Chapter Forty-Six: The Trials Begin
87_87380 It's the end of July now, and the Luo family's internal selection competition has officially kicked off.
A few days ago, the selection for the fifth seed player also ended.
A fifteen-year-old named Luo Zhihuan qualified as the No. 5 seed.
This Luo Zhihuan has officially practiced martial arts for more than a year, and in the early stage of practice, the qualification of the fourth grade, the competition for this fifth seed player was very fierce, and there were even people in the cave sealing period to participate.
Luo Zhihuan was not favored, but he overcame the difficulties, winning all seven of the eight players, and qualified for the fifth seed without any suspense with an undefeated result.
The sudden rise of his former inconspicuous personality has added a touch of uncertainty to this internal selection.
Especially in the battle against the acupuncture sealing period, when people were generally not optimistic, Luo Zhihuan had a long cherry blossom in his hand, and he actually defeated the opponent in the acupuncture sealing period with only ten shots.
Although the breakthrough before that acupuncture period was very reluctant, and the strength was also at the bottom in the acupuncture sealing period, but after all, it was the realm of acupuncture sealing, and he was actually defeated by a dirty training period, which had to give people enough reason to suspect that the actual combat power of this Luo Zhihuan had surpassed several seeded players.
For a time, the prestige of the fifth-seeded player Luo Zhihuan has surpassed Luo Xingyao and others, and is close to Luo Xingye, the first master of the younger generation of the Luo family.
However, for Luo Zhihuan, Luo Xingyao and others scoffed, and Luo Xinghui, who had just entered the bone forging period, even said that even if he was in that sealing period, he could easily win.
In short, in the midst of people's opinions, the internal selection of the Luo family kicked off.
The selection is divided into three stages: the preliminary round, the semi-final and the final, and after statistics, the number of applicants in each group has reached 17.
In addition to the seeded players in each group, the other 16 players will play the preliminary round.
The sixteen players were divided into two groups, a group of eight, and each group played a round-robin battle to determine the first of the two groups and directly qualify.
The second place in the two groups is to compete for a third place.
In the end, the three plus the seeded players made it to the semifinals.
There are four people in each group, and twenty people in five groups will play the semi-finals, and the top ten will be selected to enter the finals.
The final is to determine the top five, and these five people are the ultimate lucky ones, who can go to Yunzhou during the Mid-Autumn Festival and participate in the selection of the Sword Gate with the elite disciples of the major forces in the Yunzhou region.
The first day of competition kicked off, and this was the first group where Luo Xingye was.
Luo Xingye is a seeded player, and in the first round of the preliminary round, he had a bye and went directly to the semi-finals to occupy a spot, and the remaining sixteen people had to compete for three places.
It may be that in order to maximize Cheng Dù's preservation of Luo Xingye's strength, the first group she is in does not have any eye-catching geniuses, and so far, the highest appearance strength is only a figure with the upper four grade qualifications, who can reach the bone forging period.
In the stands, Luo Lie and other high-level officials of the Luo family sat on the high platform.
Luo Xiong said to Luo Lie: "Big brother, this time Starry Night is a standout in the first group, not to mention that you don't have to participate in the preliminary round, even if you don't have any opponents who can match it in the semi-finals, it is equivalent to sending it directly to the finals, I think the prize of this champion, no one can receive it if it is not Starry Night." ”
"It can't be said that the strength of Xingyao and others is also good, and the fifth seed Luo Zhihuan, who was not obvious before, is now a sudden rise, which is also a variable. ”
"Big brother is too modest, isn't it, Starry Night's niece is in the dirty training period, as far as I know, she has already tempered at least five internal organs, right? This strength is enough to break through to the sealing point, but Starry Night's niece has lofty ambitions and a solid foundation, does she want to temper seven internal organs to break through? ”
At this time, Luo Hu said to the side: "Of course I haven't seen it, you and I have broken through to the sealing point by refining five internal organs, and the eldest brother is only refining six places, no one in our Luojiazhuang has ever been able to quench seven internal organs, Starry Night This is going to create zào history, I see that Starry Night has no doubt about entering the Sword Gate, and when the time comes, one person will attain the Tao, and the chicken dog will also ascend to heaven." ”
This is a bit shady, they are just Luo Xingye's uncle, even if Luo Xingye becomes a disciple of the Sword Sect, it has little to do with them, and they are still competing with Luo Liecun, and their feelings for each other are not deep, Luo Xingye will not take care of them in the future, she can only take care of her father.
Luo Xiong and Luo Hu are also at odds with Luo Lie on weekdays, and there is no pressure to sarcastically ridicule each other.
Luo Lie looked at the two of them with some annoyance, and was unhappy.
In this family selection, the two brothers seem to have reached a tacit understanding, and they actually manipulate the prizes.
Because everyone knows that Luo Xingye is definitely going to get the first place, the reward for the first place is not very good, but the reward for the second place seems to be inferior to the first place, but in fact, the future value is far more than the first place.
This time, only the top ten people will have prizes, and the sixth to tenth places will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.
The fourth and fifth places will be rewarded with three thousand taels of gold, these are nothing, the focus is on the top three.
