From Liu Xuan's explanation, Lin Xuan gained a general understanding of the situation here. The competition in the Inner Hall was simple: challenges could be issued once a month, but not just to anyone.
Someone at the bottom of the rankings couldn't challenge the person in first place; instead, they could only challenge those ranked slightly ahead of them. For example, someone ranked one-hundredth could only challenge those ranked ninetieth or higher. You could only jump ten ranks at a time and not much more.
At that rate, it seemed like it would take ten months to challenge for first place. But that wasn't actually the case. To account for those who had sudden, explosive breakthroughs, there was an option for an unranked challenge match each month. However, the loser would be expelled from Qingcheng Mansion!
