I Can See Your Combat Power

Chapter 779: Chapter Seventy-Three: Sect Disciples

Why are people tricked? Apart from the mischief of their own greed, it’s often their naive righteousness.

“How could he? How dare he? How could people be so wicked?” these are just comforting thoughts we feed ourselves.

In reality, they can, they dare, and people can indeed be that wicked. Deceiving others is simply too cost-effective.

If you trust the promises of your competitor, be prepared to be duped.

All talk and play, it’s only about fooling a few young masters. The hardest losses in the world to admit are being cuckolded and being deceived.

The former is hard to confess, and the latter is hard to voice, are dumb losses that can only be swallowed, will they tell others that they are made a fool of?

Xiang Loulan’s smartest trick is not putting all her eggs in one basket and only requiring a small portion of investment.

Being of noble lineage, who hasn’t heard a few stories about Yun Clan businessmen? With the big signboard of Chaochang Yun Clan, these naive young masters always have a natural trust in Xiang Loulan.

But the Yun Clan is the Yun Clan, and the Xiang Family is the Xiang Family. If they get them mixed up rashly, they’ll only end up harming themselves.

Tang Luo always likes to anticipate the worst possible outcome, he looked at this person who used Chaochang Yun Clan’s soft power, flew Chaochang Yun Clan’s banner, but called himself a Chaochang Xiang all along.

Without much thought, the outcome can be predicted. There are indeed many win-win cases in business, but most ranking matches are zero-sum games. If one person takes first place, it invariably means that the rest must compete for other slots.

Even if the goodness in their hearts is stretched to the fullest, once Xiang Loulan has gained a solid foundation in initial capital, he would be the biggest winner in the second stage. If he’s willing to return the principal along with interest, it means only that the amount has no bearing on his victory.

The three team members who were just moved by Xiang Loulan’s proposal all returned to reflection after listening to Tang Luo’s words, glaring at Xiang Loulan with gloomy faces.

“It seems that Young Master Tang has a big misunderstanding about me, actually…” Xiang Loulan tried to explain, but was interrupted by Tang Luo raising his hand.

“I’m not interested in your proposal, please leave.” Tang Luo spoke faintly to Xiang Loulan, his expression impassive.

“Well then… I’ll take my leave.” Knowing he wouldn’t profit from Tang Luo’s group, Xiang Loulan didn’t prolong the conversation. After bidding farewell, he went in the other direction towards what appeared to be the Chuanyuan Liu Clan.

It seemed his setback with Tang Luo hadn’t discouraged him. His indefatigable manner bore the demeanor of a seasoned salesman – in another life, he could’ve been at least a sales supervisor.

Turning back, Tang Luo smiled at his three teammates, who gazed at him with anger, “Stop glaring, he’s gone.”

“That’s not it, Captain, aren’t you upset? They’ve got over three thousand Jade coins now!” Li Xuanba said resentfully, “This Xiang Loulan, he’s way too cunning, why don’t we also go and ask for Jade coins like him?”

“I’m afraid we won’t get any.” Cui Haoran sighed and pointed to the scoreboard not far away. “Many are wary of us. Our captain alone has got a thousand Jade coins. Now, others probably think we have the most Jade coins.

Somewhat downcast, Cui Haoran couldn’t help but complain, “What’s the use of these Jade coins? Hundreds of them are being distributed this way. We’re participating in the Martial Dao Conference for the first time. No one’s made it clear what they are for?”

“What do you think Xiang Loulan used to get so much investment?” Tang Luo shared the intelligence he had gathered, laughing lightly. “Although the first stage of the Martial Dao Conference is a four-party platform, neither the second nor third stages are the same each time. Right now, not just us, but everyone else is in the dark. However, based on previous experiences, the second and third stages test a certain ability of the warrior. If we take the Jade coins as a resource or capital for a warrior, perhaps this stage is a test of resource allocation. Having too many might not be that great.”

Just as with a general leading an army, it’s not simply about having as many soldiers as possible. Sure, in theory, the more the better. But in practice, if a general doesn’t have enough control, having too many soldiers could become a burden, won’t enhance the army’s strength, but will cause confusion and disorder.

In the worst-case scenario, defections—and even mutinies—are common. So often, theory and reality don’t match perfectly.

The Grandmaster mentioned the final ranking would be determined by the number of Jade coins, and the attendants repeated it. In retrospect, it seems they intentionally encouraged everyone to acquire as many Jade coins as possible while not mentioning the content of the second round. Furthermore, it has not been clarified whether the person with the most Jade coins at the end will be ranked high, or the one with the least Jade coins will be ranked high.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

As the leader of the Longxi group, Tang Luo had to keep a cool and clear head, and offer his teammates advice from multiple angles. He naturally wouldn’t keep these potential scenarios to himself.

Looking at things from a new perspective seemed to enlighten the three teammates,. They no longer looked upset and started to ponder Martial Saint Mountain’s intentions and the possible challenges of the second round.

While they were deep in thought, another group of young warriors appeared in the bamboo grove. They were wearing the robes of their sects, walked through the grove and stood in front of the hut. They orderly accepted the Jade coins from the attendant’s hand.

They must be the disciples invited by Longzhou Martial Dao Conference. Unlike challengers who exchange a varying number of Jade coins for stamps, each disciple of the sect received the same amount: three hundred Jade coins.

Seventy disciples from various sects did not set up a separate scoreboard but directly filled the existing queue from the bottom. The original tenth place with two hundred and ninety Jade coins was pushed to the eightieth spot, and places ten to seventy-nine were all filled.

The appearance of the sect disciples caused an uproar in the bamboo grove. With everyone sitting and resting after receiving their Jade coins, it seemed that in the second phase they would be competing with the warriors of the noble families. This thought didn’t sit well with anyone.

“This is unfair!” one angry young master shouted at the attendant, “They haven’t fought on the four-sided platform, yet they get three hundred Jade coins right away. This is dismissive of our three-day battle!”

Initially, he was ranked tenth. But with the arrival of the sect disciples, he watched as his ranking plummeted to eightieth. The psychological upheaval was enough to make someone explode on the spot.

Looking at the irate young master from the Liu Clan, the young attendant calmly said: “If you are dissatisfied with your rank, Young Master Liu, you can challenge any of the sect disciples to a duel. If you win, you can exchange ranks and Jade coins. But I must remind you that if you lose, you’ll have to give half your Jade coins to the winner.”