Chapter 22: Tenglong Special Guard

"Security team leader?" Wang Ziwen almost dropped his jaw, his face showing a strange smile, "Tenglong Special Guard, established in 3010, is tasked with protecting the Great Shrimp Empire and handling special incidents. Although Huang Wei is the weakest, every member is a martial artist."

This guy is definitely doing this on purpose to make fun of me, Ye Tian rolled his eyes and said unenthusiastically, "Security team leader, who knows the responsibilities, but definitely stronger than your team leader."

Pfft!

Wang Ziwen spat out a mouthful of red wine, recalling the lesson he just got from Ye Tian, and instantly felt embarrassed.

Nowadays, the ancient martial arts of the Great Xia are declining, except for those ancient and hereditary families, those who have reached the realm of Ming Jin are already considered masters. But then, there's Ye Tian, an anomaly in the Dark Jin phase, no wonder he had been put in place.

However, fortunately for Wang Ziwen, his purpose wasn't just to show off. After regaining his composure, he smiled and said, "With your strength, you might even match our Huang Wei team leader. Are you interested in joining our Special Guard?"

"No interest!" Ye Tian declined without hesitation. With the Dog Food System, only a fool would join such a restrictive place.

"That's right... What! You don't agree?"

Wang Ziwen was mid-sentence when he suddenly realized and looked at Ye Tian in shock, "Think about it, without the support of those real hereditary families, you must have gone through a lot to reach your current strength, right?"

"Yes, I've been through a lot!" Ye Tian nodded deeply, as being single and suddenly having to show affection with a goddess to earn Dog Food Points is indeed hard - an agony they wouldn't understand. The pain of a single guy like him is beyond these rich kids' understanding.

"That's right!" Wang Ziwen smiled satisfactorily, blissfully unaware of the 'hardships' Ye Tian mentioned. Otherwise, he'd go insane.

Showing off love to become a Dark Jin master, if that's suffering, then I want a trainload of it.

After the laughter, Wang Ziwen began to entice with a tempting tone: "Just think, if you join our Special Guard, you hardly need to do anything regularly. Occasional missions are a piece of cake for you, but we can provide ample resources for your martial arts training.

With current technology, we can synthetically produce some decades-old expensive wild medicinal materials. Although we can't perfectly replicate centennial ones, they still have remarkable effects. It's just that they are scarce and hence only internally available.

If you join us, at least decades-old synthetic wild medicinal materials can be supplied to you unlimitedly. Even for the centennial ones, a Dark Jin master can get a dose every month."

"Sorry, I'm still not interested in joining you."

The offer Wang Ziwen made would tempt any martial artist not from top-tier hereditary families like the Xiao, Cui, or Murong families, who have survived through thousands of years. Even among them, only the direct descendants receive such treatment.

After all, martial arts require vast resources, and while equipment and venues are easily accessible in modern society, the most significant consumption is various medicinal materials.

The scarcity of wild medicinal materials is well known. In this world, the Great Xia nation, with the help of hereditary families, hasn't been invaded during the world wars and has implemented environmental protection early under the advocacy of these top-tier families.

However, the quantity of wild medicinal materials is vast, and the consumption is even more terrifying, driving the prices up considerably. Without the support and wealth of a family, it's almost impossible to progress.

Ordinary cultivated medicinal materials and synthetic supplements don't do much for martial artists. The technology to synthesize wild medicinal materials might not be difficult for a few top-tier hereditary families to obtain, but for ordinary martial families, it's nearly impossible. Even if they could, they lack the corresponding resources to produce them.

Thus, apart from the top-tier families, the conditions Wang Ziwen offered are hard for any martial artist to refuse.

But this doesn't include Ye Tian, who Wang Ziwen couldn't even dream of, has achieved his current Dark Jin stage strength solely by quickly advancing through martial arts body tempering.

Therefore, Ye Tian, who has the Huatuo medical technique, knows that martial artists need a lot of resources but has never truly experienced the need.

Is training difficult? Just show some love and earn Dog Food Points; why bother joining any special guard organization and do tough tasks?

"You..." Wang Ziwen was choked by Ye Tian's indifferent tone, only managing to pull out a business card and say, "Fine, this is my card. If you change your mind, give me a call."

Ye Tian nodded and took the card. Although he had no intention of joining Tenglong Special Guard, he didn't feel any animosity towards Wang Ziwen anymore. Having a Major as a friend also had its prestige, after all.

Besides, Wang Ziwen's status was there, and it might come in handy someday.

Wang Ziwen, unaware that Ye Tian considered him a potential free labor source, felt he still had a chance to persuade him to join the Special Guard and started chatting enthusiastically.

Wang Ziwen, who had executed various undercover and interrogation missions, subconsciously began to probe into Ye Tian's background. Ye Tian, a typical homebody and poor guy, was utterly defenseless against this. Apart from deliberately concealing the Dog Food System, he was soon overwhelmed by Wang Ziwen's extensive and varied conversation.

Ye Tian's lack of caution scared Wang Ziwen half to death.

Who is this person? With a profound knowledge of martial arts, Wang Ziwen felt like he wasn't facing a Dark Jin martial artist but one of those rarely seen formidable patrons of the Tenglong Special Guard. Even Ye Tian's knowledge of special forces combat techniques surpassed that of Wang Ziwen, a real special forces soldier. Moreover, Ye Tian's understanding of traditional Chinese medicine made Wang Ziwen feel like he was facing not a young man in his twenties but one of those famous national medical masters in Yanjing.

A national medical master isn't a status any martial artist can compare with. Even those hereditary families wouldn't dare to offend any medical practitioner of that level.

Any national medical master represents incredibly formidable connections. Knowing one is akin to having several extra lives! Even if Wang Ziwen didn't believe Ye Tian had reached that level, anyone giving him such an impression must be extraordinary in medical skills.

What kind of fearsome master could have taught such a disciple?