"Aiming at you? Haha~" Li Qingwan giggled, her towering breasts shaking up and down, causing everyone to look away.

Seemingly realizing that she had lost her temper, Li Qingwan quickly adjusted and restored the majesty of a county magistrate.

"The county-city competition involves seventy-two counties, how can it target someone? No matter how qualified you are, it is impossible to influence the court's decision.

It's just that this time's rule adjustment is indeed a little different from previous competitions. It seems that the court is specifically selecting something, and I vaguely feel something is wrong."

Everyone in Tie Tang listened in a daze and had no idea what Li Qingwan meant, but Yang Xiong had the courage to ask.

"May I ask, sir, what are the specific rules for this year?"

Li Qingwan was sitting upright, wearing a splendid red robe, with a wide and extremely long skirt that stretched several feet above the dragon boat.

She pondered for a moment and said slowly, "There are no major changes to the overall rules. The most important thing is to change the group battles in each realm into wheel battles.

This also means that if there is a peerless genius in the team, they can push the same level regardless of the numerical advantage.

I feel that the imperial court did this deliberately to find the kind of truly unique genius."

"Wagon war?"

As soon as this word appeared, many people present were shocked.

Although they had not participated in the last competition, they had already known the rules of the competition in advance.

Only Tie Tang was confused and still didn’t understand.

Everyone's eyes focused on Long Yu and Tie Tang, and their hearts felt happy unconsciously.

The two top geniuses will definitely sweep across the same territory. The most difficult group battle in the past has turned into Qingshui County's advantage.

Compared with the joy of everyone else on the boat, Li Qingwan looked gloomy.

This rule change would be worse than no change at all.

Tie Tang is suppressed by the Inspection Department. As long as the other county has one or two powerful geniuses in the team battle, Tie Tang's existence can be ignored.

Originally, I could trade weakness for strength, but it was completely useless in a wheel battle.

If we can’t find anyone who can fight against the Inspector Tianjiao, we will still lose the group battle.

"Ahem, everyone, can anyone tell me what the rules are?" Tie Tang pinched his throat and looked at the crowd who were delighted before the fight.

Long Yu glanced at Li Qingwan, who was still deep in thought. Seeing that she had no objection, she stood up and explained to Tie Tang.

"In previous years, during the competition, the strength of a county was divided into three levels.

Among them, in the Secret Realm of the Physical Body, there is only one realm where we mainly fight, which is the realm of blood exchange.

The battle in the blood exchange realm is divided into three people fighting alone and five people fighting in groups.

The winner of each battle will receive a certain number of points, and the final ranking of the county is calculated based on the total score, not the victory or defeat.

In the past team battles, our Qingshui County was not as good as other counties due to lack of manpower, so we suffered a lot in team battles.

In a five-person team battle, you may not be able to win even one battle. This year it will be a wheel battle, so as long as you play, sir

It is completely possible for one person to fight five opponents in a row and get all the points directly.

Only the county magistrate would say that this year's rules are conducive to peerless geniuses.

In previous years, even if a top player appeared, they could only play once in a team battle to ensure a certain score.

But there is no guarantee that you will get all the points, and overall you will suffer a loss.

After all, the county-city competition is about the foundation of a county, not about its uniqueness.

This year seems a little different."

After listening to what Long Yu said, Tie Tang came to his senses and then thought of some bad things.

"Then the same is true for the Secret Realm of Wujin? In this way, I can only participate in the competition in one realm, and I won't be able to do much against the big competition."

Long Yu slowly shook his head: "The secret realm of Wu Jin is different, and it occupies a very large proportion.

Except for the Heaven-given realm, I will not participate in the competition

Dragon Yuan Realm, Divine Power Realm, Spiritual Wisdom Realm, and Heavenly Mind Realm, there will be relevant competitions in the four major realms.

But one thing is different

Those who participate in the competition can defeat the strong with the weak. As long as they do not exceed the limit of the current realm, they can participate in the battle.

For example, a young witch in the Dragon Origin Realm can participate in competitions in the Supernatural Power Realm, the Spiritual Wisdom Realm and even the Heavenly Mind Realm. As long as you have the strength and dare to participate, this is allowed.

But the reverse is not true.

In the Dragon Yuan Realm competition, at most, only Dragon Yuan Realm monks can appear. Those who have exceeded this realm cannot participate.

The same is true for other realms.

So in theory, if there is a peerless genius who can break through all the competitions, he can participate in all the competitions.

