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Yeah, but would those we have bested in the tournament under a different name count, even if we reveal ourselves later? Would the Maniac be satisfied with that? I'm not sure but something tells me he wouldn't:I've already explained my goals. If we defeat as many of the elite students as we can and reveal ourselves at the end, we won't have to do as much in tracking them back down later and we should have a better time of directly challenging the remainder. While this will result in some techniques almost certainly being leaked unless we're just that good, we have to bear in mind that this would probably happen later anyway as we challenge people at their sects and word starts to spread.
The competition is just a sideshow. The prelude to the real test I have for you. Xu Jing, I order you to go to each of the eight major orthodox sects, and challenge the best of their young disciples. I have heard stories of how this generation – your generation – has the potential to be the best pugilists ever seen. I expect my disciple to be the greatest amongst them. Do anything you have to win, to show that you are the strongest. Maim them if you have to. Kill them if you need to.
Yeah, but would those we have bested in the tournament under a different name count, even if we reveal ourselves later? Would the Maniac be satisfied with that? I'm not sure but something tells me he wouldn't:
Kipeci said:Wait, treave, would we be able to remove our mask, declare ourselves as Zhang's disciple and receive credit for trouncing the best students of some schools that we've beaten even if we register under something goofy right now?
treave said:Yes, especially if you beat them without using any techniques at all. LWC1996 had a previous post on this which was rather spot on. You do not get to usually challenge the best disciples without first proving yourself. They won't let any nameless kook come and fight their prized students, even if he is ranting about being the Southern Maniac's disciple. They'll just send out weaker ones until they get a good measure of your level (and your techniques).
The tournament, however, is a different matter - here they must fight.
Yes, this is very important, the end goal here is to satisfy Zhang. Props to Kipeci for asking that question, but it all depends on how many of these disciples we face in the tournament proper. I won't lie, I love the sound of the all-on-one challenge to all the top students of the Eight Sects, but if we beat the six out of eight schools right here, then it's just pointless. On the other hand, if it's only two or three of our marks, then it makes sense to save us the time and call out all of them. I don't believe that we'll have to turn a match like that into a bloodbath, but they will get injured (and that's okay, we're freaking martial artists, the best of our generation, not snowflakes); proper planning and preparation will let us win without killing/maiming anyone. We're a badass in forested areas, we're good at countering teams and we're a pretty crafty troll to boot, which allows us to use the "divide and conquer" strategy. Huashan Hundun will have to be used, but these guys are sturdier than some two-bit bandits we meet on the road. But again, the necessity depends on the situation.It's much more important if it crosses the quest out in Zhang's book. Make no mistake, he can still quite easily kill Jing should he want to.
I was under the impression the number of our marks is no less than 20. Schools have several disciples they consider their best. Taishan’s Seven Heroic Youths come to mind.Baltika9 said:Props to Kipeci for asking that question, but it all depends on how many of these disciples we face in the tournament proper. I won't lie, I love the sound of the all-on-one challenge to all the top students of the Eight Sects, but if we beat the six out of eight schools right here, then it's just pointless. On the other hand, if it's only two or three of our marks, then it makes sense to save us the time and call out all of them.
is not going to happen. We'll win the tournament long before we'll have a chance to fight most of them.but if we beat the six out of eight schools right here
“Well, I’m just getting you ready for the very high possibility that all four of them will be coming for you from the start,” you say. Murong falls silent, his eyes twitching with a nervous tic.
Oh, Jing. Never change.They give their names in return, but in your mind you have already begun labelling them Taishan One, Two, Three and Four, like what the young Shaolin monks called them in private.
This.C>D.
The options in this update. If we allow Murong Yandi to handle everyone and it works out, my fear is that Zhang won't consider these four to have properly been beaten by us.