Chapter 224 Resolve (2/2)
Xiao Tianxuan’s lips moved, but did not say anything in the end, merely lifting his own cup and downing it in a single go.
Following the closure of their grudge, the atmosphere immediately eased up, turning noisy and lively. Everyone present was a youngster, and had come a long way from home to this unfamiliar place. Hence, they soon warmed up to each other.
Delicious dishes began to arrive one after another, and everyone could not help but begin to gorge themselves.
Tuntun was the most terrifying of the bunch, its mouth opening wide as it swallowed food several times larger than its body...
Yaoyao was the most graceful, merely sampling some of the vegetables, no interest in any of the food that was too strong in flavor.
As more and more food entered their stomachs, everyone’s faces began to flush as boiling heat rose within them. They could feel searing Genesis Qi flowing within their bodies, ultimately swiftly flooding into their Qi Dwellings.
While everyone was happily diggin in, laughter was heard, “Hehe, junior brother Zhou Yuan is so generous. Not many disciples will patronise the Hundred Fragrances House at such a time.”
Zhou Yuan raised his head, and saw a young man standing to the side, a slight smile on his face as he watched them. It was the one who had spoken up for Zhou Yuan in Genesis Mountain, Qiao Xiu.
Zhou Yuan had some good feelings towards the former, and immediately rose as he cupped his fists together. “So it’s senior brother Qiao Xiu.”
Disciples of the same status would differentiate their rank by age. Qiao Xiu was evidently older than Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan could tell that Qiao Xiu had something to say, and thus pointed beside him and said, “Want to come over and have a seat?”
Qiao Xiu cheerfully consented, proceeding to sit down and chat with the rest for a while, before he finally looked towards Zhou Yuan and asked, “Junior brother Zhou Yuan, are you interested in joining us along with everyone else?”
He did not beat about the bush, directly stating his objective.
Shen Wanjin, Xiao Tianxuan and the rest fell silent.
There was not much surprise on Zhou Yuan’s face, evidently having already guessed Qiao Xiu’s aim.
Qiao Xiu smiled and said, “Junior brother Zhou Yuan should know that the competition in the outer mountains is extremely fierce, and the many disciples here have already formed various factions and groups.”
“Grouping up and watching each other’s backs is after all better than fighting alone.”
“Moreover, the Shengzhou disciples advantage is too great. They are too powerful and any non Shengzhou disciple will be suppressed by them.”
Qiao Xiao stared at Zhou Yuan as he slowly continued, “I’ve heard that there will only be ten gold sash quotas in the upcoming peak selection ceremony, and the Shengzhou disciples have already declared that they will be taking them all, a truly overbearing declaration.”
”Gold sash quotas?” Zhou Yuan's brows knitted together slightly.
”Looks like junior brother Zhou Yuan has yet to hear of this.” Qiao Xiu chuckled. ”We are currently outer mountain disciples, and if we manage to enter the seven peaks, we will become inner mountain disciples.”
”These inner mountain disciples are also divided into different categories, from highest to the lowest, purple sash disciples, gold sash disciples and black sash disciples.”
”The higher one's rank, the higher one's status in the seven peaks. In addition, one will also be granted completely different cultivation resources. The top ten performers of every peak selection ceremony will directly become gold sash disciples, by passing the black sash rank.”
”Moreover, only the top ten will be allowed to choose which peak to enter. The others will be allocated by the sect.”
At this point, Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao began to frown. They had come to the Cangxuan Sect to enter Saint Genesis Peak and obtain the second Saint Rune patriarch Cang Xuan had sealed within it.”
If they ended up forcibly allocated to one of the other peaks, won't they be unable to achieve their goal?
Zhou Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly. Looks like Yaoyao and him needed to each take one of the top ten spots in the peak selection ceremony…
As such, they would have to take them from the shengzhou disciples, an act akin to taking food from a tiger.
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