There are still not enough three elders in the late fifth level. No matter how you target Emei, I will just keep silent."

The same words spoken by different people have different underlying meanings.

Qin Haotian said ten years because he didn't want to let other branches of the sect take too much liberties, and it also gave Emei some face.

Elder Feng said ten years because he asked Gu Zheng something similar, and Gu Zheng gave a very clear answer. In ten years, he will definitely advance to the late fifth level!

Elder Feng insisted on helping Emei, and the scene became quiet for a while. Even Qin Wanxia said nothing. Elder Feng's status in Emei is too high. The only people who can suppress him are the elders who have been in seclusion all day.

There are only four supreme elders left who barely pay attention to worldly affairs.

Another point is that if Emei had directly announced that Ouyang Hai had become their supreme elder, what happened today would not have happened at all. The Qingcheng faction would not have had the courage to launch an attack. However, Emei kept it a secret and did not want to rely on Ouyang who joined Emei halfway.

Hai, making others think that Emei only continued after having Ouyang Hai.

This is not only the opinion of Gu Zheng, but also the meaning of the two elders.

The ancient struggle was also halfway through, and Nagato was still captured, but it was a prompt from the Supreme Elder of Shushan, which was different from Ouyang Hai joining Emei for the ancient struggle.

"Okay, since you all have no objections, then according to what I said before, whether Emei can still enjoy the guaranteed quota will wait until the next ranking event, and everyone should disperse!"

Qin Haotian finished speaking and walked directly out of the hall.

What was originally a huge effort and thought to be a sure win was abandoned due to Elder Feng's objections. This made Pang Xin, who had planned all of this, feel aggrieved.

Elder Wuchou had a good relationship with Elder Feng. It was not that Pang Xin didn't know about this, so when he was doing management in Shushan, for the sake of safety, he spent a lot of money to open up Qin Wanxia's joint. This allowed Pang Xin to

What they never expected was that the Emei Sect not only invited Elder Feng, who was very difficult to recruit, but also asked Elder Feng to speak for them like this. This is really annoying!

"Master Pang, let's take a step forward. Let's meet at the martial arts arena!" Gu Zheng walked past Pang Xin and left a cold word.

"Crack!"

Pang Xin didn't speak, but gritted his teeth.

On the martial arts field, the five major branches of sects were all present. As the referee, Elder Meng of Shushan spoke loudly.

"The branch sects will announce your participating members according to the previous rankings."

"Lingjian Sect Sun Zhenglong, Tian Junhao, Xie Yanyan."

Cai Jin, the leader of the Spirit Sword Sect, announced their participating members. As in previous years, the participating members are all at the elder level, and their cultivation levels are all in the late fifth level.

According to the rules, after the branch that ranked first in the previous session announced its quota, the branch that ranked second will announce its quota and tell whether they need to launch a challenge.

If a challenge needs to be launched, the rules will become a bit like "Tian Ji Horse Racing". The sect that initiates the challenge can designate a challenger to fight against someone from the challenged sect. Such rules are actually quite fair.

The sect is at a bit of a disadvantage, and its rankings are relatively easy to change.

Pang Xin, the leader of the Qingcheng faction, said: "Qingcheng faction Zhang Mingyue, Ma Huali, and Liu Qingshan will not launch a challenge."

In the last grand event, the Qingcheng faction achieved a good result in second place through challenges, but this time their participating members changed significantly. When they knew that no matter how they arranged the challenge sequence, they would lose, there was no need to do it themselves.

He launched a challenge out of humiliation.

As soon as Pang Xin finished speaking, whispers of discussion suddenly began to ring out around him.

"Did something happen to the Qingcheng faction? The members participating this time are actually two late fifth-level members and one mid-level fifth-level member?"

"Yes, the Qingcheng Sect is indeed in some trouble. They have lost four late fifth-level elders this year. They are quite unlucky!"

"So much loss? What happened?"

"I don't know the specifics. I only know that at the beginning of the year, they seemed to be facing off against the Demon Sect, and they lost three elders at the late fifth level. Some time ago, their people went to Tianshan again.

, Liu Qingshan’s brother Liu Qingyun died there again, so it became what it is now.”

"The Qingcheng Sect's current strength has declined drastically. I'm afraid there will be a lot of changes in the ranking this time!"

"No wonder the Qingcheng faction wants to target Emei this time. If Emei can give up a quota, they will at least have more opportunities to seek Emei quota even though they know that the ranking will decline!"

"Ahem..."

While everyone was talking, Chu Li, the master of Ziyun Palace, cleared his throat.

"Ziyun Palace Duan Xiaofeng, Lu Xiaojing, and Chen Xiaolan launch a ranking challenge."

"Duan Xiaofeng versus Ma Huali, Lu Xiaojing versus Zhang Mingyue, Chen Xiaolan versus Liu Qingshan."

If the Qingcheng faction were still the same contestants from the last ranking competition, Chu Li would not challenge this time. After all, the three of them had competed with those few people at the beginning of the year, and their strength was completely inferior.

The other party. But now that the Qingcheng Sect has undergone such a big change, it would be a waste if we don't take the opportunity to get a good ranking.

"good very good!"

Looking at Chu Li with a smile on her face, Pang Xin was so angry that her teeth itched.

"Don't be angry, Master Pang. I still remember your high-spirited appearance during the last ranking conference very clearly!"

