Chapter 344: Yun Sheng Is Looked Down Upon Again, Face-Slapping Preparation

Chapter 344: Chapter 344: Yun Sheng Is Looked Down Upon Again, Face-Slapping Preparation

Time ticked by. In a flash, twenty minutes had passed.

The people outside the door were growing increasingly anxious. Just as Zhou Yi raised his hand to knock and check on the situation, the tightly shut door suddenly opened from the inside.

The burly man was the first to walk out. He had completely shed his previously hostile, tense, and irritable demeanor. Now, he looked dazed, his footsteps unsteady, and his face bore the sluggish lethargy of someone who had just woken up. His eyes were vacant, as if he hadn’t yet snapped out of a state of extreme relaxation.

It wasn’t until he stepped into the light that he abruptly came to his senses, belatedly realizing he had actually fallen asleep under the pacification of a rookie guide. Moreover, upon waking, the dull ache that had troubled him for so long had completely vanished. His chaotic and restless spiritual power had stabilized. He felt incredibly light, his mental state reaching a recent peak.

Such an effect would be difficult to achieve effortlessly, let alone by a rookie guide—even the highly experienced High-level Guides in the Tower might struggle to pull it off.

A few seconds later, Yun Sheng also stepped out of the pacification room. Her expression remained calm, devoid of any unnecessary emotion, but a faint layer of fatigue veiled her eyes. Her lips were pressed slightly together, and her breathing was a bit heavier than before. It was evident that the pacification she had just performed hadn’t been entirely effortless for her, either.

Yet even so, the shock it brought to everyone was intense. A rookie without a spiritual body had pulled off a spiritual pacification that far exceeded the quality of a High-level Guide, and at such a minimal cost to herself.

The office instantly plunged into dead silence. Everyone’s gaze fell uniformly on the burly man, then slowly shifted to Yun Sheng’s tired face, their eyes filled with deep shock and disbelief. The lingering contempt, doubt, and desire to see her make a fool of herself completely vanished into thin air, leaving not a single trace behind.

Zhou Yi was also completely stunned, his pupils contracting slightly. He re-evaluated the seemingly delicate, harmless, and easily underestimated rookie standing before him. At this moment, a single thought sprouted in the minds of everyone in the squad: They had really struck gold this time!

Whether one possessed a spiritual body or not had never been the sole criterion for judging a guide’s strength. Yun Sheng’s true Guiding Ability completely eclipsed the majority of guides they had encountered in the past. Perhaps her addition really could stabilize everyone’s mental state in the squad, maybe even elevate the Ninth Field Squad’s overall strength and help them escape their currently stagnant, desperate predicament.

The silence lasted for several seconds before the burly man who had just received the spiritual guidance broke it. The daze on his face faded, replaced by overwhelming embarrassment and guilt. The harsher his words had been before, the more ashamed he felt now. Taking two steps forward, he stood in front of Yun Sheng with his massive frame. In a rare display, he withdrew all his hostility, humbled himself, and spoke in a stiff, awkward tone.

"Earlier... I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have judged you so recklessly, and I definitely shouldn’t have said such awful things. I was too short-sighted."

Having awakened as a Sentinel many years ago, this was the first time a rookie he had looked down on had so thoroughly proven him wrong—yet he didn’t feel the slightest bit of resentment. The other squad members also put away their joking expressions, their faces growing much more serious. After this incident, no one dared to treat Yun Sheng as an ordinary rookie they could just push around.

Yun Sheng raised her eyes, looking at the uneasy burly man. She shook her head gently, her tone calm and easygoing. "It’s fine. It’s normal to have prejudices when you don’t understand something."

She hadn’t taken his previous taunts to heart at all. At this time, Zhou Yi also stepped forward. The way he looked at Yun Sheng had completely changed. Beyond mere politeness, there was now genuine, heartfelt respect.

"Yun Sheng, I didn’t expect your Guiding Ability to be this outstanding. We underestimated you before. Since you’ve successfully passed the entry test, from now on, you are the Ninth Squad’s official, exclusive guide. We’ll have to trouble you with everyone’s spiritual guidance going forward."

Yun Sheng nodded slightly. "I’ll do my best."

Looking at the girl’s calm and composed demeanor, Zhou Yi felt even more deeply moved. Who would have thought that the rookie who had been fiercely rejected by the entire squad just this morning, written off as a burden, would completely turn everyone’s opinions around in a mere twenty minutes?

Just as the atmosphere was gradually easing, a deep, icy, and somewhat impatient male voice suddenly rang out from the doorway. "What’s all this noise?"

Everyone instinctively turned to look. The moment the words fell, the formerly lively atmosphere in the office abruptly froze. The few Sentinels who had been relaxed just moments ago stiffened. They subconsciously lightened their breathing, all smiles fading from their faces.

A tall, lean man strode into the office. He wore a neatly ironed standard-issue military uniform, its cuffs casually rolled up to his forearms. An icy, aloof, and oppressive aura hovered around him. He was the captain of the Ninth Field Squad, Lu Chen.

As a Peak B-level Sentinel, Lu Chen’s mental state was highly unstable by nature. Irritable and prone to anger, his frequency of spiritual riots was far higher than that of ordinary High-level Sentinels. For this very reason, he had an eccentric, perverse personality and a terrible temper. He had previously driven away two of the squad’s guides in a row with his anger, and almost no guide in the entire Tower was willing to voluntarily join the Ninth Squad.

His cold gaze swept over the crowd gathered in the office, finally settling on Yun Sheng—the only unfamiliar face among them. The icy chill in his eyes deepened.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, his tone exceptionally cautious. "Captain, it’s nothing major. This is Yun Sheng, the new guide assigned to our squad. She just successfully performed an entry guidance for one of our members, so everyone gathered around to discuss it."

Lu Chen’s thin lips parted slightly. His tone was utterly devoid of warmth—blunt and biting. "A new guide? The rookie without even a spiritual body that the Tower forced onto us?"

He had received the notice long ago, well aware that a guide without a spiritual body was coming to the squad. From the very beginning, he had been full of resistance. In his eyes, a guide without a spiritual body was completely worthless—incapable of shouldering the guidance work for an entire field squad, and nothing but a burden!

Without waiting for Zhou Yi to explain, Lu Chen’s gaze landed squarely on Yun Sheng, looking her up and down. The guide before him had a slender figure and docile features. She looked delicate and unremarkable. No matter how he looked at her, she didn’t seem capable of handling the spiritual guidance of High-level Sentinels.

"I don’t care how much preferential treatment you received elsewhere," Lu Chen said, stepping closer to her step by step. An invisible Spiritual Suppression belonging to a Peak B-level Sentinel poured out without warning, crashing down on Yun Sheng. "In my squad, useless people have no right to exist!"

Hearing this, the burly man standing nearby wanted to speak up for Yun Sheng. He had just personally experienced Yun Sheng’s abilities and knew exactly how capable she was. She was absolutely nothing like the incompetent burden the captain made her out to be.

But in the next second, an unexpected scene played out.

Facing the high-intensity Spiritual Suppression head-on, Yun Sheng’s expression remained completely unbothered from beginning to end. Though the faint fatigue on her face had yet to dissipate, her back remained perfectly straight and her eyes calm. She was neither panicked by the suppression’s intimidation, nor did she show the slightest hint of fear. It was as if the formidable Peak B-level spiritual oppression Lu Chen took such pride in was nothing more than an inconsequential breeze to her.

Yun Sheng raised her eyes, calmly meeting Lu Chen’s icy stare. "You can rest assured, Captain. Time will prove whether I am useful or not."