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Twelve o'clock.
Wang Ting punctually pushed open the door of Lilian's tavern.
The inn was quite deserted at this moment, except for a table in the center of the hall where three people were waiting and two attendants serving beside them, no other guests could be seen.
"It's on time."
The speaker is Li Yixin.
One of the three waiting personnel.
"Is everyone here?"
"There's one more, delayed for a moment, should be arriving soon."
Wang Ting nodded, although there were already four people, reaching the number Li Yixin had mentioned earlier, but he still didn't ask anything and sat down beside them. Soon after, a servant brought over tea and pastries.
It's not hard to see from the attitude of these attendants towards Li Yixin that this wine shop, even if it wasn't opened by her family, has a great relationship with her family.
Time hasn't been wasted too much.
Less than half an hour later, a tall and stately young man with an otherworldly beauty walked in from outside the tavern...
"Here."
As soon as the man came in, one of the three people who had been waiting before, a woman, quickly stood up.
After finishing speaking, she turned around and introduced him to Li Yixin: "This is the legendary swordsman of Stormwind Tower, Storm Swordsman's disciple, Zuo Xiangdao!"
"I've long admired your reputation."
Li Yixin nodded slightly, and another man who had shown some disdain for him when Wang Ting entered also raised the red wine in his hand, apparently having heard of his reputation as well.
"Storm Tower?"
In Wang Ting's memory, there was no such legendary high tower among the thirty-six legendary high towers of the Divine Selection Sword Academy.
"Zuo Xiangdao and Zhou Lie are both top disciples of other legendary swordsmen, Zuo Xiangdao from the Storm Tower and Zhou Lie from the Thunder Tower, both of whom rank among the top ten existences on our entire island."
Li Yixin explained in a loud voice.
Wang Ting nodded slightly.
"Newborn?"
Zuo Xiangdao's gaze fell on Wang Ting, and upon seeing Wang Ting's face, which was clearly no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, he slightly furrowed his brow: "The depths of the Blood Moon Forest are not some vacation paradise. Inside, there exist king-level ferocious beasts. Not to mention us, even those great swordsmen and legendary swordsmen might fall. How can you bring a newcomer like this here?"
Li Yixin glanced at Zuo Xiang with a faint smile: "He has grasped the Domain of God."
"Domain of God!"
As soon as this was said, the eyes of the three people fell on Wang Ting's body, with a hint of envy and jealousy.
That man named Zhou Lie snorted coldly: "What's the use of comprehending the Domain of Gods? My master isn't someone who hasn't defeated a strong expert in the Domain of Gods before. This Blood Moon Forest is such a dangerous place, I don't want to have to divide my attention to protect others at that time."
"If you don't believe in his strength, try it out."
"Alright, Wang Ting may be a newcomer, but he has grasped the realm of gods and his cultivation is already unmatched by anyone. Even if he were to go to the Tower of Divine Favor, he would be able to clear the first floor with ease. He barely meets the qualifications to join our team."
"Hmph, if it weren't for this tower being occupied by the Divine Swordsmen Academy, I wouldn't just be able to conquer the first floor, but even the second floor. A single Lord-level ferocious beast, I'm not necessarily unable to kill."
Zhou Lie said coldly, with a somewhat arrogant attitude.
This attitude naturally caused dissatisfaction with the woman and Li Yixin, but considering Zhou Lie's strong strength, they didn't say anything.
"In a short period of time, we can't find a suitable candidate either. Li Yifeng and Ling Fan are in the critical moment of impacting legendary swordsmen and won't follow us to the Blood Moon Forest "Baidu Tieba Starting Text". If you have a suitable candidate, please introduce them over. Otherwise, let's stop here."
Li Yixin said coldly, his tone as usual, and did not defend Wang Ting just because they were both under the Blue Shadow Gate.
Seeing this, Zuo Xiangdao slightly furrowed his brow and, considering that they really couldn't find anyone else, ultimately didn't say anything more.
Zhou Lie also hummed softly and remained silent.
In fact, they prevented Wang Ting from joining the team, and it's not necessarily that they didn't have the idea of not letting Wang Ting share those resources. Wang Ting has already grasped the realm of God now, and his future is boundless. The hope of advancing to a legendary swordsman will be several times theirs. If there are sufficient resources again, the time to advance to a legendary swordsman will be shortened once more.
It's natural for them to have thoughts of rather wasting resources than giving them to Wang Ting.
However, looking at the entire island, there are only a handful of strong people who can defeat Lord-level fierce beasts, and this kind of master is already infinitely close to being a legendary swordsman. Even if Lie Dongyang were here, he wouldn't be able to compare with them.
Although Lie Dongyang attracted the attention of several legendary swordsmen when he first entered the Divine Selection Sword Academy, he wasted most of his time on understanding the realm of God and did not pay much attention to other sword training and self-cultivation. If he hadn't taken that path, it's possible that he could have even become a legendary swordsman, let alone clearing the second floor of the Tower of Divine Favor.
"Well, since no one has any objections, I have drafted an agreement. Please take a look and sign if everything is in order."
