Two days later.
South of Yunhai City, Mount Qiandu.
Zhou Yu sat in the armored off-road vehicle driven by Feiying, traversing layers of forest before finally arriving at the training base for new Dragon Group recruits.
The appearance of this vehicle quickly attracted the attention of many new recruits.
The Dragon Group had specifically set up a temporary training base on Mount Qiandu to better facilitate the new recruit training. Any vehicle entering the area was easily spotted by nearby recruits.
"Young Master Zhang, Commander Leng and Elder Lin have already arrived, and now another car has come. We don't know who is inside. You're from Yunhai, do you know which big shot is in there?"
A young man, also a new recruit of the Dragon Group, asked Zhang Shaohua beside him.
His name was Ouyang Feng, from Linggu City, adjacent to Yunhai City. His family was not a top-tier one, but a second-tier family.
Therefore, he followed Zhang Shaohua, appearing somewhat like a lackey.
A year ago, Ouyang Feng had met Zhang Shaohua with his father when he visited Yunhai and had known him since.
However, Zhang Shaohua hadn't expected Ouyang Feng's talent to be so good that he was also chosen by Lin Weidong to become a new recruit of the Dragon Group.
"Although I am from Yunhai, I have no idea who the observers for the Dragon Group are. Ouyang, stop guessing. We should hurry and change our clothes and go to the training ground to get a look. Elder Lin has gathered new recruits from several nearby cities for this training, and there will definitely be some strong individuals among them," Zhang Shaohua said, shaking his head.
He wouldn't refuse having a follower when he was new to the training base and unfamiliar with the surroundings.
Moreover, who would succeed and who would fail in the future was uncertain.
That's why he let Ouyang Feng stay by his side.
After all, no matter what, the new recruits of the Dragon Group were a form of social connection. If he failed to pass this new recruit training, but Ouyang Feng passed...
No!
He would definitely pass the training himself!
Zhang Shaohua had a reason why he absolutely had to pass.
"Okay, Young Master Zhang."
Ouyang Feng dared not disobey Zhang Shaohua. He wanted to establish a connection with the Zhang family, so he naturally listened to whatever the latter said.
But after thinking about it carefully, he suggested, "We could actually form a team. Perhaps this training will involve joint operations."
Upon hearing this.
Zhang Shaohua nodded.
This was indeed possible.
In previous Dragon Group new recruit trainings, there had been such arrangements.
Often, when Dragon Group members went out on missions, they would act in groups of two to five.
Therefore, it was probable that the new recruit training would involve paired operations or group operations of three.
"What you're saying is not impossible, but we can ask others first. They might have some inside information."
As Zhang Shaohua spoke, he started walking towards the trial field.
Ouyang Feng quickly followed.
At the same time.
Zhou Yu got out of the off-road vehicle and asked Feiying, "Where is Elder Lin's temporary tent?"
He was invited by Lin Weidong, so it was natural for him to find the latter first.
Although this was a temporary training base, there were special forces patrolling everywhere, making it difficult to wander around randomly.
"450 meters in your left direction. After you reach that tent, go further back, and the third one is Elder Lin's tent."
After Feiying finished speaking, he drove the armored off-road vehicle away.
Zhou Yu glanced in that direction and sighed helplessly.
He had thought Feiying would take him directly there, but unexpectedly, the man had just dumped him here and left on his own.
"The people in the Dragon Group are so unreliable."
Zhou Yu grumbled in his heart.
But he didn't know that Feiying was also responsible for picking up another important invited guest at the airport.
Zhou Yu was not the only one invited to observe this training.
Those invited by Lin Weidong were either martial arts masters supported by some of Longguo's prominent families, high-ranking military personnel, or special forces like Zhou Yu that the Dragon Group wanted to recruit.
"This new recruit training base looks like a field campaign, setting up camp. It seems the Dragon Group attaches great importance to the results of this training."
As Zhou Yu walked, he surveyed the layout of the temporary base.
However, he felt something was slightly off.
But for a moment, he couldn't quite pinpoint it.
"Forget it, it's their business how they set it up. Why should I worry about it?"
He raised his eyes and quickly walked towards the tent Feiying had mentioned.
...
"Elder Lin, you said someone hadn't arrived yet, but we've been waiting for half an hour. If that person doesn't come soon, we won't have the patience to keep waiting."
Inside the tent, a middle-aged man in a grey long gown said to Lin Weidong, who was seated at the head.
Everyone seated here was an invited observer.
The middle-aged man was a martial arts master supported by the Sun family, a top-tier family in Linggu City.
The Sun family had been close to the Dragon Group in the past two years, which was why Lin Weidong had invited the grey-robed man.
The Dragon Group wanted to form a team composed entirely of highly talented martial arts masters, and they couldn't do without the support of Longguo's major top-tier families.
Lin Weidong found it difficult to recruit martial arts masters supported by top-tier and super-tier families.
However, this was not the case for first-tier families.
And like the first-tier family where the grey-robed man belonged, many other first-tier families wanted to cooperate with the Dragon Group.
After all, cooperating with the Dragon Group meant establishing contact with Longguo's official powers.
This would undoubtedly have a positive impact on the families' future development.
Of course, the families ranked higher among the first-tier families were very reluctant to hand over their cultivated martial arts prodigies to the Dragon Group.
The Dragon Group coveted martial arts prodigies with extremely high talent!
"Sect Master Yang, don't worry. The young person I mentioned has already arrived at the training base."
Lin Weidong picked up his teacup from the table, took a sip, and then said.
This Sect Master Yang had just reached the Houtian Anjin realm. His foundation was unstable, and his current performance was not surprising.
However, another observer, Sect Master Zhang from the Dong family, a first-tier family, sneered, "Sect Master Yang, although you've reached Houtian Anjin, it's quite unusual compared to our situations back then. Aren't you forcefully breaking through the realm without stabilizing your Mingjin peak?"
"Sect Master Zhang is right. Sect Master Yang, you seem so anxious, you should be careful."
"That's right. When we reached Houtian Anjin, our realms were much more stable than yours. Your aura is so unstable, you shouldn't have come to observe."
After Sect Master Dong finished speaking, two other people chimed in.
Lin Weidong, at the head, not only didn't stop them but watched their bickering with amusement.
Martial arts masters, after all, believed in settling things through combat. Disagreements were perfectly normal.
If Lin Weidong wasn't part of the Dragon Group, he might have joined the argument himself.