"Alright, let's just keep this matter to ourselves. The Tianlong Guild will naturally handle it. We're still too weak to interfere. But remember this: if we ever get the chance, we'll get back at them a hundredfold!"

Beneath Qian Chengxue's calm exterior, a hint of anger was hidden.

"Ahem, shouldn't we be saying, 'Harmony is precious'? And generously forgive them?" Zhang Ru asked with a chuckle.

"Forgiving them is God's job; ours is to send them to meet God!" Su Mo interjected. Despite his usually easygoing nature, Su Mo drew the line when reason failed.

Zhang Ru's smile froze. He gave Su Mo a thumbs up. "Awesome, bro!" He could tell Su Mo was serious.

Qian Chengxue waved her hand. "Alright, everyone's probably tired. Let's take a short break."

"Okay."

Lin Zinuo and the others dispersed.

As Qian Chengxue was about to leave, Su Mo hesitated and called out, "Guild Leader."

"Hmm? What is it?"

Qian Chengxue stopped and looked at Su Mo, slightly surprised.

"About the gains from this battle..."

Su Mo was about to report his earnings to Qian Chengxue, as it was a team effort. However, Qian Chengxue cut him off.

She replied decisively, "No need to say anything. You contributed the most in this operation. Anything you obtained at the base is yours to keep; no need to turn it in to the guild. I'll also prepare a reward for you when we get back."

"Are you sure?" Su Mo looked at her in surprise.

"That's settled. Is there anything else? If not, I'm going to rest for a while."

A hint of fatigue appeared on Qian Chengxue's cool face. She had been monitoring the mission and fighting intensely the whole time, and it was taking a toll on her.

"Yes. When we get back, I'll be a bit tired, and I'd like to request a few days of leave (in reality)."

After thinking for a moment, Su Mo decided to take the opportunity to request the leave directly. Although Lin Zinuo and Zhao Han would definitely approve it, it might cause gossip since it was such a critical time for exploration. Requesting it from Qian Chengxue was different.

"Okay."

Qian Chengxue didn't ask any questions and agreed directly. Then she left.

...

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Sea Moon City Port.

Ye Tian, Ye Wuhen, Ye Haitang, and other important figures from the Ye family were waiting anxiously.

Beside them was a group of Tianlong Guild players with grim expressions, standing ready as the ship approached.

Suddenly, someone in the waiting crowd shouted excitedly, "Look! It's the Soaring!"

In the distance, the Soaring arrived late, causing excitement on the shore.

Soon, the Soaring docked at the port.

Xiao Wen, Zhang Wei, and other important personnel walked off the ship, accompanied by Ye Wei and Si Kong.

Ye Tian hurried to greet them, shaking hands with Xiao Wen, Zhang Wei, and the others.

"Welcome home safe!"

"You must be Mr. Ye Tian. We were able to return safely thanks to your Dawn Guild's help. We will report this merit truthfully." Xiao Wen replied while shaking hands.

"You're too kind. This is what we should do." Ye Tian replied, in a great mood.

"Legion Commander, we should go." At this time, the people from the Tianlong Guild waiting on the shore calmly reminded him.

After listening, Xiao Wen said to Ye Tian and the others, "I won't say any more words of thanks. We have important matters to report, so we'll say goodbye here!"

"Okay, take care."

Ye Tian smiled as he saw Xiao Wen and the others leave.

After a moment, when Xiao Wen and the others had left, Ye Tian walked up to Ye Wei and the others and praised them happily.

"Ye Wei, Ye Wuhen, you did well this time."

"Thank you, Father. This mission was indeed very difficult, but fortunately, we successfully rescued Xiao Wen and the others."

Ye Wei looked modest, but her words were not modest at all. She directly took credit. She sent the people here, and the credit was linked to the Dawn Guild, so who could say otherwise?

Moreover, under normal circumstances, they should have returned to Dawn City, but Ye Wei deliberately deviated from the trajectory and ran directly to this place, then notified the Tianlong Guild to come here, further establishing her credit.

Although the method was not very ethical, who would give up such a good opportunity?

"This is what we should do, but Si Kong and Ye Wei did a great job this time."

Ye Wuhen echoed in a very cooperative manner.

The elders on the side praised them with smiles on their faces.

"This matter was handled very well. You see, Lord Xiao Wen said it so clearly, he remembered the credit."

"That's right, and more than that, it can be regarded as a good relationship. Those are all adults with high status, especially Lord Xiao Wen and Lord Zhang Wei."

"That Lord Chen Shan also has a high status."

"Yes, yes, how could we leave him out..."

......

Ye Tian said to Ye Wei and the others in a very good mood: "Credit is credit, and when the above settles, I will give you additional rewards!"

"Thank you, Father!" Ye Wuhen and Ye Wei responded with joy.

However, Ye Haitang just stood beside her, without saying anything, but a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Although the fleet she sent sank and the personnel were almost dead or injured, she knew the execution of this mission better than anyone else.

......

On the other side, the Helan also approached the seaport of Dawn City.

Tang Yao and Zhao Han were waiting anxiously.

"Hi! We're back."

Lin Zinuo waved excitedly on the bow of the ship.

Seeing the battered and scarred Helan return, Tang Yao and the others breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that something might happen on the way back, which would be troublesome.

Soon the Helan docked, and Qian Chengxue and others walked down.

"Sister Xue, you are finally back, we were so worried."

Tang Yao and others all surrounded her.

"It's okay, by the way, has the Soaring returned? Why didn't I see it at the seaport?"

Qian Chengxue suddenly noticed something was wrong. In theory, the Soaring should have arrived long ago.

Hearing Qian Chengxue's question, everyone present looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Qian Chengxue also felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, she calmly asked: "What happened?"

"The Soaring did not return to Dawn City, but returned to the seaport of Sea Moon City. Ye Wei took all the rescued people there, and made great efforts to ask for credit in front of all the senior executives of the group! Now the entire guild is spreading the word that Ye Wei and Ye Wuhen have made great achievements."

Tang Yao explained to Qian Chengxue very angrily.

Qian Chengxue thought for a while, but was not too angry. She was used to this kind of trick to grab credit. She firmly believed that what is yours will always be yours.

"I see."