Divine Pills, a Choice, and Meng Chuan's Generosity!

The prize was within his grasp, and it wasn't going anywhere.

Meng Chuan suppressed his excitement, let out a long breath, and said calmly, "Intelligent Brain, open the World Youth Championship reward exchange list."

As he activated the Intelligent Brain, he calculated silently: I got one exchange when I made the top hundred, and I used it on the fifth-grade snow lotus. Then I made the top ten and earned three more.

According to the rules, reaching First of the Generation gave me... eighteen exchanges in total!

From ninth through fourth, each place gained adds one exchange. Third adds another two, second adds three, and first adds a full four...

Meng Chuan ran through the numbers once more and nodded to himself.

The screen projected onto the wall now showed the exchange list and his remaining balance. His calculations were right: eighteen exchanges.

He skimmed the list to see what rewards were available.

A second later, his eyes lit up. Whatever he had spotted made his breathing turn heavy. "Damn! These divine pills only cost ten exchanges each! I'd still have eight left afterward. I've struck it rich!"

No wonder he was excited.

Divine pills were extraordinarily precious. A handful had been taken from the national treasury; the rest had been newly refined by Great Chu using materials supplied by Western nations as championship prizes.

There were only ten in all.

No one's exchanged for a divine pill yet?

Meng Chuan was surprised for a moment, then understood.

Ten exchanges were everything the fourth-place finisher had earned.

Even excluding Sevis the Alien Dragon, Liaohuo in fifth place could only afford one divine pill by spending everything.

Apart from Meng Chuan, that left only Chen Zhiming and Colby eligible to exchange for one.

They were probably still weighing their options too.