Chapter 554: Grand Competition Ends, Ye Qingxuan's Edict

Below, among the contestants who had finished the Self-Battle,

Ying Wuqiu had a bitter expression. Looking at the figures of Jun Moyan, Li Gexiao, Bing Ruyi, and Yan Ruyan beside him, he felt slightly unnatural in his heart.

Although his personality was relatively lazy, it did not mean he lacked a desire to win or a sense of honor and shame.

Among the five contestants from Dongxuan City, he was the only one who did not defeat his own replica and lost the final match.

That was why Ying Wuqiu felt somewhat uncomfortable in front of Jun Moyan, Li Gexiao, Bing Ruyi, and Yan Ruyan.

After the Self-Battle ended, Ying Wuqiu had already realized his problem.

In this Qi Refining grand competition grand final, he had relied too much on external forces like talismans and elixirs, neglecting the improvement of his own strength.

Compared to the tempering and accumulation of other contestants in the successive arrays, the harvest he gained in this grand final was simply too little.

After getting used to using talismans and elixirs to assist in battle,

it made him slightly unaccustomed to the rhythm of fighting at full strength during the Heart-Refining Array consciousness battle, unable to effectively command all his power and erupt with his full combat strength.

So when facing the attack of his replica, after barely holding on for a while, he was still defeated by his replica.

After realizing where the problem lay, Ying Wuqiu took a deep breath, his expression gradually becoming firm, and he thought to himself, "I, Ying Wuqiu, from now on will absolutely not drag everyone down again and lose face for my Dongxuan City."

Once all the contestants had woken up from the Heart-Refining Array and come down from the battle platforms,

the scroll suspended high in the sky changed again, starting to rank the hundred contestants based on the final points from their hundred battles.

At the same time, Jiang Wen beckoned, taking the scroll into his hand, and looked at the ranking on it, announcing:

"This Star Fall Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand competition has successfully concluded!"

"First place in the grand competition, the champion of this new generation, Dongxuan City's Jun Moyan, with a record of one hundred wins."

"Second place in the grand competition, Taibai Fucheng's Li Taibai, with ninety-nine wins."

"Third place in the grand competition, Liyan Juncheng's Xiao Yuexian, with ninety-eight wins."

"Fourth place in the grand competition, Xueyou Fucheng's Leng Ren."

"Fifth place in the grand competition, Dongxuan City's Li Gexiao."

"Sixth place in the grand competition, Lord Nan Yu Fucheng's Nangong Ji."

"Seventh place in the grand competition, Taiyuan Juncheng's Yue Xiling."

"Eighth place in the grand competition, Diyuan Fucheng's Zhang Xinghao."

"Ninth place in the grand competition, Dongxuan City's Bing Ruyi."

"Tenth place in the grand competition, Taiyuan Juncheng's Zi Dutian."

"Eleventh place in the grand competition, Dongxuan City's Yan Ruyan."

"Twelfth place in the grand competition, Dongxuan City's Ying Wuqiu, and Shi Village's Shi Huang."

"Sixteenth place in the grand competition, Tayuan Juncheng's Wang Teng."

"Twentieth place in the grand competition, Yuanqing Fucheng's Yuan Qingcheng."

"Seventy-third place in the grand competition, Qingyuan Fucheng's Li Ziqi."

"Eighty-ninth place in the grand competition, Jimu Town's Liu Yuanmu."

"Ninety-sixth place in the grand competition, Xuanhuan Town's Ye Wushuang."

"One-hundredth place in the grand competition, Huangji Village's Man Ji."

Hearing Jiang Wen announce the rankings of the contestants one by one, the many contestants now had no major emotional fluctuations, each appearing very calm and composed.

It was the spectators watching outside the plaza who were very excited and cheering.

After all, when the audience heard that the contestant they supported had achieved a good ranking, they naturally felt joy.

As for the hundred contestants? They had personally experienced a hundred battles, and they already knew in their hearts what position they belonged to.

So when they heard their rankings, there were no major fluctuations on the surface.

Even Wang Teng was the same; the beatings he should have accepted, he had already accepted during the grand competition, so hearing his final ranking, he felt somewhat relieved instead.

Only Ying Wuqiu, upon hearing that he was tied for twelfth place with Shi Huang from Shi Village, could not help but look at Shi Huang, but he did not show any unwillingness.

Ying Wuqiu's record was originally better than Shi Huang's.

But it was a pity that Ying Wuqiu did not pass the final round of the Heart-Refining Array's Self-Battle, so his final ranking ended up tied for twelfth with Shi Huang.

