Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 477 I would like to recommend someone to you

Four or five days passed in the blink of an eye, and the aftermath of "that negotiation" continued to spread during this period.

There are already many martial arts sects in Cangzhou City, and a lot of martial artists have gathered here to watch the fun recently, so it's already chaotic enough...Now Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai have suddenly organized such a competition, which is simply adding fuel to the fire.

The first to be affected was the Fei Ge Gang branch in Cangzhou, because too many people came to them at once to pass on messages to other places, making it difficult for their carrier pigeons to keep up.

Two days later, the helmsman had to speak out in person, and he said directly: "Dear guests, please don't force us. We have really run out of carrier pigeons, but don't worry, because the news you want to spread will soon be known to those you want to inform even if you don't send carrier pigeons."

What he said made sense. The news was no secret in the first place. With its explosiveness, it would surely spread throughout the world within ten days. After all, there was more than one branch of the Fei Ge Gang. Every pigeon that flew out would drop the letter at a nearby provincial capital, and then the news would spread, which would naturally cause the same situation over there as here. Coupled with word of mouth, the news that spread for ten days might have been kept secret.

Of course, there are also people who hope that the news will spread as slowly as possible, such as Murong Shu and Huo Ming...

As the "hosts", they very much hope to finish the competition quickly before the news spreads throughout the martial arts world, so that they can win the prize legitimately before those more powerful people come to compete for the Xuncan Ring.

Sun Huang must have figured out this idea... The more anxious the people from the Baquan Sect and the Murong Family are, the more advantage Sun Huang will have in the discussion with them.

Anyway, as the proposers of the idea of ​​the "sentinel battle" and the providers of the prizes, the Baquan Sect and the Murong Family certainly cannot bypass Shuangxie, the "third party who speaks fair words", and everything must be discussed with them.

What about the competition system and rules... If you don't "ask" for their opinions, then they will say, "Forget it, we won't release the Silkworm Ring, and we won't hold this competition. Whoever wants to run the Young Heroes Contest can run it"... What should we do?
After all, they have no obligation to provide prizes, let alone a prize like the Silkworm Ring. Now they are offering a "prize" that is a martial arts treasure and specifically asking your two families to host it...then shouldn't you give them some say in the rules of the competition?

What's more, Sun Huang had experience in organizing the "Dragon Head Cup" before. Although that was a matter of the Green Forest Way, people in the Jianghu Way had naturally heard of it. At least in the eyes of outsiders, the "Dragon Head Cup" did solve the dispute over who was the leader of the Green Forest Way, and so far no society has publicly come out to question the result.

Therefore, letting Sun and Huang "guide" the rules can be considered a professional match.

The ones who suffered the most were Huo Ming and Murong Shu, who actually contributed money and effort to the work... These days they came to Sun Huang's house every day to "hold meetings" and discuss things like their grandsons.

No one dares to miss a day, for fear that if you don't go today, people will tell you the next day that a rule that is unfavorable to you has been set yesterday.

Fortunately, Sun and Huang were quite efficient in dealing with these things, and the three parties only spent four or five days to come up with the rules of the competition.

The first rule is: The purpose of this competition is to determine the organizer of the next Young Heroes Conference, so individual applicants are not accepted; those who are eligible to register must be sects or organizations, and these sects must have the minimum human and financial resources required to host the conference.

Then under the second item there are a lot of detailed rules, for example the registered sect must have been established for at least five years. If you have the idea of ​​"a few of us just set up a sect temporarily to compete for the Silkworm Ring"... forget it, because they have already prevented us.

There are also financial aspects and the number of members in a sect, which are listed as the minimum standards - if there are only two masters and apprentices in your sect, and you live in seclusion in a mausoleum, then even if your sect has hundreds of years of history, you can't hold any conferences, right?
In short, the rules and regulations listed in the first two items alone have basically screened out all the martial arts sects other than the second- and third-rate ones.

Then starting from the third point, it talks about the "player hiring system", which also draws on the experience of the Dragon Head Cup and gives those sects whose peak combat power is not strong enough room to operate.

