Chapter 254 Recruiting from All Sides
The changes to the Sky Rankings have truly caused a huge uproar.
In a dark mountain range.
A towering man, nine feet tall, wielding a massive hammer, slammed it fiercely against a huge boulder beside him, roaring, "Where did this come from—"
But just as he was about to utter the curse, he forced himself to swallow it back.
He had clearly observed that the list should not have changed much this time, and he should be ranked 100th, but his name was not on it this time!
He was pushed off!
However, this was caused by someone suddenly appearing in the top three.
The third-ranked player was far behind him, and he simply couldn't bring himself to curse him!
If he were to criticize that Third Fighting King for this, wouldn't he be incredibly shameless?
So the tall man fiercely grabbed the giant hammer and headed deeper into the forest.
He's going to find ten savage beasts to fight!
This is infuriating!!
When he gets back, he will challenge those few Battle Kings who are not much stronger than him!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Smash them all down!!!
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Many other fighting kings at the bottom of the rankings didn't react as intensely as the man with the giant hammer—the bottom of the rankings changes quickly anyway, and they had only dropped one place; they weren't actually beaten down, so it wasn't anything to be ashamed of.
But I was still shocked.
One of the Battle Kings, who had crossed paths with the former number three on the list, chuckled as he downed a glass of wine and then burst into laughter!
"That pretentious girl has finally met her match? Hahaha!"
"She came in fourth! My sister must be so happy!"
Sure enough, a short while later a vibrant figure came running up and grabbed her brother's shoulder.
"That was so awesome! It was so awesome!"
"Brother, you must go and tell your master to bring this Wu Shaogan back to our sect!"
"Brother! You have to help me! Once he arrives, our War God Hall will have two Battle Kings! That's a solid position among ninth-level forces!"
"I can't compete with that woman, but she stole my wife! I have to see her twisted face!"
"Once we bring the third Fighting King into our household, that woman will be driven to despair!"
The Battle King stood up with a smile, took his younger sister and walked out, echoing, "I'll go find my master now, but I think he must have already discussed it with the Palace Master and the others, and the resources he's going to provide are definitely sufficient."
The energetic girl became even more excited, chattering on and on: "I can give advice too! To recruit someone, you definitely have to offer enough. That Wu Shaogan doesn't have any special markings, meaning he doesn't have a powerful backer, or even if he does, the relationship isn't deep. We can..."
The two quickly stepped out, summoned a huge flying bird, and headed straight for the main hall.
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Many level-nine forces are very interested in this third Dou Wang.
They each compiled lists of resources to recruit and quickly selected strong individuals to search for Wu Shaogan.
While it might not be necessary to summon a highly accomplished cultivator, Nirvana should at least be chosen.
The chosen Nirvana is to hand over their clones to the other party as personal protectors after the Fighting King enters the sect.
Furthermore, many forces will not send just one Nirvana protector, but multiple ones—this demonstrates their strength and shows more sincerity—for example, the Nirvana protectors can be chosen at will!
If you don't like any of these first few, you can keep looking after you've started learning!
This is the third-ranked Battle King; no amount of preferential treatment is too much!
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All the forces acted very quickly, and after making preparations in a very short time, they set off immediately.
They could roughly determine where the other party had started from through the Sky Ranking, so they simply looked for information in that direction.
The Sky Ranking revealed Wu Shaogan's image. It's impossible for Wu Shaogan to have left no trace along the way, so those who have seen him will notice and pay more attention to him.
Naturally, one could also try to find him by following those traces and fragments of information.
In most cases, which major power a Dou Wang on the Sky Ranking joins depends on who finds them first.
Because any force that tried to recruit them in the past offered incentives that would greatly tempt even the Battle Kings...
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On the flying boat.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were unaware that a storm was brewing outside.
The two chatted intimately while watching the "big screen." After talking enough about Wu Shaogan, they finally got distracted and went to check out the other level-five Dou Wangs in the rankings.
After reading it, Zhong Cai suddenly remembered something and blurted out, "That's not right."
Wu Shaogan immediately looked at Zhong Cai and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhong Cai frowned, puzzled, "What about the promised reward? You're ranked third, but you haven't received it yet!"
Wu Shaogan was taken aback.
Zhong Cai thought for a moment, then quickly found the book that recorded the Azure Sky Ranking and looked at it over and over again.
Then I noticed a casually mentioned sentence: "Rewards are usually distributed one hour after the Sky Ranking is released."
Zhong Cai: "So it wasn't time yet, but it should be time now, right?"
At that very moment, quite abruptly, a beam of light descended from the sky and enveloped Wu Shaogan.
Wu Shaogan: "..."
Zhong Cai: "..."
Both of them involuntarily looked at each other, their eyes wide open.
What the heck?! Why is there a beam of light?!
Will other cultivators be able to see this beam of light?!
