Juxing Club, a club that has made the top five of Huaxia's Glory League for years, and has steadily remained in the top three recently—a true giant of the Glory Alliance!
Ju Xing, just like its name, the club's purpose is to gather all top stars from the Glory Alliance.
Being able to join means an unlimited future.
This was exactly why Gao Hai was so excited.
Even though he knew the invitation wasn't for him, he couldn't help feeling thrilled.
After all, Ya Ge was his childhood friend. If she could join Juxing Club, he could brag about it in the future, and no one would dare mess with him.
If one person succeeds, everyone around them rises too. If Ya Ge were to join Juxing Club, Gao Hai would benefit too—like getting access to some combat skills. The combat skills taught by Juxing Club are far from ordinary.
"Juxing Club?"
Wrapped in this sudden happiness, Ya Ge looked just as excited, her body trembling slightly, almost as if she couldn't believe it.
But even so, the girl didn't lose her composure. She obviously knew Juxing Club's reputation, and asked with some curiosity, "Why choose me?"
This year, she was only sixteen and just a body cultivator of the sixth rank. Her strength ranked above average among her peers, but not excellent, not to mention a genius.
At Jiangxin First Middle School, her score wasn't even in the top thousand.
If she wasn't pretty, she'd be just another ordinary girl at school.
Although today she refined an Eighth Grade Enchanting Butterfly, it would take at least three years for the demon spirit to truly grow. In other words, even entering the National College Glory Battle would require three more years. Clubs and martial arts halls had seen her potential and wanted to sign long-term deals to nurture her first.
But as one of the top ten clubs and a Glory Alliance giant, Juxing Club recruits only top-tier geniuses, or those ready to fight in the Glory Battle directly—she didn't seem qualified for that.
The head of Juxing Club was a woman, looking around thirty, dressed in a reddish-purple martial artist's uniform. She was tall and well-proportioned, a silver longsword at her waist, exuding a heroic energy.
Seeing Ya Ge's confusion, Zhang Ling smiled, "You're not joining Juxing Team but the Blue Sea Team, one of the top ten preparatory squads. Blue Sea Team has done well these years, even making the top 7 in last year's National Youth Glory Battle. Now the team is short a Spirit Series demon spirit master. I think your Enchanting Butterfly fits perfectly."
"I see."
Ya Ge nodded. Even though it was a preparatory squad, she wasn't disappointed; actually, she thought it made sense—she wouldn't believe it if it was Juxing Team.
The Juxing Team are all demon fiends, almost all refining Ninth Grade demon spirits or Earth Chart demon spirits—even the substitutes are out of her league.
Even joining a preparatory squad was beyond Ya Ge's expectations.
Anyone signed by Juxing Club must have something exceptional besides refining advanced demon spirits—either outstanding martial talent, rich combat experience, or perfect fusion with their demon spirit—not something she could compare with.
As Ya Ge basked in the surprise, an image flashed through Lin Feng's mind.
"Enchanting Butterfly… Enchanting Demoness?"
At that moment, Lin Feng suddenly recalled something.
Demon spirits have grades, but that doesn't mean low-tier spirits can't evolve into high-tier ones. It's just extremely difficult.
To evolve, you not only need resources, but more importantly, need to know the evolution path. If you just try randomly, you might ruin your demon spirit—not only losing strength, but even downgrading its grade. Not only can this happen—it happens quite often.
The biggest benefit to joining a club is a dedicated team that analyzes one's strength and traits, future career path, and designs the growth direction of the demon spirit, the combination of demon spirit skills, and even the evolution path.
Lin Feng remembered clearly—back in his third year of college, he saw the Enchanting Demoness appear in the college Glory Battle.
And the Ninth Grade Enchanting Demoness evolved from the Eighth Grade demon spirit, Enchanting Butterfly.
It wasn't Lin Feng's memory that was impressive, but rather that this news created a sensation.
That news ranked 17th on the national trending searches that year.
The uproar wasn't because Enchanting Demoness was rare, but because the one who refined it was Han Tian.
Yes, you heard that right—it was a man.
A man refined Enchanting Butterfly, even evolving it into Enchanting Demoness. Han Tian himself was quite handsome—almost effeminate. That scene of demon possession was so stunning that even now, Lin Feng felt a strange thrill recalling it.
Lin Feng remembered clearly: Han Tian's team was the Blue Sea Team.
