Chapter 62: Come and Duel

After Qin Jian finished eating in the cafeteria with Shui Bing'er and returned to the Tianshui Team's exclusive building, the other few team members he hadn't met yet had also returned.

The figures who had been laughing and playing in the lobby suddenly fell into an eerie silence after seeing Qin Jian and Shui Bing'er walk in.

Qin Jian looked over with a calm expression; besides Xue Wu and Qiu Ruoshui, whom he already knew, and Shui Yue'er, whom he had met in class, he had already learned about the remaining three from Shui Bing'er.

They were the Assault System Soul Masters Yu Hairou and Shen Liuyu, and an Agility Attack System member, Gu Qingbo.

The future Tianshui Girl Group was complete!

"You are our parachuted-in Captain, Qin Jian?"

A young girl with her hair tied up walked over; her appearance was somewhat similar to Xue Wu's, both of that... um... tomboy style.

Yu Hairou!

Without waiting for Qin Jian to nod, she continued: "Sorry, we discussed it, and we cannot accept you as our Captain, so... please leave our team."

"That's right." Xue Wu nodded in agreement.

Qin Jian crossed his arms.

Have these two women played the role of men in the team for so long that their influence is this great?

"Hairou, Xue Wu, appointing Qin Jian as our Captain is Instructor Zhineng's decision; you cannot exclude him privately..."

At this moment, Shui Bing'er hesitantly blocked the way in front of Qin Jian.

"Yeah, yeah, I think it's quite good for Qin Jian to be the Captain."

Shui Yue'er, whose hairstyle was the same as Shui Bing'er's, suddenly raised her hand and said, ignoring the glare from Xue Wu.

"Since our Bing'er doesn't object, then I don't object to him being the Captain either," Qiu Ruoshui said with a grin.

"What about Qingbo and Liuyu?"

Seeing that there were quite a few people supporting her, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but feel a boost in spirit.

Gu Qingbo and Shen Liuyu looked at each other.

Shen Liuyu stepped forward and said: "We only hope that everyone can stay together well and not end up falling apart. As for the rest, since you have no objections, Bing'er, then anyone can be the Captain..."

Before Shui Bing'er could show a look of surprise, Yu Hairou snorted coldly: "Then I'm truly sorry, but if he is the Captain, Xue Wu and I will quit!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone went quiet.

Because they all knew that Xue Wu and Yu Hairou were indispensable; their soul power was already Level 28, far higher than the other four, second only to Shui Bing'er.

One was an Assault System and the other was a Support System, and Xue Wu could also assist Shui Bing'er in strengthening the effects of her ice-type soul skills; they simply could not quit.

Just as the atmosphere became stagnant, the sound of footsteps rang out from the entrance.

"Children, I'm back, hahaha..."

Yan Zhining walked in, beaming with joy: "Qin Jian, I've taken care of your admission, and serving as the Tianshui Team Captain for the time being is no problem... Huh? What are these expressions you all have?"

Xue Wu hesitated, but still stepped forward and said: "Instructor Zhineng, we cannot accept Qin Jian as our Captain. If you insist on having your own way, then Hairou and I will have to quit."

Yan Zhining's expression tightened. She looked at Xue Wu, then at Yu Hairou on the side, and then at the expressions of the others, and she understood what had happened here.

"Qin Jian, what do you think?"

She did not appease Xue Wu and Yu Hairou as others had expected, but instead looked at Qin Jian, who was standing to the side with his arms crossed.

"Me?"

Qin Jian's mouth curled slightly, and then he crooked his finger: "Not convinced I should be Captain? Then come and fight!"

Yan Zhining smiled. She knew that Qin Jian had grasped the key to the problem: as long as one's strength was sufficiently strong, no one would have a stance to object to the position of Captain.

"A duel?!"

Shui Bing'er couldn't help but exclaim: "But your soul power is Level 22, you're about the same as Qingbo and Liuyu."

Yu Hairou did glance at Qin Jian, and the expression in her eyes changed slightly; it had to be said that Qin Jian's proposal was very much to her liking.

"I agree to a spar. As long as you beat me, I'll stay," Yu Hairou said.

But Xue Wu was not happy: "I am a Support System Soul Master, how am I supposed to fight you?"

"It's fine, you can just go together with Yu Hairou; I'll take you both on," Qin Jian said indifferently.

"Qin Jian!"

Before anyone else could speak, Shui Bing'er became anxious first: "They both have Level 28 soul power. If they join forces, even I would undoubtedly lose. You can't possibly win."

Her unexpectedly loud voice surprised Yan Zhining and the others, and then they cast strange looks toward Qin Jian.

He actually had such a great influence on Shui Bing'er?

"Qin Jian, is it? Your proposal is surprising; your courage is commendable."

Xue Wu stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Yu Hairou: "If you can defeat the two of us combined, from now on, I will follow your lead."

She thought for a moment and added: "Actually, I find you a bit more pleasing to the eye now. If you lose, you can still be a substitute on our team."

"A substitute?"

Qin Jian tilted his head and said casually: "Being a Captain is more interesting..."

And it was a girl group captain, too; the future top group of the Dalu was right before his eyes!

"Since you've decided, then gather at the team's exclusive Mimicry Cultivation Ground tomorrow morning."

Yan Zhining clapped her hands and said: "Rest well, children. Tomorrow, we decide the team captain."

She turned to walk out the door, but as she passed Qin Jian, she deliberately winked: "Qin Jian, don't bully our Bing'er tonight!"

Qin Jian: "..."

"Hahaha..."

Yan Zhining laughed and left.

Of course, she wasn't worried about what Qin Jian would do; after all, he was a personal disciple of Jian Douluo, and with the reputation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind him, she still trusted Qin Jian's character.

Yan Zhining did not lower her voice, so the others naturally heard this sentence, and their expressions immediately became varied.

Shui Bing'er lowered her head, feeling all the gazes landing on her, and felt her whole body burning.

"Big sister, how about we two swap rooms?" Shui Yue'er suddenly said, her eyes rolling as an idea struck her.

Shui Bing'er was stunned for a moment, then stammered, "This was arranged by Instructor Zhineng; it wouldn't be right to change it privately..."

The gazes of the others became even stranger...

Shui Bing'er finally couldn't take it anymore, and with a *clack-clack-clack* of her high heels, she ran into the largest room on the second floor.

Qin Jian watched her back, then waved to the others: "Goodnight everyone, I'm heading in too..."

Watching him walk upstairs unhurriedly and enter the door Shui Bing'er had left open, there was a "click" sound as the door closed.

The other six girls looked at each other in dismay.

"What a thick-skinned man!"

Xue Wu said irritably: "Hairou, tomorrow we must give him a sound beating; let's see if he still has the face to act like this!"

Yu Hairou twisted her neck indifferently, cracked her knuckles, and said: "He's only Level 22 after all; for the two of us with Level 28 soul power, defeating him should be easy—heck, even I alone am enough, don't you worry, no problem at all..."

(End of this chapter)