Chapter 995: The Contestants
The two of them teleported back to the White Tiger Grand Hotel. Tang San didn't linger and immediately returned to his room at the hotel.
Having been gone for three days, he needed to check whether the Ancestral Court had been looking for him.
Compared to the bustling atmosphere before the mega-auction, the Ancestral Court had clearly quieted down. Life here was expensive, and although the matchmaking tournament was about to begin, many powerful representatives from various clans had chosen to leave and stay in surrounding towns with lower living costs until the event started.
The venue for the tournament had mostly been completed. It was located right in front of Council Mountain. For such an unprecedented event, the Ancestral Court was taking matters extremely seriously.
Registration had already closed, and the Ancestral Court had begun releasing the list of contestants, even offering various statistics and rankings—like seeded fighters, for instance.
Of course, the Ancestral Court wasn't doing this out of pure goodwill or simply to entertain spectators. These lists were simply a prelude to get people ready for the real thing: betting pools.
After learning this from the clan elders, Tang San felt somewhat helpless. The Ancestral Court was clearly money-frenzied! After reaping a massive profit from the mega-auction, they were now planning to cash in again through the tournament. They truly wouldn't let a single coin slip past.
Still, he couldn't really blame them. Even for the Ancestral Court, this kind of opportunity didn't even come once in a century.
Even just accessing contestant data and rankings came with a price. It wasn't especially expensive, but certainly not cheap either. Fortunately, the Grand Elder had already purchased everything Tang San needed.
Mei Gongzi had previously explained the general tournament rules to Tang San. Now, the detailed regulations had been fully released.