There was still a day left before the genius debate, and almost overnight, the entire inner city suddenly became unusually quiet.

Whether it is a restaurant or an inn, it is rare to see the participating monks wandering around, and a large number of Imperial soldiers patrol back and forth, and the atmosphere becomes more and more serious and tense.

In the inn, Lu Li had just woken up from his cultivation when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

"Meet Elder Lu, the head of the sect invites you to come over." It was a disciple of the Divine Feather Sect.

Lu Li nodded and followed the disciple out of the room and to the pavilion in the backyard. In the pavilion, all the disciples of the Shenyu Sect were there, and Zixinghe was sitting in the middle, his brows furrowed slightly, looking confused.

Seeing Lu Li appear, he beckoned Lu Li to sit down, and then spoke: "Tomorrow is the day when the genius debate begins, the latest news, including the vassal countries of the Great Sui Empire, there are more than 8,000 monks under the age of thirty, and there will be three rounds of competitions. Only 1,000 people were selected in the first round, 500 more were eliminated in the second round, and only 500 people remained to participate in the challenge. ”

After listening to this, everyone looked at each other with solemn expressions.

Ninety percent will be eliminated in the first round, how cruel!

"How do you compete in the first two rounds?"

Although the difficulty was very high, Lu Li was confident and didn't care.

"This competition is completely different from the previous ones, in the past, there was no division of cultivation, and the battle was conducted in the ring by drawing lots, and it was basically difficult for powerful monks to be eliminated." Zi Xinghe said suspiciously: "This genius debate, it is said that the first round is a melee. ”

"Scuffle?" Lu Li was taken aback: "Impossible, right?" If there is a scuffle, once the disciples of those great sects unite, who will be able to resist? ”

Zi Xinghe smiled bitterly: "This is also where the old Tao is confused. Originally, the big sects had obvious advantages, and if they competed directly in the ring, they might have bad luck and a chance to fight for a good ranking. But in this way, how can there be a chance for the disciples of the small sect to come forward. ”

Lu Li thought for a moment when he heard this: "It shouldn't be like this." ”

"Not optimistic! Lao Dao specially asked the head of the Haiyi Sect, according to what he said. You enter a special space, defeat one person to get the corresponding score, and after five days, the one with the highest score passes. ”

After Zi Xinghe finished speaking, he found that everyone was silent, and then said: "As for the content of the second round of the competition, I will only know when the first round is over." ”

"Okay, everyone have a good rest tonight, and gather in front of the imperial city gate tomorrow."

"Obey the boss's orders."

A group of disciples left one after another, and Lu Li thought about it. He sighed and said, "This kind of selection is really not something that a small sect can participate in. ”

"yes!"

Zi Xinghe's face was full of agreement: "If it is in the same way as before, the small sect still has a chance to shine." As for this time, hehe, I'm afraid that even the Wupin Sect won't be able to bear it. ”

"Strange! Weird! ”

……

In the early morning of the next day, the inner city of Yang Wucheng quickly became lively.

A group of monks, dressed in robes or scribes' robes, left their quarters and gathered near the imperial city.

The first round of the competition will be held in the Imperial City.

To be precise, the entrance to the space is located in the outer city of the Imperial City. You have to go through there to get into the small space.

There is a huge square in front of the gate of the imperial city, and the square is surrounded by soldiers who maintain order, and nearly 20,000 monks gather in the square, quietly waiting for His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor.

Three poles on the sun. Five figures slowly floated out of the imperial city, and the majestic coercion swept the entire square in an instant. The monk, who was still talking in a low voice, was suddenly shocked in his heart. Silence.

Behind the five people, dozens of figures were half a step behind and flew slowly.

Judging by the momentum. These people are at least distracted.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Prince." At least half of the monks knelt on one knee and shouted to the sermon.

"Meet the Deputy Chief." More than 100 monks bowed their hands and said.

“……”

Those five people were none other than Yang Ling, the crown prince of the Great Sui Empire, and the deputy heads of the four major third-grade sects.

Yang Ling was suspended above the city wall, and when everyone got up, he said loudly: "All of you are the geniuses of my Great Sui Empire, representing the future and hope of the empire. The genius debate is held every ten years, and it is valued by the emperor, and this time it will be presided over by the crown prince. ”

"This genius debate has both rewards for entering the top 100. Those who enter the top 30 will be rewarded with ground-level exercises, four-grade pills or venerable weapons. Entering the top ten, in addition to the magic weapon rewards, you are also eligible to enter the mysterious land to cultivate. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and waved, and four jade slips flew out of his hand. After the jade slip broke away from the palm of his hand, it quickly became larger, and in a blink of an eye, it became a huge stone tablet with a height of fifty zhang and a width of twenty zhang.

On the stone tablet on the left, it is the reward standard for this genius debate.

The most terrifying thing is the top three, not only rewarding the ground-level high-grade exercises, high-grade venerable weapons or top-level elixirs, but also entering the royal treasury, taking any beloved thing, regardless of the level.

Even if it's just the top 100, the rewards are still huge. The best spirit stones, ground-level exercises, venerable weapons, elixirs, special magic weapons, dazzling, everything.

In short, even if a monk is useless, as long as his rank is high enough, he will immediately change his shotgun.

Looking at the reward on the stone tablet, everyone's eyes suddenly turned red, and even Lu Li was faintly excited. He may not care about anything else, but he desperately desires the ground-level exercises, after all, this is what the Hanging Sword Sect lacks the most.

Finding that everyone was excited, Prince Yang Ling smiled slightly, and said: "The two stone tablets in the middle are the names of everyone, the left side represents the monks under the age of thirty, and the right side represents the monks under the age of 100, and the current ranking is in no particular order. After the competition starts, the names of the eliminators disappear, and the rankings will continue to change according to each person's results. ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at the two stone tablets in the middle. At a glance, on the stele representing the age of thirty, the top three in the first row are Gongsun Yi, Mu Hibiscus, and Yan Feihong.

Obviously, despite the rankings, these three are still highly regarded and are the most likely to finish in the top three. However, at the beginning of the competition, the score will be displayed after the name, and then the real ranking will be.

"This fourth stone tablet, after the selection begins, will show the battle screen of the top 100."

"Being able to enter the top 100 proves that that person is extremely outstanding in terms of talent and combat experience, and I hope everyone can understand and experience from their battles, so as to make greater progress and strengthen my Great Sui Empire."

As soon as the words fell, the stone tablet on the right suddenly shone brightly, and quickly turned into two hundred small areas, the upper layer was under thirty years old, and the lower layer was under one hundred years old.

Because I haven't entered the small world yet, the area is blank, and there is no image for the time being.

"Getting back to business, Prince Ben announced the first competition rule."

Hearing this, the needle drop in the square was suddenly heard, and everyone held their breath and quietly listened to Yang Ling's mouth.

Seeing this, Yang Ling nodded with satisfaction: "In the first competition, you will enter the small world, defeat the opponent in the small world, snatch the jade medal in his hand, and pass the top 1,000 points." ”

"According to different cultivations, the scores represented by jade plaques are different. Among them, one point in the Spiritual Silence Realm, ten points in the Jindan Realm, one hundred points in the Yuan Infant Realm, one thousand points in the Merge Realm, ten thousand points in the Divine Realm, and one hundred thousand points in the Out-of-Body Realm. ”

"Defeat the monks below the two great realms, and the corresponding points will be deducted."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar. (To be continued......)