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

The man in black immediately laughed and replied, "You can rest assured about the Ye family."

"Under your pressure and that of the various noble families in the Southern Territory, the Ye family's business on the human continent has not seen any improvement."

"Several of their weapon shops, pharmacies, elixir shops, talisman shops, and several supernatural item shopping malls and online stores that they invested in throughout the Southern Territory have already gone bankrupt and closed down!"

"I think that although the Ye family hasn't made any moves recently, their family company is probably not far from bankruptcy!"

"Hmm..." Duke Wang En nodded in satisfaction after listening.

According to his various intelligence sources, the Ye family is indeed facing a serious financial crisis.

Duke Wang En then said seriously, "Even so, we cannot let our guard down. Don't forget what the Ye family excels at!"

The Ye family had faced bankruptcy several times in the past, but they always managed to pull themselves back from the brink.

Their method of reviving them was simple and brutal—war.

War has always been the Ye family's biggest source of income. During the Great Depression three hundred years ago, the Ye family owed a mountain of debt to nobles throughout the empire and to allies of other races in the Dawn faction among the myriad races, amounting to hundreds of billions in assets.

Ye Quan, the then head of the Ye family, immediately led the family's remaining three thousand warriors to fight against the dark race.

After three years of war, Ye Quan led tens of thousands of warriors back in triumph. It is said that in the past three years, they have plundered the city-states of twenty dark races, not only seizing gold and silver treasures worth hundreds of billions, various soul crystals, spirit stones, and high-grade resources, but also rescuing tens of thousands of human slaves who were kept by the dark races!

These slaves later became the most loyal warriors of the Ye family, dedicating their lives to the Ye family for generations!

However, such examples are not uncommon in the history of the Ye family. According to the records of the imperial history alone, the Ye family has made a fortune from wars at least seven or eight times in the past thousand years, not counting the "small fortunes" made from wars.

Such a terrifying family was once described as "madmen of war," making it hard for them not to be feared by the various noble families. Even the royal family later became very wary of them!

Duke Wang En's face turned somewhat cold as he recalled the events of that year.

He pondered for a moment, then asked, "What has that old guy Ye Quan been up to lately?"

The black-clad subordinate said, "Since stepping down as the head of the Ye family, Ye Quan has been in seclusion cultivating and healing his old injuries. He hasn't shown his face for a long time, and even members of the Ye family rarely see him."

"The current head of the Ye family, Ye Xiao, has already reached the ninth level of the Asura Realm, and is only one step away from breaking through to the Heavenly Revelation Realm."

"Night Owl's son, Night Song, is currently ten years old. His academic performance at the War Academy is also quite outstanding. It is said that when he was admitted to the academy, his archery and supernatural abilities were both tested and found to be at the S-level!"

"However, for some reason, Ye Ge seems to be focusing more on the training of the Beast Taming and Swordsman professions now. He usually only needs a straight sword and a black spirit pet crow to handle combat and missions. He has always been the top student in the school and is currently at the first level of the Profound Realm."

Wang En frowned slightly.

He wasn't particularly concerned about Ye Ge, this little guy with two S-level talents.

After all, he's just a ten-year-old kid. It will be at least a decade or more before he grows up.

However, the current head of the Ye family, Viscount Night Owl, made him feel a little wary.

The ninth level of the Asura Realm is just one step away from the Heavenly Revelation Realm.

Although there are countless Asura Realm experts in this world, they cannot break through the barrier of the Heavenly Revelation Realm even if they spend their entire lives.

But if Ye Xiao really breaks through... it would mean that the Ye family would have two experts at the Heavenly Revelation Realm!

At that time, wouldn't the Ye family, this demonized family, be able to rise from the dead again?

"Hmph..." Duke Wang En said, "It seems that the Ye family has had it too easy these past few years!"

"It's time to weaken them further!"

......

War Academy, Research Lab of All Races.

An elderly man with white hair came up to the second floor and found that Ye Ge was sitting there as usual.

The old man nodded in agreement.

This child is very hardworking.

What a pity, he's a corrupted mutant...

"Night Song, you're here again."

"Yes, Grandpa Weng."

Ye Ge raised his head, revealing a shy and obedient smile. Combined with his harmless, boyish face, if one did not know that he was a mutant with demonic genes, it would be difficult for anyone to dislike him.

Ye Ge is a regular here, so he's quite familiar with the manager.

The white-haired old man walked over and saw that the table in front of Ye Ge was covered with various picture books and documents about all kinds of races.

Beside it, there were many bottles and jars, as well as many chemical and alchemical equipment used for experimental research.

The white-haired old man stroked his beard: "Ye Ge, with your talent for cultivation, you don't need to do these things that only scholars do."

In this world of conflict among myriad races, warrior cultivators are ultimately the mainstream.

