diskusbooks Chapter 588, 3rd Ranking, 1st
Chapter 588, 3rd Ranking, 1st
"The appeal was unsuccessful, why!"
Qiongmo was in a bad mood. The results of the third round of the medical skills competition were about to be released. She was clearly better at medicine, so why was Jiang He ranked alongside her?
Qiongmo wanted to say something more, but suddenly a voice rang out, growing louder and louder until she could hear it clearly.
"The list of Poison Cultivators is out! The top spot belongs to Redwood!"
The cultivator who spoke had a loud voice. In previous years, the Poison Cultivation Arena did not attract many spectators to watch the competition. Under normal circumstances, not even half of the seats were filled.
This year is different; not only were all seats filled, but several hundred more standing tickets were also sold.
Poison cultivation is an unpopular profession. Apart from the four major universities, many other universities do not even offer this major. Not many cultivators participate in the Poison Cultivator Heroes Ranking, and less than half of the cultivators who come to watch are poison cultivators. The rest of the audience are mostly sword cultivators, magic cultivators, and netizens who watched the Heroes Ranking competition online and were attracted by the sect competition and wanted to come to watch in person.
Tickets for popular shows were snapped up by audiences and scalpers within a second of each release, so these netizens bought tickets for the Poison Cultivator Heroes Ranking. When they entered, they thought this year's Poison Cultivator Heroes Ranking would be as boring as ever, with a lack of enthusiasm from the audience.
But after they took their seats, the audience was packed with people, and every single one of them was excitedly discussing the top poison cultivator. The poison cultivator, who had never seen such a spectacle before, was completely bewildered.
This kind of treatment has never been seen before.
The poison cultivators who were competing did not expect the level of excitement off the field, and the poison cultivators in the audience who were paying close attention to the competition did not expect that so many people would be analyzing the competition this year.
The scene was lively, and it could be said that almost half of the cultivators came for Jiang He. After watching the competition in the Dharma Cultivation Arena, they became interested in the competition that Jiang He was participating in.
The Poison Cultivator Ranking is not the Magic Cultivator Ranking; the two are completely unrelated. Jiang He's participation in so many rankings at the same time has led many cultivators to doubt her strength early on.
Jiang He's initial ranking on the Poison Cultivation Arena's Hero Ranking was not high. Among the cultivators watching the competition, the poison cultivators were not optimistic about Jiang He, while the sword cultivators and magic cultivators felt that Jiang He was hiding his true strength.
While netizens' attention was focused on Danxiu, the audience in the Poison Cultivation Arena had already been arguing several times because of Jiang He.
The fight only stopped after the list of heroes from the Poison Repair Grounds was finalized.
"Wow, that was fast! I didn't even understand the last match. It was over in no time. Are you kidding me?"
"Alright, what did I tell you? Hongmu was bound to win, but you bunch of poison cultivators just wouldn't believe me. You kept clinging to those guys, saying you'd never heard of him. Now that he's won first place, he'll be famous."
"That's impossible! The Poison Fairy is so powerful, she couldn't possibly lose."
"Who do you think is number one on the Poison Cultivator Heroes List?"
"Hongmu, she is a true model worker, and a meaningful one at that. She has won three top honors so far."
"Redwood? Shouldn't it be Poison Fairy?"
"We lost. The last match was between Redwood and Poison Fairy, and Poison Fairy lost very quickly."
"Awesome! This is the first time I've felt this excited watching the sect competition. I was wondering why you guys were so excited when you bet on the right people in previous years. But after I became a fan of Hongmu, this top spot is really awesome. Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result is good. I've made up my mind to watch every competition that Hongmu is involved in. I want to see Hongmu become invincible."
"Hey, Redwood Fan, don't exaggerate. It's just a Poison Cultivator Ranking, not some Sword Cultivator Ranking or Magic Cultivator Ranking. What's there to brag about? Everyone knows that the Sword Cultivator Heroes Ranking is far more prestigious than the Poison Cultivator Heroes Ranking."
