281: Chapter 281 The Cultivation Method of Mingyan!

"Hiss! This kid from the Tianlan Star Domain seems to be a dark horse!"

"Indeed, I hadn't noticed this person not long ago, but unexpectedly, he shot up in the blink of an eye. He has already accumulated nearly five hundred wins and is about to break into the top one hundred million!"

"Li Fan? Why have I never heard this name? Which second-generation heir of some power is he?"

"Good heavens! Our Tianlan Star Domain is really going to produce a dark horse! I've watched several of his battles; he seems to be a Divine Illusionist! He achieved instant kills all the way up!"

"A Divine Illusionist? Really or not?!"

"He's actually a Divine Illusionist?"

"If he's a Divine Illusionist, then this speed of ascent is normal. We just need to see how long he can maintain it. It's only the first day; an early lead doesn't represent the final outcome."

...From some discussions on the forum, it could be seen that Li Fan's outstanding performance and his lack of fame had already caused people to regard him as a dark horse.

And those mainly paying attention to Li Fan were naturally mostly the spectators from the Tianlan Star Domain.

After all, being ranked outside the top one hundred million—it wasn't considered low, but it certainly wasn't high enough to attract the attention of a large number of people from other Star Domains, which was still quite difficult.

And not long after,

The discussion about Li Fan was immediately drowned out by a massive number of posts.

This was normal.

It was only the first day of the competition, and the rankings were changing drastically.

There were simply too many seedlings who could be considered 'dark horses'!

...Then there was Li Fan.

After achieving his five hundred and thirteenth consecutive victory,

Li Fan exited the matchmaking.

"A ranking just over one hundred million—that should be enough."

Glancing at his ranking, Li Fan nodded slightly.

For this preliminary round, he only needed to secure a spot within the top one billion safely to advance.

Wasting so much time fighting for a preliminary ranking wasn't as good as using that time well for training or spending time with family.

And it wasn't just Li Fan; most of the Academy's New Students, such as Jiang Yunxu, largely held the same view.

That's why the top of the current leaderboard barely showed their figures.

However, there were some exceptions.

For instance, Peng Song.

Peng Song's current win count had reached over one thousand one hundred, placing him in third place. The gap in wins between him and the first place was only a dozen matches, meaning he was biting very closely.

When Li Fan returned to his private space and looked at Peng Song's ranking, he was not surprised at all.

Because this perfectly matched Peng Song's personality.

Immediately after,

Li Fan met up with Li Daguo and the others.

Unsurprisingly, the moment they met, he was greeted with a round of praise.

Li Fan did not show any modesty in return and accepted all of it.

After all, they were all old acquaintances, so there was no need to be overly formal.

...In the blink of an eye,

Five days had passed.

The competition on the leaderboard remained fierce.

However, what dissatisfied the Wushan Seat Group Members was that the first place was still firmly held by a prodigy from an outer domain.

Even though a Wushan Seat prodigy like Peng Song was constantly chasing, he always fell just a little short of catching up.

This undoubtedly made the Wushan Seat Public, who were already holding their breath, feel even more frustrated.

On the forums, there were even posts expressing self-abandonment and angrily cursing their own Seat Domain's prodigies for not living up to expectations.

As for Li Fan,

Li Fan's accumulated wins had now reached over three thousand one hundred, placing him at the 89 millionth rank.

Although it wasn't particularly high—and it couldn't compare to Peng Song's current brilliance—this achievement was actually quite high when viewed among all the prodigies of the Tianlan Star Domain.

So, if Li Fan were to open his message panel, he would definitely see that many major powers in the Tianlan Star Domain had already offered him some considerable conditions.

But naturally, Li Fan had no intention of looking at them.

He had no thought of joining any power.

If he were to have a power, it would have to be his own.

...Without realizing it, half a month quietly passed.

In the third layer of the Bizarre Planet, Li Fan was immersed in frantic training.

"Six thousand seven hundred and eighteen!"

"Six thousand seven hundred and nineteen!"

...When the training ended,

Li Fan couldn't help but open the Inheritance Competition interface.

The preliminary round of the Inheritance Competition was now nearing its end.

Currently, he was ranked in the 13 millionth position.

Based on the current situation, even if he didn't participate in any more matches over the remaining five or six days, he would advance safely.

"Kid, your Mental Energy is strengthening exceptionally fast now. Haven't you considered learning a few Divine Illusionist secret arts?"

Just as Li Fan was checking the leaderboard,

Ming Yan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up.

Regarding Ming Yan's question, Li Fan also gave an answer.

"I have thought about it, but there are no suitable secret arts for now."

This statement was actually just Li Fan using it to placate Ming Yan.

Currently, regarding secret arts for Mental Energy, he had only simply learned a very basic cultivation method that could basically launch some simple spiritual attacks.

He didn't plan to deeply study any more secret arts for the time being.

After all, he possessed the Annihilation Eye. Spending a lot of time cultivating Mental Energy-related cultivation methods was somewhat redundant.

At least, that was the case for the moment.

But this statement wasn't entirely a dismissal; there was indeed some truth to it.

Because truly high-level Divine Illusionist secret arts were not only extremely rare and hard to obtain but also extremely difficult to cultivate.

Difficulty in cultivation was secondary; the main issue was actually their rarity.

If he wanted to cultivate them, he had nothing to cultivate!

Even throughout the entire universe, Divine Illusionists were a very rare existence.

Any secret art of a slightly higher grade, reaching the Universe Level or Domain Lord level, came with an astronomical price!

Even within the Huangchen Academy, the highest-grade Divine Illusionist secret art only reached the Domain Lord level.

And speaking bluntly about a Domain Lord level secret art,

With that effort, he might as well cultivate the remaining layers of the Frenzied Battle Prairie Art.

As Li Fan's words fell,

Ming Yan's next words made Li Fan somewhat stunned.

"No suitable secret arts? You should have said so earlier! I have some!"

"When I was alive, I happened to have some friends who were Divine Illusionists. After they died, I got all their secret arts. If you really want to learn, I can pass them on to you!"

"However, these secret arts might be quite difficult to cultivate, and the entry barrier is high."

That's right, Ming Yan had some!

Although Ming Yan didn't specify the grade of the secret arts, considering Ming Yan's strength when he was alive,

Anyone who could be Ming Yan's friend must have possessed no weak strength, so the grade of the secret arts certainly wouldn't be low.

"Senior Ming Yan, if you had such secret arts, why didn't you mention it sooner? If you had said so earlier, I would have started practicing long ago."

"Uh, you didn't ask early either. I saw you had already grasped the Law of Strength and thought you weren't very inclined to cultivate the Mental Energy aspect."

"It's fine, it's fine, Senior Ming Yan, hurry up and pass the secret arts to me."

"Kid, don't rush. Cultivation is something where biting off more than you can chew is counterproductive. How about I give you one that's easier to start with?"

"Senior Ming Yan, biting off more than one can chew is counterproductive, but chewing something satisfying is great! Just give me the most obscure and difficult one; I want to challenge myself!"

...After a round of conversation,

A massive amount of information began flooding into Li Fan's mind.

This secret art was named "Calming Chaos Art."

With just a cursory glance, Li Fan felt his head swell, as if it were about to explode.

Because of this, Li Fan could almost confirm that the grade of this secret art was definitely not low!