The Young Master Storms the City
Chapter 293: The Top Spot isn’t Ning Fan_1

Chapter 293: Chapter 293: The Top Spot isn’t Ning Fan_1

Hong Jinrui, Kong Tiansheng, and others also arrived in the lobby on the first floor, their gazes filled with bitter resentment as they stared in a certain direction.

"How could that damned kid not have been killed by Yin Xiaoye yesterday?" Kong Tiansheng said through gritted teeth.

Hong Jinrui’s face was full of bitter resentment as he said coldly, "Today’s people’s assessment is the last hurdle, I refuse to believe that he can pass it so smoothly!"

The direction the two were looking at was where a tall figure stood quietly, none other than Ning Fan.

He seemed oblivious to the sounds around him, just calmly looking ahead as if he were detached from the world.

Today there was no host, the results of the people’s assessment were selected overnight by the judges, so the announcement would proceed directly, and the judges acted as the hosts.

The seven judges came to the front of the stage, with Hu Xinnian, the judge of the highest status, stepping forward, holding a card in his hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after two days of evaluation, the current edition of the Qingyun Ranking has reached its final assessment."

"After our literary and martial assessments, we seven judges conducted the people’s assessment overnight, and now the final results of the Qingyun Ranking are in my hands," he continued.

After a pause, he added, "However, before I announce the results, there is an even more important matter to announce."

"Due to a change in the rules of yesterday’s martial assessment, and the disruption caused by Divine Tune Gate’s Tianying Hall, this year’s Qingyun Ranking will not proceed with rankings but will instead only select one person."

"Moreover, from now on, each edition of the Qingyun Ranking will only select one person as well."

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked.

Selecting only one person?

Doesn’t that mean the value of the Qingyun Ranking has just increased significantly?

But it also meant that competition for the Qingyun Ranking was going to be even more intense in the future!

Su Qingcheng and Xu Yourong exchanged glances, their eyes filled with surprise and delight, before both turning their gazes towards Ning Fan.

Besides the two of them, Yuan Huaiyi and Yuan Yonglin also looked towards Ning Fan, their expressions subtly excited.

In their view, the top spot in this Qingyun Ranking belonged to Ning Fan and no one else!

Under the tense watch of the crowd, Hu Xinnian glanced at the card in his hand and slowly read the name written on it.

"The top position of this edition of the Qingyun Ranking is—"

"Yuan Yonglin!"

Huh?

Upon hearing this name, everyone in the venue was stunned, followed by an uproar.

"Yuan Yonglin?"

"Why is she the top position?"

"What’s going on? How was this people’s assessment conducted?"

Su Qingcheng’s beautiful eyes widened in disbelief, "How could it be that woman? In what way is she better than Ning Fan?"

Although she had verbally criticized Ning Fan as inadequate, Su Qingcheng couldn’t help feeling indignant upon hearing the results.

Xu Yourong was also shocked. She had always been full of confidence in Ning Fan, believing in her own judgment!

But now, the result was...

From inside her private room, Mu Wanqing narrowed her eyes, showing a puzzled expression: "Why would it be Yuan Yonglin... Although she is also excellent in all aspects, compared to Ning Fan...

In another private room, Yuan Huaiyi stood up abruptly, his face full of surprise: "Yonglin? Yonglin is the top position of the Qingyun Ranking?!"

For a moment, he didn’t know whether to be happy for his daughter or to sigh for Ning Fan.

Downstairs, upon hearing she had become the final top position of the Qingyun Ranking, Yuan Yonglin herself was also stunned.

It wasn’t until the discussions of the crowd roused her that she bit her lip, stepped forward decisively, and stood out from the crowd.

"Honorable judges, I myself do not believe I’m worthy of the top position of the Qingyun Ranking. In my opinion, only Ning Fan truly deserves to be the top ranked individual of the Qingyun Ranking!"

After speaking, Yuan Yonglin looked expectantly at the seven judges.

But the voices around her immediately drowned out her words.

"Haha, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to Miss Yuan for securing the top position in the Qingyun Ranking!"

Hong Jinrui laughed and cupped his hands in congratulations, then turned his head, his face full of mockery as he looked towards Ning Fan, "Kid, weren’t you so arrogant the other day? Now you’ve ended up failing the ranking, haven’t you?"

"Hmph, what qualifications does an outlander country bumpkin like you have to compete with us?" Kong Tiansheng said smugly, "Only someone like Miss Yuan truly deserves to be the top position of the Qingyun Ranking!"

The two were trying to flatter Yuan Yonglin while also venting their grievances.

Ning Fan, however, seemed to be deaf to all this, just letting his hands hang loosely, his face calm as he looked towards the seven judges on the stage.

Hu Xinnian’s gaze swept over Ning Fan, and he nodded slightly. Amidst the murmuring of the crowd, he suddenly spoke out: "But! Besides that, there’s an extremely special announcement to be made about this Qingyun Ranking!"

Everyone immediately quieted down, curiously looking at Hu Xinnian.

If the top position of the Qingyun Ranking had already been announced, what could be more important?

Hu Xinnian spoke slowly: "As everyone is aware of what happened yesterday, one of the contestants made a significant contribution to the normal Qingyun Ranking competition and was far superior to the other contestants!"

"This Qingyun Ranking is no longer sufficient to measure this contestant! After discussions among the judges, this contestant will no longer participate in the Qingyun Ranking competition but will instead directly join the ranks of the judges! He will become a new judge for the Qingyun Ranking!"

"He is... Ning Fan!"

"And the top position of this edition of the Qingyun Ranking was unanimously selected by us judges last night—it is Ning Fan!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned, and the entire arena erupted into a frenzy!

"My goodness!"

"Did I hear that wrong? A contestant has actually become a judge?"

"What the heck! This has never happened before in the history of the Qingyun Ranking competition!"