In the Rising Sky Mansion's district, although Xu Jing, the Young Mansion Master of Rising Sky Mansion, was quite famous, it was mostly because of his identity.
In terms of strength, he was no match for the Flowery Monk and Jing Xu Zi.
In fact, he was not even comparable to Zhong Gu if they were on the same level.
In the Dao Martial Saint Land, the strong were revered. Xu Jing's performance and his reputation was not inferior to the Flowery Monk and Jing Xu Zi, it was only natural that many people were dissatisfied with him.
In everyone's opinion, Xu Jing had only achieved what he had today because of his background.
If it was not for his good background, he would be nothing at all. He might not even be able to enter the top ten of the Rising Sky Ranking.
When Xu Cen, the Grand Elder of Rising Sky Mansion, heard the discussions in the Nimble Valley that were getting more and more brazen, his expression turned grave immediately.
If it was any other time, he would have suppressed them with his strength and shut them up.
However, with the presence of the powerhouses from the other two fourth-rate forces, the strength of the strongest powerhouse from any of the forces was not inferior to him. Due to this reason, he did not do anything even though he was enraged by the discussions in the surroundings.
"Our Young Mansion Master of Rising Sky Mansion has gone out to train some time ago. He'll naturally show up in the Rising Sky Ranking Battle this time. There's no need for all of you to worry."
Finally, Xu Cen could not help but speak up.
The moment he spoke, his voice that contained True Origin swept out and spread in the entire Nimble Valley. Everyone heard it.
At once, most of the people who were still discussing among themselves fell silent.
They could tell that the Grand Elder of Rising Sky Mansion was angry.
Naturally, there were also a small number of people who seemed to know that the Grand Elder of Rising Sky Mansion would not dare to do anything with the presence of the people from the other two fourth-rate forces. Due to this reason, they continued to whisper among themselves.
As for the content of their whispers, it was all about Xu Jing, the Young Mansion Master of Rising Sky Mansion.
"Elder Xu Cen, it seems like the Young Mansion Master of Rising Sky Mansion will only show up after the Rising Sky Ranking Battle begins."
The old man who led the group on the left of the Rising Sky Mansion's people looked at Xu Cen and said with a smile.
This old man was dressed in green and held a walking stick in his hand. His eyes were narrowed, and he looked very amiable like an old man next door.
Upon hearing this, Xu Cen could only smile awkwardly. "I think so."
"The two of you, let's go over there and rest first."
Xu Cen pointed to a corner of the Nimble Valley with verdant hills and limpid waters as he spoke to the green-clothed old man and the leader of the other group. His tone was very polite and he did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.
Whether it was the green-clad old man or the other person, both of them were from fourth-rate forces. Moreover, their strength was not inferior to Xu Cen, the Grand Elder of Rising Sky Mansion.
The place Xu Cen pointed at was the place the Ninth Elder of the Rising Sky Mansion had occupied previously.
The people from the three fourth-rate forces rested in the Nimble Valley just like that.
"The other two fourth-rate forces … Sky Hurdle Mansion and Raging Wave Mansion."
Duan Lingtian did not know much about the other two fourth-rate forces' powerhouses who presided over the Rising Sky Ranking Battle. However, he had heard of these two fourth-rate forces since he had been in the Rising Sky Mansion's district for a long time.
The Sky Hurdle Mansion and the Raging Wave Mansion were both powerful fourth-rate forces whose strength was not inferior to the Rising Sky Mansion.
The Greenwave Han Mansion was within the territory of the Sky Hurdle Mansion.
'I can't see through that Grand Elder of the Rising Sky Mansion … I'm pretty sure he's an Eminent Saint Stage powerhouse. Moreover, he's not an ordinary Eminent Saint Stage powerhouse.'
Duan Lingtian thought to himself as he looked at the disappearing silhouette in the distance.
When Duan Lingtian faced the Grand Elder of the Rising Sky Mansion, Xu Cen, he could clearly feel a certain amount of pressure. This pressure was even stronger than when he faced the Greenwave Han Mansion's Mansion Master, Han Zheng Tian.
Due to this reason, he was almost certain the Grand Elder of the Rising Sky Mansion, Xu Cen, was much stronger than Han Zheng Tian.
After the powerhouses from the three fourth-rate forces, including the Rising Sky Mansion, settled down, the leaders from the Brahma Temple, Pure Yang Shrine, and the other fifth-rate force went up to pay them a visit one after another. It was as though they were afraid they would be in trouble if they neglected them.
As a fifth-rate force, although their strength was not bad, it was nothing in front of a fourth-rate force.
The evening gradually faded away as night fell.
At this moment, Xu Jing, the Young Mansion Master of Rising Sky Mansion, still had not appeared.
'Does Xu Jing really plan to come after the Rising Sky Ranking Battle has started?'
Duan Lingtian who was hovering in the air at a corner of the Nimble Valley frowned imperceptibly as he thought to himself.
In fact, the reason he came this time was because of Xu Jing.
Until now, he had not seen Xu Jing, so it was normal for him to feel a little agitated.
As the night fell, although there were many people in the Nimble Valley, it gradually quietened down. Nobody spoke anymore.
The night was silent.
On the morning of the second day, almost everyone opened their eyes and stepped into the air as the sun rose from the horizon.
