Chapter 86: The Mysterious Trial Rules
The third update is a bit late, sorry about that.
Top-notch martial artists from the eight states of Akagi, with over 600 people. This is a very large number. Any one of them, in their own state and county, is considered a top-notch person. However, when they came to the big stage of Akagi Castle, the advantages they had on their own turf were completely gone.
Here, everyone is a genius, and everyone is outstanding.
Tianwangtai, this is the largest martial arts arena in Akakawa Castle, and one of several arenas in Hyakuyaku.
More than 600 martial arts students from Akagi Castle have gathered here at this moment.
Their application forms have been sent from various states to Wang City, and at this moment, it is time for the representatives of Zhenwu Holy Land to formally announce the rules to them.
The rules have been announced, and all the martial arts schools will head to the trial grounds. And on the edge of the trial grounds, they gathered with the Wutong from the other three major kingdoms.
Layer by layer, all the martial arts children from all over the country gathered together, and then began to distribute their own numbers and inform them of the specific small team, trial activity area, etc.
"Gentlemen, you are all representatives from various states and counties. As for the details, I believe that before your departure, the local governments of each state and county have already given their instructions. Is that correct?" The host representative of Zhenwu Sacred Land spoke out loud.
"Yes!" The wutong trees responded enthusiastically.
He raised his hands and pressed down slightly, signaling everyone to be quiet and listen to him.
"You've entered the city and seen the contents of the bulletin boards everywhere. Those rewards are real, tell me, are you tempted?"
"Yes!" A strong response.
"Do you want to be enfeoffed as a king or a marquis?"
"Think!" An even crazier response.
"Are you thinking of your families? Because of the result of this trial, one step to heaven?"
"Think!" was Hess's curt response.
The true martial sacred place, the name representative, wants is this kind of atmosphere. For young people especially so, only extremely sentimental, extremely stirring, can let this batch of young people's blood completely boil up, inspire their greatest potential, let them in trial get best play.
He knew that most of the martial arts disciples here were destined to be supporting actors, and most would end up as foils or even cannon fodder. Most wouldn't achieve success, and most would ultimately be eliminated.
Lucky, belongs only to those few people.
But that's not important. What matters is that they provided such an opportunity. Even if it was a one-in-ten-thousand chance, these martial arts students would absolutely charge forward without hesitation.
What's more, this probability is far higher than one in ten thousand!
"Waving his arm, he continued to urge: "Good! From your eyes, I saw the vigor and courage that young people should have. If you really want to get all this, then show off your most brilliant performance! Think about it, when you return to your family with good results and the royal reward, what a glorious thing it will be! What a glorious thing it will be for your ancestors! Remember, this is a trial of both fame and fortune!"
"Roar!"
The young warriors' blood was boiling, each one rubbing his fists and palms, only regretting that he couldn't rush to the trial grounds immediately.
"Alright, the wonderful blueprint is now in front of you, it's up to you to implement it. Next, I'll announce the specific rules. Please perk up your ears and listen carefully, I'll only say it once."
The young boys concentrated their minds and listened attentively, not daring to miss a single word.
"Two thousand five hundred warriors from the Hundred Yue State have signed up. Each warrior will be assigned a unique number that is not repeated. The numbers are allocated by the True Martial Sacred Land according to different regions and places of origin, with fifty people in each group. There are fifty groups in total. To prevent warriors from the same place from forming cliques and engaging in private dealings, it is impossible for warriors from the same place to be assigned to the same group. The numbers and grouping will only be announced when you arrive at the outer perimeter of the trial grounds, eliminating any possibility of prior cheating!"
Qin Wushuang nodded secretly, and indeed the information provided by Tong Yao was completely consistent. It seems that Tong Yao's intelligence is well-developed and not small in scale.
The person in charge said, "The information I can provide is roughly this. The specific trial content and detailed rules, as well as the scoring rules, will be announced before the trial. This trial is extremely important for the imperial family of Baiyue Kingdom, and absolutely no private or corrupt behavior will be allowed to occur, so all confidentiality work has been done very thoroughly. Now, everyone should pack their bags and prepare to set off!"
This time, however, it was not the martial arts children who took action on their own. Instead, it was led by a representative of the True Martial Sacred Land. The martial arts children were no longer allowed to act privately.
Qin Wushuang couldn't help but feel some doubt, and until now he still hadn't figured out who Tong Yao's younger brother was.
But since Tong Yao was so confident and full of herself, I believed that with her meticulous personality, there must be more to come. Following the team, they set off in a grand manner.
Several thousand miles away from the Redwood King City. Departing in the morning and resting at night, it wasn't until noon on the third day that they finally arrived.
