Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 545 The First Battle
Boom!Boom!Boom!
Such a ceremonial battle made every practitioner excited.

Even the bells sounded like war drums.

The bell for the beginning of the war chess game came from my ear, and Ying Baoyue stepped into the side hall with the number plate in his hand.

That's right, a number plate.

A total of more than [-] practitioners entered the second round of the individual competition. The chess game must be played in pairs, and it is too time-consuming for one person to draw lots in public.Therefore, when candidates enter the side hall to verify their identity, they will randomly receive a number plate at the entrance.

Candidates enter and sit in the arena according to the order of the number plates, and the two practitioners with adjacent numbers are their opponents in the first game of chess.

Hundreds of chessboards have been set up in the main hall, and the examiners are sitting on top of them. Under the watchful eyes of the examiners, the practitioners began to enter the arena in order.

"There are quite a few practitioners who have reached this round this year," commented an examiner watching the practitioners who filed in.

"That's right, although this year's class doesn't have as outstanding candidates as Mr. Chunhua and his class, the overall quality is good," said an examiner, "It seems that this autumn's mid-level ceremony should be able to gather enough people, presumably can be held as scheduled.”

"Intermediate Grand Ceremony..." Listening to the discussions of the people around him, Jiang Yuanyuan, a prince of Southern Chu who has recently gotten used to being among the examiners, looked at Ji Jiashu and said with a smile, "I heard that you didn't get enough people last time, it seems This year is enough."

"What do you mean our last session?" Ji Jiashu glanced at him indifferently, "Second Highness, you are also the last session."

Jiang Yuanyuan laughed out loud when he heard the words, "I just joined in for fun, and I can't compare with you."

"But you passed in the end, didn't you?" Ji Jiashu said lightly.

Participating in the primary ceremony as the prince of Southern Chu is likely to cause controversy. Jiang Yuanyuan participated in a few games three years ago with his identity hidden. After his identity was exposed, he withdrew. However, because the results of the previous rounds were indeed excellent, he finally passed the bottom of the list.

However, after the elementary ceremony ended three years ago, the intermediate ceremony was not held.

Although the middle-level ceremony is not as harsh as the high-level ceremony, it is a ceremony that uses the power of a country, and the number of participants needs to reach a certain number before it can be held.Although it is held every three years, it is closed when the number of participants falls below 300.

The threshold for participating in the elementary ceremony is low, and you never have to worry about not having enough people. However, the condition for participating in the intermediate ceremony is that you must pass the elementary ceremony. The threshold is not low.

However, the number of them passing the previous session was not enough, not because the quality and level of the participants was not good as other examiners said.

The situation is quite the opposite.

Ji Jiashu looked slightly deeper.

Among the practitioners who participated in the previous session, there was no shortage of strong ones, but I don't know if the participants were too strong. Compared with all the rounds, the survival rate is very, very low.

After the last round, less than [-] people survived. Naturally, they couldn't ask Soochow to hold the middle-level ceremony, and the people in their class could only wait another three years.

"No matter how you say this year, there are really many people who survived." At this moment, Jiang Yuanyuan seemed to know what he was thinking, and said while watching the dark practitioners in the hall.

In the past, there were always heavy casualties in the first round of the crowd battle and the first round of the individual battle. There were not many attrition, which was quite different from previous years.

And the reason for such unusual scenes...

He looked at the slender figure in the crowd, that woman was always the first to be spotted.

Ji Jiashu followed suit with far-reaching eyes.The number of casualties is low this year, not because the rules have been changed, but because of the existence of a young girl.

Back then in Tianmu Mountain, if it wasn't for this woman's efforts to turn the tide, hundreds of people would have killed each other on the night when the mountain was closed.

"Thanks to her, many people passed this year, and the intermediate ceremony will definitely be held." Jiang Yuanyuan said, "Mr. Chunhua should be happy too."

Ji Jiashu nodded. Normally, he would be purely happy, but this time, "But..."

"But I always feel that it will become a terrible melee," Jiang Yuanyuan continued, "Do you think so?"

Ji Jiashu nodded, "After all, we still have quite a few scary guys in this class."

The elementary ceremony of his session was once called the elementary level of death.The reason is that the practitioners participating at the same time are all too powerful.

"Who is there?" Jiang Yuanyuan asked, "I almost don't remember."

"Yeluhua and Tuoba Xun from the Northern Wei Dynasty, Lord Fenghua from the Later Liao Dynasty, and..." Ji Jiashu counted.

"And you." At this moment Jiang Yuanyuan interrupted him, looked at him and smiled.

The strongest genius who was only 13 years old and able to get the top spot in the death stage.

"But the ones you count are from the same class as you," Jiang Yuanyuan shook his head and smiled, "What about this year's class?"

Ji Jiashu was startled when he heard the words, and looked at the young man next to the chessboard.

"Meng Shi should be able to advance to the fifth level soon," he said quietly, "and Zichu's younger brother, it should be soon."

"Indeed," Jiang Yuanyuan nodded, "Although the practitioners who passed this session can participate in the intermediate ceremony without waiting, it would be too unlucky if they want to participate with the previous session."

Together with the group of monsters who have practiced for three more years...

Think about it is a miserable word.

"After all, those of the same class as you you just mentioned should have already advanced to the fifth level, right?"

Ji Jiashu nodded.

"Such a group of people will participate in the Intermediate Ceremony together, it will be bloody if you think about it," Jiang Yuanyuan sighed.

Ji Jiashu didn't answer, but just quietly looked at the chess players under the high platform.

Jiang Yuanyuan followed his gaze and narrowed his eyes slightly, "I don't know how far she can go."

If this woman participates in the middle-level ceremony, she knows how big a storm it will cause.If she was an ordinary cultivator, she would lose as long as she didn't have one round in the last round of the battle. Her current results are enough for her to pass the preliminary ceremony.

But she couldn't.

She wants to participate, but the conditions are different.

"It's hard to win or lose in this chess game, and luck is also important," Jiang Yuanyuan said with a smile, "I don't know who she will play against in the first round."

At this time, the examiner had already read the number 21, and there was a burst of sighs among the candidates.

"Here we come," Ji Jiashu said, and as expected, he saw the girl walking out of the crowd.

Ying Baoyue's number is No. 20.

"21?" Jiang Yuanyuan became interested, "Who will this 22 be?"

I don't know if that person was unlucky or lucky.

"22!" Accompanied by the examiner's voice, Ji Jiashu was slightly taken aback when he saw the man walking out of the crowd with a helpless face.

He Lancheng, who was standing on the Northern Wei side, also widened his eyes when he saw this scene.

"I hope you don't meet other sixth-level practitioners before you meet me," he said to her at the beginning, but he didn't expect it to come true.

Nan Chu's stepson Chen Zichu walked out of the crowd with a number plate, and He Lancheng could only watch this scene quietly.

Chen Zichu came out and sat down in front of the chessboard.

He Lancheng looked at the Beihan Pavilion disciples who were also surprised beside him, and really wanted to wonder if someone had tampered with the lottery and number plates again.

But regardless of whether there is a shady scene or not, the opponent for the first set has already been decided.

After reporting all the orders, the opponents of the first set have been formed.

With the start bell, the examinees grabbed the chess pieces one after another.

But what everyone didn't expect was that it was less than a quarter of an hour after the start bell rang.

A bell sounded suddenly, representing the end of the surrender, which attracted people's attention.

"ended?"

Everyone's eyes widened in astonishment. Someone ended the game right after it started?

Who's winning?
(End of this chapter)