pet cultivator

Chapter 124
The imperial capital of the Hanyun Empire, somewhere in the underground palace.

"So, there are only so few members of the Li family who have entered the imperial capital?" A man in black robes sat above the palace, looking at a man in black robes who was still bowing below and said.

"Returning to the Holy Envoy, it should be accurate to say that only these people have been found so far, and Li Wenluo's youngest son and precious daughter are actually there." The man in black replied respectfully to the man in black.

"If the Li family really noticed something, it stands to reason that they wouldn't expose Li Wenluo's two sons and daughters to the Hanyun Inn, right?" the man in black robe, who was the holy envoy back then, thought.

"Holy envoy, but Lord Mo Tiantian came back and reported the situation..." The man in black below organized his words, and then said cautiously, "If the Li family is only here to participate in the preliminaries, then Mo Tian's leaked secrets The charge is not established."

"Hmph!" The envoy sneered, "So what? His plans in Tianji City and Danjin City have failed one after another. At this juncture, it is only right for the deity to punish him severely! Besides, he himself has Punishment."

The envoy thought for a while, and said again: "We should pay more attention to the movement inside and outside the imperial capital, especially those who have recently entered the imperial capital, we must carefully confirm their identities."

"Yes..." The man in black quickly agreed, and then continued, "Holy envoy, I have something to report. Baili Xiaoxiao has appeared, but there are still hundreds of thousands of miles with her. According to their account, it is After Xiaoxiao regained her strength, she created chaos and took the opportunity to rescue Qianqian. Now, the Baili sisters have gathered the remnants of Hanyun West Branch, waiting for the instructions of the envoy."

"Baili Xiaoxiao rescued her sister by herself?" The emissary was surprised for a moment, then laughed, "Are all the Zhou family idiots?"

"It is said that the Zhou family held a celebration banquet one night, and Zhou Yiyu, the eldest son of the Zhou family, took everyone to drink, which made the Zhou family's supervision of Baili Qianqian go wrong that night." There was a trace of sarcasm in the tone of the man in black.

"That prodigal son?" The envoy sneered, "I've even heard about it a little bit. Zhou Ming's pile of fat meat really can't produce anything good!"

"It's not true, Holy Envoy." The man in black hurriedly said, "I heard that the second young master named Zhou Yixuan suddenly appeared in the Zhou family. What kind, but my subordinates heard that Sister Baili had met him once."

"It doesn't matter if there is the second young master of the Zhou family, don't worry about it." The envoy waved his hand, "However, it is possible to call the sisters Baili back to the Hanyun Imperial Capital to report on their duties on the grounds of knowing the information about the second young master of the Zhou family."

"Yes." The man in black promised, "Their fathers are all here, and they will come here in a hurry."

The envoy looked at the man in black again, and suddenly changed the subject: "How many years have you been with this deity?"

"As for the envoy, I have been following the envoy for 11 years." The man in black replied respectfully.

The envoy nodded: "It's been so long... the soul slip of Tie Mian has been broken, and there is no dead body yet. You go to Danjin City yourself, and when you send the order to send sisters Baili back to the imperial capital, you will Stay there and take charge of the rebuilding of Hanyun West Branch Church."

Hearing the words, the man in black was so excited that he knelt down on the ground: "Thank you, my subordinate, for the cultivation and support of the Holy Envoy! This subordinate will definitely live up to the high expectations of the Holy Envoy, and guard the west for my holy palace!"

"Go back!"

"Yes, my subordinates retire!"

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Hanyun Inn, training room on the eighth floor.

"They're all back." Li Yu signaled everyone to sit down again, "Tell me, what new gains did you have today?"

"Young Master." One person replied aloud, "Through our observations at different times these days, we have basically figured out the patrol rules of the No.11 Legion of the Empire."

"Yes, young master." Another person also answered, "However, the deeper the understanding, the more difficult it is for us to act! The patrol team is too densely arranged, and the gap time left for us is too short Yes. It is possible to succeed if the beheading operation is carried out, but it is almost impossible to break through the city gate from the inside and welcome the dragon cavalry army into the city."

This time, another member of the Li family took out a map: "Young master, this is the city defense distribution map we drew. We know the routes of fixed sentries, secret sentries, patrol teams and the approximate time when passing through each place. The time has been marked on it. In addition, there are some lanes and corners that are easy to hide, and we have also marked them."

He spread out the distribution map on the ground, making everyone nod their heads.

Li Jin's eyes brightened, and he praised sincerely: "It's so detailed! With this picture, maybe we can find a way to crack the city defense layout! But... what is this logo?"

Everyone looked along where Li Jin pointed, and most of them looked suspicious.I saw a circle was drawn there, and a few dots were stamped in the middle.

"Over there, there is a shop that makes donkey meat pies, which are very delicious." Qiuqiu took a look and explained, "I go there every day and buy a few."

When everyone heard the words, their heads were covered with black lines, and they were speechless.

