"Line up and come forward one at a time to collect your supplies," Wan Haiping said evenly.
Hong Ze, the Ban-Breaking Prodigy, took the front without hesitation. No one dared contest the first spot with him.
Li Jiang gave Xu Yang a bland glance and stepped behind Hong Ze without hesitation.
He was one of the eighteen prodigies who had touched the combat-power barrier. His Dragon Ascension ranking was higher than Xu Yang's, placing him in the top twenty.
The meaning in his gaze was plain: the second spot was his. Xu Yang should not even dream of competing for it.
Have the open contests and hidden struggles already begun?
Xu Yang smiled faintly and took his place behind Li Jiang.
Only once he had settled into place did the others dare line up behind him. The hierarchy was so distinct that they seemed to have rehearsed it beforehand. Only two prodigies who have touched the combat-power barrier. Xu Yang shook his head inwardly.
Of the eighteen prodigies who had touched the combat-power barrier, Mistshadow Peak had received only two-and that was because Crouching Dragon Peak had rejected him. Otherwise, Li Jiang would probably have been the only one.
Fewer resources, but fewer prodigies too. That isn't so bad.
Soon, he received his supplies: a disciple's handbook, a Dragon-Tiger Profound Connection Pill, two standard-issue Treasure Garments made from spirit silkworm silk, and one hundred and ten points of sect contribution.
Ten points were Mistshadow Peak's allowance; the other hundred were his reward for placing in the top sixty of Dragon Ascension.
They really are generous!
One hundred and ten points of sect contribution did not sound like much, but exchanged for Dragon-Tiger Profound Connection Pills, they would buy twenty-two.
I'll save my sect contribution for now, Xu Yang thought.
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