After leaving Shangming Hall.
Ye Li chose to return straight to his quarters.
But before he reached the door, he saw Lu Wan holding a stack of dossiers, waiting quietly outside.
"Palace Heir."
Seeing Ye Li return, Lu Wan immediately approached him.
"I've nearly finished compiling the information on the prodigies of Cold Sea Continent's great Dao lineages."
"It also includes their recent battle records and approximate cultivation levels."
"Good. Come in."
Ye Li pushed the door open and entered.
Lu Wan followed close behind, setting the dossiers from her arms onto the courtyard table one by one.
Ye Li sat down and casually picked up the top scroll.
Once he had unrolled it fully.
Dozens of names quickly came into view.
[Hidden Sword Mountain, Xie Buming] [Peak ninth rank of the heaven-grasping realm, fourth on the Three Continents Prodigy Ranking]
Next came Xiang Tiantian of Divine Dragon Mountain.
He was also at the peak of the ninth rank of the heaven-grasping realm, ranked fifth in the Heavenly Prodigy Rankings...
Ye Li's gaze flickered.
There was already some bad blood between him and Divine Dragon Mountain.
Chen Tiandi, who had wanted to become a femboy, had died at his hands, and they still hadn't given him a public apology.
If he chose this man as one of his stops, he wouldn't even need to find a reason to challenge him.
He continued reading.
There were plenty more prodigies from top-tier Dao lineages.
But as he saw their positions on the ranking, Ye Li gradually began to frown.
"..."
An Ziqing ranked seventh in the Heavenly Prodigy Rankings.
And he had just lost to Ye Li recently.
That meant every cultivator ranked below seventh had ample reason to refuse his challenge.
Even if they avoided a fight, no one