Chapter 807 The First World Fighting Competition

The key to the old ape's resignation is "looking back at the moon", and the key to the hidden flower under the leaves is "hiding in the shadows".

Gong Baosen taught Su Yi these two unique skills without reservation.

Gong Baosen even gave Su Yi the notes of his martial arts throughout his life.

"Gratitude is gratitude, right and wrong is right and wrong, gratitude is small, right and wrong is big." In the end, Gong Baosen said to Su Yi, "In my life, I have no regrets on the right and wrong. Gratitude and grudges are still not understandable. Don't learn from me in the future. Those who achieve great things must be hard-hearted."

"Master Gong, do you have to do this?" Su Yi said in a low voice, "I can promise you that if you give me ten years, ten years later, no matter whether I have done what I want to do or not, I will tie my hands and come to you to let you kill me and settle this grudge. ! "

Gong Baosen was somewhat moved, but smiled with relief: "You can say this, which means that I, Gong Baosen, did not make a mistake! I believe that you must have your reasons for killing San'er. It's a pity that fate plays tricks on people..."

"San'er is my apprentice, and also the nephew of my senior brother Ding Lianshan. His revenge must be avenged, and I can't wait for ten years, let alone ask right and wrong. This is a personal grudge, not justice." Gong Baosen said calmly, "Liangchen, it's best to settle this matter with me. If it's not me, it will be my senior brother Ding Lianshan. , it’s my daughter Ruomei, Lao Jiang, and everyone in Xingyi Bagua Sect. ”

“This hatred is like a snowball that keeps getting bigger and bigger, and it’s out of control in the end. Do you want this? I don’t want this either.”

“But…”

“No buts!” Gong Baosen interrupted Su Yi, “This is also my last bit of selfishness. You killed San’er, but I promoted you to the top. I feel guilty about him… and you, Geng Liangchen, I gave you everything. You have to live well for me, for the sake of national martial arts, and for me.”

“But you don’t Do you think I'm fighting you just to die? If you've learned so much but can't even beat an old man like me who's about to die, then you can't handle such a big thing, you deserve to die! "

Su Yi sighed: "Master Gong, have you ever thought that if you really die in my hands, how can you just let it go? I'm offended by your words, with Miss Gong's character, she will never let it go. If you do this, you may harm her for the rest of her life..."

Gong Baosen's expression became a little gloomy, and he was silent for a long time.

"Then you marry her!" Gong Baosen suddenly looked at Geng Liangchen, "Do you dare? Do you dare to marry a woman who has killed your father?"

Su Yi was shocked and said, "Then I can't do anything to you! Master Gong, you really don't have to..."

"Whether it is necessary or not, whether it is worth it or not, I have considered it more clearly than you." Gong Baosen interrupted Su Yi, "Although I am old, I haven't lived enough. If I hadn't considered it clearly, how could I make this choice? You don't have to persuade me anymore! What's more,..."

Gong Baosen's eyes suddenly became sharp, staring at Su Yi and slowly said, "It's still unknown who will win!"

Su Yi couldn't persuade Gong Baosen.

In the next three days, Su Yi used various methods, but he couldn't persuade Gong Baosen to give up his idea.

This stubborn old man firmly believed that only a life-and-death battle was the best way to eliminate grievances, and he could live up to his heart.

No matter what Su Yi said, he was determined to do it.

In fact, Su Yi knew that some knots in this world cannot be untied. The more you untie them, the more twisted they become. In the end, only death can resolve them.

Maybe Gong Baosen didn't really want revenge, he just wanted to untie the knot in his heart.

The martial arts delegations from various countries arrived in Foshan one after another on the day the selection competition ended.

The venue for the competition was still chosen in the ancestral temple. The warriors in the south hoped to defeat all the enemies under the witness of their ancestors.

With the blessing of the ancestors, the younger generation of warriors can resist external bullying and fight against strong enemies together.

Because the conflict in the Magic City was quite serious before, this time the International Fighting Competition, as the final solution to that conflict, received a lot of extra attention.

Many foreign journalists came to Foshan to report on this martial arts event.

The film company that filmed the National Martial Arts Elite Competition in Tianjin had tasted the sweetness before. This time, it joined several companies and planned to film the images of this competition again and show them nationwide.

Such a move made those who were interested also see business opportunities, and Xiyang and Zhepeng followed suit.

