Decision, Reunion

By the time Wang Zhifan and the other three emerged from the arena, most of the day had passed. Thanks to the earlier match controversy, they had received a hefty compensation payment—seventy thousand Myriad Realms Coins in total.

"Brother Wang, you were the one who took down that cheating opponent, and you were the one who summoned the Silent Lady. So this compensation should rightfully be divided by you."

Li Zhenguo, who had handled the negotiations with the arena management, carried a heavy bag as he spoke to Wang Zhifan with a smile. He was genuinely delighted by this unexpected windfall.

Wang Zhifan appeared largely unconcerned with the Myriad Realms Coins. After a brief thought, he replied, "You take fifty thousand and split it among yourselves. I'll distribute the remaining twenty thousand among Chu Wei's group. Otherwise, it'll take them quite a while to earn enough for equipment. By the way, you said earlier that you wanted to borrow money from me to buy gear. Do you still need to?"

Li Zhenguo thought for a moment after hearing that and said:

"Either way is fine. If I borrow it, I can go buy equipment now. If not, I can fight a few more matches and scrape together enough. It's not a big problem."

"Then borrow it. Something came up on my end, and it'd be best to take you back to Earthstar sooner. We don't have much time to stay here."

As he spoke, Wang Zhifan took out some of the Myriad Realms Coins he had acquired through trading and let Li Zhenguo take a portion. Li Zhenguo did not stand on ceremony, though he was curious about what trouble Wang Zhifan had encountered. They had been here less than a day, yet he already wanted to leave.

Naturally, Wang