A Lone Star
Yun Piaoxue's brows drew together. She couldn't make sense of it.
Bi Fan smiled. "Maybe Li Chaoge found a way to awaken his potential. That could be why he improved so quickly." As he spoke, he thoughtfully glanced at Li Siter onstage.
"Maybe." It was the only explanation that made sense.
Someone from the Cheng Family also stepped onto the stage. Bi Fan hadn't seen him before, but his potential was high too, exceeding twenty-two thousand.
Still, compared with the other Aristocratic Clans, that wasn't much to look at.
After that man, Bi Fan saw Cheng Zeyuan take the stage as well. Once there, Cheng Zeyuan shot Bi Fan a provocative look and mouthed something. Bi Fan could tell he was saying, "Just you wait."
Then Cheng Zeyuan reached out and touched the Potential Pillar. A dazzling beam of light shot skyward. It passed twenty thousand without stopping, then twenty-two thousand, twenty-four thousand, and twenty-six thousand. At last, it stopped just short of twenty-seven thousand, drawing a chorus of astonished cries.
Bi Fan looked at Cheng Zeyuan in surprise. He hadn't expected that idiot's potential to reach twenty-seven thousand too. But then he thought better of it. Cheng Zeyuan was widely considered the genius most likely to lead the Cheng Family into the Aristocratic Clans. It wasn't strange for him to have that kind of potential. Otherwise, what could the Cheng Family rely on to qualify?
Seeing Bi Fan's surprise, Cheng Zeyuan's grin stretched almost ear to ear. He didn't step down. Instead, he stood to one side with his arms crossed over his chest, gazing toward Bi Fan with keen interest.
Bi Fan could see exactly what he was after: a chance to provoke him, convinced that his own potential was greater.
The thought amused Bi