The corners of Li Yu's mouth twitched several times, and then he took a closer look at the city defense map, nodded and said: "The preliminaries will start in three days, everyone should spend most of the time in the inn to adjust their status! If you want to go out, remember to Form a team according to the route, don't be careless. And everyone who stays in the inn, you can come to my room to discuss how to make good use of this city defense layout map when you have time."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Li Yu signaled everyone to be silent, and then removed the spiritual barrier: "Who is it?"

"Young master, it's me, Qinglian."

"Miss Qinglian is back!" Li Yu hurriedly stood up and opened the door, welcoming Qinglian in.

"The schedule for the preliminaries has been finalized!" Qinglian said directly as soon as she sat down, "Registration was closed just now, and the organizers of the preliminaries quickly set a detailed schedule."

Li Yu motioned for several people to re-open the spiritual barrier, and then sat down again: "I would like to ask Empress Qinglian to explain to us."

Qinglian nodded: "As of the deadline just now, there are a total of 210 contestants participating in the preliminaries."

"So many?" A young man said in surprise, "I remember that in the preliminaries of the last hegemony competition, Hanyun Empire only had less than 150 pet masters participating."

Qinglian nodded to show that it was indeed the case, and continued: "So this preliminaries has become even more cruel. Everyone's first three matches are single-elimination matches! After that, there will be group round-robin matches."

"What!" Everyone present was shocked.

The so-called single-elimination knockout match means that everyone draws lots to fight against each other, the winner advances to the loser and is directly eliminated.For the large and powerful Li family, this is undoubtedly a nightmare.

Because, who knows if they will meet each other in the knockout round?In this way, many of them are very likely to be eliminated by their own people!

"Isn't this too hasty?" Li Jin wiped his nose and smiled wryly, "Then if I face Brother Yu in the first match, wouldn't I be eliminated directly? If so, then we can finally win Will there not be even ten people entering the group round robin?"

"Crow mouth!" Li Yu, Li Qinqin and Zhou Yixuan said in unison.

Qinglian was also a little speechless, so she could only continue to explain: "In the past, the first two games would be arranged as knockout games, but this year, the first three games are arranged like this. It is indeed more risky for us. Moreover, the previous knockout games From time to time, there will always be seeded players who will directly enter the group round-robin competition, and our Li family will have one or two seeded players in the past, but this year there are none."

Speaking of this, Qinglian's expression was a little upset, but she continued to explain: "The first two knockout games were 210 three into 54, and 54 into 27, each with a bye. .The third game is [-] for [-], no byes, everyone will play."

After seeing everyone nodding their heads to express their understanding, Qinglian continued: "The 27 people who entered the group round-robin competition will be divided into three groups by lottery, with nine people in each group. Everyone in the group will play against the other eight people. If you win, you will get three points. If you lose, you will get three points." There are no points, if there is a tie, both sides will count one point."

Li Jin nodded. He is no stranger to this scoring system.

"In the end, the top five in each group will get points, and a total of 15 people will be eligible to go to the Holy Soul Empire to participate in the final." Qinglian finally finished introducing the competition schedule.

Li Jin pouted secretly: "This group round-robin competition seems to be fairer, but the luck of the lottery is still an important factor. What if all nine of us are in the same group?"

This time, everyone, including Qinglian, looked at Li Jin with a somewhat unkind expression.

Li Yu shook his head amusedly: "Xiao Jin, don't keep thinking about such extreme situations, okay?"

"That's right." Li Qinqin said indignantly, "I don't know how to think of something good, such as when my brother and I get a bye or something."

Li Yu smiled and said, "Don't, it's fine if you have a bye, and I will waste such a precious quota if I take it."

When everyone thinks about it, this is indeed the truth.With Li Yu's strength, it is basically a certainty to pass the knockout round.

"That's not necessarily true." Li Jin calmed down when he saw the bad situation, but Qiuqiu jumped out again and said desperately, "If the young master gets a bye, we should be safer, right? Come on, young master..."

"Shut up!" Everyone including Li Jin shouted in unison.

Li Jin asked Li Yu beside him in a low voice: "Brother Yu, has the schedule been set so hastily?"

Li Yu nodded: "After all, it is the preliminaries, and the situation in each place is different. The Holy Soul Empire, as the organizer of the finals, can't control so much. Therefore, our preliminaries here have always been formulated by the imperial family according to the number of applicants. .”

"Okay, if you have nothing else to say, then let's prepare. Judging from what we have learned so far, our situation is quite impressive. Most of the contestants are around the second level, and there are very few third-level players. Tier [-] pet masters are extremely rare, after all, the upper limit of age for contestants is . ”

Qinglian continued: "In the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, everyone will go to the square in the center of the imperial capital to participate in the lottery ceremony. I hope everyone will have good luck."

(I’ve been exhausted in the hospital for the past two days, and I haven’t had a good rest. I feel like I’m useless. The main reason is that the space is too narrow, so I can only put the notebook on my lap and type slowly. After a while, my wrists, cervical spine, and lumbar spine begin to suffer. I can't stand it anymore. So the efficiency of these two days is very low.

The wifi in the hospital is not working from time to time, and the signal is weak, so I will post today's 6K words together now.

Also, happy holidays everyone! )

(End of this chapter)