The third place will be rewarded with five thousand taels of gold, five amethyst stones, and a human-level magic weapon.
The second place will be rewarded with eight thousand taels of gold, ten amethyst stones, and an earth fire spirit.
The first place will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold, 20 amethyst stones, a human-level high-grade magic weapon, and a human-level medium-grade defensive magic weapon.
Although the rewards for first and second place are quite different, the accuracy of the earth fire is extremely valuable.
Alchemists need fire when refining pills, refiners need fire when refining weapons, formation mages also need fire when they set up formations, and even rune masters also need fire when they engrave fire attribute talismans.
Even when a warrior fights, the power of fire cannot be ignored.
Originally, when Luo Lie was setting the prize, he wanted to list this Earth Fire Spirit as the champion prize, but Luo Xiong and Luo Hu colluded with some elders and forcibly passed Guò to list this Earth Fire Spirit as the prize for the runner-up in a ratio of five to three.
If it was usual, Luo Lie would naturally be able to veto this mention by virtue of the authority of the owner, but now the time is different, Han Qing, who supports him, is dead, and he still has to hide this news, which has aroused the suspicion of the elders, and his biggest hope now is to be able to get through this period of time smoothly, as long as Luo Xingye enters the Sword Gate, it will be safe.
At this time, it is obviously not suitable to have extraneous branches, and in the face of the two younger brothers and elders who are eyeing him, Luo Lie chose to back down in order to ensure the stability of his position as the owner.
So when this reward came out, many people felt that the reward for the second place didn't seem to be much worse than the first place, but in fact, it was because they didn't understand the preciousness of the Earth Fire Spirit, if they did, I'm afraid no one would think so.
Luo Lie could only curse secretly in his heart, hoping that none of Luo Xiong and Luo Hu's three sons would win the second place, even if that Luo Zhihuan won the second place, it would be better than their sons to get it.
But the results of the first two days of the game seem to be in an unfavorable direction.
The first group of games where Luo Xingye was over, and the three winners had one training period and two bone forging periods, none of which could threaten Luo Xingye's status.
At the end of the second group, the three winners were similar to the first group, and no one could threaten the status of Luo Xingyao's seeded players, and one of them, a girl named Luo Lingling, also entered the semi-finals.
Finally on the third day, today is the third group of games, Luo Lie's heart is looking forward to the emergence of a genius who can threaten Luo Xingyun's position.
But the genius disciples of Luojiazhuang are all in his heart, and there is really no one who is Luo Xingyun's opponent, and it seems that there is nothing to look forward to in this third group.
No matter what Luo Lie thought, the game started as usual.
The players on the field showed their skills, and one of the players named Jin Wenyu had the qualification of the fourth grade, and he used a halberd in his hand, which was extraordinary, and it was effortless to defeat the opponent.
Luo Lie nodded slightly on the stage, this Jin Wenyu seemed to threaten Luo Xingyun a little, but the hope was not very big.
At the beginning of the game, the first group of the third group ended, and that Jin Wenyu really won the first place and directly got the opportunity to enter the semi-finals.
The second group game started, but it got stuck in the first game.
Because one of the contestants didn't show up.
The host shouted loudly on the stage: "Luo Xiu! Where is Luo Xiu?
Even after shouting many times, no one answered.
At this time, Luo Xingyun, who had been watching the play on the side, laughed and said: "I don't think you need to shout, this Luo Xiu is afraid of this game, he has been hiding for almost three months and has not appeared, he is smart if he doesn't come today, if he dares to come, I will make him regret it!"
The host shouted again that Luo Xiu did not appear on both sides, and originally planned to judge Luo Xiu's abstention, but at this time, Luo Xingye suddenly stopped his move.
"I think Luo Xiu may have an urgent matter and can't get away for the time being, just give him a little time, postpone his game later, and make up for it when he comes, if he doesn't come at the last moment, then it's not too late to judge him to abstain. ”
The host was a little embarrassed and looked at Luo Lie on the high platform.
Luo Lie nodded with a gloomy face, he could see that his daughter was a little contemptuous of Luo Xiu, but he would never allow this kind of thing to happen, his daughter, the future husband must be a dragon among people, and a wild boy like Luo Xiu is definitely not qualified.
At the beginning, Luo Xiu still liked it very much when he was a child, and the long pink and jade dolls once made up for his lack of a son, but later after Luo Xingye gradually revealed a little affection for Luo Xiu, he acquiesced to Luo Xingyao's move to drive Luo Xiu out of the Luo family's mansion.
Nothing is more important than his family.
But although he knew, he believed that Luo Xingye's reason would make her make the right choice, and he would not refute his daughter's face in front of so many people, after all, Luojiazhuang would be handed over to Luo Xingye in the future.
Seeing Luo Lie's actions, the host also breathed a sigh of relief and announced that Luo Xiu's game would be postponed.
"Hmph! This kid who eats soft rice is really lucky, but that's the end of it, Young Master Ben hopes that he can come back at the last moment, his games are ranked last, this is a round-robin match, seven games in a row, these people are tired and tired to death!"
Luo Xingyun was unwilling in his heart, and cursed viciously