Chapter 58 - The Ranking Monument

  For Wuzong, the treatment of outer door disciples was also considered good. They had separate courtyards and, in addition, there were weekly lectures on martial arts from inner door disciples.

  This might be pretty good for an outer disciple, but Lin Yuan knew that only inner disciples could truly be considered the core of the Wu Zong.

  Lin Yuan was also clear that for himself to reach the Xiantian realm, it was only a matter of time. In fact, he still had to surpass the Xiantian realm. However, all of this was a matter of time, and right now, he lacked time.

  Inner door disciples are not their own purpose, and among the martial arts sects, outer door disciples do not have a master, they can only rely on themselves to learn and cultivate, while the martial arts sect is only responsible for weekly guidance.

  This is also one of the reasons why Wu Zong can continue until now.

  They are looking for geniuses, seeking those who truly have genius. If a martial artist can't even do this much and always relies on others, such a person seems to be forever unable to reach a higher realm.

  Wu Zong outer door disciples are divided into four regions, east, west, south and north. However, the place where they eat is actually in the same location. This is also to promote communication every month.

  Lin Yuan learned from Ouyang Xiu yesterday that every outer door disciple, when they first enter the sect, will receive a set of black clothes and a manual explaining a martial art.

  Wu Zong's explanation mainly introduces some history and rules of Wu Zong. As for clothing, it is naturally the black clothes representing the outer disciples of Wu Zong, but there are some differences in the position of the collar. Lin Yuan is a disciple of Nan Yin, and the mark on the collar is the character "Nan". The other three months should be marked with each courtyard respectively.

  As for the cultivation method, Lin Yuan was also very surprised. The external disciple of Wuzong could cultivate a method that could be compared to the high-level methods in Qian Xing Zhen, which made Lin Yuan even more yearn for the inside of Wuzong.

  Although Lin Yuan's current situation doesn't require him to envy these techniques, he has many martial arts techniques from the Tai Shangyuan Shi Jing in his mind that are not inferior to these, and even more so, they can't be compared. However, those also require corresponding strength, and the lowest requirement is the Xiantian realm. This makes Lin Yuan extremely depressed.

  The three meals a day for the outer door disciples are centrally provided by the canteens of each institute. The four institutes, Dong, Nan, Xi and Bei, have collective dining due to Wu Zong's regulations.

  When Lin Yuan arrived at the cafeteria, he was surprised to see that for some reason, many disciples were standing at the door, blocking the entrance of the cafeteria.

  Surrounded by nearly a hundred sons and younger brothers of Wu Zong, all four courtyards were present, their faces agitated as if they were loudly arguing about something.

  There were even several Wu Zong disciples who quarreled loudly in the place.

  "Look, Brother Lin is coming." A disciple of the Wu Zong Nan Institute had sharp eyes and saw Lin Yuan walking from a distance, excitedly shouting loudly.

  Others heard this and one by one had a joyful expression, all looking over.

  For the disciples of Wuzong, strength is supreme. As fellow outer door disciples, those with weaker strength naturally address those with stronger strength as "Shixiong". As for how these people came to know Lin Yuan, it's probably because in this test by Wuzong, only four belonged to the acquired 9th realm, and all four were assigned to the four institutes.

  Each is different. Lin Yuan didn't ask about Wu Zong's affairs, and focused on cultivating, but the most basic thing was also clear. Otherwise, it would be really impossible to mix in with Wu Zong.

  "Great, Teacher Lin is here! Everyone make way."

  "Haha, Lin Shixiong is indeed very powerful, he will definitely be able to teach those people from other institutes a good lesson."

  Lin Yuan was still confused at this time, what on earth is going on.

  Before Lin Yuan could ask, "Brother Lin, on this new ranking stele, the Martial Ancestor actually ranked you 56th."

  "Fifty-six?" Lin Yuan was perplexed.