However, in terms of the rewards for this Star Fall Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand competition, not making it into the top ten made little difference.

High in the sky, after Jiang Wen announced all the rankings for the grand finals of the Star Fall Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand competition, he waved his hand, took out a hundred Dongxuan Tokens, passed them through the air to the hundred contestants below, and continued: "These are Dongxuan Tokens; they store the contribution points corresponding to the ranking you achieved in the grand competition, as well as the already opened exchange permissions."

"After you bind them to yourselves, it is equivalent to graduating from Dongxuan Academy in advance and officially joining Dongxuan City."

"From now on, you can not only obtain the basic contribution points from Dongxuan City, but you can also take on various tasks of Dongxuan City through the Dongxuan Token to earn contribution points, exchange for treasures in the Dongxuan City treasury, and even hold various positions in the main city and branch cities of Dongxuan City."

"As for the rewards for the villages, towns, and cities you belong to, Dongxuan City will directly deposit them into the Dongxuan Tokens of your village chiefs, town mayors, and city lords."

"Of course, if there are those who are unwilling to join Dongxuan City, they can also bind the Dongxuan Token to use the contribution points within, but they will not be able to take on the various tasks of Dongxuan City or trade the contribution points within."

"Once the contribution points in the Dongxuan Token are used up, our Dongxuan City will take back the Dongxuan Token."

The last point was specially granted by Ye Qingxuan.

Although Ye Qingxuan wanted to build Star Fall Continent into a cradle for cultivating cultivators for Dongxuan City, this did not mean he wanted to force all cultivators born in Star Fall Continent to join Dongxuan City.

For some ungrateful ingrates, Ye Qingxuan had his own pride.

In Ye Qingxuan's view, cultivators born in Star Fall Continent not joining Dongxuan City was the loss of these cultivators, not the loss of Dongxuan City.

But as long as they were cultivators born in Star Fall Continent in the future, regardless of their spiritual root talent, Ye Qingxuan was willing to let them join Dongxuan City and give them a fair platform to obtain resources.

As for whether they could change their destiny, it depended on their own good fortune.

Actually, Ye Qingxuan initially intended to set a graduation threshold in the various Dongxuan Academies, only recruiting cultivators with talent at the three-element spiritual root level or above. After all, to avoid the number of disciples under his command becoming bloated, even the major forces in the five regions within the Di Xuan Realm, and even the hegemon-level forces, set the same minimum threshold, and would add other assessments of different difficulty levels.

It was just that Ye Qingxuan considered the war between the human race and the Qingmo race that was highly likely to break out comprehensively in the future. Once the war broke out comprehensively, both sides would inevitably lose a large number of cultivators.

So, to be prepared, Ye Qingxuan canceled the threshold for cultivators born in Star Fall Continent to join Dongxuan City.

As long as they were cultivators from Star Fall Continent, they could directly join Dongxuan City after passing the academic assessment of Dongxuan Academy.

At that time, although the number of cultivators would increase, the basic contribution points Dongxuan City needed to distribute every year would also increase significantly.

But for the current Ye Qingxuan, it was nothing more than paying out some low-order resources, which would not affect Ye Qingxuan's own development.

Fortunately, after hearing Jiang Wen's words, the hundred contestants were quite sensible; there were no fools who did not want to join Dongxuan City, and they all bowed in response:

"Thank you, Grand Commander Jiang Wen. We are willing to join Dongxuan City and serve the City Lord."

Among the hundred contestants, they were still very excited and thrilled about joining Dongxuan City in advance.

After all, joining Dongxuan City in advance meant they could use Dongxuan City's platform to obtain various resources they could not reach before, accelerating their growth speed.

Moreover, the villages, towns, and cities they came from already belonged to Dongxuan City; they were equivalent to reserve disciples of Dongxuan City before.

So they did not resist joining Dongxuan City.

Especially for contestants from villages like Shi Huang, joining Dongxuan City in advance was a huge help to them.

Just the basic contribution point welfare distributed by Dongxuan City every year after officially joining Dongxuan City could be of great help to them.

These basic contribution points were not many, and those contestants with backgrounds did not look down on them.

But for contestants like Shi Huang who had no source of income for the time being, it was a very precious contribution point resource in the early stage.

Although the contribution points obtained in this grand competition were not few, they were not easy to spend.

At the very least, before finding a suitable and stable source of contribution points, the basic contribution points from Dongxuan City were still very precious to them.

At this moment, Shi Huang's mind was wandering, thinking about whether he should choose one of the four arts of cultivation to study after officially joining Dongxuan City.

