Before, offending people would never have brought him such enormous benefits. It had not been worth it.
Now he was somewhat at a loss over what to do.
The benefits were already in hand, and the people had already been offended. He could only face reality.
After bowing to the Regional Lord with clasped hands, Bian Jixiong flew away and landed back in the pavilion he had come from.
Wei Mo turned his head toward the person beside him. "Next sect."
Under the normal procedure, after a whole series of elaborate formalities, the awards would have started with the continents: first the continents, then the sects, and only then the individuals.
The problem was that the Right Assistant Marquis had not come, and the Star Lords had left. Only their own people remained to play along. Giving themselves awards would have been downright ridiculous. Besides, the Xun Gate rewards could not be handed over now anyway; those would have to be implemented later. He therefore dropped the part where the continents came forward to receive their awards and went straight to the sects.
The announcer called again, "Ascendant Immortal Island of Separation Continent, ranked second in the Skyfall Meteor Assembly! Come forward to receive your reward!"
As his words fell, the sect leader of Ascendant Immortal Island flew down onto the top of the stone pillar.
Still smiling, Wei Mo took out a decree and handed it to him, offering the same warm congratulations.
The announcer called again, "All disciples of Ascendant Immortal Island shall receive three hundred years of free passage through every publicly accessible Xun Gate within Victory Spirit Continent!"
Another wave of astonished, envious cries rose from the Tournament Grounds.
Three hundred years of free passage seemed very different from free passage forever, but their practical value