From the moment the Seventh Elder had summoned him to his Cave Abode with a Messaging Talisman, Ye Han had known it would not be as simple as coming here to spar with Qin Minghui.
He could clearly sense that the Seventh Elder and Fourth Elder had summoned him for something else. Sparring with Qin Minghui was merely a way to gauge his true cultivation and strength.
Now that the Seventh Elder was offering him a reward, Ye Han felt a little uneasy. There was no such thing as a free lunch.
He had learned that lesson back in Green Ox Village. Whenever he had nothing to eat, he had to do plenty of work for the villagers and Wang Laocai before he could earn a meal.
Anyone willing to give him a bite to eat would make him do this or that first. After all, everyone was poor, and sparing even a little food for someone else was already no easy feat.
He knew the Seventh Elder's gifts would not come so easily.
At first, he had thought of asking for a treasure.
But on second thought, asking for a treasure outright would make him seem spineless. He was not even the Seventh Elder's formal disciple yet; asking him for treasures was hardly a commendable move.
The Seventh Elder might look down on him for it.
Besides, the reward was not simply for his good performance during his duel with Qin Minghui.
He felt that the Seventh Elder's main purpose in summoning him was to examine the true state of his cultivation.
Rather, it was because his performance had satisfied both the Fourth Elder and the Seventh Elder.
Once he understood this, Ye Han knew that the Seventh Elder's favors would not come cheaply. Still, he might as well