Chapter 454: Tournament Rules
Hearing someone ask about the relationship between the Sky Breaking Pill and the competition, Xue Tao led the topic to the origin of the competition.
More than 600 years ago, the then head of Nangongmen made a very wise and bold decision, he transplanted the Void Breaking Fruit Tree to the Kunlun Mountains for the first time, wanting to increase the yield of the Void Breaking Pill in the pie by artificial planting.
The planting base was selected in a valley north of Nangongmen, and people were sent to guard it all the year round, and this place was named "Broken Empty Valley".
The hollow fruit tree is a very delicate tree species with a very low survival rate. In addition, it is difficult to survive in the temperate tropics all year round and suddenly be transferred to relatively dry and cold mountains.
Therefore, it took hundreds of years, thousands of experiments, and four generations of leaders to finally complete this mission and cultivate an exciting red fruit for the first time in the Broken Sky Valley.
Since the day the experiment was successful, the Broken Void Valley was set up as a forbidden place by the Nangong Gate.
Not only did they set up various defensive arrays around them, but they also arranged a number of elders to be in charge of guarding.
Except for the planters, no one else is allowed to enter, and it is protected like a national treasure.
Although the fruit trees were transplanted, the number of fruits that can be produced each year is still limited due to the slow growth of the trees.
In addition, the Broken Sky Fruit Tree only bears fruit once every five years, and now even if it has its own Broken Sky Orchard, the output of the Broken Sky Pill is still far from enough.
Every five years, when I return from picking, it will bring a lot of turmoil to the sect.
Not only will the young disciples compete privately, but even many elders, in order to help their beloved disciples win a Sky Breaking Pill, have also joined the ranks of the competition, and they have made a lot of fights, and the disputes are endless.
There have even been incidents where a certain elder swallowed multiple Sky Breaking Pills alone, and was seriously injured by other elders together.
What was originally a good thing for the sect gradually turned into a tragedy.
In order to solve this problem, about five hundred years ago, Nangong Yu, the head of the house at that time, made a rule:
From then on, every five years, when the Broken Empty Fruit was ripe, all the Tun and Mengjie disciples in the sect would go into the valley to pick it by themselves. In the end, each disciple will be ranked and rewarded according to the number of fruits obtained.
Those who perform well can directly get the Breaking Pill, and those who perform poorly will get nothing, which is equivalent to being busy in vain.
After adopting this method, on the one hand, it did reduce the conflicts among the elders, and on the other hand, it also increased the awareness of fair competition among the young disciples.
After trying it for a few sessions, they found that this method worked well, and the sect kept this battle and gradually evolved into today's sky-breaking event.
"Ah, Senior Brother Xue, that means that we are really going to go in with the disciples of the ancients to grab the fruits?" After listening to Xue Tao's introduction to the competition, a man in the front row asked anxiously.
"This junior brother is right, this head-to-head competition is inevitable. Xue Tao nodded and continued:
Next, I will tell you about the rules of the competition. First of all, all the Tun and Meng-rank disciples in the sect must participate in this competition, without exception. Secondly, the Meng-level disciples and the Tun-level disciples will be arranged in different areas, and there will be no cross-level challenges. As for the specific geographical division, I guess it should be the same as the previous two realms competition, our Meng-level disciples will be arranged to operate in a ring-shaped area on the periphery of the Void Breaking Valley, while the Tun-level disciples will compete in the central area of the Void Breaking Valley, and the two will not meet. ”
As Xue Tao spoke, a map of a circular valley was also displayed on the big screen above his head.
On the outskirts of the valley, a wide yellow ring is marked as a staircase, and in the middle is a red staircase.
Since the number of Meng-rank disciples in the sect was much higher than that of the Tun-rank disciples, in terms of area alone, the yellow area was much larger than the red area.
"As for the fruit at the junction of red and yellow, disciples on both sides can pick it. Therefore, without absolute strength, please don't approach this junction line casually, otherwise you are likely to meet a Tun rank disciple. After reminding him, he heard Xue Tao add again:
"By the way, there is another point that I need to emphasize, and that is that the number of participants in the competition also has special requirements. The maximum number of participants in each group is three, and the minimum is two, and the final ranking is calculated according to the results of the group. And the final reward is also shared by the group members. ”
"Huh, is it a group, and you have to have more than two people?"
"That's right, this is another major feature of the Sky Breaking Competition!" Xue Tao nodded and introduced:
"It is said that this mode of group participation appeared more than 200 years ago and has been used to this day, which also reflects the importance that Nangongmen attaches to team spirit. As for the rules of the competition, each competition will be slightly different, so I won't talk about them one by one. There will definitely be detailed rules before the game, so you can read them carefully. ”
"Senior Brother Xue, is there any other benefit to the competition besides rewarding the Sky Breaking Pill?" Hearing this, a man sitting in the third row suddenly got up and asked.
"Hehe, of course there is! And the rewards are very generous! I remember that in the last edition, as long as you enter the top 100 groups, you can get a certain reward. Finish in the top 10 and get even more. If you can win the championship, hehe, I promise you can make a lot of money. ”
After hearing this description of the reward, everyone in the audience quickly started a heated discussion again. It didn't take long for the man who had asked about the reward just now to get up again and ask:
"Senior Brother Xue, is the competition fierce, is it possible for us newcomers to enter the top 100?"
Hearing the man ask about the ranking, Xue Tao immediately frowned, revealing a look of embarrassment:
"Can you get into the top 100, this one...... I don't dare to jump to conclusions. I only know that at present, there are about 700 disciples of our Nangong Sect Inner Mongolian Rank. If calculated according to the calculation of groups of three, there are probably more than 200 groups. If you want to enter the top 100, the strength must be at least above the average, and the competition is still fierce. ”
"So, in the previous competitions, have our newcomers ever entered the top 100?"
"Well...... this" After hearing this, I saw Xue Tao shaking his head and saying regretfully:
"Unfortunately, so far, no newcomer group has been included in the top 100. Well, I've already introduced to you about the Sky Breaking Event, and I hope it will be helpful to you. ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw Xue Tao hugging his fists at everyone, leaving the podium with bursts of applause and walking towards his seat.