Chapter 37 – Ascension Rankings (1/2)
The white clothed woman was lying silently in his embrace, and his hands were holding a pair of softness. He instinctively squished them a few times, and that soft feeling allowed him to realize that this wasn’t a dream but reality.
He looked towards the side in a slightly dazed state. The little fellow was gone, the grey wolf was gone as well, and the sword was standing not too far away from him, and it seemed as if it was considering if it should attack him.
“This is going to be difficult to deal with!” As he looked at the woman in his embrace, this was what Yang Ye thought at this moment.
Right at this moment, the woman opened her eyes, and she stood up from Yang Ye’s embrace. After that, she picked up her clothes from the side and put them on in a composed manner, and then she went over to get her sword. The woman didn’t even spare Yang Ye a glance, nor did she say a single word, and it was as if Yang Ye didn’t exist.
At this moment, Yang Ye had finished wearing his clothes as well, and his eyelids twitched when he saw her get her sword. He took two steps back and said, “I… I think we should deal with this matter peacefully.”
Even though he had the little fellow and the grey wolf, the woman had that sword which had a spirit of its own. So, if they were to enter into battle, he wasn’t confident in his ability to win!
The woman held the sword, and then she turned around to look at Yang Ye before she said with an emotionless expression, “Go ahead, tell me how we should deal with it.”
How else are we supposed to deal with it? Yang Ye took a deep breath and said, “It’s already not important to discuss who’s right and wrong in this matter. I know that if I say that I’m willing to take responsibility, you’d definitely feel disdainful towards it, but I still want to say that I’m willing to take responsibility.”
“At least you’re bold enough to take responsibility, not bad!” The woman said coldly, ‘However, do you know? I’m at the seventh rank of the Spirit Realm, and I’ll become an Exalt Realm expert in another year of time. I’m not even 30 yet this year. What about you?”
There was no ridicule on the woman’s face, nor did she reveal disdain towards Yang Ye, she was extremely calm, and her face didn’t carry any emotions.
I knew this would happen. Yang Ye sighed in his heart, yet he didn’t seem to have suffered a blow from her words. He said, “I heard a saying that love isn’t divided by cultivation or wealth. I… I think these words are extremely well said.” As he finished speaking, his face couldn’t help but flush red.
“It is very well said!” The woman nodded, and a smile had just appeared on Yang Ye’s face when he heard her say. “But, is there love between us?”
Yang Ye’s smile froze. He went silent for a short while, and then he looked at the woman and said, “You’re less than 30 this year, and I’m less than 20 now. Even though I’m only at the Mortal Realm now, but do you dare say that I would definitely be inferior to you at your age?”
The white clothed woman gazed at Yang Ye for a short moment before she said, “Whether your strength is strong or not is meaningless to me. I won’t kill you merely because you’re a disciple of the Sword Sect that might ascend the Ascension Rankings, and it’s only because of that.”
Yang Ye felt slightly uncomfortable in his heart upon hearing this. Of course, anyone would feel uncomfortable from being disregarded. However, he knew that she had the qualifications to disregard him. At the very least, she had those qualifications now.
“Then how do you intend to deal with this matter. Let me tell you beforehand that if you intend to kill me, then I won’t allow you to succeed without putting up a fight. If we were at the outside, then I can’t do anything but take my own life. However, we’re here, and if we fight, then it’ll only be a life and death struggle.” Yang Ye decided to be frank. In any case, it had already happened, and it was best for everyone to just be frank.
The woman glanced at Yang Ye, and then she gazed towards the distance and said, “All the large powers of the southern territory hold a compet.i.tion every three years, and these powers include the Grand Qin Empire’s Imperial Academy and the six extraordinary powers. This compet.i.tion is called the Ascension Rankings.”
When she spoke up to here, the woman turned around to look at Yang Ye as she said, “I want you to enter the Ascension Rankings, and you have to obtain the top 30 positions in the compet.i.tion in order to gain a spot on the rankings.. All those years ago, I obtained the 20th position on the Ascension Rankings, and as for you, you’ll get into the top 10!”
Yang Ye’s eyelids twitched. My G.o.d! I haven’t even pa.s.sed the Outer Court Exam, and I haven’t even completed the battle with Liu Qingyu that’s occurring in around two and a half months. Yet this woman before me wants me to partic.i.p.ate in that Ascension Rankings? Moreover, based on what she said, the Ascension Rankings is a place where geniuses converge!Just thinking about the geniuses in the entire southern territory is terrifying!
Yang Ye wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead and said, “The Ascension Rankings probably has some sort of restrictions, right?”
The woman said indifferently, “Below 20 years of age and below the King Realm. Just these two restrictions!”
“What’s the meaning behind the Ascension Rankings?” asked Yang Ye.
“The meaning?” The woman pondered deeply for a moment and said, “To the geniuses that partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion, it’s an opportunity to become famous, and to the sects, it’s an opportunity to redistribute resources.”