605 Sorry, But I Have to Win This Game (1/2)
”Cross-stage group confrontation?”
When he received Wang Lu's proposal, the head of the Organizing Committee Daoist He Tu was quite surprised.
According to Wang Lu's plan, next month, the participating cultivators from each event's group would engage in a cross-stage confrontation. The cultivators of Jindan, Yuanying, Deity, and Unity would fight against each other and must earnestly decide the victory and defeat.
”Could you explain it in detail?”
Wang Lu said, ”It's like this… For our cultivators of Nine Regions, this grand competition is essentially bringing the enemy to the same level as themselves, trying to win the strong by weakening them. However, the superiority of higher stage cultivators in terms of vision, power utilization, and other aspects could not be compensated by our experience at all. Moreover, most of those ancient Earth Immortals get to where they are at by cultivating step by step from the very beginning of body forging, so their experience is not less than us. Thus, if we want to win, we have to work hard in two aspects. One is to make full use of the rules, and the other one is to do a special strengthening—in a situation limited by Stage, how to face a stronger opponent and win.”
Daoist He Tu said, ”Therefore, you designed this cross-stage group confrontation to allow cultivators to experience the fight with different stages? But our Supreme level seems…”
Wang Lu said, ”Yes, the Supreme level group could not find a stronger opponent than them, and the confrontation with the other three groups is purely about sparring and wasting time. But, as a matter of fact, in my plan, the Supreme level group is not the key group to get the score. I don't know if you have calculated the score distributions of all the events in my plan, but the three stages, Jindan, Yuanying, and Deity account for more than seventy percent of the total score. If we can hold this part of the score in our hands, we would control the overall situation.”
After a moment of hesitation, Daoist He Tu asked again, ”What about the punishment?”
Wang Lu explained with great enthusiasm, ”This is actually the essence of my supplementary plan! Think about it, according to human nature, in the group confrontation, when the lower group lost to the higher group, the lower group would not think anything about it because it is as it should be, and on the contrary, winning is inconceivable. Thus, when training, they could not tap their potential. Therefore, it is necessary to add additional punishment measures! For the lower Stage group, if they could not win from the position of weakness against the highest stage of Supreme level, when it comes to the time to fight against the Earth Immortals, wouldn't they be bound to lose? Therefore, in order to stimulate their potential, punishments are necessary. For the higher stage group, if they inadvertently lost to the lower stage group, it would be even more unforgivable, so the punishment should be tripled. However, if the corporal punishment is inflicted on the cultivators, it would cause injury to them, and we don't have enough time to heal them. If it affects their performance in the event, it would not be worth it… To sum up, that's the reason for the current punishment plan.”
Daoist He Tu said, ”But if the Organizing Committee carries out such a program, the pressure on it would be…”
”For this, you may rest assured. When the time comes, people would be more happy about it, it's just that, everyone would not be able to say it clearly.”
”Hehehe, that's true.” After letting out a few chuckles, Daoist He Tu picked up his jade brush and signed his name on Wang Lu's proposal.
”Do it according to your plan.”
Being so easily approved like that, even Wang Lu was somewhat surprised.
This time, when he submitted the plan directly to Daoist He Tu, he didn't expect it to be approved immediately. Some of its details still have room for discussions. He didn't expect He Tu to be so trusting at him like that.
… He seemed to be even more cordial than his own elders!
”Thank you for your support, I will not let you down!”
After Wang Lu left, a person walked out of the shadow from behind Daoist He Tu.
”Sect Leader, aren't you being too indulgent toward Wang Lu? He is indeed a genius, and often have fantastical ideas, but this grand competition, in regard to the overall situation of Nine Regions, needs to be treated cautiously. Even if we do not consider the interest of any sect, purely from the point of view of conscientiousness, we should carefully consider before making any decision.”
Daoist He Tu said, ”After careful consideration? Are you sure your revision would be better than his plan?”
”One man is not enough. No matter how formidable Wang Lu is, there would always be things that passed his consideration.”
He Tu said, ”How long would it take you to find what's wrong, perfect it, and persuade Wang Lu and everyone else to accept your changes?
”... I understand, but…”
He Tu said, ”I don't completely trust him, but there is no need to unreasonably doubt him, either. This grand competition is basically a huge gamble, there's no time for us to deliberate on all the details.”
”... Then, would that mean this grand competition would become his performance stage?”
”You're wrong. No matter what kind of achievements Wang Lu has made, the person in charge of the Organizing Committee is, after all, me, who knows his subordinates well and assign them properly. As a person in charge, this is the highest level of wisdom. And the protagonist of this grand competition is destined to be everyone in the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals. Wang Lu is merely the one who kicked off all these things. Besides, don't you think it's necessary to put on more pressure on Qiong Hua?”
”Qiong Hua, she…”
”No matter what other sects' people say, I always think that the best cultivator in Nine Regions in the last one hundred years is Qiong Hua. Eventually, there would be a time when she takes over my position and become the new leader of the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, so she must do this!”
”Yes.”
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