Now that the scale had expanded, it certainly could no longer be limited to Admiral Candidates, and grouping contestants by strength was no longer particularly appropriate either.
Therefore, Lind planned to divide this tournament into three divisions: the veteran division for those over thirty, the young adult division for those aged twenty to thirty, and the youth division for those under twenty.
Besides a serving of special-supply Dao Enlightenment Tea for the top eight in each division, different placements would also receive different cash prizes.
In all three divisions, the champion, runner-up, and third-place finisher would receive 100 million, 50 million, and 30 million in Oran Currency respectively, while the top eight would receive 10 million and the top sixteen would receive 5 million.
The prizes were quite generous. After all, even the most ordinary Devil Fruit cost less than 10 million in Oran Currency.
Basically, reaching the top sixteen meant financial freedom for an ordinary person, with enough money to last an ordinary family a lifetime.
Of course, anyone who could reach the top sixteen in any division was unlikely to come from an ordinary family and would certainly need to spend considerable sums on training resources.
Even so, this money could cover the resources needed for high-quality training for quite some time. Combined with Dao Enlightenment Tea, it would allow most of them to advance further.
Compared to something as far-reaching as reforming the military system, holding a martial arts tournament was undoubtedly much simpler. In particular, Lind was personally supplying its most important reward, the Dao Enlightenment Tea, while the prize money the government needed to provide was hardly anything to the present Oran Empire.
To some extent, the government could even make money through ticket sales, advertising space, and other means.
Thus, once Lind proposed holding