The sky is transparent and the clouds are lingering.
A small river flows from the mountain, turns a corner here, and flows north again, converging into a small flat lake. The vegetation on both sides of the river bank is lush, full of exotic flowers and plants, and bees and butterflies are flying among them. On the river, there is a stone road leading to the mountainside.
"Wow, boom!"
The river is gurgling, clear and pleasant. Six hundred and one people stood on the large square, staring at the direction Shilu came from.
Their breaths are light and long, with a unique sense of rhythm. They seem to synthesize wonderful aura fluctuations between each breath. Everyone's brilliance is flowing, which cannot be stared at.
After waiting for half a stick of incense, Shui Yao, Li Dong and other main deacons showed up. After a while, two small dots, one green and one red, appeared halfway up the mountain, and in the blink of an eye, they were already in front of them.
Except for Gu Yu and Xiao Zhai, the core strength of Phoenix Mountain is all here, which is enough to show the importance attached to this competition. The disciples stationed on Snake Island also came back early to prepare in advance.
"Tomorrow's contest will be divided into three rounds. The rules are as follows..."
Lao Shui announced in a loud voice, word for word: "Take one hundred in the first round, field trial; take fifty in the second round, catch and match; take ten in the third round, the Swiss round points system. If you don't understand, go back Research, let's draw the number plate!"
After that, he put his hands in his trouser pockets with a serious face, and then took out a long, shiny, mysterious, er, mobile phone.
"There is a shareware in the group, you can get your own number by clicking on it."
"..."
Everyone was embarrassed and embarrassed, used to staying in the mountains, wearing long robes, learning Taoism, and almost forgot that this is modern cultivation. Immediately, he pulled out his phone and clicked on the software.
You Yu held his super-large screen dual card dual standby, poked it casually, the roulette wheel on it turned, and then a big number appeared: 233.
"..."
He was relatively silent, and didn't think about what expression to use to face him, so he heard the roommate next to him ask, "Hey, what's your number?"
Just as he was about to answer, Lao Shui's voice came again: "Don't reveal your number plate. From today onwards, we will record the results and assign matches. We will only arrange numbers, not names!"
Ga!
You Yu almost choked to death, and smiled awkwardly. That roommate was also very bad, so he shrank back resentfully.
After that, Lao Shui ordered a few more things, and everyone dispersed.
The mountain suddenly became lively, and the topic of discussion was naturally the rules of the game. You know everything about field trials, and you know how to catch and fight. What the hell is Swiss points
After studying for a long time, everyone finally figured it out:
For example, in an eight-person match, it takes three rounds. The battle table is randomly arranged first. The first round is A vs. B, C vs. D, E vs. F, and G vs. H.
The result is that ACE wins, BDF loses, and GH draws. The winner gets 1 point, the tie gets 0.5 points, and the loser gets 0 points.
Then proceed to the second round, try to score high against high and low against low. Note here: Those who have already played will not encounter it again! For example, E vs C, H vs A, F vs G, D vs B.
By analogy, the points ranking is finally obtained.
The Swiss round is currently recognized as the fairest competition system. Needless to say, it must have been thought up by Xiao Jin's brain. Once she opened her mind, she had fun watching the play, but she made her disciples cry for their father and mother.
What they originally thought was the traditional two-two battle, a total of 601 people, divided into 300 groups, and then one person had a bye. Usually in novels, this person is either the protagonist or cannon fodder.
Then fight all the way up, win the first place in the competition, and be given the foundation building pill, or the Lingmeile doll, or the mysterious magic weapon silver holder, lovesickness sleeve, sulfur ring, hanging jade ring, and navel sealant barabala.
Who would have thought that the master's school is so big, and it is divided into three rounds, which is based on a month's play!
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June, summer.
The people of the whole country have not experienced the real early summer for some years.
At that time, the weather was just hot, neither dry nor dry. The wind was sometimes cool and sometimes damp. During the day, I wore short-sleeved single clothes, which could be thicker. There are bugs outside...
Like living in a dream.
After a long period of devastation, the common people have long given up hope, but this year, especially the northerners, really felt the long-lost summer.
Everyone came out of Baicheng and walked west all the way. The ground was covered with flowers, plants and green trees. The big alienated roses hung on the green wall like big trumpets, and the herbivorous grasshoppers with big fists jumped around, looking at these humans curiously with their green eyes open.
For a moment, everyone felt like they were young and ignorant—you are ruffian Cai, and I am Qing Wu Fei Yang, eh, that's it.
They were happy for a short time, and Long Qiu and Xiao Jin dared not ignore them. The two of them went one step ahead and arrived at an area on the border with neighboring provinces, called Shaling. Those two sand spiders were caught from here.
The two landed on the ground and looked at it. To the west was a vast desert, separated by several bald mountains, and to the east was a swamp overgrown with poisonous miasma. This is a well-known death penalty area outside the customs. There are countless strange beasts and poisonous gas, straddling the huge area of the two provinces.
"Which side are you guarding?" Long Qiu asked.
"I do whatever I want."
"Then I'll go to the desert and you to the swamp."
The desert is a long way, time-consuming and labor-intensive. Xiao Jin curled her lips, and actually felt Xiao Qiu's boyfriend power, which is not a good sign.
But she didn't refuse, nodded, and the two of them flickered and disappeared in place at the same time.
After about half an hour, the large troops arrived here. More than 600 people stood in the middle of the Bald Ridge, listening to Lao Shui announce the specific rules:
"Listen to me, I'll just say it once. Eight-eyed scorpion eggs, sand snake tails, five-color stones, red bee stings... twelve items, nine of which can pass the level. I don't care what method you use , remember, you only have five days, and after five days, gather at the mountain east of the swamp, the first one hundred people wins!"
Lao Shui really only said it once, without a word of nonsense, and waved his hand: "Start now!"
"..."
After the voice fell, there was a very brief silence, and everyone stood in place without moving.
The desert is in the west, in a long and narrow shape, as far as the north of Mobei, with a vast area. The swamp is in the east, roughly circular in shape and not small in size. These twelve things exist on both sides, so crossing is a must.
So, which side to choose first is very important.
"call!"
Everyone was turning their brains quickly, in order to complete the task efficiently, when they suddenly heard a gust of wind blowing, accompanied by a petite and slim figure, plunged headlong into the desert.
Zeng Keer!
You Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. In his heart, this young lady is the strongest opponent. Immediately, there was no ink stain, like an arrow leaving the string, it wiped itself and broke into the swamp.
When these two people moved, it was as if a switch was pressed, and the six hundred and one people quickly split into two groups, leaving nothing in an instant.
"..."
Lao Shui and the others looked at each other, showing a trace of helplessness and envy, and set up camp here, prepared various wound medicines, and waited in the middle area.