Murong Shu would definitely be the first one to agree with this, because he is no match for Huo Ming in terms of martial arts. But if everyone can hire their own players to compete, he still believes that "there will always be brave men under a big reward". After all, Shuang Xie can spend money to hire a bodyguard like the abbot, so with the financial resources of his Murong family, it is not impossible to hire a quasi-top-level one.

Moreover, this rule is not only about financial strength, but also about "connections"...

In this world, there are some people whom you can never invite no matter how much money you spend.

But these people may unexpectedly appear in a camp that others would never expect for the sake of a favor, some grudges, or even a simple promise... and they tend to work harder than those who simply do things for money.

This situation is not uncommon, and it is these people who add a touch of romance to the world.

In addition, this "player hiring system" also gave many masters from small sects or those without any sect the opportunity to show up and profit in this competition.

For example, if you are the leader of a small sect with great martial arts skills but poor operational capabilities, which results in your sect having no people and no money, then you can take the initiative to cooperate with a second-rate sect that is qualified to participate in the competition, discuss with them, and compete together. After all, it is a single-round elimination system and anything can happen; even if you don’t win, as long as you have "good positioning", you may be able to get into the top eight or even the top four, then everyone can show their faces and become famous in the big scene.

In short, most people are satisfied with this employment system, which is not good news for Huo Ming.

Although Sect Leader Huo had many complaints about this rule in the previous two days' meeting, as the obvious beneficiary of overturning the rule, he could not force the majority to obey him, the minority, under the premise of "talking about fairness", and in the end he had no choice but to give up.

As for some specific rules of the competition that have not been mentioned here, we will talk about them slowly after the game starts and will not go into details here for now.

Now let’s talk about the “qualifications” and “employment system” of this competition. Once these two major aspects were announced, they caused an uproar.

All the major martial arts sects that have received the news in the past few days have also urgently begun various operations based on this rule.

Among them, the most active, angry and regretful person is undoubtedly Ding Buzhu.

After letting Shuang Xie escape from Xinghui Tower that day and letting Xuncanjie, the already cooked duck, fly away, Boss Ding regretted more and more. His spies from the Youjia Gang were also not idle. No matter which village or town Sun Huang stayed in during his journey, he was basically under the surveillance of the Youjia Gang.

However, Ding Buzhu did not order any action to be taken, just waiting for an opportunity.

He didn't know when this "opportunity" would come. It might take a month, a year, or even several years...but that didn't matter.

The important thing is that Ding keeps believing that as long as he is patient, there will be opportunities.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, he finally got the name "Zhengxiong Cup" - yes, the name of this competition has been decided on these three words.

Ding couldn't help but ponder: Are these two guys crazy? They're using the Silkworm Hunting Ring as a prize for a competition? Giving it away for free? What was the point of them arguing with me for so long and discussing various conditions? If I had known this would happen, I would have been thick-skinned or thought things through more simply!

But now that things have come to this, we can only think that... this competition itself is also an "opportunity".

Ding Buzhu would definitely seize this opportunity. Anyway, his Youjia Gang was qualified to participate in the competition. The rest was just a matter of seeing what kind of person he could find to represent him.

As for the two mischievous people, Ding couldn't help but feel unsure whether they were just villains or mysterious...

So what exactly do Sun and Huang think?
This matter is actually somewhat related to Ding Buzhu.

Although Sun and Huang themselves had no need for the Xuncan Ring or the Tiancan Gong, what happened in Xinghui Tower and the continued surveillance by the Jiajia Gang more or less reminded them that this thing was still extremely valuable and important to the vast majority of martial artists other than them, and would have to be dealt with sooner or later.

So, how to deal with it?

Do you really want to do business with a "grey industry tycoon" like Ding Buzhu? This is obviously inappropriate.

Hand it over to a hero like Hai Cangfeng? That would be like asking someone to receive a bomb, which might even harm someone.

The best way is to hand it over to a powerful and upright family, and do it in a very high-profile manner, and at least "appear" to be open, fair, and just.

In this way, after the delivery is completed, everyone will know that the item is no longer in their hands.

And everyone knows it—“everyone knows where this thing is.”

This is a bit difficult to understand, but this is what it means. Only by doing things in this way can it be the safest for Shuangxie and the party who takes over the Xuncan Ring; at the same time, it can also ensure that the party who gets the Xuncan Ring is supervised to the greatest extent.

