"You're lying! You're dreaming! You fraud!" Yu Hongyan was beside herself with anger, glaring at Lin Yu with her cheeks puffed out.
Lin Yu felt helpless. He pointed in the direction Cui Ranqing had left, somewhat unable to understand why Yu Hongyan still failed to grasp the situation.
"It's all true. Didn't your mother tell you to keep me company before she left?"
Yu Hongyan knew she was in the wrong, but she absolutely refused to stay here and suffer Lin Yu's bullying. All she could do was pretend she did not understand.
"Ah, it seems you have no awareness of being a maid at all!" Lin Yu sighed helplessly.
"What are you trying to do?!" Yu Hongyan reacted violently, wrapping her arms around her body almost instinctively.
She could hardly be blamed for that. She had gone through quite a few similar experiences.
Yet seeing her react so strongly, Lin Yu could scarcely be bothered to waste words on her. With a wave of his hand, he temporarily sent Yu Hongyan to the place where he had previously trained Ling Yunxiao.
"System, display the current Fame Points status."
After sending Yu Hongyan away, Lin Yu's ears finally enjoyed a moment of peace. Otherwise, with Yu Hongyan always here, she made such a racket that he could never have a quiet moment, leaving him unable to think through certain matters at all.
"Ding! Checking Fame Points status... query complete!"
[Primordial Hall Fame Points, level: somewhat renowned (level two), upgrade progress: thirty percent.]
It was worth mentioning that after the Primordial Hall reached level two, its Fame Points were no longer displayed merely as a number, but as a progress bar.
Even without a numerical display, Lin Yu could imagine that advancing another level would undoubtedly require a terrifying amount of Fame Points.
But this rate of advancement was truly far too slow!
Lin Yu was already growing impatient. There was still more than half a month until the time he had announced for the Primordial Arena Tournament. If his Fame Points kept increasing so slowly during this period, it would be troublesome.
"It seems it's time to create another ranking. But what kind of ranking would be best?" Stroking his chin, Lin Yu sank into thought.
Yet even after pondering for a while, he failed to come up with any good ideas.
"System, calculate the ranking that will maximize benefits!"
"Ding! Calculating rankings... generating rankings... rankings generated!"
[1. Faction rankings] [2. Cultivation site rankings...] [3. ...]
Countless rankings spread out in Lin Yu's mind, and he chose the first without hesitation.
"System, expand the faction rankings!"
"Ding! Faction rankings expanded!"
[First place: Short Sky Island. Information unknown. (Insufficient access! Query failed...)] [Second place: Valley of Devouring. Located in perilous terrain, with one early-stage Saint King expert and three half-step Saint King experts... (Click to expand and view details)] [Third place: Saint King Yunteng's Tomb. Contains one early-stage Saint King expert and two half-step Saint King experts... (Click to expand and view details)] [Fourth place: Supreme Sword Sect. Contains one early-stage Saint King expert... (Click to expand and view details)] [Fifth place: Night Moon Palace. Contains one half-step Saint King expert... (Click to expand and view details)]
From first to twentieth place, every sect's ranking appeared clearly before Lin Yu's eyes. What concerned him most was still Short Sky Island in first place. This was already the second time he had seen that name today.
Once had been while helping Cui Ranqing look up her opportunity to attain Sainthood, and the other was while checking the various sects' strength rankings.
Each time, Lin Yu had received the notice that his access was insufficient. It truly was a thought-provoking notice.
So far, there was also one person who had caught Lin Yu's attention. Indeed, it was Chen Xiaoxian, whom he had previously met in Cloud Firmament City.
The notice for his identity had also been "insufficient access." Could this Chen Xiaoxian have come from Short Sky Island?
The more Lin Yu pondered, the more interested he became. In truth, knowing everything from the outset would have been rather dull. Exploring things step by step, as he was doing now, was much more interesting!
Looking at the ranking before him, Lin Yu felt it was quite good. He believed it would cause a sensation throughout the Eastern Wasteland as soon as it was released!
However, if he was going to release it, there was no need to provide so much detail. Lin Yu smiled and simply retained an abridged version listing only the highest combat strength.
After all, revealing other factions' information too thoroughly would draw far too much hatred.
Offending a single sect would be manageable, but offending all the sects in the Eastern Wasteland would give even Lin Yu a headache for a while.
Soon, Lin Yu finished creating the new ranking.
[Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings:] [First place: Short Sky Island!] [Second place: Valley of Devouring. Highest combat strength: Saint King expert!] [Third place: Saint King Yunteng's Tomb. Highest combat strength: Saint King expert!] [Fourth place: Supreme Sword Sect. Highest combat strength: Saint King expert!] [Fifth place: Night Moon Palace. Highest combat strength: half-step Saint King!]
Lin Yu checked every entry from first to twentieth place once more, nodding only after confirming there were no problems.
"Very good. System, release the news!"
"Heh heh, I'm sure this ranking will cause a sensation throughout the Eastern Wasteland. It might even attract attention from people outside the region."
"I just wonder how much my Fame Points will increase. Ah, I'm really looking forward to it."
Meanwhile, beyond what Lin Yu had anticipated, the entire Eastern Wasteland truly was in an uproar.
Not only the major cities that housed the ten Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Rankings, but even several nearby small cities were spreading the news at lightning speed!
The white jade steles had been updated!
This update was the "Eastern Wasteland Faction Rankings"!
Ever since the sensation caused by the previous release of the Eastern Wasteland Heaven's Chosen Ranking, the major factions had stationed people to constantly monitor changes to the white jade steles. At this moment, everyone was on the verge of going mad!
Every single faction in the Eastern Wasteland had been ranked!
"What's with this Short Sky Island? I've never even heard of it!"
"Exactly! How has another new faction popped up?"
"The Valley of Devouring and Saint King Yunteng's Tomb last time were one thing, but where did this Short Sky Island come from? And it's even in first place!"
"Of the top five, only the Night Moon Palace isn't currently secluded from the world."
"The Supreme Sword Sect has been secluded for years, yet the people of the Primordial Hall have uncovered all its hidden reserves. Just what is the Primordial Hall's background?"
"To think the highest combat strength of the top four would all be Saint King-level experts. That's truly incredible!"
"Why isn't anything written for Short Sky Island? What's going on? I'm dying of curiosity!"
"Even second place has Saint King-level combat strength. I reckon Short Sky Island must surpass Saint Kings!"
"So the result is too terrifying to announce directly? What kind of thing is that?"
The cultivators discussed it with relish.
"But speaking of which, do Saint Kings really exist?"