At those words.
Sharp gasps rose from all around, followed by a torrent of furious curses.
"Utterly shameless!"
"You can't beat Senior Sister Gu one-on-one, so you actually dare team up to scheme for her body?!"
"Exactly! Senior Sister Gu, don't agree to anything these beasts ask! They just want your extreme yin qi for free!"
"...A sparring match?"
Gu Qingchen stopped, swept her gaze over the eight of them, and asked with a cold smile:
"If you win, which of you would I belong to?"
The eight had clearly planned this beforehand. Without the slightest blush, they answered:
"All of us, naturally. We'll comprehend the Great Dao together!"
At these words, the watching disciples grew even more outraged, cursing their shameless behavior. The eight of them actually wanted to keep her all to themselves.
They loudly urged Gu Qingchen not to agree to these shameless scoundrels.
"..."
Gu Qingchen's smile faded, and she said calmly:
"Think this through."
"I have never practiced dual cultivation, but under the rules I asked my master to establish, anyone who loses a duel must surrender their soul to me."
Seeing that Gu Qingchen actually seemed willing to agree, the eight were overjoyed!
"Rest assured, Senior Sister. If we lose, we'll accept the consequences!"
As far as they were concerned, Gu Qingchen had just fought a major battle. Against them, she would surely be a spent force.
Besides, it was eight against one!
Seeing this, many disciples who had held back out of regard for their status bitterly regretted it, inwardly cursing themselves for not stepping forward sooner to seize such a windfall.
Yet in less than half an incense stick's time.
"..."
Gu Qingchen walked down from the arena, her expression unchanged and not a speck of dust on her.
Eight brilliant spheres