Star City, Xiang Province Martial Arts Association.

Wang Anyuan's face was ashen as he hung up the phone, then went to report to Zhao Zhiyi: "President."

"What did Ye Qingzhou say?"

"His attitude wasn't very good..."

Bang~

The precious golden rattan wood office desk was shattered by a palm strike.

Millions vanished in an instant, but Zhao Zhiyi didn't care at all. What truly enraged him was Ye Qingzhou's defiance: "I thought he was a rare talent seen once in a hundred years, but I didn't expect him to be so ungrateful."

"President, Ye Qingzhou is young and impetuous, he disregards authority. With such a personality, it might be hard to control him in the future."

Previously, Wang Anyuan had been humiliated by Ye Qingzhou and now used the opportunity to badmouth him in front of Zhao Zhiyi.

It's difficult to accomplish a task, but to destroy someone's future is all too easy, often just a matter of a few words.

"I valued his qualifications earlier, but he truly is like Zhangg Xinwu back then, rebellious and hard to trust with important tasks."

Zhao Zhiyi was in a foul mood; after all, Zhao Baoming was a subordinate he highly valued, arguably the strongest force in Xiang Province next to himself.

Once Zhao Baoming breaks through, stepping into the realm of Earth Evil Grandmaster, Zhao Zhiyi would have an extremely sharp "dagger." Whether it was vying for resources in Grotto Heaven or securing his position as president, consolidating his power and status, it was an excellent trump card.

Originally, Zhao Zhiyi's plan was to have both Zhao Baoming and Ye Qingzhou, two martial talents, assist him, ensuring he could achieve great success in the upcoming situation.

But the two had a conflict, now "Great King" and "Small King", he could only choose one.

This "Small King" card of Ye Qingzhou, although infinitely potential, was no match for Zhao Baoming's "Great King" that could be used immediately.

Zhao Zhiyi's term in the Xiang Province Martial Arts Association had only five years remaining, leaving him no time to wait for Ye Qingzhou's growth, so he had already made his choice.

"Switch someone else in for the Hidden Dragon Plan."

"President, are you saying..."

"Yes, just a few days ago, Qin Haoyu returned from Yanling Grotto Heaven, having received the Inheritance of Flame Emperor, mastering the Fire Technique to the realm of Mastery. Although the other five techniques only reached Perfection in the Forest Technique, his potential is not much weaker than Ye Qingzhou's."

Zhao Zhiyi cherished talent, but only if the talent was at his disposal.

Otherwise, why should all those resources be invested in you?

Just because of your extraordinary innate ability and outstanding talent?

Wang Anyuan secretly felt smug, but outwardly showed a regretful expression: "Ye Qingzhou doesn't know what he missed, youthful arrogance, he'll definitely regret it in the future."

In today's Dongji Kingdom, aside from the already public "Free Martial Meal" plan and "Martial Arts Newcomers" plan for developing Martial Arts Apprentices, there's also a Hidden Dragon Plan!

And the talents the Hidden Dragon Plan seeks to cultivate are not just ordinary geniuses. The candidates must be geniuses among geniuses, exceptional youthful talents who stand above their peers.

This top-tier selection, resource allocation, ultimately aims to cultivate one or several controllable Human World Martial Saints in the near future, thus enriching the foundation of Dongji Kingdom.

Originally, in Xiang Province, Ye Qingzhou was the best candidate for the Hidden Dragon Plan.

Unfortunately, due to Ye Qingzhou's "rebelliousness," this opportunity fell into Qin Haoyu's hands.

But if Ye Qingzhou knew, he might also be disdainful. With Kang Jinlong, a Grotto Heaven Star Monarch standing behind him, would he lack resources?

Ridiculous.

And to bow and scrape for a few scraps, to serve as an errand boy for the powerful?

Ludicrous.

......

Today's class seven was extraordinarily lively.

'Master of All Things' Nong Pengming entered the classroom with his phone, bustling with energy: "Everyone quickly log onto the 'World Martial Arts Discussion' homepage, today's news is absolutely explosive."

"World Martial Arts Discussion?"

Ye Qingzhou then remembered, indeed there was such a media, and it was the most credible media institution in Dongji Kingdom, specializing in reporting information related to the Martial Arts World.

Every November 15th, World Martial Arts Discussion would publish a ranking list of Professional Level Martial Artists within Dongji Kingdom.

The list only records the top 100, requiring the selected candidates to be under 25 years old and at a Professional Seventh Rank or higher, so every Professional Level Martial Artist selected is a nationally renowned martial arts star.

Among them, the strongest thirteen are awarded the titles of "Southern Dipper Six Stars" and "Big Dipper Seven Stars."

Therefore, this list is also called the Celestial List by everyone.

As for Master Level and above rankings, it's generally based on world rankings, and individual countries do not list separate rankings.

But Nong Pengming wasn't excited about this; he pointed to another list after the Celestial List: "World Martial Arts Discussion has specifically created a Hidden Dragon List for Martial Arts Apprentices. The list gathers the top 100 best young martial artists under 20 nationwide. Our class's Ye Qingzhou made it onto the list, and he ranked seventh!"

"Damn? Ranked seventh nationwide?"

"It's only the seventh amongst the martial arts newcomers, okay..."

"That's still very impressive!"

"Our Xiang Province has two on the top ten list? Wow! Awesome!"

The students of class seven were elated at seeing the names of Qin Haoyu and Ye Qingzhou on the Hidden Dragon List, more excited than if they had made the list themselves.

Zhu Jinfeng also noticed the top ten rankings on the Hidden Dragon List, somewhat incredulously looked over, and slightly parted her red lips to say: "Ye Qingzhou, you're so strong, you're only ranked seventh?"

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