Chapter 59: Chapter 59: The Distinguished Orange VIP User

The moment he stepped out of the lounge, a deafening roar of sound washed over him. Separated by just a wall, it was like two different worlds.

He walked to the entrance of the contestants’ tunnel and activated his Reversing Destiny Vision.

Instantly, countless diamond-shaped blocks appeared before Yu Fei’s eyes. The world seemed to lose its reality, transforming into a massive, illusory game.

As he scanned the area, vast swaths of hollow, overlapping diamonds filled his vision, a sea of gray and white dotted with occasional spots of blue and green.

He surveyed the entire venue, but there wasn’t a single glimmer of purple light.

"Tianning County really is too small and remote!"

Yu Fei snapped his fingers, dispelling the sense of unreality brought on by the vision.

He then leaped up and sat on the two-meter-high protective barrier, his eyes fixed on the contestants’ tunnel.

"All contestants, please proceed backstage to draw your lots!"

The host, who had appeared on the stage at some point, was introducing the details of the competition.

"That concludes the overview of this competition’s format...

Now, we will announce the names of the three seeded contestants.

The first seed is Ye Feng, at the First Realm, Blood Refining level, from Taining First Senior High School..."

"Ye Feng, go for it! You’re the best!"

"Ye Feng, we love you..."

"Ye Feng, Ye Feng, our eternal god..."

...

The sudden, frenzied screaming from the audience caught Yu Fei’s attention, and he turned to look.

Over a hundred girls were holding up glowing signs, waving colorful banners, and brandishing light sticks, all while screaming Ye Feng’s name.

For a moment, their frantic shouts actually drowned out the host’s voice.

"Audience members, please remain calm. It seems our student Ye Feng is incredibly popular.

Next is our second-seeded contestant, Yu Fei, at the First Realm, Bone Refining level, from Nanguan Second Middle School..."

"BOO..."

Upon hearing Yu Fei’s name, Ye Feng’s fans let out a unified jeer. A few of the cruder ones even flashed their middle fingers at the stage.

Amidst the sea of boos, a single loud cheer suddenly erupted.

It was Lei Xiaoqiang, waving a huge red flag and roaring at the top of his lungs.

"Yu Fei, Yu Fei, soar up to the sky!"

Then, two clear, girlish voices overlapped.

"Kick down First High, rule the whole county!"

Somehow, Yu Wei and Li Mengyao had ended up together. The two of them followed Lei Xiaoqiang’s lead, shouting their support for Yu Fei. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

His mom and dad were there too, along with Gao Yunxiang and the Du Mingxuan father-and-son duo.

They were all sitting together under Lei Xiaoqiang’s flag.

On the other side, Ye Feng’s legion of girl fans felt challenged and immediately started shouting back in Lei Xiaoqiang’s direction:

"Ye Feng, Ye Feng, always number one! Puny Yu Fei is just a joke, a total joke!"

Seeing this, Lei Xiaoqiang rolled up his sleeves, spat on his hands, rubbed them together, and fiercely started waving the flag again. At the same time, he yelled:

"Yu Fei..."

Yu Wei and Li Mengyao put their hands on their hips, ready to follow up with their own barrage.

While Yu Fei felt incredibly embarrassed, his heart also warmed. His family and friends were his strongest support.

He had no idea how they had all gathered together. As he watched Ye Feng’s increasingly obnoxious girl fans, his expression grew hostile.

After all, Lei Xiaoqiang’s group was small and weak, their voices drowned out by wave after wave of shouts from the other side.

Because of the distraction, Yu Fei didn’t even notice who the host had announced as the third-seeded contestant.

’Looks like I have one more reason to teach Ye Feng a lesson later,’ he thought.

...

At the tunnel entrance, contestants swarmed out to draw their lots.

Yu Fei kept his Reversing Destiny Vision active. This group represented the most outstanding second-year high school students of the year. Nearly all of them were blue-talented, with only a single green-talented boy from the third middle school.

After everyone else had walked out, Yu Fei saw two dazzling lights from across the tunnel: one purple and one orange.

"Ah Feng, have you decided which university you want to apply to?"

Ye Feng had a lollipop in his mouth and his hands clasped behind his neck. He sauntered forward with a lazy gait and mumbled indistinctly:

"No idea. Whichever university comes to me first, I’ll go there. This kind of thing is too much trouble!"

Dongfang Yebai trailed half a step behind him, her head tilted slightly as she looked at Ye Feng. Under the lights, his was a handsome face that could topple nations.

’The phrase "a face that could topple nations" is a perfect description for Ye Feng,’ she thought.

His current devil-may-care attitude would just look like loser-ish posturing on a normal guy. But when Ye Feng did it, he was so handsome it made your heart pound.

’Of course, she wasn’t like those pathetic, crazed girls outside,’ she mused. ’The two of them grew up in the same neighborhood, playing together since they were kids. She’d built up something of an immunity to that face.’

’It wasn’t enough to make her fall for him, but sometimes she couldn’t help but stare at his face in a daze.’

"What about you? Have you decided where you want to go?" Ye Feng asked without turning his head.

Dongfang Yebai brushed a stray lock of hair from her brow and tilted her head up slightly, revealing her delicate cheekbones and a neck as beautiful as a swan’s.

Her skin was snow-white, as if she had stepped right out of an anime, and she was very tall—a few centimeters taller than even Ye Feng.

Hearing Ye Feng’s question, her tone shifted, and she said playfully:

"Oh, my great genius, I’m just a little lady with average talent. The Seven Greats? Is that somewhere I can get into? I’ll be thanking my lucky stars if any of them are willing to accept me. How could I dare be picky?"

Ye Feng shot Dongfang Yebai a glare, and that single look was enough to leave her stunned as if she’d been zapped by electricity.

"You’re drooling!"

"SLURP~"

Dongfang Yebai touched her chin, only to realize she’d been tricked.

"Jerk!"

The two were extremely close—more than friends, but not quite lovers.

From Ye Feng’s perspective, she was the only woman he’d been able to have a normal conversation with in years. While she did occasionally get a dazed, infatuated look, it was still within his tolerance range.

That included his own mother. Even though his seventeenth birthday was next week, she still insisted on kissing him every day after school. It was a real headache!

He had a bit of a phobia of women!

Throughout Ye Feng’s life, the vast majority of women he encountered had the same initial reaction upon seeing him: they would pull him into an embrace.

When he was little, it was all his aunts and other female relatives, the older girl next door, the old lady downstairs, his kindergarten teachers, the nurses at the hospital... The list went on.

’Women,’ he thought, ’are truly terrifying.’

Even the girl beside him now had once tricked him into her house, locked him in a room, and tried to tie him up with a rope to keep him. Back then, his mom had gotten so frantic when she couldn’t find him in the neighborhood that she’d called the police. He wasn’t rescued until Dongfang Yebai’s father came home from work.

This world was crazy, and women were even crazier.

Because of the trouble his looks caused, boys didn’t want to hang out with him, and girls played in perverted ways. The only one he could have a normal conversation with, Dongfang Yebai, was his best friend.

As for the so-called "dating" you read about in teen novels, he just didn’t get it. What was there to even talk about? He wouldn’t be caught dead doing it!

Thank goodness for the martial path. And thank goodness his talent was as outstanding as his looks. The natural gap in strength allowed him to keep his distance from all the crazy people.

Ye Feng’s world was incredibly boring. If this world were a video game, he would be a VIP player cruising on easy mode.

’I hear the second-seeded contestant this time is even stronger than Dongfang. Hopefully, he can offer a bit of a surprise.’

Ye Feng thought, ’Otherwise, life is just too boring.’