The spacious living room was brightly lit, with special fireworks lanterns hanging upside down on the rows of beams. The stone walls on both sides were inlaid with luminous pearls the size of pebbles, illuminating the faces of everyone present.
There is a tall and slender crane cauldron in each corner. The long crane's mouth is continuously winding, and wisps of white smoke are emitted from it, exuding a fragrance.
Li Qingwan was in the middle position at the top, looking at the more than a hundred people in front of them. These are all outstanding people from Qingshui County and are an important force in this competition.
"Our opponent in the first round has been decided, and it is Yinbai County."
As soon as this statement came out, many people present seemed to have expected it and were not surprised.
"As expected..."
"I guessed it was Yinbai County. They are in bad luck."
"Who will choose us? Only Yinbai County must be forced to choose."
.........
But not everyone understands it. There are also some people like Tie Tang who participate in the competition for the first time and don’t know anything.
Li Qingwan winked at Long Yu, who understood and stood up to explain to those who didn't understand.
Long Yu stepped out, facing the crowd of outstanding figures sitting there, and said loudly: "The choice of opponents for the first round of the competition...
It is based on the ranking of the eight major counties, and the top four will be selected one by one according to their ranking.
The counties and cities participating in the competition this time, according to their rankings, are...
Tianshan County - Renxia County, ranked sixty-fifth, first among the eight counties.
Changdu County - Renxia County ranks 66th
Ningjing County - Renxia County ranks 67th
Yinbai County - Renxia County ranks 68th
Xiuyang County - Renxia County ranks 69th
Feng'an County - Renxia County ranks 70th
Anquan County - Renxia County ranks 72nd
As for our Qingshui County, we are ranked 71st. Naturally, we have no right to choose and can only passively wait for others to choose.
And because Master Tietang is so famous, many counties and cities already know part of our Qingshui County’s strength.
So I guess the top three counties, Tianshan County, Changdu County, and Ningjing County, will not pick us, but will only pick the other three counties.
The fourth-ranked Yinbai County... was forced to pick the rest of us.
I believe everyone has some details about this matter, so I won’t go into details. "
After Long Yu finished speaking, everyone suddenly understood. Li Qingwan waved her hand to signal everyone to quiet down.
“It doesn’t matter which county it is, for other people it’s the first round selection, but for us it’s the same.
Our goal is to be No. 1 among the eight counties. Sooner or later we will have to play against all of them, so there is no need to worry about others. "
Tie Tang stood up and asked: "Sir, what are the complete rules? Do I have to play tomorrow?"
Li Qingwan smiled and said: "Why are you anxious? It's time for you to take action.
Others may only need one or two battles, but you, the invincible free laborer, just be prepared to fight from start to finish.
As for the complete rules... I'm sure some of you don't know, so I'll just briefly explain them.
The Eight-County Competition is different from previous years in that a level in the Secret Realm of the Gods and Witches has been cancelled, and a Wen Dou level has been added.
This competition mainly involves seven levels of competition!
They are the seven levels of "Blood Changing Realm", "Dragon Yuan Realm", "Supernatural Power Realm", "Linghui Realm", "Heavenly Mind Realm", "Magic Secret Realm" and "Wen Dou". .... Taking our Qingshui County as an example, we need to compete with the other seven counties one by one, each with a level competition.
The eight counties will all fight against each other, at least once.
The calculation of the ranking...is based on the points won in the level competition.
After all seven rounds of competition are completed, it also means that all eight counties have fought against each other once, and the corresponding scores will be released.
Based on the final score... our standings among the eight counties will be re-ranked.
If you get the first place in the eight counties, you can advance to participate in the competition in Renzhong County.
The first round of competition levels is randomly selected by the top four counties and cities, which is not unimportant.
But it's a pity...
We in Qingshui County do not have the right to choose.
This time, Yinbai County has done enough intelligence work, and for the sake of safety, they chose the "Dragon Yuan Realm" level. This is also the weakest level in our competition.
Hey, who wants to fight? "
As soon as Li Qingwan finished speaking, the meeting room immediately became agitated, and young people stood up one by one.
"Sir, I would like to take the lead!"
"Sir, I will open the door with a shot. Let me go to fight."
