274: Chapter 274 Two Months Later, the Silver Dragon City Lord's Investment

Time flies.

Two months passed quietly.

With less than a month remaining until the official start of the Inheritance Competition,

and during these past two months,

all the New Students were still immersed in high-intensity cultivation.

Li Fan, however, had completely entered a state of secluded meditation.

He did almost only two things every day:

Cultivate and comprehend Law Power.

Such high-intensity cultivation allowed Li Fan to gain a great deal over these two months.

Not only did his realm successfully break through to the ninth level of the Star-Treading Level, causing his stats to soar,

but his fusion with that wisp of Law Power had also reached three-quarters completion!

If the Li Fan from two months ago were to face his current self, he likely wouldn't even have the power to strike back.

Since the preliminary stage of the Inheritance Competition was held in an online mode, Li Fan did not come out of seclusion so quickly.

He planned to see if he could break through to the Star Shattering Rank and completely fuse the Law Power within the remaining month!

...

Inside Peng Song's manor.

"Brother Peng, Brother Li is still in seclusion, so we won't disturb him. We'll contact each other online when the time comes."

"That's right, Brother Peng. We'll see you online. But if we're unfortunately matched together in the Inheritance Competition, I won't be taking it easy on you."

"No problem. Safe travels to you all. When Brother Fan comes out, I'll let him know."

...

Luo Ling, Duan Ping, and Duan Linger were bidding farewell to Peng Song.

The three of them were preparing to return to their respective clans for their final cultivation sprint.

And it wasn't just the three of them.

By now, the vast majority of New Students were leaving the Academy one after another, on their way back to their clans.

The reason was simple.

They all hailed from major powers, and their clans placed a high level of importance on the immortal inheritances within the Inheritance Competition.

Therefore, their clans would inevitably consider providing them with some 'black technology' resources to appropriately force their growth and achieve rapid enhancement effects.

In the short term, this was far more effective than staying at the Academy.

For people like Li Fan and Peng Song, who had absolutely no background, they could only choose to stay in the Academy and cultivate step by step.

...

Shifting focus back to the outside world.

As the Wushan Seat Inheritance Competition approached,

the entire Wushan Seat had fallen into a state of endless frenzy.

Countless young cultivators carrying dreams, and countless small factions pinning their hopes on their clans' younger generation, had been preparing for this grand event for years.

All for the sake of making a name for themselves in this grand assembly!

Among them, the vast majority naturally couldn't be like Li Fan and the others, setting their sights on those unreachable immortal inheritances.

To them, immortal inheritances were too ethereal; they had a realistic sense of their own limits.

During the Inheritance Competition, many large companies and major powers within and even outside the Wushan Seat would be watching.

The goal for most people was actually just to go as far as possible in the competition and perform brilliantly enough to be scouted by these larger powers, thereby changing their lives and the lives of their families.

As for the vast number of cultivators who weren't qualified to participate and could only choose to be bystanders,

their anticipation for this Inheritance Competition was not weaker than anyone else's.

Being able to see the duels between young geniuses from various star domains across the Wushan Seat was already an irresistible visual feast.

Furthermore, in every Inheritance Competition, they could witness many dark horses who rose from weakness to successfully counter-attack. This passionate emotion could elevate their viewing experience to another level.

After all, they might already be able to see their own futures at a glance, but they didn't mind seeing someone who started at the same point as them soar ninety thousand miles into the sky to see that broader world on their behalf.

...

Blue Star.

"There's less than a month left. The Inheritance Competition is about to start. Xiao Fan is probably in seclusion right now."

"I hope Xiao Fan can achieve a good result. That City Lord suddenly provided so many cultivation facilities to our Blue Star for free; he must have seen Xiao Fan's potential."

"It's fine, we just need to believe in Xiao Fan."

Li Daguo and Huang Lan had already returned to Blue Star.

The main reason they had returned

was actually because of the City Lord of Silver Dragon Central City.

For some reason, that City Lord had suddenly contacted them, saying he planned to build a teleportation wormhole gate for Blue Star, a higher-level planetary defense array, and various other miscellaneous cultivation facilities that were very beneficial for Blue Star humans.

And all of this required the two of them to return in person to assist with the coordination.

At first, the two of them were quite bewildered.

But when they heard Li Fan's name from the City Lord's mouth, they instantly understood.

Presumably, this Silver Dragon City Lord had gotten news about Li Fan from somewhere and had come to suck up to him in advance.

And that was indeed the case.

Ever since the Silver Dragon City Lord sent Li Fan to be a Sparring Partner, he hadn't actually paid much attention to him.

After so much time had passed, he had almost forgotten about Li Fan's matter.

Just a short while ago, he happened to chat with Cang Hai for a bit.

Upon learning of Li Fan's various exploits at the Academy, the Silver Dragon City Lord was completely dumbfounded.

Beating up Formal Students!

Taking first place in the New Student Competition!

Meditating at the enlightenment stele and comprehending a wisp of Law Power!

And even killing Duan Xuan, a top genius from the immortal power Sword Abyss Sea, in a single blow!

Any one of these achievements was ridiculous to the extreme!

With his vision, he could naturally see how bright Li Fan's future prospects were.

For such a potential stock,

building a good relationship in advance was clearly a very wise choice.

Inside Silver Dragon Central City.

The Silver Dragon City Lord looked at the overwhelming number of videos and posts promoting the Inheritance Competition on the virtual network.

His heart was currently surging with excitement.

"This time, the name of my Tianlan Star Domain will likely resound throughout the entire Wushan Seat!"

"I really didn't expect that my Tianlan Star Domain could have such a day!"

The Silver Dragon City Lord spoke slowly, his eyes unable to hide his excitement.

In the Inheritance Competition, the display of each contestant's origin would be consistent with their location when they first entered the inheritance pagoda.

In other words,

when Li Fan went to compete,

his public information would not show anything about Huangchen Academy; it would only show that Li Fan was a cultivator from the Tianlan Star Domain.

If Li Fan could successfully seize that immortal inheritance as a cultivator of the Tianlan Star Domain,

while the Tianlan Star Domain might not necessarily rise to the heavens along with him, its fame would definitely be established.

And with fame, other aspects would more or less see some improvement.

Of course, the Silver Dragon City Lord didn't have such a great sense of responsibility; at most, he would just feel proud when the time came. What he needed to do most was still to build a good relationship with Li Fan.

When Li Fan became famous in the future, he would be able to receive some of the blessings.