288: Chapter 288 The Azure Cloud Project, the sixth-ranked prodigy!

Inside a reception manor of the Cosmic Cloud Company's Wushan Seat Branch.

A woman was led to a high seat, surrounded by people like stars orbiting the moon.

After taking her seat, the woman slowly spoke to Sang Gan and the other branch personnel below.

"I am Ai Xin, the Inspector assigned to the Wushan Seat for this mission."

"I won't beat around the bush."

"The headquarters sent me here not to inspect your work progress, but to see if there are any suitable seedlings."

"The headquarters recently launched a project called the 'qingyun plan' to cultivate a group of young talents and increase the headquarters' future talent reserves."

"Since your Wushan Seat is currently holding the Inheritance Competition, I will select a few if there are good seedlings; if not, I will leave after the competition ends."

Listening to Ai Xin's words...

Sang Gan and the others below all nodded, simultaneously sinking into thought.

The qingyun plan?

They didn't understand it, and they didn't dare to ask.

However, the purpose was to cultivate talent reserves for the headquarters.

Then this plan would undoubtedly be a massive opportunity for the vast number of heaven-chosen in the Wushan Seat!

For a behemoth like the Cosmic Cloud Company, being able to join and secure even a minor position was enough for an ordinary person to rise rapidly in the world.

If one could become part of the talent reserve, their future prospects would be even more beyond words.

It would certainly be a bright future!

"I wonder which ones will be the lucky ones?"

Sang Gan couldn't help but mutter to himself, a flash of expectation in his eyes.

...

Silver Dragon Central City.

Inside the City Lord's manor.

"Drink! Keep drinking! It wasn't easy for us brothers to gather again; we must drink to our hearts' content!"

"Hahaha, that's for sure!"

"Brother Silver Dragon, I must say, the taste of this aged wine of yours is truly excellent!"

...

The Silver Dragon City Lord and several old friends were still drinking and chatting happily.

Because they were so engrossed, they had almost blocked out everything from the outside world.

Suddenly, a voice rang out, breaking the atmosphere.

"By the way, several days have passed now. Should we check on that Li Fan mentioned by Brother Silver Dragon and see what his situation is?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned for a few seconds.

Soon, someone spoke up to smooth things over: "I think we should forget it. We brothers haven't finished chatting yet; why watch some Inheritance Competition?"

"Exactly, exactly. This is only the second stage; the rankings are too inflated and have little reference value," another person echoed.

Clearly.

They were all certain that the Silver Dragon City Lord was bragging and didn't want to burst the bubble while the atmosphere was so good.

In the face of their attempts to smooth things over, the Silver Dragon City Lord remained very calm.

"It's fine, I think we should take a look. Perhaps there's a surprise?"

The Silver Dragon City Lord smiled, and before the others could react, he waved his hand, summoning the interface for the Inheritance Competition rankings.

Looking at the rankings...

Although they had just said there was no need to look, their bodies were very honest, and they immediately began searching for Li Fan's position.

When they didn't find Li Fan's name around the one or two thousand mark, they all couldn't help but exchange glances, their expressions helpless.

After so much time, Li Fan still hadn't fought his way into the top one or two thousand, which could only mean that Li Fan didn't have the so-called potential to win the championship.

The Silver Dragon City Lord was indeed bragging; he had been proven wrong.

But soon...

As the Silver Dragon City Lord scrolled the ranking list forward...

The group couldn't help but widen their eyes in unison.

"19?"

"Wait, am I seeing this right? Li Fan is ranked nineteenth?"

"This!"

That's right.

Li Fan's name was now impressively sitting at the nineteenth position!

At this moment, they were all filled with disbelief.

How long had it been? Li Fan had actually charged from the nine-thousands directly into nineteenth place?

Could it be that Li Fan really possessed the talent to win the championship, just as the Silver Dragon City Lord had said?!

And at this time, it wasn't just the few of them who were incredibly shocked.

Even the Silver Dragon City Lord was extremely surprised.

According to his estimates, if Li Fan could break into the top five hundred, it would have already met expectations, been impressive enough, and had enough persuasive power.

He hadn't expected Li Fan to be even more ferocious than he had imagined!!

He had actually fought his way to nineteenth place!

At this rate, wouldn't Li Fan be able to break into the top ten very soon?

"See, what did I tell you? I said there would be a surprise!"

"How could a talent I, Silver Dragon, have my eye on be bad?!"

While his old friends were still in shock, the Silver Dragon City Lord immediately began his loud boasting session.

...

Back to Li Fan.

That's right.

Now, through continuous matchmaking and instant kills, Li Fan had successfully overtaken the others and reached the nineteenth spot.

And at his current speed, Li Fan might actually have a chance to break into the top ten very soon!

Li Fan's terrifying upward momentum and his overwhelming, instant-kill combat style had also successfully attracted a large number of followers.

Now, the number of viewers for almost every one of Li Fan's battles was in the terrifying billions, even reaching tens of billions at peak times!

Such terrifying data—aside from Jiang Yunxu and Duan Xuan—no other heaven-chosen in the Wushan Seat could achieve this for the time being.

"Another instant kill! Li Fan is truly fierce!"

"Indeed! Is this a Divine Illusionist? Where exactly is his limit?"

"Mom, I want to be a Divine Illusionist when I grow up! Li Fan is just too cool!"

"Being a Divine Illusionist isn't that easy. Listen to Mom, learn a craft from your Dad; you won't have to worry about food or clothes in the future."

"At this rate, Li Fan is about to push into the top fifteen, even the top ten!"

"I feel like the top ten is definitely no problem. However, this is only the second stage, so the rankings are a bit inflated. If Li Fan still has this momentum of sweeping through everyone in the third stage, that would be great!"

"Alright, alright, stop chatting. Li Fan is about to start matchmaking again. Guess how many seconds the next one can last?"

"Hahaha, I bet within ten seconds!"

"Ten seconds? That's too long! I bet three seconds!"

In the spectator stands, the people were watching Li Fan's battle, and the sound of discussion rose and fell.

In the gaps between the people's discussions...

On the field, Li Fan had already begun a new round of matchmaking.

Soon.

As a flash of light passed...

A youth with a head full of purple hair, an effeminate appearance, and dressed entirely in black appeared opposite Li Fan.

Looking at this youth...

Li Fan did not use a mental attack for an instant kill right away like in previous battles.

Instead, he scrutinized him slightly.

The reason was simple.

Because beside the youth, a piece of introductory information was being displayed.

"Taiming Seat, Guliang Star Domain, Liu Tu, Wins: 1230, Current Rank: 6!"

That's right.

The youth before him...

Was precisely a heaven-chosen ranked in the top ten!