Watching the Palace Masters argue so fiercely over Tang Yi, the crowd wasn’t surprised at all. Instead, they found it rather commonplace, wearing calm expressions as they let the people from the Eight Palaces bicker and squabble.
In fact, this wasn’t strange at all. This scene had played out more than once.
In previous years, whenever it came time for the examinees to make their choice, the arguments would always be just as heated.
The overt and covert competition among the Eight Palaces wasn’t something new; it happened every year. Every year, they used flowery words and exhausted every trick in the book, arguing ceaselessly. This was especially true for a genius examinee like Tang Yi, who had taken first place. He was the kind of prize that made the Eight Palaces fight tooth and nail.
If the Dui Palace hadn’t gradually declined and lost its competitiveness, it might have joined the fray as well.
Actually, the current situation was relatively tame. In recent years, the Eight Palaces had gotten smarter, learning to contact examinees before the House Entrance Examination to negotiate terms early. This led some examinees to make their decisions in advance. If not for this, the arguments might have been even more intense—they might have even drawn their swords and started dueling on the spot.
This was no joke!
After all, even if the Eight Palaces fought to a standstill, no one would interfere!
The West Mansion needed this kind of competition and was happy to see it.
That was why everyone present was so calm as they watched the Eight Palaces Masters expose each other’s flaws and boast about their own strengths.
However, the people present now noticed a problem.
The Palace Masters of the Eight Palaces had been arguing for so long, making offers so extravagant they could dazzle anyone’s mind. Yet Tang Yi, the very person who had started all this, seemed... completely unresponsive! He hadn’t made any decision!
Everyone was extremely curious. Could it be that Tang Yi wasn’t tempted by any of these offers?
The few examinees from the North District with him looked anxious, thrilled on his behalf for receiving such amazing treatment. But Tang Yi just stood there, wearing a look of indifference... no, not indifference. It was more like he had no expression at all, as if he were in a daze... He didn’t even raise his eyelids or twitch a lash.
It was as if... as if he had been frozen by an Immobilization Technique?
What in the world was going on?
What the crowd didn’t know was that while the Eight Palaces Masters were making grand promises and fighting tooth and nail, Tang Yi hadn’t heard a single word they said. He was even less aware that people were arguing over him so hard that spit was flying. His mind had long since been immersed in his system.
In other words, Tang Yi hadn’t heard a single word of the outrageous, envy-inducing conditions the Eight Palaces had been bragging about earlier...
Earlier, when Gong Liansheng announced the end of the House Entrance Examination and that a total of eighty-nine people from the North District had entered the West Mansion, a series of notifications had sounded in Tang Yi’s mind.
So, while the other examinees were making their choices, he had focused his mind to check the notifications that had just appeared.
"Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi for completing the main quest: ’Become first place in this West Mansion House Entrance Examination and help as many examinees from the Thirty-six Cities of the North District as possible enter the West Mansion.’ You have been rewarded with 8,000,000 Experience Value."
"Ding! For exceeding the quest’s requirements, you have gained an additional 5,900,000 Experience Value, and your rewards have been doubled."
"Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi for obtaining 400 Mid-Level Full-Attribute Pills."
"Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi for obtaining the Heaven Tier Middle Grade Body Technique, ’Meteor Flying Fire’."
"Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi for obtaining the Heaven Tier Middle-grade Equipment, ’Black Feather Mask’."
"Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi for obtaining the Heaven Tier Middle Grade Martial Technique, ’Heaven-Breaking Fist’."
"Ding! Congratulations to Player, you have leveled up. Current Level: Eight-star Battle King."
"Ding! Congratulations to Player, you have leveled up. Current Level: Nine-star Battle King."
"..."
’Holy shit, holy shit.’
After reading all the notifications, Tang Yi had only one thought: ’Holy shit, this is fucking awesome!’
’These... These rewards are too generous, too heaven-defying, aren’t they?’
No wonder he had just felt a pleasant sensation wash over him, a feeling that his body had grown stronger again. He originally thought it was just an illusion brought on by the satisfaction of thrashing Yuh Jili, but it turned out not to be an illusion at all. He had leveled up! And he had even jumped two levels in a row!
’The main quest is actually complete!’
Tang Yi never expected the rewards for the main quest to be so incredibly rich.
Moreover, the condition for completion was to help more than thirty examinees from the North District enter the West Mansion. At the time, Tang Yi had simply thought that if he was going to do it, he should do it to the best of his ability. That’s why he had done his utmost to find and protect the North District examinees.
He never thought that this simple act would lead to him exceeding the quest’s requirements and earning extra rewards!
And it wasn’t just the extra rewards; it had actually doubled the rewards Tang Yi would have originally received!
13.9 million Experience Value, a piece of Heaven Tier Middle-grade Equipment, a Heaven Tier Middle Grade Body Technique, a Heaven Tier Middle Grade Martial Technique, and 400 Mid-Level Full-Attribute Pills!
This was simply incredible!
Perhaps the original rewards for this quest were just Heaven Tier Lower Grade Equipment, a Heaven Tier Lower Grade Body Technique, a Heaven Tier Lower Grade Martial Technique, and only 200 Mid-Level Full-Attribute Pills.
It was because Tang Yi had exceeded the quest requirements that everything was upgraded to Middle Grade, and the number of Attribute Pills doubled from 200 to 400!
Of course, regardless of whether that was true, the bottom line was that Tang Yi had struck it rich! He felt fucking amazing!
With all these things, Tang Yi’s power had leaped to a new level. Even against a Battle Emperor, with a High-level Martial Technique in hand, crushing them would be a simple matter!
Seeing these items, all marked with the words ’Heaven Tier Middle Grade’, lying in his system inventory, Tang Yi really wanted to roar to the heavens and shout, "Who else can match me?!"
Besides the items, Tang Yi had also gained a total of 13.9 million Experience Value. This allowed Tang Yi, who had already been on the verge of leveling up, to jump two levels at once.
Now, Tang Yi’s Power was even greater!
He felt that with his current strength, even without using a High-level Martial Technique, a High-level Body Technique, or even any Weapon Equipment, he would have the power to fight Zuoqiu if he faced him again—he might even be stronger!
If he ran into Zuoqiu again, he would no longer be beaten so badly that he’d have to flee in disgrace!
Moreover, having now advanced to a Nine-star Battle King, Tang Yi was just one step away from the Battle Emperor realm! Before long, he would cross into a new realm of power!
The gains from this whole affair were simply immense!
Tang Yi eagerly opened his system inventory interface, wanting to check the Attributes of the Heaven Tier Equipment he had just received. However, at that moment, he saw something else lying in his inventory.
Demon Beast Crystals!
After the tally was completed, the West Mansion had returned the Demon Beast Crystals to Tang Yi for him to keep. It was considered a reward from the West Mansion to the examinees.
When Tang Yi got the Demon Beast Crystals, he had just tossed them into his system inventory without taking a closer look.
After all, there wasn’t much to see.
Back when Tang Yi first obtained the Demon Beast Crystals and put them in his inventory, the system had displayed them as quest items with no Attributes.
However, when Tang Yi looked at the Demon Beast Crystals again, they were no longer listed as quest items. Instead, they now had Attributes!

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