Why do you think Sun Yixie suddenly hired the abbot as his bodyguard? If he just wanted to watch the fun, was it necessary?
In fact, when Sun Yixie heard Hai Daxia say that there would be a negotiation in Cangzhou, he already had a rough outline of the plan in his mind. Then, while waiting for Huang Donglai to come up the mountain, he had already secretly figured things out... The seemingly random hiring of the abbot was just a layer of insurance in the plan.

After arriving in Cangzhou, the abbot's card really played a significant role. If it weren't for him, Murong Shu would not have come to participate in the Hongmen Banquet hosted by Murong Ji when Sun Huang first arrived in Cangzhou. Then, Shuangxie and the Murong family might have clashed from the first day they arrived, which would not be very beneficial to Sun Huang's subsequent actions.

This is also the reason why Shuang Xie did not go to Baquan Sect to visit Lei Buji during the days he was here until the negotiations began.

Everything was done in preparation for proposing this competition as a so-called "neutral third party" in the negotiations. Anyway, with the "Xuncan Ring" as a guarantee, plus their rich experience in fanning the flames, this matter was a sure thing.

If there is any surprise here, it is the father and son of the Shao family - in Sun Huang's eyes, these two are the icing on the cake.

These two guys were not originally in Sun Huang's plan, but their presence is too strong; not to mention that they have done many things that are tarnishing the reputation of the upright in the local area, just in the past few days, the father and son of the Shao family have offended a good brother like Dugu Yong, and have not forgotten to continue to spread rumors about Lin Yuancheng and Hunyuan Interstellar Gate. So Sun Huang wants to deal with you out of personal grudge.

Of course, although Shao Dejin and Shao Shanhu really deserve a beating, Sun Huang still doesn't dare to rush into Xingyi Gate to kill them head-on... But Sun Huang does have the courage to use the competition to lure the Shao father and son into the trap and deal with them secretly, and it's a big one.

So, on the third night after the negotiation ended, when all the rules of the competition had not been discussed or announced, Sun and Huang secretly visited Xingyi Gate.

As soon as the two of them entered, they acted like they were meeting family, and they spoke to each other in an extremely affectionate manner.

The Shao family father and son were deeply moved to see that these two famous people could take time out from their frequent meetings with the Baquan Sect and the Murong Family to visit them at night, and they entertained them very warmly.

Just like that, the two sides sat down, talking and arguing for a while, and then Sun Yixie finally showed his true colors: "Uncle Shao (his address was more intimate than before), Brother Hu, there is something. If I tell you now... don't spread it around."

"Oh? Could it be... about the competition?" Shao Dejin understood as soon as he heard the tone that this was an attempt to give himself a back door.

"Oh! Brother, I'm keeping my mouth shut. We are all family, so you can rest assured." Shao Shanhu was also impatient.

"Hmm..." Sun Yixie heard this and exchanged glances with Huang Donglai. They both pretended to make a few micro-expressions before Sun Yixie continued, "Although it has not been announced yet, after discussing it for the past few days, we have basically confirmed that we will use the 'player hiring system' to organize this competition..."

Afterwards, Sun Huang explained the system and added, "Uncle Shao, who are we helping by making this rule? We don't need to state it clearly, right?"

"I understand, I understand..." Shao Dejin nodded repeatedly, thinking how great it would be if these two were my sons. If only my own son could be half as good as them, I would have to worry less.
From Shao Dejin's perspective, he certainly felt that this "employment" rule was in his favor. If each sect could only let its own people fight, then on the day of the competition he would have to ask himself, "Should I fight Huo Ming?"

"But..." But the next second, Shao Dejin looked embarrassed again, because even if he adopted the player-employment system, with his financial resources and connections, he still couldn't find any powerful people.

"Uncle Shao, we know that you are a man of high moral character. I'm afraid you may not be able to compete with those who run gambling houses when it comes to spending money, so..." Huang Donglai deliberately lowered his voice, as if he took a big risk by saying this, "...so we specially came a few days in advance to give you a hint, and by the way... to recommend someone to you."