It was not just Shi Huang; other contestants from villages and towns also had this idea.

In terms of stable sources of contribution points, taking on long-term tasks such as alchemy, artifact refining, talisman making, and array formation in Dongxuan City was definitely the best choice.

After the shops in the major branch cities of the Eastern Extreme Region opened, Dongxuan City was very short of various mid- and low-order elixirs, talismans, magic treasures, and array disks.

So in Dongxuan City, as long as one learned one of the four arts of cultivation and studied it to a certain level, it was not difficult to obtain contribution points.

Just as Shi Huang and others were letting their minds wander,

Jiang Wen, high in the sky, saw that everyone was willing to join Dongxuan City and could not help but nod with satisfaction.

Seeing that the grand competition had ended and his task had been completed,

Jiang Wen was about to leave, but suddenly his expression moved, his footsteps paused, and then he looked at the crowd again and spoke:

"By the edict of the City Lord, the new generation participating in the grand finals this time shall not participate in the next Star Fall Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand competition."

"Not only that, the age limit for future Qi Refining Realm grand competitions is thirty-two years old and below, which means each person can participate in the decennial Qi Refining Realm grand competition at most twice."

"As for the Foundation Establishment Realm grand competition, which will be held every twenty years in Star Fall Continent, the age limit for contestants is fifty-two years old and below; for the Purple Mansion Realm grand competition, held every sixty years, the age limit for contestants is one hundred and thirty-two years old and below."

"Whether it is the Foundation Establishment Realm grand competition or the Purple Mansion Realm grand competition, contestants who make it into the grand finals are not allowed to participate in the next grand competition."

The rules announced by Jiang Wen were what Ye Qingxuan had just transmitted to Jiang Wen, asking him to announce them publicly for the sake of the order of future grand competitions in Star Fall Continent.

Not allowing contestants who made it into the grand finals to participate in the next grand competition was Ye Qingxuan's way of preventing some geniuses who made it into the grand finals from wasting time or being unwilling to let go, and for the sake of the contribution point resources in the grand competition, stalling their cultivation base to participate in the second grand competition.

And the age limit for contestants was Ye Qingxuan's way of ensuring that those new-generation members in Star Fall Continent with poor talent could participate in at least two grand competitions, giving them a chance to make it into the grand finals and obtain contribution point rewards.

After all, in the Di Xuan Realm, cultivators basically start testing their spiritual roots and stepping onto the path of cultivation at the age of twelve.

Hearing that Jiang Wen was announcing the City Lord's edict, this time not only the contestants but even the spectators watching outside the plaza were respectful, bowing slightly and saying in unison:

"We respectfully obey the City Lord's edict."

Seeing this, Jiang Wen nodded slightly, then turned into a stream of light and left this place.

And other Dongxuan City cultivators who were watching had their eyes flicker slightly and flew towards the hundred contestants below.

On Mount Wanling,

after the grand competition ended and he transmitted to Jiang Wen to announce the participation rules for future Qi Refining Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, and Purple Mansion Realm grand competitions in Star Fall Continent,

Ye Qingxuan had already withdrawn his gaze and was now looking at the detailed information of the hundred contestants participating in the Star Fall Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand competition grand finals.

From the information in his hands, it was not difficult to see that the new generation who could participate in the grand finals in Star Fall Continent were basically cultivators born in major cities, and most of them were descendants of cultivators.

And the proportion of new-generation cultivators born in those towns and villages who finally made it into the grand finals was extremely low.

Ye Qingxuan was not surprised by this.

After all, under normal circumstances, the secular population gathered in cities was much larger than that in towns and villages.

And the probability of geniuses appearing among descendants born to cultivators was also much higher.

Coupled with the fact that those who built the major cities in Star Fall Continent were Purple Mansion Realm cultivators, they could provide certain subsidies to the geniuses born in their respective cities in the early stages.

So it was easier for geniuses born in cities to fight their way into the Star Fall Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand competition grand finals.

However, there were many towns and villages in Star Fall Continent, and the secular population they occupied was not small, so they ultimately occupied a portion of the probability of giving birth to geniuses.

So the new-generation geniuses born in towns and villages also fought their way into the grand finals of this new-generation grand competition by virtue of their own talent and strength.

Although, except for Shi Huang from Shi Village, who relied on his seven-element spiritual root talent to get rid of some resource limitations and won twelfth place in the grand competition,

the rankings of other new-generation geniuses from towns and villages who made it into the grand finals were basically outside the top eighty.

"It's just, is the talent of this batch of new-generation cultivators in Star Fall Continent a bit too high?"

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