If I could see...
Fortunately, the beam of light only lasted for three breaths before dissipating.
At the same moment, a mustard seed bag appeared in Wu Shaogan's hand.
Zhong Cai immediately shouted, "Run! Run! Maximum speed!"
Wu Shaogan immediately manipulated the array plate, instantly putting the level eight flying boat at its peak speed, and it sped away, quickly traveling countless miles away, leaving all the disturbances behind.
Their concerns were not unfounded.
Those who ascend to the Sky Ranking for the first time are indeed "specially treated" and given a beam of light as their marker.
This is also one of the reasons why those level-nine forces are confident in finding Wu Shaogan's whereabouts.
However, not all the Fighting Kings can run that fast... Wu Shaogan is definitely one of the fastest.
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After the flying boat had gone far away from there, Zhong Cai excitedly poked at Wu Shaogan and asked, "Old Wu, what's in your mustard seed bag?"
Wu Shaogan quickly dumped all the resources inside.
Then, more than a dozen keys fell out with a clatter.
Zhong Cai blinked: "This...resources?"
Wu Shaogan wasn't in a hurry. He simply touched each of the keys one by one and then explained them to Zhong Cai in detail.
"These seven keys are all keys to the Temple of the Azure Sky. They can open the small doors inside the temple. Each key has a specific time limit, which allows you to open those small doors and go inside to browse the books..."
"These three are all related to resources and belong to the back garden of the Sky Temple. I can open various springs from them, each with different time restrictions, for body tempering or increasing cultivation speed, etc."
"These two weapons can be used to select resources, but only at specific times and within the Sky Palace..."
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Zhong Cai was utterly shocked after hearing Wu Shaogan's words.
So, the reward offered by the Sky Ranking is to fully unlock the Sky Temple?
Seeing Zhong Caicai's confusion, Wu Shaogan smiled and said, "There must be others. But for the top three or ten Fighting Kings, they don't lack resources, so this kind is naturally more advantageous."
Zhong Cai thought about it for a moment and agreed that it made sense.
For him, anything that's useful to Lao Wu is the best!
In fact, Zhong Cai had also thought that if the rewards offered by the Sky Ranking were just some very rare resources... he didn't think he couldn't provide these to Lao Wu, and if the rewards were only that, then they would be rather useless.
Zhong Cai felt that the current set of keys was actually better.
But at the same time, Zhong Cai felt a little uncomfortable.
Old Wu will need a key to go to the Temple of the Azure Sky in the future, so he definitely can't take him with him... He doesn't want to be separated from Old Wu at all!
If he makes it onto the Alchemist Ranking... will he be able to get the key too...? But, do alchemists and martial arts cultivators all go to the Sky Temple?
Zhong Cai couldn't be sure.
But let's go ahead and do it anyway!
He wouldn't know what he could gain if he didn't go up!
What's the point of guessing?
Therefore, Zhong Cai immediately grasped the hand of her husband, Lao Wu.
Wu Shaogan looked at him with a smile.
Zhong Cai said earnestly, "I'm going to start working hard!"
Wu Shaogan understood, his smile deepening, and he couldn't help but lean down and kiss his Ah Cai's eyelids.
"Go, A-Cai!"
Zhong Cai clenched his fist: "Don't worry, Lao Wu!"
The two encouraged each other so earnestly and firmly—
Then, they looked at each other and both laughed.
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For the rest of the journey, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan stopped paying attention to the Sky Ranking.
Zhong Cai sat cross-legged on the ground, with a pill furnace in front of him, concentrating intently on refining pills.
Although we don't know exactly how the Sky Ranking is determined, it's definitely right to showcase all the alchemy techniques!
Wu Shaogan stayed by his side—in the past, Wu Shaogan would often make talismans for Zhong Cai or process some medicinal herbs that he could handle.
But since this was an "application to be listed," Wu Shaogan decided not to do anything, worried that it would affect A Cai.
This is Zhong Cai's first time refining pills on a top-tier continent.
Although the concentration of the Qi of Heaven and Earth is very different from that of the intermediate continent, the feeling when releasing the Wood Fire Warming Furnace is also quite different from before.
But that's okay.
Zhong Cai is very adaptable.
Just like on the Flying Star Continent, it only took four hours and the first batch of pills was successfully produced!
The quality of the pills continued to be top-notch—and perhaps because he was so dedicated, they actually improved!
Zhong Cai was refining Soul Fusion Pills, and originally only two or three pills were produced per batch.
This time, however, he produced four top-grade and two high-grade stones.
Zhong Cai placed the pills into different compartments of the medicine box without stopping to rest. He directly manipulated the wood fire to burn away all the impurities in the furnace and burn away the remaining aroma of the other medicinal herbs.
Then, Zhong Cai took out the medicinal materials needed for the second prescription without hesitation.
Refining herbal elixirs...
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