The Cloudreach Sect's outer sect, the Great Martial Arts Arena.
Voices clamored, cheers, discussions, and the clash of combat mingling into a roar all around. Walking through it, you could not even hear what your companions were saying to you.
Large numbers of outer disciples practiced martial arts here together, often sparring with one another afterward.
Quite a few bouts were not even sparring matches, but duels sparked by flaring tempers.
The Cloudreach Sect led the Orthodox Path and strictly forbade bullying or killing fellow sect members, but its martial spirit flourished. When disputes arose, disciples arranged duels, almost every day. Those in charge at every level welcomed this. This was the foundation for maintaining a sect's fighting strength, rather than letting its fighting spirit wear away because it was "the greatest sect under heaven."
These sparring matches and duels also served as assessment criteria for those in charge at every level: whether to select someone for the inner sect, for instance. The elders of the various peaks would also assess whether disciples suited their particular branches' needs and compete to recruit them.
Chu Ge had written all this in great detail. After all, how Chu Tiange interacted or clashed with his fellow disciples after joining the sect, fought his way up through successive contests, encountered various strokes of fortune, and ultimately won a place in the inner sect through the grand tournament had been the main plot of the early story.
Back then, Qiu Wuji's name had only appeared indirectly, as the legend of a lofty, untouchable deity... compared with now...
He wondered whether Chu Tiange would feel that things remained while the people had changed if he returned here in glory for a visit. In any case, arriving here really did give Chu Ge a strange feeling of