Cold Water Essence Stone

Kong Yi knew that Yang Jihai had granted him a significant favor. Although the top-tier war between the human and Demon Race had ceased, the skirmishes among low and mid-level disciples were intensifying. The human race in the East Sea had long established rules: every sect, depending on its size, was required to dispatch a corresponding number of disciples, and there were strict standards for combat performance. Only after meeting these quotas were individuals permitted to withdraw.

For cultivators who performed exceptionally well, the human race in the East Sea would try every possible means to keep them behind. Naturally, this could not be done through force, but rather through incentives. For instance, the Soul-Severing Flower that Yan Chihuo required—despite the high price Yan Chihuo paid, he would not have been able to acquire such a quantity if his combat record hadn't been stellar. After all, these were rare items; simply transporting them from various regions required significant time and manpower. Similarly, the White Cloud Carriage for Xue Qingmei had been custom-crafted specifically for her.

In reality, it wasn't just Yan Chihuo, Sun Yi, Xue Qingmei, and others; the combat records of most of the Sea Heaven Sect members far exceeded the standards. While this was partly due to the diligence of each individual cultivator, it was even more due to the mutual support provided by the Sea Heaven Sect members under Yan Chihuo's leadership.

For example, when besieging Demons and Monsters, the final blow was often left to lower-level cultivators by those with higher cultivation, ensuring that even those whose strength was otherwise insufficient could accumulate enough merit to leave the front lines and return to the Sea Heaven Sect.

However, this only made the human leaders even more reluctant to let the Sea Heaven Sect members return, because