CHAPTER 404: ALTHOUGH WE LOST, WE WILL NOT ACCEPT IT!

The frenzy of various factions jumping out to challenge the Cloud Soar Sect stirred up a storm across the world.

However, the evaluation team continued with their assessments.

After the first evaluation of high-level combat power concluded, naturally, the second evaluation of disciple inheritance began.

In the disciple inheritance evaluation, Old Man Wuyang emphasized fairness, justice, and transparency!

What? This is the peerless genius your Cloud Soar Sect discovered last year...

Hmm... very good... but Old Man Wuyang's assessment is that he's not as good as Ma Liang!

Ling Su: "..."

What? This is the peerless genius your Cloud Soar Sect just discovered this year...

Hmm... very impressive... but Old Man Wuyang's assessment is... not as good as Mu Bai!

What? This is a refining genius? Old Man Wuyang's assessment is, not as good as Ouyang Ming...

This is the treasure appraisal genius who joined your Cloud Soar Sect after the Huang family disbanded?

Old Man Wuyang's assessment is, compared to Feng Yuzheng, even a dog would shake its head.

Ling Su was on the verge of tears listening to Old Man Wuyang's evaluations...

Well... Old Man Wuyang, aren't you being a bit too harsh on our Cloud Soar Sect?

We're only the third in the world, and you keep comparing us to the number one sect. We know we can't compare...

Isn't this a bit too much?

After hearing Ling Su's words, Old Man Wuyang immediately proved that he couldn't possibly be targeting anyone, as he is the impartial and unrivaled Old Man Wuyang.

So when he saw Ji Moran, Old Man Wuyang immediately assessed... not as good as Zheng Yu...

Ling Su: "..."

Regarding Ling Su's silence, Old Man Wuyang had something to say.

You say I'm targeting your Cloud Soar Sect, right... You can't compare to the Grand Sky Sect, but isn't it reasonable for you to compare with the second?

To Old Man Wuyang's words, all parties expressed that it was very reasonable.

Being the third in the world, if you don't think about comparing yourself to the second every day, isn't that just lacking ambition?

After hearing this, Old Man Wuyang wrote furiously, adding another note of lack of ambition to the Cloud Soar Sect...

Fortunately, in the final resource evaluation, Old Man Wuyang was extremely fair and just. His assessment of the Cloud Soar Sect's resources was... not as good as the Grand Sky Sect and Martial Emperor City...

What? You say Old Man Wuyang is targeting the Cloud Soar Sect...

Come on, let's go through it one by one.

Tell me which point above is wrong.

The number one sect in the world is already invincible...

The number two sect is also gradually getting stronger...

Only the third sect in the world is actually declining... In this situation, if you're not criticized, who will be?

Moreover, Old Man Wuyang's evaluation method is flawless.

As one of the top three sects in the world, what do you do?

Compare your disciples with the tenth?

Why doesn't your Cloud Soar Sect compare with those outside the top ten?

Have some dignity, will you?

You could say you're not as good as those above, but better than those below, and if that were true, no one could shake your Cloud Soar Sect.

But the problem now is, your Cloud Soar Sect is severely lacking compared to those above, and there's no surplus compared to those below... Look at the fourth-ranked Star Moon Sect, the fifth-ranked North Mystic City, and the sixth-ranked East Moon Pavilion, all of whom are so excited they're about to explode. ℟ÂΝŐ₿ÊS

Their eyes are red with the desire to challenge you.

Not to mention the seventh-ranked Listening Snow Pavilion, the eighth-ranked Kunlin Sect, and the ninth-ranked Heavenly Sword Alliance, even the tenth-ranked Yuxu Palace wants to compete with you...

It's said that Yuxu Palace is also lucky. Previously, due to the Crimson Blood Alliance's rise in power, Yuxu Palace fell out of the top ten, but the Crimson Blood Alliance absorbed too many forces, leading to its own split, and its power greatly diminished, falling out of the top ten, allowing Yuxu Palace to become the bottom of the top ten again.

But how did your Cloud Soar Sect end up like this?

The evaluation finally ended, but when the evaluation team left the Cloud Soar Sect for the next destination, all the information about the Cloud Soar Sect was made public.

Once this news was released... everyone knew that the Cloud Soar Sect's position as the third in the world was in jeopardy.

Not only is the third place in the world shaky, but even the fourth, fifth, and sixth positions are unstable...

Of course, Wang Daoquan's challenge wasn't taken seriously... Wang Daoquan, do you not know your own status?

If it weren't for the Crimson Blood Alliance's internal split, you would have fallen out of the top ten!

However, the decline of the Cloud Soar Sect still triggered a series of chain reactions.

First was this year's disciple recruitment.

Due to being too aloof, the Cloud Soar Sect already didn't attract many people, and they had to pull strings and use connections to finally find a few promising talents.

But now, seeing this... no wonder no one goes to the Cloud Soar Sect, it turns out it's a pit.

If we join the Cloud Soar Sect, are we securing our future?

We're just finding a place to fall, aren't we...

So the few promising talents immediately went to test at other sects...

What? You say you can't catch up with the tests of other major sects?

Then wait until next year... although wasting a year is better than wasting a lifetime in the Cloud Soar Sect.

Not only was disciple recruitment affected, but all industries of the Cloud Soar Sect were also in decline.

Previously, the issue of demonic beast spirit meat had already caused complaints among the stewards of the Cloud Soar Sect.

After all, demonic beast spirit meat is a hope for stewards across the world.

