Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 151 - 132 Cang Mountain Sword Discussion!

Indeed—

The Taikang Academy, ranked 400th, definitely cannot compare to the Yanjing Academy, ranked first, nor to the Tianpeng Academy, ranked tenth, and is even clearly inferior to the Guangling Academy, ranked 309th.

This is not in dispute.

However—

"The Lushan Academy, ranked 399th and located in Ai Province, I have been there in person and it may not necessarily be better than our Taikang Academy!"

"Why should they be ranked ahead?"

Shao Yancong raised his eyebrows.

He respects overwhelming rankings!

But he is not satisfied with those that barely win by one or two places! Taikang Academy is not satisfied!

Not just Taikang Academy!

It extends to all of Great Yan, in the 420 academies of the Fifteen States—

Taikang Academy is not satisfied with the Lushan Academy ahead of them!

Lushan Academy, however, does not even look at Taikang Academy, ranked behind them, but they are also dissatisfied with academies ranked one, two, three, five, even tens of places ahead of them!

Not just Taikang Academy!

Not just Lushan Academy!

It’s not just these bottom-ranked, subpar academies.

Even when looking at top academies, it’s the same—

"Why should Tianpeng Academy be ranked tenth?"

"Why can Yanjing Academy be ranked first?"

"These top academies, they aren’t satisfied either!"

Shao Yancong laughed, "More and more academies are dissatisfied, more and more protests, in the end, even the court couldn’t suppress it!"

It’s about high-level resources!

It’s about breaking the limit level interests!

Which martial arts academy wouldn’t fight for it?

Don’t even mention the court’s three-year evaluation process, even if it takes thirty years or three hundred years, they wouldn’t be satisfied!

Don’t bother with third-party evaluations!

If you’re going to fight, make it real!

"Only with real swords and real guns can a battle be fought, the winner rising, the loser falling, this is the fairest and most indisputable!"

Shao Yancong’s smile grew deeper as he spoke.

Yan Chuan also caught on—

Is this going to be a fight?

But.

Fight?

How should it be fought?

Is the entire academy going to go up shoulder to shoulder?

Or should the limit-breaking level inner court elders have a battle?

Or perhaps bring out the elite disciples of the academy to compete?

Or even use the Mountain and Sea Realm as the stage and set up a regulation?

In an instant, Yan Chuan thought of many plans, among which the last one seemed the most reliable and could leave no room for complaints by the academies.

After all, the initial purpose of the court establishing the various martial arts academies was to cultivate more martial artists to develop and guard against the Mountain and Sea Realm.

At this time, using the degree and strength of development of the ’Mountain and Sea Realm’ by various academies as a criterion for determining academy rankings seems quite good.

As for other methods.

Whether it be inner court elders battling each other.

Or elite disciples competing.

None are comprehensive enough, none can fully represent the level of an entire academy, and there may inevitably be dissatisfaction afterwards.

Yan Chuan guessed many outcomes.

Unfortunately, they were all wrong.

Shao Yancong, chuckling, said, "After several months of debates and discussions, it was finally decided that the court would determine the worldwide academy rankings through the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’."

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"Cang Mountain Sword Discussion?"

"Sword Discussion?"

So, in the end, it’s still through martial arts to decide?

Cang Mountain is located within Yanjing, being the highest, most dangerous, yet the most mystical and renowned first mountain of Great Yan.

"Cang Mountain Sword Discussion!"

"Aiming to compete for the strongest academy!"

"What is the actual regulation for this Sword Discussion?"

Yan Chuan’s curiosity was piqued.

"Actually, it’s simple."

"After several months of discussion and debate with various martial arts academies by the court’s departments, a base tone was finally decided—"

Shao Yancong stroked his beard and laughed, "The martial arts academies are the cradles for educating, nurturing elites, and cultivating martial arts powerhouses. Therefore, academy rankings will not consider the strength of inner court elders nor professors and teachers. The final decision will be based solely on the strength of the academies’ young martial artists. Bring out the young martial artists from the academies for a fight, first select within the academy, then fight within the province, and finally gather all 420 academies from the Fifteen States at Cang Mountain for the ultimate peak competition! Throughout this process, the academy rankings will naturally emerge!"

Internal academy competition!

Provincial competition!

Cang Mountain Sword Discussion!

"I see!"

Listening to Shao Yancong’s explanation, Yan Chuan finally understood.

Cang Mountain Sword Discussion!

There are two requirements for participants—

"First, one must be affiliated with an academy."

"Second, one must be under thirty years old."

Other aspects.

Whether it’s a disciple, a lecturer, a teacher, or even a professor, it doesn’t matter.

Yan Chuan’s eyes lit up after hearing this: "So—"

"So—"

Shao Yancong laughed, "You can participate too!"

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"I must go for this!"

Yan Chuan made the decision without hesitation.

He has a fondness for martial arts competitions, and not long ago, the Martial Arts Competition in Guangling City became the stage for his meteoric rise.

This time.

The Fifteen States of Great Yan!

Prefectures!

Countless martial artists congregating to compete.

Although only young martial artists under thirty are participating, anyone who can stand out from a province is no ordinary person, and it’s very likely that limit-breaking level experts will appear.

Competing against these experts will greatly enhance Yan Chuan’s abilities.

Moreover, the fights in the arena are just a part.

Yan Chuan’s ultimate goal is still outside the arena.

Participants!

Spectators!

