novelaction Chapter 703: Awarded military merit and specially promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
Chapter 703: Awarded military merit and specially promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
Jiang He had one hand in her pocket. Her hair had grown a bit longer and was tied back, with a few strands sticking up from time to time.
She looked towards the audience seats, and the monks there also looked at her:
"Jiang He!!! Look this way! I'm your biggest fan."
"What a coincidence! I'm also a fan of Jiang He, but I'm not a fan of her career, I'm a fan of her food."
"Food? Spiritual food?"
"Yes, yes, yes, even though I've never tried it, it doesn't stop me from craving it."
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Jiang He walked out of the space, and standing on the stage with Zhong Liyu, Bai Zhizhou, Long Aotian and Li Ling were also there.
When the host turned his gaze to the members of the Xiaoyao Sect, his expression was one of barely suppressed emotion, whether they were discussing unpopular or popular topics.
The best people have almost filled the entire list of heroes.
Each year, the top-ranked member of the sect competition is awarded a badge engraved with an SS-grade crystal core. The badges have different designs depending on the top-ranked member. SS-grade crystal cores can be absorbed and used as resources, or they can be auctioned on the software. They are an encouragement from the empire to the top-ranked members.
The SS-class monster was enormous, and its crystal core was even larger. When Bai Zhizhou held it in his hand, the heavy crystal core was bigger than his fist.
The crystal nucleus appears exceptionally clear from the outside, and the internal patterns are clearly visible.
Each person held a crystal core the size of a tomato. When it was Jiang He's turn, for convenience, some genius came up with the idea of threading the crystal core through the opening on the back of the badge. Six crystal cores were strung together with a string. From a distance, if they weren't crystal cores, they would look like a string of sausages.
Jiang He took the crystal core string from his hand. Because the crystal core was of such high quality, the light shining on it almost blinded him.
From the moment she saw the crystal core, Jiang He's smile widened considerably. She stopped putting her hands in her pockets and instead ran her fingers through the string of crystal cores, wishing she could put them away right now.
Jiang He practically carried a whole warehouse full of money on his back when it came to SS crystal cores.
Six pieces represent the money in six warehouses.
The host saw Jiang He with a beaming smile, and when she looked down, he couldn't help but be infected by her emotions.
Even the most aloof cultivator would smile upon seeing these six double-S-grade crystal cores.
The top spot on the six lists doesn't have the right amount of gold content, but it certainly has a lot of crystal nuclei.
"You're so happy, He." Zhong Liyu's lips curled up. He glanced at the crystal cores in front of Jiang He and saw that there were indeed a lot of them.
During the group photo, the gazes of the cultivators below the stage were like rays of light, as if they could materialize at any moment.
"Tsk tsk, so many crystal cores, I'm so envious."
"I'm envious too. If I were Jiang He, I would feel so good just thinking about it. I would participate in the sect competition and not only win the top spot on all six lists, but also get a bunch of crystal cores."
"The people standing in the center of the group photo are all cultivators from the Xiaoyao Sect, hahaha, it's the first time I've seen such a well-organized family."
"! I see Zhong Liyu! Wasn't he killed by two S-rank beings in the secret realm?"
"Holy crap, I just realized that Zhong Liyu has come back to life. Am I seeing things?"
"We don't think we're seeing things; he's really alive."
"Waaaaah, that's great! I thought Zhong Liyu had fallen in there."
"Hahaha, I knew it! Five people walking together like this look like the main characters. How could the main characters die?"
"It's quite a coincidence. Jiang He suddenly regained her true identity after being gone for so long, and now Zhong Liyu is the same. Moreover, they have been a team since the Wanjue Academy. Could it be that they are the main characters?"
"It looks like it. It has all the elements: a grassroots male protagonist, a loser's rise to power."
"Phew, it's good that he's not dead. It's good that he came back safely. It wasn't for nothing that I cried for so long. I'll accept it even if it was all for nothing."
"Your sentence sounds a bit strange, like a grammatically incorrect sentence."
"Zhong Liyu and Jiang Hefu are very lucky. With this kind of luck, everything they do afterward will go smoothly."
"Have you all forgotten that the sect leader of the Free and Unfettered Sect is Bei Mingzi? He is a powerful cultivator in the Mahayana stage and also a medical cultivator. I think I saw Jiang He preserve Zhong Liyu's body. His cultivation level was above the Nascent Soul stage. It is said that the Nascent Soul stage can already possess other cultivators, which means that the strength of their souls should not be weak at that time. It is not unusual for him to save Zhong Liyu's life."
"You probably don't know much about this. Many cultivators are dead once they die. Even if their souls are still there, once their bodies are dead, their souls are gone. Don't even mention saving them. If they leave the body for even a minute, they're almost certainly dead. Unless Zhongli Yu's soul is strong enough, he can't be saved. And, most importantly, cultivators are a great tonic for demons, including their souls. If you die, you can't escape even if you want to."
"Holy crap, so many conditions have to be met at the same time. How strong must Zhong Liyu's soul be to survive?"
"If it's a time traveler or a reincarnated person, their soul is solidified, and they can indeed stay there for a long time."
“I had always suspected that Zhong Liyu’s death was suspicious. I was watching the live stream at the time, and he had only been dead for a short while, but his body was already covered in rigor mortis. It felt quite abnormal.”
"Speaking of this, is it possible that Zhong Liyu was already dead?"
"What you're saying is rather creepy. You might as well just say that Zhong Liyu isn't human."
"666".
After the first group photo session, most people's attention was focused on Jiang He or Zhong Liyu.
Wanqi Ziye looked in the direction of the Xiaoyao Sect; it was a fact that he was inferior to her.
Six years ago, during the university competition, Wan Qiziye couldn't understand the gap between himself and Jiang Helong and Aotian. He was superior to them in terms of resources and opportunities. It wasn't until they were trapped in the secret realm and climbed the mountain together that Wan Qiziye finally made peace with himself.
He is who he is, and everyone's path is different. To insist on comparing who wins and who loses is too formulaic.
Unlike Wan Qiziye's competitive gaze, Li Songcheng, upon seeing the approval message in his email, was practically ready to pack himself up and join the Xiaoyao Sect.
Wan Qiziye has no shortage of resources, but he desperately needs them. The thought of getting a free meal made Li Songcheng swoon.
Even after Wanqi Ziye called him several times, Li Songcheng finally stopped grinning foolishly.
Kong Ji, head bowed, also filled out the registration form for the experimental group.
When Jiang He returned to the Xiaoyao Sect, Hua Xi looked at her again and again. On that day on the snow mountain, she never expected that Jiang He would reveal her identity like that. Even after returning to the sect, Hua Xi's gaze would still follow Jiang He from time to time.
After the group photo, Wan Qiyuan gave a brief summary, stating that the Empire would provide subsidies to the families of the cultivators who died in the secret realm. Finally, he specifically looked at Jiang He:
"During this invasion of the secret realm, Jiang He, Bai Zhizhou, and others from the Xiaoyao Sect united with other cultivators to fight, fearless of death..."
He was awarded the rank of lieutenant for his military merits…
Everyone thought that Wan Qiyuan would talk for about five or half an hour, and that would be about it. Just when they were getting sleepy, Wan Qiyuan suddenly blurted out these words.
This really perked them up.
There's even military merit involved; the empire is being incredibly generous this time.