As Lian Ruohua was introducing the disciples from the other Spirit Peaks to Wang Yu...
In the Bronze Mirror, in the air directly above the enormous arena...
A Green-Robed Elder with a goatee appeared in a flash. He merely swept his gaze over the cultivators in the surrounding spectator stands before speaking in an unhurried voice:
"I am Luo Tianqi, the current Sect Master of the Green Water Palace. The Preliminary Competition has concluded, and the corresponding rewards will be bestowed after the competition. Thirty-six disciples have advanced to the Final: ten are the top ten from the Preliminary Competition, while the other twenty-six are disciples recommended by the thirteen Spirit Peaks."
This unassuming Green-Robed Elder was actually the Sect Master of the Green Water Palace, second only to its Nascent Soul powerhouses.
As Wang Yu looked at the old man, his heart tightened slightly, and he carefully committed the man's face to memory.
The Green-Robed Elder stroked his beard and continued:
"The rules of the Final are simple. The thirty-six disciples who qualified for the Final and the current Seventy-Two True Disciples will compete for the True Disciple Positions. The victors will obtain the corresponding positions, while the defeated will join the ranks of the challengers.
"To ensure fairness, both True Disciples and challenging disciples will have only two opportunities to issue challenges. Once those are used up, they may no longer challenge anyone. As for those challenged, once someone has been challenged three times, no one else may challenge them again.
"The final results of this competition will determine the new rankings of the Seventy-Two True Disciples, granting them thirty years of residence in the Seventy-Two True Abodes, until the next Sect Grand Competition twenty years from now, when the rankings will be determined anew.
"Now, all True