Li Yixin said, taking out an agreement.
Several people took turns looking at each other, and they were some restrictive treaties established for the sake of maintaining team stability.
Although this agreement does not have any substantial effect, if someone fails to comply with it and the news spreads, it will also have a huge impact on the reputation of that swordsman. A swordsman who loses credibility has never been trusted or valued by others.
"No problem."
"I'm fine too."
Wang Ting swept a glance at Zhou Lie, nodded slightly, and signed his name.
"Alright, let's go, I've already rented a boat, we'll head to the mainland first and then directly to the Blood Moon Forest."
Li Yixin put away the contract and said faintly, leading several people out of the tavern.
Li Yixin's family was clearly very influential in this area, and everything went smoothly under her arrangement. After leaving the wine house and arriving at the port, a passenger ship was waiting on the sea surface. After boarding the ship, it sailed through the strait between the island and the mainland for more than four hours before reaching the port on the other side of the sea.
As soon as they arrived at the port, there were attendants leading a group of five Bihuo beasts that excelled at traversing mountains and rivers waiting for them. These wild beasts had already reached the middle-grade fierce beast level, and only great swordsmen could kill them, but taming them was also extremely difficult. With the five Bihuo beasts as mounts, everyone's speed increased significantly.
For the next few days, it was a stop-and-go affair. Every time they arrived at a town specifically designed for rest, everything including hotels had already been arranged until the fifth day when they entered the Blood Moon Forest and everyone's pace slowed down.
Five days of rushing, for the strong at this stage of the great swordsmen present, is not considered tiring. After entering the Blood Moon Forest, everyone still has a very sufficient spirit.
"We're getting close to the heart of the Blood Moon Forest. In less than fifty kilometers ahead, we should arrive at the castle where that Half-Saint level expert resides. Let's give up on the Bi Bo beast, its meat is extremely delicious and is a hunting target for many high-level beasts."
Li Yixin said that he didn't regret abandoning the five middle-grade fierce beasts at all.
"The Blood Moon Forest is the domain of ferocious beasts, and high-level ferocious beasts are nothing to us. However, once we provoke a Lord-level ferocious beast, things will become quite troublesome. Especially in this forest, there exist King-level ferocious beasts that even Great Swordsmen and Legendary Swordsmen cannot handle. I hope you all remain vigilant."
Zuo Xiangdao and Yuan Fang both nodded in understanding.
That Zhou Lie swept a glance at Wang Ting and coldly said, "I naturally don't care, I've been to the Blood Moon Forest more than once, it's not like I haven't been hunted by Lord-level fierce beasts before. So far, I'm still alive and well, just hope that certain little guy doesn't get scared and wet his pants."
Li Yixin slightly furrowed her brow, at this time she was somewhat doubtful, and wondered if bringing Wang Ting along was the right choice after all.
However, Wang Ting and she are after all Blue Shadow's disciples, which makes them of the same origin, and their reliability is much higher than others.
"In short, once we enter the depths of the forest, danger will be lurking everywhere and we must be vigilant. I know that we may have had victories against even Lord-level ferocious beasts in the past, but this is Blood Moon Forest. Even if we get entangled with a high-ranking ferocious beast for too long, it could alert those powerful existences and put us in danger. From now on, everyone needs to work together."
Zuo nodded and glanced at Zhou Lie again, his tone somewhat cold: "Zhou Lie, don't spout nonsense from now on."
"Nonsense? Is this nonsense? I'm just stating a fact, and hasn't that little friend An always failed to deny it?"
"Zhou Lie."
Li Yi's voice was heavy with dissatisfaction: "If you don't want to join this team, please quit in advance, it's still possible now. Otherwise, please don't always say meaningless words from now on."
Seeing Li Yixin and Zuo Xiangdao, including Yuan Fang, were somewhat dissatisfied with themselves, Zhou Lie coldly smiled and waved his hand: "Just a joke, no need to be so shocked."
"Hmph, I hope so."
Li Yi said a word and was about to lead the team into the forest.
"Excuse me."
At this time, after five days of silence, Wang Ting finally spoke up. He glanced at Zhou Lie with a cold gaze and said, "Zhou Lie, do you have an opinion about me?"
"Hmm!?"
As soon as this was said, Zuo Xiangdao and Li Yixin, who had just managed to suppress Zhou Lie, simultaneously furrowed their brows: "Is that all?"
"Haha, did you hear that? This time, it's this little friend who took the initiative to speak up. Since they asked me, I couldn't just not answer, could I? That would be so rude!"
Zhou Lie said with a laugh, then smiled and looked at Wang Ting: "Since you asked sincerely, I'll tell you generously. Yes, I do have an opinion. How about it?"
"Very good, I agree, and also have an opinion."
Wang Ting spoke, his eyes gleaming like a sharp sword, directly locking onto Zhou Lie: "It's not good to make a move on the island of the Divine Selection Swordsmen Academy, but in the Blood Moon Forest, killing a few people is really too normal, isn't it?"
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