After another day of preparation, the Famous Sword Conference arrived as scheduled. The event was open to the public with a grand opening ceremony in the heart of the city.

Wei Ziheng led the Yue delegation and walked forward slowly. At the same time, there were missions from other countries on the same page. Qinglian beside him walked a little bored.

Wei Ziheng asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?" Why do you look a little unhappy? ”

Qinglian looked at Wei Ziheng and said, "You've been busy with your own affairs these days, and you don't talk to me, of course I'm bored." ”

"Oh, by the way, I didn't ask you, do you want to participate in this famous sword conference? I think you can give it a try. Wei Ziheng kindly proposed.

Qinglian shook her head and said, "I don't know, I don't participate or not, but it doesn't matter, anyway, if you participate in this conference, it's okay." Let's take a look, the first round is said to last several days anyway. "Qinglian, to be honest, is still more interested in this folk conference, but if the Changsu in her hand is recognized as an accessory of the monarchs of the Wu Kingdom, I don't know what the reaction will be.

In the process of marching, Wei Ziheng was quietly observing the surroundings, there were a group of swordsmen on those two roads, they showed different expressions, and faced this famous sword conference with different attitudes.

After the missions of various countries, there are some famous sects such as the Mountain and River Palace, the White Feather, the Flood Wilderness, the Sword Pavilion and so on. After that, there were some small factions in the rivers and lakes, and finally some lone swordsmen in the rivers and lakes, who crossed the main city avenue of Linzi in the country of Qi.

The rumored Qilu Three Swords also appeared at the conference. The three world-famous top masters of Confucianism appeared in front of people, and the first one was the sage of Confucianism today, Ziyang, who is the sword bearer of the shadow sword in the world today. On either side of him are two other Confucian sages, Ziliang and Zimo, who hold the Hanguang Sword and the Xiaolian Sword respectively.

The three of them sat upright, looking down at everyone in the audience, and next to them there was the world-famous lord of the desolation, Jiang Tian. This Jiang Tian had a solemn expression, his aura was magnificent, and no one dared to look at him head-on under the glance of his eyes. He is armed with an ancient sword of the desolation, the Candle Dragon! I don't know when this sword appeared, as if it has existed since ancient times, and I don't know who and where it was found, only that his prestige gradually spread to the world, and was later obtained by Jiang Tian, the lord of the flood wilderness. Tian Xuanzi once personally looked at this sword and said: This sword is sharp, contains the breath of the sword soul, and it is very uncontrollable, and it cannot be used by those who are not firm in their hearts. Be careful when using your sword. Such cautious words are enough to show the power of this sword. I'm afraid it's also the reason why this candle dragon didn't make the list!

And on the high platform, it is the Qi Ping Gong Jiang Biao who is admired by everyone. He read aloud the opening speech of the famous sword conference, but his voice was so indistinct that he could not hear anything unless the person sitting in front of him could hear what he was saying. Fortunately, this Qi Pinggong didn't say much, and after a brief summary, he transferred the right to speak to the prime minister of Qi State, Liu Department.

This is also the first time that many swordsmen and hundreds of princes came to Qi and saw the prime minister of Qi, Liu. This person has a mediocre appearance, but he speaks with great grace: "Hello everyone, welcome to Linzi of Qi State." We were entrusted by the famous sword hall to hold the famous sword conference every five years. King Qi previously read out the welcome speech, and then it is up to me to read out the specific matters that follow. This year's Famous Sword Conference is the same as usual, in the first ten days, all swordsmen in Linzi of Qi can freely participate and register. Each swordsman wins one point, and each swordsman can participate in a maximum of ten matches in these ten days. The number of promotion places is determined by a point system.

According to our rough statistics, there are about nearly 3,000 swordsmen participating in this famous sword conference. In order to ensure that the competition is carried out in an orderly manner, we have decided to compete for 500 winners on a points-based basis within the first ten days of the first round.

This was followed by the second round, which lasted five days. Different from previous years, this year, I adopted a more brutal elimination system in accordance with the relevant suggestions of the Famous Sword Hall. Unlike previous years, we used a team system in the second round. Team up on your own, in groups of five, and compete in groups. The 500 people are divided into 100 groups, and each group is a row, and each group will have a duel in pairs, and the top two will advance to the final third round. In this way, 200 masters will be refreshed. These 200 masters still use the traditional one-on-one duel, and it is a one-game winner. to keep the cut. When there are only 25 players left, they will officially enter the finals.

This year's finals are different from previous years, and when you didn't enter the finals, you have always enjoyed one-on-one grand battles, but this time we have changed the format of the competition. In a completely new way.

This time, we adopted a somewhat alternative approach, and among the people who advanced to the third round, the person with the worst results and performance will be voted out by the audience of our Qi country, leaving only 24 people.

The 24 men also played in a small-scale team event, with teams of eight in groups of three, also fighting in random combinations. Anyone who wins twice can directly advance to the final round. Quota is limited to four. In this way, there are still 12 people, but this time we have adopted a harsher way of selection, which is that in a team of three, we will take our own predetermined way, and only one person will participate in the final round. The other two can either self-abstain and let a third person participate in the final, or they can have an intra-team duel and stand out from the three to speak for themselves.

