Changes of Royal Combat Team (1)

Seeing that all the members have gathered in the square, Ye Xiuying walked to the stage, seeing her all the members stopped chattering and focused on her.

Upon seeing that all the attention is focused on her, Ye Xiuying started to announce the news of Ye Lingling's coming back to the clan.

"The reason why I all gathered you here today is to announce the good news to the clan. It's that my daughter, Ye Lingling, who was presumed dead for three months returned to the clan alive and well."

"!!"

The crowd burst into loud exclamations of surprise from every corner of the square, yet they still showed their doubts about the supposed good news since it has already been three months since Ye Lingling was proclaimed dead.

" I know that most of you probably don't believe what I'm saying, so rather than arguing with all of you, I'll just show you, to prove that I'm not lying to all of you." Ye Xiuying calmly said while making a gesture toward the back of the platform.

Following her gesture, a shadow went out from behind the wall and slowly walked to the platform, seeing the identity of the shadows, everyone in the square was once again shocked.

Even though they still have some expectations from the words of Ye Xiuying just now, they didn't expect it to be true after all.

But, some people still have a few doubts, like what if it was someone is impersonating Ye Lingling?

Like, just three months ago, someone suddenly awakened the Nine Flowering Apple Martial Spirit so, they can only think of the worse possibility, which is Ye Lingling's death.

So they expressed their doubts about Ye Lingling's identity, yet when she summoned her martial spirit all the doubts vanished into nothingness.

Looking at the pure white begonia that exuded endless vitality, the adults already guessed as to why Ye Lingling can return alive despite there being another awakener of the Nine Heart Flowering Apple Martial Spirit in their clan.

And sure enough, Ye Xiuying verified their guess in what she said next.

"Ye Lingling was able to return to our clan today, due to a great opportunity in which it caused her martial spirit to mutate in a benign direction."

After saying a few more words of reassurance, the clansmen gathered at the square dispersed and news gradually spread from the clan land to the whole of Heaven Dou City.

Some were surprised and then became delighted at the news, while some were disappointed at such news.

Those who are disappointed are naturally the ones that held a grudge against the Nine Heart Flowering Apple Clan, and those who are happy are naturally the ones that have a good relationship with the clan.

Such as the Dugu Clan, which only has two members, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan, currently the two are inside the Dugu Mansion when they received the news.

"Grandpa, Ye Lingling is here, it means that she must have obtained a chance like ours so that her martial spirit mutated allowing for another Nine Heart Flowering Apple to be awakened." Dugu Yan said her guess when she heard the news.

"Of course, she will have her chance, just from the chance Xu Shuang gave us, can her girlfriend be any lesser than our chance?" Dugu Bo asked in a sarcastic matter, stating an obvious fact.

"Anyway, you should go to the academy first and wait for Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling there, and it's better to explain the drastic changes that happened to the team."

Dugu Yan nodded and quickly arranged for a carriage to head to the Heaven Dou Academy outside the city.

And just like a coincidence, once she arrived at the area where the Royal Combat Team usually trains, she saw Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling alighting from a carriage not far in front.

She quickly alighted her carriage too and jumped on the backs of the two with her arms on the shoulders of two while letting out a joyful shout.

"Shuang-Shuang and Lingling, you two are finally back, I've missed you two so much. I thought you two would only be gone for a month or two, you two didn't say about leaving for 6 whole months."

Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling smiled wryly when they heard Dugu Yan's complaints, yet they were surprised when they turned around and took a good look at Dugu Yan.

In the past, Dugu Yan has teal hair and blue eyes, then the Dugu Yan now became much more beautiful, with deep green hair and sparkling emerald eyes that seems to capture those who look into it.

As if seeing their surprised looks, Dugu Yan smiled smugly as she brushed her long hair behind her ears and said proudly.

"How about it? I look more beautiful than before right?"

Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling nodded and felt that Dugu Yan became more beautiful than before, and Xu Shuang also noticed that Dugu Yan has become more cheerful than in the past years when she was so frivolous and flirtatious.

Maybe in the past due to the poison embedded deep into her body, Dugu Yan felt a sort of crisis that she constantly tries new things as she doesn't know when will the poison in her body erupt and kill her.

But now that the poison has been resolved and she doesn't have to worry about dropping dead anytime soon, she started to slow down and gradually enjoy life from now on, this is evident in the cheerful temperament she has now.

"Come, I'll take you to meet the others, I'm sure they missed you as much as I did." Dugu Yan said while pulling Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling into the area where they usually practice.

Xu Shuang felt nostalgic when she passed through the areas inside the Tian Dou Genius Dormitory, it may be due to her not practicing in the Magnetic Valley inside her clan that she does not get lost anymore.

After a while of walking they arrived at the familiar training ground, it may be due to today being a holiday so there is only one person in the training ground.

It's an unfamiliar person to Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling, but with the other party's physical characteristics, Xu Shuang already has a clue about who this person is.

A very beautiful girl who is tall and well proportioned albeit a little thin. She has long blonde hair, brown eyes, and a triangular emblem on her right cheek. She's wearing the standard uniform of the Speed Clan, which is now drenched in sweat due to long periods of training.

The girl is now resting on a big rock wiping her sweat with a big towel when she heard footsteps behind her.

She quickly entered martial spirit possession and flew away from the source of the sound with an aerial front flip.

She was then relieved when she saw it was just Dugu Yan, but then her pupils shrank when she saw Xu Shuang, she was just about to step forward and bow, but she saw Xu Shuang looking at her with a smile while making a shushing motion.

"Xu Shuang, Lingling this is, Bai Chenxiang, a new member of our team." Dugu Yan didn't notice the two abnormalities and introduced Bai Chenxiang to the two.

"Chenxiang, these two are Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling, they are the core of our Royal Combat Team. With Xu Shuang being the captain of the team."

Bai Chenxiang cupped her hands and bowed slightly and respectfully greeted, " Chenxiang has met the captain and two senior sisters."