Shen Bing looked utterly dumbfounded.
The rewards came in tiers? And upper, middle, and lower tiers at that...
Was this even a choice? Even an idiot could tell that the upper-tier reward had to be better than the lower-tier one.
But Shen Bing quickly dismissed that thought. Surely the Jade Emperor wasn't childish enough to present him with such a meaningless choice.
If so, what was the Jade Emperor trying to accomplish?
Suddenly, a thought struck Shen Bing. Was this fellow setting a trap for him?
Under the Heavenly Dao, even the Jade Emperor couldn't shortchange him on his reward. But if he offered several options and Shen Bing chose something of lesser value, that would still fall within the Heavenly Dao's rules.
The prerequisite was that the average value of the rewards in the three tiers had to be no less than what Shen Bing was entitled to.
At that thought, the corners of Shen Bing's mouth curled upward.
The Jade Emperor's trick was probably quite novel in the Immortal Realm, and plenty of Gods would fall for it. But as a young man of the new era, raised amid an endless parade of marketing gimmicks, prize draws, and other schemes, how could Shen Bing be blinded by the benefits dangled before him?
"My contributions have been meager. How could I dare covet an upper-tier reward? If you truly wish to reward me, Your Majesty, simply grant me the lower-tier reward." The Mist-Ethereal Adept assumed an air of compassion for all living things.
The Jade Emperor fell silent for several seconds, as though his brain had crashed.
"I never imagined you were so noble, Reverend. What a blessing for our Immortal Realm!" The Jade Emperor sighed. "Taibai Jinxing, bring forth the lower-tier reward and bestow it upon the Reverend."