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"What do you think about today's matter?" The First Elder, who was still seated at the leader's seat, looked at the other Elders and spoke in an indifferent manner.

The group of elders stammered, unsure of how they should reply.

The iron-like facts were laid out there. How could they possibly defend themselves? The people present were all elders, and they were not idiots. It was impossible for them to lie without opening their eyes.

Thus, the gazes of the other elders all turned to the Second Elder. Everything was done by the Second Elder. It all depended on what he said.

"This time, it's an accident, I never thought something would happen. Zi Chen's talent isn't bad, but Wu Sheng's talent isn't ordinary either." After pondering for a moment, the Second Elder slowly spoke.

"Wu Sheng is my grandson, so we can discard the position of first, but the position of core disciple must belong to him. With that, the Second Elder bowed to the elders.

The Great Elder did not move. The other elders all stood up, looking as if they did not dare to accept the etiquette.

"Although Zi Chen's talent is not bad, he hasn't been in the Spirit Martial Sect for long. Although his talent is enough to enter the internal portal s, his loyalty remains to be tested." One of the elders suddenly spoke.

"That's right, Wu Sheng's talent is also very high, and is also the second elder's grandson. His strength is even stronger than Zi Chen's, so his loyalty is guaranteed.

"I agree, this year's quota was originally prepared for Wu Sheng."

All the elders spoke up.

"What do you mean?" The Grand Elder looked at them.

"I hope Great Clan Elder can grant Wu Sheng's wish." The elders spoke.

The Grand Elder stood there silently, as if he were considering something.

"Sigh, both of their talents are pretty good. It's a pity that the Master is not here, we only have one spot in our hands, we have to give it up. But we won't lose out on internal portal, it can be considered training." After a long while, the grand elder sighed. His eyes were filled with regret.

Silence reigned.

"If Great Clan Elder feels that this matter is not appropriate and is unable to convince the many disciples, we can try giving Zi Chen some rewards, such as a Contribution Points." An elder whispered.

The group of elders discussed for a while, but in the end, the Great Clan Elder nodded, "Let's do it this way. Tomorrow, Elder Wu will bring me to announce this order, the Contribution Points will give us 20 points."

A little Contribution Points could be exchanged for a Qi Returning Pill, and a two point Contribution Points could be exchanged for a zhenqi Pill.

As for a five hundred year old Chinese sage root, if it was exchanged for a Contribution Points, it would only be twenty points, and would only be able to be exchanged for ten zhenqi Pills.

"Yes, Great Elder is wise." The elders nodded.

The Great Elder left immediately. After that, the other elders also left one after another.

"Zi Chen, you actually caused this old man to lose so much face today, hmph …" The eyes of the Second Elder flashed a cold light. The bow today could be said to be a huge loss of face, and he had taken this debt onto Zi Chen.

That night, Zi Chen was unable to fall asleep for a long time.

In the early morning of the second day, there were still many disciples still gathered in high platform. They wanted to see how the things that happened yesterday were judged.

There were a lot of disciples here, and there were also a lot of people who did not have a backer. If they could not give an explanation today, it would make many disciples' hearts go cold.

When Wu Sheng came out, cheers sounded out, but the cheers were not as loud as yesterday, and there were even some disciples who were staring at him coldly.

Wu Sheng's expression was calm, he remained calm and walked to the side of the high platform, where the elders were already waiting, but there were no traces of the Great Clan Elder, and the one sitting in the middle was the second clan elder.

The calm Wu Sheng, upon seeing the Second Elder standing at the very top position, had a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth as well.

"Hmph. Truly shameless. Isn't it all related to him?" In the distance, Lin Xue released a cold snort filled with dissatisfaction, while Miao Kong remained silent, his eyes filled with grief.

Today, the appearance of the Elders was enough to cover the situation.

Zi Chen quickly appeared and the crowd cheered, their cheers even louder than yesterday's booing. The cheers were all coming from disciples who did not have any backers in the Spirit Martial Sect, but trained in third rate Cultivation Methods! After yesterday's battle, Zi Chen's name was spread far and wide, and they were proud of Zi Chen.

At the same time, Zi Chen was able to use third-rate Cultivation Methods to defeat second-rate Cultivation Methods, and let those disciples that did not have a backer see hope.

Zi Chen and Wu Sheng stood shoulder to shoulder. Last night, after thinking about it randomly, Zi Chen's spirit was a little low. However, when he suddenly saw the Second Elder above, Zi Chen calmed down.

In his heart, he had already made a guess.

"Backstage?" Zi Chen laughed bitterly in his heart, but he could only accept reality as he comforted himself.

"Yesterday, because we were delayed for some matters, we were not able to place in the rankings. I am very sorry, but after a whole night of research by the elders, we have decided to follow the principle of fairness and fairness and make the following rankings." The Second Clan Elder stood on the high platform and started to speak.

