"After the Sixth Realm, it is completely a new and different world; since we've just broken through, it's better to keep a low profile for now."
"Okay, I mean the same thing. Let's first see how others fight and then decide whether to go for the ranking."
"If you're going to fight, you go ahead first, I'll refrain from it for now."
Li Chengyi smiled and spread his hands: "Do you know why there are only just over three thousand people in the ranking list for the sixth graders?"
"Hmm?"
"You should know, our Academy has over five thousand sixth graders, not even counting those who recently broke through."
"That many?"
Ye Jinhuan was a bit surprised: "Why are there two to three thousand more sixth graders than fifth graders?"
"Don't you know?"
Li Chengyi was somewhat surprised: "That shouldn't be the case."
"Because, sixth graders and us are like two different worlds," Ye Jinhuan said after a moment of silence.
"Oh, I forgot."
Li Chengyi felt a bit embarrassed, as compared to himself, Ye Jinhuan was indeed a bit more reclusive.
Due to family reasons, Ye Jinhuan only had a few friends including himself.
And generally did not have much contact with the outside world.
"Because of the difficulty of breakthrough, the Human Clan does not encounter bottlenecks in the initial realms, but they appear in the later stages."
"The difficulty of breaking through combined with the Sixth Realm being the weakest and the lowest in various Grotto Heavens, basically no one chooses to enter the Grotto Heaven at the Sixth Realm."
"Below the sixth grade, the reason why each grade has so few people is that many were eliminated in the Grotto Heaven, so even if there are those who enhance their strength and join later, each grade only has that many people."
"But after the Sixth Realm, it's different. No one enters the Grotto Heaven, which naturally results in fewer deaths. Plus, the breakthrough is more difficult, so more people remain in the sixth grade."
"However, even so, there are still about two thousand people who haven't made it onto the ranking list."
"Some, like us who have just broken through, do not have a clear understanding of their combat power and thus have not joined the ranking, others are focusing on their breakthroughs and choose not to join the ranking to avoid distractions from challenges."
As Li Chengyi spoke, he couldn't help but laugh: "So you see, after the Sixth Realm, it's no longer the same world as before."
"At the very least, previously once you broke through, you would automatically enter the ranking list of the next grade."
"That is to say, the Academy is rather lenient towards the sixth graders."
Seeing the smile on Ye Jinhuan's face, Li Chengyi also nodded with a smile.
"So it's really not the same world."
As he said this, Li Chengyi also looked towards the stage: "I wonder how many fights there will be today."
The Martial Arts Arena for each grade is not located in the same place, so it's usually only people from their own grade watching.
However, there are some who would go to watch fights in other grades' arenas.
But fights of different realm grades yield little benefit to oneself, so this usually doesn't happen.
Unless it's like what happened with Jiang Yuan previously.
Great Liang challenged for the first position in the fifth grade ranking list, which was a huge spectacle that attracted many people from other grades to watch.
But without such a spectacle now, naturally, people from other grades won't come over to watch the matches.
Naturally, though the spectator seats here are quite ample, they are also rather empty.
"Watch more fights, gain more experience, and if not, we can just continue tomorrow; after all, both of us have just broken through not long ago, no rush to enter the ranking."
Li Chengyi gestured with his hands and then excitedly turned his attention back to the arena.
"Here comes somebody, seems like the person will fight next, waiting for his opponent right now."
Li Chengyi said this, then started searching for information about the person on the stage on his phone.
"Got it. Ranked 3181 in the sixth grade, with initial phase strength, uses a spear, skilled in close combat."
"Say, considering this rank is just within the bottom fifty, could it be possible the challenger is someone who hasn't entered the ranking?"
"Based on what you just said, it's very likely."
Ye Jinhuan nodded: "It surely can't be someone who's just broken through to the Sixth Realm, can it? We're already naive enough, but we're still watching and learning."
"Hahaha, certainly so."
Li Chengyi laughed, but his laughter quickly faded.
"I feel, actually, there might be some who are even more inexperienced than we are."
"Hmm, or rather, they have the capital to do so."
"Hmm?"
Ye Jinhuan looked puzzled but still followed Li Chengyi's gaze.
"Jiang Yuan?"
Ye Jinhuan exclaimed: "He broke through too?"
"No, he's like us, should also have just returned from the All Clans Battlefield, which means he just broke through."
"He just broke through and is already challenging someone on the ranking list?"
"Well, he probably doesn't understand the difference between the Sixth Realm and below, just like you."
Li Chengyi speculated after recalling Jiang Yuan's character.
"Ah... that's very possible."
Ye Jinhuan chuckled, then nodded seriously.
After all, in his mind, Jiang Yuan was also that kind of homebody type.
You might see him in Grotto Heavens of other clans, or during the yearly ranking competitions, or at the Joint Examination.
As for other times, you basically wouldn't see him around.
Even if you did, like occasionally in class, you'd always feel like his mind was somewhere else.