Lin Xiao walked so fast out of scare that he soon met the three chief seniors.
On their way back, Lin Xiao cast a backward glance at the chief seniors. Their company brought relief to Lin Xiao.
Upon their arrival at Li Taixuan's residence, he already came back to his senses.
However, the secondary chief senior spotted something wrong with Li and inquired in spite of himself.
"Esteemed Patriarch, are you okay? How come your eyes and nose are red and swollen?"
As a matter of fact, Lin Xiao had long spotted that since his arrival. However, he assumed he was the only one to have taken notice of it.
Realizing Li Taixuan's tendency to cast eyes on him, Lin Xiao soon looked away and touched his forehead. He feared that Li Taixuan might sense something abnormal. If so, it would be terribly embarrassing.
As expected, Li Taixuan failed to notice Lin Xiao's real reaction. He only shook his head and said he was okay.
Li Taixuan didn't feel like dwelling on this topic. Then he rushed to propose a discussion.
"Our junior martial master has drawn up a plan for the annual contest's awards. Hence, I invite you to come back here for a discussion on that."
Li Taixuan's proposal ushered in sparkles in the eyes of the three chief seniors. They all cast eager eyes on Lin Xiao and waited for his instructions.
Lin Xiao soon got focused and kicked started the discussion without further ado.
"I intend to take the Most Refined Royal Pellets as awards for winners. How do you find my plan?"
"Brilliant! Fantastic! Great!"
They nodded in agreement forthwith across the board.
That was epic!
As being said, the Most Refined Royal Pellets were actually designed for warriors at the Regiment Realm. However, they were so powerful that even the second pellet worked with high efficiency for the Taixuan disciples. There would be a frenzy if disciples were bestowed pellets of this kind.
Their reaction relieved Lin Xiao a lot. Then he brought up another plan.
"Actually I got two plans, but I'm wavering between them. Could help me settle it?"
"Two plans!" Li Taixuan and the three chief seniors all crimsoned in ecstasy. By no stretch of the imagination could they ever picture a standby plan — one plan was already a luxury for the Taixuan Sect in recession.
"The junior martial uncle attaches quite a bit of importance to us! Actually, he could have made a decision himself and bid us to carry it out. However, he proposed to discuss with us! What an honor it is!"
They felted unanimously excited about Lin Xiao's proposal; they would have pledged allegiance on their knees. However, they held back the intention for fear that Lin Xiao might get startled.
However, Lin Xiao failed to pick up on their intention in their facial expressions. He moved on, "The first plan is one hundred Most Refined Royal Pellets for the top hundred disciples. The second is fifty pellets for top fifty disciples. Which one do you prefer?"
Hardly had Lin Xiao's voice faded away when they hastened to respond unanimously.
"Martial uncle, I go for the second plan!"
As a matter of fact, they intended to decline the first plan in the midsentence, if they hadn't borne with Lin Xiao until he finished his statement.
It was way too extravagant to bestow one hundred pellets to the top hundred disciples.