Mu Jinyu ignored the murderous glances from behind, showed no embarrassment, and answered:
"When I got the first Pass Token, I was thinking, did the score for coming first in the Outer Gate's grand exam, as mentioned by Elder Lin, include the results from this selection?"
"If it did, wouldn't obtaining just one Pass Token be insufficient? So, by accident... I took a bit more."
The Outer Sect Disciples who had come after him to kill him were fuming with anger upon hearing his words, and cursed:
"You call that a bit more? You've taken almost two-thirds of all the Pass Tokens, okay!"
"Exactly, do you have no shame? You've snatched away all our Tokens and still claim it was an accident!"
"..."
Everyone was seething with rage.
Lin Feng was speechless, pressed his hand to his forehead, and said, "One is enough, the score for becoming the first in the Outer Gate's grand exam does not include the results from this selection!"
"Oh, I see!"
Mu Jinyu, upon hearing this, showed no disappointment, as he had taken so many Pass Tokens just as a precaution, to increase his chances of winning.
After all, if he didn't take them, if someone else took more, and they ended up getting extra points for it, wouldn't he be at a loss?
It's better to take them than not, and even if he was wrong in the end, he wouldn't feel embarrassed; the embarrassment would fall on others.
With a wave of his hand, thirty-six Pass Tokens suddenly flew towards the crowd behind him—thirty-three of them!
"Mine! Mine!!"
The Outer Sect Disciples at first didn't understand what Mu Jinyu was doing. But soon, they realized he was giving them back the Pass Tokens as he found they were of no use to him.
Immediately, they started shouting and scrambling for the Tokens.
The fight was fierce!
They were left with black and blue faces, even worse than taking on the Wooden Dummy!
"Stop it right now, what kind of behavior is this!"
Seeing the chaotic scene, Lin Feng's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he loudly commanded them to stop.
The Outer Sect Disciples who were frantically fighting over the Pass Tokens heard Lin Feng's command and speeded up the fight. After about a minute's delay, a few managed to successfully grab Pass Tokens and distance themselves, and finally, the struggle came to an end!
The thirty-three Pass Tokens that Mu Jinyu had distributed were almost all snatched by the stronger disciples among them.
However, the price they paid was quite hefty. Almost everyone ended up with black eyes, bloody noses, and some even lost several teeth!
After all, with so many of them crowded together, whoever touched the Pass Token first would be subjected to a concentrated attack. Although they were stronger, they couldn't withstand such an onslaught.
And so, they ended up in this sorry state!
"Hiss hiss, that hurts..."
"Damn, who was attacking my lower body just now? Nearly crippled me!"
"Did anyone see my teeth? Damn, they weren't crushed, were they?"
The thirty-three who managed to snatch the Pass Tokens complained while grimacing in pain.
But they were still somewhat relieved in their hearts. Although it was tough, at least they obtained a Pass Token, and were not eliminated in the first round.
The disciples who had repeatedly failed and struggled were even more grateful, because they had already failed four times. If they had not passed the selection this time, they would have been expelled from the Sect!
Now it was okay. Although they might not achieve good results in the Outer Gate competition, at least they wouldn't be expelled from the Sect anymore.
Such luck did not befall too many, and there were dozens of Outer Sect Disciples who would be expelled if they failed the test this time. Seeing that the Pass Tokens were difficult to snatch from others, they once again cast their greedy gazes at Mu Jinyu!
Mu Jinyu had thrown out thirty-three of the thirty-six Pass Tokens. Now he still had three left, which he couldn't need all by himself. Maybe they still had a chance!
While they watched Mu Jinyu closely, they also secretly stayed on guard, ready to snatch at any moment.
This time, even if they had to risk half their lives, they must snatch one of those two Tokens!
Mu Jinyu felt a chill from their hungry, wolfish gazes and spoke up to remind them, "Hey, hey, hey, don't get me wrong. I'm not playing hard to get, trying to give out Tokens in two separate occasions. I'm not giving out these last three, remember, I still have a wife and a sister!"
Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, those who were hot-headed and secretly ready to fight felt their hearts cool by half.
That's right, how could they forget there were two women with Mu Jinyu.
Although they did not know the full extent of their strength, or whether they had obtained Pass Tokens, at the very least, as long as it was not guaranteed that they could pass the selection, Mu Jinyu certainly would not throw the remaining Tokens to them!
"Ah, had I known earlier, I should have fought even at the cost of three months bedridden to snatch a Token!"
"Me too!"
"Hey, why are you looking at me? The Elder is right here. You won't have any good outcome if you cause trouble,"
"..."
The crowd began to feel regretful, and some shifted their gaze towards those Outer Sect Disciples who were of lesser strength but lucky enough to have successfully snatched a Token at the last moment.
These Disciples were very alert and promptly brought up the Elders as a warning not to create disorder!
Lin Feng and Elder Cheng looked at the chaotic scene, feeling a bit of a headache!
This was the first time they had seen such a selection process, where one disciple had gotten nearly two-thirds of the Pass Tokens and then randomly thrown them to others.
And most of these Token-holders wouldn't have passed the selection under normal circumstances.
"What should we do now? Should we start the selection over?"
Lin Feng had a headache and turned to ask Elder Cheng.
Elder Cheng pondered for a moment and shook his head, "Starting over is not realistic. Most of these Disciples are exhausted from fighting in the selection passages, and they definitely won't agree to a redo. And those who obtained Tokens won't agree either. Anyway, since it's already been distributed like this, let's just leave it at that!"
He paused, then added, "At most this time, it won't be recorded in the assessment rankings. This way, those Disciples who were prepared to make a final stand in the last assessment but ended up in a mess because of him, will have another chance next time."
"Then that's the only way!" Lin Feng said hesitantly, then nodded in agreement.
Afterward, he announced this remedial measure to calm everyone down and to prevent those Outer Sect Disciples who had just failed to snatch a Token and were eager to act from being impulsive.
Hearing Lin Feng's announcement, those Outer Sect Disciples who had just proudly snatched a Token at the risk of half their lives, thus securing their place in the Sect, were now stunned.
There was such a maneuver?!
Wouldn't that mean they had endured that harsh beating for nothing, and they'd have to suffer another beating on the Competition platform?!