Chu Li smiled happily. This was really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. After the last ranking conference, Pang Xin was often embarrassed in front of her.

"Qingcheng sent Ma Huali to prepare and challenge Duan Xiaofeng from Ziyun Palace in a quarter of an hour."

There was already a challenge tournament to be held, and the referee elders of Shushan immediately followed the procedures.

Since it is a competition, there are inevitably some rules, and among these rules, five points are more important.

First: You can use weapons, but you cannot use magical weapons. After all, this kind of challenge competition is about your own strength, and magical weapons are objects that can break the balance. Similarly, some pills can increase internal energy in a short period of time.

, is also prohibited by the competition.

Second: Once the contestants are announced, no matter whether it is a challenge or a challenge, there cannot be any changes in the contestants. Although the rules are somewhat similar to the "Tian Ji Horse Racing", they must be as fair as possible.

Third: If they fail in the challenge, the challenging sect will not be able to counter-challenge the sect that defeated them at that event, except for the sect that ranked first in the previous session.

Fourth: Every sect has the qualifications to challenge, but they cannot be abused. Strictly speaking, once a ranking challenge fails, you will no longer be eligible to challenge. The fourth and third rules are actually for

This prevents the losing sect from becoming unwilling and launching challenges one after another to waste time.

Fifth: The rules give the challenger an advantage, but this advantage can only be used once during a grand event. That is to say, after a challenge, if the challenger wins and wants to challenge again, then they can no longer have Tian Ji.

The advantage of horse racing is that who fights against whom has the final say.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and Ma Huali was also fighting with Elder Xiaofeng on the martial arts field. Both of them were at the late fifth level, but Elder Xiaofeng was obviously more powerful, punching and kicking.

In between, there was a result soon.

"Duan Xiaofeng of Ziyun Palace won. A quarter of an hour later, Qingcheng sent Zhang Mingyue to challenge Ziyun Palace Lu Xiaojing."

The elder referee announced the results, and the various sects began to discuss quietly among themselves. Almost no one was optimistic about the Qingcheng sect, and they would definitely be lowered in the ranking this time.

A quarter of an hour later, Qingcheng faction Zhang Mingyue challenged Ziyun Palace's Lu Xiaojing, but the result still ended with Ziyun Palace's victory.

"According to the best-of-three-game format, the Qingcheng faction has already lost to Ziyun Palace. In this last challenge, do you want the Qingcheng faction to accept the challenge?"

According to the rules, the referee elder asked about the sect that had lost twice in a row.

"If you don't fight, the Qingcheng faction will lose."

Pang Xin answered with his eyes closed. Since he had already lost, there was no need to fight another meaningless battle.

"In this ranking match, Ziyun Palace successfully challenged and is temporarily ranked second. Qingcheng Faction failed and was temporarily lowered to third place. According to the rules, does Ziyun Palace want to challenge the number one Spirit Sword Sect?" the referee

the elder asked.

"No challenge."

Knowing that he was no match for the Lingjian Sect, Chu Li decisively gave up the challenge.

"Ziyun Palace gave up the challenge and is still ranked second. Now let the Situ family, who ranked fourth last time, speak!" the referee elder said again.

"Situ Chengwei, Situ Tongshu, and Situ Xuannan of the Situ family launch a ranking challenge."

"Situ Xuannan fights against Ma Huali, Situ Chengwei fights against Zhang Mingyue, and Situ Tongshu fights against Liu Qingshan."

Just like Ziyun Palace, if the Qingcheng Sect had not compromised the elders who participated in the last ranking competition, the head of the Situ family, Situ Zhengliang, would also not have launched a challenge that he knew he would lose. But everything is different now.

There is an urgent need to improve the ranking to make up for the Shuxu quota that Situ Cong lost to Gu Zheng.

"good very good!"

The allies in the main hall have now become enemies who beat up the fallen dogs. Pang Xin said weakly.

"According to the usual practice, the Qingcheng faction's people have just challenged and have the power to adjust their breath. However, both competitions were on point, and the Qingcheng faction's challengers were not injured, so even if they have to rest

, but there is only half an hour, Qingcheng Sect, do you need to adjust your interest rate before competing?"

"Need to adjust your breath!"

Even though there is no problem for the people from the Qingcheng faction to participate in the competition now, Pang Xinze still chose to suspend the competition. He needed to cheer up the participating people and boost their morale.

The competition was temporarily stopped, but half an hour passed quickly. On the martial arts field, Ma Huali from the Qingcheng faction challenged Situ Xuannan from the Situ family.

After a while, the referee elder announced: "The Qingcheng faction Ma Hua won the victory. A quarter of an hour later, the Qingcheng faction Zhang Mingyue challenged the Situ family Situ Chengwei."

After winning the first battle, the faces of the Qingcheng faction were relieved. However, in the next two games, the Qingcheng faction lost one after another. Situ Chengwei and Liu Qingshan lost to Situ Chengwei and Situ Tong of the Situ family.

Book.

The Qingcheng faction lost again and dropped to fourth place in the ranking. The happy expressions of the Situ family who won the game were in sharp contrast to the ashen faces of the Qingcheng faction.

"In this ranking match, the Situ family succeeded in challenging and are temporarily ranked third. The Qingcheng faction failed and the ranking was reduced to fourth. According to the rules, do the Situ family want to challenge Ziyun Palace, which is ranked second?" asked the elder referee.

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To be continued...