These seven stone tablets, according to Lu Ye's estimation, should contain significant secrets!

If he can attain some enlightenment, it should enhance his strength.

However, challenging the ranking on the list shouldn't be done under the public eye.

Lu Ye thought for a moment and decided to attempt it late at night when there are fewer people around.

...

Fang Zhiyu of the Celestial Profound Sect successfully ranked on the East Cang Stele List, causing a huge stir and attracting a large crowd to witness this ancient stele that has stood for tens of thousands of years.

For a while, East Cang Plaza became extremely lively.

Many martial arts cultivators, inspired by Fang Zhiyu's actions, vowed through gritted teeth that in their lifetime, they would reach the Grandmaster Realm and leave their names on the East Cang Stele.

This hustle and bustle lasted well into the night before finally subsiding.

As large crowds began to leave, East Cang Plaza gradually quieted down.

Until close to midnight, when there wasn't a person in sight around the plaza, a shadow in black finally approached quietly from afar.

This time, Lu Ye didn't even let Chen Lingxiang follow him.

"Once a month, I can challenge... Doesn't that mean I can receive multiple rewards from low to high?"

With this thought flashing in his mind, Lu Ye already had a plan.

This time, without exerting much effort, he would first make it onto the list and get a reward to see.

The next instant, Lu Ye arrived silently before the hundred-meter stele, rose into the air, and quickly wrote the three characters "Chen Beixuan" using his finger as a sword!

Before coming here, Lu Ye specifically asked Chen Lingxiang if a pseudonym could be used.

The affirmative answer was yes, as names like "Nameless" and "Asura" are still currently among the top thirty.

Lu Ye intended to squeeze into around the top thirty first to see what this so-called enlightenment is all about.

Control points! That was what Lu Ye intended to do.

He aimed to receive all the rewards from ranking on the East Cang Stele List, from low to high.

At this moment, the strength he utilized was about the Grandmaster Second Layer.

From the twenty-fifth to the twenty-eighth, all are at this realm level; Lu Ye estimated his ranking should be around the twenty-fifth.

Unexpectedly, moments later, the East Cang Stele changed again, and a new name appeared brightly in the twenty-second position!

[Martial Arts Grandmaster Third Layer: Chen Beixuan!]

"Was this that one strike judged by the stele as being at the Grandmaster Third Layer?"

After seeing the ranking and realm assessment, Lu Ye smiled faintly, and then the hundred-meter stele in front of him emitted a mysterious ancient wave that only he, the newest on the list, could perceive.

Lu Ye immediately concentrated and fully immersed himself in the enlightenment sent by the mysterious stele.

...

Meanwhile, as Lu Ye went to the East Cang Plaza for the ranking, Chen Lingxiang couldn't sleep in the inn and was sitting by the window, looking in the plaza's direction.

"I wonder what rank Young Master Lu will achieve?"

Not ranking wasn't something Chen Lingxiang considered; she was curious if it would be in the twenties or perhaps the teens?

After all, considering Young Master Lu's ability to slay a Grandmaster Fifth Layer with one strike back then, ranking in the top twenty was undoubtedly within reach.

In another inn.

Jiang Lingyue was also not asleep but meditating and cultivating.

The story of Fang Zhiyu's ranking during the day had already spread among the Wuxiang Sect disciples.

Meanwhile, in the plaza, Lu Ye opened his eyes with a trace of surprise flashing in them.

After the enlightenment he just experienced, his Grandmaster's Source Qi had consolidated by nearly one third!

Additionally, it was like having consumed several Spirit Fruits, directly causing a significant increase in his realm, and now he was just a step away from achieving the late stage of the Grandmaster Sixth Layer.

To think he had just advanced to the Grandmaster Sixth Layer not long ago?

"And this is only the reward from a ranking in the twenties; the effect is said to be greater the higher it goes..."

After fully digesting this enlightenment, Lu Ye gathered his aura, flickered, and left East Cang Plaza.

And on the East Cang Stele that inspires awe, the unfamiliar name Chen Beixuan was gently encircled by a faint glow.

In the inn.

Hearing movement from the next room, the waiting Chen Lingxiang immediately got up and gently knocked on the room door.

"Young Master, it's me."

"Come in."

Nimbly slipping into Lu Ye's room, Chen Lingxiang didn't hide her curiosity and asked, "Young Master Lu, did you succeed in ranking?"

Nodding, Lu Ye calmly replied, "Succeeded, twenty-second."

"Ah?"

Chen Lingxiang was taken aback; based on her estimation, Lu Ye's strength shouldn't have landed him only in the twenties.

To her, Lu Ye was undoubtedly the top genius in the Northern Territory in nearly a thousand years!

Chen Lingxiang couldn't help but be shocked as no one had ever done this sort of control points operation on the East Cang Stele List before.

Most had no understanding of such a move; even Martial Arts Grandmasters gave their all to rank and dared not hold back much strength.

Seeing the clearly stunned Chen Lingxiang, Lu Ye smiled slightly, not bothering to explain what control points or control chart meant.

...

The next day, early in the morning, the entire East Cang City was instantly ignited.

The East Cang City Lord's Mansion announced the official start of the annual Eastern Territory trading event, and at the same time, held a banquet inviting guests from all quarters.

Apart from forces that had Martial Arts Grandmasters, Loose Cultivators who had reached the Innate Realm could all go to the City Lord's Mansion to participate in the feast.

Meanwhile, East Cang Plaza became lively once more.

Today, many were still drawn by Fang Zhiyu of the Celestial Profound Sect successfully ranking, changing the Stone Monument List, which hadn't shifted for several years.

Quickly, those familiar with the list noticed that Fang Zhiyu wasn't the only new name on the Stone Monument List.

"If I recall correctly, the original twenty-second on the East Cang List was named Liu Guang, wasn't it? Why is it now in twenty-third?"

"I remember this too. This Chen Beixuan... is definitely a newcomer to the list! Martial Arts Grandmaster Third Layer... why hadn't I heard of him before?"

Seeing the East Cang Stele change quietly again, many were full of discussions.

They came to East Cang Plaza early in the morning and didn't see anyone challenging the list, doesn't that mean this later entrant, Chen Beixuan, ranked during the night when no one was around?

When the news of the East Cang List changing again spread, even the City Lord's Mansion got the news.

In the City Lord's Mansion, in the area of Celestial Profound Sect, Fang Zhiyu was originally receiving congratulations from everyone.

City Lord Zhang Ling, who received the news, was first stunned, then chuckled and said.

"Just now, I've learned of another piece of news. A prodigy named Chen Beixuan, under fifty years old, after Mr. Fang, also successfully achieved the East Cang Stele with the realm of Martial Arts Grandmaster Third Layer, ranking twenty-second!"

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