Li Daoran's declaration completely confirmed that he was one of Li Yun's subordinates.
The fifty-odd members of Zhu Xian Team hurriedly saluted Li Daoran.
"Greetings, Daoran Immortal Sovereign!"
"As members of Zhu Xian Team, we shall place Zhu Xian's interests above all else, remain loyal to the leader, and loyal to our lord!"
After the formal greetings, the fifty-odd Zhu Xian members instead felt their minds relax. Even Iron Blood Spear Emperor felt an inexplicable surge of excitement.
There was no other reason.
Even an Immortal Sovereign had become the leader's subordinate and had come to manage Zhu Xian on his behalf. This meant that the Zhu Xian Team they had joined was even stronger than they had imagined.
Its backing ran even deeper.
These days, the world of cultivators was fiercely competitive.
A lone fighter could accomplish nothing. If one had to join a faction to gain benefits, then naturally, one should join a faction with deeper backing and greater strength.
Those top factions that had long been renowned throughout the Sacred Heaven Realm were beyond their reach. They had no way of joining them, and even if they barely managed to get in, they would not gain much from the already-established internal distribution of benefits. Instead, they would be squeezed out at every turn.
But Zhu Xian was different.
As a newly formed team with the potential to become one of the Sacred Heaven Realm's top factions, it did not have so many twists and turns. They could receive protection and reap benefits alike—enough to make them wake up laughing from their dreams.
Li Yun seemed to have seen through their thoughts as well.
So he simply dropped another bombshell.
"Zhu Xian has only just been established. For now, it is merely an adventure team, but in the