As in the previous year, the top three in the competition would be exempt from the Inner Sect Qualification Task and could each choose a technique from the second floor of the Martial Repository Hall.
Besides that, the top three received an additional reward: for the following year, they could exchange for pills at half price.
In other words, an Origin-Returning Pill that normally cost thirty contribution points would cost the top three only fifteen.
Of course, they could only make this exchange once a month, not without limit.
The announcement immediately sent all the Outer Sect disciples into a frenzy of excitement.
Half-price exchanges meant twice the resources. For a moment, even some who had not intended to register could no longer resist.
"With rewards this generous, the sect clearly wants to encourage us to participate. I'm going to register," Sun Tao said excitedly.
So what if he could not make the top three? He could gain experience and prepare for next year's competition.
By next year's Outer Sect Grand Competition, he was confident he would have achieved astral qi mastery. Even if the top three remained out of reach, he could still contend for the top twenty. "Senior Brother, calm down!"
Xu Yang held back the wildly excited Sun Tao and said, "I heard the sect isn't trying to encourage everyone to participate. These benefits were prepared for the top three of the Ten Elites."
By now, certain things had become clear. Among all the Outer Sect disciples, only Li Chuyang, Du Chuan, and Jiang Fan had reached marrow cleansing. The top three places were practically reserved for them.
With the rewards for the top three even more generous than last year's, people could hardly avoid making that connection.
Jiang Fan was the Young Marquis, while Du Chuan