CHAPTER 378: CHALLENGES 1

At the same time, he injected a strand of soul power into one of the jade squares and began reading the challenge letter.

Seeing this, Luo Jianfeng sighed and shook his head

"The challenge was initially set for three days from now, but I negotiated for more time." He said.

"How much more time?’ Shen Xu asked.

"The challenges are set for one month from now." Zhen Yuan said, and the double nodded.

One month was two and a half space years.

With that much time, Shen Xu was certain that he and Zhen Yuan could adequately prepare for the challenges.

"Are you really thinking of accepting the challenges?" Luo Jianfeng asked.

"Do we have an option?" Shen Xu asked in a nonchalant voice.

However, he soon frowned and tilted his head.

"What happens if we don’t accept the challenges?" He asked.

"You will face the consequences of your actions." Luo Jianfeng said, and Shen Xu nodded before transmitting to Zhen Yuan.

[Ayuan, I am almost tempted to go with the flow and allow myself to be imprisoned in the mines. Imagine all the spirit stones we could embezzle if we were stuck there for fifty thousand years.] He said, and Zhen Yuan forcibly suppressed an amused smile.

[We have too much to do and can’t afford to waste so much time.] He reminded and the double sighed before nodding.

They indeed had too much to do and couldn’t afford to be imprisoned for fifty thousand years.

"It seems our only choice is to win at least six challenges." Shen Xu said, and Luo Jianfeng raised an eyebrow.

He originally wanted to advise them to seek peace with the Xuanyuan siblings.

That way, they would at least keep their life and maybe live to fight another day.

However, looking at the two, he realised that neither looked worried.

’Can they really win six challenges?’ He wondered, but then shook his head.

After all, the challengers were all peak-stage level seven masters.

No matter how talented Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were, they were too young and hadn’t lived long enough to study two disciplines, let alone six.

’I may have to step in. Otherwise, these two kids will lose more than their lives.’ He thought.

"How confident are you?" He probed, but neither Shen Xu nor Zhen Yuan answered the question.

Instead, Shen Xu smiled with a playful expression.

"Elder Luo, what’s in the sect’s treasure house?" He asked.

"My Tianxuan sect is the oldest power in the Tianxuan continent. Its treasury is naturally full of rare and precious resources." Luo Jianfeng said, and Shen Xu nodded in satisfaction.

At the moment, only Zhen Yuan, Feng Xue, and Yang Shi had enough resources to cultivate to the peak of the tribulation transcending realm.

As for himself, counting the night rainbow fruit and excluding the primordial qi fruit, he could at most advance to the peak of the mid-stage of the Mahayana realm.

Additionally, Li Wenqiang only had enough nether stones to cultivate to the early-stage of the tribulation transcending realm, while XiaoWu and XiaoLei could barely advance to the peak of level eight.

Considering the triplets and possibly Mo Ling, Shen Xu was eager to enter the treasure house and harvest as many cultivation resources as he could.

’We really must win all ten challenges. That way, we can choose twenty treasures which may just be enough for everyone to reach the peak-stage of the tribulation transcending realm.’ He thought.

"Have you really decided? Which challenges will you accept?" Luo Jianfeng asked, and Shen Xu chuckled.

A moment later, he picked five challenge letters and left the rest for Zhen Yuan.

Each challenge letter had the discipline, name of the challenger, their cultivation level, and their mastery level.

Seeing that the letters didn’t include the venue and nature of the challenges, Shen Xu frowned and turned to Luo Jianfeng.

"Senior, where will the challenge be? Also, how will it be conducted?" He asked.

Luo Jianfeng sighed when he heard the questions.

A moment later, he inhaled and began explaining.

"The challenged person would normally choose the venue and nature of the challenge. However, I had to give up these privileges to buy you more time. Otherwise, you would be forced to accept the challenges as soon as you came out of seclusion."

"I see." Shen Xu nodded.

It was a little bit disadvantageous that they couldn’t choose the venue or the nature of the challenges.

However, he was confident that he and Zhen Yuan could surmount whichever difficulties they encountered.

"Don’t worry, though." Luo Jianfeng said and quickly continued.

"Although you can’t choose the venue or how the challenge will be conducted, I negotiated some safeguards."

"First, the venue must be a neutral place. It can’t be the gravity tower or some such absurd place. Second, the sect will appoint thirty elders - three for each discipline, to oversee the challenges."

"Sounds fair." Shen Xu said, but Zhen Yuan didn’t think so.

"The opponents are the Xuanyuan siblings and their cronies. Do you really think the elders will be fair about this matter? We will probably encounter some obscure knowledge." He said.

"Zhen Yuan is right." Luo Jianfeng said and quickly continued.

"One month allows you to prepare, but it also gives the same advantage to the other side. In all honesty, your situation is not optimistic. Maybe you should think about alternative solutions to your current problem." He advised.

"Alternative solutions?" Shen Xu muttered and chuckled before continuing.

"Senior, I feel like you are hiding something from us." He said and tilted his head to the right.

Hearing this, Luo Jianfeng looked at the two with a solemn expression.

"Was it really a coincidence that you joined the ninety-seventh peak?" He asked and narrowed his eyes with a thoughtful face.

Unfortunately, neither Shen Xu nor Zhen Yuan was easily rattled.

After hearing Luo Jianfeng’s question, they didn’t react strongly and only showed a slight interest.

"Otherwise?" Shen Xu asked and raised an eyebrow, acting like he didn’t understand what the big deal was about.