CHAPTER 606: CHAPTER 475: WHOSE FORMER LOVER

Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er were talking about him, who was none other than Bo Qing, the Jueqing Sect’s Young Master they had encountered earlier in Yan City No.9.

The man who came with Bo Qing was named Dao Ge, a close brother of his, having grown up together since they were kids dressed only in shorts.

That day, after Bo Qing was taken back to the Jueqing Sect by the Jueqing Sect Master couple, he was grounded for several months.

He nearly went moldy staying inside the Jueqing Sect.

Just then, rumors emerged that the Qiankun Purple Bamboo had appeared on Purple Bamboo Ridge. Bo Qing’s good friend Dao Ge eagerly knocked on their door, patted his chest in front of the Jueqing Sect Master couple, and guaranteed that he would take Jueqing out for experience and surely find the Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo.

The two of them formed a small team when they arrived in Mercenary City this time.

In just over a month, they took on several advanced missions and quickly carved out a place for themselves within the Mercenary Corps.

So when they suddenly showed up, they attracted quite a lot of attention.

The two men looked quite different in appearance and temperament, but standing together, they were undoubtedly eye-pleasing, often eliciting screams from the group of Female Mercenaries; even Xia Yin and Xia Qing from the Xia Family’s Three Sisters were respectively fond of Dao Ge and Bo Qing.

One reason the Xia Family’s Three Sisters had not chosen another Mercenary team until now was partly because of these two men.

Compared to Dao Ge’s boldness and smooth social skills, Bo Qing seemed much colder. He didn’t even look at Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er properly, let alone recognize them.

It was his wild companion, Dao Ge, who laughed a few times.

"Gentlemen, our team just happens to be short a few mercenaries. As the saying goes, men and women paired together make work easier; why not join us?"

He had also seen Ye Lingyue’s healing process earlier. Neither he nor Bo Qing knew how to heal, so it was indeed a bit troublesome to enter Purple Bamboo Ridge recently, which was why they thought of looking for a renowned Alchemist in the city to bring along, just in case.

"Captain Dao, are you inviting us three sisters to join?"

When Dao Ge had walked in, facing Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er, by chance the Xia Family’s Three Sisters were standing together with them, so it wasn’t clear to whom Dao Ge’s invitation was directed.

Xia Yin, who liked Dao Ge, naturally wouldn’t miss the opportunity and stepped forward first.

Dao Ge was taken aback and was about to deny it when he glanced at the Xia Family’s Three Sisters and hesitated a bit.

He himself was a man who enjoyed beauty; usually, the women he recruited into his team were absolute beauties. This time, if not for Bo Qing insisting on recruiting ugly ones, he would never have considered the likes of Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er.

The problem was, the previously recruited Female Mercenaries would always find a reason to sneak into their tents.

He was okay with it, welcoming any delivered beauty, but Bo Qing wasn’t so patient; the last few times, he directly minced those bed-climbing Female Mercenaries into meat paste and fed them to the Wild Beasts in the mountains.

Bo Qing even turned blue and warned Dao Ge that if he recruited such crazy women for missions again, he would directly chop up "little Dao Ge" and feed it to the Spiritual Beast.

Just thinking about this made Dao Ge’s lower body feel a chill.

Looking back at Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er, these two women might be a bit ugly, but they acted naturally when they saw him and Bo Qing, which actually met Bo Qing’s requirements.

With beauty in front of him, but also considering his dear little Bo Qing’s mood, Dao Ge thought carefully and made a bold decision.

"Why not have all the ladies join us? There are just five of us in total, front and back."

Dao Ge felt proud of his brilliant decision. Bo Qing wanted someone plain, someone who wouldn’t fawn over him—his responsibility was for those with stunning beauty and sizzling figures.

"Heh~ But Captain Dao, we had no plans to carry out missions with them. What I mean is simple: if they’re in, we’re out." Ye Lingyue, who had been silent until now, suddenly smiled faintly and spoke.

Dao Ge’s face stiffened. He really hadn’t expected that a woman would reject him, and to top it off, she wasn’t even pretty.

After Ye Lingyue’s rejection, Bo Qing glanced at her.

With that look, a glint of astonishment flashed through Bo Qing’s eyes, which had previously shown little interest.

This woman... Bo Qing’s heart suddenly started racing. Though her skin was dark, her contours and features... How could they resemble Hong Shisan so much?

After scrutiny, Bo Qing confirmed that Ye Lingyue was indeed a woman.

Bo Qing’s attention towards Ye Lingyue stirred up Xia Qing’s jealousy.

"You freakish uglies, Captain Dao chose you out of pity, and you dare take yourselves seriously. Captain Dao, there’s no need to bother with these two ugly women. The Xia Family’s Three Sisters are willing to join you." Xia Qing and Xia Yin gazed at Dao Ge and Bo Qing with longing eyes.

"Sorry, I think my sister has made herself very clear. We’re not interested in joining you," Lan Cai’er said stiffly, tugging at Ye Lingyue’s arm, her fingertips cool.

Ye Lingyue noticed something off about Lan Cai’er’s demeanor.

It seemed like ever since Dao Ge walked in, Lan Cai’er had been acting strangely.

"Is it him?" Ye Lingyue asked in a low voice.

Her woman’s intuition told her that Dao Ge was very likely the man who Lan Cai’er had been pining over for years.

Lan Cai’er’s lips trembled slightly.

Her silence was undoubtedly the best answer.

Lan Cai’er hadn’t expected to bump into Dao Ge at Purple Bamboo Ridge after so many years—the man she had once loved so fervently didn’t even recognize her.

Seeing Lan Cai’er’s distraught appearance, Ye Lingyue let out a cold snort.

"Are you two sure you won’t reconsider?" Dao Ge’s face started to look a bit ugly. He was accustomed to getting what he wanted, and this was the first time he had been outright rejected when inviting someone to join—it was a major blow to his ego.

"Captain Dao, my sister and I share the same opinion," Ye Lingyue said as she took Lan Cai’er’s hand, intending to choose from among the mercenary teams that had shown interest in them earlier.

"Hmph, aside from us, I’m afraid you won’t find a second mercenary team that dares to accept you," said Dao Ge, his voice turning cold.

As expected, the other mercenary teams that had invited Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er became visibly frightened after hearing what Dao Ge said. Each of them, awkward and flustered, hurriedly left the Mercenary Alliance.

Little Li watched anxiously from the sidelines, his eyes wide. He was frantic inside.

Lan Lan and Hei Yue were truly like calves not fearing the tiger, even daring to provoke Blood Drink.

One should know that the name "Blood Drink" wasn’t for nothing.

When Bo Qing and Dao Ge had first arrived, because they were so high-profile and snatched away several mercenary corps’ missions, they were once surrounded by a mercenary corps of several hundred people.

Yet just when everyone thought that "Blood Drink" would be stricken from the mercenary world henceforth, that very mercenary corps was eradicated overnight.