Mister Mu's eyes betrayed a hint of admiration. "You were warned that you would be dismissed as my disciple if you didn’t take first place in ZENITH, which was a very harsh penalty. However, your reward for winning is correspondingly generous."

Mister Mu then raised a hand and offered a Root of Intelligence towards Lu Yin.

Lu Yin blinked. "Master, do you have a lot of these Roots of Intelligence?"

"I like my tea," Mister Mu replied. "Have you considered what you would like as your reward?"

Lu Yin thought for a bit, and then answered in a serious voice, "Your disciple wishes to break through to the Enlighter realm."

Mister Mu showed no surprise. "Very well."

Lu Yin felt a bit hesitant. "Master, your disciple may have some trouble with this breakthrough. There might be some obstacles."

"Try," said Mister Mu. He was as calm as always.

Without understanding why, Lu Yin grew confident and nodded in excitement.

"Wait." Mister Mu took out another item. "First, open all three of your meridian points. You’ve already opened your lower meridian point, so the middle and upper points still need to be opened."

Lu Yin stared at the huge pillar of tribulation crystals that stood in front of him in stupefaction. Mister Mu possessed such a thing? This was much, much larger than the pillar that Long Ding had used to open his lower meridian point, and it was actually even larger than the pillar that Lu Yin had...