Although Shushan Sect's Daoist Xuan Zhen's mood was very complicated, he also had mixed feelings towards Heavenly Blade Alliance Master Cao Yi who had lost the first round of the competition. Should he be happy or depressed?
The disciple who lost was a Late Stage Nascent Soul Realm disciple. Furthermore, he was an outstanding disciple of their Heavenly Blade Alliance.
Fortunately, Golden Core Realm and Nascent Soul Realm were in the same group. Therefore, as an outstanding Late Stage Nascent Soul Realm disciple, he had the advantage in this group.
With such a cultivation realm, he might not be able to become the group champion, but it should be very easy for him to enter the top 5.
However, how could he have imagined that his disciple's first opponent would be the powerful Shushan Sect?
Furthermore, what he didn't expect was that this Shushan Sect disciple was actually in the Great Circle Nascent Soul Realm.
Although his disciple's strength was very outstanding, even if he encountered a Great Circle Nascent Soul Realm, he wouldn't be defeated so easily.
But because his strength was still too weak, he was defeated after persisting for a long time.
Originally, with what Cheng Yu had said, logically speaking, for such an outstanding disciple like him to lose the competition should be a very happy thing.
After all, if he were to lose the competition, Cheng Yu would no longer choose him.
Since he wouldn't be chosen, naturally, he wouldn't be allowed to stay in the Cheng Family.
Looking at it this way, it should be a happy thing.
However, when he thought of the resources that Cheng Yu had promised him, it was indeed very tempting. As long as his disciple was able to get into the top 10, even if it was just the 10th place, his disciple and the sect would be able to obtain some precious rewards.
Therefore, from this point, he was somewhat anticipating his disciple to have an even more outstanding performance.
Furthermore, even if his disciple were to get into the top 10, he might not be chosen by Cheng Yu.
Because from the previous competition, Cheng Yu did not choose his disciple based on the results.
After all, for so many years, other than the Cheng Family's disciple, there had never been a situation where the Cheng Family had chosen all the disciples in the top 10.
Therefore, even if his disciple were to get into the top 10, he might not be chosen by Cheng Yu.
If that was the case, then the resources in the grand prize would be obtained for free.
But now, with such potential and such an outstanding disciple being eliminated by Shushan in the first round of the competition, it meant that all his hopes had been dashed to smithereens.
If he wasn't eliminated, it meant that he still had a chance. If he was eliminated, even fantasies would become extravagant hopes.
In particular, the Heavenly Saber Union's strength was not considered strong to begin with. Among all the Cheng Clan's Lower Sects, it was only a third-grade Lower Sect.
Therefore, in the Jiedan and Yuanying group, there were only two such excellent disciples. Although the rest were also qualified to participate, they were all in the Jiedan stage and the early and middle Yuanying stage.
From this point of view, apart from the remaining disciple, the other disciples had no chance at all.
As for the last two groups, for sects with low strength like theirs, the higher the realm, the fewer disciples there were. Naturally, the possibility of selecting outstanding disciples was also lower.
After all, there were only a few disciples with high realms. No matter how strong they were, they would still be able to qualify for the competition.
There were usually more disciples with lower realms, so there would be more choices. At the very least, they could select some of the more outstanding disciples from the crowd to participate in the competition.
Therefore, if they couldn't seize the opportunity in the competition of the lower realm group, then it was even less likely for them to achieve outstanding results in the two higher realm groups.
Without an outstanding disciple, the chances of Heavenly Saber Union obtaining the reward would be reduced by half. As the Union Master, how could he not be depressed?
Needless to say, the first competition in the Jiedan and Yuanying group was a match between a Late Stage Nascent Soul cultivator and a Great Circle Nascent Soul cultivator. This was definitely very rare.
However, to the Cheng Clan, they were very pleased with such a situation.
After all, the appearance of two outstanding disciples in the first round would be able to set off the atmosphere of the competition. It could also be said to be a good start for this year's competition.
"Never expected that the first round would be so exciting. Shushan Sect and Heavenly Saber Union disciples are all very good. Seems like this year's competition is truly worth looking forward to!" Cheng Yu smiled.
"Clan Head is overpraising us. We are only throwing a brick to attract jade. I believe there will be more outstanding disciples appearing later on!" When Daoist Xuan Zhen received Cheng Yu's praise, his heart couldn't help but tighten. He was worried that Cheng Yu would take a fancy to their Shushan Sect disciple and request to bring him along. Therefore, he immediately replied modestly.
"Sect Master Xuan Zhen need not be so modest. Shushan Sect's strength had long been famous among all the major sects. I heard that this time, Sect Master Xuan Zhen is determined to obtain the champion seat, "Tianshan Sect Yu Lingzi smiled.
"Sect Master Yu Lingzi's Tianshan Sect is much stronger than my Shushan Sect. The number of talented disciples in your sect is innumerable. My Shushan Sect is naturally inferior to them. How can we seize the champion seat?