"Sir, I will come, I will come. I have accumulated a huge amount of witchcraft power in the Nest of the Divine Dove, which is not inferior to the Golden Body of Xinghai. I am sure of victory."
.........
Li Qingwan looked at the high-spirited people and nodded with satisfaction, their morale was ready.
Compared with the silence and resistance in previous years, this year due to the emergence of two top players, everyone was uncharacteristically eager to make a contribution in the competition.
Everyone knows...Qingshui County's ranking will definitely rise this time. If you work hard at this time...when it comes time to share the rewards, you will naturally not be left behind.
Dragon Yuan Realm!
These three words immediately shut down Long Yu, Tie Tang, and Ji Yingzhe.
None of them were able to participate in this stage of the competition, so Li Qingwan was right when she said that the Dragon Yuan realm was the weakest stage.
Tie Tang was below, listening carefully to Li Qingwan's explanation of the rules, ignoring the crowd who were eager to challenge, and tasted many unusual meanings from the rules.
Li Qingwan said it was simple and easy, but in fact it tested the county's ability in all aspects. Even before the competition began, there was an extremely important assessment that could not be ignored.
intelligence!
Since it involves choosing an opponent and also choosing a level to compete with, choosing who to be your opponent and which level to compete with are not random choices.
Instead, you need to rely heavily on intelligence capabilities and fully grasp the strength of your opponent's county in order to minimize your weaknesses and highlight your advantages.
The selection of opponents and levels in the first round seems random, but in fact it is a benefit to the top four counties.
For example, Tianshan County, which ranks first, can organize its troops after learning the strength of the major counties and cities through various means.
It first selected Anquan County, which ranked last, naturally to pinch the weak persimmons.
But how to pinch this soft persimmon... is also very particular.
Tianshan County needs to let the weakest side of its seven levels compete as much as possible, and then ensure that it can completely win. Only then can it be completely grasped.
If your weakest level is consumed by weak persimmons, you can free up powerful levels to deal with other stronger counties. .... On the surface, it seems that each of the eight major counties and cities must fight each other once, but how they fight each other... is very important.
The ranking may even rise or fall due to selection issues, not all relying on the strength of the county.
Strength is just your weapon, but if you don't use the weapon well, it may fall apart.
Li Qingwan didn't care because she wanted to win the first place among the eight counties, and with Tietang, Longyu and her own location, she was full of confidence and didn't plan too much.
Ji Yingzhe came over and said with a smile: "Now we in Qingshui City can be considered a tough opponent. Others have at least three major hurdles and dare not pick us."
"Oh? What do you say?" Tie Tang raised his eyebrows, wanting to see what the other party's opinion was.
"Of the seven levels, Wen Dou is the weirdest, because it is the first time it appears, and no one knows the specific situation, and there is definitely no corresponding manpower prepared.
Therefore, everyone will try to avoid this level as much as possible. They want to watch the competition between other counties and cities first to find out the flaws of Wen Du.
Leaving aside this level, there are many masters of the Heavenly Mind State, and there are not only a few great witches with many years of experience, but there are all kinds of talents and wizards.
No matter which county among the eight counties, this level is the most powerful level. Unless you are sure of winning, you will generally not choose first.
I don’t know much about the Magical Secret Realm, but this level is extremely bloody every time. It is probably the most brutal level among the seven levels, and it should not be staged in advance.
In the remaining "Exchange Realm", "Supernatural Power Realm" and "Linghui Realm", you and Long Yu exist, and your reputation has already spread. Who dares to challenge them?
Isn’t that a bonus? "
"What you said...makes sense, but you overlooked one point."
Ji Yingzhe was puzzled and asked: "Which point?"
“The only level where our Qingshui County can truly be called invincible is the Blood Exchange Level.
In other levels where I participated in the battle, because of the Inspection Department... it was by no means a guaranteed victory.
It may even become a loophole for other counties and cities to specially select. "
After listening to the rules, Tie Tang immediately understood the key point of this competition. It was none other than himself.
Originally the trump card of Qingshui County, I might become a flaw in the county-city competition and be forcibly broken by others relying on loopholes in the rules of the Inspection Department.
It seems that this competition... may not be as easy as I imagined. In the final analysis, we still have to look at the strength of other counties and cities, as well as Qingshui County itself.
It is difficult to drag the entire county forward by relying on one person alone.
soon.
