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Yun Che glanced at the black energy in his palm, then looked down: "Little girl hiding, come out."

Lin Zhao recognized that this person was using a Dao technique similar to the Thousand Spirit Slash, so why would she listen to him? She and the Cloud Peak Immortal Venerable had an irreconcilable hatred!
So she remained motionless in that spot.

Yun Che sighed helplessly: "My intervention this time can be considered as helping you. Little girl, are you planning to keep hiding forever?"

After a brief exchange with her grandmother, Lin Zhao emerged from the Spirit Sparrow Pool, her phoenix wings unfurling behind her. Looking at the handsome young man before her, whose white robes still exuded an air of majesty and nobility, she subtly took a few steps back: "Junior Lin Zhao thanks senior."

Yun Che's brows furrowed slightly: "You should call me 'Senior Uncle'."

What a damn bad luck! It really is one of those guys from Cloudtop Old Dog's side!

Lin Zhao retreated even further, and his form of address changed instantly: "You probably don't know what happened on Cloud Peak a few months ago, do you?"

Yun Che frowned. He had only recently arrived on the Heavenly Phoenix Continent, and his spiritual energy was unstable. He had just been calming it at the Spirit Sparrow Pool when he encountered this little girl. Seeing her use the Thousand Spirit Blossoms technique, he assumed she was a disciple of Cloud Peak, but he hadn't expected...

“Little girl, you and Yunding…” Thinking of what Yunding suffered back then, Yun Che seemed to have something in mind: “If he has done anything extreme over the years, I, as his senior brother, apologize to you on his behalf.”

A powerful being beyond the Nascent Soul stage apologizing to him—if it were anyone else, they would have been at a loss for words.

But Lin Zhao had already died once because of Yunding, and on top of that, she suffered the humiliation of her wedding in this life. How could she possibly forgive him just because of a casual apology from the other party?

"I will certainly repay the kindness you showed me, senior. But it is laughable that you think you can erase my affair with Yunding with just an apology." After saying this, Lin Zhao cupped his hands and turned to leave.

Just as Yun Che was about to stop him, an aged voice drifted into his ears.

"I will protect my disciple. She will be fine even without you. Instead of asking my disciple all sorts of questions, why don't you investigate what your good junior brother did to her?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Che glanced at the black lines on his palm and the bottle of pure exorcism elixir that appeared with the voice, but ultimately said nothing, only letting out a long sigh.

On the other side, when Lin Zhao arrived at his base according to his memory, he was stunned to see a team that was twice the size of the one he had left with.

She glanced at it briefly and concluded that there were definitely over three hundred people.

Is nearly a third of the people here?
When Lu Yuan saw her return, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Captain, in the month or so you were gone, Jia Lan and the others have won over more than half of the new students."

Lin Zhaotong looked around, frowned, and asked, "What happened? Are all these people our men?"

She remembered that before she left, she had instructed that her team should not exceed three hundred people.

Before Lu Yuan could speak, the boy beside him said, "Captain Lin, during the time you were away, Jialan and Zhao Jixing announced that after constantly purging their team members, they would eliminate anyone who did not belong to their team."

Is there anything Lin Zhao doesn't understand now?

"Besides these people, were all the others eliminated?"

“Even if it’s not, it’s close enough.” The boy’s face was slightly bitter: “There are still a dozen or so newcomers left, led by two people at the ninth level of enlightenment, and they haven’t joined any of the teams.”

Lin Zhao pondered for a moment: "We only have about a third of the people here, while Jialan and her group have more than a third of the people, and their cultivation and strength are superior to ours. So what do you mean?"

The young man bowed to Lin Zhao and said, "Please, Captain Lin, allow us to join, and also bring those two ninth-level enlightened beings into the team. We are willing to serve Captain Lin wholeheartedly."

The other newly joined team members also bowed behind the boy.

They all understood that the only one who could truly turn the tide and help them retaliate against Zhao Jixing and Jialan was this girl they had once underestimated. In just over two months, the competition between Lin Zhao and Jialan had made them fully realize the gap between themselves and Lin Zhao.

After a moment's thought, Lin Zhao smiled and helped the leading boy to his feet: "I have a grudge against Jialan that I must settle. I was reluctant to expand the team at the time because of the situation. But things are different now. If you want to join the team, as long as you are sincere, of course you can. Also, I understand what you all have to say. As the captain of this team, I will do my best to win this competition."

The boy looked at Lin Zhao with some excitement: "What does the captain mean?"

"Let me go and see those two who have reached the ninth level of enlightenment," Lin Zhao said with a slight smile.

Qu Shu and Ming Yue walked to her side. Ming Yue asked hesitantly, "Sister, Qu Shu and I have recovered from our injuries. Why don't we go with you?"

She could sense that Lin Zhao's aura had become much stronger, but she didn't know that Lin Zhao had already entered the Great Perfection of Enlightenment. Therefore, she was worried that Lin Zhao was still in the late stage of Enlightenment and that it would be difficult for one person to deal with two people at the ninth level of Enlightenment.

Lin Zhao patted her shoulder and laughed, "Perhaps a month ago we really needed you to step in and keep things under control, but not anymore. I'm the captain, leave everything to me!"

A month ago, Lin Zhao might have needed a fight to defeat someone at the ninth level of the Enlightenment Realm. But now, she has no fear of those at the ninth level of the Enlightenment Realm.

"Will Jialan and the others go ahead and recruit before us?" Lu Yuan asked.

Lin Zhao shook his head: "Who do you think has the higher strength and a stronger team right now?"

Lu Yuan moved his lips and sighed, "It's their side."

"Yes, they are stronger, but these two teams risked elimination by not joining Garan. What do you think that represents?"

“They have no intention of joining them at all, and are waiting for us to invite them?!” Mingyue understood immediately.

Lin Zhao smiled knowingly, "Not only that, but it might also be a test of me as the team leader."

After all, the fact that she ran away as soon as she saw Zhao Jixing would definitely be spread, which is why more powerful people are willing to attach themselves to Zhao Jixing and his group.

If you are less capable than others, you should indeed be treated differently.

You said Lin Zhao's team didn't have the same bad morale as Zhao Jixing's team?
Sorry, but in this competition, strength reigns supreme. To gain points, they might even slaughter each other; why would they care about the atmosphere of the team they join?

After all, the prevailing atmosphere is bad, and those who are exploited are the ordinary cultivators without any background, whose lives are worthless in their eyes.

Lin Zhao also understood this person's heart very well.

But who is stronger?

It might have been Zhao Jixing in the past, but that may not be the case now.

If Zhao Jixing can recruit people with absolute strength, Lin Zhao can too!
"Let's go. Once we recruit these two level nines into our team, we can go collect our debts."

As Lin Zhao finished speaking, everyone's hearts pounded.

These days, they've had enough of being bullied by Zhao Jixing and his two companions' arrogance, but they're still standing here. Who doesn't have pride?
If Lin Zhao demonstrates strength comparable to Zhao Jixing in this recruitment operation, their team will not only be stronger due to the addition of two level-nine enlightened beings, but their momentum will also far surpass that of Zhao Jixing's team.

All of this depends on whether Lin Zhao can convince those two ninth-level enlightened beings to join him willingly!

(End of this chapter)