Reward (1)

Taking advantage of the chaos, the Moonlight Demon Tiger escaped in front of everyone. This could be said to be the most unprofitable hunt ever due to the number of casualties and also the return of profit.

Plus, there are only a few puddles of blood around them. As the blood will be unusable if they're not processed on the spot, collecting those puddle would be a waste of time. Worst of all, it even mixed with the blood of their fellow comrades, and it can be said to be diluted.

But most surprising to Yang Guang is his Jade Container. No matter how much they're diluted with other soldier's blood, the suction only absorbs the portion that belongs to the Moonlight Demon Tiger.

In total, Yang Guang obtained more than seven-hundred and twenty Blood Soul Pellets from this fight. Along with twenty Inner Blood Pills in his sleeve's pocket, the harvest in this fight yields him a total of 740 pills.

And in return, there's no more Blood Coagulating Powder available in any of the Spatial Jade Bracelet.

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"Aargh! I'm so angry!" Tian Jian complained. But feeling regret wouldn't help in this situation. Only two hundred soldiers remained. In total, there are 5,000 soldiers sent by the Earth Fort to try and stops the Beast Stampede.

Leading them would be the five captains, including Tian Jian.

But now, his battalion of 1,000 soldiers are only left with two hundred injured personnel. As a part of the Tianyu Province's military, losing or dying in a battle is not shameful, but failing to return with most of the soldiers is.

It takes time to cultivate the soldiers, and mold them into an elite ready follow any command, even if they're ordered to kill themselves. And here, losing eight hundred of them are comparable to losing one and a half battalion for nothing.

"Captain," a group of soldiers came to Tian Jian and kneeled before him.

"Captain!" another group followed.

Soon, everyone in the two hundred soldiers kneeled before Tian Jian and lowered their heads. This scene... Stunned both Yang Guang and Tian Peng.

"Everyone!" Tian Jian kneeled as well. As a captain that was supposed to bring the out and back altogether, he failed to accomplish this mission.

"We're useless! We request the captain to go back and inform our lord about our incompetence!" this scene could make everyone speechless on the spot. Facing a captain that failed to command them properly, the soldiers choose to penalize themselves and no blaming their supervisor.

"You all..." Tian Jian's eyes turned red. But to make sure he did not show his men the weakness of their supervisor, he held the tears in. Everything that happened made him trembled from their respect, their willingness, and their faith in him.

"My fellow comrades... Please accept my bow." Tian Jian kowtowed in front of his two hundred soldiers.

"Captain! Captain!" the soldiers followed and gave him a kowtow in a similar respect.

"And those that left so we can return, please accept my bow." Tian Jian continued. This time, he gave his kowtow towards the spot everyone is buried together, along with eight large tombstones. As for his soldiers, they all followed.

Everything... It ends like this.

The Beast Stampede, the Moonlight Demon Tiger, the internal conflict between the sects, and many more. Plenty of people died, and plenty inherited their will and hatred as they move on.

Perhaps, the deceased exist just for the sake of creating a road for those that still alive to continue walking.

"Brother Tian Peng," Yang Guang called.

"Yes?" Tian Peng turned his head to where Yang Guang is.

"You have a good uncle. I'm a little jealous," Yang Guang added.

"Change your name to Tian. Then he's also your uncle." Tian Peng jokes. The two of them continued to fool around until they're finally back to Tianyu City.

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One month later.

"Shu-Tong Tian Peng! Come up to the stage for your reward."

"Liu Da-Yang and Liu Da-Bing, come up to the stage."

"Ling Rou Rou, Min Fang, Min Rong, come up."

"Yang Guang, come up."

"Cao Meng Yuan. Wen Xuwu. Tong Ren."

The ten of them were called up to the stage for their excellent performance during this Beast Stampede Subjugation. As their name is called according to their overall contribution, it seems Yang Guang's peak performance is only enough for him to take the 7th spot.

"I, Qi Rui, is glad to represent the Polished Jade Tower to reward the ten book-servants here for their excellent performances during the subjugation. Each one of them present on this stage, not only capable of showing the quality of a leader but also experience and composure to handle matters outside of our Sect."

"Shu-Tong Tian Peng, come before me." Elder Qi Rui called Tian Peng to come forward.

"Junior Tian Peng pays respect to Elder." Tian Peng bowed.

"Book Servant Tian Peng. Outperform during the entire time inside Thousand Boar Forest. As the first person to notice the hidden motive behind the disciples of Ten Thousand Pills Sect, your move to group the people together is commendable."

"After that, not only you managed to lead a group of book-servants into safety, but also found the target, Moonlight Demon Tiger hiding inside the Thousand Boar Forest."

"These few excellent achievements of yours received unstoppable praise from the Elders of Three Tower. You're now promoted to become an Outer Disciple and will continue your studies in the Formation Realm Class." Elder Qi Rui read both his performance and reward in front of the crowd.

"Elder Qi Rui, may junior add something?" Tian Peng requested for some correction to be made.

"You may go ahead," Elder Qi Rui allows him to continue.

"Tian Peng is now an Early-Level Jade Assembling Realm cultivator." unexpected to everyone present, Tian Peng already advanced into the Jade Assembling Realm.

"Good! A talent that keeps improving. A correction indeed has to be made." Elder Qi Rui nods his head on Tian Peng's reveal of strength.

"Tian Peng will be placed inside the Assembling Realm Class and not the Formation class," he announced.

"Thank you, Elder." Tian Peng bowed.

"Next, Liu Da-Yang and Liu Da-Bing. Come forward." Elder Qi Rui continued. The two of them also performed well through the subjugation mission and promoted as Outer Disciple in the Formation Class.

Following them is Ling Rou-Rou, and the Min brothers. All three of them are also promoted to Outer Disciple but remained in Book-Servant class.

"Yang Guang. Come forward." Elder Qi Rui called his name at last.

"Elder!" Yang Guang stands up, ready for his reward.