Li Qingwan selected eight young witches from the Dragon Origin Realm, with three to five of them as the main force, and the others as substitutes at any time.
The candidates for tomorrow's first round of competition have been decided.
Others were very curious about Wen Dou and asked one after another, wanting to know the specific requirements for the competition.
However, Li Qingwan said that for the sake of confidentiality, Wen Dou would not disclose it in advance unless there was a fight.
Even she didn't know the specific requirements, but they were nothing more than poems, songs, alchemy, weapon refining, formations, etc.
The poems, songs, and weapon refining are all fine, but if the elixir refining and formation techniques are tested, then it is really time to test the foundation of a county. ….This kind of scarce talent…is very rare. Even if a few appear occasionally, they may not be able to make great progress in alchemy and formation.
The practitioners spent time day and night, chatting a lot in the living room, until finally the sky turned white.
This time, many people were excited and looked forward to the start of this competition with confidence that they did not have in previous competitions.
Although it was only a competition in the Dragon Origin Realm, as our side, we definitely had to go to cheer and watch the battle. Everyone followed Li Qingwan to the Tianshan County Government Office.
Tie Tang originally thought he had arrived at the competition venue, but found that seven parties were lined up in the main hall of the county government, with the number of people on each party ranging from hundreds to dozens.
There are strong and weak auras, ranging from divine witches to physical bodies. There are also many people whose auras are blocked, covering their specific strength, making it difficult to see clearly.
As the home field, Tianshan County is not in the top spot today.
In the place where the county governor used to be, sat a man in his thirties. Behind him were several officials with extremely powerful auras. They were all wearing dragon-patterned python robes, and their auspicious patterns were sea water, river teeth, and sun. , moon, mountains, flowing clouds, etc.
The embroidery on the dragon-patterned python robe also includes colorful velvet embroidery, flat gold and flat silver embroidery, gold circle velvet embroidery, etc. The overall appearance is dazzling, magnificent, generous and elegant.
Tie Tang only glanced at them and knew that these court officials were at least fourth to fifth rank officials, and possibly even higher.
Compared to Li Qingwan's official position, it was even more terrifying.
Even so, they only stood behind the man. It was obvious that the young-looking man was the backbone of the group.
As Li Qingwan bowed and saluted, everyone in Qingshui County knew the identity of the man in front of them.
Dashang Zhongyonghou!
The person sent by the imperial court to supervise the county-city competition turned out to be a prince.
This was somewhat beyond Tie Tang's expectation, but it seemed reasonable.
The Zhongyong Marquis in front of him was not wearing an official robe, but a dark blue robe, with a blue auspicious cloud-patterned horn belt around his waist, a pair of extremely bright eyes, and wind-like hair.
He looks elegant in temperament, like a scholar who has read poetry and books. There is no aggressive momentum or heavy and invisible majesty.
But Tie Tang knew that...the princes of the Great Shang Dynasty were probably as strong as the heavens and had reached an incredible level.
The other party's age, I'm afraid, is not as young as it looks. It is very likely that he is an old monster who has lived for hundreds, or even thousands of years.
After all, after the establishment of the Great Shang Dynasty, there had been peace for a long time without major battles and conquests, so it was difficult to achieve meritorious service.
Those who can sit on the throne of princes are mostly characters who existed before the beginning of the dynasty.
"I do remember that there are relatives of Marquis Zhongyong's concubine and maidservant in Qingshui City. I wonder if anyone from the human race is here?"
Tie Tang remembered the story he heard in Fenghua Xueyue Pavilion that night, but he did not expect to see the real master today.
"No need to be polite. Since Governor Li has arrived, let's get started."
When Marquis Zhongyong spoke, his voice was extremely magnetic and pleasant to the ears, like the spring breeze blowing on the face, making people feel happy, comfortable, and without any pressure.
The eight county guards all bowed in unison and spoke in unison.
"I will obey the command of the Marquis!"..."I will obey the command of the Marquis!"
Tie Tang glanced carefully, feeling secretly surprised.
Are we competing here?
This place can't stand the trouble.
at this time.
Marquis Zhongyong raised his right hand slightly, and a picture album flew out from his sleeve. It swelled in the wind and became bigger and bigger. Finally, a complete picture of the country, the country, the country, and the country was presented, sucking in everyone present.
