CHAPTER 651: CHAPTER 406 EXTRA! EXTRA! ’HEAVENLY LIST’ UPDATED! YAN CHUAN PROVING DAO!

Wang Zhengyi.

Chen Ze.

Though neither was present at Guangling Academy, their influence remained unparalleled.

Especially Chen Ze!

One of the only two Innate Grandmasters in Guangling City and Jian Province, not yet thirty, with boundless prospects. Though absent from the Academy, his influence was immense. His mentor, Gu Shengyan, held absolute power, firmly seated in the top position at Guangling Academy. Even the Three Carriages of Jian Province respected her greatly.

It speaks volumes.

As for Yan Chuan, his influence at Guangling Academy was much smaller. If not for Chen Ze’s reticent demeanor and his apparent deference to Yan Chuan, the spotlight would undoubtedly be on Chen Ze instead of Yan Chuan.

Like Gu Shengyan.

She dared not underestimate Yan Chuan, but being on the same level of limit-breaking, she didn’t hold him in excessive reverence. She even joked, "Half a year ago, Professor Yan could crush the peak of limit-breaking at Cang Mountain. Now that half a year has passed, I imagine you’ve made further progress. Would you be interested in guiding Guangling’s limit-breakers?"

Gu Shengyan knew that Yan Chuan enjoyed teaching others. Whether it was to indulge his preferences or seize an advantage, such a request wasn’t too much for a peak limit-breaker.

Of course, if Yan Chuan were an Innate Grandmaster, she wouldn’t dare be so presumptuous—

...

"Elder Gu!"

"Elder Gu!!"

"Heavenly List update! Ranked twentieth, the ’Yin Yang Arrow’ Shen Gongtu of Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain ambushed Yan Chuan but was countered and killed by the ’Sword Immortal’ Chen Ze, propelling Chen Ze to the twentieth position on the list!"

"In Tan Valley Royal City of the Mountain and Sea Realm! The sixth on the Hidden Dragon List, ’Yama’ Yan Chuan, alongside the first on the Chufeng List, ’Flying Bodhisattva’ Situ Fei, both proved their Innate Dao, ranking thirtieth and thirty-sixth on the Heavenly List!"

"Our Great Yan has gained two more Grandmasters!"

"Our Jian Province, our Guangling, has gained another Grandmaster!!!"

...

Below the Star-picking Tower, the joyous news spread like wildfire.

Someone was shouting hoarse, indescribably ecstatic and wild.

"Chen Ze!"

"Yan Chuan!"

On the terrace, everyone looked at Chen Ze and then at Yan Chuan, speechless with shock!

...

"Heaven bless Great Yan!"

"Heaven bless Jian Province!"

"Heaven bless Guangling!"

Gu Shengyan took a deep breath, clasped her fists toward Yan Chuan, and bowed, exclaiming, "Elder Gu Shengyan of the Inner Courtyard at Guangling Academy welcomes the Grandmaster’s arrival!"

All the elders and officials bowed in unison, exclaiming—

"Guangling Academy welcomes the Grandmaster’s arrival!"

Yan Chuan!

Grandmaster!

They already held Yan Chuan in high regard and elevated him greatly, yet it was still underestimated.

It was previously thought that achieving good results in the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion was already impressive for Yan Chuan, yet he made further progress.

It was thought that producing Jiang Bianliu and Chen Ze as Innates in Guangling City was already a blessing, who would have imagined there’d now be a third Innate.

Moreover.

Even more shocking was—

"Chen Ze!"

"Slaying an Innate! Ascending to twentieth on the Heavenly List!"

Yan Chuan proving the Innate Dao!

Chen Ze cutting down an Innate!

Both are legends.

And now, these two legends were right in front, vivid and breathing.

...

"There’s no need for such formalities."

Yan Chuan smiled at Gu Shengyan and the others, gesturing for them to rise, then turned to Chen Ze with a smile, "The Heavenly List update is quite timely."

"The court is always sensitive to such news." Chen Ze smiled, uninterested in fame. He hadn’t expected that the court would attribute the entire feat of killing Shen Gongtu to him, directly elevating him to Shen Gongtu’s position on the Heavenly List, making him surpass—

Heavenly List twenty-third: ’Sword Shadow’ Qian Lingyi, one of the Four Elders of Diancang Sect.

Heavenly List twenty-fourth: Archaeology Department Director Wan Songling.

Heavenly List twenty-fifth: Second City Lord of Wushan City, one of the Wushan Double Masters, ’Cloud-climbing Hand’ Gongsun Diying.

Heavenly List twenty-sixth: ’Purple Robe Dragon King’ Song Ping, one of the Four Great Dharma Kings of Black Hawk Sect.

Heavenly List twenty-ninth: ’Hidden Sword Immortal’ Master Zhong, one of the Five Friends of Iron Clothes Sect.

Heavenly List thirty-second: ’White Eyebrow Eagle King’ Yang Wang, one of the Four Great Dharma Kings of Black Hawk Sect.

Heavenly List thirty-fifth: ’Thousand Snake Swordsman’ Huang Wuniang of Tan Valley Royal City.

Heavenly List forty-third: ’Boxer’ Jiang Bianliu of Tan Valley Royal City.

Chen Ze considered himself a newly advanced Innate, lacking in skill, relying on ’Three Heads and Six Arms’ to hold back Shen Gongtu. Yet now, he had placed many well-known predecessors beneath him, feeling truly ashamed.

"The Heavenly List belongs to the Weapon List. The rankings don’t exclude considerations of weapons and external factors. For me, being ranked thirtieth just half a month after proving the Innate Dao must have considered the influence of the Gravity Domain."

Yan Chuan felt Chen Ze’s position was well-deserved.

With the same ’Three Heads and Six Arms’, Chen Ze could wield it alone, but others could not, which testified to Chen Ze’s personal ability. How could it be dismissed?

At one side.

Gu Shengyan and others listened as Yan Chuan and Chen Ze conversed. Although they couldn’t fully comprehend the matters of Innates, they dared not interrupt nor felt slighted. Instead, they felt honored to overhear the conversation of Innate Grandmasters.

Innate!

Grandmaster!

In Great Yan, this is a comprehensive embodiment of power, status, wealth, and influence.

Unparalleled!

All under the Innate are mere ants!

They, the ’ants’, were privileged to overhear a conversation between the ’Heavenly People’. What more could they ask for?

No one minded.

Yet Yan Chuan and Chen Ze didn’t engage in prolonged conversation. After a brief exchange, Yan Chuan turned to Li Jianhua, one of the newly promoted Ten Elders of Guangling Academy, and asked with a smile, "I heard that Cheng Wenlong and Cheng Ah Bi are now under Elder Li’s tutelage?"