Chapter 208: Inner Disciple Ranking (2/2)

Xiao Chen walked to the first wall, the top 500 inner disciples in the Heavenly Saber Pavilion were ranked here. The wooden wall looked similar to the other wooden walls. There were also ten rows of fifty people. However, the back of the wall was different. There was a layer of gold painted on the back. It seemed to have the purpose of honoring them.

However, the top 500 did deserve this glory. When one saw their name on it, they would feel proud when they spoke about it.

Survival of the fittest, it was a very good compet.i.tive mechanism. This was a pretty good method for retaining talented people. Xiao Chen admired this ranking system quite a bit.

Looking up, the names of the top ten people were scarlet; like blood. They stood out from the from the mess of black words. What made Xiao Chen surprised was that these ten people were not the core disciples of the Heavenly Saber Pavilion.

Xiao Chen did not know which peak they were from or what were their cultivation realms. The only information there was their name. They were listed as unknown. It seemed very mysterious.

Could it be that the strongest disciples in the Heavenly Saber Pavilion were not the true inheritors? Xiao Chen thought to himself. He carefully continued looking and he finally found the first true inheritor after the fiftieth place.

Wanren Peak’s true inheritor, w.a.n.g Qinian. He was an Inferior Grade Martial Saint. Even the strongest true inheritor was only ranked in the fifties. When he thought about it, Xiao Chen decided to find out the rank of the so-called ‘Quick Saber Lin Feng.’

Xiao Chen continued to search and finally saw Lin Feng’s name in the third row. Wanren Peak’s core disciple, a Superior Grade Martial Saint. The second strongest core disciple of Wanren Peak was only ranked around a hundred.

How were the rankings decided on the wooden wall? Why does it feel like it was not accurate? Xiao Chen started to feel doubts.

“Ye Chen!” someone behind Xiao Chen called out his name just as he was deep in thought. When he turned around, he discovered it was Ma Chen, the one who went to do the mission in the Spirit Mine with him.

When Ma Chen saw Xiao Chen turn around, he walked over joyfully. He said, “It really is you! Junior Brother Ye Chen, I have not seen you for more than a month. I thought something had happened to you.”

When Xiao Chen saw him, he felt a little apologetic. He explained to him why he was forced to knock him unconscious that day and that he did not have any malicious intent in doing so.

Ma Chen waved it off and said, “No need to mention it, I understand the situation. Speaking of which, what a strong backing you have! The Young Pavilion Master personally sent someone down to look for you.”

Xiao Chen felt it was strange. He asked, “You know about this matter? Does anyone else know about it?”

Ma Chen shook his head. “There should not be anyone else. I had only emerged about half a month ago myself. I did not know what happened in the Spirit Mines. I was isolated for a long time.”

The two of them continued to chat for a while and Xiao Chen understood a little of what had happened after he left. The events in the Spirit Mines were not spread out. Everything in the Heavenly Saber Pavilion went on as normal.

No one outside knew that one month ago, a shocking event had happened underground, one that might potentially turn into a threat to the entire Heavenly Saber Pavilion.

Suddenly, it occurred to Xiao Chen, Ma Chen had been in the Heavenly Saber Pavilion longer than he had. He should know what was going on with the rankings. So he asked him about the doubts he had.

Ma Chen laughed for a while before answering. “That is very normal. The true inheritors of the seven great peaks are pa.s.sed down to the bloodline of the Peak Master. It is not a result of talent. Occasionally, the strength of a true inheritor is even weaker than an ordinary inner disciple.

Xiao Chen said in astonishment, “Are people able to accept it if they became the Peak Master?”

If a Peak Master was weaker than a core Elder, Xiao Chen found it hard to imagine how that person would be able to manage such a huge peak.

“They won’t. However, this kind of person is rare. Furthermore, every peak has their own method of inheritance; the old Peak Master could always pa.s.s on their cultivation to their inheritors before they died.” Ma Chen continued to explain.

“As for the top ten people, they are truly the strongest ten people. They are frequently training outside and rarely come back. So it is normal to not know their cultivation realm. I’ve seen them before at the Ranking War last year.

“These ten people are very strong, their reputation is well deserved. Several of them are able to attack opponents of a few cultivation levels above them. Furthermore, the way they cultivated was different from the regular inner disciples. They all flocked to the Divine Saber Camp.”

So that was why the old man told Xiao Chen the Heavenly Saber Pavilion was not lacking in geniuses. If the top twenty people were all like what Ma Chen had described them to be, then the words of the old man would not be exaggerated at all.

Who could be more of a genius than a person who could transcend cultivation realms and defeat their opponent?

After Ma Chen answered Xiao Chen’s question, he continued to explain to him the situation of the rankings change. Aside from doing training or missions, one could also challenge people on the same row to change their rank.

That is to say, the highest one could challenge was an inner disciple ranked 49 places above them. Everyone had the rights to challenge one person every month. The person being challenged could reject it.

However, on the fifteenth of every month, if a person issued a challenge to you on this day, you have to accept it. Otherwise, it would be considered as a forfeit and it would automatically be considered as a loss.

Of course, the most crucial factor was the once-a-year, end-of-year Ranking War. At that time, the entire Heavenly Saber Pavilion would conduct a huge war amongst the inner disciples.

All the points collected in the war were an important factor in deciding the ranking. Naturally, your initial ranking was important too; like the points you had obtained. However, if one was ranked too far behind, it would be useless in the end.