Then she put that one away, pulled a new one from the cloth bag, and hurried forward, calling, "Junxue! Junxue!"
She went straight off into the distance.
It was dusk after the Winners' Arena had ended. After receiving cheers for a full seven and a half minutes and exchanging a few pleasantries with the dignitaries on the raised platform, Pei Ye was urged to go and rest.
The tall man who was said to have come from Heavenly Mountain took out a pill and gave it to him on the spot. Once Pei Ye swallowed it, a mild coolness immediately rose in his belly, and much of his pain subsided.
Even though Pei Ye knew little about such things, he could guess how precious the pill was.
Li Piaoqing cupped her hands in thanks before Pei Ye could, saying Jade Feather would cover the cost, but the man named Gu Yunfu shook his head with a genial smile and said this was simply his way of forging a friendly connection with Young Master Pei.
They spoke no further. The boy truly was wounded and exhausted after his successive battles, so he took his leave and headed back to Jade Feather's lodgings.
"What about my rewards?" Once they had gone some distance and there were hardly any outsiders around, Pei Ye finally could not resist asking quietly, "When do I get them?"
"You still remember the rewards?" Li Piaoqing looked at him with a smile.
"A hundred taels of silver, a Copper Sparrow Tally, a certificate inscribed 'Bowang Golden Autumn · Champion,' an Ascension Pill, a lower-grade C sword from the East Sea Sword Forge, the sword technique Snow-Collapsing, and nomination at Han Pavilion for the Divine Capital Martial Exam." Pei Ye counted them off on his fingers as though listing