The talisman paper was meant for testing.
But the result left Zhao Cangjin deeply disappointed.
Chu Feng was still a junior.
"What, still doubting my age?" Chu Feng looked toward Zhao Cangjin.
"What is your name?"
This was the first time Zhao Cangjin had asked for Chu Feng's name — a junior with such strength fully deserved to have his name remembered.
"Defeat me, and I'll tell you my name," Chu Feng said.
"Defeat you?"
"So you've finally got the courage to challenge me?" Zhao Cangjin asked.
"I want to challenge you, but I'm not sure if you're even qualified to be challenged by me," Chu Feng said.
"I'm not qualified?"
The anger in Zhao Cangjin's eyes deepened, feeling that Chu Feng was insulting him.
"If the resources aren't equal, why would I bother challenging you?"
As Chu Feng spoke, he flipped his wrist, and all the resources the Zhao Immortal Clan had obtained floated from his palm into the air.
The meaning was simple — the resources Chu Feng currently held were far too abundant. Zhao Cangjin would need to match them with equivalent resources.
"So that's what you've been waiting for."
Zhao Cangjin let out a cold laugh, then turned his own palm over. One hundred silver stone fragments floated upward into the air.
Though silver in color, they were of very high quality.
"Young Master!!!"
Seeing this, many members of the Zhao Immortal Clan wanted to intervene.
Because they knew that when Zhao Cangjin had previously sparred with others, he had only prepared ten silver stone fragments.
Now he was bringing out a hundred. They feared Zhao Cangjin was being schemed against — what if Chu Feng's true strength went beyond what he had shown?
But before their words of dissuasion could even leave their mouths, they were met with Zhao Cangjin's frigid gaze.
That look seemed to say, I will not be as useless as you.
At that moment, Chu Feng's voice rang out once more: "If it's only this much, then even if you defeat me, you can only win back what your clansmen lost."
"What I have here — you won't be taking it."
Chu Feng made a point of handling those dozen or so forged golden stone fragments.
"You're trying to fleece me?" Zhao Cangjin's gaze turned cold.
"How is matching resources fleecing you?"
"Besides, if you were truly confident you could beat me, you wouldn't care about the amount of resources, would you?"
"Your age is greater than mine — could it really be that you're so certain you can't beat me?" Chu Feng asked.
"A goading tactic?"
"I'll admit, it works quite well on me."
As he spoke, Zhao Cangjin swept his sleeve, and another four hundred golden stone fragments flew into the air above.
"I'll use these as stakes for a match with you."
"If you can beat me, I won't make things difficult for you — take all the resources."
"But if you lose to me, not only must you hand over all the resources, you'll also need to do as that stuttering friend of yours did — follow my orders before you're allowed to leave."
After saying this, Zhao Cangjin didn't wait for Chu Feng's response. He stepped directly into the spatial world, placing all the resources at the exit.
Once he stood at the center of the spatial world, he looked back at Chu Feng. "Do you dare?"
"Bring it on."
As he spoke, Chu Feng also stepped into the spatial world.
He placed all his cultivation resources at the exit as well.
"When you're ready, say the word. Don't go claiming I bullied you," Zhao Cangjin said.
"I can still prepare?" Chu Feng asked.
"Of course. I'd rather avoid you saying afterward that it was unfair, that I bullied you," Zhao Cangjin said.
"Fine, then let me prepare." As Chu Feng spoke, he formed hand seals and sat down cross-legged.
"Young Master, don't let him prepare! He's a Spirit World Master — if you give him enough time, who knows what kind of formation he'll set up."
Many members of the Zhao Immortal Clan rushed to warn him.
In truth, they didn't need to tell him. Seeing Chu Feng's posture, Zhao Cangjin had already sensed something was off.
But he had already spoken — he couldn't very well go back on his word in front of everyone, so he could only say: "Let him set it up. I want to see what kind of formation he can possibly arrange."
There was a hint of goading in his words as well — he was betting that Chu Feng, valuing his pride, would stand up and fight him directly.
But shortly after saying this, he regretted it.
Because Chu Feng showed absolutely no sign of stopping. Though no barrier power had been released yet...
Chu Feng's earnest demeanor left him feeling uneasy.
After all, he knew that some powerful Spirit World Masters could set up formations entirely within their own bodies.
"I'm saying, I can be accommodating enough to let you prepare, but you can't really be this shameless, can you?"
"You're really going to make everyone stand here waiting for you like this?" Zhao Cangjin said.