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After publicly announcing the list of 23 contestants yesterday morning, Xiaoshui City finally ushered in a new climax this afternoon regarding the city-wide competition.

Half an hour before the draw in the afternoon, the square was already full of people.

Everyone is here to watch the fun.

The lottery means that the candidates for the duel will be announced in advance. Although there are fewer players like Bai Xiaoyu and Lin Yan, everyone can still find interesting combinations from it. For example, who will be the first to meet Mei Jiangxue? ?Who will be lucky enough to fight against the No.1 Dugu Sword Demon last year?What would it be like if Mei Jiangxue, Qiu Xiaoman and Qin Haimeng, the three beauties in Xiaoshui City were put in the same group?

It was these questions that attracted the crowd, so the square was noisy and lively.

Half an hour passed quietly amidst the enthusiastic conversations among the people.

On the stage, all the leaders of the major sects in Xiaoshui City were also present.

But what surprised everyone again was that the person who walked towards the big mahogany table with a glass jar was not Qing Jue, the head of the Qingwu Sect, but Qiu Li.

"Everyone, it's less than 20 days before the city-wide competition. Today, our joint organizer decided to hold a lottery ceremony. Originally, the ceremony should be presided over by brother Qingjue, but from the news just learned from Qingwumen, Unfortunately, brother Qingjue fell ill and was unable to come, so I will temporarily perform the duty of drawing lots."

Qiu Li's voice like a bell was heard clearly by everyone in the square.

Only then did everyone clear their doubts.

Although some people still don't understand why the head of Qingjue, who has super strength, is also sick, but since the explanations are all made by Qiu Li, naturally they won't be entangled with this issue.

After Qiu Li finished speaking, he glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the law enforcement elder who represented the Qingwu sect among the big figures behind him, sneered in his heart, and said to himself: The head of the sect is dead, and even the body has not been found yet , but Qingwumen is quite calm.

Qiu Li glanced at the players coming up to him again, and found that although Mei Jiangxue was there, Qingfeng was nowhere to be seen. It seemed that the Qingwu Sect had decided to temporarily block the news and was trying their best to secretly search for Qingjue's whereabouts.

Knowing that what Qingfeng and others did was definitely useless, Qiu Li smiled happily in his heart, and felt more and more that Lin Yan was a good young man, and he immediately killed his thorn in the flesh.

Regarding Qing Jue, as the head of the Tiansha Sect, he has always held grudges.

"Lin Yan will definitely show up when the time comes. Now I'll do my part first."

With this in mind, Qiu Li put the glass jar on the mahogany table, pointed to the small white balls and a stack of paper notes inside and said, "Now, please send representatives from each faction to verify the authenticity of the lottery."

It turns out that the small white ball can be unscrewed from the middle, and a small note with the player's name written on it is put inside in advance. After the ball is screwed together, it will be mixed with other balls, so naturally there will be no cheating. .

And now the representatives of the major factions are asked to check, that is, to check whether the small white ball and the note are tricky.

This step was carried out very quickly, and the representatives naturally did not find any problems.

Then, in front of everyone present, Qiu Li put the note into the small ball, screwed it on, and threw it into the glass jar.

The 23 small white balls were quickly assembled, and after being stirred by Qiu Li's big hands, it was impossible to tell them apart.

"Okay, the group draw will start soon. This city-wide competition is divided into six groups, of which five groups have four people and one group has three people. After the competition officially starts, the top players of their respective groups will be determined in the form of group matches. Two people, that is, a total of 12 people will enter the next round. As for the rules of the subsequent competition, I believe everyone will know clearly before the competition. Alright, without further ado, the drawing ceremony will begin immediately, please Our red boy."

Honghaier is a cute little girl who wears fiery red clothes, implying auspiciousness.

Letting an innocent little girl draw lots for groups is a rule that has been used in previous competitions.

No, a sweetly smiling fair little girl came onto the stage, walked to the glass tank, and prepared to divide the contestants into six groups in groups of four small balls.

Qiu Li stepped aside, scanning the crowd, looking for Lin Yan's whereabouts.

"This kid, didn't he say he would show up? Why didn't he come at this time?" Qiu Li muttered.

Among the contestants on the side, Qiu Xiaoman, who was dressed in fiery red, pursed her cherry mouth, thinking: "It's that arrogant guy's turn to show off again."

And not far from Qiu Xiaoman, Mei Jiangxue, who was wearing a long snow-white dress like a white lotus in a snow mountain, frowned slightly. I don't know if she was worried about whether Lin Yan would show up on time, or because the leader Qingjue was attacked mysteriously. A matter of life and death so far.

As for the Nether Gate camp, Qin Haimeng was wearing black clothes, enchanting yet pure, and was also imagining what image Lin Yan would appear in.

The cute little girl stood on tiptoe, put her chubby little hand into the glass jar, and was about to reach for the ball.

Everyone's hearts were raised to their throats.

