There was another very important reason why he was affecting other people's interactions with him, and that was his cultivation level in the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment realm. This was very conspicuous among almost all the late stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, and it was suspected that he had relied on his connections to come here.
And this kind of cultivator who didn't rely on his own ability was the most despised by others.
He wasn't the only one who didn't fit in with the crowd. There were a few others who were scattered outside the crowd. This was innate apathy, and it wasn't something that could be resolved just by pulling them to a lively place.
On the night of the last day, Gu Chuan gathered them together and said a few important points.
"A Hundred Vying Barges is a competition of individual ability, not group strength. Therefore, there's no need to form groups during the competition. If everyone is like this, the winner of this event will never be able to escape from Xuanyuan and Temple. This isn't the purpose of A Hundred Vying Barges!
There are many eyes, and everyone is watching. Xuanyuan has never won by numbers. Failure is a small matter, but losing integrity is a big matter. You must remember this.
There's no need to have any misgivings. Xuanyuan is good at killing decisively. If we lose this, we won't be able to win against Dharma cultivators. Temple has great cultivators secretly taking care of it, and there are very few accidental deaths in history. Therefore, it's better to be straightforward.
Among the hundred people who came, there are thirty-seven ranked cultivators, but most of them are at the bottom. I think you've known each other for more than ten days. What I want to say here is that according to historical experience, among those who aren't ranked, there are often people who hide their strength. Don't be careless!
Communication is also a kind of ability. You can know yourself and your enemy. If you're bored of being alone, then you need to have the ability to leave the world alone! Don't think that I'll introduce the abilities of other cultivators to you before the event. In the future, when you meet opponents in the Five Rings, who will introduce them to you one by one? "
The last sentence was directed at Lou Xiaoyi. What he meant was that his cultivation level was low to begin with, and he didn't get along with others. He didn't understand his opponents, and he didn't have the ability to pretend to be strong, but he was still pretending to be strong. This was a great taboo for cultivators. That was roughly what he meant, but Lou Xiaoyi was thick-skinned, so he didn't care at all.
A cultivator's strength also depended on their ranking, but it also didn't depend on their ranking. For example, those who were ranked in the sixth, seventh, and eighth hundreds, their strength had already been exposed. Their greatest potential was only here for the time being. There was always an upper limit, just like Lou Xiaoyi's 99. There were also cultivators who were capable but kept a low profile. They didn't care about fame, but they might have taken a fancy to something powerful. Therefore, there must be such people mixed in.
Furukawa's words implied that he was trying to teach Lou Xiaoyi a lesson. This was also his way of expressing his dissatisfaction. He felt that the external swordsman had chosen too casually, and he had given such a good opportunity to someone who wasn't strong enough. Even though he knew that Lou Xiaoyi had once been in the 999th place, such a result wasn't enough to be seen here. He didn't have any advantage at all.
It was impossible for him to truly understand this external swordsman disciple. There were tens of thousands of external swordsmen, and he didn't have the time to do so!
However, it could also be a clever way of trying to goad him. However, seeing that this disciple's mental state didn't fluctuate at all, Furukawa knew that what he had said was equivalent to not saying anything at all. His words had gone in one ear and out the other.
The night passed silently. On the second day, everyone gathered in front of the waterfall. Jin Dan from Jia Lan was there to exhort everyone. Most of the exhortations were about friendship first and competition second. However, the real intention was the six items that were taken out later.
A stone, a blade, a branch, a pearl, a feather, a bottle of water …
Items that were powerful might not necessarily be magical tools or spiritual tools that were specially made by cultivators. Those that were made would be inferior in quality. Instead, some naturally formed or unnaturally formed items were more precious.
For example, the feathers of a certain large bird that had been flying high in the sky with strong astral winds had naturally evolved into a wind force.
Another example would be a powerful cultivator who had been meditating for a long time, and the surrounding environment resonated with him. Among them, a certain item had coincidentally been affected by the wind force.
Naturally, that was the Great Dao. If it was done deliberately, it would be just like how a talisman was made into an assembly line product. How much meaning could there be in using it as a reference?
A stone was a majestic aura. A blade was a bloody battle aura. A branch was a life aura. A feather was a drifting wind aura. A bottle of water was a gentle aura. As for a pearl, that was unknown …
They were all very tempting items. When these six items were taken out, Lou Xiaoyi could feel the fighting spirit of the surrounding cultivators become much fiercer.
This was the aura of group greed!
The height of the waterfall was more than six thousand feet. The magic formation drew water and poured down from the sky in the shape of a fan. The upper end was very narrow, and the lower end was extremely wide. When it reached the surface of the Oracle Lake, it was already several thousand feet wide. This was not completely a natural fall, but a magic formation that controlled it to disperse it. The original purpose of the design was to form a beautiful and spectacular Milky Way Fountain, but it was not for cultivators to fight for victory. However, later on, cultivators found that it could be used, and thus the Hundred Vying Barges!
More than a hundred people scattered under the waterfall, one person per dozen feet. Among them, the lone cultivators from the small and medium-sized sects were alone. They could not be considered as helpers. Only a few disciples from the top sects, such as Xuanyuan, Jialan, Linggourd Cave, and Wanjingliu, were aware of this. Under the watchful eyes of so many people, it was meaningless to join forces to kill their opponents. No one was stupid or blind.
Lou Xiaoyi stood in the middle of the waterfall and felt the force of the water pressure. It was not as huge as he had imagined. It was probably only a few thousand pounds of impact force, which was very easy for a Foundation Establishment cultivator. However, he was very clear that this was because the water was dispersed. The higher he went, the heavier the pressure. It would not be as easy as it was now.
He should wear something like a diving suit. Cultivators were not afraid of water. When the Upstanding Qi surged around their bodies, they could naturally not touch a drop of water. However, if they were in a fight, when their mana was not enough, they would naturally lose this layer of protection. It would be strange if they did not become a drowned rat!
Of course, no one would wear a diving suit, and no one had the idea of wearing swimming trunks like Lou Xiaoyi … They were all cultivators, people with status. They were not pirates, so how could they be naked? They would not lose the demeanor of a cultivator. That was something more important than victory or defeat.
With Jin Dan's command, the crowd of cultivators moved. That was not right, there were also some who did not move!
Lou Xiaoyi did not move. He was a sly person. Considering that this was a long process, it did not matter whether he ran first or not. The key was that the scene was slightly crowded. If he followed the crowd now, he would use up his mana prematurely!
He could not avoid using up his mana while going against the current. What he wanted was to save his mana for fighting.
However, among the hundred cultivators, he was not the only one who was sly. The one on the left was leisurely, while the one on the right was smiling … Lou Xiaoyi was very depressed. Had he fallen into a chicken coop?
Birds of a feather flock together. It was not strange that the three of them had the same idea. What was strange was that they were standing together!
Gu Chuan saw this from afar and could not help but shake his head. Just from this start, he could tell that this external sword did not have the qualities of a Swordsman who did not fear difficulties. It was fine if he failed, but what was important was that he did not lose his sword heart!
He did not know how the ranking board determined this person to be able to push this person up.
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