First place, Zi Chen. As soon as the Second Elder finished speaking, the crowd burst into cheers and waves of cheers rang out.

"Second place is the defeated Wu Sheng. What a pity, Wu Sheng just accidentally fell off the Battlestage." The Second Elder said.

This time, the cheers were much weaker than last time. Occasionally, there were even one or two boos from the crowd.

Hearing their boos, Wu Sheng and the Second Elder's faces turned ugly.

"Third place, Lin Xue."

"Fourth Miao Kong!"

"Fifth Wang Xiong!"

"Sixth Ke Xue!"

"Seventh …!"

"…"

"Tenth place... Lu Ben! "

The rankings had already fallen, the cheers of the crowd had finally died down. However, no one left, there was still one more highlight that had yet to appear.

Who had the luck to enter the core disciples?

If it was before, they would not hesitate to say Zi Chen, but after yesterday's matter and today's matter, everyone's hearts were not yet at ease.

"Okay, the rankings are over. I hope that you ten young people will be able to create more glory." The next step will be to reveal who has the luck to become a core disciple. "

Under everyone's anticipating gaze, the second clan elder looked at Zi Chen and praised: "If there are no accidents, then this person is Zi Chen."

"Hua!"

The crowd burst into an uproar as waves of cheers rang out. They thought that the second clan elder had chosen Zi Chen, but just as some people had their suspicions, and most people were preparing to cheer, the second clan elder revealed a "but".

"But …!"

One of the people instantly quieted down as they stared at the Second Elder.

"However, after a night of research by our elders, through strength, age, and zhenqi, we discovered a more suitable candidate."

Strange gazes came from the crowd. There was pity, there was ridicule, there was disdain, and there was also schadenfreude.

Zi Chen's heart skipped a beat, but thankfully he had already expected this would happen and he did not lose his composure.

"This person is Wu Sheng, who is younger than Zi Chen, stronger than him, and much stronger than him." The second elder said emotionally: "Our genius Wu Sheng has become a core disciple."

Cheers began to be heard from the crowd. These people wanted to curry favor with Wu Sheng, and some of them wanted to curry favor with him. There were no longer boos in the crowd. Since the elders had decided, Wu Sheng was definitely a core disciple and no one dared to provoke him again.

He did not cheer with the others today, and it could already be considered indirectly supporting Zi Chen.

The elders' playfulness was too obvious. Everyone was well aware of it, but no one had the strength to refute it.

Zi Chen was very calm. He had already thought about this scene countless times last night.

After congratulating Wu Sheng, he then turned to Zi Chen and said: "Zi Chen's talent is outstanding, but unfortunately there is only one spot at the core of the list, so after a night of discussion, we elders have decided to give Zi Chen some compensation."

Zi Chen raised his head unexpectedly, while those depressed disciples who were secretly slandering the elders for a night of discussion also raised their heads in surprise.

After once again attracting everyone's gaze, the Second Elder said, "We have decided to give Zi Chen ten Contribution Points s as compensation."

Ten Contribution Points could be exchanged for five zhenqi Pills. This was not a big compensation, but if compared to the spots for the core disciples, this was not even a hair on the top of the nine Qilins.

"Zi Chen, are you still not thanking me? I've had a hard time getting you these compensation. " Seeing Zi Chen standing there blankly without any reaction, the Second Elder said in displeasure.

Zi Chen reacted and thanked them, "Thank you Second Clan Elder, thank you Elders, thank you Spirit Martial Sect for your guidance."

All of the elders were satisfied with Zi Chen's answer. At the side, Wu Sheng was sneering with disdain.

"Talent doesn't matter, there's no backing."

The rewards for being first, as well as the spots for being core disciples, were all prepared by the Second Elder for Wu Sheng. However, in the calculation of the heavens, one Zi Chen suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

He was strong enough and gifted enough, but unfortunately Zi Chen didn't have a backer, so he was only ranked first, and didn't manage to enter the core.

Other than this, no one knew that the Contribution Points that Zi Chen deserved should have been twenty, not ten.

Wang Xiong laughed coldly, a killing intent flashed past his eyes, bringing Wang Meng and the rest to leave, he went back to plan and how to kill Zi Chen.

Su Mengyao also left, she had long expected this scene, Chen Feng had also left.

"Zi Chen, are you alright? Be happy, this is the way the world works." Miao Kong walked up and patted Zi Chen's Shoulder to comfort him.

Zi Chen chuckled.

Lin Xue walked over with red eyes. She wanted to speak out for Zi Chen, but she was powerless to do anything. Even Su Mengyao couldn't do anything, let alone her.

The group of elders also left. It was time to receive their rewards.

"Five zhenqi Pills, one First Rated Combat Technique, ten Contribution Points …" When he thought about his rewards, Zi Chen's dejected heart felt a little relieved.

"Let's go and collect the reward first." Miao Kong said.

Zi Chen nodded and the three of them headed there together.