Yu Qingnian frowned as he looked at the information report in his hand.
Faluo, standing to the side, remained silent and completely still.
After a moment of silence...
Yu Qingnian put down the report and announced, "The competition will continue in three days."
"However, I've decided to eliminate all students from the Dripping Water Realm in this competition."
"All of them?" Faluo was slightly surprised.
Yu Qingnian nodded, noticing that the report on his desk contained news about the Imperial Capital Academy.
"It's not that I'm unwilling to give students from the Dripping Water Realm a chance, but time is running out, and we only have so many spots available."
"Moreover, Canglan's opponent is the Imperial Capital Academy, and the gap has already widened. Now, we can only have a chance if we can tip the scales in one direction."
Faluo remained silent, for Yu Qingnian's method had both advantages and disadvantages, Canglan was not as powerful as the Imperial Capital.
Most students' abilities remain at the Dripping Water Realm.
His decision would lead to many teams being eliminated before they even had a chance to fight.
The consequence of this was that the trainees were dissatisfied.
But Yu Qingnian seemed to have already thought of a way to deal with it.
"The emergence of the Ranking Board has already broken all the rules. If you are strong, you can be on the list, but if you are not capable, you can only watch from the sidelines."
"The path of geniuses is never short of competitors, but it also requires worthy rivals."
"And this can be seen as a lesson the academy is giving to these newcomers of the Sequence User: the world is not as wonderful as they imagine; only the strong can survive."
"They only care about the present; they've never considered that this is not a time of peace for Human Race."
Faluo frowned slightly.
What he said is true. Although humanity strives to be first or second every day, isn't the ultimate goal to cultivate talent?
And weren't all those extraordinary talents ultimately working for the future of humanity?
Moreover, not long ago, Magic City and Shenzhou City were attacked. Even a pig should know that not every place in this world is safe.
Only strength can guarantee one's life.
This approach naturally ignited the fighting spirit of these trainees.
"You decide."
"But you should at least inform Cang Lao, shouldn't you?" Faluo said seriously.
Yu Qingnian smiled, said nothing, and looked out the window at a tall, imposing building.
His suggestion had actually been transmitted to the other end of the headset.
The glass windows of the building.
Both elderly men naturally heard Yu Qingnian's suggestion.
The Cang Lao stroked his beard and said with a faint smile, "He's right, the future of Human Race truly lies with these children."
"Although this approach breaks all the rules from previous years, innovation is necessary, and this only slightly raises the bar for the Canglan Tournament."
"But doing this now is indeed somewhat inappropriate,"
"After all, the competition has already started, and although it was interrupted, those students have already participated."
The dean also shook his head slightly. Indeed, the competition had already started, and changing the rules now was inappropriate and might even make the students feel resentful.
But then Yu Qingnian's voice came through the headset on the table next to him.
"Then let those Dripping Water Realm students experience the difference."
Only when they recognized the gap did they understand why the academy was in this state.
"As for how to change the game, I already have an idea."
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
The Canglan Tournament promised.
This time, however, there were even more people; many of them seemed to be residents of Shenzhou City, and they had all come to watch the game.
The Battle Institute was teeming with people.
Yu Qingnian stood on the constructed circular aerial live-streaming platform, looking at the crowd below with a faint smile.
"Chen-ge, look over there, isn't that Instructor Yu?" Su Zhe pointed upwards and exclaimed.
Li Chen looked up slightly and saw that Yu Qingnian seemed to have noticed them as well, and nodded slightly.
They were all quickly taken to the preparation area.
This time, however, they were all somewhat surprised, as each player in the preparation area was given a new number.
Their number was fifth in line.
But what surprised them most was not the number, but that their opponents were three teams.
Su Zhe was somewhat bewildered.
Shouldn't they be playing against one team?
How did it become three?
Before he could think further, a cloud of smoke rose from the center of the battlefield.
A tall, steel-like platform stood erect, Yu Qingnian, dressed in a suit and holding a microphone, looked down at the crowd.
Because the Battle Institute is an internal combat arena, almost everyone's attention was drawn to Yu Qingnian his appearance.
He coughed lightly and spoke.
"I am the referee for the continuation of the Canglan Tournament."
"I hope all the trainees are clear on the rules this time?"
"That's right."
"Each team from the Looking River Realm will face three teams from the Dripping Water Realm; of course, this has been adjusted."
"For example, if there is only one student from the Looking River Realm, the team will still fight against one other team. But if there are more than two, it will be two or three teams. Of course, everything is done by swapping teams, so it is absolutely fair."
"The battleground will no longer undergo five rounds of comparison; the terrain will change for each battle."
As for the winners, they all advance.
"Alright, the match is now officially starting!!"
After saying these words, Yu Qingnian's smile became slightly stiff.
Fairness is certainly possible, but he doesn't guarantee it.
The first battle began soon after.
His order doesn't seem to be based on number sequence, but rather random.
However, Li Chen and the others understood that the number plate was actually useless, as the first battle had already been arranged.
"Chen-ge, we're facing three teams, isn't that a bit difficult?" Su Zhe asked, sounding somewhat uncertain.
At this moment, Li Chen raised his eyes and said, "The Dripping Water Realm isn't strong. Even if we increase the number of people, it's just like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."
Really.
The number of battles he fought increased rapidly along with his strength; even opponents at the same level as him, the Looking River Realm, could not last more than 10 breaths against him.
This is the terrifying power of talent; as his rank increases, his talent becomes increasingly terrifying.
Hearing Su Zhe's worried words, Jianping calmly replied, "You can just be a cheerleader on the sidelines."
Luo Lin and Meng Xi, who had been silent until now, covered their mouths and chuckled.
They had received the information and returned within the last two days.
They didn't say what they did.
Li Chen and the others didn't ask, after all, everyone has their own life.
While the group was still chatting...
The battle on the battlefield is nearing its end.
Many people are either shouting or sighing.
A woman in a long dress and Ji Shao stood on the sidelines watching the battle from the sidelines.
The woman in the long dress spoke up, "Shao-jie, this is indeed unfair to those in the Dripping Water Realm."
"Those ordinary people simply don't understand that when levels of understanding differ, numbers don't give you an advantage."
"Of course, if you're not very capable, then disregard what I said."
Ji Shao did not respond, but simply watched the battle unfold on the battlefield.
She was well aware of this, but remained silent; the so-called fairness was only what they saw as fairness.
But only these trainees clearly understand that the word "fairness" only applies to the strong; if you are strong, what you say is right.