The summer in the Tianchi Empire is not very hot. After nightfall, Qin Wushuang walked on the pine and cypress path in the backyard of Songhe Inn. This Songhe Inn is a quiet place in the middle of the bustle, and the backyard is very quiet, far away from the hustle and bustle of the world. Qin Wushuang is very
I like this feeling.
Qin Wushuang looked up at the cloud sky. The starry sky was bright and dotted with stars. It was vast and far-reaching. Each star seemed to contain countless secrets that were difficult to figure out.
Qin Wushuang was walking on the path with his heart still, when he suddenly heard slight footsteps behind him. When he looked back, he saw a figure in white, looking graceful under the starry sky.
"Junior Brother Qin." When the man saw Qin Wushuang, he smiled slightly and walked over.
"Senior Brother Wei, are you taking a walk here too?"
"Well, there are still four or five days before the Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament begins." Wei Yi sighed softly.
"Yes, the younger generation of masters from the Three Eastern Kingdoms, who have met in such great circumstances, are both mules and horses, and they are all being pulled out for a ride." Qin Wushuang followed up.
Wei Yi raised his head and looked up at the vast starry sky and said in a solemn voice: "Junior Brother Qin, you have been here for a year and you may not know much about many things. Do you know why the three empires in the East attach so much importance to this Eastern Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament?"
"I really don't know this. Please ask Brother Wei to clarify my doubts."
Wei Yi sighed: "It's really hard to describe it in one word. To the east of the three eastern empires is the Endless East Sea. This Endless East Sea is one of the most mysterious areas in the entire Tianxuan Continent. It is vast and boundless, even bigger than our human country.
At least a thousand times wider. The endless East Sea is a forbidden area for the human kingdom, a place that cannot be touched. But because of this, the human kingdom is full of curiosity about these forbidden areas. According to legend, this endless East Sea is full of
It was full of adventures and full of all kinds of magical things. In the past, the Three Eastern Kingdoms would have adventurers challenge the Endless East China Sea from time to time, but in the end there were few survivors. Therefore, later, the Three Eastern Kingdoms reached an agreement to blockade the Endless East China Sea.
, no matter which country, no adventurer is allowed to enter the realm of the endless East China Sea privately..."
Qin Wushuang listened patiently. When he first started, he heard his master Tan Zhongchi mention a few place names, saying that they were places that humans could not easily offend.
One of the names is the Endless East China Sea. It turns out there is such an allusion.
"Senior Brother Wei, what does the Endless East China Sea have to do with the Eastern Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament?"
Wei Yi nodded and continued: "After the three eastern kingdoms reached an agreement, they were peaceful for decades, but later I felt a little unwilling to be able to explore such a huge treasure house like the endless East China Sea. So, the three kingdoms agreed that two
Once every ten years, there is an exchange competition between the three countries. Based on the rankings in the exchange competition, they collectively explore the Endless East China Sea every twenty years. The number of places is continuously reduced based on the ranking. The champion can have ten people, while the runner-up,
But there can only be six people, and the one at the bottom can only have four places."
"Exploring the endless East China Sea?" Qin Wushuang couldn't help but be a little suspicious, "Since that place is listed as a restricted area, why should we explore it?"
"This kind of exploration is naturally limited to a superficial taste. It can only go deeper into the area of three thousand miles at most. Although the sea area within 3,000 miles is threatening, there is still a limit. Once you go out of the 3,000 mile sea area,
That is a crisis at every step, the waves are emptier than the sky, the water is as fast as boiling, the whirlpool and the tsunami may come at any time." Wei Yi sighed, "I only heard these mentioned by the elders in casual conversations, and I will explore them in detail.
I don’t know what the endless East China Sea feels like.”
Qin Wushuang finally understood that in the Eastern Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament, after all, it was still a fight for a spot. In this way, exploring the endless East China Sea must be a very amazing opportunity. Why would the three empires fight so hard to grab it?
this quota.
"Senior Brother Wei, since ancient times, have you ever made any big gains while exploring this endless East China Sea?"
"I've never heard of a big harvest!" Wei Yi said with a smile, "But all the sects have obviously tasted the benefits. Otherwise, why would they be so enthusiastic about the Eastern Three Kingdoms Exchange Competition in the past thousand years?"
Qin Wushuang made sense when he thought about it. If there was no gain at all, why should he care so much about an illusory ranking? Naturally, the battle for the quota was also of great significance for exploring the endless East China Sea.
The laws of this world are similar to those of the previous life. If there is no profit, there must be no early start. There must be internal reasons for the three empires to work so hard.
"Nominally, all the major sects in the Three Kingdoms are eligible to participate in this Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament. But in fact, those small sects and sects are just foils after all. The Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament is mainly composed of Xingluo Palace, Tianji Sect and Longhumen.
Competition. Everything else is a dispensable sideshow."
