“Hey, you were right. According to my calculations, you will pass this difficult hurdle with some close calls. Although you won't get a good ranking, you'll at least save your life, right?

When the time comes, I'll be going to the Celestial Mystery Pavilion. As the only third-generation disciple, resources will be pouring in my direction.

Wa ga ga ga…”

“Then calculate for me, what rank will I get this time?”

“I'm not calculating for you. Last time I calculated your fortune, it almost cost me half my life. You want another one? Spare me, please.”

“Just calculate it.”

“This time you will definitely leap through the dragon gate and enter a good sect. Your destiny will have a major turning point.”

“Nonsense. With my qualifications, that's a certainty. Tell me something useful.”

“What useful things do you want?”

“For example, calculate the names of those participating in this Myriad Pride Ranking, their strengths, their records, the forces behind them, and the cultivation methods of their spells and secret arts…”

“Get lost, you old fart. There are hundreds of thousands of people. Even if you moved the entire Celestial Mystery Pavilion here, you couldn't calculate it all. Do you want to exhaust me to death?

What if there are a few evildoers like you who can affect the Heavenly Dao? Wouldn't that be the death of me?”

“Then calculate mine.”

“A fortune should not be fully calculated, for fear of the Heavenly Dao's fickleness.

Fine, I'll reluctantly calculate it for you, but I can't calculate too deeply.”

After Tian Suanzi (Celestial Calculator) finished speaking, he closed his eyes and began to ponder.

Wan Lei ignored him and cultivated on his own.

Two days later, Tian Suanzi finally opened his eyes.

“I've calculated it. This time, you will meet your nemesis, and there will be a…no, several fierce battles, with a slim chance of survival.

Good luck to you, and don't forget to call me when you have your funeral feast.”

“Nemesis? Who is it?”

“The so-called nemesis is someone who will be entangled with you throughout your life. I don't know who it is, and there may be more than one. It may be someone you know now, or someone who hasn't appeared yet.

And since they are qualified to be entangled with you, it means they are as strong as you, so they must be heaven-defying geniuses.”

“That's as useful as a fart.”

Wan Lei ignored Tian Suanzi and turned to cultivation.

During this time, Wan Lei had the most relaxed and stress-free days. He cultivated in peace, without heavenly punishments or enemies.

Occasionally, when he felt like it, he would tease Qi Yao, drink a little wine with Tian Suanzi, and brag a little. Life couldn't be better.

More than two months passed quickly.

Wan Lei had already cultivated to the peak of the Jiedan (Core Formation) stage. He didn't dare to absorb any more thunder power, for fear that he would accidentally break through to the Yuanying (Nascent Soul) stage and be unable to participate in the competition.

If ordinary cultivators knew what Wan Lei was thinking, they would probably be mad with jealousy.

People went to great lengths to seek opportunities, even fighting and risking their lives, to get a chance to break through to the Yuanying stage.

But he was afraid of breaking through to the Yuanying stage.

In any case, Wan Lei had adjusted himself to the best state before the Myriad Pride Ranking began, and had made all the preparations.

As for the “Feng Sheng He Li” (Sound of the Wind and Cry of the Crane) spell, Wan Lei spent a day and a half cultivating it.

This made him quite sad and envious of the talents of those immortals in the immortal realm.

The little yellow dog enlightened him, telling him that those immortals were already in the Transcendent Realm when they cultivated the Feng Sheng He Li, which was equivalent to the Tribulation Transcendence stage in the Thunder Wind Realm.

There were still three days before the registration for the competition ended. After the registration ended, the teleportation array to the capital would open, and Wan Lei had to set off.

“Are you two going together?”

Wan Lei remembered that each participant had two slots to bring servants.

“Of course I'm going. I'm the only representative of the Celestial Mystery Pavilion. If I don't go, those old guys will skin me alive.”

“I…I'll go too. If you all leave, it'll be boring for me to stay in Qishan County alone.

There is also a Heavenly Condemned organization in the Central Region, and the headquarters is also there. I can go there to report. The resources there must be better than in Qishan County.”

“Okay, that's good. I can slap your butt again in the future.”

As he spoke, Wan Lei slapped that round, perky bottom again.

“You big pervert!!!”

After being hit, the thunder pervert mobilized the thunder power of the Thunder Refinement Pool and injected it into the Thunder God's Hammer. The three of them teleported directly back to the Wan Family's Southern Mansion.

Back home, Wan Lei saw that Ba'ernu was not in his courtyard, so he took the two to see Wan Hongxin.

“The family gave Ba'ernu a Xuan Yuan Pill, and she broke through to the Jiedan stage half a month ago.”

Wan Hongxin said to Wan Lei.

The Xuan Yuan Pill could usually be bought for ten thousand spirit stones a piece. The Wan family valued Ba'ernu's potential, so they bought one for her.

Of course, this was just an ordinary Xuan Yuan Pill and could not be compared with Qi Yao's heavenly-grade Xuan Yuan Pill.

“So, where is she?”

“Didn't she tell you? A few days ago, she went to the county city and signed up for the Myriad Pride Ranking.

She said that wherever you go, she will follow.”

When Wan Hongxin said this, he noticed the obvious displeasure on Qi Yao's face.

“This is ridiculous. She just broke through to the Jiedan stage, how could she be a match for those Jiedan geniuses.

Father, you let her mess around?”

“When you get there, just protect her more.

You know how stubborn Ba'ernu's character is. In the future, when you get to the Central Region, you can take her to cultivate after you join a sect. The resources in the Central Region must be much better than our Wan family.

Of course, don't favor one over the other. Yao'er is the priority.”

After all, this was the chosen daughter-in-law.

Wan Lei didn't stay any longer. After chatting for a few words, he took them westward.

Before leaving, Wan Hongxin took out a bracelet that Wan Lei's mother used to wear and gave it to Qi Yao.

The meaning was self-evident.

They flew out of Southern Mansion City. After arriving at a deserted place, the blush on Qi Yao's face had not faded.

She carefully put the bracelet on her wrist.

Qishan County City was a place Wan Lei had been to before. He located the foot of the Qishan Mountains where he had teleported back last time, and used teleportation again. The three of them arrived directly outside the county city.

Before entering the county city, they saw Ba'ernu waiting there outside the east gate of the county city.

“Greetings, Master!”

Ba'ernu respectfully saluted.

“I've said it before, you don't have to call me master, and you don't have to call yourself a slave. We are friends.”

“Okay, Master, this servant obeys!”

“…” Wan Lei.

“How long have you been waiting?”

“Not long, it's only right to wait for Master.”

“You also want to participate in the Myriad Pride Ranking? I don't know if you've inquired about it, but the people on this Myriad Pride Ranking are all young geniuses from the entire Thunder Wind Realm, all existences like me. Aren't you courting death by going there?

Many people die in each competition.”