[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-sword-god-of-the-universe":3,"chapter-the-sword-god-of-the-universe-the-sword-god-of-the-universe-chapter-332":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Sword God of the Universe",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1072133,1385,"Chapter 332 - 332 332 Joining the Team","the-sword-god-of-the-universe-chapter-332",332,"\u003Cp>Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Joining the Team Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Joining the Team Jing Yan stared at the Red Lotus Academy student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, his gaze shifted, looking towards Jing Ziqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ziqi, I have something to tell you, let’s go over there,” Jing Yan said to Jing Ziqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly couldn’t be bothered with that high-level student from Red Lotus Academy, the gap between them was too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay,” Jing Ziqi immediately responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kid, I’m talking to you, are you deaf?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From Dao Yi Academy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He can enter one of the Three Major Academies?” Gao Lu raised his brows and let out a sneering laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We are here to hunt spiritual beasts to complete our mission, so we shouldn’t create unnecessary problems.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jing Ziqi, hurry up, we are all waiting for you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several members of the Red Lotus Academy started speaking out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the others said so, Gao Lu snorted coldly and glared at Jing Yan fiercely but didn’t say anything further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Yan and Jing Ziqi walked to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ziqi, are you very familiar with that Gao Lu guy?” Jing Yan asked in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for this warrior called Gao Lu, Jing Yan certainly didn’t have a good impression of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not familiar at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Yan, why do you ask?” Jing Ziqi asked in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just find it odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, it was Senior Sister Lin Ru who insisted on taking me along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had a relatively good relationship with Lin Ru in the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Jing Ziqi also knew that Lin Ru had become friends with her largely because of Mu Yunfei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not many in the Red Lotus Academy were aware of Mu Yunfei’s identity, but this person named Lin Ru knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ru’s motivation to bring Jing Ziqi into her circle was clearly to establish a better connection with Mu Yunfei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did that Gao Lu give me such a glaring look?” Jing Yan glanced again at the not-too-distant Gao Lu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s probably because of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Brother Gao Lu was against me joining the team, but Senior Sister Lin Ru insisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is probably the strongest in the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when Senior Sister Lin Ru insisted, Gao Lu had to agree,” Jing Ziqi said with a resigned smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the reward points for the mission the team took on are quite substantial, so…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ru, who was apparently the strongest member of the team, naturally had the most say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing what Jing Ziqi had said, Jing Yan understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Gao Lu surely found Jing Ziqi an eyesore, thinking she was dragging the team down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing Jing Ziqi, his dissatisfaction with her naturally extended to Jing Yan as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jing Ziqi, are you done talking?” Gao Lu called out impatiently from the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ziqi, I’ll join your team too!” Jing Yan thought for a moment and then said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was worried about Jing Ziqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Ziqi among them might face danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Yan certainly didn’t want Jing Ziqi to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Won’t that delay your schedule?” Jing Ziqi hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t worried about Jing Yan’s safety; she was well aware of his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Innate Peak Martial Artists might not even be a match for him, so Jing Yan joining their team would definitely be a strong addition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Jing Yan could be helping without any reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s no trouble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come on, let’s go,” Jing Yan said with a smile and shake of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two walked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time is precious, let’s hurry up and enter the Hunting Ground,” Gao Lu said with a dark look in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a minute, I want to join your team!” Jing Yan raised his hand and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You want to join our team?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the team stared at Jing Yan in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kid, what Cultivation do you have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you know what kind of team we are?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You want to join us?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s incredibly presumptuous!” Gao Lu sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, don’t be so quick to reject me, just listen!” Jing Yan said with a smile, waving his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am a student from Dao Yi Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joining your team would be all pros and no cons for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You complete the mission, earn points, and I won’t take any, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing what Jing Yan said, Gao Lu and the others’ eyes suddenly lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Yan was from Dao Yi Academy, not their Red Lotus Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would get the fixed points upon completing the mission without having to share any with Jing Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For their team, there was no downside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the missions issued by the Three Major Academies to hunt spiritual beasts offered fixed point rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could be completed by a lone individual or by a coordinated team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the point rewards were finite; if completed by a team, those points would be divided among the team’s martial artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If an emergency arises, we may not have the manpower to ensure your safety,” another woman in the team said, looking at Jing Yan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was Lin Ru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was also the only woman in the whole team, other than Jing Ziqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Jing Ziqi, she was the strongest martial artist in the team.\u003C\u002Fp>",1296,"2026-06-03T10:25:51.819Z",1,"novelbin.me","1661010b8acf1dde90d3ba53b1ef6ac7aec295a699abb87e116f2c6a25273525","the-sword-god-of-the-universe-chapter-333","the-sword-god-of-the-universe-chapter-331",2108,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-sword-god-of-the-universe-cover.jpg"]