Chapter 5178 — As You Wish
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Yes," everyone said, all ears.
"First, this Trial Grand Tournament is divided into eight teams. Those below the Foundation Establishment stage form one team. Early Foundation Establishment, peak early Foundation Establishment, mid Foundation Establishment, peak mid Foundation Establishment, late Foundation Establishment, peak late Foundation Establishment, and Foundation Establishment Great Perfection each have their own team. Find your own places accordingly, and please form up by team now." At Xin Yi'an's command, everyone immediately began to line up according to their strength.
At a time like this, no one would try to cheat. For one thing, they did not know what purpose this division into teams served; for another, there were no secrets among senior and junior brothers of the same sect—each knew the other's strength and realm clearly. And with a Golden Core expert like Xin Yi'an watching, any attempt to muddle through would not get past him.
Wei Zhao shot the others a look. Qiu Lingshan and the rest nodded and stepped into the ranks of the early Foundation Establishment team, which immediately set the onlookers abuzz. Many had not noticed before that these people had all succeeded in Foundation Establishment; they had assumed they were still merely at the peak of the Heaven Tier.
But they were only briefly surprised, and did not truly take Qiu Lingshan and the others seriously. After all, even if these people had succeeded in Foundation Establishment, they were merely the weakest early Foundation Establishment experts, no threat at all to Ancient Alliance disciples like themselves, so naturally there was no need to take them to heart.
As for Wei Zhao himself, though nominally the junior grand-uncle of the Cangwu Sect of North Island, that status was of use only before the likes of Xin Yi'an. The Ancient Alliance did not recognize it. That they were willing to acknowledge him as a member of the Ancient Alliance at all was already great face shown to the Cangwu Sect of North Island. If he wished to take part in the Ancient Trials, he must, like everyone else, pass the test of the Trial Grand Tournament.
Wei Zhao did not mind in the least. He walked unhurriedly into the ranks of the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection experts. In any contest, below the Golden Core stage, no one would be his match.
But there was one exception—none other than Xue Jianming, standing to the side at this moment with a cold smile. This fellow had all along followed Dr. Glasses's orders and not revealed his true strength, still outwardly appearing a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection expert. In his heart he could not help but secretly regret that, had the higher-ups not strictly forbidden him to move against Wei Zhao, he would absolutely have taken this chance to do Wei Zhao in and wipe out his former shame.
"Killing is out of the question, but this chance is open and legitimate. I can take the opportunity to give him a beating and vent my anger—even the higher-ups can't say anything about that." Xue Jianming calculated inwardly.
In the blink of an eye everyone had finished forming up. Only two remained standing outside: one was Xin Yi'an, the other Bing Wushuang. Though not the leading junior uncle, he was after all a well-known Golden Core expert, and entering the Trial Grand Tournament would be utterly meaningless.
"Good. Next, this old man will announce the rules of this Trial Grand Tournament. Simple: within each team, lots will be drawn for one-on-one matches. Two days per round, ten days running, five rounds in all. Win three of them, and you automatically earn the qualification for the Trials." Xin Yi'an announced.
The rule was easy enough to grasp. Since the matches pitted experts of the same tier against one another, winning three of five proved one's strength was among the upper ranks and worth the Ancient Alliance's focused cultivation! (To be continued.)