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

The ranks of the Spirit Demon warriors finally stopped in front of the principal's residence.

The carriage, pulled by two tall, spirit beast warhorses, slowly came to a stop.

Two members of the Spirit Demon Clan, a man and a woman, alighted from the carriage. Both wore red and yellow feathered cloaks adorned with some kind of exotic totem. The male Spirit Demon was handsome and tall, while the female Spirit Demon was beautiful and alluring. Their facial features shared many similarities, suggesting they were siblings.

Chi Lin (male spirit demon) looked up at the magnificent building before him and couldn't help but sigh, "It's been so long since I've seen my teacher. The last time we met was on the battlefield of all races a hundred years ago, wasn't it?"

Feiyue (a female spirit) said, "Yes."

At that moment, she noticed a nameplate stone next to the villa building.

The stone is engraved with the words: "The Residence of Lan Mi, the Greatest Principal in History".

Fei Yue smiled, her eyes crinkling: "It seems the teacher is still the same as before."

"Let's go in."

"Ah."

......

Lan Mi reclined lazily on the chaise lounge in the living room, her slender hand picking up a handful of melon seeds from the plate in front of her. With each flick of her thumb, the kernels and shells separated automatically and landed perfectly in her mouth.

"Chi Lin and Fei Yue, generals of the Spirit Demon Clan, what brings you two here today?" Lan Mi asked with a smile as she looked at the guests who had arrived below.

Chi Lin bowed slightly: "Teacher, it's been a long time."

"Oh dear, I've told you so many times, I'm not your teacher," Lan Mi muttered. "I'm the principal, I don't usually accept students. I have so few personally taught students you can count them on one hand..."

Chi Lin said earnestly, "But my brother and I have both received your guidance, and you have saved our lives. Whether you deny that we are your students or not, in our eyes you are our teacher."

Fei Yue nodded vigorously in agreement: "Yes, yes."

"Oh dear, you two idiots," Lan Mi said. "What I mean is, you can't go around saying things like that."

"As the principal of the Imperial War Academy, my personal student slots are very valuable. If everyone who thanks me claims to be my student, I'll be losing a lot of money, okay?"

red phosphorus:"......"

Feiyue: "..."

"So you all made a special trip all the way from outside the Great Wall today, you didn't just come to chat with me to pass the time, did you?" Lan Mi continued cracking sunflower seeds. "Is there something you need?"

At this moment, Chi Lin's expression turned serious, and he said, "Teacher, we have come here this time because we need your help with something very important."

"Something very important?" Lan Mi asked curiously, "How important?"

Chi Lin's eyes were solemn: "It concerns our entire Spirit Demon Clan."

"Oh?" Lan Mi's slender hand, which was holding a melon seed, paused in mid-air for a moment before tossing another seed into her mouth and chewing it with a "crunch, crunch" sound. "Such a serious matter, shouldn't you go and discuss it with the Empire?"

“No, teacher,” Fei Yue said earnestly, “We do not trust the Human Empire, we only trust you.”

Lan Mi narrowed her azure eyes slightly: "Is that so... Then I'm interested. Tell me about it."

......

The next day, in the morning.

All the inner disciples of the Southern Border War Academy were suddenly summoned to the main playground for a brief school-wide mobilization meeting.

The meeting's content was simple—a task had been assigned!

Moreover, it was a large-scale task at the school-wide level!

If in the previous two days, only mid-to-high-level students above the Hundred Soul Realm from the academy were sent out.

This time, almost all the remaining inner disciples of the academy were sent out!

Di Hai stood on the platform, microphone in hand, and announced loudly, "This mission is very special because your mission location is outside the Great Wall!"

The students on the playground looked surprised upon hearing this. Normally, students below the Hundred Souls Realm wouldn't be assigned to missions outside the Great Wall.

Ye Ge remained silent, lost in thought.

It seems that with winter approaching, not only are the Night's Watch and the city's defense forces short-handed, but even the War College is facing such a severe manpower shortage?

Even students below the Heavenly Realm were being sent out on missions outside the Great Wall...

The students on the playground began to whisper among themselves.

The students on the playground nowadays are basically all novices below the Heavenly Realm.

Those who can enter the War Academy and even the inner sect are undoubtedly geniuses in the outside world, but most of these geniuses have never left the territory of the empire.

For these still inexperienced students, the world beyond the Great Wall was something they had only seen in textbooks and online resources. They had heard that it was fraught with danger, especially now that it was the season when monsters were rampant.

"You don't need to worry too much," Di Hai said slowly from the platform. "Don't worry, your mission level won't be too difficult; it's just a regular C-rank mission. Naturally, we won't assign you any overly important missions. Moreover, although it's a C-rank mission, as long as you complete it, you can get the equivalent of B-rank mission credits and rewards! Such a good thing is rare."

Upon hearing this, the students' mood improved slightly, and many of them began to get excited.

You can complete a C-level task but receive a B-level reward!

Is there really such a good thing?

Dihai continued, "Next, you will be divided into teams of five, and the school will assign a teacher or instructor to each team."

"Your mission is very simple—to escort a batch of supplies."

"You need to go to the second line of defense, the Great Wall, collect the supplies, and then escort them through the Hundred Souls Forest to our Qin Empire's neighbor—the Spirit Demon Clan Empire. Then your mission will be complete."

After speaking, Di Hai announced the end of the meeting and told the students to go to the school's mission hall to meet their teammates, their supervising teachers, and to check the detailed mission information.

After the group disbanded, Night Song's cyber watch beeped twice.

He picked it up and saw that it was a text message from the War Academy. It read: "Night Song student, you have received mission number: 0226. Please go to the school's mission hall and team up with a student with the same mission number. You will have one day to get to know each other and discuss tactics. The mission will begin tomorrow morning."

Ye Ge remained silent for a while, wondering if such an urgent and hurried mission was really just an ordinary C-level mission.

He didn't see his teacher, Lan Mi, all day today.

Could it be related to that group of spirit demons this morning?

At this moment, Xia Xiyao and Gao Shenxue both gathered around Ye Ge.

Xia Xiyao stood behind Ye Ge on tiptoe, trying hard to see the mission number on Ye Ge's list. She asked nervously and expectantly, "Xiao Ye, what's your mission number?"

"Oh." Ye Ge showed her the watch screen: "0226."

Upon seeing this, Xia Xiyao cheered with delight, "Haha, that's great! We're together!"