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

Upon seeing Long Ying, Xia Xiyao's eyes widened, and she instantly became alert, as if she had spotted a kitten raising its tail at the sight of its natural enemy.

How could it be her??

"Are you our last teammate?"

Nangong Qiuyue looked at Long Ying and suddenly recognized her: "Eh? Aren't you the Ninth Princess Long Ying of the royal family? The super genius girl of the imperial family??"

"Hmm." Long Ying responded calmly, then her gaze slowly swept across the private room, lingering on Ye Ge for a moment longer before she nodded slightly and said softly, "Please give me your guidance."

"..."

Ye Ge never expected that her last teammate would be Long Ying.

Is this... really such a coincidence?

Or... was this something the teacher arranged on purpose?

Nangong Qiuyue's older sister is Nangong Ru, the director of the Night Watch. That woman has always been very unfriendly towards mutants with demonic genes.

As the ninth princess of the imperial family, Long Ying was also his chosen one...

Deliberately pairing childhood sweethearts with a sudden, unexpected arrival... Ye Ge suddenly thought of Lan Mi's amusing personality and immediately felt that the possibility of it being deliberately arranged was probably higher...

"Oh? Everyone's here."

The man in his thirties, wearing a suit and with slicked-back hair, had a black leather bag tucked under his arm. His overall appearance didn't resemble a teacher or drill instructor; he looked more like a corporate slave. He then placed the black bag on the table: "Very good. They all have a good sense of time. No wonder they're all students with a prodigy rating or higher."

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Cang Feng, and I am your team leader for this mission. You can call me Brother Feng or Teacher Cang Feng, but I don't recommend calling me Teacher Cang."

Xia Xiyao sat in her seat, tilting her head up like a curious child with a slightly puzzled look in her eyes, and asked, "Why?"

“…There’s no reason.” Cang Feng raised his middle finger, pushed up his reflective thin-rimmed glasses, and said, “Since everyone is here, let’s not waste any more time.”

"After all, we only have one day to prepare, and we have to set off tomorrow morning. Now I will explain the precautions and key points of this mission to you as quickly as possible."

“Apart from Prince Longying, the rest of you are all rookies on your first mission outside the Great Wall, so you'd better listen carefully. Listening to even one more word might save your lives.”

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately sat up straight.

"This mission is to transport and protect supplies," Cang Feng said calmly. "The world outside the Great Wall is completely different from the world inside the Great Wall. The reason you have been able to grow up safely is because of the protection of the Great Wall, which keeps you from the flames of war of the myriad races and prevents any dangerous creatures of the myriad races from rushing into the Great Wall."

"Even if there are any, they are just low-level creatures that the Night Watch deliberately let in so that you newbies can practice on them."

"So after we leave the Great Wall tomorrow, I hope you will follow my instructions and not act on your own."

As he spoke, Cang Feng pressed his cyber watch, projecting a holographic map in front of everyone.

"This is our operational plan for tomorrow."

"We will cross the entire Hundred Souls Forest."

"Legend has it that this forest was once enchanted by an ancient formation by a god, and any creature that enters this forest will have its strength level suppressed to the Hundred Souls Realm."

"Therefore, the highest level of opponents you will encounter in this forest is only those at the Hundred Souls Realm, and the myriad races that live in this forest are all relatively mild-mannered and not densely packed."

"So although this route is a longer one, it is the safest route for you after I have studied it for a long time."

"Next, please introduce yourselves, talk about your strengths, weaknesses, talents, and professions, and get to know your teammates so that we can cooperate better later."

Cang Feng coughed twice and then began to speak: "First, it's me. My name is Cang Feng, male, 33 years old, my extraordinary profession is a superhuman, I come from the Confucian school, and the superhuman ability I use is also related to the bloodline of the Confucian inheritors. I am good at magic attacks. Oh, my strength is the seventh level of the Thousand Souls Realm, but in the Hundred Souls Forest, my strength will be suppressed to the Hundred Souls Realm, so it doesn't matter."

"The Confucian school?" Nangong Qiuyue asked in surprise.

Cang Feng glanced at her: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"I've heard that people from the Confucian school are all exceptionally good at studying..." Nangong Qiuyue scratched her head: "But why doesn't the teacher look like a bookworm at all?"

Cang Feng smiled faintly: "Oh? So what do I look like doing?"

Nangong Qiuyue thought about it carefully, looked at Cang Feng's suit, glasses, and slicked-back hair, and then said from the bottom of her heart, "Hmm... he looks like someone who sells insurance downstairs at our Night Watch headquarters every day!"

Cang Feng: "......"

Xia Xiyao paused for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Suddenly I realize it really does look like it, hahaha, so lively and dazzling..."

Cang Feng: "......"

Ye Ge felt a little embarrassed and quickly tugged at Xia Xiyao's arm: "Okay, Yao Yao, stop laughing. The teacher is explaining the task to us. Even if it looks really similar, you can't just say it directly."

Cang Feng: "......"

"Oh, oh, that's right." Xia Xiyao pursed her lips and looked up at Cang Feng with innocent eyes: "Excuse me, teacher, please continue."

"...I've finished speaking." Cang Feng glanced at Ye Ge with a resentful look. "Who's next?"

"Me! Me!" Nangong Qiuyue raised her hand and began to introduce herself: "My name is Nangong Qiuyue, I'm ten years old, and I'm a future elite warrior of the Night Watch! My strength is at the first level of the Profound Realm, and my extraordinary profession is Martial Artist... Um... Actually, I'm also a wind-type ability user, but my talent for learning abilities isn't very good, so my sister suggested that I use my wind-type abilities in martial arts and focus on martial arts. My strengths are that I'm very fast and good at close combat!"

Long Ying then introduced herself: "My name is Long Ying, I'm twelve years old, and my strength is at the first level of the Heavenly Realm. My extraordinary professions are psychic and magician, but because my psychic ability is rather special, my fighting style is more similar to that of a beast tamer..."

Nangong Qiuyue exclaimed in surprise, "Twelve-year-old Heavenly Realm strength?? Really? That's incredible!"

Long Ying said modestly, "I am of royal lineage and have taken many potential-boosting pills since I was a child. There's nothing special about it."

Next, Ye Ge, Xia Xiyao, and Gao Shenxue each introduced themselves.

After consuming the top-grade Spirit Gathering Pills given to them by Ye Ge, Xia Xiyao and Gao Shenxue's strength improved rapidly. Xia Xiyao had already broken through to the second stage of the Profound Realm, while Gao Shenxue had reached the fourth stage.