Chapter 292

Chapter 292: Reward

The City Lord’s figure vanished in an instant into the Soul Prison.

You Lan blinked, then turned to look at Li Shuang and asked: “Did you see that?”

Li Shuang looked puzzled and said: “See what?”

You Lan’s voice shook with excitement as she said: “The City Lord’s heroic bearing!”

It was her first time watching a battle like this at such close range. The City Lord was still the City Lord. That traitor Mu Xiao was already a top expert of the Mortal Realm, yet someone that strong could not even take one move from a mere avatar of the City Lord. [The City Lord is the City Lord, the gap is huge.]

You Lan calmed a little, then frowned at Li Shuang and asked: “Why is your face so calm?”

Everyone present was thrilled, but Li Shuang still wore the same straight face. Li Shuang gave a helpless look and said: “I was born with few expressions.”

You Lan studied her and said: “No one can resist being won over by the City Lord’s presence. It is just that you live with the City Lord day and night, so you adapt faster.”

As she spoke, a touch of jealousy showed on You Lan’s face. Li Shuang fell silent. She quickly said: “The City Lord told us to go to the City Lord’s Manor. Are you sure you still want to waste time here?”

You Lan forced herself to calm down and muttered to herself: “This is the first time the City Lord will meet me alone. I must not mess it up.” She even took out a mirror and started to tidy herself.

Li Shuang coughed and said: “It is not alone. I am here too.”

You Lan pretended not to hear. She carefully fixed herself until every strand of hair was perfect, then stepped with Li Shuang into the Teleportation Array.

After facing life and death together, the two were clearly closer than before. Li Shuang saw how nervous You Lan was and teased: “You are sweating.”

Sweating? You Lan hurried to wipe her forehead, then glared at Li Shuang. [She looks cold and blank, but she is crafty.] She was not sweating at all.

Li Shuang cleared her throat and said: “You are already perfect. Let’s go, the City Lord’s Manor is right ahead.”

You Lan pouted and said: “I was perfect to begin with,” then followed her in.

In the main hall of the City Lord’s Manor, the one receiving them was not a Phantom Stage image but the City Lord’s Thunder Avatar. Ember stood with her hands behind her back, as if thinking. When the two entered, she turned to look at them.

They bowed and said: “Greetings, City Lord.”

Ember smiled and said: “This time, you did very well.”

Li Shuang replied at once and said: “It was our honor to help the City Lord draw out the traitor of the Human Race.”

Ember glanced at her and said with a smile: “You are sharp.” At first it might have been hard to see, but when Mu Xiao showed up, the City Lord who had seemed badly wounded became strong to a shocking level in a heartbeat. What was there not to understand?

Ember said directly: “You two joined hands and slew many Devil Seeds. You even risked your lives to help me draw out the High-Tier Devilspawn hidden within the Human Race. These are great merits. I called you here to grant some rewards.”

Ember looked at Li Shuang and You Lan, then tapped her finger. Two pills shot into their bodies. They swallowed by reflex. In the next breath, the vitality they had lost in the battle was restored at once. Not only that, Li Shuang’s spiritual power kept rising, then broke through in one continuous surge to Peak Divine Transformation. Now her spiritual power and her soul cultivation were both just one step away from the Integration Stage. You Lan’s cultivation also rose, but since she was already at the Integration Stage, the increase was not as obvious.

Ember spoke casually and said: “These pills were refined by Ye Hong Yao. They are rare, perfect pills with no side effects. You do not need to worry about an unstable foundation.”

Li Shuang’s eyes moved as a hint flashed in her mind. [Heaven and Earth Furnace prompt: Perfect quality Sixth Tier Vitality Pill. Instantly restores a cultivator to full condition and raises spiritual cultivation by a small amount. Perfect quality pill with no pill poison. Can be taken without limit.]

[No pill poison and unlimited use. This is so tempting.] But then she saw the price listed by the Heaven and Earth Furnace and cooled down at once. [One pill costs one hundred thousand Value Points. I cannot afford that.] Still, there was a bigger gain. [The Furnace has analyzed this Sixth Tier Vitality Pill and already derived the Seventh Tier, Eighth Tier, and even Ninth Tier Perfect Vitality Pill. In a life and death moment, a pill that can restore all strength at once is a true life saver.]

Li Shuang and You Lan, with Ember’s help, absorbed the medicinal power quickly. Both said at once: “Thank you for the reward, City Lord.”

Ember smiled and said: “Your contribution in destroying Devil Seeds will be converted into Merit Points. Since you fought side by side, I will not split who did more or less. Each of you will receive five hundred thousand Merit Points.”

A huge sum appeared at once in their Wanfa Eyes. Li Shuang’s spirit lifted. With these Merit Points, she could buy the Cross-Continent Teleportation Array blueprint. Even counting the cost of materials to set up the array, it would be more than enough. [If the Sword Sect agrees, we can move the whole sect to the Central Continent.]

Ember seemed in good spirits and said: “The Cross-Continent Teleportation Array uses more resources the more people it sends, so it consumes more Merit Points. The points in your hand should be enough to send all the people of your sect here.”

She did not want Li Shuang to think of getting things without working, and she would not give unconditionally. What Li Shuang wanted, she had to earn herself. Ember knew Li Shuang could not let go of the Sword Sect. Now that she had enough Merit Points to bring an entire sect, they would likely meet again in the Central Continent very soon.

You Lan looked confused and asked: “Cross-Continent Teleportation Array? Why buy that?” For those already living in the Central Continent, it was expensive and useless.

Li Shuang looked apologetic toward You Lan and said: “Sorry, I asked the City Lord to lie for me earlier. I am not the daughter of an old friend of the City Lord. Let me reintroduce myself.” She cupped her hands and said: “Li Shuang, Sword Sect Disciple from the Nanlan Continent.”

You Lan froze. Her proud face now showed only confusion. Li Shuang, Sword Sect, Nanlan Continent? These words together made no sense to her. Her lips trembled. Losing to a genius carefully trained by the City Lord was hard but acceptable, yet losing to a cultivator from the Nanlan Continent made her feel helpless. She looked at the City Lord for help.