How to maximize the benefits was definitely a skill that required careful consideration. If not, no matter how strong one was, it would be useless. There would be no benefits, and it would be impossible for one to have the last laugh.
However, while the other rookies needed to ponder over this problem, Lin Yi and his lackeys did not have such worries.
To them, the spirit herb seeds had been entrusted to Lin Yi, so the following mission was to do their best to deal with the challenge. They could go all out without any qualms. This was much better than the other rookies.
After Hu Yunfeng explained the rules in detail, she allowed the rookies from the three pavilions to go back and prepare. As today was the nineteenth, it happened to be the day of the challenge. Therefore, the first round of the challenge would officially begin in the afternoon. There was not much time left for the rookies to prepare.
After Hu Yunfeng finished her announcement, the rookies did not disperse. They gathered in groups of twos and threes to discuss countermeasures.
After all, three was better than one. If they were to go back alone and work behind closed doors, they might end up digging their own graves. And in such a group discussion, even if they were unable to confide in each other due to their competitive relationship, they would still be able to gain something. At the very least, they would not be left alone.
"The rules of this challenge are a little strange. I can't understand it!" Qiao Hongcai scratched her head in confusion as she said to Senior Brother Bitter and Lin Yi.
At the side, Xiao Ran nodded in agreement. "Indeed, a little. Normally speaking, this kind of challenge is simple and direct. You just do your best to challenge as high a position as you can, and it won't be like this, where there are all sorts of restrictions that prevent people from going all out."
Indeed, for the few of them, they did not need to worry about the matter of nurturing the spirit herb seeds like others. They already had a lot of worries, but even if it was just to deal with the challenge, there were still many tricks to the rules. It was not as simple and crude as in the past.
For example, the challenge was two months long. Even if they did not have to worry about the supply of Qi to the spirit herb seeds, they still had to allocate the points reasonably. If they were to overexert themselves at the beginning, it would be useless even if they temporarily obtained points. They would still lose due to a lack of strength later on. They might even lose more.
Another example was that according to the challenge's rules, it was not that the higher the cave abode ranking, the better it was. It was true that obtaining a better cave abode could aid cultivation, and even nurturing the spirit herb seeds could benefit from it.
But the problem was that this also meant a greater risk. Once they lost the challenge, the points they would lose would be much higher than those newcomers who had entered the cave abodes of inferior quality!
For a newcomer like Xiao Ran who was in the first cave abode at the foot of the mountain, although at first glance it looked very impressive, the cave abode was good, and the Spiritual Qi was enough to give him an advantage. Moreover, under this kind of rule, his initial points were only the points accumulated in the first two assessment rounds. Other than that, in this round, they would receive an additional 15 points corresponding to the first cave at the foot of the mountain, which was higher than all the other 14 caves. Everything seemed to be very beautiful, but this was just the surface.
In fact, in terms of the announced rules of the challenge, Xiao Ran, who was in the first cave abode at the foot of the mountain, was definitely the most disadvantaged one among the fifteen people.
Not to mention that he would have to hand over all 15 points if he lost. The most crucial and fatal point was that, according to the rule that only those with a lower rank could challenge those with a higher rank, he had no right to challenge anyone!
Although the first cave abode at the foot of the mountain and the 15 challenge points were definitely the most important rewards in this round of the challenge, and there would definitely be newcomers who could not help but challenge him, the crux of the problem was that … Whether or not to issue a challenge and when to issue a challenge, these were all decided by these competitors!
If the others had figured out this rule and recognized the potential disadvantage represented by the first cave abode at the foot of the mountain, and arranged for it to be the final round two months later … Then, Xiao Ran would really cry himself to death.
If there were no newcomers who took the initiative to challenge him in the first and middle stages, no matter how hard he worked, no matter how outstanding his strength was, it would all be in vain. He could only obediently stay in the first cave abode at the foot of the mountain, unable to do anything.
On the other hand, Meng Tong, who was in the last cave abode at the foot of the mountain, might have the worst cave abode, but in fact, he had a huge advantage. He could take the initiative to challenge any newcomer in the Blue Cloud Pavilion, and at the same time, he could follow his own wishes and rhythm to maximize the points he earned in this round.
To give a simple example, if he had absolute confidence in his own strength, then in the following eighteen rounds, he could completely bide his time in the first four rounds. That way, no one could challenge him, and he would be in an absolutely safe position.
And in the following fourteen rounds, starting from the 14th cave abode at the foot of the mountain, he would challenge one person in each round, all the way until the final round, where he would challenge the first cave abode at the foot of the mountain.
As such, if he could win all of them, then he would be able to obtain a stable number of points in each round, and it would only increase in the later rounds.
Challenging the 14th cave abode at the foot of the mountain would give him two challenge points, the 13th cave abode at the foot of the mountain would give him three challenge points, all the way until the 15th cave abode at the foot of the mountain would give him a total of 119 challenge points!
This was the challenge round. Putting aside the fact that other people would take the initiative to challenge him and give him points, in theory, the maximum number of points one could obtain would be much higher than the three assessment rounds that had already been completed or were in progress.
It should not be forgotten that even Lin Yi, who had obtained full marks in the previous two rounds, only had a total of 105 points. He was still quite a distance away from the theoretical full marks for this round of the challenge round.
And if other newcomers took the initiative to challenge him and give him points during this process, then the final number of points he could obtain would be even higher!
Of course, this full marks was only in theory. After all, the difference in strength between newcomers was not too big, unless it was an expert at the peak of the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm like Lin Yi, who had deliberately hidden his strength. It was extremely difficult for other newcomers in the Blue Cloud Pavilion to win all their matches.
And even for an expert in the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm like Meng Tong, who had already successfully built his foundation, it was still quite difficult.
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