Chapter 554: Grand Competition Ends, Ye 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 Jun Moyan, Li Gexiao, Bing Bing Ruyi, and Yan Yan Ruyan beside him, he felt slightly unnatural in his heart.

Although his nature was relatively lazy, it did not mean he lacked a desire for victory or a sense of honor and disgrace.

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

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

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

In this Qi Refining grand competition finals, 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 Heart-Refining Array, the harvest he gained in this grand competition finals was simply too little.

Having become accustomed to using talismans and elixirs to assist in combat,

he was slightly unaccustomed to the rhythm of combat where he had to exert his full strength in the Heart-Refining Array's consciousness battle, unable to effectively command all his power and erupt with his full combat strength.

Therefore, when facing the attack of his replica, he managed to persist for a period of time, but was still defeated by his replica.

After realizing the problem, Ying Wuqiu took a deep breath, his expression gradually becoming firm, and he thought to himself, "I, Ying Wuqiu, will absolutely never drag everyone down again from now on, nor will I lose face for Dongxuan City."

After all the contestants had woken up from the Heart-Refining Array and stepped down from the combat platforms,

the scroll floating high in the sky changed again, beginning to rank the hundred contestants based on their final scores from the hundred battles.

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

"This Xingluo Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand competition has concluded smoothly!"

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

"Second place in the grand competition, Li Taibai of Taibai Prefecture City, with ninety-nine wins."

"Third place in the grand competition, Xiao Xiao Yuexian of Liyan Commandery City, with ninety-eight wins."

"Fourth place in the grand competition, Leng Ren of Xueyou Prefecture City."

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

"Sixth place in the grand competition, Nangong Ji of Lord Nan Yu Prefecture City."

"Seventh place in the grand competition, Yue Yue Xiling of Taiyuan Commandery City."

"Eighth place in the grand competition, Zhang Zhang Xinghao of Diyuan Prefecture City."

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

"Tenth place in the grand competition, Zi Dutian of Taiyuan Commandery City."

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

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

"Sixteenth place in the grand competition, Wang Teng of Taiyuan Commandery City."

"Twentieth place in the grand competition, Yuan Yuan Qingcheng of Yuanqing Prefecture City."

"Seventy-third place in the grand competition, Li Ziqi of Bing Qingyuan Prefecture City."

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

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

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

Hearing Jiang Wen announce the rankings of each contestant, many contestants actually had no major emotional fluctuations, each appearing very calm and collected.

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

After all, hearing that the contestant they supported had achieved a good ranking naturally brought joy to their hearts.

As for the hundred contestants? They had personally experienced a hundred battles, and they had long since known where they stood in their own hearts.

So, upon hearing 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 he felt somewhat relieved upon hearing his final ranking.

Only when Ying Wuqiu heard that he was tied for twelfth place with Shi Huang from Shi Village could he 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 unfortunately, Ying Wuqiu did not pass the final round of the Heart-Refining Array's Self-Battle, so his final ranking ended up being tied for twelfth with Shi Huang.

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

High above, after Jiang Wen announced all the rankings for the Xingluo Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand finals, he waved his hand and took out a hundred Dongxuan Tokens, handing them to the hundred contestants below through the air, and continued: "These are Dongxuan Tokens. Inside are stored the contribution points corresponding to the rankings you achieved in the grand competition, as well as the already opened exchange permissions."

"After you recognize them as your own, 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 accept various tasks from Dongxuan City through the Dongxuan Token to obtain contribution points, exchange for heavenly materials and earthly treasures in Dongxuan City's treasure vault, and even hold various positions in Dongxuan City's main city and branch cities."

"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 you are unwilling to join Dongxuan City, you can still recognize the Dongxuan Token as your own and use the contribution points within, but you will not be able to accept Dongxuan City's various tasks or trade the contribution points within."

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

The last point was specially granted by Ye Ye Qingxuan.

