Chapter Seventy-Four: Rules of the Competition
Just when Ma Yilong was happy that he had finally made another breakthrough, Jiang Shuyuan came to his cave. As soon as he entered the door, Jiang Shuyuan found that Ma Yilong had broken through the twelfth layer in qi refining, smiled and congratulated him, and praised him greatly.
Jiang Shuyuan is a person, the city government is very deep, and Ma Yilong really can't see through him.
From Jiang Shuyuan's various behaviors, it can also be seen that he is very good at being a man. As soon as Ma Yilong got started, Jiang Shuyuan sold a favor. Subsequently, he took the initiative to ask to be commensurate with Ma Yilong as a brother. When Ma Yilong was suspected by Wu Ying, Jiang Shuyuan stepped forward again.
When the Chiyun Dao people appointed a candidate to instigate Wang Xian, Jiang Shuyuan was originally the first choice, but he easily avoided it, so that the Chiyun Dao people had no choice but to choose Zheng Jiang. When Ma Yilong and Wang Xian were fighting, he remained silent and watched. Even after Ma Yilong and Wang Xian fell to the ground at the same time, he did not react. When the Chiyun Dao people assigned to monitor Ma Yilong, he was actually the first choice, but he avoided it again smoothly, and let this errand fall on Liu Lin.
Jiang Shuyuan was clear about the design of Ma Yilong by the Chiyun Dao people, but he chose to avoid the important and light on the task given to him by the Chiyun Dao people. Although Ma Yilong didn't see it and was sure that it was the truth, when Liulin found him, he hid far away.
When Jiang Shuyuan stood in front of Ma Yilong, he was always calm and unhurried, with a clear conscience, which also made Ma Yilong see more and more clearly! However, in Ma Yilong's opinion, he was going to leave the Purple Cloud Sect soon, and there was no need to figure out this matter at all!
"Senior Brother Jiang hasn't been to the door for a long time, there must be something to come to the door today, Senior Brother Jiang might as well speak up!"
"The purpose of my coming here is to visit Senior Brother Ma, and secondly, to introduce to you the rules of martial arts competitions, fighting methods, and the selection of relatives and related matters. Jiang Shuyuan looked at Ma Yilong and said with a smile.
Ma Yilong nodded with a smile and did not speak. When Jiang Shuyuan saw it, he smiled and explained to him.
In accordance with past practice, the conference was held for a total of eight days. The first seven days are a martial arts competition, and the last day is a family election conference. For the first seven days, there was a fighting meeting in the morning and a martial arts competition in the afternoon.
The martial arts competition and the fighting competition have a common feature, that is, the total number of participants is sixty-five, and thirteen people from each of the five major sects. The difference is that the disciples required to participate in the Dharma Fighting Conference must all be between the ninth and thirteenth levels of Qi refining. In the martial arts competition, there is no requirement for the cultivation of the participants.
However, the situation of the five major factions is basically the same, which also determines that the basic principles for their selection of participating disciples are the same: the participating disciples of the martial arts competition are mainly the outer hall disciples, and the participating disciples of the fighting fa conference are mainly the inner hall disciples.
As for the outer disciples, the sect will give them a certain number of places, but compared to the places for the inner disciples, there is a huge difference!
In terms of time, the martial arts competition and the fighting method conference are held separately, which determines that the same disciple can participate in two conferences at the same time. However, even if you want to participate in a conference, the decision power is not in your own hands, and it is determined by the sect according to the situation of the sect, the allocation of places and proportions.
The reason why the total number of participants in the two conferences is set at 65 is actually with a certain purpose. Because this number of people determines one of the biggest characteristics, that is, there can be one disciple lucky bye in each round. As for who the bye is, it is determined by the draw, and it is entirely up to luck.
In the first round, after a lot, one person was lucky to have a bye, and the other 64 people faced off to determine 32 people. These thirty-two people, plus the disciple who had a bye, thirty-three people drew lots again to select one lucky bye, and the other thirty-two people faced off to determine sixteen people, plus the lucky flute, and then drew lots again......
And so on, in the sixth round, there are only three people left, and one lucky winner is still selected by lot, waiting for the winner of the other two to have a final showdown.
In fact, the reason why the five major factions set such a competition was that they hoped to use the appearance of lucky disciples to ease the atmosphere, dilute the tension of the competition, and at the same time avoid resentment against each other. Because, after that, there will be a trip to the Holy Land, and if you have a grudge at this time, it is not conducive to joining forces to fight against the enemy after coming out of the Holy Land.
