Chapter 211 - 207: Celestial Pride List and Frost Ice Finger
Gu Zhan slightly raised his brows,
He had been in Linjiang Prefecture before, which was considered a backwater in Yunzhou. He didn’t know much about external information, but he often heard martial world people discussing the Celestial Pride List.
The Celestial Pride List is a list compiled by some martial world wind media organizations in Yunzhou, targeting martial arts cultivators.
Martial world wind media is a rather unique organization,
These organizations are different from ordinary martial world influences. Ordinary martial world influences earn money through various businesses, seizing territories and resources, and competing with each other.
However, martial world wind media is different; they carve out a unique path, not participating in martial world struggles, only dealing in the business of information, and it is public information, doing business in dissemination.
It’s somewhat like the newspapers of later generations,
There is also competition among themselves, but it’s not as bloody as ordinary martial world influences. Their competition is to see who moves faster, who can get information first. Various martial world wind media influences send personnel everywhere to collect information, competing in time and speed.
And some famous martial world wind media often hire renowned martial world figures at a high price for commentary, to make it more convincing. Many retired famous figures in the martial world go to these martial world wind media influences as honored guest elders for retirement.
Their process,
is just like those media in Gu Zhan’s previous life, with reporters waiting around celebrities to get firsthand information.
And with the martial world being so vast, there are many people interested in various martial world matters, hence, when this information is compiled and published as text, sales are quite good.
These martial world wind media often disseminate stories about renowned martial world experts, such as noteworthy events, or some master appearing to enroot the strong and support the weak, or a pair of chivalrous lovers marrying, various martial world anecdotes.
Not only martial world people, even common folk enjoy discussing matters about those big figures during their tea and meal times.
However, if we talk about the martial world anecdotes with the widest reach, none surpass the high-value lists that are changed periodically, among which the Celestial Pride List is one.
These martial world wind media, for the sake of sensational effect, often create various lists, such as the Talents List, Weapons Guide, Cultivation Technique List, Spirit Medicine List, etc.,
But these aren’t high in value; most people just enjoy them casually and wouldn’t take them seriously. The truly valuable ones are the three lists jointly launched by the three top wind media forces in Yunzhou.
The most talked about is the Rouge List, featuring twelve top beauties of Yunzhou.
However, there are restrictions to get on this list: first, unmarried; second, girls who have reached fifteen and undergone the coming-of-age ceremony.
Bai Jiu’Er from outside Canglan City is hailed as the number one beauty in Canglan Dao, ranked fourth on this list.
Every change in this list invites countless discussions among martial world people, with some even lamenting.
The list that the major wind media dare not comment on is the Grandmaster List, which includes ten grandmasters with publicly terrifying records in Yunzhou, with the requirement that they have appeared before the public within three years, and then replacing them based on other grandmasters’ records.
This list is the highest in value; there are no others,
because the people involved in this list are too powerful, even the three top wind media dare not judge lightly. Any change involves inviting the notable wind media from all over Yunzhou to discuss and determine.
And every time the list is published, it’s emphasized as only commentary, not ranking anyone. If there are any offenses, please notify, and apologies are made promptly. Also, before publishing the list, the listed individuals are notified, and if they are unwilling, it will be redrafted.
There’s no choice; these people can’t be provoked. Once, a stubborn martial world wind media ranked two rival grandmasters without permission; the one ranked lower demanded changes, but the media stubbornly refused, claiming fairness and justice, and was wiped out!
Currently, the Nu River Dragon King of Canglan Dao is ranked fifth on the Grandmaster List.
The third list is the Celestial Pride List,
This list is not as valuable as the Grandmaster List, but it’s still high in value, listing eighteen celestial prides in Yunzhou based on their individual battle records.
The requirements for this list are twofold: first, not exceeding thirty years of age; second, the records are individual battles.
The popularity of this list is the highest among the three lists; after all, first, it’s the audience, and young people are the most involved in such activities in the martial world. Second, the list’s replacement speed is the fastest, unlike the Grandmaster List, which may not change for ten to eight years.
Third, it includes many beauties from the Rouge List, welcomed by both men and women, whereas the Rouge List only has women, and the audience is somewhat limited, with more attention from men.
Fourth, various martial world influences deliberately promote this list; all sects and factions hope to launch a representative, not only greatly enhancing personal fame but also bringing immeasurable benefits to the behind-the-scenes influence, somewhat like the celebrity effect of later generations.
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Gu Zhan received the list handed over by Gu Fengwei,
First place is Yundong Celestial Sword Alliance Leader Qi Baiyu. His records are truly impressive; he is a Fifth Realm Great Cultivator with numerous ordinary records, the most impressive being having killed two grandmasters.
Last year, he even single-handedly challenged the Nu River Dragon King, ranking fifth on the Grandmaster List, atop the Nu River. Though he was defeated in ten moves, considering the opponent, he received high praise from the Nu River Dragon King, claiming he would become a top grandmaster within three years.