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

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

In Ye Ye Qingxuan's view, it was the loss of those cultivators if they did not join Dongxuan City, not the loss of Dongxuan City.

But as long as they were cultivators born in Xingluo Continent in the future, regardless of their spiritual root talent, Ye 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 against the heavens, it would depend on their own good fortune.

In fact, Ye Ye Qingxuan had initially intended to set graduation thresholds in the various Dongxuan Academies, only recruiting cultivators with talent at or above the three-element spiritual root level. After all, to avoid an bloated number of disciples under his command, even the major forces and hegemony-level forces in the five regions of the Di Li Xuan Realm set the same minimum threshold, and would add other assessments of varying difficulty.

It was just that Ye Ye Qingxuan considered the two-race 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 for a rainy day, Ye Ye Qingxuan canceled the threshold for cultivators born in Xingluo Continent to join Dongxuan City.

As long as they were cultivators from Xingluo 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 that Dongxuan City needed to distribute every year would also increase significantly.

But for the current Ye Ye Qingxuan, it was nothing more than paying out some low-order resources, which would not affect Ye 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 very excited and thrilled to join Dongxuan City in advance.

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

Moreover, the villages, towns, and cities they came from were already affiliated with 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 could be of great help to them.

Although these basic contribution points were not much and the contestants with backgrounds looked down on them,

for contestants like Shi Huang who temporarily had no stable source of income, they were a very precious resource of contribution points in the early stages.

Although the contribution points obtained in this grand competition were not few, they were not inexhaustible.

At the very least, before finding a suitable 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 already 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 had the same idea.

In terms of a stable source of contribution points, accepting various long-term tasks from Dongxuan City such as alchemy, artifact refining, talisman making, and array formation was definitely the best choice.

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

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

Just as Shi Huang and the others' minds were wandering,

Jiang Wen, high in the sky, saw that everyone was willing to join Dongxuan City and nodded with satisfaction.

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

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

"By the City Lord's edict, the new generation participating in the finals of this grand competition shall not participate in the next Xingluo 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."

"And for the Xingluo Continent's biennial Foundation Establishment Realm grand competition, the age limit for contestants is fifty-two years old and below; for the sexennial Purple Mansion Realm grand competition, 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 finals are not allowed to participate in the next grand competition."

The rules Jiang Wen announced were what Ye Ye Qingxuan had just transmitted to Jiang Wen for him to announce publicly to ensure the order of future Xingluo Continent grand competitions.

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

And the age limit for contestants was to ensure that those new-generation members in Xingluo Continent with poor talent could participate in at least two grand competitions, giving them a chance to make it into the finals and obtain contribution point rewards.

After all, in the Di Li Xuan Realm, cultivators basically started testing for 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.

As for some other Dongxuan City cultivators watching, their eyes flickered slightly as they flew toward the hundred contestants below.

On Mount Mount Wanling,

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

Ye Ye Qingxuan had already withdrawn his gaze and was now viewing the detailed information of the hundred contestants who participated in the Xingluo Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand finals.

From the information in his hand, it was not hard to see that the new-generation members who could participate in the finals in Xingluo 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 small towns and villages who finally made it into the finals was extremely low.

Ye Ye Qingxuan was not surprised by this.

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

Moreover, the probability of geniuses appearing among the descendants of cultivators was much higher.

In addition, those who established major cities in Xingluo Continent were all Purple Mansion Realm cultivators, who could provide certain subsidies to the geniuses born in their respective cities in the early stages.

Therefore, it was easier for geniuses born in cities to make it into the Xingluo Continent new-generation Qi Refining Realm grand finals.

However, the number of small towns and villages in Xingluo Continent was large, and the mortal population they occupied was not small, so they always occupied a certain probability of giving birth to geniuses.

Therefore, new-generation geniuses born in small towns and villages also relied on their own talent and strength to make it into the finals of this new-generation grand competition.

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

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

"However, is the talent of this batch of new-generation cultivators in Xingluo Continent a bit too high?"

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