Chapter 41 The Heart-Bound Palace Squad

"Thirty thousand Spirit Stones?" Yun Bai raised an eyebrow, surprised.

"Hm, no, no, it's three hundred thousand." Supervisor Zhou Shengtai shook three fingers and smiled, "I suggest you ask for three hundred thousand, though that's just my suggestion. As for what you actually ask for and how much you can settle on in the end, that's up to you."

"Alright." Yun Bai nodded.

He had never seen so much money in his life, and when it came to relevant experience, he truly had none. Therefore, Supervisor Zhou Shengtai's advice was very important at this moment.

But Yun Bai also had his own thoughts. His younger sister's symptoms were becoming increasingly severe, and he had to find a way to extract as much as possible from this overflowing-with-wealth Chen family.

Since Chen Qiang dared to scheme against his younger sister, their Chen family deserved to pay this money. Thinking of his sister, Yun Bai's heart ached faintly.

"That's a matter for later. Your top priority right now is to follow your Captain Zeng Fu and prepare for tomorrow's mission." Supervisor Zhou Shengtai stood up, patted Yun Bai on the shoulder, and left.

"Follow me." Captain Zeng Fu waved his hand and led Yun Bai back to the Martial Arts Hall.

Yun Bai discovered that the Martial Arts Hall was not just one large hall; it also had many independent compartments.

Entering room "Yi-43", there were three people inside. Two men and one woman.

"Everyone, look over here. This is our new squad member, Yun Bai." Captain Zeng Fu smiled at the three.

"Yun Bai, this person on the left is our renowned Formation Great Master, the backbone of our squad, Du San!"

The middle-aged man on the left, wearing a grey cloth robe with an ordinary appearance, waved at Yun Bai: "Captain is too kind; I'm just here to provide support."

"Hello, Brother Du." Yun Bai said.

"This person in the middle is a heroine among women. Her movement techniques are good, her mobility is strong, and she is our squad's assault expert, Li Ying. You can just call her Sister Ying; don't call her anything that makes her sound old. Last time someone called her 'Auntie', they were beaten so badly they couldn't get out of bed for three days, hahahaha."

"Hello, Sister Ying."

This was a young woman with ear-length short hair, a pretty face, and an air of heroism between her brows.

Li Ying laughed heartily: "A warm welcome to our new little friend. If you don't understand anything, you can come and ask your big sister."

"The one on the right is Fu Lianchuan, previously the youngest in our squad. Don't let his youth fool you; he is the most ruthless and cunning one in our team when it comes to attacking, hahahaha. He's only two years older than you, so call him Brother Fu."

"Hello, Brother Fu." Yun Bai said.

Compared to the others, Fu Lianchuan had fair skin and a slender build, wearing a set of tight-fitting black clothes. At this moment, he was toying with a dagger in his hand.

He looked up, glanced at Yun Bai, then turned to Captain Zeng Fu and said: "Captain, just him? Will this work?"

Captain Zeng Fu frowned upon seeing this: "Lianchuan!"

"Yes! I obey orders." Fu Lianchuan frowned, then looked at Yun Bai: "I hope you won't hold us back. I know you are a Genius, but on the battlefield, no one cares what kind of Genius you are."

Facing this situation, Yun Bai didn't care at all; what did other people's opinions matter? He smiled faintly: "Brother Fu, then just wait and see."

"Good, you've got some spirit." Fu Lianchuan continued to lower his head and toy with his dagger.

"Haha, very well, it's good for young people to be ambitious. That concludes the introductions. Yun Bai, I will now explain tomorrow's mission to everyone." Seeing this, Captain Zeng Fu laughed, then pulled several booklets, a map, and a charcoal pencil from his Storage Pouch.

"Our State Religion plans to build a spirit connection platform in the Cang Plains region, one hundred and thirty li northeast of Chu Prefecture city. The scouts ahead have finished their reconnaissance. Look here." Captain Zeng Fu spread the map on the table, pointed to a spot northeast of the city, and then drew a circle on it with the charcoal pencil.

"A radius of one hundred li centered on Yellow Wasp Ridge is our cleaning scope for this time. The Cang Plains was originally an old battlefield from the time of the Northwest Demon Race tide and had once suffered from intense pollution by Devilish Qi. According to scout reconnaissance, the Cang Plains region has long been covered by war fog left behind by the Demon Race from those years, resulting in poor visibility."

"At the same time, it has bred a large number of Demon Monsters over the decades. Currently, there are no traces of Demon Race activity, but we must still be careful."

