41: With unparalleled charm, a cheap fiancée arrives, overwhelming all others.

"Wu Feiyan entering the Saint Realm? Is this the so-called Qingyun Ranking that gathers all the world's powerhouses? Hehe~"

Amidst the crowd, Cao Meng wore a strange expression.

Given Her Majesty the Empress's current strength, forget the immortal ranking, She probably can't even enter the Heaven Ranking.

It seems the person who compiled the ranking was fooled by the abnormal phenomenon at Ganquan Palace that day, insisting on treating a paper tiger as a real one.

Qingyun Mountain, the most mysterious and powerful hidden sect in the Eastern Continent, takes it upon itself to slay demons, eradicate evil, and uphold the orthodoxy of the Human Race, staying out of Imperial Dynasty and Jianghu conflicts.

What it is most famous for are the triennial Qingyun Dao Trial Assembly and the assessment of the Nine Kingdoms' Qingyun Ranking.

The Three Qingyun Rankings: the immortal ranking, the Heaven Ranking, and the outstanding heroes ranking.

Among them, the immortal ranking and the Heaven Ranking have no age limit and are rankings for powerhouses.

immortal ranking: Those whose cultivation reaches the Saint Realm can enter the immortal ranking. Those who enter the Nineteenth Realm of the Sword Dao, Blade Dao, etc., and are called Immortals can enter the immortal ranking.

Currently, there are thirty-one entrants to the immortal ranking within the Nine Provinces, fourteen of whom are Saint Realm powerhouses, occupying the top fourteen positions.

And White Deer Headmaster Void Sword Walker happens to be ranked eleventh, narrowly avoiding being relegated to the bottom of the Saint Domain.

Heaven Ranking (Seventy-two people): Composed of the seventy-two strongest Land Immortals and those in the Dragon Elephant Realm.

outstanding heroes ranking: Composed of seventy-two outstanding heroes from the Nine Kingdoms under the age of twenty-five.

The immortal ranking and the Heaven Ranking are updated irregularly.

However, the outstanding heroes ranking is only finalized after the Dao Trial Assembly concludes.

The young Disciples of the Four Academies all take pride in being listed on the outstanding heroes ranking.

If one could be listed on both the Heaven Ranking and the outstanding heroes ranking, that would truly ensure eternal fame.

"I didn't expect Qingyun Mountain to update the immortal ranking at this time~ Junior Brother, let's go take a look."

Senior Sister Qing Luan naturally took Cao Meng's hand and walked forward.

The Disciples standing ahead, seeing Qing Luan arrive, quickly cleared a path, all looking with surprise at Cao Meng, whose hand was being held by Senior Sister Qing Luan.

"This is..."

"It's that Sword Slave beside Her Majesty the Empress..." a male Disciple from the Great Zhou Dynasty exclaimed in surprise.

"Senior Brother, don't talk nonsense!" Before he could finish speaking, a delicate female Disciple beside him quickly covered his mouth: "Senior Brother Cao Meng has already entered the Pill Realm and has been accepted as a Personal Disciple by Your Majesty."

"What? Pill Realm, Personal Disciple..." He was instantly terrified and pale-faced. He secretly glanced at Cao Meng, but finding that Cao Meng seemed not to have heard anything at all, he immediately let out a sigh of relief.

Qing Luan led Cao Meng to the ranking list on the platform: "Thirty-one on the immortal ranking, five from our Academy: Master is fifth, the Dean is eleventh, Vice Headmaster Xuanyuan is seventeenth, Prince Yuanchen of Pingshan is twenty-first, and there's also this Li Daolin, who surprisingly entered the Sword Immortal Realm and is ranked twenty-seventh."

"Li Daolin, a member of the Li family?" Cao Meng nodded.

Entering the Nineteenth Realm of the Sword Dao allows one to be called an Immortal, but this Li Daolin is only in the Land Immortal Realm, not a Saint Domain Sword Immortal. His strength is only slightly greater than that of Sword Demon Li Daoxuan after his cultivation plummeted, before he was cut down and transformed into a sword puppet.

"Junior Brother, look quickly, Heaven Ranking twenty-first... Your, your person... entered both rankings! She killed the Land Immortal powerhouse Old Ancestor Xuesha on the shore of the Eastern Sea with three punches... This is just too..." By the end, Qing Luan's voice was trembling slightly.

