The Soul Hunting Group's Invitation

Madara looked at the bold, bearded man, and some of the anger in his heart subsided. At least he would not grab a weapon and beat Pan Chui to death.

"Madara!" Madara reported his name expressionlessly, looking like he had no interest in dealing with the bearded man at all.

"You!" Pan Chui could not hold himself back any longer and wanted to rush forward to argue with Madara.

"Get the hell back!" The leader stretched out an arm to stop Pan Chui from charging forward and shouted angrily.

The leader did not mind Madara's cold gaze at all and introduced himself enthusiastically. "My name is Li Jia, captain of the Lone Soul Hunting Group!"

"A Soul Hunting Group?" Madara was somewhat surprised, but he quickly returned to normal.

This place stood beside the Star Dou Great Forest, which held incomparably abundant resources to harvest and nurtured countless opportunities.

Soul Hunting Groups were one of them. They helped Soul Masters hunt Spirit Rings or obtain rare materials and Spirit Beasts from the forest in exchange for payment, and they were extremely common around the Star Dou Great Forest.

"This brother must have misunderstood. The little fellow we caught was stolen by a group of people!" Li Jia was clearly a straightforward man. He explained, "So my brother misunderstood. I apologize on his behalf!"

Madara understood. All those props the sunglasses-wearing man had used to bluff people had been stolen. No wonder he ran faster than a rabbit the moment he heard them.

Madara found it somewhat unexpected. People this humble and forthright were truly rare here.

"No matter." Madara's cold expression softened as well, and he nodded slightly.

"How about it? Let me treat you to a meal, brother." Li Jia glanced at the crowd gathered around to watch the spectacle and suggested it.

This time, Madara did not refuse. Li Jia suited his tastes fairly well, so he followed Li Jia to a restaurant.

After three rounds of wine and several courses of dishes, Li Jia's true purpose was finally revealed.

"Brother, would you be interested in joining our Lone Soul Hunting Group?" Li Jia asked cheerfully, raising his wine cup.

Just as I thought!

Madara understood. Li Jia had naturally invited him to dinner for another purpose. There was no such thing as a free lunch.

Madara's appearance made him look like a lone wanderer who had just emerged from the forest.

Moreover, he did not seem injured at all. His clothes were merely somewhat tattered, which naturally meant he was strong.

And Madara had appeared so at ease under Pan Chui's attack. Li Jia had seen all of that clearly.

Li Jia asked himself whether he could withstand Pan Chui's First Spirit Skill head-on without even using his Martial Soul. He could not.

If a Soul Hunting Group wanted to grow stronger, it had to recruit talent. In Li Jia's eyes, Madara was absolutely worth recruiting.

Madara swirled the wine in his cup and looked playfully at Li Jia's expectant face.

A Three-ring Soul Master wanted to recruit him. If some of his enemies from his previous life learned of this, they would laugh their teeth out.

Of course, they would not be laughing at Madara. There were not many people in the entire Shinobi World who dared mock him.

They would only laugh at that Soul Elder's ignorance of his own limits!

Madara hesitated for a moment before finally nodding in agreement.

He felt that he had been a Lone Wolf for too long. He truly needed to find a place to properly adapt to life in this world.

Just when he was getting sleepy, a pillow appeared. Madara had originally planned to start with the Great Soul Arena, but he had not expected the Soul Hunting Group to be another option.

When Li Jia saw Madara agree, he was overjoyed. In his eyes, Madara was an exceptionally rare talent. With Madara joining, his Soul Hunting Group would surely gain wings like a tiger.

"However, I have one condition!" Madara raised his index finger and gently waved it.

"I agree!" Li Jia slapped the table and shouted without a second thought.

Madara was quite surprised. Li Jia was someone remarkable. With that kind of boldness, his future achievements would definitely not be low.

Madara said slowly, "In every battle, no one can compete with me for opponents!"

Li Jia had thought Madara would make some excessive demand, yet he had not expected his request to be so strange.

Shouldn't everyone want as little fighting as possible?

Li Jia could never have imagined that Madara's very bones radiated nothing but a thirst and madness for battle, something ordinary people could not understand.

Pan Chui, meanwhile, was somewhat sullen. He could not understand why the captain had recruited this guy into the group.

"Chui! Aren't you going to apologize to Madara?" Li Jia caught sight of Pan Chui's unwilling expression, coughed, and said.

"Sorry." Pan Chui said listlessly, clearly unwilling. But Madara did not care about any of this. There was no need to hold it against him.

Pan Chui looked sixteen or seventeen, but he did not seem particularly sharp. Still, he appeared to be Captain Li Jia's loyal confidant.

After the three finished eating, Li Jia led them to the Soul Hunting Group's base.

It was called a base, but in reality it was merely a small courtyard, and it looked exceptionally shabby.

In fact, this was normal for many Soul Hunting Groups. They spent most of their time in the forest hunting souls and rarely returned to their bases, so the bases were often extremely simple.

Before Li Jia even entered, his booming voice rang out again, loud enough for the entire courtyard to hear. "Come, come, come! Everyone, get out here! We've got a newcomer!"

Very quickly, while Madara looked around the small courtyard, the twenty or thirty members of the Soul Hunting Group had gathered.

"Boss! We've got another newcomer?" A tall, voluptuous beauty with long hair walked out in light steps and asked.

Li Jia nodded and said carelessly, "That's right!"

"Oh! Is it this handsome little guy?" The beauty looked at Madara in surprise and even threw him a flirtatious wink.

An ordinary person would surely have been utterly captivated, but Madara was clearly not among them.

Madara merely snorted coldly, and an aura filled with suppressed bloodlust and malice erupted from his body.

The beauty had not expected Madara to be so difficult to provoke. A mere bit of teasing had made him seem like a powder keg set alight.

"Newcomer, don't be so hot-tempered!" An old man stepped forward amiably and positioned himself between Madara and the long-haired beauty.

He's a killer. Better not provoke him!

The old man faced Madara with a kind smile, but inwardly he was extremely wary.

He was very afraid that Madara would suddenly attack and kill the long-haired woman who had just provoked him on the spot.

"Let me introduce you! This beauty is Lisa, and this gray-haired uncle is Old Fury!" Li Jia hurriedly stepped forward to ease the tension and introduced everyone to Madara.

Madara gave the captain some face and withdrew his suppressed aura.

As for next time, there would be no next time. Of those who provoked Uchiha Madara, few had ever remained alive and intact.

Madara was only letting it go because of the meal earlier. After all, he did not want to owe anyone a favor.

"Now, let me introduce our new member, Madara!" Li Jia solemnly announced to everyone in a loud voice.

Everyone reacted differently, each wearing a different expression.