Meanwhile, taking advantage of this time, Dongfang Mingyue sneaked up to Ye Cangtian and pinched his waist hard.
“Alright, you brat. I’ve treated you well, yet you turned and ran when it mattered. Do you have any conscience!” Dongfang Mingyue said fiercely in a low voice.
Hiss!
Ye Cangtian’s waist, where his soft flesh was grabbed, felt like it was about to tear. He never expected Dongfang Mingyue to play such a trick.
He quickly said, “Sister Mingyue, people you can’t handle, how could I possibly have the ability!”
“Heh, is that so?”
Dongfang Mingyue sneered, increasing the force with her little hand.
Ye Cangtian couldn’t take it anymore and said helplessly, “Sister Mingyue, I was wrong, alright? Give me a chance, and this younger brother will dedicate himself to the task until death!”
“Hmph!”
Hearing this, Dongfang Mingyue released her hand and said sternly, “You said it yourself! Then her safety is entrusted to you from now on. If she loses even a single strand of hair, you’ll be responsible for the consequences…”
“…”
Listening to Dongfang Mingyue’s words, Ye Cangtian felt as if he had eaten something unpleasant.
Now that Dugu Ling’s decision to take the mission was unstoppable, protecting her safety undoubtedly meant teaming up with her.
What good could come from teaming up with such an arrogant young lady who didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth?
He might as well be played to death himself!
But what could he do? Dongfang Mingyue had said it all. He could only brace himself and go along with it.
“I…”
“I’ll do it!”
Just as Ye Cangtian was about to raise his hand to volunteer, a man stood up from the other side.
The man was in his thirties, with a full beard, looking somewhat weathered, but his eyes were sharp and bright. He should possess some strength.
“Good judgment. This female hero accepts you.”
Dugu Ling glanced at the man and immediately revealed a smile.
Seeing the hesitant person in front of her, she had been anxious, but now that someone had volunteered, she immediately agreed.
As she spoke, Dugu Ling’s gaze fell upon Ye Cangtian, and her brow furrowed.
Wasn’t this the person Dongfang Mingyue had just designated to compete with him? Now that he appeared, it was obvious that Dongfang Mingyue had asked him to protect her.
Thinking this, she asked, “If I’m not mistaken, you were also going to volunteer just now, weren’t you?”
Hearing this, Ye Cangtian nodded and said, “Yes, I wonder if Lady Ling welcomes it?”
“Not welcome!”
Dugu Ling snorted and coldly refused.
“As a member of the Hidden Group, you are powerful and can easily find teammates if you want to carry out a mission. There’s no need to hitch a ride with me!”
“Moreover, even when I carry out missions, I have standards. I want to help those who are weak and ensure their mission completion rate and their lives!”
“You don’t meet the requirements!”
Dugu Ling then gave her explanation. Besides the fact that the other party was Dongfang Mingyue’s person, there was another reason she disliked him.
That was that the man was too cowardly.
If he were to be afraid of death during a mission, it would easily lead to negative emotions and cause the mission to fail.
This was her very first mission in life. If it ended in failure, how could she bear it?
Excellent!
Upon hearing this, Ye Cangtian was speechless on the surface, but inwardly, he was overjoyed.
He had volunteered, but she hadn’t taken a liking to him, so it wasn’t his fault.
Thinking this, he shrugged at Dongfang Mingyue, signaling that he had done his best and that she should find someone else to secretly protect Dugu Ling.
Seeing Ye Cangtian’s expression, Dongfang Mingyue’s teeth began to grind, and she wished she could teach this kid a good lesson.
But suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she came up with an idea.
The next moment, Dongfang Mingyue went up to Dugu Ling and said, “Sister Ling, you said you want to assist the weak in completing missions, is that true?”
Dugu Ling looked at Dongfang Mingyue suspiciously, not understanding her meaning, and said, “Of course, I stand by my word. Everyone can testify!”
“Then you should bring him along!”
