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With the arrival of the two Dou Huang experts of the Sky Serpent Empire, the people of the Four Great Empires expressed their gratitude to them one after another.
In response, the two Dou Huang experts of the Sky Serpent Empire nodded proudly.
Don't look at them as merely being Dou Huangs with the Dou Zong experts of the Four Great Empires still present on the scene, but given their status and background, they really didn't fear the few Dou Zong experts present!
After all, if the Four Great Empires dared to make a move on these two Dou Huangs of the Sky Serpent Empire right now, I am afraid the Sky Serpent Empire's army would be pressing on their borders by tomorrow.
As for why medium-sized countries in the Northwestern Region like the Four Great Empires could invite people from the Sky Serpent Empire to be their notaries, the reason was actually quite simple.
Because, for the Sky Serpent Empire, this was in itself an opportunity to expand their influence!
Normally, they didn't even need to send anyone too powerful; they only needed one or two Dou Huangs to come and just go through the motions.
With something so effortless that could expand the influence of their Sky Serpent Empire, why wouldn't they do it?
Whether it was the former royal family of the Sky Serpent Empire or the current Sky Serpent Mansion, neither would miss this great opportunity.
Additionally, there was another advantage to the Four Great Empires inviting people from the Sky Serpent Empire as notaries, which was that they didn't need to fear any favoritism or cheating occurring.
After all, with their status, what could they possibly use to bribe the people of the Sky Serpent Empire?
If the people of the Sky Serpent Empire accepted their bribes, wouldn't it just lower their own status for no reason?
Furthermore, this kind of thing would easily tarnish the reputation of the Sky Serpent Empire. Therefore, having the Sky Serpent Empire send people to act as notaries could reduce a lot of trouble.
"Since everyone thinks highly of us and invited us to act as the notaries for your Four Great Empires' Sect Grand Meeting this time, we will definitely ensure the absolute fairness of this Sect Grand Meeting!"
"That's right! If anyone refuses to accept their loss, you had better weigh the consequences of offending the Sky Serpent Empire!"
These two Dou Huang experts from the Sky Serpent Mansion of the Sky Serpent Empire were playing the roles of the good cop and the bad cop at this moment.
Regarding what the two of them said, there was naturally no one from the Four Great Empires who didn't agree.
"Then, let's begin the drawing of lots for the Sect Grand Meeting duels!"
After no one objected, one of the Dou Huang experts from the Sky Serpent Mansion suddenly spoke up.
This Sect Grand Meeting began by drawing lots for one-on-one duels.
The two victorious empires would then compete for first and second place, while conversely, the two empires that lost in the first round would compete for third and fourth place.
Moreover, the duels determined victory or defeat based on points.
In a duel between Dou Zhe, the winning side received 1 point, the winning side of a Dou Shi received 2 points, Da Dou Shi was worth 4 points, Dou Ling was worth 8 points, Dou Wang was worth 16 points.
Dou Huang was worth 32 points, and winning a Dou Zong match was worth an even higher 64 points. Of course, if there was a duel at the Dou Zun level, the winning side would receive 128 points.
However, that was basically impossible.
An empire with a Dou Zun expert would still need to participate in a Sect Grand Meeting with you to allocate resources? You must be out of your mind!
Uh, except for someone as sly as Xiao Lin...
In addition, there was another rule for the Sect Grand Meeting: for the competition at each level, for every extra person left standing at the end, the team could receive an extra 1 point.
For example, in the competition at the Dou Zhe level, the Jia Ma Empire sweeps through all three fighters of the Luo Yan Empire.
In that case, in addition to the guaranteed 1 victory point for the Dou Zhe level, the Jia Ma Empire would receive an additional 3 points because all three of their Dou Zhe fighters did not lose.
The same rule applied to the other levels as well.
Oh, right, let me mention this here.
The Sect Grand Meeting among the Four Great Empires this time is a continuous elimination match for each level. It is a fight until one side loses the ability to continue!
Therefore, for the competition at each level, the arrangement and order of fighters is also very important. If you put your strongest fighter last and end up winning, you will probably only get the minimum guaranteed points.
After all the competition rules were announced, the drawing of lots ceremony began.
In the end, the opponent drawn by the Jia Ma Empire was the Luo Yan Empire!
This draw was not great, but it wasn't bad either.
After all, among the Four Great Empires, the Chu Yun Empire was the strongest on the surface, followed by the Luo Yan Empire.
Before Yun Shan broke through to the Dou Zong realm, the Jia Ma Empire and the Mulan Empire were on par with each other. Now that the Jia Ma Empire did not draw the Chu Yun Empire first, it could already be considered decent luck.
Of course, the absolute best outcome would have been drawing the Mulan Empire. That is because the Mulan Empire currently still has no Dou Zong expert, while the Jia Ma Empire has Yun Shan on our side.
With that, the Jia Ma Empire would be guaranteed to obtain 64 points.
Naturally, if someone wanted to force a Dou Huang to fight a Dou Zong, the rules of the competition actually do not forbid it. However, basically no one would go looking for that kind of trouble.
At this moment, after the drawing of lots, the group gathered around Yun Shan to wait for him to arrange the lineup. Everything else didn't really matter; the most important ones were still the Dou Wang and Dou Huang matches!
For the Dou Zong realm, Yun Shan was the only one, so there was absolutely no lineup to arrange. For the realms below Dou Wang, everyone was basically at Nine-Star, so there was nothing much to arrange; it would just come down to pure strength.
Only the Dou Wang and Dou Huang realms were the exceptions.
For the Dou Huang realm, they only had two people on their side now, and for the Dou Wang realm, not a single one of them was a Nine-Star...
"Jia Xingtian, for the Dou Huang match, I have decided to have you go up first. Do you have any issues with that?"
Originally, without Hai Bodong, the Dou Huangs were limited to Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma. Naturally, they had to have Jia Xingtian, a peak Nine-Star Dou Huang expert, lead the front.
"I have no problem with that!"
Knowing this in his heart as well, Jia Xingtian directly nodded and agreed.
Fa Ma, standing on the side, did not object either.
"Let me go first for the Dou Wang match!"
Yun Shan hadn't even arranged the lineup for the Dou Wang match yet when Feng Li spoke up first.
Among the few Dou Wangs present, his cultivation was the highest. He had already reached the Six-Star level and had faintly come into contact with the Seven-Star level!
Yan Shi was slightly weaker than him, having just broken through to Six-Star Dou Wang not too long ago. However, regarding Feng Li's voluntary request, Yun Shan did not choose to agree directly.
Instead, he turned his gaze to Xiao Lin.
After all, Yun Shan knew that this sly guy, Xiao Lin, was actually the strongest among all of them!
If Xiao Lin was willing, he could completely go and participate in the Dou Zong match. But since Xiao Lin hadn't brought it up himself, Yun Shan naturally wouldn't expose his secret.
However, for the Dou Wang match, he still hoped that Xiao Lin would put in a little effort. Because of this, Yun Shan spoke up at this moment.
"No, for the Dou Wang match, I plan to have Xiao Lin take the lead. Xiao Lin, what do you think?"
What made the people around them feel strange was that Yun Shan would actually consult Xiao Lin's opinion on a matter like this!
You have to know that Xiao Lin's exposed cultivation was currently only that of a Four-Star Dou Wang!
A Dou Zong asking a Dou Wang in this kind of attitude?
The crowd was a little puzzled, but they didn't think too much about it at the time. They just felt that Yun Shan was being quite democratic, wanting to seek the person's consent before making the arrangement.
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