They were both True Disciples of the White Deer Academy, but his Junior Brother's convenient fiancée was truly so strong she had no peers.

"Huh~"

Cao Meng was stunned. *My person.*

He focused his eyes and saw the thirty-fifth spot on the Heaven Ranking.

Xuanyuan Baiying: Direct successor of the Xuanyuan Southern Branch, twenty-one years old, Dragon Elephant Peak. A month ago, She killed the Land Immortal Realm powerhouse Old Ancestor Xuesha on the shore of the Eastern Sea with three punches from the air!

"This is my fiancée, the one Wu Feiyan wanted to snatch away to be her son's wife?"

Cao Meng blinked.

Killing a Land Immortal with three punches?

What a fierce wife!

In the original host's memory, there was very little information about this fiancée. Cao Meng only knew her name and had heard the legend of her sudden rise, transforming into a Dragon overnight. That was all.

Number one on the Nine Kingdoms outstanding heroes ranking, Xuanyuan Baiying~.

Of the seventy-two people on the Heaven Ranking, fifty-four are in the Land Immortal Realm, and the vast majority are old monsters who have been famous for decades, even centuries.

Yet Cao Meng's convenient fiancée, with her Dragon Elephant Realm cultivation, actually crushed more than twenty Land Immortals on the list.

Furthermore, her name differs from his convenient Holy Empress Master by only one character; someone who didn't know better might think they were sisters.

Qing Luan: "She's here..."

Cao Meng followed her gaze and saw a large white bird flapping its wings, slowly flying toward the plaza.

On the back of the large bird sat a handsome youth in a white robe, with a face like jade, red lips, white teeth, and skin like ice. He wore a sheathed long and short sword tucked into his waist, held a beautiful folding fan in his hand, and wore 'cloud-ascending immortal shoes' on his feet.

He was truly handsome.

This was the very definition of "a face like jade on the roadside, a Young Master peerless in the world."

There's a saying that goes, when men become beautiful, women have nothing on them.

Likewise, when women become handsome, men have nothing on them.

Cao Meng was quite confident in his own looks; after all, he had a score of ninety-nine in attractiveness.

However, facing this convenient wife, Cao Meng still felt slightly inferior.

But, her attire... "Men's clothing? This... this~"

For some reason, the image of the demon Xu Tian flashed through Cao Meng's mind, and he immediately felt a chill.

Is this my future wife?

"She, she doesn't like women, does she..."

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Qing Luan glared at Cao Meng. "Your person wears men's clothes because when She wears women's clothes, She is too stunning. Her appearance inevitably causes chaos, and a few times it even triggered life-and-death duels among fellow Disciples, so She simply started wearing men's clothes... But once She started wearing men's clothes, giggle..."

"What are you laughing at? Are you close with her?" Cao Meng asked, surprised.

"We're friends. After all, a Genius always has very few friends." Senior Sister Qing Luan looked at Cao Meng playfully. "What's wrong, are you nervous?"

"Are you kidding? Me, nervous?"

While the two were talking, the commotion on the training grounds ceased, and silence fell. Everyone's gaze was directed toward the gradually approaching white bird, and toward the unparalleled celestial beauty riding upon it.

Even the Deans and Elders sitting on the platform stood up simultaneously.

"Xuanyuan Baiying!" On the platform, Xuanyuan Baizhi stared fixedly at the descending Xuanyuan Baiying, her expression complex and unstable.

Xuanyuan Baiying descended from the sky. The white eagle shook its body, transforming into a small white bird that landed on Her shoulder.

"Qing Luan~"

Xuanyuan Baiying floated down in front of Qing Luan and Cao Meng. A hint of a smile was in Her captivating eyes, but Her gaze fell upon Qing Luan's hand holding Cao Meng's.

"Ah, Xuanyuan, you're back. I thought you weren't coming," Qing Luan said, quickly letting go of Cao Meng's hand, her tone slightly flustered.

"I took a trip to the Eastern Sea." Xuanyuan Baiying's eyes held a smile as She looked at the Seven Absolutes Sword Casket strapped to Cao Meng's back:

"Are you Cao Meng, that fiancé of mine?"

Cao Meng: "Probably, possibly, I guess it's me."