Seeing Ye Chen and Oko react with some agitation, Weimeng hurriedly explained with a grin:
"Ah, come on, we just wanted to give you a surprise!"
Ye Chen replied coolly:
"I don't like this kind of surprise. If you had told us earlier, Oko and I might have been able to join in, offer you more advice and guidance, and help you improve as efficiently as possible."
Firona retorted dismissively:
"Hmph, don't make it sound like we're little children who need someone to look after us, alright? We can handle these things perfectly well on our own!"
Erigat deeply agreed with this.
"I feel the same way."
Oko remarked admiringly:
"Hehe, judging from the results, you really were right~"
Xiya added unhurriedly:
"After all, researching the Spirit Realm is one part skill and nine parts fate. It is the sort of thing that can easily end with nothing but a basket lowered into the water and come back empty. If we had dragged you into it and ended up gaining nothing, we would have felt terrible too. Besides, Ye Chen only recently became an Apex Hunter, so he must have plenty of matters to deal with."
Ye Chen responded with a complicated expression.
"Actually, I'm not as busy as you imagine."
"Sigh, since the outcome was good, I won't pursue the matter any further."
"Still, putting that aside, for the three of you to all awaken the Spirit Realm within such a short time is truly incredible!"
By now, Ye Chen had learned countless pieces of "knowledge" that overturned worldly common sense, so he naturally understood what it meant for someone to awaken the Spirit Realm.
In the distant past, Xiya, Firona, and Erigat must have lived another glorious life.
Of course, Ye Chen had no way of knowing whether