"Any contestant who falls off the platform will be deemed to have finished the match."
"Once either contestant concedes, the other must not strike to kill."
"No contestant may gamble or place bets. Violators will be removed from the Golden Scale Ranking."
"No contestant may use divine weapons, divine talismans, or divine artifacts. All other weapons and treasures carried must total no more than three..."
After Prefect Qiu Shanyuan's voice rang out, a White-Robed Attendant from Youyun Prefecture stepped onto the Golden Scale Platform and began reading the rules.
"If they have to read everything every time, won't these hundred-odd matches take ages?"
Watching the White-Robed Attendant read the rules in painstaking detail, the impatient A Wen gradually began to fidget.
The Golden Scale Assembly's rules had long since been posted on the noticeboard outside the Golden Scale Pavilion. They had already read them.
"That's where you're mistaken, A Wen. One day inside the Golden Scale Pool is actually only six hours outside. Besides, day and night here are entirely at the Prefect's discretion. The matches can go on for as long as he wishes."
Chu Xiaoxiao smiled as she cleared up Lu Wen's confusion.
"The reason they read them in such detail is that once a match begins, there's no judge on the platform. Whether you break the rules is determined entirely by the Golden Scale Ranking. Even the Prefect can't intervene."
"And having to recite the rules before every round is itself one of the Golden Scale Ranking's rules, laid down by Emperor Youyun himself. Unless the recitation is finished, the competing disciples can't even set foot on the Golden Scale Platform."
At this point, Seventh Princess Chu Tiancheng added a remark.
He did not recognize many of the people participating in the Golden Scale Assembly, but he