"Brother Lin, what's wrong?"
Fang Du keenly noticed something was off with Lin Ke and asked, "You don't look too well."
Lin Ke managed a smile. "Nothing. Something just occurred to me."
Lin Quan-meng curled her lips. "Don't tell me you're so happy you've gone silly? First on the Genius Ranking! If it were me, I'd already be beside myself with joy."
Lin Ke shook his head helplessly and said nothing.
He knew perfectly well that once today's rankings were announced, he probably wouldn't have any peaceful days for a while.
But backing down was out of the question.
Even before the rankings were updated, he hadn't feared these challenges from within the sect. Now that his strength had improved, he had even less reason to fear them.
Then he asked, "Did you leave the Great Wilderness Palace in such a hurry just because of this?"
Fang Du shook his head. "Not entirely."
"We were just about to look for you. First, because of the update to the Genius Ranking, and second, because we wanted you to come take a look at how things are going at the Great Wilderness Palace."
"After these past few days of construction, the overall layout of the Great Wilderness Palace marketplace is more or less in place. We wanted you to take a look and see whether anything still needs changing."
Lin Ke smiled. "Isn't Brother Zhu there? Just let him make the decisions."
Lin Quan-meng pouted. "Senior Brother Zhu Qingge said you should take a look yourself before making any decisions."
Hearing that, Lin Ke asked no further questions and simply said, "Then let's go take a look together."
Lin Quan-meng and Fang Du headed back with Lin Ke.
Before long, the three arrived at the construction site of the Great Wilderness Palace