"Neither of you Senior Martial Brothers is participating?"
Zhuang Yuechan looked at the two standing side by side, her voice as crisp as a jade pendant.
"We brothers are both getting on in years. What is there for us to compete over with these youngsters?" Niu Dazhuang shook his head vigorously.
Yin Shang, however, said without hesitation, "There are so many prodigies in the Southwest. The two of us would probably rank around the top fifty in an Arena Competition. Forcing ourselves to participate would be meaningless; we might as well leave the opportunity to others."
Besides points, the previous Exchange Meeting had served another very important purpose: making people recognize their own place and not force themselves to do meaningless things.
In the Southwest, Purple Mansion Great Perfection cultivation already made one a pillar of their respective forces—high in status, wielding great power, able to summon countless responses with a single call. Going decades without fighting anyone was perfectly normal.
That could lead some Cultivators to misjudge their own strength and lose sight of the overall situation.
The Arena Competition was not like the Exchange Meeting. Only the top three could obtain [Golden Core Forming Pill], an absolute strategic resource.
Even among Golden Core direct disciples, only a tiny handful of Lucky Ones had a chance to obtain one.
A single pill could increase the success rate by thirty percent out of thin air. Even if one suffered a breakthrough failure, it could preserve their life beneath the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, allowing them to regroup and make a second attempt.
Looking across the entire Borderlands, forces capable of being completely self-sufficient in [Golden Core Forming Pill] were few in number. Those with sizable stockpiles likely included only the Myriad Manifestations Palace and the Song Clan.
The Song Clan's situation,