As long as he can fight his way out of Jian Province and onto the grand stage of the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, leveraging ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’, he will reap countless benefits.

Yijinjing?

Within reach!

By leveraging the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, achieving two more Divine Absolute Skills is also within hope.

What Yan Chuan must do is strive to progress further and longer in this competition, the more matches he fights in the arena, the more he gains!

"But!"

"Aspiring to charge into the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’, this is not easy."

Zhao Ye, beside him, detailed the rules of this ’Sword Discussion’ to Yan Chuan: "This time, it’s not individual, but at the academy level, each group consisting of five people, each academy can register a maximum of ten groups to participate. The competition format is divided into ’Rotational Battle’ and ’Mixed Battle’—"

"Rotational Battle, where a group of five people take turns to fight against the opponent’s five. The winner stays, the loser falls, and the final ones left on the stage are the victor academy."

"Mixed Battle, where a group of five takes the stage together, fighting against the opponent’s five in a mixed battle, leaving the victorious onstage."

Mixed Battle!

Rotational Battle!

These two formats are both straightforward and brutal.

"Meaning, if you’re strong enough, even bringing four ordinary practitioners won’t matter."

"Mixed Battle, defeating five by oneself under the attack of five."

"Rotational Battle, defeating five consecutively alone."

Shao Yancong looked at Yan Chuan: "Doesn’t seem challenging, does it?"

Yan Chuan shook his head: "’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’ gathers the young elites from academies all over the world, initially, within the province, strengths might be disparate, perhaps someone can defeat five alone. But when it comes to Cang Mountain, each group has emerged from a sea of blood and corpses, the further you go, the smaller the power gap becomes. Don’t say one against five, even the one-on-one rotational battle may not be sustainable."

When the disparity is large, one can crush.

But if the power is close, all five in the group need to perform.

Yan Chuan understood Shao Yancong’s meaning, however: "Our Taikang Academy’s disciples—"

Each one is a plain group, far inferior to Guangling Academy.

With such a lineup, don’t mention making a mark on Cang Mountain, it’s questionable whether they can even fight out of Jian Province!

"Taikang is indeed lacking."

Shao Yancong smiled wryly, admitting as much, aware of his limitations, "We do not expect a complete group from Taikang Academy to head to Cang Mountain, but with your strength, leading a group to seize a top ten spot, obtaining a quota to Cang Mountain is not difficult. At that time, replace the weaker ones in the group, even replacing all four with elite members from other academies in Jian Province, to compete against the other fourteen states, this is within the rules."

The rules of the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion are simple yet complicated.

It can’t be explained in just a brief moment.

"In any case."

"Within the academy, young martial artists under thirty, whether they are disciples or not, are yours to choose. Select four people to form the strongest team in Taikang Academy with you."

"Ultimately, securing a qualifying spot and avoiding being at the bottom in a state is considered a victory."

"Beyond that, how far you go at Cang Mountain is up to you."

Shao Yancong’s ambitions are not great.

But Yan Chuan is different—

"After the provincial competition, teams can be regrouped?"

This makes it more interesting!

Solely with Taikang Academy, Yan Chuan carrying four burdens, making it into the top ten of Jian Province may not be arduous, but aspiring to advance far in the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’ is as tough as ascending to heaven.

If replacements are allowed, there is hope.

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Cang Mountain Sword Discussion!

Next February!

The time is still early.

"For the next two months, I must focus on elevating my own power."

There are two main directions for power enhancement.

First is breaking the limit of Qi-Blood.

Currently, Yan Chuan has ’Dragon Blood’, and has newly acquired the methods of ’Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound’ and ’Heng Ha Qi’, there is hope to break the limit, hoping to break through the Qi-Blood limit within two months, entering the ’Limit-breaking Level’.

"Nine Counties of Jian Province!"

"Taikang Academy likely has no limit-breaking level under thirty."

"But Guangling Academy, and even stronger Liyang Academy, may not be the case."

While Yan Chuan has once overwhelmed Guangling Academy, he doesn’t dare to underestimate them, after all, among the forty elites, he only faced 26 until the Martial Arts Competition ended.

The remaining 14 elites did not appear or engage.

Among them, there might be a fortunate limit-breaking one.

Therefore, for Yan Chuan wanting to securely charge out of Jian Province, and to remain longer in Cang Mountain, the limit-breaking level is necessary.

To enhance power, breaking the limit is one.

The second is the ’Purple Mist Palace’.

"Once Xingyi Boxing is successfully developed, the total experience is expected to break ten thousand."

Once experience breaks ten thousand, Yan Chuan can upgrade any of the four major functions of the ’Purple Mist Palace’—

’Derivation Skill’!

’Treasure Rock’!

’Daoist Cushion’!

’Mutual Teaching and Learning’!

"Put ’Daoist Cushion’ aside, upgrading any of the remaining three, can indirectly increase my power."

Yan Chuan has already decided on the first to upgrade, now, just waiting for ’Xingyi Boxing’ to complete, just waiting for the ’experience’ to break ten thousand!

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Breaking the Qi and Blood limit.

Upgrading the Purple Mist Palace.

"This is from my own perspective."

"I need to enhance my power, in terms of boxing skill, progress is minimal for now."

"Only breaking the limit!"

"Only upgrading!"

This is the fastest way.

Other than that.

For Yan Chuan to prepare for the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’ in February next year, there’s one more aspect to focus on—

"Team members."

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