poison. He looked up at the sky. That was Ninth-Grade poison. A minor cultivator of his level would die if he touched even a speck of it—or breathed in a whiff.
Even if you give me that reward, I can't take it.
Besides, the Jadewater Pavilion was Pavilion Master Chu's lifeblood. How could he accept it?
"A gentleman does not take what another holds dear," Song Shuhang replied.
Pavilion Master Chu yawned. "Then I'm out of options. Apart from the Jadewater Pavilion, I don't have anything else to reward you with right now... And Ye Si, the only one I had, has long since become yours in life and in death."
Song Shuhang laughed awkwardly.
"Thought of anything yet?" Pavilion Master Chu asked.
"Pavilion Master, even if I'm going to think of something, you have to give me a little time. This isn't a brain teaser." Song Shuhang pointed at his body and chuckled. "Actually, my body's liquefied right now. How about I cut off a piece for you to use to form a new body?"
"No, thanks," Pavilion Master Chu said.
At that moment, the Great Sea Turtle beside them said, "Shuhang, get ready to treat this like a brain teaser. Pavilion Master Chu has used