All sects in the world sought demonic beast spirit meat from the Grand Sky Sect, and even the tenth-ranked Wang Daoquan got a small portion.

Though the share wasn't much, Wang Daoquan publicly stated, rest assured, stewards of Yuxu Palace, the Grand Sky Sect has agreed that once production increases, we can get more shares.

So as long as everyone lines up, there's hope.

This news brought great joy to Yuxu Palace.

But what about the Cloud Soar Sect?

Sold out!

The Great Elder's simple statement of "sold out" left the Cloud Soar Sect dumbfounded.

When the stewards of the Cloud Soar Sect heard this news, they were in an uproar.

Is it really sold out?

This is obviously the Grand Sky Sect doing it on purpose, isn't it?

But even if the Grand Sky Sect admitted on the spot that they did it on purpose, what could the Cloud Soar Sect do?

Others might be easier to deal with, but Elder Tian of the Cloud Soar Sect was scolded like a sea dog...

Why did the Cloud Soar Sect fall to this point?

To put it bluntly, isn't it because Elder Tian has a good daughter, and you just had to provoke Ma Liang.

Is Ma Liang someone you can provoke? Everyone knows Ma Liang is Chu Xinghe's right-hand man, are you crazy to provoke Ma Liang?

Some even privately suggested that maybe we should sacrifice Elder Tian to appease the Grand Sky Sect's anger.

Otherwise, our Cloud Soar Sect will only continue to decline.

Elder Tian used to not dare to leave the sect, and now he doesn't even dare to leave his room.

For some reason, Elder Tian felt that the other elders looked at him with a hint of murderous intent...

Elder Tian was very worried that on a dark and windy night, a mysterious half-step Martial God from the Demonic Sect would suddenly appear and kill him on the spot...

In the Great Moon Nation... the Ma family has been living like they aren't human these days.

After the last Great Moon Nation battle, although the Cloud Soar Sect made things difficult for the Ma family because of Ma Liang, considering the Ma family's loyalty like a dog, they managed to get by.

But later, due to the demonic beast spirit meat issue, the Cloud Soar Sect's steward in the Great Moon Nation immediately contacted the Ma family, and the stewards' attitude was one of extreme humility...

The Ma family once thought the heavens had gone blind? Are we about to rise?

But after understanding the stewards' intentions, the Ma family was dumbfounded...

What? The stewards want us to say good things to Ma Liang, ask Ma Liang to help plead for some demonic beast spirit meat for the Cloud Soar Sect?

The Ma family shamelessly wrote to Ma Liang...

As expected, all the letters sent to the Grand Sky Sect were returned, with several core disciples of the Grand Sky Sect stating, our outer sect disciple Brother Ma Liang said, if anyone dares to accept letters from the Ma family again, we'll break the legs of these elite disciples of the inner sect!

So you Ma family better not contact us again, otherwise, we don't dare to offend Brother Ma Liang, but we sure as hell can break your legs, can't we?

When all the letters were returned to the Ma family, they were completely stunned, and the stewards of the Cloud Soar Sect also understood... Ma Liang has completely severed ties with the Ma family.

However, while the Ma family was heartless, Ma Liang still showed some humanity. Ma Liang publicly stated that although he is no longer part of the Ma family, since they share the same bloodline, if the Ma family ever ends up begging, Ma Liang will provide for them so they won't starve, after all, I'm not short of a few bucks, right? But that's it.

For a moment, the stewards were filled with hatred...

So they targeted the Ma family... The Ma family's survival is now in question.

But as the saying goes, you reap what you sow, and the Ma family now realizes they made a grave mistake.

A huge mistake, Ma Liang is no longer the little guy who left the Ma family... he has grown to a position of significant influence.

He can even decide the life or death of a family with a single word.

Back then, the Ma family feared the Cloud Soar Sect and chose the Cloud Soar Sect over Ma Liang, but today they realize, what they gave up wasn't just Ma Liang... they gave up the Grand Sky Sect, the number one sect in the world.

If they had chosen Ma Liang back then... what glory would the Ma family have today, and what a bright future?

But the Ma family didn't realize, on one side was their junior Ma Liang, and on the other was the Cloud Soar Sect... logically, even a disciple of the number one sect in the world isn't on the same level as the Cloud Soar Sect, right?

But Ma Liang had Chu Xinghe behind him...

Once, there was an opportunity right in front of the Ma family to hold onto Chu Xinghe's leg, but they didn't cherish it...

Unfortunately, heaven won't give the Ma family a second chance.

The evaluation continued, and the sect masters of the Star Moon Sect, North Mystic City, and East Moon Pavilion arrived as promised to challenge Xing Yushen.

Xing Yushen was eventually forced to take action... Even heavily injured, a Half-Step Martial God is still a Half-Step Martial God.

In the first battle, Xing Yushen defeated the Star Moon Sect Master, but he spat two ounces of blood in the process.

In the second battle, Xing Yushen spat blood again to defeat the North Mystic City Lord, and finally, he narrowly won against the East Moon Pavilion Master, despite worsening his injuries.

But just as the Cloud Soar Sect was celebrating their sect master's might in retaining their position, the three sects launched a second round of challenges!

What? You say the three sects are shameless?

The challenge didn't specify that a second round wasn't allowed, did it? We lost, but we're not convinced, can't we challenge again?

How are we shameless? We're just facing challenges head-on, if we were defeated by Gu Mingchao, we definitely wouldn't challenge a second round!

What? Have we had enough of living?