"Not much to say, not little to chat about, today Brother Lei is going to expose the fake Divine Monarch!"

"Level 4 Legendary ranking on the Celestial Ladder, how are you so awesome? I don’t believe he’s truly that strong, this guy must have bribed other Spiritualists ahead of time just to get to the top of the ladder."

"Why?"

"His college entrance exam is coming up soon, but his level is only Level 4, no time to grind to Level 10 Legendary, so he had no choice but to take this shortcut, you know?"

Brother Lei started his livestream, his face showing a disdainful smile as if he had seen through everything, and said: "Let me tell you, I’ve watched his combat recordings before, it’s pure acting! Each actor chosen is better than the last, really paid them!"

"Challenging Ge Wu, the Curse System suicided on the spot, and then they said he was skilled in curse kneeling and licking. He really deserves the money, the acting was top-notch, I haven’t seen the Divine Monarch use Curse System abilities a second time afterward, isn’t this just pure acting?"

"Challenging Qing Yu, this is even more defiant of the heavens, the Time Acceleration weapon broke halfway through, maybe he used a Bronze Level weapon to let them off easy! And as an Assassin, he didn’t even poison the weapon, Divine Monarch fights all day and nothing happens, Qing Yu is dodging normal attacks and sweating profusely, finally pretends to lose and directly surrenders, the acting effect is truly amazing."

Halfway through, Brother Lei noticed someone saying the Divine Monarch’s speed and power are strong, he then laughed and explained: "He is a Legendary Level Spiritualist, if you’re willing to spend money then of course he’s strong, just max out the Basic Passive and then take some top-level equipment to boost power and agility, it looks impressive but in reality it’s not durable."

"Afterward, challenging Zhen Yue is even more defiant, a Level 10 Extreme Tank doesn’t even have a control skill? Post-battle evidence shows he has skills, just didn’t use them against the Divine Monarch, control skills unused, Rebound unused, really afraid he’ll win by accident, this is also a real drama king!"

....

Special Weapon, Chenghai Second Middle School cafeteria

"Have you heard? There’s someone online named Brother Lei live streaming, exposing you, saying your ranking was bought, and your real strength isn’t that great."

Chen Ran said while picking dishes, holding back laughter.

"Oh."

Ye Mingqiu’s expression remained unchanged.

He didn’t care about such clowns bouncing around online, rather than focus on this kind of goods, he preferred to watch more films to learn combat skills, enrich knowledge for future possible battles.

"Not only that, he said he’s bringing fifty thousand Spiritual Points to Chenghai Second Middle School to challenge you, win, you take fifty thousand, lose, the exposure is complete."

"Fifty thousand?"

Ye Mingqiu’s hand paused, slowly raised his eyes, showing a brilliant smile, said: "That is worth me giving him a minute of performance time, how is his strength, Tier Two?"

"Level 10 Hero, can’t go up the Celestial Ladder, a master in the eyes of ordinary people, a clown in the eyes of the strong." Chen Ran said casually while eating.

"Tsk, hasn’t he thought that my ability to reach the Celestial Ladder Arena already speaks volumes?" Ye Mingqiu curiously asked.

"Well, he was eliminated in the second round, he believes he’s actually quite strong, just bad luck encountering a master and got eliminated, you’re the one who paid people off to advance."

Halfway through the conversation, Chen Ran’s smile gradually deepened, continued: "He also gave an example, said, top thief Tesheng Jian and Half-step Legend Sword Saint Sassos were also eliminated due to bad luck, his elimination also had a large part due to luck, real strength can reach the Celestial Ladder rankings."

"Clown."

Ye Mingqiu commented.

"Actually I suspect, he himself might not be that dumb, just engulfed by the flow, an invisible big hand behind him is coercing and bribing, forcing him to do so..."

Chen Ran paused slightly, continued: "Or it could be because some people want to see the drama, hence set up this situation. Whether it’s you or him, both are just pawns on a chessboard."

"Or perhaps, the person behind him is already doubting your strength, just not good at directly provoking, so arranged a person, to indirectly probe your depths, after all, a Level 4 Legend suppressing a Level 10 Legend is still too incredible, wanting to probe is very normal."

"After all, as long as you’re strong enough, all rumors break themselves, don’t need to care about public opinion, can even gain a wave of attention. If you’re not strong enough, then it’s real exposure, he naturally won’t think he did wrong."

"I don’t like being manipulated by people hiding behind." Ye Mingqiu put down the chopsticks, his eyes gradually showing a hint of dangerous light.

"So, after you win, I’ll find someone to help you extort him, split the proceeds with me, how about it?" Chen Ran said with a smile.

"How much?"

"Skill Advancement Book, okay?"

"Okay."

"Then... deal."

Chen Ran raised his hand with a smile, clenched his fist, punching fists with Ye Mingqiu just like they used to, making a pact.

...

Not long after, Ye Mingqiu finished eating and left, Chen Ran sat alone on the chair, feeling complicated.

He couldn’t help but think: Ah~ The minimum is seven or eight hundred Soul Potential, Ye Mingqiu, oh Ye Mingqiu, what exactly are you? This has already far surpassed the limits that normal Tier One Spiritualists can reach, and your Basic Attributes don’t resemble those normal Spiritualists can achieve.

Strong rebirth?

Alien race prodigy?

Or something else?

Forget it, no matter what, no matter how, he’s the Ye Mingqiu I once knew, not other people, even if his strength has increased he hasn’t forgotten me, and indeed under the circumstance of not recognizing my true identity, has actively helped me.