263: Chapter 263 Zhang Daoquan's Visit

The Central Divine Continent and Dongba Prefecture were shocked once again. They had thought it would be easy to eliminate Xiyue Prefecture, but as it turned out, even with both sides joining forces, they were still unable to eliminate Xiyue Prefecture. The other side had eliminated over seventy of their people using only fifty-something individuals.

The key was that those fifty-something people were all at the Body Integration Stage. The other side's true Core Disciple strength hadn't even made a move; one could say that Xiao Yuchen controlled the entire scene all by himself.

What was most infuriating was that their twenty-plus Dongxu Stage cultivators had joined forces to attack, yet they couldn't shake the other party in the slightest. The other party had simply ignored them, frantically clearing people out, and had even calculated exactly how many people would remain for each prefecture.

Seeing this, the Central Divine Continent and Dongba Prefecture were truly afraid. With such a strong expert appearing in Xiyue Prefecture, they really didn't know how to respond.

"Respected judges, there are exactly one hundred people left on the field now. Can the first round of the competition be considered over?"

Xiao Yuchen had originally wanted to keep a low profile and just lead the Core Disciple of Xiyue Prefecture into the top one hundred, but he hadn't expected the Central Divine Continent and Dongba Prefecture to join forces and attack Xiyue Prefecture. He had no choice but to passively fight back.

Although this had caused the Central Divine Continent and Dongba Prefecture to lose all Face, at least he had preserved their first and second place positions, so those old monsters couldn't say anything.

Hearing Xiao Yuchen's words, Elder Mo Wen finally snapped back to reality and announced the competition results. The next step should have been the drawing of lots, but Elder Mo Wen announced a temporary suspension of the competition.

The competition had exceeded his control, and he had to discuss with the judging panel what to do next. If the Central Divine Continent were to actually lose, what would they do?

In a secret chamber, Elder Mo Wen and the members of the judging panel gathered together. Except for Zhang Daoquan, the expressions of the others were not very pleasant.

"Second Elder, the Heavenly Court entrusted the two of us to host this Five Provinces Grand Competition. I had assumed there would be no accidents in such a competition, but I didn't expect this situation to arise. What should we do? Do we need to change the battle format?"

Elder Mo Wen was somewhat anxious. The Central Divine Continent really could not lose; otherwise, he would have no way to explain himself.

"You represent the Heavenly Court, and you have already announced the competition rules in public. If you change the competition format now, does the Heavenly Court still want its Face?" Zhang Daoquan reprimanded.

"But if we don't change it, what if the Central Divine Continent loses? By then, not only will the Heavenly Court lose Face, but the entire Central Divine Continent won't be able to hold its head up high. Moreover, this time it concerns ten years of time; the impact is truly too great."

"Who can you blame for that? The Disciples of the Central Divine Continent have always enjoyed the best Cultivate resources. If they end up unable to even defeat Xiyue Prefecture, which has the worst Cultivate resources, it only shows that the current Central Divine Continent is unworthy of these Cultivate resources, and it wouldn't be a bad thing to distribute the resources to Xiyue Prefecture."

Zhang Daoquan had always looked down upon the younger generation of the Central Divine Continent. They possessed Cultivate resources from birth that other prefectures did not have, yet they had no idea how to cherish them. Among the young Disciples under one hundred years old, there wasn't even a single Mahayana Stage cultivator.

"Elder, please calm your Life Qi. The younger generation of the Central Divine Continent does indeed have its own problems, but now is obviously not the time to discuss this. If the Central Divine Continent loses, where will our Heavenly Court go from here?"

"Enough, stop worrying about things that won't happen. The Central Divine Continent will not lose, and even the position of second-place Dongba Prefecture will not change. Can't you see that Xiyue Prefecture only wants to compete for third place?"

"You all saw the battle just now. That young brother already controlled the entire scene. It can be said that he let whoever he wanted to stay, stay, and eliminated whoever he wanted to eliminate. Yet, in the end, he did not attack the Core Disciple of the Central Divine Continent and Dongba Prefecture."

