BookMe Chapter 493: The fairest competition in history!
Chapter 493: The fairest competition in history!
On the Blazing Sun Continent, every year, various major forces hold platform competitions and the like.But the results of these competitions are always as expected—under-the-table manipulation ensures that the disciples of the organizers take the top spots.
Let's put it this way: if Chu Xinghe doesn't go, even if you send Zheng Yu, there's no damn way he'd get first place!
So, under-the-table manipulation has long been an open secret.
In fact, no one even sees it as a problem anymore.
However, once Spirit Beast City is completed, if the Grand Sky Sect wants to make a big splash, this Grand Prix must reach a level that shakes the entire Blazing Sun Continent.
How to make it sensational?
If it's just about offering a ridiculous prize amount, it might cause a minor stir, because no one's a fool. We don't know if others manipulate things, but what about the Grand Sky Sect's strength?
Wouldn't it be perfectly reasonable for the Grand Sky Sect to sweep the top ten?
No matter how high the prize money, if the Grand Sky Sect takes the top ten, the rest would just be left with scraps. What's the point?
But if we follow Xinghe's suggestion, no matter what rank our Grand Sky Sect disciples achieve, they won't be included in the final Grand Prix rankings.
We're giving the chance to win the grand prize to everyone else. You tell me, isn't our Grand Sky Sect generous?
We absolutely won't play the under-the-table game. Damn it, no matter who comes, you have to rank by strength.
As long as you have real skills, our Grand Sky Sect dares to give you real prizes. You tell me, isn't that exciting?
The heads of the palaces all smiled at this moment.
When Xinghe first mentioned holding a platform competition, everyone's first reaction was, what's the point?
But now, after Xinghe's explanation, the heads understood... this platform competition is damn interesting!
What? You ask what we're getting out of spending so many resources?
It's simple... First of all, our Grand Sky Sect isn't short of a few bucks, right?
Our main goal is to make Spirit Beast City famous. Once this Grand Prix is launched, you tell me how popular Spirit Beast City will become.
We don't care about a few bucks, but those bucks are enough to make the Top Ten Sects excited.
With so many resources, won't their eyes pop out?
This platform competition will attract all the young talents from the Blazing Sun Continent to rush in.
The fairest platform competition in history.
The organizers won't be included in the rankings! You tell me, who the hell can manipulate things under the table?
If the Grand Sky Sect is going to do it, it's going to be top-notch! This first Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix, you tell me who wouldn't be tempted.
And just as the heads of the palaces were marveling at Xinghe's bold move, Chu Xinghe spoke again.
"Elders, didn't we say before that we would share the Spirit Beast Mystical Method?"
"Now is a very good time. Our Grand Sky Sect will offer the first batch of Spirit Beast Mystical Method inheritance to the top hundred participants in this Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix!"
Goodness! When they heard this, many elders were stunned.
Xinghe is really going all out.
Not only do we have prize money, but we also have the Spirit Beast Mystical Method inheritance. Won't this attract all the Chosen to fight like crazy?
Even if you're wealthy and don't care about the prize money, do you care about the Spirit Beast Mystical Method?
As long as you make it into the top hundred, you qualify for the first batch of Spirit Beast Mystical Method inheritance. You tell me, isn't that fierce?
Ma Liang, listening to Senior Brother Xinghe, couldn't help but speak: "So this is just the first edition. If our Grand Sky Sect continues to hold the second and third editions in this way... then no matter where we build a city in the Barbarian Wilderness, we can instantly attract countless people?"
Hearing Ma Liang's words, Chu Xinghe was moved to tears.
Ma Liang, oh Ma Liang... have you finally had a moment of conscience?
Damn it, for the first time in your life, you didn't backstab Senior Brother Xinghe and actually supported him!
Ma Liang, you're not wrong. We can keep this Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix going, and we can even increase the prize money crazily.
This is the grand stage of the Blazing Sun Star; if you're fierce enough, come on!
Ma Liang, oh Ma Liang, you've turned a one-time expense into a sustainable one.
Ma Liang, there's nothing wrong with you this time!
The many elders, listening to Ma Liang, began to ponder.
Such a grand competition, so fair and just, with such generous prizes, and even the addition of the Spirit Beast Mystical Method...
Previously, everyone was worried that after Spirit Beast City was built, it might attract people, but if other cities were built, being far from the Spirit Beast Island entrance, would they struggle to attract people?
But now, with Ma Liang's words, everyone realized that Xinghe's Grand Prix isn't just for Spirit Beast City, but also for other cities!
By then, as long as a new city is built, we can hold two Grand Prix there, and you tell me how many people that would attract.
How does Xinghe's mind work... We've been discussing for days without a good solution, and Xinghe just sorts it all out!
