Miao Jingkong and Lin Xiao watched Chen Yulin stride into the third-grade Heavenly Venerable's room. Their little eyes gleamed with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
They couldn't understand it. Had the Eight Great Imperial Clans dug up the ancestral graves of the master of the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode? Or, like some clichéd plot, had they killed his whole family, violated his wife, and seized his daughter? Was there any need to target them like this?
It was bad enough that their challenge was harder than the ascenders', but they weren't even given rewards. Had they come to brave these trials for nothing?
Remembering that there had been no reward for them at the Green Fir Ironwood, Miao Jingkong had learned his lesson. He asked first, "Senior, may I ask whether the Eight Great Imperial Clans can receive rewards this time?"
This time, Dijiang gave a very clear answer. "There are ten places in the rankings, and only five of you. Everyone can receive a reward; the rewards simply differ according to rank."
"Thank you, Senior!"
Miao Jingkong gave his thanks, delighted. As long as he could get a reward, it was worth fighting for. Otherwise, he had been tempted to turn around and leave the Peach Garden Heavenly Abode.
In the time it took them to speak, the door to the room Chen Yulin had entered opened again, and Chen Yulin walked out with a slightly pale face.
He had passed, but his complexion made it plain that Chen Yulin’s trial had been anything but easy.
That made Liuyun Lan hesitate over his original plan to choose the fifth-grade Heavenly Venerable Realm.
He glanced at Lin Heng, then thought it over and decided to give up on the idea. Liuyun Lan still chose to give up.
Given Lin Heng's true