Wei Yi smiled heartily and suddenly asked: "Junior brother Qin, what are your personal goals for this exchange competition?"
Qin Wushuang was stunned and shook his head: "I don't know anything about the rules of the Three Kingdoms Exchange Competition, let alone what the competition is. Naturally, there is no personal goal. But I see that the main hall master and my master,
They are all very enthusiastic about this three-nation exchange competition. It can be seen that they take it very seriously. The elders are so eager, and we, the juniors, can only go all out to win the championship and make them happy."
Wei Yi nodded solemnly: "That's right. Since Junior Brother Qin doesn't know anything about the rules, I happened to have studied the rules. I have nothing to do at the moment, so I will tell you to listen."
Qin Wushuang said happily: "I really want it."
Qin Wushuang has been living in seclusion in Qinjiazhuang for half a year. When he returned to Xingluo Palace, he left after meeting his master. Tan Zhongchi also planned to tell him the rules after arriving at Tianchi Empire to avoid distracting him. Today they just gathered together.
, Tan Zhongchi didn’t even have time to explain the rules.
Wei Yi said: "The Eastern Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament is somewhat similar to our Xingluo Palace's year-end assessment, but it is not the same. It is divided into three links. Each country can only send sixteen young disciples to participate. And
These sixteen young disciples are very particular. The first sect in each country will send ten places, and the other sects will send six places, making a total of sixteen places."
Having said this, Wei Yi paused for a moment before continuing: "The first stage, without scoring, is the knockout round. Of the total forty-eight people from the Three Kingdoms, half will be eliminated. Only the remaining half will automatically enter.
In the second session, the formal exchange competition begins.”
"Eliminate half of the number? Should all countries eliminate half, or should they eliminate half regardless of nationality?"
"Regardless of nationality, half will be eliminated!" Wei Yi solemnly said, "In this first round, there will be no scoring, but the competition starts from the first round. The performance of this round will determine the entry of each country.
The number of places in the semi-finals. Just imagine, if the results in the first round are not ideal and the number of places entering the semi-finals is lower than the average eight, it will be very troublesome. Because in the semi-finals, the difference between one more person and one less person is sometimes
It is decisive. Unless there is a leader in any country."
"One can beat two?" Qin Wushuang smiled, "Senior Brother Wei and I can match two first-level warriors, shouldn't it be a problem, right?"
"That is definitely no problem." Wei Yi also explained with a smile, "However, every country has Zhongling warriors, so these advantages sometimes cancel each other out. Of course, this time our Xingluo Palace also has
The advantage of two Zhongling warriors may become a decisive factor. If the other two countries have no trump card and each only has one Zhongling warrior, then we will have an advantage in this link. To a large extent, it may even determine
The final direction of the Three-Nation Exchange Competition.”
Wei Yi sighed: "Through this journey, I can also feel the expectations of my classmates and the pressure of me as a senior brother. At that time, I thought, if you are here, junior brother Qin, our Xingluo Palace
The situation must be very different. But I didn't expect that Junior Brother Qin is still there. You don't know, your appearance can be said to have lifted half of the pressure on my shoulders."
"Wushuang is also looking forward to fighting against the enemy together with Senior Brother Wei and striving for the supreme honor of Xingluo Palace."
Wei Yi smiled: "To get back to the subject, the rules of the first round of the knockout round are somewhat similar to that of the martial arts trial. The form is similar, but there are some deviations in the content. You just have an idea of this, and you will naturally know it when the time comes.
Detailed rules. Compared with your martial arts trial, there will be relatively less chance and more inevitability. The realm, strength and various aspects of the test will be relatively strict. Stronger and weaker will show clearly.
Therefore, the chance of an upset cannot be said to be 100%, but it is also very slim."
"After the knockout round, the second round is also a variety of assessments, and the assessments also have score evaluations; then comes the third round, and the third round is the real main theme - the competition!"
Martial arts competition can be said to be the most popular and direct form of competition on the Tianxuan Continent. Although this method is primitive and monotonous, it is the most convincing.
Qin Wushuang now understands why Xingluo Palace conducts a year-end assessment every year. These assessments are so frequent, so it turns out that they are targeted and not completely meaningless assessments.
And this pertinence is naturally the Eastern Three Kingdoms Exchange Tournament!
Similar in form and similar in content, Qin Wushuang felt somewhat confident after hearing this. If this is the case, then everything is not unfamiliar.
However, Wei Yi said: "Junior brother Qin, this competition is different from the round-by-round promotion competitions in our Xingluo Palace. There is absolutely no draw factor allowed. In other words, it is not an elimination ranking competition.
, but it also has the cruelty of a knockout round. There are two possibilities: either continue or be eliminated."
"Oh?" Qin Wushuang felt curious, "Senior Brother Wei, what is the specific content of this competition?"
After hearing what Wei Yi said, Qin Wushuang couldn't help but rekindled his interest in the rules of the competition.