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Chapter 64: Too Many Rewards, a Kind of Dilemma

Li Xun's small courtyard.

Inside his room.

Li Xun sat cross-legged on a mat, excitement shining in his eyes.

Today's gains had exceeded his expectations. He had invested hundreds of times, and the system had rewarded him with so many valuable items that he could hardly count them all.

Furthermore, he had managed to snatch three storage bracelets from the extraterritorial demons.

The blood essence stones inside those bracelets were priceless treasures. Just a few of them could likely cause a storm of bloodshed!

In addition to that, the sect had also given him a middle-grade Earth-ranked technique. According to Elder Xie, there were more rewards to come, but Li Xun was no longer very concerned. The subsequent rewards were unlikely to surpass the value of a middle-grade Earth-ranked technique. They were probably just symbolic rewards.

Suppressing his excitement, Li Xun said in his heart, ‘System, claim the rewards!’

As he finished speaking, a humming sound resonated.

A terrifying aura enveloped him, and his cultivation, which was originally at the early stage of the Profound Core Realm, instantly advanced to the mid-stage. He was now only one step away from the late stage of the Profound Core Realm.

"By gaining so much power, I should have gained Qi worth of decades of closed door cultivation, right?" Li Xun muttered.

This time, he had invested heavily, and many inner disciples had received rewards that boosted their cultivation. Each person had only gained a few years, but when combined, it amounted to decades.

While Li Xun was immersed in the thrill of his breakthrough...

A deafening boom echoed.

Li Xun felt as though his entire courtyard had trembled. He immediately snapped out of his breakthrough-induced reverie.

At this moment, his room was filled with spirit stones, and the rich spiritual energy was almost becoming tangible. Among them were high, middle, and low-grade spirit stones of all three tiers, and Li Xun couldn't even count how many there were.

He even spotted two top-grade spirit stones!

These were extremely rare items.

One top-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for a million low-grade spirit stones, making it a tremendous fortune.

Whoosh!

Li Xun reached out and rummaged through the pile, finding various items such as weapons, pills, manuals, and more.

"Sometimes, having too many rewards can also be a dilemma," Li Xun sighed.

With so many items, just sorting through them would likely take a considerable amount of time.

He glanced at the sky outside, and without much hesitation, Li Xun extended his spiritual awareness and began the process of sorting everything.

Half an hour later.

The room was finally cleared of all the system rewards.

There were over 120,000 spirit stones, including high, middle, low, and top-grade ones.

Ninety-seven bottles of pills, including healing pills, spiritual enhancement pills, foundational pills, and enlightenment pills, among others.

Even among them, Li Xun found a bottle of Harmony Elixir. He wondered if it was a reward for investing in that talented cultivator.

Sixteen weapons and defensive treasures, all of which were magical items. There were no spiritual treasures, but there were two pieces of armor that caught Li Xun's eye, so he decided to keep them for potential future use.

Thirty-nine spiritual herbs aged over a hundred years, with most of them being several hundred years old, and only three of them being over a thousand years old.

Twenty-four martial arts manuals, with twenty-one of them being of the Yellow Ranked and three of them being of the Profound Ranked. However, none of them were of much use to Li Xun, so he only glanced at a Profound Ranked spear technique before tossing it aside.

In addition to that, there were various other rare materials such as Flame Essence Stones and Thousand-Year Cold Iron, which held little value to Li Xun since he had no knowledge of crafting. He could only hope to invest them in the future or sell them at the Treasure Pavilion.

"Huff, that was exhausting!"

Li Xun heaved a sigh of relief and collected all the rewards from the system. Then, he took out the Radiant Star Heaven Weaving Scripture, the technique he had found in the Scripture Pavilion.

It was a middle-grade Earth-ranked technique.

According to the description in the technique, once mastered, it would allow him to pluck stars, seize the moon, move mountains, and fill the sea without any difficulty.

"Earth-ranked techniques are already this terrifying. I wonder how powerful it will be if I advance it to a Heaven-ranked technique," Li Xun thought.

Without hesitation, he took out the Technique Advancement Scroll and used it on his identity jade token. A purple radiance flashed.

Li Xun's spiritual sense once again entered the jade token, and while the name of the Radiant Star Heaven Weaving Scripture remained the same, its content had undergone a profound transformation.

"It’s on the Middle-Grade of Heaven rank now!" Li Xun exclaimed in delight and immediately began to examine it.

Fifteen minutes later, he withdrew his spiritual sense, deeply shaken. The Radiant Star Heaven Weaving Scripture had advanced from middle-grade Earth-ranked to middle-grade Heaven-ranked. While the essence of the technique remained the same, the power of his true essence had increased significantly.

"A technique like this... I doubt there are many copies in the Scripture Pavilion," Li Xun marveled.

When a middle-grade Earth-ranked technique reached perfection, he wasn't sure if he could pluck stars, seize the moon, move mountains, or fill the sea, but he was certain that a Heaven-ranked technique would allow him to achieve such feats.

Li Xun quieted his mind, adjusted his state to the optimum, and began to cultivate the Radiant Star Heaven Weaving Scripture.

The Heaven-ranked middle-grade technique was incredibly domineering.

As soon as he started practicing it, it felt like a seal had been lifted from his body. His potential burst forth, and his vitality traversed the heavens and earth, piercing through the sky like a soaring dragon.

He madly absorbed spiritual energy from all directions.

This scene was truly astonishing, visible within several dozen miles.

Li Xun, dressed in white, sat cross-legged in his room. His black hair billowed, his body was crystal-clear, and he appeared like a divine being, tranquil and serene, unaware of anything happening outside.

At that moment, in the main hall of Xuanyang Sect, the Sect Master was standing respectfully. Before him was a middle-aged man with a scholarly appearance, carrying an air of erudition.

His eyes resembled the night sky, deep and unfathomable, as he gazed towards the direction where the aura of blood and qi had risen from Li Xun's courtyard.

"Is that the direction of the inner disciple Li Xun's residence, as mentioned by Elder Xie earlier?" The Sect Master spoke gently, his voice as soothing as a spring breeze.

"I believe so," Elder Xie replied hesitantly. Today was his first meeting with Li Xun, and he had no knowledge of where exactly the disciple lived within the inner sect.

"Among the thousands of inner disciples, it's unlikely that anyone other than the one you mentioned, Li Xun, could create such a phenomenon," the Sect Master remarked, his expression rarely showing a hint of seriousness.

"The time of great competition is approaching, and our Xuanyang Sect has produced such a remarkable talent. It is indeed fortunate."

"I share the same sentiment," Elder Xie nodded. He fully agreed with the Sect Master's words. It was rare to see someone among their peers defeat extraplanar demons, let alone defeat three of them in succession.

The Sect Master referred to Li Xun as a remarkable talent, and in Elder Xie's view, it was not an exaggeration at all.

The only regret was...

Such an outstanding disciple was not his own apprentice.

"Elder Xie, please inform Elder Chen. Starting today, let him conceal himself around Li Xun. Until Li Xun breaks through to the Life-Death Realm, his safety will be entrusted to Elder Chen," the Sect Master said calmly.

"Yes," Elder Xie's heart trembled slightly. He replied respectfully.

From the words spoken by the Sect Master earlier, he had already understood that the Sect Master intended to nurture Li Xun as the future successor of Xuanyang Sect. After all, even the Sect Master's own disciples did not receive such treatment.