Learning the languages ​​of all races, researching their genes, refining elixirs, and concocting potions are things that only scholars with poor combat talents would do.

Ye Ge has such excellent combat talent, yet he's wasting his time researching the myriad races. In his eyes, it's a real waste of time.

"Grandpa Weng, it's alright. I've already completed all my cultivation courses. I just discovered that I'm more interested in the study of the myriad races."

Night Song Laughs.

"Is that so... Alright then."

Grandpa Weng felt somewhat helpless.

Ye Ge is a well-behaved, mature, intelligent, and quick-witted child, but she is too stubborn and always likes to do things according to her own interests.

Despite having achieved an S-rank in both archery and supernatural abilities during enrollment, he ended up becoming a beast tamer...

I really don't know what he was thinking.

"Grandpa Weng, I want to exchange for a bottle of 'Thunder Demon Beast Essence Blood'," Ye Ge said at this moment.

Grandpa Weng was surprised.

Thunder Beasts are rare variants of monsters that emerge from the hybridization of demon and beast bloodlines.

At the same time, its essence and blood are naturally very expensive.

Grandpa Weng frowned and said, "This Thunder Demon Beast's essence blood requires 300 academic credits to exchange for just one bottle, you..."

"It's okay. I just completed a D-level mission a few days ago, so I still have enough credits."

“But for a combatant like you, using your credits to exchange for this kind of research stuff is such a waste.” Grandpa Weng couldn’t help but shake his head. “You should use them to exchange for various magical treasures, equipment, cultivation resources, magical artifacts, or even for instruction courses from renowned teachers. That would be much better than this…”

"It's alright, Grandpa Weng, I don't need any of those things."

"..."

Grandpa Weng sighed softly, and seeing that he really couldn't persuade him, he gave up.

He brought over a bottle of Thunder Demon Beast's essence blood and handed it to Ye Ge.

In his view, although Ye Ge usually studies very hard and does research here out of interest, for a student with S-level combat talent, wasting credits like this is almost "a waste of time and energy".

And he couldn't say anything, since it wasn't his own child.

Besides, we can't discourage a child's interest, can we?

'A very hardworking child, but unfortunately, he's going in the wrong direction...'

Grandpa Weng shook his head inwardly.

Ye Ge took the essence blood from Grandpa Weng's hand: "Thank you, Grandpa Weng."

Yege certainly didn't do this research out of any interest.

However, it's no wonder that Grandpa Weng thinks that way.

Thunder Beast Essence Blood is very rare and expensive; it is a pink-quality extraordinary material.

And while it's expensive, this thing is completely useless!

The current version of the game's storyline is version 1.15.

In this version, humans haven't discovered the effects of the Thunder Demon Beast's blood. Therefore, it's only used by researchers of various races and human genetic scientists in laboratories when studying the genes of demons and beastmen.

However, due to the high cost of this research, it has been discontinued by the academy for many years.

In later game versions of the story, it was proven that the essence blood of the Thunder Beast could be used to make magical potions that could awaken superpowers. As a result, the price of the already rare and expensive Thunder Beast essence blood increased several times over!

Night Song opened the game system panel that only he could see.

The game's strategy guide was opened on the main panel.

[Synthesis Type: Acquired Supernatural Ability Potion]

[Item Name: Beginner Lightning Ability Awakening Potion]

[Awakening success rate: 10%]

[Awakening Grade: White - Gold (The higher the level, the lower the chance of awakening)]

【所需材料：雷妖兽精血1滴+雷凌草50g+干杉木粉500g+魂石粉300g+银100g+纯净水2kg】

[Refining Method: Heat pure water to 80°C, add dried cedar wood powder, stir thoroughly, then bring the water to a full boil, add soul stone powder...]

Ye Ge smiled slightly.

The biggest difference between superpowered professions and magic professions is that superpowers are innate and unique, while magic is learned and all magic is universal.

Magical abilities, such as magic missiles, fireballs, wind bullets, and rain arrows, are universal; any mage who reaches the corresponding level can learn these skills.

Those with special abilities possess a unique ability that belongs only to them, and they are usually awakened at birth.

This special ability is unique; there will absolutely be no other person in the world with the same superpower as you!

They may be similar, but they will never be the same!

Other superhumans, even if they wanted to learn it, couldn't.

Potions are substances that allow people who were born without the ability to awaken their special powers to regain that ability through medication.

Even ordinary people without any extraordinary talent have the opportunity to awaken their abilities through magic potions and become superhumans.

Of course, acquired superpowers are absolutely unique in this world. Due to differences in physique and genes, even if people take the same potion, the superpowers they awaken may be vastly different.

However, Night Song remembered that this kind of potion was originally something that would only appear in version 2.75.

If he had figured it out beforehand...

Ye Ge smiled faintly.

Are you still looking at version 1.15?

I'm already studying the 2.75 version of Wealth!