After obtaining permission from those inside, Xue Meng and Chen Ying'er pushed the door open and entered.
"Let's discuss a few things." Once Lin Xin and the other two had finished cultivating, Yue Chen got straight to the point.
"This was our first battle together since Scholar Rank Squad One was formed. Although it was our first outing, everyone showed excellent teamwork. I have nothing more to say on that front. We'll see how much we've all improved in three months."
Although Yue Chen was among the youngest members of the squad and had not been captain for long, everyone clearly found his words convincing.
Yue Chen himself, however, knew perfectly well that his teammates' respect for him stemmed more from awe and feelings of inferiority.
He had no good solution to this situation. All he could do was build closer bonds with his teammates wherever possible, or wait until their cultivation caught up.
Still, this situation was not entirely without advantages. It allowed him to manage the squad more effectively in these early stages, with little objection from the others.
"Next is our current mission. We're required to spend three months in Military Service, so our identities right now aren't Demon Hunters, but soldiers." Yue Chen paused before continuing, "Obeying orders is a soldier's duty. You're all elites from your respective temples, so I trust I won't have to emphasize this again."
"Yes," everyone in the room answered in unison.
After all, everyone had witnessed Yue Chen's performance on the battlefield. As the strongest Retribution Knight of the Knight Temple's younger generation, he had even chosen to learn the Guardian Knights' fifth-tier secret technique, the Spirit Gathering Aura, for the squad's sake. Aside from Shiqi, who had remained on the outskirts, practically everyone had benefited from the spiritual power