The Young Master Storms the City
Chapter 256: Preventing My Fiancé from Cheating - Part 1

Chapter 256: Chapter 256: Preventing My Fiancé from Cheating - Part 1

A night passed by swiftly, and Ning Fan slowly opened his eyes.

The spiritual energy here was a bit denser than in River City, and although he hadn’t made a breakthrough after cultivating all night, he had still made considerable progress.

Shuang’er had also tried hard to cultivate the entire night, but still hadn’t managed to break through.

In her heart, her admiration for Ning Fan only deepened.

But she was not one to admit defeat easily; instead of giving up, she gritted her teeth and continued to try with even greater effort.

...

The Qing Yun Ranking assessment was spread over three days: the first day was for literary evaluation, the second for martial evaluation, and the third for personal evaluation.

The venue for the assessments had been set up in a Wanren Stadium at the city center.

Spread out over three floors, the first floor contained the central open space, which was the venue for the evaluation, and participants began to arrive one after the other.

The second floor held the surrounding stands, filled with representatives from the upper echelons of Jiang Province society.

The third floor housed the VIP stands, divided into many small private rooms, each with expansive floor-to-ceiling windows that offered a superior view of the entire scene below.

Each private room was tightly sealed to ensure privacy was not breached.

Those granted access to these private rooms were all members of the upper echelons of the provincial city and indeed, the entirety of Jiang Province.

At that moment, in a private room on the left side, Xu Yourong and Su Qingcheng had arrived quite early. Both women’s gazes swept over the crowd in the first-floor hall, but they did not see Ning Fan.

"Yourong, do you think that Ning Fan guy could be too scared to show up, that he got frightened away?" Su Qingcheng frowned and said.

"Hehe, what’s the matter? Are you worried that if he doesn’t come, he won’t make it into the top ten, so you won’t have an excuse to go through with your engagement to him?" Xu Yourong chuckled.

The bet that the two women had made was that if Ning Fan could make it into the top ten of the Qing Yun Rankings, Su Qingcheng would have to resume her marriage contract with Ning Fan.

This bet was something Xu Yourong had never forgotten.

"Hmph, the competition for the Qing Yun Rankings this time is far more intense than before. I’m not underestimating him, but making it to the top ten won’t be that easy! It’s quite possible that he’ll be eliminated in today’s literary evaluation!"

"When that time comes, Yourong, don’t forget what you said—if Ning Fan doesn’t make it to the top ten, you better not go back on your word."

Su Qingcheng huffed disapprovingly.

...

In a private room on the right side, a burly man was reclining on a couch, none other than Fei Liang, the son of the Martial Alliance Hierarch of Jiangnan.

Kneeling before him, serving to his every whim, was the seductive Zhao Xingyan from the Zhao Family.

"Darling, during this Qing Yun Rankings evaluation, if Ning Fan dares to show up, you must kill him for me!" Zhao Xingyan said ingratiatingly.

"Don’t worry, even if he doesn’t come, once I claim the top spot on the Qing Yun Rankings, I will not let him off either!" Fei Liang sneered.

"My love, the competition for the Qing Yun Rankings is fierce this time, so please don’t expend your strength carelessly and underestimate Ning Fan. He’s not weak; even our former grandmaster patron was no match for him..." Zhao Xingyan expressed her concern.

Fei Liang smiled arrogantly and said, "Relax, my father has already made arrangements for the Qing Yun Rankings evaluation; the top spot has been decided for me! As for that Ning Fan, if he dares to come, he doesn’t even need me to take action—naturally, someone will cripple him! The grandmaster of your Zhao Family is still too weak compared to those of the Martial Alliance!"

...

In a private room in the center were Yuan Huaiyi and Yuan Yonglin.

"Grandfather, how is your wound? Are you feeling any discomfort today?" Yuan Yonglin asked with concern.

"Haha, I feel absolutely fantastic now. The wound should have completely healed. If only I weren’t so old, I would want to join the Qing Yun Rankings myself!"

Yuan Huaiyi laughed heartily, flipping through a roster in his hands.

This roster listed the participants for the Qing Yun Ranking evaluation. Yuan Huaiyi usually would have had access to it much earlier—after all, he was the founder of the Qing Yun Rankings!

Thirty years ago, when Yuan Huaiyi came to govern Jiang Province, he founded the Qing Yun Rankings, holding the competition every five years and personally serving as a judge each year.

This year, mainly because he had stepped down from the front lines, and because his granddaughter Yuan Yonglin was participating, he had voluntarily stepped down from the judging panel to avoid any conflict of interest.

But even so, early this morning, the judging panel had delivered the roster of participants for this year’s evaluation.

"I’m relieved you’re alright, Grandfather. The competition is about to start. I’ll head down now," Yuan Yonglin said.

"What a shame, young brother Ning... Huh? Young brother Ning is participating in the Qing Yun Ranking evaluation too!" Yuan Huaiyi’s voice suddenly became excited.

"Oh?" Yuan Yonglin was slightly startled and looked over as well.

"Hehe, good, good, very good! I knew it, young brother Ning is not a common man! Yonglin, I’m afraid it might be difficult for you to claim the top spot this time."

Yuan Huaiyi said cheerfully as he looked at Ning Fan’s registration information on the roster.

"Grandfather, you really like to take sides, making an argument for an outsider already?" Yuan Yonglin pretended to be disgruntled.

"That’s not really taking an outsider’s side, Yonglin. You can also try to make young brother Ning become a part of our family," Yuan Huaiyi laughed.

"Grandfather, you really are... always teasing your granddaughter... I won’t talk to you anymore, I’m going down now."

Yuan Yonglin blushed and quickly left the private room.

As she was about to go downstairs, passing by another private room, she spotted the figure of a familiar woman.

Tall and dignified, the military uniform could not conceal her impressive curves. Instead, it accentuated her spirited and heroic air, adding an allure uncommon in ordinary women!

It was none other than the leader of the Phoenix Special Combat Team, Mu Wanqing!

"Wanqing?" Yuan Yonglin approached quickly, surprised and delighted.

"Yonglin?" Mu Wanqing also turned her head, smiling.

As it turned out, the two were best friends!

"Wanqing, how come you’re here and you didn’t even tell me?" Yuan Yonglin complained.

"I wasn’t planning to come, but to prevent a certain guy from cheating, I specifically asked to come. I haven’t had the chance to tell you yet," Mu Wanqing explained.

"Oh? Who are you preventing from cheating?" Yuan Yonglin asked curiously.

"Preventing... my fiancé from cheating," Mu Wanqing said with a proud tilt of her chin.