"Oh? Fellow Daoist Lie, you actually took the initiative to ask for a Qi Refining disciple?
"Unfortunately, if he were merely an ordinary disciple, we could let your sect have him. But this boy just rendered great service during the trial and ranked second in the secret realm trial. Doing so would chill the hearts of our disciples." Heaven Toad Ancestor shook his head and refused outright.
"If you're unwilling, Fellow Daoist Tian Chan, then forget it. It was only a casual suggestion. It seems this little fellow has no fate with our Setting Sun Sect." Lie Guang answered without taking offense.
"Enough, fellow Daoists. Let's end the idle chatter here. The disciples below are still waiting. Tian Yue, begin." The Azure Elderly Woman grew somewhat impatient and abruptly interrupted the two Golden Core cultivators, then gave an order to a burly Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Thousand Bamboo Sect standing below.
"Yes, Patriarch."
Hearing his sect's Patriarch give the order, the burly man immediately stepped forward and bowed in acknowledgment.
Then he shook his sleeve, sending a gleaming silver scroll flying out. It fluttered in the wind and slowly unfurled, releasing rows of illusory golden characters that swiftly expanded into an enormous light screen.
"The Jialan Secret Realm has closed, and every disciple's temporary merit points have been tallied. By order of the Patriarchs, I, Tian Yue, will announce the rankings for this trial and the rewards for the highest-ranked disciples.
"The top thirty disciples will each receive a bottle of the rare first-tier spiritual medicine, Rejuvenation Liquid, which can rapidly restore dharma power.
"The top ten disciples will each receive a second-tier Grass Spirit Pill, which can restore damaged limbs and grow flesh upon bare bones.
"The top three disciples will each receive a second-tier Origin-Washing Pill, which