Of course she dared to accept the challenge. Why wouldn’t she!

When fighting at the same Martial Student Level as Gu Lingzhi, even Tianfeng Jin admitted that Gu Lingzhi was strong. What more an unknown student whose name was not even on the Stone Tablet at the Training Tower?

Just as Gu Lingzhi was about to agree to the fight, she suddenly changed her mind.

This was just the first day after the incident with the Third Prince and there was already someone challenging her. What else would happen in the future?

With a plan in mind, Gu Lingzhi intentionally seemed like she was thrown in a tough spot and looked back at the girl who had challenged her, “Senior, you have been in the school for a long time and both your spiritual energy and martial fighting techniques are way better than mine. Even if you suppressed your cultivation to be the same as mine, I am afraid I wouldn’t be your match.”

“Why? Are you scared?” The young female student snorted, “Useless! I wonder what the Third Prince sees in you!”

She then pressed a white piece of paper onto Gu Lingzhi’s body.

“I am a Level Seven Martial Student and my name is Mu Niansi. I am officially challenging you and this challenge will be valid for a month. If you consider yourself a Martial Student, then you’d accept the challenge!”

Mu Niansi then turned her head abruptly, causing her ponytail to whip around her as she left. Her sharp look of disdain caused those watching them to start whispering amongst themselves.

They had thought that given the astonishing abilities of Gu Lingzhi in the Alchemy District, she would also be good at Martial Skills. They never thought that she would be so cowardly so as to not even dare to accept a challenge. This was simply unbelievable to the students from the Royal School, who were all prodigies.

No one would want to seem weak, what more these people who were extraordinarily talented?

Looking at the simple letter of challenge that she received, Gu Lingzhi stared at it as she came up with a plan.

A Challenge Letter was a piece of document that a Martial Artist issues to another to challenge them to a match. Whoever that received a Challenge Letter could decide whether to accept or decline the challenge.

Normally, those that challenged each other had cultivation levels that were similar and very few students rejected challenges. Even if they knew they were likely to lose, they would still go for it to protect their pride as Martial Artists.

When students from the Royal School challenged each other, all they needed was a verbal agreement of time and confirmation. The reason why Mu Niansi made things so official and issued Gu Lingzhi a Challenge Letter in front of everyone was because she wanted to make Gu Lingzhi look bad.

If Gu Lingzhi did not possess the techniques that she had learnt from the Inheritance Space, given that she just entered the school, she would definitely not accept the challenge as she would not have been Mu Niansi’s match. From the look on Mu Niansi face, if Gu Lingzhi were to accept when she was not Mu Niansi’s match, she would definitely be beaten badly.

But if Gu Lingzhi were to reject the challenge…her reputation would go down the drain.

After all, Martial Artists look up to strong individuals. If she did not dare to accept the challenge even after the other party suppressed their cultivation level, it would mean that she was a coward.

Deadline of one month? She wanted to see if other than Mu Niansi, who else in the school wanted to challenge her. Or rather…who wanted to make her look bad!

Gu Lingzhi was surprised at how many people had wished for her to fail.

In a single morning, Gu Lingzhi actually received seven or eight Challenge Letters. The high number of challenges Gu Lingzhi received caused Ye Fei and Tianfeng Jin to run over to her once they heard about it.

“Lingzhi, why aren’t you accepting their challenges? You could beat them to a pulp!” Ye Fei whispered to Gu Lingzhi as they sat in the cafeteria.

From what she knew about Gu Lingzhi, she was not one to reject a challenge. Tianfeng Jin was even more bewildered given that she had exchanged blows with Gu Lingzhi and knew how good she was at fighting.

“Other than the ten people on the stone tablet, you could easily beat anyone else if they suppress their cultivation level to be the same as yours,” Tianfeng Jin replied objectively.

Sensing the attention of others around them, Gu Lingzhi also lowered her voice and spoke so only the three of them could hear, “Don’t you think this is a good way for me to earn points?”

Immediately as she said this, the expression of her friends changed. Pursing her lips tightly, Ye Fei shot up a thumbs up.

“Wow, it would be a waste if you’re not a businesswoman in the future.”

The cold expression on Tianfeng Jin also flickered slightly before she returned back to her composed self.

“That’s a good idea,” Tianfeng Jin commented before keeping silent again.

When Gu Lingzhi returned to her dorm at night, she had collected over 30 Challenge Letters.

“Why do you gotten so many in a single day? Did they all plan to challenge you beforehand?” Ye Fei commented as she saw Gu Lingzhi pull out the entire wad of Challenge Letters.

“I don’t know if they planned this beforehand, but I know that they all wish to see me fail.”

“That’s right,” Ye Fei nodded as she picked up a letter to see.

“Yu Fengting? Wow, even she is targeting you. You should be careful of her, she almost made it to the top ten students of the Training Tower.”

Gu Lingzhi leaned over as she took the Challenge Letter out of Ye Fei’s hands, silently memorizing the name. She took a mental note to be more aware of her.

Ye Fei was bored and continued to sift through the pile of letters. Her eyes suddenly flashed as she saw a long Challenge Letter, “Are you kidding me? Even guys are challenging you?”

“There’s quite a few too,” Gu Lingzhi added on.

Ye Fei swallowed her saliva and said, “I really want to see their faces when they lose to you.”

Tianfeng Jin paused her motion of polishing her sword to look up and say, “I want to see too.”

“There is no rush. After all, the Challenge Letters are effective for a month. I will be okay as long as I accept all their challenges within that time frame.”

In another part of the school, as Tianfeng Wei heard her servant’s report on Gu Lingzhi, a mocking look appeared on her face.

“How dare a coward like her try to steal the Third Prince away from me?”

“That’s right, that wastrel from the Gu Clan really doesn’t know her place. The Third Prince can get any girl he wants. Even if he seems like he is interested in her now, once he sees her true colours, he’ll definitely lose interest in her,” a young girl that admired Tianfeng Wei claimed. She received a look of approval from Tianfeng Wei. She was the girl that first challenged Gu Lingzhi today, Mu Niansi.

“You did well today, I hope to see more people challenge Gu Lingzhi tomorrow. The more this blows up, the better. The Third Prince hates cowards the most. If this were to be heard by him, he’d definitely shun her.”

“Yes, tomorrow I will find more people to challenge Gu Lingzhi.”

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