The ministers of the knight branches of the states will not go to the capital to watch the games, these bosses are nothing when they enter the capital, and they can't participate in the competitions of the players, so they just send a cronie as a representative.

The real stakeholders of the knights' tournament have long been wrestling in the town, and meetings within the knights' association are constantly being held, and there are exchanges or compromises of interests every day.

Fuji Yan, the small role of the county president, is not qualified to participate in it, and only the three elders of the Senate can act as chess players. The Jiang family has a lot of chips that can be exchanged this year, and they will never let Ding Kui suffer in this game.

On the eve of the draw for the group stage of the national competition, the Shaodian National Magicians Association suddenly announced an explosive news, they organized a group of young magicians, and wanted to communicate with the players who reached the finals of the Knight Competition.

Magicians are always unwilling to be lonely and come to the knight tournament to join in the fun, and this has happened occasionally in history, often when a group of magician geniuses emerged.

The number of magicians is far less than the number of knights, so it is difficult to hold a national competition every four years, but the magicians will also want to train young magicians through similar competitions, and in recent years, there have been many genius magicians in various parts of the Shaodian country, which made President Zhe Taixuan very happy, and he decided to select a group of young knights who were about eighteen years old from among them to compete with the best young knights in the country.

Zhi Taixuan directly found Shaodian and asked for the competition, Shaodian was not worried about being smashed by the magician, and he was very happy that someone helped him test the quality of these knights, and the two seventh-level masters settled the matter in this way.

As soon as the mouth moved, the bottom was about to break his legs, and the final stage of the knight competition was originally set to face a change, and this time the system was changed with the participation of more people from the Wizards Association, and the previous compromise plan was overturned at once, resulting in this knight competition full of uncertainties.

On October 6, the draw for the group stage was hastily held in the Council Hall of the Knights' General Association.

The method is very simple, the ten gold medals are upside down on a round table, and the players are selected according to the state rankings.

The first round is the first of all the state competitions, and the second round is the second selection of all state competitions, and so on, Ding Kui was arranged to the last round.

Because the gold medals from one to ten are placed on the round table in a disorderly manner, each player can only take one piece, and who gets what number plate is completely a matter of luck, at least on the surface.

After the first round of the draw, the top 10 seeded players determined their group.

Shaodianfei of Zhenwangzhou really drew the No. 1 gold medal;

Yao Sheng of Hailin Prefecture drew the No. 2 gold medal;

Kong Ren of Nannuma Prefecture drew the No. 3 gold medal;

Longtan of Zhongwangzhou drew the No. 4 gold medal;

Bai Zhen of Hexi Prefecture drew the No. 5 gold medal;

Mu Ran of Haishan Prefecture drew the No. 6 gold medal;

Xuanyuan Chao of Linhai Prefecture drew the No. 7 gold medal;

Lu Zhi of Yamabaru Prefecture drew the No. 8 gold medal;

Levan of Xihai Prefecture drew the No. 9 gold medal;

Yangyuanzhou's Long Shuang drew the No. 10 gold medal.

The national competition is the national competition, which is much more generous than the state and county competitions, and the gold medals drawn by the players can be taken away and taken home as a souvenir or sold. This gold medal is made of pure gold.

The Cavaliers have prepared 100 gold medals, and each player has one, which cannot be sold before the end of the group stage, and must be used to compete on the corresponding court with the gold medal.

When it was Ding Kui's turn to draw lots, a staff member whispered behind him, "Grab the gold medal that is farthest away from you." ”

It's too straightforward, isn't it, the cheating method is so unsophisticated, what if I can't grab it?

Ding Kui was thundered, of course he felt that no one would use such low-end means to pit him, and it was not a bad thing to grab the gold medal that was farthest away from him. Most people will take the gold medal that is relatively close and more convenient, and no one and Ding Kui went to grab the farthest piece, and he successfully won the farthest gold medal.

"It's number three again, that's too much of a coincidence. Ding Kui looked at the gold medal in his hand, the numbers on it made him too familiar, he was in the No. 3 group during the county competition, and he was also in the No. 3 group during the state competition, and finally he was still in the No. 3 group in the national competition.

The draw result was similar to Ding Kui's previous expectations, Zhongwangzhou had three pairs divided into the same group, the first place Long Tan and the third place Yang Zhan drew the No. 4 gold medal, the fourth place Gongsun Qi and Ding Kui in the same group, the sixth place Xun Le and the ninth-place Chong Yi drew the No. 10 gold medal together.

This grouping is very unfavorable to Zhongwangzhou, and the meeting between Long Tan and Yang Zhan can be said to squeeze out the possibility of being the first in a group; In the eyes of the people of Zhongwangzhou, the strongest outside the three favorites are Ding Kui and Gongsun Qi, both of whom are divided into the third group, and internal friction is inevitable; Xun Le and Chong Yi are strong contenders for the top 50, and the favorite Long Shuang is in a group, as well as the strong Yang Mian, at least one of them will fall into the bottom 50 rankings.

In addition to Zhongwangzhou, the most dissatisfied with the draw is Nannuma State.

