Chapter 1914: New Members
"Elder Wu, it is wrong to show your disdain for us in front of everyone," Yi Yunfei pointed out very seriously. "Besides, we didn’t fight directly. Except for Second Brother, who used his sword to strike a few demons at the start, we used medicine the rest of the time."
"That’s right, Elder Wu. You can’t deliberately belittle us just because we won," Ouyang Tianyun added from the side.
"Why would I belittle you? None of you are pleasant to talk to," Elder Wu said directly.
"How are we not pleasant?" Everyone looked surprised.
"When you went to kill the demons, why couldn’t you have left a few for me? I hadn’t even started, and you all wiped them out. If I don’t complain about you, who do I complain about? You don’t know how to respect your elders," Elder Wu said, clearly unhappy. It turned out he was upset because he hadn’t gotten to kill any demons.
"So it’s because Elder Wu didn’t get to kill any demons," everyone finally understood.
Sword Feiyan spoke up, "Elder Wu, tomorrow when we go to kill demons, we’ll let you go first. We’ll just sit on the side eating melon seeds and peanuts. After you’ve had your fill of killing, we’ll join in. Is that okay?" She looked extremely sincere.
Elder Chen nearby laughed out loud. The other senior students from the Sage Academy who had come to help also suppressed their smiles, finding these junior brothers and sisters very interesting.
Elder Wu puffed out his cheeks, hands on his hips, glaring at them. "You let me go, but you want to sit back and snack? You’re doing this on purpose. You’re lazy."
"E=(′o｀))) Sigh," everyone sighed deeply.
Mi Xiao said, "Elder Wu, we were fighting to kill demons. You said we stole your demons. Fine, we let you go. Now you say we’re lazy. It’s really hard to please you."
"Pfft." Everyone present, except for the newly arrived Sage Academy members, burst into laughter.
"I think this batch of junior brothers and sisters is too interesting," a young man with a buzz cut said seriously, though wisdom shone in his eyes.
"This is your senior brother from the upper realm. I forgot his rank, but his name is Sikong Xuran. You can just call him Senior Brother Sikong," Elder Chen introduced.
"Hello, Senior Brother Sikong," the ten of them greeted.
Sikong Xuran waved his hand. "Hello, junior brothers and sisters."
Elder Chen said, "Xuran, these ten junior brothers and sisters are entrusted to you. You must take good care of them in your team."
"Definitely," Sikong Xuran nodded seriously. Then he turned to Yi Yunfei and the others. "Everyone, I’ll take you to the resting area and introduce you to the rest of our team."
Sikong Xuran led Yi Yunfei and the others toward their camp. "Since we have many people, we are divided into teams internally. I am the leader of Team Six. Currently, there are over forty people in our team. At our peak, we had one hundred, but many fell in battle with the demons. Now, only forty-five remain. With your ten, we will have fifty-five."
"So, other academies will also add members to the teams later," Yi Yunfei understood. It seemed a hundred-person team was the standard.
"Probably. But since you joined my team, it’s unlikely others will join us. There are currently thirty-five teams like ours, and we are already short on personnel," Sikong Xuran said cheerfully. "Our team is also divided into smaller squads, basically ten people per squad. Your ten fit perfectly into one squad. Of course, if you want to join other teams, that’s fine too."
Sikong Xuran continued, "Since everyone here comes from the Sage Academy, we don’t have too many complicated thoughts. We are optimistic, but every time we see someone die, it feels terrible."
His words were true; it was indeed a terrible feeling.
They walked for about fifteen minutes and arrived at Sikong Xuran’s team camp.
"Boss, you’re back," a heroic-looking woman said.
"Yes, Hongmei. Call everyone out. I’ve brought junior brothers and sisters for everyone to meet," Sikong Xuran said seriously.
"Okay," Hongmei agreed and went to find them.
Soon, everyone gathered. Although the number wasn’t huge, it wasn’t small either.
A man dressed as a scholar smiled. "Boss, it’s finally our team’s turn to welcome junior brothers and sisters."
"Ziyuan, is the welcome feast ready?" Sikong Xuran asked.
"It’s been ready for a long time, just waiting for everyone to arrive," Wen Ziyuan said with a smile.
Sikong Xuran turned to Yi Yunfei and the others. "Come, let’s drink and eat meat. This was prepared specially for you." With a wave of his hand, everyone entered the camp.
A bonfire was already burning in the camp, with a whole pig roasting over it, emitting a delicious aroma.
Ouyang Tianyun looked displeased. "You’re wasting good resources! How can you roast such a fine spirit pig like this? Sigh." As he spoke, he took out a large pile of seasonings and took over the roasting work.
"Ouyang Tianyun, our third junior brother is a culinary cultivator, so he’s quite obsessive about food preparation," Yi Yunfei explained.
"Great! We finally have a culinary cultivator!" a burly man shouted. He clearly had well-developed muscles.
"Chen Zhengyong, our warrior here. A martial cultivator with high combat power," Sikong Xuran introduced his people with a smile.
"Fifteen, hurry up and bring out some vegetables," Ouyang Tianyun called out.
Zhu Yanyi was speechless. "I knew calling me wouldn’t end well. I remember you bought plenty of vegetables and hid them yourself. Why use mine?" Although she complained, Zhu Yanyi still brought out ten boxes of vegetables.
Seeing the fresh, green vegetables that looked like emeralds, Sikong Xuran was stunned. "You brought fresh vegetables with you?"
"Of course," Sword Feiyan said with a grin. "When we come here, we must ensure we eat well first."
Sikong Xuran: (⊙o⊙)…
"Am I getting old? Why do I feel like I can’t keep up with your pace?" Sikong Xuran was speechless. Although students from the Sage Academy were generally casual, he had never seen such extreme casualness.
Zhu Yanyi helped pass the vegetables to Ouyang Tianyun and then said, "What’s the big deal, Senior Brother Sikong? Do you know that our academy, including the ten of us who just graduated, has only seventeen students in total?"