Everyone could hardly believe their ears. Mu Yan actually turned down such generous rewards?
Didn't he know these were all good things?
All the youths of the Mu Household grew anxious. At that moment, they wished they could take Mu Yan's place and claim those rewards.
With such good things, their strength would surely improve rapidly!
Such wonderful treasures, and you wouldn't even look at them, Mu Yan?
The Lineage elders were also greatly surprised. They didn't know why Mu Yan would refuse these treasures. By all rights, shouldn't he have been wild with joy?
Why did he seem completely unmoved?
Why did he even look disdainful?
The first elder looked baffled. These treasures held a certain appeal even for him, let alone a junior like Mu Yan.
Or was Mu Yan too greedy, unwilling to settle for these rewards, and therefore raising his price on the spot, ready to open his lion's maw and demand a fortune?
Realizing that this was indeed possible, the first elder's gaze darkened somewhat.
But out of consideration for Mu Yan's status as champion and the Mu Household's future, he still said, "Mu Yan, do you think there aren't enough treasures?"
"These already represent a portion of the Lineage's reserves. Don't be too greedy. Quit while you're ahead! I can reward you with another thousand Spirit Stones!"
The first elder first gave him a veiled warning, then increased his reward a little.
Everyone gasped in shock upon hearing this, then looked on with envy.
A thousand Spirit Stones! That was no small sum.
Even back when Mu Yan had still been the Mu Household's genius, his annual Spirit Stone allowance had only been five hundred. Now he was being rewarded with a thousand Spirit Stones all at once. Anyone would have gone mad with excitement!
Even Mu Lei looked at Mu Yan expectantly, wanting to remind him that he could accept.
After all, making the first elder bleed so much wasn't easy. There might never be another opportunity like this!
Little did they know that, in Mu Yan's eyes, this supposed increase only made the title of champion and its rewards even more laughable!
"I am a disciple of the Kunlun Holy Land. Stop embarrassing yourselves by bringing this trash before me! Champion? Rewards? I, Mu Yan, couldn't care less!"
Mu Yan burst out laughing, giving the first elder no face whatsoever.
Seeing him refuse once again, everyone found it unbelievable.
Were these rewards still not good enough?
Just what sort of treasures would catch his eye?
The first elder and the others were all the more enraged by their humiliation, feeling that this brat was simply toying with them!
"What would satisfy you, then?" The first elder was so angry that his beard trembled.
Mu Yan laughed loudly, then said, "I came back today only to set my mind at ease. Now I've achieved my goal!"
He had finished what needed doing and completely overturned everyone's opinion of him.
Looking at the expressions on their faces, he could sense their fear, incomprehension, confusion, envy, jealousy, and even their eagerness to please him!
That was enough.
"Yan'er, where are you going?"
Mu Lei anxiously called out to stop him.
Mu Yan said, "Father, I've already joined the Kunlun Holy Land. Naturally, I'm returning there to continue cultivating."
"The Kunlun Holy Land?" Mu Lei frowned in confusion.
Why had he never heard of this faction?
When the others heard that he had actually joined a holy land, they all exclaimed in astonishment. Holy lands represented the very highest powers of the Desolate Immortal Great World!
Every faction worthy of being called a "holy land" had to possess an Immortal Emperor's legacy.
To join a holy land, one had to be a one-in-ten-thousand genius. Otherwise, one wouldn't even qualify!
Since he had joined a holy land, could the Mu Household bask in his reflected glory and soar to success in the future?
At this thought, the first elder and the others, who had just been cold and impatient toward Mu Yan, immediately put on different faces, becoming fawning and ingratiating.
The youths of the Mu Household were also filled with admiration for him!
Mu Kun might be strong, but he could never join a holy land!
Mu Yan was different. Having joined a holy land, he was destined to become the Mu Household's most dazzling figure, and even make his name known throughout the Azure Heaven Region, the Eastern Victorious Continent, and the entire Desolate Immortal Great World!
"A holy land? Yan'er, you said you joined a holy land? Where is this Kunlun Holy Land?"
Although Mu Lei had never heard of the Kunlun Holy Land, he felt that he must simply be too poorly informed. It was perfectly normal for him to have seen little of the world.
If it could be called a holy land, how could it be anything less than extraordinary?
The first elder and the others were also brimming with enthusiasm, their faces wreathed in smiles. They seemed like entirely different people from their stern, indifferent selves a moment ago.
Mu Yan raised his head proudly. "The Kunlun Holy Land is right here in our Azure Heaven Region! Although it's only just begun developing, its name will soon shake the Desolate Immortal Great World!"
Hearing this, Mu Lei felt that something wasn't quite right.
Since when had the Azure Heaven Region had a holy land?
Only just begun developing?
In other words, it hadn't developed yet?
After learning the truth, Mu Lei wore a peculiar expression. He couldn't help feeling that some charlatan might have duped his foolish son.
Those other holy lands had all been founded by Immortal Emperors, their names shaking the Desolate Immortal Great World from the moment of their founding. Which of them had started as a small sect?
Giving themselves the title of "holy land"-weren't they just deceiving themselves?
The first elder and the others also understood now. After all that, this so-called Kunlun Holy Land was just a newly established sect?
They had thought it really was some lofty, transcendent power!
How ridiculous!
"No wonder I've never heard of a Kunlun Holy Land. So it hasn't developed yet?"
The first elder laughed mockingly. Thinking that he had actually wanted to curry favor with Mu Yan just now, he found it utterly ironic.
The second elder also asked sarcastically, "Mu Yan, since your Kunlun Holy Land is so impressive, it must be enormous, right? How many disciples does it have now?"
Mu Yan naturally knew what they were getting at, but he didn't care.
With his master there, the Kunlun Holy Land had the greatest backing of all!
"At present, our holy land has only one disciple: me. I'm also the Kunlun Holy Land's eldest disciple!" Mu Yan declared proudly.
At that, the first elder and the others couldn't help roaring with laughter, rocking back and forth and nearly laughing themselves to tears.
"Hahaha! Just you? And you call that a holy land?"
"Seriously? A holy land with one disciple? What a terrifyingly enormous establishment! Hahaha!"
"I can't take it! I'm going to die laughing! What an impressive holy land! Absolutely incredible!"
These higher-ups of the Mu Household laughed without stopping, and everyone else in the Mu Household laughed along with them. They all looked at Mu Yan as though he were a joke.
They had thought the Kunlun Holy Land was something impressive, but it turned out to be a tiny sect with only one disciple?
That was it?
"Yan'er, how does your Kunlun Holy Land compare to the Gold and Jade Sect?"
Mu Lei asked cautiously.
The Gold and Jade Sect was also a powerful sect in the Azure Heaven Region. Its sect master had already reached the Void Refinement Realm, and it had tens of thousands of disciples!
He asked because Mu Yan's fiancée was currently a core disciple of the Gold and Jade Sect.
If the Kunlun Holy Land was far inferior to the Gold and Jade Sect, the gap between Mu Yan and his fiancée might only grow wider. In a few more years, they would belong to two different worlds!