After discussing the details, the Great Elder personally made the decision and sent the message to the Sect Master.
Sect Master Gu Mingchao, after reading it, said, what? Xinghe proposed this? Then I'll just watch and see!
So, in a short time, the first Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix was confirmed.
Although the Earth and Wood Division disciples of the Grand Sky Sect haven't completed Spirit Beast City yet, the Grand Sky Sect announced the first Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix immediately.
And as soon as this news was released, everyone was stunned.
Has the Grand Sky Sect gone mad with wealth?
Isn't the prize amount for this Grand Prix a bit too outrageous?
Wang Daoquan, upon seeing the Grand Sky Sect's announcement, calculated that the first prize alone was slightly more than our Yuxu Palace's entire annual expenditure?
Wang Daoquan swore to the heavens, it's not that our Yuxu Palace is poor, it's just that the Grand Sky Sect has gone mad with wealth!
Forget about taking first place; even if we just make it into the top ten, the prize amount would be enough to elevate our Yuxu Palace.
But soon, Wang Daoquan realized, the prize is high, but the Grand Sky Sect's strength is there, so wouldn't they just sweep the top ten? In the end, everyone would just be getting acquainted.
Although everyone was shocked by the Grand Sky Sect's outrageous prize money, they all thought like Wang Daoquan, isn't this just a gimmick by the Grand Sky Sect?
As if we could make it into the top ten... So the Grand Sky Sect is just moving money from one pocket to another, with no real meaning, right?
But just as everyone was thinking this, the Grand Sky Sect released a second wave of news.
Everyone listening to the Grand Sky Sect's announcement was almost stunned.
What? The Grand Sky Sect disciples won't be included in the rankings, so all the rewards are genuinely given to others?
This time, those forces that were shouting about the Grand Sky Sect just moving money from one pocket to another were all dumbfounded.
If the previous Grand Prix announcement caused a stir because of the high prize money...
Then the news that Grand Sky Sect disciples won't be included in the rankings sent the entire Blazing Sun Continent into a frenzy.
Previously, although the Grand Sky Sect's prize money was high, everyone thought the top prize was unattainable.
It was just a gimmick by the Grand Sky Sect.
But now the Grand Sky Sect is genuinely giving it to everyone, and all sides are genuinely excited to the point of wetting themselves!
Even the wealthy Martial Emperor City held an emergency meeting overnight, and Cheng Xiaotian even shouted the slogan of aiming for first place.
What? You say we can't get first place? Normally, we can't, but with the Grand Sky Sect not included in the rankings, don't we have a shot at first place?
Major forces all shouted the slogan of aiming for first place, while smaller forces, though excited, knew their own capabilities.
Is it realistic for us to compete with places like Martial Emperor City for the top ten?
So smaller forces were contemplating whether to participate this time.
But just as the smaller forces hesitated, the Grand Sky Sect released a third wave of news.
As long as you make it into the top hundred, you'll receive the Spirit Beast Mystical Method inheritance!
With this announcement, whether big forces or small forces, even some powerful rogue cultivators were thrilled!
The Grand Sky Sect isn't participating in the rankings, so everyone is in a fair competition.
After all, the Grand Sky Sect isn't included in the rankings, so you can't accuse them of under-the-table manipulation, right?
Even if they did manipulate things, what if the Grand Sky Sect swept the top ten? Rankings are calculated without them anyway.
We smaller forces might not get into the top ten, but can we aim for the top hundred?
That's the Spirit Beast Mystical Method inheritance; whoever gets it first has an edge, right?
So with this third wave of news, everyone from major forces to small forces and even rogue cultivators went crazy.
The top hundred... doesn't sound that hard to compete for, right?
Even a rogue cultivator, if strong enough, could make it into the top hundred, right?
At the Cloud Soar Sect, Ling Su was dismissive when he heard the Grand Sky Sect's first wave of news!
Ling Su declared on the spot that our Cloud Soar Sect competes in these kinds of platform competitions every year... isn't it just under-the-table manipulation to make the Grand Sky Sect disciples famous?
Our Cloud Soar Sect absolutely won't participate! We won't give the Grand Sky Sect this chance, and I, Ling Su, will unite with others not to participate!
Let's see how the Grand Sky Sect plays!
But after the second wave of news, Ling Su was dumbfounded.
What... is the Grand Sky Sect offering so much?
Our Cloud Soar Sect isn't incapable of competing for the top ten... we're one of the Top Ten Sects... maybe we should participate?
When the Grand Sky Sect's third wave of news came out, Ling Su was already mobilizing the sect's disciples!
Our Cloud Soar Sect disciples are blessed by sacred beasts... even if we can't get into the top ten... we must fight for the top hundred!
What? You say I refused to participate a few days ago!
Nonsense! When did I, Ling Su, ever say that?