Chapter 390: The Group Placement Matches Begin, A Challenge

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Early the next morning, the top five hundred and twelve cultivators on the points ranking arrived at the square before the Imperial Palace.

Today the rankings would be announced and the group placement matches held.

Everyone knew the preliminary points ranking well; barring any unexpected events, there would be no changes.

Unless Qin Xiao’s point-selling behavior was ruled as cheating, things would remain as they were.

But Qin Xiao had sold points to descendants of major factions and imperial grandchildren. Calling that cheating would implicate the top hundred, perhaps even the top three hundred, in the preliminary round. Everyone knew the matter would probably end there.

The real business today was the group placement matches.

As a fighting competition, it was overseen by the Ministry of War. Minister of War Du Yushan did not attend the group placement matches; Vice Minister Ji Bochang came instead. He was Chancellor Ji Yun’s eldest son and the father of Ji Zhengyang, who ranked first in combat power.

Sure enough, the preliminary rankings were unchanged when they were released. Qin Xiao’s point sales had been accepted as legitimate.

No one had expected much else; too many people were involved.

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