"Of course."
Faced with Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator's praise, Ye Li nodded casually.
Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator paused, then couldn't help laughing.
"You really don't stand on ceremony."
Still, coming from Ye Li as he was now, those words left her with no real desire to argue.
Seeing the two begin to converse,
the many Guardians on the peak also set off to congratulate Ye Li.
"Ah..."
Elder Remnant Sun glanced at Su Lieyang, who stood beside him dumbstruck, and sighed inwardly.
When the boy had lost to Ye Li before, he had still been full of indignation.
Now, he couldn't even muster the desire to make excuses for himself.
Oh well.
Had he encountered such a monster in his own youth, he probably wouldn't have fared much better.
"Focus on recovering."
After that brief instruction, Elder Remnant Sun joined the crowd offering congratulations.
"..."
Only the tall old man from the Jade Dais Palace remained where he stood, a trace of hesitation passing through his eyes.
He had been the one to say all those things earlier.
Turning around and offering congratulations now would be rather embarrassing.
Yet his reason kept reminding him.
What was pride worth?
Was he really going to miss the chance to befriend a prodigy like this over a few heated words?!
There had never been any deep-seated hatred between the Supreme Clarity Palace and the Jade Dais Palace.
Competition was one thing, but they couldn't treat the other side as an enemy simply because their own prodigy had lost.
Especially not a monster like Ye Li, whose limits even he couldn't discern!
Meanwhile,
after briefly responding to several elders from other sects, Ye Li turned to Mysterious Subtlety True Cultivator.
"There's something I'd like your help with."
"Go ahead."
In an excellent mood, Mysterious