How to hold a small or a large competition in the cultivation world?
In the past life, Wang Yulong only knows that the main characters will arrive at wherever they are and accidentally catch up with the "three-year small competition" just beginning, and the "hundred-year great competition" is approaching.
However, after arriving in the cultivation world, Yulou finds out that there aren't actually that many competitions. The essence of a competition is a selection process, involving the core field of human affairs and power.
In a popular sense, the right to select is an important means for those in power to shape their interest groups. If there are open and fair large and small competitions everywhere, how can the authority of those in power be carried out?
It's important to know that when cultivators can gain opportunities through the victory of competitions, those who have won will find it hard to bow down their heads again. This damages the interests of those who are already on board.
Compared to so-called winners who are unknown in terms of their political stance, loyalty, and obedience, the great cultivators often prefer to seek candidates for promotion from their own vassals and the legitimate descendants of their families.
Jiang Bao변 was the legitimate son of Jiang family and thus became the true disciple of the Red Lantern Sect.
Mu Chunze was the husband by marriage of the Zhou family, so he took up apprenticeship under the Purple Palace Sect.
Wang Xianmao seems to have no master, but due to the protection of his faction, the Wang family has just reaped a windfall.
Great cultivators have profound cultivation, which not only extends to their physical strength but also reflects their exceptional 'fighting method' level in handling various competitions and small competitions.
Taking Red Lantern Sect as an example, as one of the Ten Sects of Wuning, Red Lantern Sect only held a competition open to low-level practitioners, which is the selection for becoming a walker in the Daoist Alliance—even this was led by the Daoist Alliance rather than Red Lantern Sect.
From this point of view, the existence of the Daoist Alliance to some extent plays a role in mitigating the resentment of lower-level cultivators, although it's not very significant.
However, all of this is none of Wang Rong Sheng's business. As a representative of the Wang family who is not particularly outstanding in talent, he has always been very concerned about family matters.
At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged on a red lantern, flying rapidly in the sky, making his way on the courier route.
Under the support of Wang Xianmao, the judging team of the Qingxi Water Town Formation Scripture Master Competition has undergone a round of updates. The appearance of three foundation cultivators has made this competition with a special nature.
Therefore, Wang Yulong and Wang Xianmao engaged in urgent consultation to raise the reputation and formula-making level of the participants, inviting dozens of foundation deity races, small sects, and dozens of practicing qi deity races to participate in this grand event through competition rewards and fame-making cake.
The task of delivering the messages fell to Wang Rongsheng, and the clan leader even directly gave him a flying lantern unique to the inner disciples of Red Lantern Sect, thus ensuring his safety during the message delivery process.
For such a task, Wang Rongsheng naturally wouldn't decline.
Wang family has birthed, raised, and given him the opportunity and help to cultivate. With his talent limitations, the only way for Wang Rongsheng to get the chance of promotion is by completing the tasks given by his family.
As a grassroots force under the Red Lantern Sect, although it does not have any special competitions aimed at selection, its profit distribution model is relatively high-level.
After all, as a small force like Wang's family, it has the advantage of a small ship being easy to maneuver. As long as the clan leader doesn't make any mistakes, normal development is relatively easy to ensure.
Iron Qinhe is a prime example of an outsider becoming a foundation deity. For cultivators outside the clan, one of the biggest attractions of Wang's family is the fairness in water-end.
Seeing the red tree sect's territory, Wang Rongsheng frowned slightly at the shabby defensive array protecting it.
In the years before, when he came here, the red tree sect's protective array was still a top-tier basic array, capable of blocking ordinary foundation cultivators for at least a few cups of tea.
Now, if he were to come again, the red tree sect's array has been reduced to an entry-level basic array. Even a powerful cultivation high-leveled cultivator of practice stage could break it.
"May I ask if the elders of Red Tree Sect are here? North Kingdom Wang family, Wang Rongsheng has come to pay respects."
Wang Rongsheng shook his head and called out loudly, animating his spiritual power.
