Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 598

The road is still a familiar road, but this time there is no heavy rain.

Ying Baoyue, Guichen and others rode a carriage from the National Teacher's Mansion all the way to the foot of Zihua Mountain, and there were already many carriages parked at the foot of the mountain.

The practitioners got off the car one after another and walked up the mountain.

Because the final round of the elementary ceremony was held not at the foot of Zihua Mountain but on the mountain, it was in the Jixia Academy.

Standing at the foot of Zihua Mountain, Ying Baoyue and Guichen felt a little emotional. The scene in front of them was like when they just arrived in Southern Chu, in order to obtain the qualifications to participate in the elementary ceremony, they climbed Zihua Mountain in the heavy rain to participate in the fourth palace of Jixia Academy Screening is average.

That was their last battle in Nanchu, and today is their last battle in Nanchu.

It is exactly in line with what Ying Baoyue said before, where it starts and ends.

It's just that the final round of the primary ceremony was held in the Jixia Academy, and it wasn't for the purpose of allowing practitioners to have a beginning and an end.

Like the previous rounds, this time the battle is also allowed to be watched by the public.Because the interior of Jixia Academy is rarely open to the public, there are far more people climbing the mountain to watch the excitement than practitioners participating in the competition.

While climbing the mountain, Ying Baoyue, Guichen and others listened to the surrounding people and practitioners talking about the location of today's battle.

There is Beihan in the north, and Jixia in the south.

The reason why the final round of the elementary ceremony was held in Jixia Academy was actually because there was no other choice.After all, only Jixia Academy can afford this venue.

The battle of real swords and guns between practitioners is not a child's play, it cannot be held anywhere and people can watch it.

The place where today's primary ceremony is held is called the battle platform.

Everyone walked to the mountainside, and the familiar gate of Jixia Academy appeared in front of them.This time, there were no guards blocking people in front of the mountain gate, and everyone was able to enter it.

The first thing that catches the eye after walking in is the twelve huge stone tablets, on which are written the names of the twelve palaces of Jixia headed by "FenghuoShuiLei".

Ying Baoyue, Guichen and the others passed by the huge stone tablet engraved with "Water". They all still remembered how many stories happened behind this stone tablet, so they also remembered that behind each stone tablet was a magic formation. The hidden stone platform for his disciples to compete in martial arts.

But the place where the battle was held this time was not on any of the stone platforms.

Ying Baoyue raised her head and watched the examiner in charge of leading the way in front of the crowd passing through the stone tablet of the Upper Fourth Palace without looking sideways, leading everyone to go deeper.

Passing through the jungle-covered mountain path and three mountain gates, everyone climbed up high stone steps.And at the top of the stairs, a high platform that was bigger than any stone platform behind the Shangsi Gong stele appeared in front of everyone.

"This is the battle platform." The examiner who led the way stood still in front of the high platform and looked at the practitioners in the crowd.

"This is originally a place for the disciples of Jixia Academy to compete with each other," the examiner proudly declared, "and it will also be the battlefield for the final round of the elementary ceremony."

Battle platform.

Ying Baoyue looked up amidst the examiner's voice, she had heard about this place from Xu Yishan, but she had never seen it.

It is said that even the disciples of Jixia Academy are not allowed to enter or leave this place at will.The three mountain gates they passed through just now are usually guarded.

Battles and battles naturally do not refer to small fights.

The battle arena is different from the competition arenas that are owned by the upper four palaces, and the battles held on the battle arena are conducted in units of schools.

Usually, only when all the schools of Jixia Academy hold a big event together, the battle stage will be opened.

To paraphrase the saying of martial arts novels, if the twelfth palace of Jixia is counted as the twelve meridians, then the battle platform will only be used when the twelve meridians meet martial arts.

Other than that, only the primary ceremony has this arrangement.

Ying Baoyue stood under the huge high platform and looked up. This high platform, which is only used for big events, is indeed extraordinary. Not only does it occupy four times the size of an ordinary martial arts arena, but the materials used for its construction are also very special.

Although no white marble was used, the bluestone bricks paving the floor had a dark and cold light.Ying Baoyue recognized that it was a historical stone that was more expensive than white marble. It was known for its hardness, and it was said that even a practitioner of the ground level could not split it.

Not only is the material hard, but the distorted light can be seen around the bluestone platform. In fact, it is a huge formation that completely covers the high platform.

Like a transparent cover, it separates the high platform from the surrounding spectators, so as to prevent the strong fluctuation of true energy from affecting the periphery.

It can be said that everything on this high platform is prepared for battle, and practitioners below the heaven rank can fight here to their heart's content.

In other words, fight to your heart's content.

It was almost time, and civil servants and soldiers entered the arena to maintain order.The spectators entered the specially built sheds, the examiners boarded the viewing platform facing the battle platform, and the dignitaries entered the boxes on one side.

At the end of the battle stage, only the practitioners who are qualified to participate are left.

After the first five rounds of elimination, there were many fewer people.Ying Baoyue looked around and roughly estimated that there were only more than 200 people left at the scene.

Whether they can be left depends on the ranking of the total scores of the first five rounds, because there are not many people left. With the start bell, the examiners began to roll their names.

After checking the number of people with the name book, the examiner began to explain the rules to everyone.

But overall the rules for this round couldn't be simpler.

Everything is designed for two-two battles.

There were 230 practitioners who had entered the final round of the elementary ceremony.

In order to ensure that the final number of players can fight two by two to the last person, some people will have byes in the first round.According to the remaining number of people this time, in the battle group arena of the Eighth Beginning Ceremony of the Warring States Period, the number of byes in the first round was 20.

According to the rules, the top 210 practitioners in the previous five rounds will have a bye in the first round, and the remaining 20 six will play against each other in pairs.After the battle reached 120 people, they entered the second round together with those [-] people and [-] people.Then officially enter the two-two battle, until the last person in the battle.

Because the two-two battles took a long time, the final round of the individual battle in the elementary ceremony totaled three days.But unlike the sleepless war games, this time is not a war of attrition, and practitioners can go back to rest after the day's competition.

Both the second and third rounds were held on the first day, and due to the large number of people, these two rounds had strict time limits.Both sides must end the battle within a stick of incense, otherwise the examiner will draw lots to decide whether the two will go or stay.

After the third round, there will be only 32 people left, and there will be no time limit for subsequent rounds.Every practitioner will sign a life-and-death certificate before going on the field. Unless one side admits defeat, they can fight until the end without dying.

Of course, this rule seems cruel at first glance, but the preliminary ceremony also strictly stipulates that if one side admits defeat, the other side cannot make another kill, otherwise the surrounding examiners will immediately stop them and cancel the violator's score.

This is the last round of the primary ceremony, the rules of the battle group arena.

At this time, a morning bell rang in the quiet forest. The rules of the battle were simple, and the start was simple and neat.

In the aftermath of the bell, the examiner began to directly announce the list of twenty practitioners who had a bye in the first round.This list is also the names of the outstanding players from the beginning of the ceremony, and everyone's ears are pricked up.

The examiner's reading order started from No. 20 backwards, and when they heard the name of the first person, everyone was surprised.

"No. 20!"

The name of the examiner echoes in the woods,
"Qianqin, Ying Baoyue!"

(End of this chapter)