Chapter 4873 — The Contest for the Tribulation Points
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Since the important figures all showed no interest, the other Morning Star disciples were not about to play the fool. They at once scrambled to claim the points, though with Wei Zhao and the others watching, they dared not come to blows; they could only keep it to a contest of who reached a tribulation point first—whoever got there first would have it.
Wei Zhao continued leading the group forward. He paid a little attention and noticed that Qin Chan and the two male disciples had also failed to secure tribulation points and could only keep following along.
Wei Zhao had assumed tribulation points were distributed at random—that the odds were the same whether one took the main road or a side path, the only difference being that the side path carried a greater chance of unexpected danger. The four tribulation points they had found all at once just now seemed proof enough. Yet half an hour later he realized he had been wrong, for beyond those, they had not encountered a single one.
The group could not help growing restless. Judging by the situation, the vast majority of tribulation points must be distributed around the main road. No wonder so few disciples from other academies had followed them—they must have gathered intelligence in advance.
"In that case, let's circle back and take a look. We have a full three months, so no one need get worked up." Wei Zhao smiled faintly, then led the group back to the main road they had left. Anyone else would not have dared to cut across the terrain so freely unless retracing their original route, but for him this was plainly no difficulty at all.
Back on the main road, the chances of discovering tribulation points along the way were indeed much greater—only, just as before, these points had long since been seized by others, and the group never got their turn.
Fortunately they had been mentally prepared for this and were not too discouraged. Otherwise, watching tribulation points being taken one after another along the way would have been like desperately needing the toilet yet failing to secure a stall—a frustration that would surely give them a case of the nerves.
"Hold on." Wei Zhao suddenly stopped in his tracks.
"What is it?" Wang Xinyan asked quickly. The others all tensed, thinking some danger had appeared, each of them poised as if facing a great enemy.
"No need to panic. There's a show to watch up ahead." Wei Zhao raised an eyebrow.
A show? Everyone looked puzzled, and only then did they notice that far ahead there were indeed dense clusters of figures, with bursts of clamor rising from time to time. It looked as though quite a crowd had gathered.
Wei Zhao led them over, but to avoid any mishap he did not draw too close, stopping several dozen zhang away so as not to get dragged into trouble.
Ahead, a cacophony of quarreling filled the air. Though blows had not yet been exchanged, the tension was thick with the smell of gunpowder; if things kept developing, a brawl would surely be unavoidable.
Besides Wei Zhao's group, there were other onlookers gathered to watch the excitement, and from their whispered discussions the situation was quickly made clear.
It turned out that disciples from two academies were fighting over territory, and the root cause of this great conflict was an entire large expanse of tribulation points—a rough estimate put the number at no fewer than fifty, enough to accommodate every disciple of an entire academy.
This discovery set everyone's eyes burning with envy. If they could seize this expanse of tribulation points, there would be no trouble at all from then on. If they kept searching further on like this, who the hell knew whether they would ever find so many tribulation points again!