"Furthermore, he clearly had the ability to protect his own Xiyue Prefecture Disciples, but in the end, he didn't do so and only left twenty people. This shows that he only wants to take third place."

"As for why? I think you should be able to figure it out. To put it plainly, that young man feels that the Central Divine Continent and Dongba Prefecture cannot afford to lose. He is afraid that if Xiyue Prefecture takes first place, people from the two prefectures will retaliate, and Xiyue Prefecture would be unable to withstand that."

Zhang Daoquan saw everything very clearly. It was truly a bit sad to think that the Central Divine Continent could only retain first place because someone showed them charity. The people of Xiyue Prefecture were not lacking in talent; it was just because they did not have the Cultivate resources of the Central Divine Continent.

"Should today's competition continue? This is just our speculation; I always feel that this isn't secure." Elder Mo Wen said with some worry.

"Let's compete again tomorrow. I'm going to go find that young brother to reminisce."

"You know him?"

"I do. I met him once three months ago, and at that time, he was only at the Soul Transformation Stage."

"Soul Transformation Stage? He made a Breakthrough from the Soul Transformation Stage to the Dongxu Stage in three months? Is that possible?"

Elder Mo Wen was shocked. If this were true, such a growth rate would be too terrifying.

"I was very surprised too. I am telling you all that he is a person I, Zhang Daoquan, admire. No matter what the competition results are, you must not attack that kid; otherwise, don't blame me, Zhang Daoquan, for turning hostile."

"Elder, how could we do that? Since you know him, could you..."

"Don't get any ideas about me. I am just going to reminisce purely. I will not interfere with how that young brother wants to proceed." After saying that, Zhang Daoquan left.

Elder Mo Wen had no choice but to announce to the outside world that the competition was suspended and would continue tomorrow.

After receiving the news that the competition was suspended, Xiao Yuchen returned to the Xiyue Prefecture lodging area, surrounded by the crowd.

"Xiao Chen, today you caused the people of the Central Divine Continent and Dongba Prefecture to lose all Face. Will they retaliate against us?" Sect Master Hua Yuxi said with some worry.

"They shouldn't, at least not during the competition, otherwise they would be disqualified. I had no other choice today; if they hadn't joined forces to target Xiyue Prefecture, I wouldn't have wanted to do that."

"When I saw them joining forces to deal with Xiyue Prefecture, I was truly Life Qi at the time. I even thought about eliminating the Central Divine Continent and Dongba Prefecture first."

"But later I calmed down. The power of the Xiyue Prefecture experts is still too weak. I cannot bring unnecessary trouble to Xiyue Prefecture. Being able to help Xiyue Prefecture improve by one or two places is enough."

The team leaders of the Central Divine Continent were at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, while the strongest on their side was only at the Dongxu Stage. If the other side played dirty, Xiao Yuchen would be unable to stop them at all. One has to bow when under someone else's roof.

"Xiao Chen, it is best that you were able to figure that out. We were really worried just now that you would directly eliminate the Central Divine Continent. You didn't see how ugly the expressions of those old monsters were just now."

"That's right, Elder Yuchen. The competition being suspended must be because of Xiyue Prefecture. Those judges are probably discussing how to proceed with tomorrow's competition."

In today's battle, Former Palace Master Miaomiao Xue admired Xiao Yuchen to the point of prostration. Xiao Yuchen had faced the Core Disciple of two prefectures alone, and the simultaneous attacks of over twenty Dongxu Stage experts felt like scratching an itch to Xiao Yuchen, having absolutely no effect whatsoever.

"It doesn't matter. No matter how they change it, we can guarantee third place without any problems. As long as we don't touch the first and second place positions, those old monsters at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage shouldn't attack us."

While everyone was talking, an old man in grey appeared before them. When they saw the old man, everyone except Xiao Yuchen opened their mouths in shock, and at the same time, they felt a bit worried in their hearts, not understanding why the head judge would appear here.