"This... you could put it that way." Xu Xing did not deny it. "If there were any less, Senior Sister wouldn't agree either."
Under the usual group classifications, barring any surprises, Chi Jiuyu would absolutely be able to claim first place.
But if she were thrown into the Spirit Transformation division... she would not hold much of an advantage.
Even if certain compensatory measures were provided for younger contestants like her, she was still far too young in the end.
A sixty-year-old Spirit Transformation cultivator from an immortal sect could still participate in the Immortal Sect Grand Competition. In an unrestricted one-on-one arena match, they could beat Chi Jiuyu into a dead fish with one hand.
"Fine, fine. I have no objections."
In any case, she had such a good relationship with the Sword Venerable. She could simply treat it as a gift from an elder to a junior.
Not to mention anything else, the Dawn-Engraved Blood Jade the brother had previously given to the younger generation of his own sect was worth more than all the rewards of this Immortal Sect Grand Competition combined.
"I'll have Lord Xiao Qing arrange this matter. Let the Sect Masters discuss it among themselves."
As for precisely how much each sect was to contribute from these additional resources...
Such matters could only count as a minor interlude, so naturally there was no need for them to handle them personally.
Founder Ancestors only needed to hold the line and decide the overall direction.
The actual affairs, great and small, of a sect—as well as the arrangements for the Central Continent and even the star domains—still had to fall upon the Sect Masters.
Which was why, aside from the matter of the Cang Race being unknowable below Dao Integration, those of lower cultivation who sat