As someone who was alpha testing the game in a spiritual sense, the game producer in Zha Feng still took most of the wheel. He has always put himself in his prospective players' shoes. All the better for him to surprise them.
It was already a surprise to have clean equipment dropping from the girl he murdered in return for seriously injuring herself while trying to save him. Any player would have thought that they would undoubtedly get a tremendous amount of experience and legendary equipment from killing a peerless master who was on a similar level as Li Xiye. However, the girl only ended up dropping some clean equipment. It could barely even be called equipment - it was an ornamental sword - used for decorative purposes. Imagine the disappointment. It would leave players with a sour yet refreshing taste in their mouths...