At the dinner table, the squad members all looked grim, so thoroughly rebuked that they could barely lift their heads.
They could tell that Li Yuan truly had no need for them.
He simply did not care whether they stayed or left.
Nor did he show any inclination to return to the squad and continue serving as captain.
After saying his piece, Li Yuan did not waste any more words on them.
He sat down and continued eating, clinking glasses with Zhang Cheng, Uncle Zhang.
As for the others, they had been offered dignity and refused it, so there was no need to be polite with them anymore.
Peng Jiaze and the others had lost face, and their expressions gradually darkened as well.
"Uncle Zhang, it looks like the squad does not need us anymore.
"If that's the case, perhaps we should switch to another squad.
"Squad 432 has said our performance was decent and has approached us several times.
"They are all teams under the Xia Family. Going over there would not exactly mean betraying the Xia Family's years of cultivation."
Peng Jiashu spoke up, effectively threatening Zhang Cheng and the Xia Family Main House faction to their faces.
How could Peng Jiashu and the others not know about the competition between the Main House and the Branch House?
They simply wanted to use that conflict to gain benefits for themselves.
The Xia Family Main House was at a disadvantage, and it could not afford to lose core martial artists like them.
Hearing this, Zhang Cheng, who was beside them, nodded instead of immediately trying to persuade them as he had in the past.
Previously, Zhang Cheng had always urged them to calm down.
He had told them to think it over carefully and not rashly switch squads.
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