Recommendation Tickets
That night, the Council Hall in the Chen Clan estate was brightly lit.
Ji Xiang spread the new schedule chart across the center of the long table and said in a low voice, "The schedule has now entered the middle-to-late stage. The hard battles are beginning."
"According to the newly arranged matchups, our team will very likely run into two leading teams from other divisions over the next three rounds."
"As for the seven runner-up academies, our team has already faced Godwind Academy, Thunder Academy, and Qing Lin Academy. We still need to keep an eye on the remaining four."
Beside him, Yan Nan's gaze fell on the schedule chart as he added, "There are eight Qualification Spots. Barring any major surprises, once the fourth round of the schedule ends, the situation will basically be clear. The list of advancing teams might even be decided ahead of time."
Ji Shuran, however, brought a different observation. "There's another situation worth paying attention to."
"With the results of several academies from Fasinuo Province improving so markedly, I could clearly sense on the Martial Arts Viewing Platform that the other provinces' overall assessment of us has been raised by a large margin."
"All sides have already begun paying closer attention to the academies of our province."
He paused briefly and looked around at everyone. "The changes brought by this attention will probably affect the strategic choices between other academies. In the past, private dealings over competing for benefits or blocking potential opponents became active. The undercurrents beneath the surface are growing turbulent."
Ji Xiang picked up the thread, his tone turning somewhat grave. "Yes. And there are already rumors spreading that the number of spots in the finals in the next tournament may increase by another eight. The empire is