354 The First Round of Competition
Many people participated in the competition this year; by the day before it began, half of them had already been eliminated.
Now, there were still thirty people on stage awaiting the competition.
The competition would last for three days. It followed a knockout format: twenty contestants would be eliminated on the first day, leaving ten to advance. On the second day, the ten would be reduced to five, and on the third day, the five would be cut down to three.
To uphold the principle of fairness, the Fei Clan invited several prestigious guests to serve as judges. Among them were Lady Zhou, wife of Official Zhou of Suzhou City, Lady Qian of the First Money Shop, and other prominent figures like the County Magistrate's wife and the Imperial Court Official's wife.
