The Great Elder's note, just a few lines, was simple and clear.

The general content of the note was to tell Dongxue that in the past few days, she had found that her friends around her were very kind, and the environment of the palace was not as risky as he imagined, so he left the palace and rushed back to the Dongshen Mansion in Fancheng, because he needed to take care of the family's affairs there.

Dongxue finished reading the note, and then showed Shi Jiu and the other friends separately, and then gently folded it neatly and put it into her storage bag.

In addition to seeing this note from the Great Elder, in fact, when Shi Jiu and the others entered the door, they also found that a notice of the rules of the competition was posted on the outer wall of the side hall.

According to this pasted notice, Shi Jiu and the others knew that the registration related to the competition had been stopped, and as of the last registration moment, a total of one hundred and eight people had signed up for the royal family's invitation to the qualification competition.

One hundred and eight people? Will there be so many people from the princes and nobles participating in the competition? Some of the people around the notice read it over and over again before they dared to confirm that they were not mistaken.

Regarding this unimaginable number, Shi Jiu and the others all felt incredible, and they inevitably discussed it for a while.

In addition, it was also clarified in the notice that the invitation competition that will start soon will only set up individual competitions according to the system of the Imperial Invitational Tournament, and it is also a round of elimination system, as long as the loser loses a game, he will immediately withdraw from the competition.

Due to the large number of participants, the draw began in the afternoon, and then randomly combined according to the results of the draw, and the winner entered the next round to determine his opponent by lot, until the champion was decided.

In addition, the notice also stipulates that the time of the game shall not exceed the time of one stick of incense, otherwise both sides will be sentenced to defeat at the same time, that is, in such a situation, the two people of the game will immediately withdraw from the game at the same time.

However, the penultimate article of the circular also stipulates that regardless of day and night, as long as both parties agree to the competition, they can enter the ring at any time.

The reason for this regulation is that the number of people who signed up for the competition was too large, far exceeding the original expectations of the royal family.

The last clause of the notice states that if there is a disparity in strength during the game, you can admit defeat, slap your body, or slap the ground will be considered as admitting defeat, and the game will be terminated immediately.

Due to the large number of people who have signed up for the competition, there will be three competitions at the same time, which means that there will be six people competing on the field at the same time.

All the participants are not allowed to use weapons, Duan Wushuang said in a jumping motion, this time it is lively, three games at the same time in one venue, it is completely impossible to watch, and what should I do if the three groups of people are disrupted? Shi Jiu immediately smiled and said, it was a competition in three arranged rings at the same time, and he didn't take it seriously and really saw it clearly.

Duan Wushuang blinked his eyes and didn't dare to argue, and now only Shi Jiu could convince Duan Wushuang.

Originally, the venue for the competition was set up on the small square in front of the side hall, but there were too many participants, so it was temporarily replaced by the Royal Forest Army Coaching Ground.

It's also the venue for the Final Empire Invitational.

The coaching ground is not far from the Grand Palace, and after the back door of the Grand Palace, you can see the wall of the coaching ground with flags displayed at a distance of a few hundred steps.

In the center of the coaching arena, three small rings were built at the same time, the area was about the same as the ring of the Battle Star Tower competition, and the three rings were arranged in a zigzag shape, which seemed to be in order.

An old man from the Grand Palace was already waiting for the contestants with a bucket of lots.

The process of drawing lots is easy and quick.

Except for Duan Wushuang, everyone else quickly pulled out a nameplate with a number from the draw bucket.

Duan Wushuang touched and rubbed for a while, and the old palace people holding the lottery bucket were all in a hurry, and she took out a nameplate, No. 1!

She held up the nameplate with a hideous expression and shouted, she actually got the number one by touching it, who of you knows who the number one is?

Duan Wushuang nagged to herself, No. 1 was by no means an auspicious number, and she secretly threw the No. 1 nameplate drawn back to the lottery bucket while everyone was not paying attention.

Duan Wushuang circled around the outside of the pile, and pretended to go to the front of the lottery bucket again, this time she didn't hesitate to take out a nameplate, No. 1! or No. 1, and now she completely collapsed.

Brother Scar smiled: "I saw your little tricks, hehe, it's no wonder that others are so fateful!"

Shi Jiu also smiled: "Going around and around, the result hasn't changed, right?!"

Duan Wushuang pouted and said angrily, "You all laugh at me!"

"If you're not happy, I'll change it with you!" Shi Jiu said: "Give it to you, this is the nameplate I drawn, one hundred and eight!"

Duan Wushuang stared at the nameplate in Shi Jiu's hand, sure enough, it was one hundred and eight, and she said angrily: "What is the difference between the first one to sign up and the last one to sign up? I'm not stupid, so I won't change it!"

"Haha, that's right!" Shi Jiu smiled: "You finally understand, the number is different, the opponent is different, what difference can there be in the final analysis!"

After the lottery, everyone registered the results of the lottery with the old messenger, who was old and slow, but he was still meticulous in his work.

He read the completed form several times and made sure it was correct before putting it away.

After a while, the old messenger in charge of the lottery shook the lottery bucket in his hand and muttered: "I didn't expect so many people to come, alas!"

Brother Scar leaned over and took a look, and sure enough, there was a small pile of nameplates in the lottery bucket, and Brother Scar asked, "Are these people not competing?"

The old messenger said: "The lottery time has passed, and now that the lottery is coming, you will not be allowed to draw lots, you can see that there are no numbers on these nameplates." The old messenger said and took out a small nameplate at random, and it was indeed empty.

"Where's the number on the nameplate?" asked Scar, puzzled.

The old messenger replied: "This lottery bucket is not an ordinary household bucket, it contains special ingredients, which can clear the corresponding items within the specified time, not to mention just a few simple numbers." ”

"There is really no shortage of good things in the Great Palace!" Brother Scar said in surprise: "It seems that this is inconspicuous, it turns out to be a treasure bucket!"

The old messenger said proudly: "What kind of treasure is this, there are many better treasures than this in the Great Palace." For the sake of being so polite, I might as well tell you that the champion prize of the invitational tournament is the highest treasure in the royal family!"

Brother Scar was shocked, and he said excitedly: "Do you know what the final prize is, will it be a holy or emperor-level weapon?"