Amid the many disciples, a cool, aloof figure slowly stepped out from Lianyou Peak's ranks.
She wore a pale purple Daoist robe, its skirts flowing like water.
As an exceptional talent among Dongyuan Sect's previous generation of disciples, Qin Ying had always enjoyed great renown within the sect.
Many male disciples even regarded her as the immortal maiden of their dreams.
Yet, for some reason, every time Song Yan saw her, all he ever saw was a face as cold as frost.
He seemed never to have seen her smile.
She was no different now. Her beautiful face carried a frostiness that kept others a thousand miles away, and a cold spiritual pressure faintly flowed around her. Her cultivation had clearly reached the Foundation Establishment Realm middle stage.
"Qin Ying, disciple of Lianyou Peak."
Luo Xiaming read aloud, "She led the Qin Household's cultivators, skillfully employed stratagems to turn the Yinfeng Gorge Master, and joined forces with the cultivators of Red Maple Plain's Nine Veins to ambush and slay nearly a thousand Devil Cultivators, wiping out their entire force and greatly bolstering the momentum of the Chu Kingdom's immortal path."
"She is awarded ten Spirit-Melting Pills, two thousand Spirit Stones, her choice from the Immortal Mechanism Armory, her choice from the Inner Sect Scripture Repository, and twelve months of cultivation in the Minor Grotto-Heaven Realm-"
These were already generous and rare rewards, ample proof of the sect's recognition of Qin Ying's great contribution.
Faint gasps of wonder and envy rose below the platform.
Yet Luo Xiaming did not stop there.
"In addition, the sect master has specially bestowed a Golden Core Sword Talisman."
"..."
Those words struck like a rock shattering the heavens.
The earlier discussions of ordinary rewards froze instantly, and the entire Zhoutian Terrace fell briefly into deathly