A solemn and awe-inspiring atmosphere filled the arena. Out of respect for the deceased, everyone tried their best to keep themselves absolutely quiet at this moment. Suddenly, in the arena of ten thousand people, a needle dropped. Audible.
At this time, I also bowed slightly towards the southern part of the Imperial Bureau. Later I learned that this direction is where the Imperial Martyrs' Shrine is located, where a large number of heroes from the cultivation world are buried here.
A minute usually passes in a snap of the fingers, but now I feel that this minute is extremely long. The silence in my ears and the heaviness in my heart make me completely ignore the flow of time around me.
I don't know how long it took, but Li Xun's request to sit down finally freed me from this heavy atmosphere, and then I sat back down in my seat with a heavy heart.
"The dead have passed away, and we the living must continue to move forward."
"Congratulations to all the divisions whose names were read out for advancing to the second round. I hope all the players will continue to work hard and achieve good results."
"The second round will start on time at two o'clock in the afternoon. We hope that everyone will participate on time. Now everyone can leave first."
Just after Li Xun finished speaking, Zhao Wan's voice rang out: "Please organize the staff to organize the audience to exit in an orderly manner..."
Following the guidance of the staff, we left the arena through the player tunnel. Breathing the air from the outside world, I was freed from the heavy mood just now.
I really didn’t expect that the Imperial Bureau would do such a round of operations before leaving, but I think it’s good. This way, it can comfort the spirit of the deceased in heaven. Secondly, it can also give an explanation to the deceased’s family, friends and the branch, and thirdly, it can also explain the situation to the deceased’s family and friends. Further enhance the cohesion of the empire.
It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone.
"Okay, okay, don't look so heavy. Let bygones be bygones, and don't think about it anymore. There will be a second round of competition in the afternoon." Seeing that everyone was a little silent, I broke the silence. Adjusting the atmosphere with a smile: "Let's go to Baiweilou. Let's eat freely. Thank you for your treat today."
"...Ye Yan, you are a very bad boy." Hearing this, Xie Zhen was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Even though I was paying for the treat, he said it as if you were treating him, and yet he let it go.
"Don't forget who got the ghost points in your hand." I glared at Xie Zhen. At that time, Xie Zhen stopped talking, with an aggrieved look on his face.
There is no way, the poor have no status.
When we arrived at Baiwei Building, I realized that we were a little late. It was quite crowded inside, and the front desk said that all the private rooms were full.
Fortunately, Baiweilou is a big restaurant, and the staff at Baiweilou still arranged a table for us, but this way we stood out, and many practitioners who were waiting for food at Baiweilou recognized us.
"Bai Ju is here too, huh? There's even Xia Ziwen. Didn't you and Bai Hao fight to the death in the war zone? Why did you come to have a meal together?"
"Why is Bureau Su even here? Can these tables be accommodated with so many of you?"
"I'm going, the He Bureau is here too, it's too lively here."
When the staff took us to the dining area, we met many acquaintances on the road. Many players from the division came here to eat. No wonder it was so lively inside.
This is also due to the size of the Baiweilou store, otherwise it would really not be able to accommodate so many people.
"I'll have a drink with you later."
After laughing and chatting with them for a few words, Yang Ju and I sat back at our table, and the topic of conversation was nothing more than the competition.
In order to successfully advance to the next competition, everyone had a heated discussion.
"Actually, there are only a few branches that can pose a threat to us, such as the Guangdong Bureau, Jiangsu Bureau, Zhejiang Bureau, Lu Bureau, Hua Bureau, Hunan Bureau, Chongqing Bureau, and Bai Bureau also pose a certain threat." Jiang Chen said: "So, our attention The focus only needs to be on them, other bureaus are not of concern to us.”
The Lu Bureau ranked fifth last time, and the Hua Bureau ranked sixth. Both branches have five second-level players. They are the strongest branches among many branches. There are still many opponents who threaten us, such as Su from the Guangdong Bureau. Game and other strong games.
"Sun Wei and Xie have been in the Perfection Realm for how long. Can you give me some help and break through to the Second Realm in the past few days?" I said, "If the two of you break through, we may be in the Yang Bureau." Wouldn't it be great to be able to reach the finals?"
