The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 332 - 332 332 Joining the Team

Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Joining the Team Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Joining the Team Jing Yan stared at the Red Lotus Academy student.

Then, his gaze shifted, looking towards Jing Ziqi.

“Ziqi, I have something to tell you, let’s go over there,” Jing Yan said to Jing Ziqi.

He truly couldn’t be bothered with that high-level student from Red Lotus Academy, the gap between them was too great.

Jing Yan had reached a height where his state of mind had improved, and he no longer placed as much importance on some verbal disrespect as he once did.

“Okay,” Jing Ziqi immediately responded.

“Kid, I’m talking to you, are you deaf?”

Jing Yan didn’t want to pay attention to that man, but the man, taking his silence as a personal affront, presumably saw Jing Yan’s disregard as an insult, causing him to lose face in front of others.

“Gao Lu senior brother, Jing Yan is a student from Dao Yi Academy,” Jing Ziqi said with slightly furrowed brows to the student called Gao Lu from Red Lotus Academy.

“From Dao Yi Academy?

He can enter one of the Three Major Academies?” Gao Lu raised his brows and let out a sneering laugh.

“Gao Lu, since he is a friend of Jing Ziqi, we are all not strangers here, just let it go!” someone from the Red Lotus Academy team advised the man called Gao Lu.

“Yeah!

We are here to hunt spiritual beasts to complete our mission, so we shouldn’t create unnecessary problems.”

“Jing Ziqi, hurry up, we are all waiting for you!”

Several members of the Red Lotus Academy started speaking out.

Seeing that the others said so, Gao Lu snorted coldly and glared at Jing Yan fiercely but didn’t say anything further.

Jing Yan and Jing Ziqi walked to the side.

“Ziqi, are you very familiar with that Gao Lu guy?” Jing Yan asked in a low voice.

As for this warrior called Gao Lu, Jing Yan certainly didn’t have a good impression of him.

Originally, Jing Yan came to find Jing Ziqi with the intention to simply give her some Elixirs and leave, but now, Jing Yan had other thoughts.

“Not familiar at all.

Jing Yan, why do you ask?” Jing Ziqi asked in surprise.

“I just find it odd.

In this team, you are the only one who is at the Innate Middle Stage, the rest are all at the Late Innate Realm,” Jing Yan said with a frown.

“Oh, right.

Actually, it was Senior Sister Lin Ru who insisted on taking me along.

Otherwise, with my strength, I definitely wouldn’t be able to join such a team,” Jing Ziqi said with sudden realization, understanding Jing Yan’s implication.

She had a relatively good relationship with Lin Ru in the team.

Of course, Jing Ziqi also knew that Lin Ru had become friends with her largely because of Mu Yunfei.

Not many in the Red Lotus Academy were aware of Mu Yunfei’s identity, but this person named Lin Ru knew.

Lin Ru’s motivation to bring Jing Ziqi into her circle was clearly to establish a better connection with Mu Yunfei.

Otherwise, Jing Ziqi, a martial artist with an average strength and no powerful background, would not be significant enough to merit Lin Ru’s attention.

“Why did that Gao Lu give me such a glaring look?” Jing Yan glanced again at the not-too-distant Gao Lu.

“It’s probably because of me.

Senior Brother Gao Lu was against me joining the team, but Senior Sister Lin Ru insisted.

She is probably the strongest in the team.

So when Senior Sister Lin Ru insisted, Gao Lu had to agree,” Jing Ziqi said with a resigned smile.

“Actually, I didn’t want to come with them either, since my strength differs too much, but Senior Sister Lin Ru insisted that I come along.

Besides, the reward points for the mission the team took on are quite substantial, so…”

Even though Gao Lu, Lin Ru, and the others were all at the Late Innate Realm, there could still be a big gap in strength between martial artists of the same realm.

Lin Ru, who was apparently the strongest member of the team, naturally had the most say.

Hearing what Jing Ziqi had said, Jing Yan understood.

That Gao Lu surely found Jing Ziqi an eyesore, thinking she was dragging the team down.

Knowing Jing Ziqi, his dissatisfaction with her naturally extended to Jing Yan as well.

“Jing Ziqi, are you done talking?” Gao Lu called out impatiently from the other side.

“Ziqi, I’ll join your team too!” Jing Yan thought for a moment and then said.

He was worried about Jing Ziqi.

The team, composed almost entirely of martial artists with the Cultivation of the Late Innate Realm, was surely set to hunt a powerful spiritual beast.

Jing Ziqi among them might face danger.

That wasn’t his main concern though; what worried Jing Yan the most was that the guy called Gao Lu might try to sabotage from the shadows.

It would be very difficult for Jing Ziqi, a martial artist at the Innate Middle Stage, to deal with any underhanded tactics from a Late-stage Innate Martial Artist.

Jing Yan certainly didn’t want Jing Ziqi to die.

“Won’t that delay your schedule?” Jing Ziqi hesitated.

She wasn’t worried about Jing Yan’s safety; she was well aware of his strength.

Innate Peak Martial Artists might not even be a match for him, so Jing Yan joining their team would definitely be a strong addition.

The issue was that Jing Yan was a student of Dao Yi Academy, and if he helped complete the mission, he wouldn’t be able to obtain Red Lotus Academy Points.

In other words, Jing Yan could be helping without any reward.

“It’s no trouble!

Come on, let’s go,” Jing Yan said with a smile and shake of his head.

The two walked back.

“Time is precious, let’s hurry up and enter the Hunting Ground,” Gao Lu said with a dark look in his eyes.

“Wait a minute, I want to join your team!” Jing Yan raised his hand and said.

“Huh?”

“What?”

“You want to join our team?”

Everyone in the team stared at Jing Yan in shock.

“Kid, what Cultivation do you have?

Do you know what kind of team we are?

You want to join us?

That’s incredibly presumptuous!” Gao Lu sneered.

“Hehe, don’t be so quick to reject me, just listen!” Jing Yan said with a smile, waving his hand.

“I am a student from Dao Yi Academy.

Joining your team would be all pros and no cons for you.

You complete the mission, earn points, and I won’t take any, right?”

Hearing what Jing Yan said, Gao Lu and the others’ eyes suddenly lit up.

Right!

Jing Yan was from Dao Yi Academy, not their Red Lotus Academy.

They would get the fixed points upon completing the mission without having to share any with Jing Yan.

For their team, there was no downside.

Most of the missions issued by the Three Major Academies to hunt spiritual beasts offered fixed point rewards.

They could be completed by a lone individual or by a coordinated team.

But the point rewards were finite; if completed by a team, those points would be divided among the team’s martial artists.

“This junior brother, what you say is indeed true, but once we enter the Hunting Ground, we won’t have the resources to protect you.

If an emergency arises, we may not have the manpower to ensure your safety,” another woman in the team said, looking at Jing Yan.

She was Lin Ru.

She was also the only woman in the whole team, other than Jing Ziqi.

According to Jing Ziqi, she was the strongest martial artist in the team.