It is the final final, limited to four people, for the final competition. Compete for the championship, second and third place. ”

As soon as the rules of the competition were announced, there was some uproar. Isn't the world of our swordsmen one-on-one real man fighting? How did it come to this? Team war: I came to Linzi alone, and you tell me about team war. And what the hell is that trio at the end? In the end, the team won, and they have to compete with their teammates for a spot, which is really a bit excessive, right?

There was a lot of discussion for a while, and many people were confused and puzzled by such a format. In their eyes, it's good to win it all on a one-on-one basis and win the final title. How did it become so complicated? Is it for the appreciation of some competition?

When Wei Ziheng heard such a competition, he was also puzzled after the competition system, and the team battle of the first round of individual stations and the second person was understandable. The individual battles in the third round were not bad either. The team battle of three people in the final is very weird, the first three people, even if they finally stand out from the eight teams, they have to stand out from their two teammates, which is really a little too difficult, right? If these three people know each other, they will discuss it at the time of the competition, and who will end up in the finals? What to do if you don't know someone? I'm afraid the battle within this team will be even more exciting.

This kind of rather novel competition suddenly made some people who eat melons very excited, they seemed to see some of the highlights of the game, and they couldn't wait to watch the game. Whether it's the first round of the individual competition, or the second-person five-person team event, or the weird three-person team event in the final. This famous sword tournament seems to have a unique flavor.

Next, some people from the Famous Sword Hall came out, and the one headed by him seemed to be the disciple in front of Tianxuanzi, he said a few rough words on the stage, and then also stepped down. Most of the official staff of the event were also designated by the prime minister of Qi State, which almost included many people from hundreds of schools. For example, Xuanzi and Dao Xuanzhen, Li Wangtian, Tian Zhen and others, this kind of people will not participate in the Famous Sword Conference, their goal is the Zhuzi Debate that ended after the Famous Sword Conference. This does not mean that the disciples of the hundred schools of thought will not participate.

This famous sword conference was grand and large, and a large part of the reason was the participation of hundreds of schools. Some of the entry criteria for the Famous Sword Conference have just been released, from the previous scale of about 1,000 people, to more than 3,000 people in an instant, five years later.

Such a prosperous era made all the major factions in the rivers and lakes excited. At that time, I didn't know what the unwritten rules were, and most of the sword tournaments were attended by some newcomers or unborn people, and those who had already made a name for themselves often sat in the stands as spectators. Feel the vitality brought to the rivers and lakes by this group of young swordsmen.

The opening of the conference came to an end with speeches by many foreign envoys. Soon, under the command of Liu Xian, the prime minister of Qi State, the famous sword conference officially opened today. Most of the competition venues for the first round are located outside Linzi City, Qi State, and it is shown in a simple way that this is the competition area. There are many villages and towns near Linzi City in Qi State, and a large-scale urban agglomeration has been formed, and it is not a problem to accommodate hundreds of competition venues.

Next, some extremely excited swordsmen were eager to try, and immediately after the tournament began, they went to sign up and took their own number cards to various competition venues to participate in the competition. These playing venues are very interesting, they wrote the numbers of the swordsmen who came to the competition venue on the wooden row, and then put them in a large wooden box, and after each game, they drew two wooden cards from the wooden box, looked at the numbers on it, and then decided who the next swordsman would be? If someone is not present, it is considered a waiver. The abstaining side will not consume a match as a result, it will only be considered invalid. In the last ten days, each swordsman has only qualified for ten matches. After each participating swordsman finishes the competition, the corresponding person and the winner will be passed on to the organizer of the competition. to centralize and unify to prevent cheating and exploiting swordsmen.

At the same time, on the other hand, there is information about the entourage of this swordsman, as well as their own consumption of daily necessities near Linzi in the Qi Kingdom. Liu Ji, the prime minister of Qi State, spent a lot of effort on this and collected a large number of materials from all over the country to sell. Before the game began, this huge material consumption had already made Qi Guo a lot of money. Not to mention how much benefit this nearly month-long Famous Sword Conference can bring to the Qi Kingdom?

In addition to that, there are many more powerful ones. Every time there is a famous sword conference, there will be many high-ranking officials, or famous families will come to gamble. The scale of this gambling tournament is also extremely large, and it is a gambling capital of millions of silver taels at every turn, and Qi Guo, as the organizer of the event, will take a little bit of this part of the gambling money in return.

The organizers of Qi have already thought about it, and in the final or the third round, because there will be a relatively large competition venue, this admission fee is also indispensable! When the time comes, the price of some food, such as water, dry food, and some food, will also be raised slightly, so it will make a lot of money.

At the same time, the number of carriages in Linzi of Qi State has also increased a lot, and at the same time, the price of carriages has been slightly raised, which has made many horsemen feel happy, and they hold the silver in their pockets when they have nothing to do.

What's even more awesome is the sword-casting master of Linzi of this Qi country, and there are countless broken swords in each famous sword conference. And these swordsmen, disheartened, will definitely seek a suitable sword, and it is the business of these swordsmiths that comes. Moreover, the sword produced by Qi is not bad, and enjoys a lot of praise in the world.

This grand scale of the famous sword conference has been transformed into a fortune tree in the eyes of the people of Qi State. This Qi Ping Gong Jiang Biao is estimated to be looking at the increasingly full treasury, and he can't say anything happy clearly.