Chapter 273 The Young Martial Arts Ranking
Since Wu Shaogan had guessed this, he naturally told Zhong Cai.
Zhong Cai blinked: "Are all Battle Kings this impulsive?"
Wu Shaogan joked, "It's probably because I'm too handsome."
Zhong Cai looked his old man up and down and said with a serious expression, "That makes a lot of sense."
Wu Shaogan: "..."
Zhong Cai couldn't help but laugh again.
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Among the hundred people on the Level 5 Martial Arts Ranking, some Fighting Kings would feel a sense of kinship with Wu Shaogan, some would be indifferent, and naturally, some would have other thoughts.
However, the malice that arises from this is usually just because of resentment, dissatisfaction, disbelief... so they want to beat up Wu Shaogan, but usually they don't have any murderous intent.
Another reason is that the Fighting Kings on the Martial Arts Ranking are mostly very young.
Young cultivators who are skilled in combat naturally have great drive.
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The Martial Arts Ranking and the Alchemist Ranking are very different.
Apart from those alchemists who are outstanding in terms of talent, aptitude, and comprehension, the remaining alchemists tend to become more experienced and more skilled in alchemy as they get older, thus ranking higher.
There are no other requirements for alchemists.
The Martial Arts Ranking, on the other hand, grants cultivators numerous benefits, but also imposes significant constraints, preventing them from slacking off.
The main requirement is the duration of time on the list.
From the fifth to the eighth level of the Martial Arts Ranking, all martial arts cultivators who have been on the list—including those who are still on the list and former Battle Kings who were on the list but were pushed off—must break through to a higher realm within one-tenth or less of their lifespan at that level.
Simply put, the lifespan of a Fusion cultivator is one thousand years. Therefore, any martial arts cultivator who has been on the Level 5 list, regardless of their age when they were listed, must break through to the Palace Building Realm within one hundred years (including one hundred years).
Similarly, a cultivator who builds a palace takes two hundred years, a cultivator who transforms into a spirit takes three hundred years, and a cultivator who attains Nirvana takes five hundred years...
If a breakthrough is not achieved, cultivation will stagnate.
Of course, there are ways to make up for this.
Martial arts cultivators who fail to break through by the deadline can, after making preparations, attempt to conquer the hundred levels of the Abyss. Once the attempt begins, they must clear all one hundred levels of the Abyss within one hundred days. Successful completion will increase their lifespan by one percent, allowing them to continue cultivating and breaking through.
If you still fail to break through... continue to fight the hundred-layer abyss, the difficulty will double... after completing it, you can continue to extend your lifespan by one percent.
Each Fighting King has three opportunities to challenge the Hundred-Layer Abyss at each level of the Martial Arts Ranking. Regardless of how long they prepare before heading to the Abyss, and regardless of whether they succeed or fail, the difficulty levels are: difficult, double difficulty, and quadruple difficulty, respectively.
The grace period is the same for all of them.
If you fail to complete the game once, you can try again in 100 days.
When all the leeway opportunities are exhausted, and the player still cannot break through to the next major realm, then although this Battle King will still be on the list, he will no longer receive rewards, his martial arts path will be completely severed, and there will be no possibility of further breakthroughs.
It can be described as "divine punishment".
Other fighting kings would not tolerate this person still being on the list, and would naturally kill him.
Taking the Fusion Cultivator as an example, regardless of the age at which they are listed, and excluding the preparation time and time spent before "going to conquer the hundredth level of the abyss," the longest time they can be on the list and cultivate normally is exactly one hundred and thirty years.
If their cultivation stagnates and they spend too much time preparing, they might be seen as cowardly and killed by other Dou Wangs... then they can only blame their bad luck.
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The top continent offers countless opportunities, and a martial arts cultivator's combat power will inevitably emerge very early on. Those who cannot find suitable secret techniques or improve their combat power in the early stages are few and far between.
Those who break through slowly due to insufficient aptitude, yet possess superior combat power, are few and far between—such martial arts cultivators will have their aptitude improved and cultivated by major forces early on.
Those with extraordinary combat power but poor comprehension for breaking through realms are even rarer—plus, they are not alchemists and cannot frantically refine pills for themselves, so many of them perish before they even reach the fifth level.
Therefore, the vast majority of Battle Kings were very young when they made the list.
On the Fusion Ranking, the vast majority of Fighting Kings are no more than 100 years old.
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After looking through it for a while, Zhong Cai said, "Old Wu, how about we strike first?"
Wu Shaogan raised an eyebrow.
Zhong Cai counted them and compared them with the Level 5 Sky Martial Arts Ranking in his mind. He said somewhat reluctantly, "No, I can't find them. There are only five names, but there are too many people with at least a Nirvana Peak expert behind them."
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, rubbed Zhong Cai's annoyed face, and then leaned down to kiss her.
"Since I have no intention of killing anyone, I'll just fight whoever comes near me."
Zhong Cai was no longer discouraged.
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The only ones who can pose a threat to Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan right now are those who have reached the peak of Nirvana and are backed by them.
After all, they already had the accompanying Palace Master as their protector, and both of them were late-stage Nirvana Realm experts!
If one's strength cannot surpass that of the Gu brothers, there is absolutely no way one could harm Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan.
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However, Zhong Cai still whispered, "What if the first two don't like you?"