As she spoke, Dongfang Mingyue directly pulled Ye Cangtian to her front, pointing at Ye Cangtian with her little finger and continued, “He is very weak, practically a weakling!”
Pfft!
With that remark, Ye Cangtian almost coughed up blood from anger!
Although he was indeed a bit weaker than Dongfang Mingyue, who else here, besides Dongfang Mingyue, was his match?
He couldn’t be described as a weakling!
After all, one of his feet had already stepped into the Earth-level realm!
“He’s weak? Or a weakling?”
“Then why did you ask him to compete with me just now?”
Dugu Ling ignored Ye Cangtian’s feelings and questioned Dongfang Mingyue’s words.
“Yes, he is a weakling.”
“In the Hidden Group, his strength hasn’t even reached the average level!”
“I think you’ll know everything once you see his contribution value. Please wait a moment.”
Dongfang Mingyue nodded and gestured to the Hidden Group staff to retrieve Ye Cangtian’s information.
Contribution value?
Ye Cangtian was stunned.
Why did contribution value suddenly come up?
He didn’t understand, but Ye Cangtian felt that his contribution value shouldn’t be very low.
A short while later.
The staff member brought Ye Cangtian’s file and handed it directly to Dongfang Mingyue.
Dongfang Mingyue didn’t even look at it, turning it over and handing it to Dugu Ling.
“Take a look yourself,” Dongfang Mingyue said with a smile.
Dugu Ling instinctively opened the document and her eyes widened. “Zero! It’s zero contribution value! Kid, so you’re a novice! Hahaha, what a coincidence, this female hero is also on her first mission!”
Zero? I’m dizzy!
Is this how you set people up!
Ye Cangtian felt like cursing.
Weren’t his grievances with the Bai family already resolved? His contribution value should have been returned.
Moreover, there was the Tingfeng City mission later. Didn’t he get any contribution value at all?
He glared at Dongfang Mingyue, wanting her to give a reasonable explanation.
Dongfang Mingyue just smiled slightly and ignored him, as if saying, what are you looking at? It’s zero, but it wasn’t my doing.
“Sister Dongfang, how did this kid manage to get into the Hidden Group?”
Seeing Ye Cangtian’s silence, Dugu Ling turned to Dongfang Mingyue and asked curiously.
As the organization that issued missions, the Hidden Group should set an example first.
Logically, everyone should have carried out missions, and carrying out missions would earn contribution points. It was impossible to have zero contribution points!
Hearing this, the people around also looked at Dongfang Mingyue.
Feeling their gazes, Dongfang Mingyue smiled slightly and said, “He has just reached the required strength and came from the China Dragon Group. He has only recently become a member of the Hidden Group.”
With that explanation, everyone instantly understood. They all knew that the Hidden Group represented China, and it was not unreasonable to send a batch of elites from outside the ruins.
Dugu Ling, on the other hand, naturally understood and nodded thoughtfully.
She pondered for a moment and then said, “You can bring him along, but there are two conditions: First, obey my command! Second, don’t be a coward!”
“No problem.”
Dongfang Mingyue readily agreed and then pulled Ye Cangtian in front of Dugu Ling, admonishing him, “You brat, you lack experience, so you should listen and learn more. If you mess around, don’t blame me for punishing you!”
“Okay.”
Ye Cangtian nodded powerlessly, feeling extremely wronged.
It was one thing to make decisions for him, but now she was threatening him. She was truly using any means necessary…
Soon, Ye Cangtian adjusted his mindset and walked to the side, asking the man with the beard, “Brother, what should I call you?”
The man glanced at Ye Cangtian, knowing he was his teammate, and then slowly said, “Cang Lang.”
Cang Lang?
He hadn’t heard of it.
Ye Cangtian muttered to himself, etching the name in his mind.
The fact that the other party dared to be the first to volunteer to team up with Dugu Ling was worth paying attention to.
He wanted to learn more, but Cang Lang didn’t seem inclined to say more. Seeing this, Ye Cangtian gave up the idea, lest he embarrass himself.