  The disciples of the Southern Courtyard seemed to have discovered that Lin Yuan was unclear about this matter, and they hastily explained: "Lin Shixiong, this is a special ranking monument of the Martial Sect, it's for better understanding the strength of each courtyard's martial artists. It's said that within the ranking monument, there is also an inner courtyard ranking monument, which is for outer disciples." The young man paused and continued: "Originally, this time, there were four post-heavenly ninth-realm martial artists in total, and Lin Shixiong was one of them." The young man looked at Lin Yuan as he spoke.

  "This time, Wu Zong ranked Lin Shixiong fifty-sixth, the weakest among the four." The young man looked at Lin Yuan again, afraid that Lin Yuan would get angry about the ranking and end up taking it out on him.

  Lin Yuan listened to his disciple's words and didn't pay much attention to it in her heart, nodding slightly.

  It turned out they were arguing over the ranking monument. Lin Yuan suddenly understood that some people were dissatisfied with their own rankings.

  The crowd was in an uproar, the disciples of the South Institute were all excited, and they surrounded Lin Yuan in the middle, each one looking like they had seen a savior, chattering away.

  After hearing a few sentences, Lin Yuan understood what had happened.

  I didn't expect that just as I had barely entered Wu Zong, the secret competition between the various institutes had already begun.

  Lin Yuan never thought about competing for anything, and Lin Yuan came to Wu Zong just to better improve his strength.

  This time, unexpectedly, Wuzong actually hung up such a ranking stele. Even the clever ones would know that Wuzong obviously wanted his disciples to fight each other.

  It's true that rankings may not have much practical use, but if you really think they're useless, then you're greatly mistaken. Firstly, rankings can stimulate a sense of competition; no one is willing to be ranked below others, and no one can easily rank high without effort and ability. Of course, there are exceptions where some people are content with being mediocre, but such cases are rare and can almost be ignored.

  It's just that Lin Yuan didn't know that this ranking stele had another function. In the Wu Zong, becoming an inner door disciple was extremely difficult, and only a handful of people could achieve it every year. Everyone knew how hard it was to become an inner door disciple.

  Moreover, every year the outer disciples who rank in the last ten will be kicked out of the Wu Zong, and the inner disciples are no exception. After the end of the year, the inner disciples who rank in the last ten will have their inner disciple status cancelled and become outer disciples again. To recover, they must wait for a year, while the top ten outer disciples can smoothly become inner disciples.

  They used to think that all inner disciples were innate boundary, but in fact, it's not entirely true. It's just external propaganda.

  The ranking monument is a record of the top 100 outer door disciples. If you want to become one of the top 100, you need to challenge the person above you. Only by defeating him can that position be yours.

  Lin Yuan did not like to fight, as long as others did not offend him, he would not offend others. This was a principle that Lin Yuan had always adhered to.

  He wouldn't care about rankings, and at this time, Lin Yuan had already broken through to the Half-Step Innate Realm. This ranking was nothing in Lin Yuan's eyes; only one's own strength was important. Without strength, everything else was just an illusion. These external things were of no use at all.

  The disciples surrounding Lin Xuan were also newly joined to the Wu Zong yesterday, and those old outer door disciples didn't care much at this time, rarely appearing here.

  Some of Lin Yuan's disciples in the South Court saw the expression on his face and seemed unable to discern any expression.

  "Everyone has dispersed, right?" Lin Yuan said as he walked towards the direction of the cafeteria. He didn't even spare a glance at the ranking monument, and Lin Yuan also didn't want to be distracted from his cultivation because of these things.

  But Lin Yuan was puzzled in her heart, why Wu Zong would arrange this, could it be to provoke a struggle between the various institutes, or some other reason.

  Lin Yuan's words were seen by many of the Southern Institute's disciples, who all seemed to think that Lin Yuan didn't care about rankings at all, and that his strength was the strongest.

  Seeing Lin Yuan leave, some of the disciples from Nan Institute also returned to their own positions. Gradually, the news about the ranking stele spread out.

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