"Someone at the ninth layer of Qi Refining wants to challenge the Fifth Layer of the Heavenly Court? Does he have too many Immortal Qi points to spare?"
"Challenging the Fifth Layer takes three thousand Immortal Qi points. That person must be an idiot."
"Back when the young genius Xiao Munan was at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, he could only reach the Fourth Layer—and he'd even skipped a layer to do it, earning a Grade A rating. Could this person be trying to challenge Xiao Munan's record? He's dreaming!"
The cultivators queuing up to challenge the First and Second Layers gaped and began to chatter. Some even said Chen Fan was wasting all three thousand of his Immortal Qi points.
The Qi Refining disciples from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and the Immortal Sect were dumbstruck, exchanging glances without knowing what to do. They didn't have enough Immortal Qi to enter the Five-Star Passage, so all they could do was keep watch here and make sure Chen Fan didn't slip out of their grasp.
Soon, the Foundation Establishment cultivators from both factions received the news and hurried over, drawing plenty of attention. In a small place like Lingxiao City, it was rare to see even a single Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Ever since a Grade A rating had appeared in the First and Second Layers of the Heavenly Court some time ago, many Foundation Establishment cultivators had searched for the genius who earned it, then left empty-handed. Now that several more had arrived, people began to think something big was about to happen.
When the Foundation Establishment cultivators heard that Chen Fan had entered the Five-Star Passage, they too looked astonished. Even they, having only just reached the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, wouldn't casually spend three thousand Immortal Qi