Former Interstellar Mercenary In Urban Cultivation World
Chapter 928: Challenges and Strategies

Chapter 928: Challenges and Strategies

"Don’t worry. It’s just a surface wound," she said, pulling out a shield in that brief moment. Although it didn’t block all the force, it absorbed about seventy percent of it.

After carefully inspecting her, Kenny Lin confirmed that she wasn’t lying; though her wounds looked bloody, they were indeed only skin injury. With some medicinal powder, they’d soon scab over and heal.

"Was that a disaster, or what?" Amalia joked.

"Disaster, my foot! Hand over the medicine quickly," Kenny Lin grumbled. Thinking about how close she’d come to real harm, he wanted to tear that gold token—and the Path of All Immortals—apart.

Amalia handed him a bottle of medicine, which Kenny Lin quickly applied to her wounds. The effect was instant; within moments, the bleeding stopped, and a scab began to form, drying before their eyes.

Renshu Chang and the others arrived, watching this scene. Besides Renshu Chang, who had seen it all before, the rest couldn’t help but think what a waste it was. For a simple scratch—not as serious as a broken finger—they’d used such valuable medicine! With a cultivator’s healing abilities, this wound would’ve scabbed over naturally in less than a day.

"I’m challenging you! If you don’t accept, you’re coward!"

Before anyone from Green Lotus Sect could respond, a voice boomed out.

The challenger’s target was Amalia, and given her current state, it would be an easy win. Worried she’d refuse, he tried to provoke her with insults. While many challengers used such tactics, this attempt was unusually blatant.

Amalia merely gave him a cool glance, then ignored him completely. She tossed the gold token to Kenny Lin and took out a new black robe from her storage ring to change into.

"The Sixth Elder said if one person wins two gold tokens, it only counts as three challenges. If I say I lost to you, it shouldn’t count as a challenge."

Amalia conveyed this to Kenny Lin. She didn’t need to ask the Sixth Elder to guess this rule—it was meant to keep things fair.

With the rule in place, it had to be applied fully. Otherwise, limiting challenges in only one way would cause resentment.

"It doesn’t matter to me," Kenny Lin said, stowing the gold token. However, the greedy looks from others only intensified.

"Tan Kai, isn’t this behavior by your young disciple a bit over the line?" Elder Wong’s voice boomed, emotionless yet intense, as he looked directly at Tan Kai.

The disciples eyeing Kenny Lin all stopped their private murmuring.

"What is Elder Wong of the Eternal One Sect saying?" asked Kailash Ren, confused.

"It’s because, once in history, someone won two gold tokens, so there’s an agreement among the major sects: if the same person wins two gold tokens, it only counts as three challenges," Dayeon Xinyue explained to her junior, her eyes narrowing thoughtfully.

Kailash Ren hesitated. "That seems fair, doesn’t it?"

"It’s fair, but it also reduces our chances as challengers. Although the same sect’s disciples have limits, there are still so many here eager to challenge. Why would he accept our challenge but reject others?" Dayeon Xinyue pointed out.

"Xinyue’s right. the Green Lotus Sect really has two impressive disciples this time. Even if they can’t hold onto both tokens, they’re almost certain to keep one. Makes you a bit envious, doesn’t it?" Jiae Yao remarked. She then looked at her junior with a teasing grin, "although the little girl you like doesn’t have a high level, she does have quite the luck. If she stays this lucky, Sister Yao will support you in pursuing her."

"Sister Yao! If you keep this up, I won’t talk to you anymore," Kailash Ren blushed, taken aback by her sister’s sudden teasing.

"Isn’t this the rule of the Path of All Immortals all along?" Tan Kai replied with a broad smile, unfazed. "Elder Wong, if Eternal One Sect were in this situation, you’d say the same thing."

Elder Wong hesitated momentarily; indeed, if it were Eternal One Sect, he’d feel differently. The problem was, their top disciple, Temujin Lei, hadn’t managed to secure even one token.

Elder Wong, who usually had a calm disposition, felt a pang of frustration. They had two chances to get gold tokens, yet Temujin Lei and his group had missed them both.

Noticing Elder Wong’s darkening expression, Temujin Lei and his peers knew they’d disappointed him. Resolving to do better, they set their sights on seizing a token from the Green Lotus Sect.

"Jirandai Tang, Taeseon Lei, I’ll wait for you!" As soon as it fell silent, Temujin Lei, as the top senior disciple, was the first one to step forward.

He didn’t clarify what he was waiting for, but everyone understood.

The Green Lotus Sect wouldn’t leave two valuable gold tokens to a disciple in the middle of the Soulf Formation stage. If they wanted to keep at least one, they’d have to leave it to Jirandai Tang or Taeseon Lei.

Temujin Lei didn’t want to challenge a weaker opponent—rather, it was a tactical choice.

Top-level disciples of similar rank often end up challenging each other. They have pride and dignity; they won’t allow themselves to challenge weaker disciples.

Another reason? Stronger disciples rarely challenge weaker ones since the chances of the weaker one accepting are close to zero.

Yes, that’s the main reason.

In order to keep their right to challenge, top-level disciples must maintain the demeanor as cultivators.

Temujin Lei’s plan was the same as everyone else’s—they were all waiting for Kenny Lin to hand over the gold token or other valuable tokens to Jirandai Tang and the others.

When that happened, the battle of top-level disciples would begin.

Although other disciples didn’t want Kenny Lin to pass the gold token to Jirandai Tang, they knew that even if they managed to seize it from him, they couldn’t hold onto it for long.

Since the beginning, the gold token has never been a matter for ordinary disciples or those with lower cultivation.

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