More than a dozen pairs of people participated in the competition, and most of them were well-educated sons and daughters of rich families. Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng blended into the crowd, looking just like a young couple out on a date from a wealthy family, so they weren't very conspicuous.
With so many contestants, of course, not everyone had the chance to pick a riddle from beneath the big tree. There had to be a preliminary round to narrow down the field.
Put simply, Embroiderer Ru would read out the riddles, and the participants rushed to answer; each correct answer allowed them to step forward, and a boundary was drawn on the stage. The first to answer five questions correctly and cross the boundary would win, thus selecting the ten pairs of men and women, who would first reach the endpoint to participate in the riddle-guessing competition.
"Who made up these rules? Isn't this just asking everyone to fight?" Xia Zheng sneered, touching his nose.
