Chapter 208: Inner Disciple Ranking (1/2)

Chapter 208: Inner Disciple Ranking

“I heard the second strongest core disciple of Wanren Peak, Quick Saber Lin Feng, say that as long as Xiao Chen appears, he would come settle scores with him.”

“I saw a few Wanren Peak disciples leaving earlier, they must be going to inform Lin Feng. There will be a good show later.”

Even after Xiao Chen heard all this, he did not pay it too much mind. As long as it was not an elder making a move; he had the confidence to deal with any core disciple within the Heavenly Saber Pavilion.

This so-called ‘hindrance’ could be used to increase Xiao Chen’s combat experience. As for this old man, Xiao Chen had not expected for him to have hidden his status so deeply. He was completely different from his ordinary looks.

The old man’s expression was like an ancient well, there were no ripples on it. After they reached a big hall, he said indifferently, “We have arrived. This is the Ranking Hall. You can find your own position on the rankings here.”

The big hall was quite huge and in the middle of it were ten wooden walls. Each wooden wall had a group of people standing in front of it. They were either shaking their heads and sighing or they looked very excited; everyone’s expressions were different.

The old man led Xiao Chen to the last wooden wall. When the group saw the old man, they immediately parted a path for them. Xiao Chen noticed that all the cultivators surrounding this wall had dejected expressions on their faces.

“The Heavenly Saber Pavilion has a total of 5,000 inner disciples. This number has always been fixed. These 5,000 disciples all have a ranking. The ones on the wall you see here are the last 500 inner disciples. After the end-of-year Ranking War, the last 500 inner disciples would be stripped of their inner disciple status,” said the old man in explanation to Xiao Chen.

So that was why. No wonder the inner disciples gathered here all had dejected expressions. It is because the Heavenly Saber Pavilion’s elimination system was so harsh. They would eliminate 500 inner disciples every year.

Xiao Chen looked at the wooden wall. The wall had ten rows on it and each row had fifty wooden tokens. Each wooden token represented an inner disciple.

On the wooden token, there was the inner disciple’s name, cultivation realm, peak, and other basic information. Xiao Chen searched for a while before finding his wooden token after a moment.

Xiao Chen’s wooden token was placed in a very prominent position. The end of the last row. That meant in the entire 5,000 inner disciples, he was ranked last. The words Qingyun Peak, Ye Chen, Inferior Grade Martial Grand Master were on the token.

The Hall of Contributions’ Executive Elder removed Xiao Chen’s wooden token and the wooden tokens on the entire wall moved around immediately; all the wooden tokens on the wooden wall had moved back by one s.p.a.ce.

The old man took Xiao Chen’s wooden token and walked to another wooden wall, placing it on the last position of the last row.

Xiao Chen’s ranking had risen by 500 places in one go. The crowd broke out into chaos. They had never seen anyone increase their ranking by 500 places in one go before.

“That’s not fair, I worked so hard doing sect missions and acc.u.mulated my strength. Yet, I am not able to even advance by ten places in a month. Why can he leap up by 500 places in one go?”

“That’s right. I spent so many months training bitterly but I am only able to challenge the people ten places above me. The most I ever advanced was ten places. How did he advance 500 places in a go?”

The old man’s expression did not change. He slowly turned around and looked at the crowd. All the chatter immediately stopped and it became incredibly quiet.

“If you are in the last 500 places and completed a high level sect mission with an exceptional evaluation on your first mission, you can escape from the last 500 places.”

The crowd finally remembered, the Ranking Hall indeed had such a rule. However, it was impossible for them to obtain high level missions. The only ones they could obtain were the ones rated dangerous. It was also very difficult to obtain an exceptional evaluation.

So for a very long time, no one within the Heavenly Saber Pavilion had raised their rank using such a method. That was why the crowd was all riled up.

Xiao Chen did not really care about all this. To him, the Heavenly Saber Pavilion was simply a pitstop. After he learned Listening To the Sword and Communicating With It, he would leave immediately. He did not have any plans to stay in the long-term.

The Tianwu continent was huge and Xiao Chen’s sight was set on the continental scale since long ago. Perhaps, the Heavenly Saber Pavilion was a very strong power in the Great Qin Nation. However, in the perspective of the whole continent, or even the whole world…

Outside of the Tianwu Continent, there was still the boundless ocean. It was also said there were countless islands across the boundless ocean. There were also numerous strong cultivators there. Thinking this way, the Heavenly Saber Pavilion could really be considered nothing. That’s why Xiao Chen did not care too much about his status as an inner disciple.

“That’s it, I still have something to do. You will slowly come to learn of the other rules naturally,” the old man said indifferently.

Before he left, he gave Xiao Chen a meaningful look and said, “I’ll leave some final words. Young Man, don’t sharpen your blade too much, biting off more than you can chew, or set your sights too high. The Heavenly Saber Pavilion is able to exist for a long time. It is far from being as simple as you think it to be.”

“This thing… the so-called ‘geniuses’, they are the cheapest existence here. Don’t set your heart on the sky. Settle down, blend in. Look at this mountain carefully, it is far more magnificent than you imagine it to be.

Xiao Chen revealed an extremely shocked expression. This old man was only giving him a casual warning, yet it was as if he seen through his thoughts.

The old man’s words made Xiao Chen think. Don’t set your heart on the sky. Settle down, blend in… Is he saying I am too arrogant?

Doesn’t matter, let’s take a look at the situation first. Since Xiao Chen was already here, he did not plan on immediately leaving. Every journey started with a single step.