A day has passed since the tournament that changed the ranking of the Nine Chosen occurred.
The sun was just about to rise up and illuminate the lands with its fiery light, but one person woke up before that happened.
"Haaah..." Shi Li sat up straight from his bed and rubbed his eyes before standing up to look outside the window of his room. The sky was gradually being filled with a sky blue color, with the dark and starry sky gradually being removed in exchange.
Shi Li did a few light stretches before grabbing a few things to eat from his courtyard's kitchen. Along the way, he passed by the living room where Moddy was still cultivating up to this moment. Shi Li stared at Moddy for a bit as he wanted to gauge Moddy's current power. After a few seconds of staring, he figured out that Moddy had already broken through the 2nd level of the Martial Novice stage and was consolidating its foundation.
Afterwards, he ate some breakfast before heading towards his father's room with a spring in his step. Why? It was because he was going to get a lot of rewards!
He remembered quite vividly that the clan member who placed first in the tournament would get 15 Grade 0 Cultivation Pills, a Peak Mortal grade martial technique, a Middle Mortal grade auxiliary technique, and a chance to learn under an Elder of their choosing.
As for Shi Li, the two techniques he would receive from the tournament was useless because he would be able to pick up any technique whenever he wanted.
Using [Flame Bursting Step] at full power, he dashed towards his father's room in a matter of minutes.
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Shi clan, Shi Xingwan's room.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
At this time when the sun was still rising up, Shi Xingwan was already awake as he was managing all of the things needed to make the clan function properly. While he was doing just that, he heard three knocks from his door and made him confused. Who would knock at this time?
"Who is it?" Shi Xingwan asked in his early morning voice. Not long after, the person who knocked on the door replied, "It's me, Father. Shi Li."
Hearing his son's voice from the other side of the room early in the morning, Shi Xingwan was instantly woken up by this and said, "Come in, come in!"
With his father's permission, Shi Li entered the room and sat down on a chair that faced opposite Shi Xingwan.
Of course, Shi Li did not talk about the rewards of the tournament at the instant he sat down as he knew that it was still early in the morning. Although his father was looking at him, waiting for him to talk as he tidied the papers on his desk, Shi Li still did not speak his heart out.
A few minutes of awkward silence passed and Shi Xingwan had no choice but to break the ice. "Ehem. So what brings you here, my child?"
Shi Li then respectfully replied, "I wanted to inquire about the rewards from the tournament, Father."
"Oh that." After hearing Shi Li's words, Shi Xingwan finally understood the reason why Shi Li came to his room so early. Although Shi Li knew that Shi Xingtai was going to give the rewards to the top 10 next week, Shi Li knew that his father held all of the rewards.
"Can't you wait for a week, my child?" Shi Xingwan could not help but ask.
"Father, I have a feeling that I might break through the Martial Adept stage within this week, that's why I came here to ask about it." Shi Li did not decide to hide anything from his father as even without the rewards from the tournament, he would be able to reach the Martial Adept stage within this week. He just wanted to make sure that he would break through.
"Oh?" Shi Xingwan raised his eyebrow as he shot a wisp of qi towards Shi Li, which then circulated throughout his body. Not long after, the wisp of qi came back to Shi Xingwan and informed him of Shi Li's current cultivation. A few seconds later, his eyes gleamed as he look at his son. "You're right, you're almost at the peak of the Martial Novice stage."
Pondering for a bit, Shi Xingwan lightly nodded his head before saying, "Alright, fine. I'll give you the rewards from the tournament, but only the pills since you can grab any technique from the library whenever you want." Shi Xingwan could not help but smile when he said this.
His son fulfilled his part of the share, so why shouldn't he? Not long later, a small satchel was given to Shi Li by Shi Xingwan. Shi Li received the satchel with both hands and opened it up to count the number of pills within the satchel.
Shi Xingwan could not help but lightly chuckle as he saw his son doing this. "My child, there are exactly 20 Spirit Gathering Pills within that satchel, 15 from the tournament and 5 from the deal we made. Make sure to come here every week so I could give you your 5 pills, okay?"
After making sure that there were exactly 20 pills in it, Shi Li nodded and tied the satchel to the insides of his robe. He then stood up and bowed respectfully before saying, "Father, I won't let you down. I'll make sure to enter the Shi Trial Tower and win the Tri-clan Tournament."
Shi Xingwan could not help but grin at his son's words as he said, "Alright, alright! Go back to your courtyard and cultivate!"
Shi Li let out a grin as well before he left his father's room, returning back to his courtyard at a quick pace.
As for Shi Xingwan, he could not help but laugh at the actions of his son before continuing to do the paperwork he has to do.
A few minutes later, the sun had now fully illuminated the sky, shining light down on everything. It was at this moment that a wisp of qi entered Shi Xingwan's room and gradually infused into his mind.
"Hm?" Shi Xingwan felt a wisp of qi entering his mind and instantly realized that this wisp of qi contained urgent news. He then closed his eyes in order to peer through the information coded into the wisp of qi.
A few seconds later, Shi Xingwan could not help but stand up in surprise before shouting out, "The Seal Breaker Pill is going to be sold today?!"