Tie Tang's eyes blurred as he felt the scenery suddenly change. When he came to his senses again, he was already on the bleachers.
This place is like an ancient Roman Colosseum, but it is extremely wide. The whole place presents a huge oval shape and is divided into several levels up and down.
Each level is covered with countless white jade lion-pattern seats.
The total number of people who came to the county government office from the eight major counties was less than 800. They were crammed into such a vast stand, like water droplets falling into the sea, and they were inconspicuous at all.
In the central ring at the bottom, four towering arenas were set up.
These four arenas are marked with four numbers: A, B, C, and D. Under each arena is an extremely tall and old ancient tree.
Continuous branches and leaves, like the beards of a horned dragon, criss-crossed together and turned into a huge hand, holding up the arena above.
The ground above these arenas is like a grid of stars, dividing yin and yang. It seems like a arena no larger than a hundred feet in size. Once you enter, there must be another mystery.
"Wait here!"
Li Qingwan gave an order, jumped up, and flew to the T-shaped arena.
Yinbai County ranked fourth among the previous four counties, so it was naturally assigned to the T-shaped arena, while Qingshui County, as its opponent, was also in the T-shaped arena.
Although the competition is about to begin, the previous preparations cannot be underestimated.
Tie Tang walked to Long Yu and sat down, and asked curiously: "Didn't we just start the fight? Why did the county guard fly up by himself? Is she going to take action?"
Everyone in the stands could see the four arenas clearly without any cover.
This is also a means of promoting force.
At the beginning... even ordinary people could be allowed in to enjoy this feast that happens once every thirty years.
Later, because most of the players participating in the competition had extraordinary status and did not want to show their faces in front of others, they competed in public like street performers.
Many people have raised objections.
In addition, the common people had no cultivation level. Even if they came to watch, they could not see the magic, and they could not even see clearly the fight in the ring. Therefore, the court also canceled other people to watch.
Only those who participate in each competition can come to observe and learn.
Faced with Tie Tang’s question, Long Yu answered patiently: “Arrangement of troops is an important decision before a competition, and it even involves a lot of luck.
The county guard stepped forward and drew lots with the opponent to determine the order of appearance. "
At this time, Tie Tang saw that on each stage, there was an official wearing a dragon-patterned python robe standing, as if he was acting as a referee, responsible for all matters, big and small.
He already knew about the competition in the Dragon Origin Realm last night.
There are three people fighting alone and five people fighting in a group. It is no different from previous years, except that the group fighting has been changed to a wheel fighting. ....In a three-person battle, who comes out first and who comes after is sometimes very important and sometimes dispensable.
This depends on your knowledge of the opponent's county and city intelligence. If you can accurately know or guess the opponent's combat personnel, you can use this to plan.
For example, if the opponent has an extremely powerful genius, you can send weak ones to fight to avoid a strong encounter and a waste of strength.
If the opponent's players are not very strong, you don't need to send too powerful geniuses, you only need to send out heroes who are sure to win.
These are actually very important choices, but if you rely too much on the mastery of intelligence, it is generally difficult to guess the opponent's candidates, and you can only proceed according to your own plan.
Moreover, the competition is a points system, not a victory or defeat system.
For example, three people fight alone in the Dragon Origin Realm. A total of three people compete in three games. The winner of each game can get some points.
Rather than three people defeating two people, the battle is won.
Winning or losing is both critical and not critical.
Only by winning can you get points, and how many points you can get depends on the time, location, people, and even luck.
In addition to getting points for winning each battle, there are also rewards and penalties for winning the competition.
The so-called 'rewards and punishments for complete victory' are reflected in every level and every small link.
Take the competition in the Dragon Origin Realm as an example.
In a three-person battle, if all three of them win, the winning side will get an extra point.
If you lose all three games, one point will be deducted as punishment.
The same goes for five-player team battles. If you win all the battles, you can get an extra point.
If three people can defeat their opponents in both solo and five-person team battles, they will receive 2 level victory points.
If there is a county that can completely defeat its opponent in a competition in the Dragon Origin Realm.
Then it can get: "Three people fight alone, 3 points for three victories, and 1 point for the complete victory reward.
5 points for a five-player team battle and 1 point for a complete victory.
