What had they realized?
It was simple: Ye Tianyi was not qualified to challenge Xia Yuhan.
According to the rules, those outside the One Hundred Eight Peaks could only challenge ranks 101 through 108. Only after reaching rank 100 could they challenge ranks 91 through 99, and only after becoming one of ranks 91 through 99 could they challenge rank 90. It worked the same all the way up.
But...
Those ranked higher could challenge those ranked lower.
And if the higher-ranked person lost, their ranking would naturally drop to that of the lower-ranked person.
Nothing would happen if Zhuge Wen challenged Ye Tianyi, because challenges like theirs, which were purely formation challenges, were not entered into the system. So even if Zhuge Wen lost, his ranking would not fall.
And even if it could fall, Ye Tianyi had ultimately declared that he himself had lost. What could be done then? There was no way around it; the rankings would not change.
But now...
What had everyone guessed? Xia Yuhan would challenge Ye Tianyi, which complied with the rules, and then deliberately lose to him. That was within reason.
That way, Ye Tianyi could enter Xia Yuhan's mountain peak and show affection or whatever, while Xia Yuhan could also go up there because Ye Tianyi was there.
It was practically no loss at all. Only the rankings changed a bit, and the mountain peak changed owners.
And Ye Tianyi could not be challenged for two days, so he could fool around to his heart's content.
The academy had not made any rules about this, so Ye Tianyi had found a loophole! But what could they do?
The main point was that under normal circumstances, this was something that was basically very difficult to pull off.
First, not many people showed