"Haha..."
Everyone burst out laughing, and the atmosphere changed.
As they ate and drank, Xu Yi remembered the Orchid Ranking and asked what it was all about.
Jiang Fei shoveled food into his mouth, speaking indistinctly. "No one knows who came up with the Orchid Ranking. Anyway, it's hanging on the cliff to the west, and it lists quite a few people's names and deeds. Everyone's free to criticize them. If you think someone's actions deserve a place on the list, you draw a circle after their name; if you think they don't, you draw a cross. There are thirty-seven people on it now, and not one name has a cross in front of it. They've all got circles."
Xu Yi asked, "How many of those thirty-seven have reached Spiritual Root Layer Three?"
Duan Tiandai put down his bowl. "House Leader, you're mistaken. Spiritual Root Layer Three cultivators aren't included. The Orchid Ranking originally listed the great deed of a Spiritual Root Layer Three student, but that student smashed the stone wall on the spot. They say he said, 'How can a phoenix be ranked alongside a fledgling?' After that, no Spiritual Root Layer Three cultivator's name ever appeared on the Orchid Ranking."
Xu Yi nodded. "I wonder who's been particularly outstanding?"
"There's a man named Jiang Guanglüe. With one strike of the Karma Fire Divine Blade, he shattered the armor of an Iron Armored White Beast."
"There's a female cultivator named Tang Weiran. She froze two Iron Armored White Beasts with Frost Art, and their cold flames couldn't break through."
"There's a man named Lei Mengwu, born with great strength. He mastered the Bone Changing Marvelous Technique and single-handedly held off the fierce assault of three Iron Armored White Beasts, saving the whole household."
"..."
Everyone chimed in, recounting