The undulating mountain range, with towering peaks and ridges, is dotted with rushing streams that wind their way through the landscape, giving this place an air of mystery.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a vast open space. The wutong trees from the four major kingdoms across the country have all arrived.
This time, due to the competition between the four major kingdoms, there was a competition for the first place in the group, so the martial arts children from different territories were not as friendly with each other.
They glared at each other with anger and some have already started insulting and provoking.
If it weren't for a strong master from the True Martial Sacred Land holding down the fort, these martial disciples would have probably started fighting each other already.
Although it is like this, they are already on tenterhooks with each other.
Surprisingly, the strong men of the True Martial Sacred Land saw the friction between the martial children but did not stop them. Instead, they smiled and looked on, with a hint of encouragement.
This is competition, let everyone feel the atmosphere of competition in advance, it's not bad.
After a long time, the true martial sacred place representative of the four major kingdoms finally stood out, stopping the martial children from each kingdom and letting them quiet down to listen to the speech of the respected one from the true martial sacred place.
The title of the supreme leader of the Baiyue State is True Martial Sacred Land, with the title of Martial Saint. Below the Martial Saint are the Four Great Reverends, followed by the Elder level.
Upon hearing the legendary "Venerable One" has appeared, the martial youths immediately fell silent, with no sound of birds chirping.
An old man in a purple robe walked calmly to the front, his piercing gaze sweeping across the entire scene. With this sweep, most of the martial youths felt a chill run down their spines and took a cold breath.
What a strong aura!
"Alright guys, this is the Tianyun Mountain Range, and it's where your trial will take place. Now, let me announce the detailed rules of the competition."
"There are fifty teams, each team with fifty people. Each person has a unique number. The fifty people in the same team will be placed in the same trial area. Each group has its own area. There are fifty areas in total."
He paused for a moment so that the martial arts students could digest these rules.
After a moment, the venerable one continued to speak: "Remember, being in the same team doesn't mean you're allies, on the contrary. Among the fifty members of your team, you are all enemies of each other!"
The same team, not allies, but enemies?
The young warriors were perplexed and looked at their master in confusion.
"Why do I say that? Because we will place fifty jade tokens in your trial grounds, each corresponding to your numbers. Your trial task is to obtain these tokens and earn points. Remember, the points for each token are different. Obtaining the token with the same number as yourself earns 30 points! Obtaining the token corresponding to your own earns 20 points; obtaining a token with the same last digit as your number earns 5 points; all other tokens only earn 2 points!"
A jade pendant with the same number as oneself, this is easy to understand. The tail number is also not difficult to understand. For example, if the number is one, then between numbers 1 and 50, the ones with the same tail number are naturally 11, 21, 31, and 41.
In other words, among the fifty team members, there are four people with the same last digit as themselves.
Everyone is like this, without exception.
But what does the corresponding jade card mean? Isn't it the one with the same number as mine?
That person obviously knew everyone's confusion, and patiently explained: "The so-called corresponding jade plate is actually very easy to understand. One to fifty numbers. Number one and number fifty correspond, number two and number forty-nine correspond, and so on. In short, the sum of the two numbers is equal to fifty-one, that person is the one who corresponds to you! Moreover, the person whose number corresponds to yours will never have the same last digit as you. So everyone's chances are completely fair!"
The young martial artists suddenly realized and calculated in their hearts.
So, out of the fifty people, the jade pendant with one's own number has the highest value, followed by the one corresponding to oneself. Then come the four with the same last digit. As for the rest of the jade pendants, they are worthless and cheap. However, the jade pendants that you think are worthless must be needed by someone who corresponds to them or has the same last digit.
It's complicated when you fight and scheme against each other.
"We must get more jade tokens. The key is to keep our own and then seize the corresponding numbered one..." The young warriors calculated in their hearts.
The elder pressed his palm, signaling everyone to be quiet, and he wasn't finished speaking yet.
Qin Wushuang pondered, thinking that this trial method was indeed unique, making it impossible for people to anticipate beforehand. Not to mention cheating. The only thing he didn't know was whether the number of Tong Yao's younger brother would correspond to his own or have the same tail number.
If it's like that, then his jade token won't be easy to take away...
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The third one came a bit late, haha.
Strongly recommend the powerful author Zi Huan's new work "Xian Ling", absolutely brilliant! Don't laugh at me for being weak, my little concubines are all Yuan Ying Zhen Fei.
Don't look at me being small, a warm bed girl is also a golden elixir fairy.
A minor cultivator in the Qi Refining stage, yet he has caught the attention of a supreme fairy. Why is that?
A small fry in the Xian Tian world, yet he enjoyed the most enviable and coveted life that even the Emperor of Immortals could only dream of...!
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