Indeed, people are inherently blind. Though I had never met these disciples before and had no prior conflict with them, they parroted one another. As the saying goes, three men make a tiger, and repeated slander can melt gold. Every single one of them figured I was just the Jade Essence Sect's useless wastrel, didn't they? They all mocked me and trod me down, didn't they? A pack of utter fools!
At that moment, the calm voice of Daoist Daoxuan drifted over once more.
"We shall now proceed with the drawing of lots for the Seven Meridians Martial Gathering. There were originally sixty-four numbered tallies, but one disciple has forfeited, leaving sixty-three tallies, numbered sequentially from one to sixty-three. The disciple who draws tally number one will be fortunate, for their opponent is designated as tally number sixty-four. Since tally number sixty-four has forfeited, that person advances directly to the next round."
Chapter 18