Even starting from the body-exchanging realm, all the way to the heavenly state of mind, fighting against the great witch of the soul.

Of course.

This kind of case has never happened before. The time is too short. Even the most talented people cannot cross so many realms in a short time."

"So that's it. In other words, these competitions only set the upper limit of realm, but not the lower limit.

Even if you are in the physical body-exchange realm, if you have enough strength, you can still participate in the competition in the heavenly state of mind?"

"That's what I said, but who would do this? The gap between the blood exchange state and the heavenly state of mind is huge." Ji Yingzhe laughed.

Tie Tang curled his lips and said, "If we only compete with physical strength, we may not be unable to fight against the great witch of the soul in the blood exchange realm."

"Ah, yes, yes, you are the best, you have the final say, but your boy did fight against the great witch of the soul in the outer world. It seems that I am short-sighted."

Ji Yingzhe seemed to have remembered something, and knew that what Tie Tang said was not empty talk, but had actual examples.

At this time, Li Qingwan seemed to have come to her senses and waved her hand to stop everyone from talking.

"Let's rest first. The specific rules will not be fully known until we arrive in Tianshan County.

This year's competition is not that simple. In addition to martial arts, there is also a literary battle. I don't know which guy with no brains came up with it.

If any of you are good at poetry, poetry, alchemy, or weapon refining, please name me and tell me everything."

Wen Dou

As soon as these words came out, everyone was really speechless.

It is completely understandable that group battles are changed to wheel battles, but why does this literary battle reveal an unusual flavor?

Many of the people present come from aristocratic families. They are not only well-read in poetry but also have extensive experience. In addition, with their advanced cultivation, their physical strength, brain power, eyesight, and ear power have all been greatly improved.

If there were no cultivation requirements for the imperial examination, and there was no competition, most people present would not say that it would be easy to get the first prize, but to become the first scholar.

As the strength of witchcraft cultivation increases, who is not a sharp-sighted person, knowledgeable and capable of remembering?

Competing with these fancy things would somewhat lose the essence of the competition.

"Comparing poems and songs? This touches on my knowledge blind spot, but it's not right. Why do we need to compete with these things in county and city competitions?"

Tie Tang couldn't figure it out, but compared to other people in his native world, his cultural quality was undoubtedly a mess, incomparable to none.

A random history question would probably completely stump him, let alone anything else.

Everyone also didn't understand what the imperial court meant. After talking with each other, they all felt a little unsure. They could only wait until they got to Tianshan County to know how powerful it was.

Tianshan County is one of the Eight Great People's Counties. Last term, it ranked first among the Eight Great People's Lower Counties and ranked 65th overall.

As the organizer of the Renxia County Competition this time, all participants in the competition will meet in Tianshan County.

The dragon boat passed by lightly in the sky, like a small boat in the vast sea of ​​clouds, blowing the blue sky and white clouds, breaking through the layers of space, and came to the sky above a huge city.

This is the county seat of Tianshan County, Tianshan City.

Although Tianshang County is also a county, its ranking is higher than that of Qingshui County, so its strength and foundation are naturally more abundant.

The huge city is built on a towering mountain. Except for the north, there are only three gates in the east, south and west.

The continuous city wall is like a black dragon entrenched, building a heavy defense on the outermost periphery of Tianshan City.

This is also an ancient city.

As Li Qingwan pressed the bow of the boat, everyone did not directly jump over the city wall and enter the city, but filed out of the dragon boat and arrived outside the southern city gate.

The mottled ancient walls are black and gray in color, and clear traces of repairs can be seen in many places. The tall city wall is about ten feet long, standing in front of everyone like a hill.

Green, black, red, and yellow blood marks that have long since decayed are imprinted on the city wall, recording the wind and frost that this ancient city has experienced.

Above the plaque "Tianshan City" at the south gate, there is a distinct palm print, and even the lines on the palm are clear and clearly visible.

There are many similar traces. Even if some sword marks, knife marks, and finger holes have been repaired, some traces of the past can still be faintly seen.

What caught Tie Tang's attention was that the palm print only had four fingers, and there was no corresponding mark in the direction of the thumb.

And it doesn't look like it was left by the human race, and it still gives off some faint light.

A large group of people appeared, and the guards guarding the city were immediately on high alert. They roughly guessed where this group of people was coming from, because they had seen too many of them during this period.

Even so, I still didn’t dare to be careless and quickly stepped forward to ask.
To be continued...