This kind of competition, like the lottery, has too much luck component. It is said that in a certain competition, a disciple was lucky enough to draw five byes in seven rounds. However, the strength of that disciple was also amazing, and in the only two matches, he completely defeated his opponent and finally won the first place smoothly.
Speaking of that disciple who has both luck and strength, many people in the five major sects know him, it is Wu Fang of Feiyun Gate, and he is now in the cultivation stage of the Dan Dynasty.
The game is based on a points system, with the winner earning three points and the lucky bye also earning three points. For those disciples who have been defeated, there are three situations: the first is a heavy loser who does not persist until 20 moves, and 0 points are earned; the second is a big loser, who loses between 20 and 50 moves, and 1 point; and the third is a small loser, who loses more than 50 moves, and 2 points.
In the end, the five major sects had to add up the total points of all the participating disciples in their own sect and arrange them in an order to determine their interests in the Purple Cloud Sect Mountain Range in the next ten years, including the region and the spirit stone mine.
In the game, there will be encounters with the same door, and in order to avoid the encounter with the same door as much as possible, the competition adopts a reward system.
Those who lose, although they get high and low points, they can't get rewards. The winning side, although they also earn three points, has a difference in receiving rewards. Those who are lucky to have a bye will not be rewarded with spirit stones; those who win more than 50 moves can only get 20 medium-grade spirit stones; those who win between 20 and 50 moves will be rewarded with 100 medium-level spirit stones; those who win within 20 moves will get 300 medium-level spirit stones if they win within 20 moves;
These spirit stones are naturally produced by the five major factions, and such a reward has a great impact on the difference in the personal interests of the participating disciples, and it can basically put an end to the release of water. Even if there are still a few cases of water release, they are basically within the tolerable range.
The reason is very simple, the five major factions have a good relationship with each other, and they attach importance to affection and righteousness over interests, and they do not attach too much importance to the division of interests. This kind of assembly focuses on bonding feelings, in order to make a rehearsal for a trip to the Holy Land. Because their goals are all on the trip to the Holy Land, and they are all staring at the Ascension Order.
Encountering the same door is originally a kind of lucky lottery, but you are not as lucky as a bye! If you really plan to give up the spirit stone reward and intentionally release the water, no one will care about you at all!
Regarding the prizes of the competition, there are other prizes in addition to the prizes for winning each round.
The thirty-three disciples who can successfully enter the second round, including those who have a bye, all have 100 middle-rank spirit stones; the seventeen who can enter the third round will all receive 300 spirit stones; the nine who can successfully enter the fourth round will be rewarded with 500 middle-grade spirit stones; the five who can enter the fifth round will be rewarded with 1,000 middle-grade spirit stones; and the three people who can enter the sixth round will be rewarded with 2,000 middle-grade spirit stones. The two people who duel in the end, the second place will be rewarded with 3,000 mid-level spirit stones, and the first place will be rewarded with 5,000 middle-grade spirit stones.
According to Jiang Shuyuan's statement, Ma Yilong carefully calculated that if he persevered until the end in a separate martial arts competition or a fighting competition, he would win the first place, and he would completely defeat his opponents, and he could get up to 11,000 middle-level spirit stones.
At this time, Ma Yilong understood why Hu Yigao would ask him for the number of 20,000 spirit stones. If you participate in two conferences at the same time and win the first place in all of them, all the rewards will add up to the number of 20,000 spirit stones.
However, in fact, it is impossible for anyone to get so many spirit stones, because even if there is no bye in every round, it is impossible for someone to beat the opponent all the time.
Ma Yilong knew very well that Hu Yigao's purpose was to push himself into a desperate situation and let himself be firmly dragged until the game was completed. Ma Yilong smiled bitterly in his heart, with his current worth, he had already exceeded this amount. Although these spirit stones were tempting, compared to his own safety, he didn't see much of it.
But in order to confuse the other party, Ma Yilong also had to make a very important look.
After listening to Jiang Shuyuan's story, Ma Yilong pinched his fingers and calculated. After calculating, Ma Yilong's tongue stretched out, and he inadvertently shed a few drops of saliva. Then Ma Yilong seemed to react suddenly, and explained to Jiang Shuyuan with a look of shame.
Ma Yilong's explanation made Jiang Shuyuan feel that he valued these spirit stones very much. Although Jiang Shuyuan tried his best to hide it, Ma Yilong could still see it. In fact, Ma Yilong's purpose is this, and it has been achieved at this time!