"That's right, even the top-ranked Poison Cultivator on the Heroic List has the highest cultivation level, but it's hard to tell if it's higher than the Sword Cultivator Heroic List."
"Stop spouting nonsense about being invincible. You young cultivators should focus more on what's in front of you."
"Wait a minute, I remember this is an offline event, so why are there things like online trolls?"
"666, if I hadn't watched the sect competition, I would have believed it."
"It's kind of funny, the people in front of us are watching the competition for the first time, right? Let me guess which of these people has watched this year's Sword Cultivator Ranking competition."
"No need to guess anymore, I'm absolutely certain. In previous years, I would have been fooled, but now I can confirm and be absolutely certain that this person is just talking nonsense and has never even watched the sect competition!"
"As everyone knows, the top of the sword cultivator rankings are Hongmu and Long Aotian, while the top of the magic cultivator rankings is Hongmu."
"Who hired these trolls? They have absolutely no professionalism. It's one thing to not watch the Sword Cultivator Heroes Ranking and the Mage Cultivator Heroes Ranking competitions, but at least go and find out who's at the top of the list, bro. Seriously, if you're paid, you have to do a good job. Your 'job-doing' skills aren't even half as good as mine. If we're going to make money, let's all work together. Why don't you tell me what you want and I'll take care of it. We'll split the profits 50/50."
"Hey, hey, count me in."
"Who can give me a job as a water army member? I'd like to join too."
The cultivators who had spoken rudely earlier were surrounded by the crowd, and they looked embarrassed.
These people were hired by Qiongmo to spread bad things about Jiang He, in order to belittle Jiang He and then use their words to elevate themselves.
They were used to praising the powerful and belittling the weak, so they relentlessly touted how strong the number one on the sword cultivator list was, and then made a comparison. Usually, this would be half the battle won. But who would have thought that the number one on both the sword cultivator list and the magic cultivator list was Jiang He? Qiongmo didn't even tell them that this amount of money wasn't enough to do any market research.
Now that things have turned out this way, they looked at each other with bitterness in their eyes, knowing they wouldn't get a single penny of the final payment.
Shangguan Linghu clapped his hands and squeezed out of the crowd.
She only said a couple of provocative things, but didn't do anything else.
These people deserved to be surrounded. In her opinion, those who intended to spread rumors and those who had already spread rumors should all be arrested and imprisoned in the Imperial Jail to prevent them from harming others when they come out.
It was quite sudden that Jiang He won first place on the Poison Cultivator Heroes Ranking.
The Poison Cultivator Ranking wasn't very popular; it didn't even trend on social media when it was first released, let alone in live streams where it was far less popular than the Alchemist Cultivator Ranking.
The cultivators in the Poison Cultivator Heroes Ranking live stream are mostly fans of the Poison Cultivator sect.
The appearance of the number one on the leaderboard was very sudden. Many netizens missed the last match and didn't even know how the number one spot was created until they saw Jiang He's name and the incredibly domineering username that followed.
[Huh? Are you sure? What kind of username is this cultivator who topped the Poison Cultivator Ranking? "The Strongest in the Cultivation World"? What an awesome name!]
I am a Monopoly: Don't you guys think this name sounds incredibly powerful and domineering?
To be honest, the person upstairs is probably using a secondary account called "Redwood".
@IamMillionaire, hahaha, your name does sound like you're rich.
No, no, no, that's not how you interpret online names. Generally speaking, the less someone has in real life, the more they show off online. Someone with a username like "I am a millionaire" is definitely a poor loser in real life.
Kill all those despicable spiritual practitioners! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I am a millionaire: ...
What about the "strongest cultivator in the cultivation world"?
It's just that I made it onto the Poison Cultivation Ranking; it's only the beginning, I still need to work harder.
You're mistaken. The top-ranked cultivators on the Sword Cultivator Ranking, the Magic Cultivator Ranking, and the Poison Cultivator Ranking are all Hongmu.
WTF?!
:ah?
Wait, who did you say? Three lists?
: ...?