I believe Clan Head will definitely be able to find a lot of suitable disciples in Tianshan Sect, "When Daoist Xuan Zhen saw Yu Lingzi was actually trying to make a fool out of him, he couldn't help but retort.
How could he not see through Yu Lingzi's intention?
He merely wanted to divert Cheng Yu's attention to Shushan Sect. He hoped that when the time comes, Cheng Yu would be able to select more Shushan Sect disciples.
This way, Tianshan Sect wouldn't even need to use any other methods to suppress Shushan Sect.
However, how could he possibly let this fellow succeed?
Since the other party knew how to make things difficult for him, why couldn't he do the same?
Furthermore, compared to Shushan Sect, Tianshan Sect's current strength was indeed much stronger.
As for the number of outstanding disciples that Tianshan Sect had concealed, according to everyone's understanding, Tianshan Sect had also concealed quite a number of disciples.
Therefore, in this year's competition, Tianshan Sect would definitely have a lot of outstanding disciples.
Regarding this matter, he believed that even if Tianshan Sect and Cheng Family had a good relationship, Cheng Yu would not be too biased in this matter.
Furthermore, if the disciples that Cheng Yu had selected were all from the same faction, it would definitely be unjustifiable.
At the very least, to a faction, it would definitely be too unfair.
Therefore, in the past Grand Competitions, the number of disciples chosen by the Cheng Family was basically the same among the various factions.
Even if there was some deviation, it wouldn't be too big.
Therefore, it was unrealistic for Yu Lingzi to use this method to suppress Shushan Sect. However, he knew that even if Cheng Yu were to select one more disciple from Shushan Sect, it would still be a good news to Tianshan Sect.
Furthermore, he knew that Yu Lingzi wanted to use this method to disgust him.
Of course, what he was worried about the most was that he didn't believe in the test that Cheng Yu had mentioned.
He was afraid that Tianshan Sect and Cheng Family had already colluded with each other. Although the Cheng Family would select Tianshan Sect disciples in front of everyone, in the end, as long as Cheng Yu said that those disciples didn't pass, those disciples would be able to return to Tianshan Sect.
However, the Cheng Family might not back off from the other sects' disciples.
Therefore, all these words he said were for Cheng Yu to hear. Even if his words could allow Cheng Yu to select one more disciple from Tianshan Sect, it wouldn't be too bad.
Furthermore, everyone knew that Cheng Yu had chosen Tianshan Sect's disciple. If everyone's disciple were to be left behind in the Cheng Family and Tianshan Sect's disciple was released by the Cheng Family, he could also gather everyone to seek justice from the Cheng Family.
Therefore, his counterattack was very straightforward. He even told Cheng Yu that Tianshan Sect had a lot of outstanding disciples and he could select more disciples from Tianshan Sect.
Regardless of whether it was useful or not, since Yu Lingzi wanted to disgust him, he could also disgust Yu Lingzi.
"If Family Head really thinks that our Tianshan Sect has such a talented disciple, to be able to pass the Family Head's test, I don't think it's a bad thing.
I also believe that if our Tianshan Sect disciples are able to become the Family Head's direct disciple, our Tianshan Sect would be able to bask in the limelight.
If we are able to contribute to the Cheng Family's development, I also feel that it's a very honorable thing.
Therefore, on this matter, I am in full agreement. Could it be that Sect Master Xuan Zhen is not willing to contribute to the Cheng Family? " Yu Lingzi didn't get flustered because of Shushan Sect's words. He also didn't get angry because of it. Instead, he went along with Daoist Xuan Zhen's words and raised himself up a notch.
"When did I say that I'm not willing to contribute to the Cheng Family? We are all Cheng Family's lower sect. If Family Head needs it, our Shushan Sect is willing to contribute to the Cheng Family to the best of our abilities! "Shushan Sect retorted angrily.
Words were spoken, but actions were made.
Who knew if Yu Lingzi was speaking the truth or not? In any case, no one could tell. Therefore, his words could also be true or false.
When the Cheng Family really needed help, who knew when it would be. But he could still put his words out there.
In any case, with Yu Lingzi's words, as long as Tianshan Sect dared to do something, Shushan Sect would also dare to do it.
When the other sect masters saw the fight between the two of them, they were also sweating profusely.
They didn't dare to interrupt, fearing that they would be implicated.
Although it was just a matter of words, what if they really needed their sect to contribute to the Cheng Family? When that time comes, there would be no way out.
Therefore, some things shouldn't be said too early. It was better not to get involved in matters that didn't concern him.
"To be able to see that everyone is so enthusiastic about the Cheng Family's development, as the Family Head, I am naturally very happy.
As for the matter of selecting disciples, they naturally had to go through careful observation and strict screening. They wouldn't select more disciples just because they had more outstanding disciples, and they wouldn't select less disciples just because they had less outstanding disciples.
There is also no requirement to select at least one disciple from every sect. There is no such thing.
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