You Fangquan was watching the Training Ground with rapt attention when Wen Zhengyi's voice caught him off guard, leaving him momentarily stunned.
More than anything, Wen Zhengyi's request seemed terribly ill-timed. Everyone was focused on the situation with the Xuan Yu Realm, and Si Yizhong had only just died in battle, yet Wen Zhengyi had come asking to borrow money.
"Why do you need to borrow top-grade spirit crystals?" You Fangquan asked quietly, keeping his temper in check.
You Fangquan was at the ninth order late stage, but he and Wen Zhengyi belonged to different generations. He had begun cultivating twenty thousand years before Wen Zhengyi.
Wen Zhengyi was already preparing to break through to the ninth order peak, while You Fangquan remained in the middle of the ninth order late stage, still short of its limit.
You Fangquan was undoubtedly Wen Zhengyi's senior, and their cultivation was technically at the same stage. But Wen Zhengyi was a prodigy with a chance of reaching the ninth order peak, so You Fangquan refrained from reprimanding him.
Had it been any other ninth-order cultivator, You Fangquan would already have rebuked him loudly.
"I want to enter the Training Ground!" Chen Fei said gravely, looking at You Fangquan.
"You want to go up there?" You Fangquan's solemn expression changed.
The dangers of the Myriad Realms Martial Arts Arena had already been laid bare before every Supreme Realm cultivator in the Void Return Realm.
Although only a few ninth-order cultivators seemed to have died so far, that was because few had entered yet. Judging solely by how many ultimately survived, it was practically a meat grinder.
Ran Yangguan had merely been lucky. The force behind the Training Ground had chosen to showcase him as an example. Otherwise, with his strength, going up there would