Most people at the Post House were aware of this, and other than Chen Fan, no one gave up their current seat.
...If you gave up your seat, a single loss would disqualify you from challenging for any other position.
But if you accepted a challenge and lost, you still had the right to challenge for a lower-ranked position...
Any fool knew how to choose.
And none of this... had anything to do with Qin Fang.
Because absolutely no one challenged him for the number one spot.
Even the dark horse in second place had challengers.
In contrast, people like Duan Ling, Tang Xiao, and Qu Yuan received few challenges.
...Xu Nianzhen, being a woman, was also challenged by two or three people.
After a flurry of activity submitting challenge slips, the fights finally began an hour later!
The spacious plaza was divided into twelve arenas, one for each of the twelve seats.
Since no one challenged Qin Fang, he didn't need to enter an arena.
