Shao Yang smiled and cut Jun Ziyi off. "Don't worry. This mountain peak of ours is no longer what it used to be. Someone with Peng Tianhu's strength wouldn't even be able to enter the mountain gate!"
Shao Yue also patted Jun Ziyi's hand reassuringly. "The mentor arranged everything before leaving."
Jun Ziyi was half-convinced, half-dubious, still harboring a trace of unease and worry.
The group came together to the mountainside and stopped the band of outsiders.
"Brats! Call your elders out!"
Peng Tianhu, walking at the front, halted in astonishment. Seeing that only five young men and women, all apparently under twenty, had come out to meet them, he could not help but feel thoroughly puzzled.
Their vicious-looking group had not come to play house. They had come to seize the Sect Token!
Just as Shao Yang was about to step forward, Qian Xin beside him beat him to it.
"I'll take the lead."
As she spoke, she had already arrived before Peng Tianhu's group and sternly demanded, "Who are you people, and what business do you have here?"
Peng Tianhu held his head high and answered loudly, "Tiger Wolf Stronghold, Peng Tianhu."
The two words "Sky Tiger" were both his name and his soul title.
Not far from his side, a gloomy middle-aged man of around forty spoke up. "Azure Hawk Stronghold, Pu Hongying, soul title Flying Eagle! Call out whoever is in charge here and let's trade a few moves. If you lose, hand over the Sect Token!"
Because they knew beforehand that this Sect Token might be connected to the Luo Family, these surrounding forces did not dare charge openly up the mountain even after arriving. They could only come seeking instruction through a "martial contest"—the capable would claim it!
Moreover, each force had brought only