Chapter 502 286: Remember to Use Your Full Strength—Why Aren’t You?

"The contestant on the Eastern platform, Wang Chan, needs close attention..."

The middle-aged man, dressed in a white robe embroidered with five-flame patterns of the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, his appearance around forty years old, cast his eyes on the East platform and spoke to a young woman with fair skin beside him.

"Once might be a coincidence, but several times continuously cannot be an accident. Qiu Tie, from Donglai's army, cultivates military Martial Arts, his martial skills are exceptional, and he had a slim chance to enter the ranking battle, yet he couldn't even make one move against him."

"If you face him, the odds are not favorable."

Gu Xue'Er pondered earnestly and spoke softly, "I am different from Junior Sister Yan, this time I will just try my best..."

"If I encounter him, I will simply use that move."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded slightly, "Yes, after all, you are an Alchemist, fighting is not your forte, although that move was created by the Pavilion Master specifically for you, specially prepared to counter Tao Xinglie, Song Jingyuan, and Guo Zhen."

"However, the current strength displayed by this Wang Chan, while slightly inferior to those three, isn't much less. Your participation in this competition is merely a trial, using it against Wang Chan is not a waste."

"But this person seems to have a grudge against Song Jingyuan."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xue'Er was taken aback.

"You mean..."

The middle-aged man didn't continue to speak, just as Su Mu previously thought, Tao Xinglie, Song Jingyuan, Guo Zhen, and even Baili Hongtang were not placed on the same qualifying platform, which was not a coincidence, but deliberate by the organizers.

It was meant to prevent seed contestants from clashing prematurely.

Moreover, if a qualifying platform displayed a strong contestant, the organizers would not arrange these contestants to meet seed contestants early.

After all, the organizers are the Four Great Families of Donglai and the County Mansion, arranging this way benefits everyone; otherwise, when a dark horse defeats the seed contestants of major forces, it would be a disgrace to the hosting parties.

Currently, not only Song Jingyuan but also the powerhouse Wang Chan is present on the Eastern platform, logically they won't meet in the ranking battle anytime soon.

However, within the circles of Donglai's great power, they almost know each other well, who wouldn't know Lord Song's family's second son is narrow-minded, having offended this person, how could Song Jingyuan let it go easily.

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"This person is not weak, where did the Li Family find this Wang Chan..."

In the Tao Family's rest area, the expressions of many Tao Family members slightly changed as they looked toward the Eastern platform's location, Tao Xinglie also noticed Wang Chan's presence, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"That's quite convenient, Baili Feng from the Cyan Fish Gang is now in seclusion, my opponents this time are only Song Jingyuan and Guo Zhen, adding these two is not bad either."

Tao Xinglie recalled that night before the competition, his father handed that thing into his hands.

"I will prove to everyone that I, Tao Xinglie, am not worse than my brother. This time I'll use you four as whetstones on my path of cultivation!"

Tao Xinglie's gaze shifted between Song Jingyuan and Guo Zhen. His eyes brimmed with a fighting spirit as he finally paused briefly on Baili Hongtang and Wang Chan.

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"Senior brother, it's that guy... he seems quite strong?"

Among the crowd, two figures in Confucian robes didn't attract much attention. There were also several Confucian Cultivators present on the court, all disciples from the County Academy accompanying Professor Gu Dongcheng to watch the match.

"I can't see through this person, there is a layer of black mist shrouding him, making it hard to discern..."

The elder of the two murmured, his face displaying a mix of surprise and confusion.

Upon hearing this, the junior's face revealed shock; she knew her senior brother's skill at seeing through people, even among the academy it was exceptional, yet this Wang Chan kept his senior brother from seeing through.

"But this person's cultivation method is extremely strange, not only does he cultivate the Martial Dao but also cultivates our Confucian Sect's Vast Qi... Strange, truly strange."

A Martial Artist is solitary, if cultivating the teachings of the Three Religions, they would inevitably fail to pass the chasm of the Upper Three Grades, yet with the talent Wang Chan showed, capable of triggering the Bai Jiao Mountain phenomenon, doing this is akin to digging one's own grave, it's like self-severing the path of cultivation.

The First Emperor of Violent Qin exhausted the power of martial artists to establish his dynasty, and finally, due to fear of martial force, cast the Thirteen Bronze Men to suppress the martial path with the Destiny of the dynasty.

After that, the Martial Dao broke off, even though Martial Emperor Xiang Yu continued, post-Qin cultivation of the Martial Dao still suffered heavenly punishments, with short life spans, Upper Three Grades Martial Arts Grandmasters barely lived for two hundred years, compared to Upper Three Grades Great Cultivators of other teachings who lived for hundreds of years, truly a stark contrast.

Even if this Wang Chan later planned to abandon his Martial Dao, switching to Confucian Sect methods to enter the Upper Three Grades, doing so is foolish.

Because once stepping into the Martial Dao of the Middle Third Grade, one would endure martial heavenly punishments, even if abandoning martial to cultivate Confucianism later, life span hardly increases significantly, such actions are truly baffling.

Moreover, with the Martial Dao cultivated to such an extent, certainly much time has been spent; abandoning martial arts afterward is tantamount to wasting time.

Therefore, even though Buddhist Martial Arts Cultivators are undivided in the lower three grades, once entering the Middle Third Grade it becomes clearly different paths.

Among the various cultivators of the Three Religions, many indeed practice Martial Dao but do not enter the Middle Third Grade, only refining their bodies in the Lower Three Grades, making their flesh not overly weak.

"This person's cultivation method is indeed peculiar... But isn't the Vast Qi on him pure?"

Faced with the junior sister's question, the senior was taken aback, even he couldn't deny this point, given the purity of Vast Qi Wang Chan previously displayed, it could be seen this person's talent in the Confucian Dao.

"Indeed, extremely pure, strange, truly strange."

The senior again murmured twice, strange.