49: Chapter 48 Class C Ranking

"The strongest slacking afk system is now online, hard training points have been credited."

Another 80 hard training points were credited, bringing the total to 240 hard training points.

Li Fan slept happily for another eight hours, and when he woke up, he found Wen Xinran still sitting cross-legged in front of the Pill Furnace to Cultivate.

This showed how determined she was to stick close to Li Fan.

Li Fan, on the other hand, was glad he had the System and didn't have to Cultivate so hard, allowing him to slack off leisurely every day.

He didn't disturb Wen Xinran and quietly left the Spirit Refining Room.

Looking at the notification on his student terminal, the C-Class ranking had officially begun.

Today, he had a few ranking battles to participate in.

Arriving at the square, it was bustling with noise, and the big screens in the sky were broadcasting key battles in real-time.

Under the several big screens, besides the crowds watching, even more people were trading and exchanging information with each other.

After all, everyone usually Cultivates in isolation, and aside from the annual ranking battle, there really wasn't much opportunity to bring so many people together at once.

Like other Cultivators watching the show, Li Fan found an empty spot, took out a reclining chair, and waited leisurely for his turn.

Watching the intense battle broadcast on the screen, Li Fan finally began to consider whether to use his full strength or just scrape by with a ranking.

Given his personality, he didn't want to stand out, but this ranking was related to the amount of fixed credits distributed.

Wen Xinmei had told him that the medicinal ingredients for several effective Pill Formulas could not be bought with Spirit Stones outside, and could only be exchanged through school credits.

That was why Li Fan was hesitant; after all, he didn't have the [Strongest Conjuration System].

"Sigh, if only there were a System that could consume hard training points to obtain medicinal ingredients, that would be great."

He feigned a sigh, then waited quietly for a long time, but saw no notification in his mind about a new System coming online.

"Fine, I'd better honestly raise my ranking and exchange for them with credits."

Just as Li Fan was feeling a bit depressed, a somewhat familiar figure came up to him.

"Junior, are you also here to observe the C-Class ranking?"

Li Fan glanced sideways; wasn't this Xun Wanjiang, the admissions staff member he met during the supplementary enrollment?

She bent down and asked.

"Do you want to play a little? You can participate with a minimum of one credit."

A classic scenario, but Li Fan looked at Xun Wanjiang with some concern.

She understood Li Fan's gaze and patted her chest in assurance.

"I'm just an errand runner, earning a little hard-earned money. The real organizers are the ones above..."

As she spoke, Xun Wanjiang pointed to the A-Class and B-Class ranking battle previews still rotating on the screens in the sky.

Li Fan nodded in understanding, just as his student terminal notified him that it was his turn to battle.

He immediately put away the reclining chair and transferred his initial 200 credits to Xun Wanjiang.

"The 214th match, bet it all on Li Fan."

"Also, call me Senior."

After saying this, Li Fan left dashingly, leaving Xun Wanjiang standing there, somewhat confused.

"Call you Senior? What does that mean?"

She was puzzled until she transferred all the credits into the pool for the 214th match.

Looking at the combatants, when she saw the name Li Fan, her pupils dilated, and she finally realized.

"Li Fan... isn't that the Junior's name?"

Xun Wanjiang swallowed hard. Junior... Senior... hadn't he only just enrolled a few days ago?

As a top-tier university like Xuannv University, the venue for ranking duels certainly wouldn't be as low-end as setting up several arenas in the square.

In the center of the square stood a huge Secret Realm portal, and many Foundation Establishment Cultivators were going in and out at this moment.

Following the instructions, Li Fan stepped into the Secret Realm portal, and an endless, calm, and waveless sea surface came into view.

He touched the water surface lightly, creating a circle of ripples that spread straight toward a figure who had been waiting in the distance for a long time.

That figure didn't waste any words and cupped his hands, saying,

"Zhang Lan, C-Class ranking 365."