Who will be grouped with whom, and which group will become a veritable group of death, will soon be decided.

"Please slow down."

At this moment, an unusually loud but discordant voice suddenly sounded from the crowd on the west side of the square.

Hearing these words, Mei Jiangxue, Qiu Xiaoman, and Qin Haimeng had different expressions.

The corner of Mei Jiangxue's mouth was smiling, and the natural coldness seemed to melt away at once, making all the male compatriots who stood three feet away from her cry out with curiosity, but no one understood the real reason why the ice beauty Mei Jiangxue suddenly showed such a demeanor .

Qiu Xiaoman's small cherry mouth pouted even higher, the dimples on his cheeks loomed, and he muttered dissatisfiedly: "The arrogant guy chose to appear at this time, isn't he planning to show off?"

Qin Haimeng's expression was obviously relaxed, and she said in a low voice that only she could hear: "It seems that the matter of killing Qingjue has been successful, um, as long as I am not involved."

Although the expressions of the three girls were different, they all knew that Lin Yan had finally appeared!

However, when they followed the prestige and found a figure walking quickly towards the stage, they couldn't help being very surprised.

Not only the three women, even the spectators didn't understand why this person interrupted the lottery ceremony, did he come to make trouble?But standing on the stage is a first-class expert in Xiaoshui City, this person killed him single-handedly, isn't he looking for death?Is this person out of his mind?

Comparing it with this person's clothes, many people believed their own judgment, thinking that this person was purely mentally ill and came here to make trouble.

"I am coming."

But what the onlookers didn't expect was that when the man continued to move forward, he uttered a second sentence.

Seems very proud and confident.

But it came from a man with shabby and even smelly clothes, disheveled hair, and a scruffy beard.

It seemed that this man was just like the common middle-aged beggars on the street.

However, the crowd didn't intend to expel him at all, they just kept looking at this man curiously, with an obvious look of disbelief in their eyes.

Because just now, the short three-word sentence "I'm here" sounded like a sonorous sentence in their ears, full of strong domineering and strong self-confidence!

How could a man like a beggar possess such an aura and aura?

Those who were farther away from the man didn't understand, but the people next to him were even more confused.

Just because the man walked all the way, an awe-inspiring momentum gushed out, making them feel as if a mountain was approaching, overwhelming them, and they all automatically moved out of the way.

A very odd scene.

The man attracted the attention of everyone in the audience, but no one dared to stand up and block his footsteps even a little bit.

The slovenly man made his way to the front of the stage unhindered.

Everyone on the stage is a sharp-eyed person, no different from ordinary people. Although they are incredulous about this man's attire, they understand that this man is definitely not a beggar. They can't help but become very interested, and want to see what this man is like. And why interrupt the lottery ceremony.

Anyway, there was a fiery Qiu Li standing in front of the stage, so they weren't worried at all.

The first to speak was Honghaier, this lovely little girl.

The girl looked at the weird uncle in the audience with big eyes, and asked in a childish voice, "Uncle, what are you going to do?"

Mei Jiangxue and Qin Haimeng behind the stage were covering their mouths and chuckling.

"Hmph, you arrogant guy, he came back from Long Island a long time ago, but he still has to put on a hard-working appearance after going through countless catastrophes, he's dead in embarrassment, he's dead sloppy! But it's okay this time. Molested, deserve it!" Qiu Xiaoman was muttering bitterly to herself.

Seeing this scene, Qiu Li on the side could only forcefully suppress his smile, but he also burst into laughter in his heart.

With an "uncle", Lin Yan was forced to be at least 28 years old!

Lin Yan was speechless, grinning awkwardly and said, "Little sister, uncle wants to waste your time."

Fortunately, the white teeth that Lin Yan showed when he smiled were more friendly, so he didn't startle the little loli with pink make-up and jade.

Regardless of the surprise of everyone on and off the stage, Lin Yan put his hand on the stage, jumped up gracefully, and landed lightly on the stage.

Seeing that it was finally his own presence at this time, Qiu Li took a step forward, intentionally put on a guarding gesture, and said coldly, "Who is your Excellency, why did you interrupt the lottery ceremony?"

"Master Qiu, please prepare another small ball, I will also participate in the lottery group." Lin Yan said calmly.

Although Lin Yan's voice was not loud, everyone in the square was quietly watching the progress of the matter, but they could hear it very clearly.

In an instant, there was a commotion all around.

"Who, who is this person?"

"A beggar actually clamored to participate in the contest between outstanding young masters, isn't this person too ignorant?"

"That's right, this person looks quite old, how can he still participate? All they want are young warriors under the age of 30!"

Qiu Li acted to the end, not forgetting to say coldly with a stern face and a very impatient expression: "Who is Your Excellency? If you don't reveal your identity and origin, don't blame me for being rude to someone!"

Hearing this, the unidentified crowd in the audience became even more lively, wishing to enjoy a free "beggar tearing down the stage and being brutally beaten" drama while watching the lottery ceremony.

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