Kong Ren of the Kong family dug out his mind, specially transferred from Zhenjing City to Wenguo County to compete, and finally won the first place in Nannuma Prefecture and won a precious seed player, and the group was divided into Ding Kui and Gongsun Qi, who had the strength to compete with him.

The ranking of the Confucian family of the Duke of Wenguo is not low among the top ten dukes, but the fighting spirit is relatively weak, and the ranking may only be slightly higher than the Fan family of the Duke of Xingguo and the Bao family of the Duke of Luguo.

Kong Ren can fight for the side Gongsun Qi as a descendant, and the odds of winning are still high, but before the game, it was rumored that Ding Kui and Jiang Cao, who were tenth in Zhongwangzhou, were of equal strength, not to mention whether the news was watery, Kong Ren felt a great threat.

At the beginning of the founding of the Shaodian Kingdom, the ancestors of the ten major dukes were all leading generals and at least one legion in their hands; after the founding of the country, the wars decreased, the number of troops began to decrease, and some dukes transferred to the government council to serve as civilians.

The Kong family, the Bao family, the Yao family, and the Fan family are slightly weaker in terms of knights due to the ** problem, and the family's focus has shifted to the Government Affairs Yuan, and the inheritance of fighting spirit is only open to descendants and gifted side elites. Over time, the children of these four families distanced themselves from the other six, and this gap was most evident in the knight competition.

None of the Bao family and the Fan family made it to the national competition in this knight competition, and the children of the descendants were out of gear, and the lack of talents among the children of the side lines was also an important reason.

Despite the dissatisfaction of many parties, the players have drawn lots and the group has been determined, and if you want to get good results, you can only rely on the individual strength of the players.

Teng Yan and Lei Yan were waiting anxiously in the Protector's Mansion, and the old god Lu Ji was there, so they were much calmer.

"You don't seem to care at all, as a master. Lei Wei said this in fact, he wanted to find comfort in Luki, Ding Kui helped Black Earth City make history every time he won a game, and he hoped to draw a good lottery more than Ding Kui.

"Lord Baron has confidence in his disciples, we don't know Ding Kui as well as him, so we can only be in a hurry here. "Fuji Yan maintained enough respect for Lu Ji, and after he fought once, he knew very well how powerful Lu Ji was as the commander of the water village.

The water village of the "Golden Waterway" is the first water village in the kingdom, and the combat effectiveness of the garrison there is much stronger than the division led by Teng Yan.

"No matter which group Ding Kui is into, it is not as difficult to play as in the final stage of the state competition, and I am not worried about the players in Shangzhong Wangzhou, and now there is nothing to worry about in other states. "Rukey has seen it more thoroughly, the overall level of Zhongwangzhou is higher than that of other states, and he will meet one or two difficult opponents at most in the group stage.

At this time, Ding Kui happened to return home, and when he saw the elders in the living room, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute one by one, and introduced the lottery under the urging of Teng Yan.

"This luck is average, Kong Ren's strength is not to mention him, Gongsun Qi is said to have lost to the three favorites, he practiced hard at home, and did nothing else except eat and sleep every day, I wouldn't be surprised that he was suddenly promoted to the Shield Breaking Knight. "Lei Wei is obviously collecting information about the players.

"Kong Ren was originally in the capital, but he was transferred to Wenguo County four years ago, and he made careful preparations for this knight competition, and his strength can be seen by sweeping Nannuma Prefecture. The only thing that is fortunate is that there is no news that he has been promoted to the Shield Breaker Knight. Fuji Yan supplemented Kong Ren's information.

"There is no mediocre person who can become the first in the state competition, and there is no rumor of who has advanced to the Shield Breaker Knights, and it is actually the same in another group. No, the Wizards' Guild is going to send someone to communicate with us, and we don't know what kind of situation will happen when the group is first qualified.

Come one game at a time, I will never let go of water if I can win, and if I can't win, just do my best. Ding Kui didn't set himself a hard goal, the top three in each group have a chance to reach the finals, and he doesn't necessarily have to fight for the first place.

"This time, you can use 'Moon Death' to play the group stage, there is no need to retain your strength. The competition with little difference in strength is more than the foundation, and the foundation is the accumulation of long-term training, and there is no way to improve it in a short period of time. "Lu Ji's style is more steady, and he doesn't like to surprise soldiers, so he suggested that Ding Kui should treat the group stage with a safe plan.

"Does the Kong family have a famous sword?" Ding Kui asked.

"Yes," Fuji Yan replied affirmatively, "the name of the sword is 'Zhenggang', but it hasn't appeared for many years, and it is against the family rules of the Kong family to use the famous sword to participate in the knight competition, and it is unlikely that Kong Ren will use it." ”

"I can probably understand that the name of the sword can reflect the nature of the sword, and when it is used as a communicative competition, it can't exert the power of 'Zhenggang'. "I've been using the "Moon Death" for a while, and Ding Kui is the person who knows the famous sword best.

"That's good, the amount of training in the past two days has been halved, and the battle training has stopped, you can calm down and think about it, think more about your shortcomings, and write a story for me to see. "Luki is a famous teacher, and his method of guidance is very targeted.

Ding Kui must first improve himself, not thinking about the problems of the opponent, which can reduce the pressure from the unknown.