Through the huge screen in the sky, Xun Wanjiang could see Li Fan also cupping his hands in return.

"Li Fan, C-Class ranking... I forgot."

As a Cultivator who had just joined the C-Class ranking and had never competed before, he was, of course, in the very last place.

Therefore, Xun Wanjiang looked down at the betting situation on her terminal, which was overwhelmingly in favor of Zhang Lan.

Li Fan only had a pitiful 200 credits, all of which he had bet on himself.

In other words, the odds were very high.

Although she had marveled at his cultivation earlier, seeing this last-place ranking and the lopsided odds, Xun Wanjiang was speechless.

"I almost got bluffed by him."

However, to her surprise, it had only been a few breaths of time while she looked down at the betting board.

When Xun Wanjiang looked up again, the big screen clearly displayed the four characters "Li Fan wins."

In the background behind the text, the sea surface was neatly sliced open, and that unlucky guy Chen Lan didn't know where he had flown off to.

Looking down at the comment section for this duel, it was already filled with wailing.

"What happened? This venue was perfect for Chen Lan's water-type Spiritual Root technique, so how was he taken out in a second?"

"My credits... I bet them all."

"What's the background of this Li Fan? I've never heard of this person before."

Of course, there were also people gloating.

"It's a good thing I saw it was an unfamiliar newcomer and played it safe; I didn't place any bets."

"You guys are still too young."

"Tsk tsk, that sword strike splitting the sea was cool."

Seeing these comments, Xun Wanjiang's eyes lit up. She suddenly realized that this person might be the dark horse of this C-Class ranking.

So, Xun Wanjiang stared closely at the Secret Realm portal and surrounded Li Fan as soon as he came out.

"Senior Li Fan, you were truly heroic just now; that Sword Qi was too awesome."

She hadn't seen it at all.

"5,000 credits have already been transferred to you."

Looking at the credits received on his student terminal from a strange anonymous account, Li Fan was a bit surprised.

"25 times? That's so awesome."

Xun Wanjiang, who was on the side, asked impatiently,

"I wonder what the match number is for Senior's next ranking duel?"

"The 237th match."

"By the way, bet all these 5,000 credits on myself."

And so, the credits that had just been credited were transferred out again.

Seeing Li Fan's equally confident operation, Xun Wanjiang became more convinced that he was the dark horse of this C-Class ranking.

Her heart began to stir.

"Just 200 credits, no more than that."

She decided to play it safe first and make a small investment to watch one round.

Not long after, the 237th duel began, and Xun Wanjiang stared intently at the big screen.

The Cultivator battling Li Fan was ranked 211th, at the 7th level of Foundation Establishment, and was rumored to be somewhat famous, being the successor of a certain sword sect.

Therefore, against Li Fan, a nobody of a Cultivator, the betting was also one-sided.

Apart from his own 5,000 credits, there were only 500 credits bet on Li Fan.

200 of which came from Xun Wanjiang, and the other 300 were presumably from Cultivators who had seen Li Fan's first match and came to try their luck.

Inside the Secret Realm, the Sword Cultivator cupped his hands and asked.

"Looking at your profile, Fellow Daoist, you also follow the Dao of the sword, so why are you not carrying a sword?"

A sword? Li Fan once had a dao sword, but it had now merged with him.

Seeing that Li Fan didn't speak, the person opposite him drew his long sword and began to brag.

"This sword is called Changming, and it is a Spirit Sword. Fellow Daoist, you had better be careful."

His words were full of the demeanor and confidence of a Sword Cultivator, making Xun Wanjiang, who was watching from under the screen, feel her heart sink.

A Spirit Sword belonged to the top quality among the three lower grades of sword artifacts: Mortal, Dharma, and Spirit.

Such a sword artifact already possessed a trace of intelligence and was quite extraordinary.

Upon hearing this, Li Fan was also a bit surprised. A Spirit Sword sounded impressive; he shouldn't mess this up.

So, he silently extended one more finger.