"Simple. There could only be one Number One Under Heaven."
"Even if we took the top three, there would only be three spots."
"Yet countless people were fighting over those three pitifully few spots."
"We were fighting for them, the previous generation was fighting for them, the generation before that was fighting for them. Even the Pill Epoch was preparing to fight for them."
"It was good to have the confidence and courage to compete, but whether you could actually win, I believed everyone knew the answer in their hearts."
As his words fell, everyone sank into silence once more.
Yet Meng De continued without pause. "Every family knew its own affairs. I, Meng De, came from humble beginnings. Reaching my current achievements is already the limit of what my family can attain."
"Even if I lost everything now, I could still return to my hometown and live freely as a local tyrant."
"But fellow Daoists, if you lose this gamble, will you still have good days waiting for you after returning to your hometowns?"
As he spoke, Meng De began calling them out one by one.
"Li Changsheng, it is true that you are a direct descendant of the Li Family, but the Li Family is enormous and brimming with talent."
"If the Five Tigers Group path fails, you will most likely be sent to guard the Ancestral Tomb."
"And Lin Yao, you will most likely be treated as a discarded pawn by the Buddhist Sect."
"Even an outsider like me has heard of the internal conflicts within the Buddhist Sect. I imagine they have long since been fighting until the heavens and earth turned upside down."
"As a lay disciple, you have received such generous treatment because someone is backing you."
"But have you considered what will happen