"Uh... We can't decide anything about Contribution Value."
"But you have a say in it, don't you?"
"This mission clearly wasn't something Personal Disciples could handle. The other side had a powerhouse from the Myriad Thousand Realm."
"If I hadn't had a few tricks up my sleeve, we'd all have been in danger just now."
"How could that be? We were right there with you. Of course we knew something was amiss. We'd never joke around with your lives."
"We're not members of the Heaven Tribulation Alliance. We wouldn't just stand by and watch our own people get killed."
Hearing this, Chen Changan frowned and said, "Come on, let's talk it over. It was so dangerous. Give us a few more Contribution Value points."
"One thousand Contribution Value points is already plenty."
"Yeah. Ordinary missions don't earn you anywhere near that much."
"We set the reward at one thousand precisely because we knew something was amiss and the mission was dangerous."
Seeing all three of them say the same thing, Chen Changan could only nod helplessly. It seemed there was no chance of bargaining for a higher reward.
"So what are you going to do with these three?"
"Take them back for questioning?"
"Yeah. We'll take them back and question them, and find out a little more about the Heaven Tribulation Alliance while we're at it."
Hearing the Red Leaf Peak Peak Master, Chen Changan asked curiously, "You really don't know anything about the Heaven Tribulation Alliance?"
"We know a little, but not much."
"Alright, we'll head back first. You should hurry back, too."
With that, the three Peak Masters left with the three captives.
After the three Peak Masters had departed, the Personal Disciples from Green Bamboo Peak and White Cloud Peak came over to Chen Changan.
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