As well as 2 points for winning the level, a total of 12 points before and after, opening up a huge gap.
Although the opponent who is perfectly defeated will not be deducted points in the solo or group battles, due to the penalty of complete defeat, 1 point for the 'solo battle' and 1 point for the 'group battle' will be deducted in the final settlement. points, and 2 points for 'level complete defeat'.
A total of minus 4 points, one plus and one minus, the points of the two counties will be very different.
This is just one level of competition, there are six more levels to follow.
If the strength is not good, it is very likely that in a county-city competition, the score will still be negative.
And the final total of points... will determine the overall ranking of the county.
therefore.
Under the mechanism of rewards and punishments for complete victory——
All major counties and cities will try their best to ensure at least one victory in every small link.
In this way, even if you don't get many points, you won't be deducted points due to victory rewards and penalties.
This tacit understanding spreads in every county.
Therefore, although the reward and punishment mechanism for complete victory exists in the rules of county competitions, it rarely appears.
Generally, rewards and punishments for complete victory occur because the gap in strength between the two sides is too huge.
This situation often occurs in cross-class county-city competitions. ....For example, when the twenty-four counties want to be promoted to the twenty-four middle counties, there may be such a large-scale victory and defeat scenario.
Like now when the Eight Great Masters go to the county and compete with each other, this situation usually does not happen.
Because even if there is a gap in everyone's strength, it is not to the point where they are completely crushed and a victory is impossible.
Not long after, Li Qingwan returned from the T-shaped ring with an ugly face. It was obvious that the result of the draw was not satisfactory.
She glanced at the eight people participating in the battle in Longyuan Realm, then looked at Long Yu, and even wanted Long Yu to come on.
However, Long Yu was still in the realm of physical body exchange at this time, and was too far away from the Long Yuan realm, and he was not even a witch.
There is a big gap in strength, and it cannot be made up by simple qualifications.
You must know that wizard soldiers can be used in county and city competitions, although different realms have different restrictions on wizard soldiers.
But the Dragon Yuan Realm already has witch power, which can perfectly activate the power of the witch soldiers. Even if Long Yu holds the witch soldiers, he can't exert much power because he has no witch power.
In addition, since he couldn't fly yet, he was just a target when he faced Xiao Wu in the Dragon Yuan realm.
Long Yu couldn't even defeat his opponent, but his opponent could rely on non-stop attacks and finally won with points.
It is also impossible to go on stage and win by pretending to be a turtle. The officials guarding the arena, including Zhongyong Hou and others who are watching the battle, will not allow this to happen.
The county-city competition is about a county's heritage, the number of geniuses and outstanding figures in each realm, and the strength of their respective talent reserves.
Any shady means, cheating, bribery of referees, hiding one's cultivation level and jumping into battle, etc., are all impossible to succeed.
The great Shang Zhongyong Marquis was sitting there, and all the conspiracies, despicable means, could not escape his discernment.
If you want to win, you have to defeat your opponent in an upright manner!
There is no other way.
Li Qingwan looked at it again and again, and finally chose one person.
"Baoleshan, you go first!"
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The earth was hazy, and there was a ruined city, silent and lifeless in the dim red rain of blood.
The city is in ruins and everything is withered. Collapsed houses can be seen everywhere, as well as blue-black corpses and pieces of meat, like broken autumn leaves, silently withering.
The streets that used to be bustling with people are now desolate.
The sandy dirt road that used to be bustling with people is no longer noisy now.
Only blood and mud mixed with minced meat, dust, and paper were left, indistinguishable from each other, which was shocking.
Not far away, a broken carriage was stuck deep in the mud, full of sadness. Only an abandoned rabbit doll hung on the shaft, swaying in the wind.
The white fluff has long been soaked into wet red, full of eerieness.
The turbid eyes seemed to have some residual resentment, looking lonely at the mottled rocks in front of them.
There, a figure was lying down.
This was a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, his clothes were torn and covered with dirt, and he had a broken leather bag tied around his waist.
The young man squinted his eyes and remained motionless. The biting cold penetrated his worn coat from all directions and spread throughout his body, gradually taking away his body temperature.
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Chapter 207 The competition begins, the opponent appears, the rules are detailed, and the prince supervises the battle. Free reading.
