Chapter 493: Hall of the Divine Weapon_1

However, even though the number of quotas for the Pagoda Climbing Ceremony had increased, it merely complicated matters for many disciples with lower cultivation levels.

Because competing meant demonstrating one's strength, naturally those with higher cultivation levels had an advantage.

Previously, one only needed to pass certain assessments, which could potentially be achieved with luck, but now with the quotas obtainable only through competition, strength had become much more important.

Many sighed and lamented this change, such as Zhao Zhi.

Although Zhao Zhi had been diligently practicing the Martial Arts Secret Books given to him by Ling Xiao and had broken through to the peak of Transcendent Realm Second Layer,

his cultivation level was still not considered high.

It would be extremely difficult for him to make it into the top fifty.