Soon, two cultivators of Red Tree Sect appeared and flew out to face him.
Among them was also a familiar face to Wang Rongsheng, Cui Baihao who had just entered the tenth level of practice stage.
The other one was at the eighth level of practice stage, whose name was unknown.
Greeting Cui Baihao with a bow, Wang Rongsheng opened his mouth and spoke.
"Kui Dao friend, we Bao Bao Pavilion have prepared a grand event, the Qingxi Water Town Formation Scripture Master Competition, and we'd like to invite all the scripture master craftsmen within a thousand li of Qingxi Water Town to attend this grand event."
The competition has three foundation cultivators as judges, namely the late Laozu Xiaomao, the senior Springze, and others. The top twenty winners will receive rewards, with the first-place prize including a low-grade spirit tool-grade scripture-making brush and the methods to create three high-level scripture scrolls.
"Your Red Tree Sect has always had excellent scripture master, and it's a pity that Cui Dao friend will be absent at this competition."
Preparation by Bao Bao Pavilion, borrowing the name of Qingxi Water Town, participation of garrisoning cultivators, and spirit tool scripture-making brush as award.
This scrip master competition is nothing but a trivial affair, but its value is clearly overflowing.
As a former Red Tree Sect Elder and the current head of the sect, as well as a long-term user of Bao Bao Pavilion, Cui Baihao had no hesitation and eagerly agreed.
"I have heard about this for quite some time, but I didn't expect Wang Rongsheng to come here specifically and invite our Red Tree Sect. It's a great honor, a great honor."
"Ah, too polite, Cui Dao friend. This time, Red Tree Sect is being invited as a foundation sect."
"We also invited other Purple Palace factions such as Miao Feng Mountain and Chawang Gu Family. It will be a lively scene when the time comes, you can bring more disciples to gain some experience."
Hearing Wang Rongsheng's words, Cui Baihao was even happier, pulling and chattering with Wang Rongsheng until he left.
As the red lantern receded into the distance, Du Zhongnian, an elder of Red Tree Sect standing beside Cui Baihao, asked.
"Our Red Tree Sect has not produced a foundation cultivator for many years. Wang's family could still respect us so much, it seems that Wang's family is definitely worth deepening our friendship with."
The reputation of the Wang family in the outside world, as a whole, is characterized by a clear distinction between enmities and grudges, yet also relatively upright. That's why this elder had such an idea.
"That's not quite right. Qingxi Water Town seems to have never held such an event. Wang's family extending the courtesies of a foundation sect to Red Tree Sect is important, but the key is in what follows—it's about bringing more disciples to gain some experience."
"If we bring too many disciples from our small clans and families, the event will be more lively, and we can ensure that it won't be a case of starting well but fading out!"
Du Zhongnian didn't expect such an explanation and thought for a while before sighing.
"Master, I really have a lot to learn from you."
"But, since the purpose of Wang's family extending the courtesies of a foundation sect to Red Tree Sect is not simple, should we still send disciples to Qingxi Water Town?"
Cui Baihao returned with the elder, sighing.
"Our Red Tree Sect can barely afford to maintain the protective array, and we're so poor that we can only open an entry-level basic array as a show when there are cultivators guarding the sect, just to scrape up some spiritual stones."
"Since Wang's family is lifting up our Red Tree Sect, we will bring our disciples to see how they operate, and we won't consider their motives. "
"After all, taking our disciples to gain some experience is a good thing."
Cui Baihao actually faces a lot of pressure, living with a group of cultivators in the world of cultivation.
Being willingly honored and elevated by Wang's family and the Red Tree Sect satisfies Cui Baihao's potential emotional needs.
He felt a long-awaited respect.
Therefore, even though he knew that Wang's family's elevation was not solely benevolent, that there was an element of using the Red Tree Sect.
But he chose to accept it calmly.
Being of use is not necessarily a bad thing.
Brothers, first go to the third watch. There will be another third watch in the afternoon!