At the time, Blue Sea Team didn't break into the top three, ending up fourth, but Han Tian became famous—he landed endorsements one after another, and his income was higher than the captain of the Black Demon Team that took first place that year.
"Three years later?" Lin Feng murmured.
Demon spirits can grow easily, but advancing in grade is tough—the higher the grade, the harder it becomes.
For Enchanting Butterfly to evolve into Enchanting Demoness in three years—that's absolutely not easy. It means the path and direction of this evolution is more or less figured out, even if not fully mastered.
Now that someone has figured out how to evolve Enchanting Butterfly into Enchanting Demoness, if Ya Ge found out and prepared, her contract terms would naturally be different.
Refining an Eighth Grade demon spirit and refining a Ninth Grade demon spirit—though it's just one grade apart, the benefits are worlds apart.
It could be several times, even ten times the difference!
Growing up together—for Lin Feng, even if, in the end, they went their separate ways, he couldn't say he hated her.
Helping her out, Lin Feng wouldn't refuse—so he decided to give her a tip.
"Ya Ge, go home and discuss it with your family, hear their thoughts first."
Just as Ya Ge was about to agree, Lin Feng interjected.
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Ya Ge turned to look at Lin Feng, her face puzzled, not understanding what he meant.
With such a great opportunity, what was there to discuss?
Her parents were just ordinary workers, limited in their perspective, unable to offer much guidance.
But knowing Lin Feng, even though he hadn't become a demon spirit master and was a little disappointed, he wasn't the jealous type to sabotage her chances. And Lin Feng was reliable—he wouldn't speak up for no reason in front of the head of Juxing Club. Since he said something, he must have his reasons. She looked at Lin Feng, waiting for his answer.
At that moment, Zhang Ling glanced at Lin Feng too, her brows slightly furrowed, eyes calm with a hint of contempt, barely perceptible traces of a threat in her gaze.
As a giant, Juxing Club has over a thousand professionals researching demon spirits.
Just as Lin Feng guessed, the club already knows the evolution path for Enchanting Butterfly. Though the full abilities and talents of the evolved Enchanting Butterfly aren't known yet, there are speculations that a successfully evolved one may rival the Earth Chart demon spirits.
That's why she's recruiting Ya Ge.
For Zhang Ling, discovering Ya Ge and signing her with a not-too-expensive contract would save plenty of money—this was a big win. When she returned to the Shangjing headquarters, she'd not only be rewarded handsomely, maybe even get a promotion.
Because Lin Feng was ahead of Ya Ge, Zhang Ling naturally knew that Lin Feng hadn't refined a demon spirit, and his Seventh Rank body cultivator strength wasn't anything special either.
As the head of Juxing Club's Jiang City branch, Lin Feng didn't even merit her attention.
So even if Lin Feng chimed in, she just ignored him.
She believed with Juxing Club's reputation, no one would say no.
"It's nothing. If you trust me, don't rush your decision." Lin Feng didn't explain—there was no way to explain all this out loud in front of everyone.
"Hurry up and make up your mind. I have to head to Shangjing today—can't wait too long for your reply."
Seeing Ya Ge hesitate, Zhang Ling deliberately acted impatient. She glanced at her watch, waiting for Ya Ge's answer.
Even though she was confident in her club, seeing all the other clubs around made her a bit anxious.
"I'm in."
Seeing Zhang Ling's furrowed brows, looking somewhat annoyed, Ya Ge worried something might go wrong, so she made up her mind.
Ya Ge nodded in agreement, without even asking about the terms.
Though she'd refined Enchanting Butterfly, as a top-level club, with the fame of Juxing Club, she wasn't qualified to bargain yet.
Joining Blue Sea Team—she knew the contract wouldn't be bad. The type of contract tied to your talent and strength follows set standards and being among their ranks was already an honor. Even after the contract ends, joining other clubs or martial arts halls would count as an accomplishment.
"Alright, here's a B-level contract."
Hearing Ya Ge agree, Zhang Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief—her face calm. She took out a contract from her bag and handed it to Ya Ge.
"Sigh..."
Lin Feng shook his head, but didn't say more.
Zhang Ling's urgency proved his suspicions, but Ya Ge hadn't caught on.
Ya Ge looked at Lin Feng again, not sure why he was sighing, but having made her decision, she didn't plan to ask again.