The bugle call that started attacking Lou Xiaoyi was from the body cultivators!
It wasn't that body cultivators were brainless, but they preferred to use direct methods! Furthermore, body cultivators had always believed that among the cultivation world's restraints, body cultivators' restraints on sword cultivators were the most real!
The Marching Sect was a large body cultivator orthodoxy in the Erhai region. It wasn't within the top powers of the Fifth Ring, but its actual strength wasn't much different from the top powers. The Marching Sect's area of influence was close to the Wolf Ridge, which was where the Fish Leaping Cliff was located. Therefore, when they heard the news, it was time for them to cross the Wolf Ridge.
Body cultivators also had their own goals. As one of the three most important orthodoxies in the Fifth Ring, body cultivators had always been suppressed by spell cultivators. This wasn't just a matter of orthodoxy, it was a matter of the spell cultivator's basic principles!
If the spell cultivator wanted to dominate, the most important thing was to suppress the growth of the second brother! Who was the second brother in the Fifth Ring? Many people thought that it was the arrogant Swordsman, but the higher-ups of the spell cultivator knew that this wasn't the case. The real second brother was actually a body cultivator!
The reason was simple. No matter how happy the Swordsman were, they had a fatal weakness that they couldn't solve. That was the problem of the number of Swordsman!
The foundation of the Xuanyuan Swordsman was the Inner Sword. The number of Inner Swords in the sword orb of the Sword Catacomb couldn't be expanded on a large scale! For tens of thousands of years, the only thing the Xuanyuan people could do was to maintain the number of Inner Swords and work tirelessly on the quality! The same thing happened to the sword orb of the Firmament Sword Sect and the sword box of the Wei Sword Mountain!
All of this determined that the Sword Vein could only be a sharp knife. They couldn't rule the entire cultivation world. Therefore, no matter how tense the relationship between the two parties was, the spell cultivators knew that the Sword Vein couldn't replace the spell vein because of their natural weakness in reproduction!
Body cultivators were different. They didn't have the restrictions of the sword orb and sword box. Like the orthodox spell vein, they could expand infinitely. Because they were closer to the essence of the Strength Bloodline, the threshold was lower. The style of fighting was more easily accepted by hot-blooded youths. Therefore, in the Fifth Ring, where the culture was fierce, its mass foundation could rival that of the spell vein!
This was a true orthodoxy that could replace the ruling position of the Law lineage!
Among the principles of the Law Vein, suppressing the Sword Vein was an act of madness, while suppressing the Body Vein was a core principle that had never been loosened!
For Physical Meridians, they had always been at an absolute disadvantage in the tens of thousands of years of struggle against Dharmic Meridians. The difference was in all aspects, and there was no light of hope. Therefore, in recent years, a major cultivator of Physical Meridians had proposed a new direction. If they could not catch up to Eldest Brother for now, could they suppress Third Brother first?
This kind of debate continued. The three sides contended for supremacy. The second and third brothers working together to fight against the boss was the most classic strategy. The struggle between the second and third brothers would only make the boss laugh his head off. Even mortals understood the principle that the teeth would be interdependent if the lips were gone. There was no reason why cultivators didn't understand.
However, Third Brother's behavior had become more and more overbearing over the past tens of thousands of years. He considered himself the second brother, and in all aspects of the five-ring world, whether it was resources, talents, territory, etc., he never knew how to restrain himself. This caused the Physical Meridians' resentment towards the Sword Vein to grow. Of course, it was impossible for a cultivation war to break out, but in certain aspects, the Sword Vein was not willing to fall behind.
This included the five-ring Foundation Establishment ranking!
A few decades ago, the top ten of the ranking was basically dominated by the Law Vein and Sword Vein. The Body Vein would occasionally show up, but in recent years, after the Sword Vein's brilliance reached the Core Formation stage, there was a gap. Finally, some individual cultivators took advantage of the situation and squeezed into the top ten. This was something that the Physical Meridians were happy to see.
They knew that it was impossible to keep the Sword Vein out of the top ten forever. However, if they could drag this out for a longer period of time, it would undoubtedly be of great benefit to the Physical Meridians.
After tens of thousands of years, the ranking had already formed a trend of public opinion. It might not be worth mentioning in the eyes of superior cultivators, but to ordinary mortals, Qi Refinement Warriors, and those who had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage, it had an increasingly important guiding effect.
Just like the ranking of higher education institutions in Lou Xiaoyi's previous life, it had practical significance! Every student with outstanding results would be ranked from top to bottom, and not from bottom to top! First choose your major, then your school. There were even those who chose their school first, then their major!
In this cultivation world, schools were the major sects and forces. The Supreme Three Pure Ones, Xuanyuan, and so on were ranked below. Majors were the orthodoxies. Do you prefer Dharma, Sword, or Body Cultivation?
There was no newcomer who did not want to enter a higher-class school. It was precisely because of this mentality of wanting to climb higher that the outstanding new Foundation Establishment cultivators would naturally flock to the nine, eight, five, two, one, and one. It was also because of this flow of talent that the strong would always be strong, and the weak would always be weak.
Over a long period of time, the major sects that recruited more outstanding talents would produce more Jin Dan, Yuanying, and even people who were strong enough to change the trend of cultivation. This was the most important aspect of a sect's orthodoxy, the root of the matter!
And the five-ring Foundation Establishment ranking was increasingly showing its guiding role. This was also the reason why the major sects and forces still encouraged their disciples to strive for the top, even though they seemed to be dismissive of such a ranking on the surface.
There must be someone or a few forces secretly condoning this. As for who exactly it was, it was self-evident just by looking at who was at the top of the ranking.
This was a very clever way to recruit outstanding talents. Even the Sword Vein, which had always been known for its valiant combat strength, could not occupy half of the top spots. From this, it could be seen that there was a deep-seated reason behind this.
This was a battlefield without smoke. Even if there was no explicit war, the far-reaching calculations behind the scenes were everywhere.
It was also because of this mentality that other than the Sword Vein, no one wanted the Swordsman to succeed in such a genuine sword insertion. It meant a decisive trend, just like how the value of a Nobel Prize winner in an academy would definitely multiply.
The Marching Sect had two physical cultivators who were in the top 100 of the ranking, but they did not come this time. This was because the sect was worried that if they failed, they would lose their original positions. Even though they were physical cultivators, they were not stupid at all!
Among the group of cultivators from the Marching Sect who came this time, it was confirmed that three of them would be the ones to issue the challenge. At least from the Marching Sect's point of view, these three disciples were not weaker than the two on the ranking. They just lacked some opportunities.
This was especially so for one of the ancient blood physical cultivators. He had cultivated wholeheartedly for over a hundred years and had already reached an unimaginable level in terms of physical techniques. They believed that with this level of strength, he was completely confident of pulling down this tanghulu.
They had to hurry. Once the large group of Dharma meridian cultivators arrived, they would have nothing to do!
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