As delegations from various countries arrived in Foshan, this peaceful town began to become noisy and lively.

Perhaps the noise was too loud, and the ministers of various countries stationed in Guangdong and Guangxi all expressed their intention to attend the game and come to watch.

As a result, the Jinling authorities could no longer sit still and sent representatives from the Guofu to treat the game as a diplomatic event.

Anything involving Zheng Zhi would become extremely troublesome.

The game was postponed for five days. As the leader of the contestants, Su Yi had to socialize everywhere, accept interviews with officials, and meet foreign guests...

For the sake of caution, Su Yi specifically called Liu Haiqing and contacted the station chief of the Sanqingtuan intelligence station in Foshan, asking him to secretly protect himself and his apprentices.

Su Yi also contacted Yixiantian and asked him to hide in the dark to deal with crises that might occur at any time.

The day before the game officially started, Su Yi received news that there was a person in the Zhepeng delegation who used the alias of Oshita Konosuke, and his real identity was Iwaguro Hideo, the head of the Zhepeng Bamboo Agency.

What does a spy chief want to do by hiding his identity and sneaking into the Zhepeng martial arts delegation?

This aroused Su Yi's vigilance.

Because of the participation of Zheng Zhi, the standards of this Wan Guo Fighting Competition have become much higher, and even an organization called "European Fighting Association" has participated.

And the slightly exaggerated name "Wan Guo" has also been changed, and the event has been officially renamed "The First World Fighting Competition".

The organizer of the event has become a joint organizer of the Huaguo Guoshu Museum, the European Fighting Association and the Zhepeng Judo Association.

Under the "strong suggestion" of the Zhepeng side, the rules of the event have changed.

The original one-round match has become a two-round match. If the winner is still not determined after two rounds, an extra round will be played until the winner is determined.

The original rule that being knocked off the stage is considered a loss has also changed to a rule that the winner is determined only if one party loses the fighting power or admits defeat.

Originally, this competition was only for bare-handed competition, but the Zhepeng people persuaded the representatives of the Guofu, and also "persuaded" the representatives of Siam, Goryeo and some Western countries, and finally the competition system was divided into bare-handed competition and weapon competition.

A total of 169 contestants can freely sign up for bare-handed competition or weapon competition, or sign up for both. The rules of weapon competition are roughly the same as those of bare-handed competition, except that they have to sign a "life and death agreement" before going on stage.

In addition, the original rule that the game should be interrupted when one party falls to the ground has also changed. It has become that unless one party admits defeat, the game cannot be interrupted for any reason.

In short, all the rules are changing in the direction that is favorable to the Zhepeng side.

Although Zhang Zimin and Gong Baosen argued with reason, the representatives of the Guofu were afraid of the Zhepeng people, and instead scolded and suppressed the Chinese people, and even threatened them. In the end, all the "suggestions" of the Zhepeng people were adopted by the organizing committee of the competition.

As a contestant, Su Yi had to avoid suspicion in the formulation of rules, and he was not qualified to participate, so he could only watch all this happen.

For such a small matter, he would not turn into a firecracker to kill the representative of Guofu, or secretly threaten the representative of Guofu.

Moreover, Su Yi felt that although the competition system changed by the Zhepeng people was beneficial to the Zhepeng side, some of the rules in it could be regarded as improving the competition system to a certain extent, which played a positive role and would likely exist as the standard rules of international competitions in the future.

It is not a bad thing for Chinese warriors to adapt to these rules in advance.

Of course, the changes made by the Zhepeng people made the competition more cruel. They promoted the so-called Bushido spirit and believed that real men should be fearless.

Maybe they still had the purpose of scaring off opponents with such rules, but unfortunately, no Chinese or foreigners withdrew from the competition because of this.

In addition to the competition system, the competition process has also been greatly changed.

Originally, there were a total of 169 contestants, who had to go through three rounds of elimination to select the top 32 to enter the main competition, and then the ranking was determined by the points system.

However, the Zhepeng people instigated many countries to oppose such a competition system, believing that such a competition system was unreasonable, especially the point system, which was only beneficial to the Chinese.

They felt that the Chinese had the largest number of participants. If the point system was adopted, there would definitely be match-fixing, and the Chinese would take advantage of the loopholes in the competition system to maximize their own interests.

