"Junior Brother Ying, surrendering is a wise move!
As long as you're willing to surrender to us, we certainly won't treat you poorly.
The sect will give you special training and attentive guidance in the future."
Zhao Xu grinned with uncontainable delight, a brilliant smile blooming across his face.
After all, Elder He had specifically instructed him to find some way to persuade Ying Ming Hao and his companions to join their side.
Now that he could achieve his goal so effortlessly, his joy was beyond words. Fortune had truly fallen from the heavens, bringing unexpected happiness!
"Hahahaha..."
Ying Ming Hao burst into hearty laughter, then put on a fawning expression and continued, "Well, of course I can!
But could you first tell me exactly what benefits we'd enjoy?
Once my senior sisters and senior brothers hear about them, perhaps they'll be tempted enough to surrender too.
Otherwise, if I'm the only one who comes over all alone, that wouldn't mean much, would it?"
With that, Ying Ming Hao winked and made faces at his fellow disciples around him, signaling for everyone to consider his suggestion together.
Yet faced with his words and fawning manner, Lin Zihan and the others were bewildered. Was this really the same Ying Ming Hao who had always been upright and unyielding, with bones of iron?
How had he suddenly become so lowly, wagging his tail and begging for pity?
Jun Mo, in particular, felt his heart twist with pain. Grief and anger surged through him, and he could not help rebuking him fiercely:
"Junior brother, oh, junior brother, how could you be so foolish!
Just because there's a temporary gulf between our strength and theirs today, you would abandon the convictions and integrity you've upheld for years and defect to the enemy? Such