"This mission is to conduct a month-long major cleaning of this area, primarily responsible for clearing out the Demon Monsters and all potential related threats within the area, to open up a safe path for subsequent supplies and personnel."

"The detailed situation of this mission is recorded in these booklets; everyone, read them immediately." Captain Zeng Fu distributed the booklets to them, "By using Divine Sense to probe, you can quickly read the contents within."

Clearly, the second half of Captain Zeng Fu's sentence was directed at Yun Bai.

Du San, Li Ying, Fu Lianchuan, and Yun Bai took the booklets and all mobilized their Divine Sense, closing their eyes to read.

Seeing this, Captain Zeng Fu stood with his hands behind his back, watching with great interest.

Soon, Du San was the first to open his eyes. Captain Zeng Fu was not surprised at all; the two exchanged a glance and nodded.

Next, Yun Bai opened his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, he found Captain Zeng Fu and Du San staring at him with surprise.

"What's wrong?" Yun Bai asked, puzzled.

"You finished reading?" Captain Zeng Fu was somewhat incredulous.

"Yeah." Yun Bai scratched his head. Was there anything strange about that? Wasn't it just reading books a bit faster?

Using Divine Sense to read books quickly like this was, in his view, a very mundane matter. But what Yun Bai didn't know was that he already had quite the accomplishment in Divine Sense; both the quantity and control of his Divine Sense were very powerful. Especially his precise control over his Divine Sense, which was almost impossible for others.

At this time, Li Ying and Fu Lianchuan also opened their eyes one after another.

Seeing Yun Bai's innocent expression, Fu Lianchuan felt disdain in his heart: "Oh? Newcomer, did you really finish reading? Don't tell me you're just pretending to be capable to save face as a 'Genius'?"

Li Ying also opened her eyes wide in surprise: "Little Brother Yun Bai, the intelligence in this booklet is very important; you must memorize it carefully. When we enter the cleaning area, the various methods of the Demon Monsters are impossible to guard against; you must not be careless. I am already familiar with some of the Demon Monster situations in here, which is why I saved some time. How are you so fast?"

Seeing everyone staring at him, Yun Bai was not flustered at all and still calmly said: "I really finished reading. I'm just used to reading books quickly. Everyone, rest assured, I have memorized all the important information."

Fu Lianchuan's face darkened; he thought Yun Bai was putting on an act: "Then let me ask you, how many types of Demon Monsters did the scouts investigate, and what is their distribution?"

Seeing that this person had an arrogant attitude and was repeatedly making things difficult, Yun Bai frowned and said: "Brother Fu, are you not believing me?"

"Hmph, you wouldn't happen to be unable to answer, would you?" Fu Lianchuan said.

"Yun Bai, executing a mission isn't just about having high cultivation and strong combat ability. Collecting intelligence before the battle is also very important. Although Lianchuan's words are unpleasant, for the safety of the squad and to ensure the mission goes smoothly, please prove it. If we misunderstood, I will apologize to you." At this moment, Captain Zeng Fu spoke up. He stopped Fu Lianchuan's aggressive attitude and said seriously to Yun Bai.

"Alright." Seeing the captain speak this way, Yun Bai agreed.

"Captain, for this Cang Plains mission, within one hundred li centered on Yellow Wasp Ridge, there are a total of thirty-five types of Demon Monsters, among which twenty-five are First Realm Mid-stage or above, thirteen are large-scale clustered Demon Monsters, and three are First Realm Peak Demon Monsters."

"The First Realm Peak Demon Monsters are the Fate-Fallen Demon Monster and the Cang Mountain Python..."

Yun Bai smiled slightly at the captain and then recounted everything, as if he were reading from a book.

Captain Zeng Fu would occasionally interrupt Yun Bai to ask some questions, and Yun Bai could state the key points item by item, sometimes even adding his own insights and thoughts.

Regarding some details, Captain Zeng Fu and the others had even overlooked them. Every time Fu Lianchuan heard something unfamiliar, he had to forcefully restrain his hand from flipping through the book.

And the others had already started to reopen their booklets.

What made them ashamed was that whenever they couldn't find these details in the booklet, Yun Bai would remind them which page and which paragraph the content he had just mentioned was on.

It was as if Yun Bai had turned into an old teacher who had been teaching in a classroom for many years and had memorized the lecture content by heart.

After several rounds of questions and answers between the two sides, the four people in front of Yun Bai looked at each other in dismay.

So this kid really had memorized all the intelligence, and had even conducted dialectical thinking on it.

Everyone had no more doubts, and Li Ying and the others were already admiring this new young man to the point of bowing down in admiration.