Wu Shaogan paused slightly, his gaze deepening.
Zhong Cai cleared her throat: "Of course, Old Wu is younger than them all, and he's still the most capable!"
Wu Shaogan pulled Zhong Cai into his arms and, without saying much, simply began to tear off his clothes.
Zhong Cai: "..."
Okay, he seems to really want to too.
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After settling in completely, the attendants continued to attend to their own affairs, while Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan began their cultivation.
The spiritual energy on Qianyuan Island is extremely rich, making the dual cultivation process very efficient for the two.
Besides dual cultivation, Zhong Cai started trying out the pills needed for sect missions based on what he saw in the mission section—his inheritance also happened to contain these pill formulas.
Wu Shaogan then opened the Danwu Heavenly Screen and began to view the "videos" at the fifth level—especially the battle videos of the top two on the fifth-level martial arts ranking.
Yes, although these online courses are from two different organizations, there are also some supplementary videos that were filmed by many disciples or senior members of the sect.
The top two on the martial arts rankings naturally attract a lot of attention, and their battles are widely circulated.
The amount of fighting points Wu Shaogan spent reviewing these videos...
It's a reward from the Temple of War.
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Martial arts points are also a kind of contribution point, and only cultivators who have made contributions to the Temple of War can obtain them. If Wu Shaogan were just an ordinary, newly initiated disciple, he would not have any.
But Wu Shaogan is the third-ranked Fighting King.
Disciples who make it onto the Sky Ranking bring fame to their respective factions and are rewarded with combat points.
Therefore, Wu Shaogan directly received 10,000 combat points.
—Zhong Cai is similar, also worth 10,000 points in alchemy.
Logically, the third Dou Wang belongs to the top three, and the tenth Dan Wang belongs to the top ten, so the points they receive should be different. However, because Zhong Cai is "young," the points will naturally be increased.
As for how much of an improvement... well, both sides, seeing the deep affection between the couple, simply gave them the exact same thing back.
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Don't be fooled by the seemingly small number of 10,000 points; both Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan are at the fifth level.
At this level, completing a task often only earns one to ten points.
If you're looking at videos, even level 5 videos usually only cost one to ten points.
However, this doesn't mean you can just randomly swipe your card.
If Wu Shaogan suddenly decides to watch an eighth-level video, then just one video would cost between one thousand and ten thousand combat points.
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Inside the mansion.
Zhong Cai sat cross-legged, manipulating the wood and fire, controlling the flames at will, scorching the alchemy furnace.
Suddenly, a strange fragrance wafted around, and the furnace began to hum.
Zhong Cai quickly opened the furnace by performing a hand seal!
The aroma became even stronger, then it was dispersed by a strong gust of wind.
Zhong Cai took the pills out of the furnace.
Full-grade pills: one top-grade, four high-grade, and one medium-grade.
It was the Jade Unicorn Pill.
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Zhong Cai recently realized why she kept seeing information related to Jade Scale Pills while completing tasks.
It turns out that in the Snake Valley of the "Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range", a group of spirit snakes with great potential have recently hatched and are waiting to find a contract master.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range is actually a small secret realm controlled by the Temple of War God, which is very suitable for the survival of rare beasts, so it is used specifically to raise rare beasts.
Whether it's the Spirit Immortal Sect or the War God Palace, when they want to contract rare beasts, they always go here first to try their luck.
Jade Scale Pill can help scaled rare beasts maintain their scales, and for newly hatched spirit snakes, it can also increase their survival rate, quickly strengthen their scales, and strengthen their bodies.
Using this elixir to "lure" the spirit snake can be twice as effective—when many people are vying for it, those who have the Jade Unicorn Pill naturally have a greater chance of success than those who don't.
The various spirit snakes in Snake Valley reproduce haphazardly, and many of the smaller snakes have mixed bloodlines. Among them, there is always one that can devour other bloodlines, thus forming the corresponding snake species.
The most powerful bloodlines among these bloodlines have the potential to reach the eighth or even ninth rank!
Many disciples did not want to miss this opportunity.
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Zhong Cai planned to kill two birds with one stone: to hone his alchemy skills and earn alchemy points.
The more of this number, the better.
Within a few days, Zhong Cai had already mastered the refining of Jade Unicorn Pills, and the success rate of pill production was already very high.
Now, even top-quality items can be consistently produced in every batch—but the number of top-quality items is still not satisfactory to Zhong Cai, and he plans to further refine them.
If it's about submitting the Jade Scale Pill quest...
You get one point for every top-grade item, one point for every two medium-grade items, one point for every five medium-grade items... but not for low-grade items.
Zhong Cai pondered. He wondered if he should just keep the low-grade Jade Scale Pills he had obtained when he first started practicing. After all, he was ranked tenth on the list! It seemed a bit beneath him to sell low-grade ones. He might as well just use them as tips in the future.
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As Zhong Cai was casting talismans to clean the furnace, she turned her head and looked at the handsome young man not far away.
The arrow flashed brilliantly, bursting forth and transforming into an extremely terrifying force.
In the blink of an eye, the arrow light had transformed into countless beams, each almost indistinguishable in sequence, all carrying the same terrifying power!
The roar was deafening.
Zhong Cai, however, was unaffected by the commotion and merely smiled subtly.
He thought to himself, "Old Wu's competitive spirit is quite strong too."
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