For the moment, Wei Mo quite appreciated this flattery that minded the head but forgot the rear. Smiling, he waved Wu Jinliang away after he had collected his reward.
Next, Xiang Lan'er, who had placed third, went up to collect her reward: another million in Sandalwood Gold and a property.
Bian Weiying, who followed, got the short end of the stick. Judging by the quantity of Insect Core Crystals, she had not fallen far behind Xiang Lan'er, yet their rewards differed considerably. Fourth place was not called up separately; she went up with fifth and sixth place to collect their rewards. All three received the same amount: just three million in Sandalwood Gold.
Seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth place then went up together. These four received only a million in Sandalwood Gold.
For them, the significance of receiving an award onstage lay in more than that million. They were different from Shi Chun and the others. For Shi Chun and his companions, earning this reward meant getting this reward alone. They had no hope of further rewards from Mount Wukang, much less preferential allocations of cultivation resources.
Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang knew very well that they had no one backing them. Mount Wukang had pushed them out to make up the numbers and die.
Nor had they fought for first place for Mount Wukang's sake.
As Shi Chun had put it in his early years, "Every mouthful I eat, I seized for myself!"
Neither side owed the other affection or loyalty. They could well become mortal enemies!
"The Skyfall Meteor Assembly is officially concluded!"
"Let this monument be sent to the Western Extremity and erected at the Moon Sea, to remember the departed and forever honor their souls!"
The announcer's resounding shouts proclaimed the official end of the Skyfall