Two hours passed in a flash, and the Youth Martial Tournament officially began.
Li Yuan had already prepared thoroughly.
Before departure, everyone received another sheet of paper.
It contained the detailed rules of the Youth Martial Tournament, with every provision clearly written out.
This was to prevent contestants from disputing penalties during the competition.
The rules had to be confirmed again and explained in advance, so there would be no confusion later.
The participants boarded the helicopters separately. Twenty-five helicopters had been prepared at the venue.
Each helicopter corresponded to a landing point.
Martial artists from the same city were dropped off separately and entered the competition area from different locations.
This was done to minimize the possibility of cooperation.
Since individual rankings were involved, allowing mutual assistance would render those rankings meaningless.
It would also make it impossible to see the average standard of young martial artists.
The Youth Martial Tournament was a competition with practical significance.
Why did its qualification require martial artists to earn Grade Points?
Why was it not assigned from above like other competitions and training expeditions?
This rule had been established in the hope that the Youth Martial Tournament would assess ordinary young martial artists.
Rather than having each city invite a few outstanding young martial artists to compete.
Unfortunately, after so many years of organizing the Youth Martial Tournament, most of its original purpose had long been lost.
Every city had begun cherry-picking, selecting a batch of outstanding people to take the places of those with qualifications.
Perhaps in other cities and organizations, there were quite a few people like Li Yuan whose qualifications had been taken away.
The competition area was roughly the size of a town, and the helicopters soon arrived at their designated positions.
Ropes were lowered, and everyone slid