Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"Okay, you don't need to blame yourself. You've done a great job."

Ye Ge reached out and ruffled her hair.

"Oh right, besides this potion, there's something else."

Night Song gave her the material proportions for the liquid energy.

"What is this?" Yu Li asked curiously.

“A synthetic liquid energy source that can replace the effects of magic stones,” Nightsong said. “I need you to help me mass-produce it.”

"Huh...??" Yu Li was stunned, thinking she had misheard.

A replacement for... Magic Stones?

"Xue'er, there's one more thing I need to trouble you with."

"what's up?"

"Come and see."

Ye Ge sat in front of a computer, her hands moving rapidly across the screen.

Gao Shenxue came up behind him, bent down slightly to look at his screen, her long, untied black hair hanging down her shoulders.

"what is this?"

"Hmm... I'll name it—System."

"system?"

"You can think of it as a combination of the functions of a computer and a communication watch, along with attribute scanning and analysis capabilities, as well as the item storage function of a spatial ring."

Ye Ge pointed to the design drawings on the computer and gave a long explanation before saying, "I want to design it as a prosthetic body that can be installed inside the human body."

Gao Shenxue stared at the design drawings on the screen for a while, then said, "It seems quite interesting, a good idea."

Night Song Laughs.

Gao Shenxue glanced at Ye Ge: "However, this design is very professional; it shouldn't be something an outsider could create. When did you become knowledgeable about these things?"

Ye Ge said awkwardly, "Emmm...it was designed by a friend of mine."

Gao Shenxue stared intently at Ye Ge with her clear eyes for a long time, making Ye Ge feel uneasy all over.

Then the girl reached out and gently pinched Ye Ge's cheek: "A child who lies to his mother is not a good child."

Night Song: "Can Shenxue's mom indulge me a little?"

Gao Shenxue paused for a moment, then said, "Okay."

Ye Ge blinked, her eyes filled with innocence and anticipation: "Then I'll trouble Shen Xue Mama to pretend she didn't see through me."

Gao Shenxue: "If I pretend I didn't see through it, what kind of reward will I get?"

Yege thought for a moment and said, "Of course, whatever reward Shenxue Mama wants is fine with me."

Gao Shenxue hesitated.

She'd accept any reward, but now she doesn't know what reward she should ask for...

"It's alright, Xue'er can think about it slowly."

Ye Ge said, "By the way, if you were to make it, how long would it take?"

Gao Shenxue said, "One day."

Ye Ge looked surprised: "One day?!"

"Yes," Gao Shenxue said calmly. "The design drawings are already finished. They're very detailed, with all sorts of parameters. Is it really that difficult to complete in just one day?"

Night Song: "..."

He spent a full three years in his illusionary world...

Sure enough, his childhood sweethearts, though they all look adorable on the outside, are actually a bunch of terrifying little monsters inside...

After a while, Gao Shenxue asked Ye Ge again, "By the way, I recently learned some things from my sister. Are you planning to go to war with Chu Wanhe?"

Night Song said, "Yes."

Gao Shenxue asked, "Then why haven't you taken any action yet?"

Ye Ge smiled and said, "Did you think I hadn't taken any action?"

Gao Shenxue asked in surprise, "You've been with us these past few days, and I haven't seen you do anything else."

"Hehe." Ye Ge said, "Yes, even you think so, I think Chu Wanhe must think so too, and those nobles in the empire who have been keeping an eye on our Ye family must also think so."

"But in fact, the war has already begun, it's just that Chu Wanhe may not know it yet."

......

A few more days later.

That day, Ye Ge stayed in her bedroom.

Gray Smoke and Song Jie emerged from the shadows and appeared before him.

It seems that Song Jie has indeed made rapid progress. He has only been following Gray Smoke for a short time, and he has already learned the Shadow Concealment Technique.

"How did it go?" Ye Ge asked them.

"Hehe, boss, this thing you gave me is really useful!" Song Jie pointed to his right eye and said with a grin, "I've downloaded all of Chu Wanhe's attribute data and the data of his equipment."

Chu Wanhe, 51 years old, a third-tier Asura Realm transcendent, a swordsman. His sword is a +11 star pink-quality longsword named Tiger Soul, enchanted with an ice-attribute orb. He wears a +10 star swordsman's trench coat, lined with a +10 star black gold soft armor, and +10 star warrior boots. He also wears an +11 star Earth Ascension Amulet...

In short, all his equipment was pink-quality and expensive, enhanced to 10 or 11 stars. His strength was originally at the third stage of the Asura Realm, but with his equipment and weapons, his attributes were almost comparable to those of an ordinary civilian at the ninth stage of the Asura Realm!

Besides his strength level and equipment data, Grey Smoke also brought detailed information about Chu Wanhe, including his personality, age, hobbies, daily routine, talents in various aspects, sword skills he cultivated, the economic situation of Ten Thousand Swords City, his family situation, and so on...

Chu Wanhe is a naturally suspicious and cautious person, as evidenced by his willingness to use a Shura Realm expert to assassinate Ye Ge, a Xuan Realm cultivator. Even with his most trusted subordinates, he remains wary and doesn't give them any chance. Moreover, while he does have a man's lustful desires, he would never let women interfere with his duties, a trait that greatly differs from Tang Shan.

Grey Smoke said, "We've been secretly observing Chu Wanhe for a long time. His personality and lifestyle seem almost flawless. He takes his men with him wherever he goes. If we want to assassinate him by capturing the leader first, it probably won't be that easy."

Ye Ge smiled knowingly: "No, everyone has weaknesses. Someone as cautious and suspicious as him certainly has his own weaknesses."

"Oh?" Gray Smoke looked on with curiosity.