So they proposed to use a one-elimination system.

In other words, as long as you lose, you will be eliminated.

Except for China and Zhepeng, the number of participants from other countries was very small, and some countries even had only one participant. The one-elimination system was too unfriendly to them, so it was unanimously opposed.

In the end, the Zhepeng people compromised, and the competition system became a one-elimination system for the knockout round and a two-elimination system for the main competition.

The selection competition aims to select 32 players for the main competition, both for barehand and equipment competitions.

The opponents of the competition are randomly drawn, so there will definitely be a situation of civil war among the Chinese.

In the process of drawing lots, Su Yi suggested that all lot-drawings should be made and sealed on the spot, and the notary public elected by representatives of various countries should be invited to draw on the spot, so that all the dark operations would be eliminated.

Su Yi was sure that if there were loopholes in the lottery rules, the Zhepeng people would not miss such an opportunity.

Su Yi's suggestion was supported and adopted.

At the same time, at the suggestion of Zhepeng and the Westerners, foreign referees were also added to the referee team.

After the competition rules were negotiated and determined, the Zhepeng people made another mistake.

They proposed that the puppet Manchukuo should appear as an independent national team at the opening ceremony of the competition.

China was firmly opposed from top to bottom, and even threatened to withdraw from the competition.

This time, even most of the Western representatives chose to stand on the side of China. The Zhepeng people's plot did not succeed in the end. The two traitors who came from the northeast finally left Foshan in disgrace overnight.

The time for the registration of the players was set on the first day of the competition. There were a total of 169 players, 122 of whom registered for the bare-handed competition and 94 for the equipment competition.

Among them, 47 players registered for both the bare-handed competition and the equipment competition.

Among the 47 people, 23 were Chinese, 18 were Zhepeng, and 6 were from other countries.

It is worth mentioning that, except for Bill Underwood, all of Su Yi's disciples only signed up for the bare-hand competition and did not participate in the weapon competition.

The grand opening ceremony began early in the morning of the second day.

The martial arts delegations of various countries entered the venue one by one, and the organizers of the event and the ministers and representatives of various countries all delivered enthusiastic speeches.

Then came the lottery ceremony. The contestants' numbers were determined when they registered. Su Yi was contestant number 13, an unlucky number in the eyes of Westerners.

This number represents Satan.

The lottery method is very simple. All the slips of paper with numbers written on them are crumpled into a ball and put into a sealed box. Then the notary grabs two paper balls each time. The contestants represented by the numbers written on the two paper balls are the opponents to be faced.

The notary draws the opponent, and the waiter who calls out the menu of the Jinlou loudly calls out the numbers on the paper balls. There is a special clerk on the side who writes down the match and names of the two opponents.

Today's lottery only draws the opponents for the bare-handed competition.

According to the competition schedule, the bare-handed competition and the equipment competition are held one day apart.

For example, today is the bare-handed competition, tomorrow is the equipment competition, and the day after tomorrow is the bare-handed competition again...

The order of the duel is also in the order of the notary grabbing.

Su Yi's number was drawn later. His opponent is a Zhepeng man named Hengyuan Xiongzhi.

If you haven't heard of this name, you shouldn't care.

After the draw, some people cheered, some were excited, and some complained.

As both China and Zhepeng had many contestants, there were situations where their own people fought against each other.

Among them, Zhepeng drew four groups, and China drew seven groups!

Even among Su Yi's seven disciples, two of them were drawn together by chance, and had to fight two by two!

This can only be regarded as bad luck. After all, there are 61 knockout matches in total, and there are 52 contestants in China. Only seven groups were drawn together, which is actually not a lot.

There is only one ring for this event. A match plus the time for the contestants to get on and off the stage and prepare, plus the time for two rounds, is planned to be about fifteen minutes.

The schedule stipulates that there are only 20 matches per day, 10 matches in the morning and afternoon, and the knockout match has a total of three days.

Including the equipment events in the middle, it will take six days to complete the knockout match.

After the draw, the first group of contestants to compete is a match between a Chinese and a Belgian boxer.

The referee is from Zhepeng.

This Chinese player is a southern martial artist named Deng Long, a descendant of Xiajiaquan.

Xiajiaquan is different from other southern martial arts. It is a rare and fierce one, with long bridges and big horses, and it is very grand when it is fought.