Li Tianming smiled faintly at that. "That's right. So I have a proposal: let me serve as the overall commander of this team—the captain, if you will—and coordinate everyone's opinions."
"Brother Tianming, is that really appropriate?" Huangfu Yu frowned slightly.
"No matter how we look at it, shouldn't we at least have some standard for choosing a captain?" Wan Yao deliberately—or perhaps not so deliberately—glanced at Ji Xuanjian beside him.
Of course, Li Tianming understood what they meant. After all, Ji Xuanjian was very likely the strongest person present on the surface, and she was also the strongest in Wan Yao and the others' eyes.
What was more, her status was exalted as well.
"Are you confident you can lead us out of an encirclement?" Ji Xuanjian propped up her chin and looked at Li Tianming skeptically.
"With this team composition, if anyone dares to make that guarantee, they can have the captaincy for all I care. I could use the rest," Li Tianming said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Ji Xuanjian froze slightly, but she had to admit that it was the truth.
Thus, she could only say with apparent reluctance, "Fine, fine. Since you're fairly pleasing to the eye, I'll give you this chance."
The few people who had originally been counting on Ji Xuanjian to say something were all left somewhat dumbstruck.
If even the empire's little princess had no objections, how could they possibly object?
Thus, there was not much suspense surrounding the result.
Still, Li Tianming could see a trace of unwillingness in everyone's eyes.
So he smiled at them. "Rest assured, everyone. If I truly can't lead us to become better, I won't cling to the captain's position. I promise that for the next hundred years, I'll serve as captain and decide