"Oh, we thought about it too, but it's just not so easy to break through the second level..." Sun Wei and Xie Zhen sighed.
"How about I help you!" At this time, Lin Feng said seriously: "My self-injury method may have miraculous effects."
Hearing this, Xie Zhen and Sun Wei looked at each other, but surprisingly did not refute this time. Lin Feng was overjoyed to see this scene and began to instill his own ideas into Sun Wei and Sun Wei.
"Practitioners gradually become stronger through rebirth one after another, so my self-injury method has a scientific basis, rather than my passionate and mindless persistence..."
I don't know if Lin Feng persuaded the two of them, but it can be seen that Sun Wei and Xie Zhen are really eager to become stronger. This can be seen from the two of them listening to Lin Feng's words.
"If Lin Feng can really help the two of them break through in the past two days, the six second-level realms may really be able to break into the top three..." Looking at this scene, I pondered slightly, thinking to myself: "Even if only If one person breaks through, we also have the strength to compete for the top five, and we can definitely have a chance with Lu Bureau..."
Although we are the champions and have not run away, if we can achieve a good result again, other players in our Yang game will undoubtedly come into the sight of the Emperor game and gain the attention of the Emperor game.
It is precisely because of this that everyone in the Yang Bureau decided to continue playing in order to show their faces in front of the leaders of the Imperial Bureau and gain a sense of presence.
There is not much time for lunch break at noon, only two hours, and the players' lunch break is even shorter. Because they have to draw lots half an hour in advance, we only have one and a half hours.
Therefore, we did not spend too long in Baiweilou. We were ready to leave Baiweilou at one o'clock. Just as Xie Zhen was preparing to pay with a heartbroken look on his face, the sweet-looking waitress smiled and said, "Someone has already paid for your table."
"Has someone married her?" After hearing this, we were all stunned, and I asked in surprise: "Who married us?"
"The other party said it should be kept secret, but he asked me to give a message to Mr. Ye Yan." The waiter replied: "The other party said, thank you for your life-saving grace, and wish Yangju an unstoppable success in the next competition."
When the waitress said this, I understood what was going on. A certain branch must have settled the bill after seeing me while we were not paying attention.
"As expected of Brother Ye, there are people who take the initiative to pay for meals at the Imperial Bureau." Xie Zhen said happily: "In this way, I will save a lot of food money!"
"...Next time I see you, please give me a thank you." I said to the waitress, and after getting her
After answering in the affirmative, a group of us left the Baiwei Building and walked towards the Arena.
As soon as we entered the arena, a staff member took the initiative to tell us that we only needed the captains of each round to draw lots, and other team members could go to the player seats in the arena to wait.
So everyone in the Yang Bureau went to the player bench first, and I walked towards the player hall. At this time, some captains had already arrived in the player hall before me. At this time, they were queuing up to draw lots.
Seeing me coming over, many captains greeted me one after another, and I smiled and nodded in response. I actually felt like I had become a leader in advance, but it was quite satisfying.
"Captain Ye is here." After seeing me, Zhang Qing from the Chongqing Bureau took the initiative to give up his position and said: "Captain Ye, you line up in front of me, you draw first!"
"OK."
I nodded, it didn't matter to me if I smoked first or later.
At this time, Xia Ziwen, who was in front of Zhang Qing, had just finished drawing lots. It was Zhang Qing's turn to draw lots, but he gave up his position to me first, which meant that I was the next person to draw lots.
"Before drawing lots, I'd like to remind you that there is one more bye draw in this round, and everything else is the same as the previous round." Zhao Wan reminded lightly.
"OK."
I nodded, and then reached out to draw lots. Seeing this scene, many captains showed concern on their faces and focused their eyes on my hand.
"Red No. 8."
Seeing that my lottery number was number 8 on the red side, many captains started asking if anyone had the number 8 on the blue side. However, no one answered after asking around. I guess no one had drawn the number 8 on the blue side yet.
"I'm so stupid..."
However, at this moment, an extremely complicated voice came from behind me. When I looked back, I saw Lin Mo looking at me with a pained face, and said depressedly: "It's me again..."
On his hand, the blue number eight is particularly conspicuous...
