Chapter 606 There Will Always Be Successors
Ranran became more and more curious about the saint's words.
Why did such a stunning genius fall? She found it hard to believe that Master Qingxiao would die without any external influence.
Was the legendary war a siege against Qingxiao Zhenren? If so, was there a legitimate reason for this siege, or were they just people with ulterior motives who just raised a banner and acted recklessly?
The saint's words slowly cleared up the fog that stood between her and the truth.
The events of thousands of years ago indeed overlapped with what she had imagined, and Ranran was a little shocked.
Even though the truth was within her expectations, she was still shocked because she was shocked by the evil of human nature.
According to the saint's narration, True Person Qingxiao had never done anything against the will of heaven or earth. She was just practicing like the vast majority of cultivators in Central Continent.
The saint's voice was so soft and slow that Ranran felt as if she was listening to a bedtime story.
A nightmare bedtime story.
"The situation in Zhongzhou at that time was actually similar to that of today. There were many aristocratic sects and small independent cultivators had nowhere to stay. It is said that Master Qingxiao was a person who did not like to fight with the world, but I doubt it."
"If she really didn't want to fight against the world, how could she have fought her way out of the encirclement of the host alliance at that time?"
"What really made Qing Xiao Zhenren famous and prominent was that she won the top spot on the Liufang Ranking at that time. You should know that before Qing Xiao Zhenren appeared, the top spot on the Liufang Ranking had been occupied by disciples from several major sects in the Host Alliance for a thousand years."
"Even if we leave aside the top of the list, among the people on the Liufang list, perhaps one out of a hundred people is from a small sect."
"The major sects at that time were not as complicated and large-scale as the seven major sects today. In other words, the number of cultivators in small sects far exceeded that of the major sects."
Ran Ran listened more and more seriously, and his expression became gradually solemn.
The saint smiled and said, "So you know what I want to say?"
Ran Ran nodded, "Even with such a huge disparity in numbers, the big sects thousands of years ago still had a large number of masters in the Liufang period."
“It’s a complete monopoly.”
"Monopoly? This word is quite appropriate. I like it." The saint highly affirmed Ranran's answer.
"It was against this backdrop that the appearance of Master Qing Xiao was like a flash of lightning in the dark night, instantly illuminating Central Continent, which was shrouded in the shadow of monopoly."
"No one knew her name before. An unknown person won the top spot on the Liufang List in one fell swoop, and her name became famous throughout Central Continent."
Ranran did not forget the deeds of Yun Daozi that Gu Fan had told her. Similar to this Zhenren Qingxiao, Yun Daozi was even born in a mortal dynasty east of the Thirteen Continents of Mengling. After converting to Taoism through Confucianism, he devoted himself to practice and defeated nine masters on the Liufang List in a row, thus becoming famous.
Thinking of what happened to Yun Daozi later, Ranran couldn't help but ask.
"There must be quite a lot of people who are not used to the fame of Master Qing Xiao."
There is no doubt that True Man Qingxiao was a rising star in Zhongzhou at that time, but in the eyes of those large sects that monopolized the path to promotion, True Man Qingxiao was just an emerging force, and they should be extremely disgusted by this.
As Ranran asked the question, the saint seemed to be imagining what had happened to True Man Qingxiao.
"Naturally, almost everyone thought that True Man Qing Xiao would not be at the top of the list for long, and that this victory could be due to luck."
The Saint stared intently into Ran Ran's eyes, "You can't imagine how many challenges Qing Xiao encountered at that time."
"In fact, Zhongzhou has rules for challenges on the master list. In order to avoid the challenger winning unfairly, the two challengers need to give the challenged enough time to recuperate between the two challenges."
"At least a month." The Saint smiled, "But when facing Master Qing Xiao, challengers from all over Central Continent tacitly ignored this rule."
Ran Ran frowned instantly, "Didn't the host alliance at that time have any punishment measures for such despicable behavior?"
"No, firstly, this rule is something that people follow by default, and it has never been written down in black and white in any law. Secondly, well..."
The Saintess had a very mocking smile on her face. "It's because the Host Alliance is jointly controlled by several major sects, and the small sects of independent cultivators don't have a chance to speak at all."
"Challenging Qing Xiao Zhenren and getting her to fall from the top of the Liufang Ranking as soon as possible became the most urgent matter for the host alliance at that time."
"If they fail to achieve this goal as soon as possible, the prestige they have worked so hard to build up will be completely lost. In addition, the resentment and dissatisfaction accumulated by a large number of small sects of independent cultivators for a long time..."
The saint clenched her fist and placed it in front of Ranran. Suddenly, her white hand blossomed like a lotus.
"Hatred and hope will explode like fireworks, and the control of the major sects will collapse."
"That's why default rules don't work anymore, because the people who made the rules have changed their attitudes and have become the ones who want to break the rules the most."
"There seems to be no end to the number of people challenging Qing Xiao Zhenren. It's not just one person a month, or one person half a month. Challenges against Qing Xiao Zhenren happen every day."
"Sometimes, before the blood of Qing Xiao Zhenren has dried, the next batch of challengers has arrived."
"A group? Isn't the duel on the master list one person against one person?"
The Saint smiled, "Maybe the host alliance had gone crazy at that time. They only wanted to pull Qing Xiao Zhenren down from his position. Even if several people attacked together, it didn't matter. As long as Qing Xiao Zhenren died, the person who killed Qing Xiao Zhenren could still sit on the top of the list."
"But unfortunately, none of these people's plans succeeded."
"No matter how these small rules are manipulated by those with ulterior motives, the iron laws set by heaven remain unchanged."
"During the challenge of the master list, people of different realms cannot fight each other. The heaven will punish the person who takes the first step."
"Purple lightning that is enough to annihilate cultivators of any realm."
Ranran actually breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously. She was originally worried that if that group of people were really crazy to that extent, it would not be impossible for them to directly eliminate the cultivators with higher realms and kill True Man Qingxiao. Fortunately, it was okay.
The Saint smiled playfully, "Believe it or not, if there was no such iron rule, the fledgling Qing Xiao Zhenren would have died long ago."
Ranran just felt heavy in his heart.
"I believe."
She pursed her lips and became nervous unconsciously, "Then did Master Qingxiao win every game?"
The Saint smiled, "Of course."
"No one can stop her from becoming stronger and stronger."
There was a faint glow in Ranran's eyes. She seemed to see the rising new star thousands of years ago. Countless people hoped that she would fall and sink into the dust, but she just kept rising without hesitation.
She also completely understood what Xiao Yi Yang said, "True Man Qingxiao is the hope of small sects of independent cultivators."
Hope is like a bright star in the dark night. As long as those who are struggling forward in the darkness look up, they can move forward courageously even if the road ahead is full of thorns.
True Person Qingxiao is such a person. As long as she keeps radiating her light and heat, her followers in the small sects will naturally flock to her.
Even as long as the star exists, there will always be successors.
