He waved his hand, and Gong Dian, who was tightly gripped by the corpse puppet, was moved from the Martial Arts Stage to below the stage.
“The final battle of the Feng Fan Battle has concluded.”
Ancestor Zeng seemed unaware that he had intervened, and the other seven Peak Masters also voluntarily feigned temporary blindness.
When Gong Dian fell off the stage, he naturally lost, and Qian Duoduo naturally won.
Qian Duoduo silently put away the corpse puppet and flew back to the stone platform.
What Ancestor Zeng did was simply what Copper Extreme Old Ancestor felt too embarrassed to do.
The other Peak Masters remained silent, tacitly allowing Ancestor Zeng to do a favor.
If any of them had been in charge of the Feng Fan Battle, they would have done the same.
“The results of the Top Ten Competition are announced. Nose Peak’s Qian Duoduo, with four wins and no losses, takes first place. Left Eyebrow Peak’s Gong Dian, with two wins and two losses, takes second; Right Eyebrow Peak’s Shi Chongyang, with two wins and two losses, takes third; Nose Peak’s Guan Tusheng, with one win and three losses, takes fourth; Left Eye Peak’s Sima Qiankun, with one win and three losses, takes fifth…”
Each time Ancestor Zeng made an announcement, a wave of cheers erupted from below the stage.
After the cheers below the stage subsided, the news spread to the respective peaks. Then, waves of cheers came from those peaks.
“Nose Peak’s Ming Huanhuan, eighth place… Left Ear Peak’s Pang Yunhan, tenth place.”
When Ancestor Zeng finished his announcement, a thunderous roar of cheers and loud bell sounds erupted from the top of Nose Peak.
Three Protectors from Nose Peak made it into the top ten, securing the first, fourth, and eighth positions, earning Nose Peak twenty Intermediate Deacon spots.
This meant that all Nose Peak Disciples would receive five to ten times more abundant resources than before!
Nose Peak’s Disciples would have the opportunity to gain strength no less than that of the Left Eyebrow Peak and Right Eyebrow Peak Disciples.
On the high platform, Zhao Family Old Ancestor shed his aloofness and repeatedly bowed to the seven Peak Masters, seemingly uttering words of humility.
Zeng Zifang then stepped to the front of the high platform, swept her long hair with her left hand, and smiled at Qian Duoduo—who knew what mischievous idea she had come up with now.
As the cheers subsided, Ancestor Zeng slowly announced:
“Qian Duoduo, Gong Dian, and Shi Chongyang are awarded five million gold coins, three Low-Grade Dan artifacts, and are appointed Elders of Ba Ling Sect. In seven days, they will enter Zongshi Ridge to comprehend the Refining Saint Wall.”
Finally, the opportunity to comprehend the Refining Saint Wall!
Qian Duoduo suppressed the excitement in his heart, accepted the Storage Pouch bought by Ancestor Zeng, and bowed alongside Shi Chongyang to the high platform.
On the high platform, gazes like swords and halberds were directed at Qian Duoduo.
At this moment, the eight Peak Masters and dozens of Elders were surely very curious about him, this Little Peddler from the Upper Road.
However, Qian Duoduo was just Qian Duoduo.
They couldn’t find any flaws.
Upon returning to Nose Peak, Qian Duoduo, Guan Tusheng, and Ming Huanhuan became the heroes of their peak’s Disciples.
Along the way, greetings of “Elder Qian, Protector Guan, Protector Ming” were constant.
In the open space of Qian Manor, thousands of Disciples voluntarily gathered, holding high rattles. One side of the drumhead read “Qian,” and the other side read “Duoduo.”
Qian Duoduo wasn’t very fond of such boisterous scenes, so he had Guan Tusheng and Ming Huanhuan lead Pang Yunhan, Fei Ming, and others to buy a lot of Spiritual Wine, Spiritual Tea, and Spiritual Food to entertain these Disciples, while he himself hid in his courtyard, activated the shielding Formation, and refined the lightning Qi within his body.
Strangely, these Nose Peak Disciples made noise with gongs and drums all night long, yet Zhao Yanran on the cliff showed no reaction, as if she had entered a meditative state in seclusion.
Early the next morning, Qian Duoduo’s body’s Spiritual Veins trembled slightly, and his cultivation rose to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
This promotion was related to attracting a lot of lightning Qi.
The lightning Qi not only widened his internal Spiritual Veins considerably but also transformed a vast amount of Spiritual Qi.
Qian Duoduo was reminiscing about the Feng Fan Battle when he suddenly heard Zeng Zifang’s lazy voice from outside his courtyard:
“You’ve played enough, everyone go back.”