Boom!
Along with a loud sound, the green-clad old man from the Sky Hurdle Mansion shook the crutch in his hand and pointed it at the void in the middle of the Nimble Valley.
In an instant, the void trembled. Ripples that looked like water ripples spread out, wave after wave, gradually spreading out.
"What's he doing?"
Upon seeing this, Duan Lingtian could not help but be stunned.
In the next moment, Duan Lingtian noticed the leader of the Raging Wave Mansion's group had also made his move.
It was a bald, brawny man dressed in blue. With a raise of his hand, a plain-looking gigantic hammer appeared in his hand. The gigantic hammer flew across the sky and smashed toward the void in the middle of the Nimble Valley.
The gigantic hammer smashed toward the place where the green-clad old man from the Sky Hurdle Mansion had pointed his crutch at earlier.
Both of them hit the same place.
In the void, the ripples that were spreading out like ripples shattered with a loud bang as the hammer smashed down.
At this moment, a crack appeared in the void in the middle of the Nimble Valley. The crack was getting bigger and bigger, causing Duan Lingtian to shudder in fear when he saw this. "W-What's going on?"
In fact, it was not only Duan Lingtian who was shocked, many people present on the scene were also shocked by the scene before their eyes.
Naturally, there were also some people who were not surprised by this.
These people were all people who had participated in the Rising Sky Ranking Battle before. They had either participated in it or watched it from the side.
"So, it's the effect of the Formation."
Soon after, Duan Lingtian discovered that the shocking scene he saw earlier was actually just an illusion of the Formation.
To be more precise, the void in the middle of the Nimble Valley was just a part of the illusion of the Formation.
However, the powerhouses from the Sky Hurdle Mansion and the Raging Wave Mansion had made their move and destroyed the Formation, causing a crack to appear. Not only that, but it also revealed everything behind the Formation.
As everything behind the Formation was revealed, what appeared before everyone's eyes, including Duan Lingtian, was a chessboard. A chessboard that was constantly getting bigger in their eyes. In the beginning, the chess pieces were normal-sized in their eyes. After a while, the chess pieces became the size of a fist.
After that, the chess pieces became the size of an adult.
In the end, each chess piece could stand up to hundreds of people.
At this moment, the chessboard and the chess pieces on it no longer grew bigger. Instead, they were frozen in place.
"I-Is this inside the Illusory Formation?"
When Duan Lingtian regained his senses from the shock, he discovered that he was inside a chessboard that stretched as far as the eye could see. Beneath his feet was a gigantic chess piece. If they were willing to squeeze, it would not be a problem for them to stand up to 200 people.
Duan Lingtian gasped as he looked around. When he discovered that the chessboard had no end, he raised his head again.
He saw a gray sky above his head. The gray sky pressed down on him as though it was trapping him and the others in the chessboard.
"This is the Nimble Chess Set?"
At this moment, a cry of surprise resonated in Duan Lingtian's ears, causing him to be stunned. "The Nimble Chess Set?"
Soon after, Duan Lingtian finally found out what the boundless chess set in front of him was from the whispers of some people. As it turned out, it was the Nimble Chess Set in the Nimble Valley.
Of course, this so-called Nimble Chess Game was essentially an illusory formation.
The Nimble Chess Set was also the stage for the Rising Sky Ranking Battle, and the Nimble Valley was named Nimble because of the Nimble Chess Set.
Duan Lingtian only found out about all this now.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As the sound of wind whistling reverberated in the air, Duan Lingtian narrowed his eyes and looked over. He saw the old man from the Sky Hurdle Mansion and the bald burly man from the Raging Wave Mansion rising into the air. In just a blink of an eye, they were high up in the sky, looking down at everyone.
At the moment, most of the people in the vast Nimble Chess Game were still in a daze.
The scene before them also stunned them.
Most of the people present on the scene were here to watch the Rising Sky Ranking Battle for the first time.
"Everyone, our Sky Hurdle Mansion will send someone to preside over the Rising Sky Ranking Battle every 50 years due to the instructions passed down by our Old Ancestor. This time, our Sky Hurdle Mansion has sent me to preside over the Rising Sky Ranking Battle."
The old man who was holding a walking stick said loudly.
He looked very old, but his voice was filled with vigor. It did not sound like an old man at all.
"My name is Ren Zhong, and I'm the Vice Mansion Master of Sky Hurdle Mansion. You can address me as Vice Mansion Master Ren or Elder Ren."
The old man continued to say.
Boom!
The moment the old man's words left his mouth, the scene burst into an uproar.
The Vice Mansion Master of the Sky Hurdle Mansion?
Most of the people present on the scene did not know much about the Sky Hurdle Mansion. After all, they were only from the Rising Sky Mansion's district, and it was difficult for them to come into contact with a force at the level of the Sky Hurdle Mansion.
Naturally, although they could not come into contact with a force at the level of the Sky Hurdle Mansion, it did not mean they knew nothing about the Sky Hurdle Mansion.
They were both fourth-rate forces.
In their opinion, the Vice Mansion Master of the Sky Hurdle Mansion was no different from the Vice Mansion Masters of the Rising Sky Mansion's district.
"I can't believe he's the Vice Mansion Master of the Sky Hurdle Mansion!"
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