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

Bai Jian looked puzzled, not understanding what it meant.

Ye Ge took his Ling Sha Sword and scanned it with the system.

He soon discovered the gem embedded in the hilt of the sword.

[Item: Sound Stone]

【Quality: Blue】

[Description: This device can transmit sound over a certain distance and is used by ancient cultivation sects for communication between lower-ranking disciples.]

'really.....'

Ye Ge directly pried out the emerald green gem.

Then, I crushed it in my hand with a "snap".

"What is that?" Bai Qing asked.

“A communication stone.” Ye Ge glanced at Bai Jian. “Someone attached this to the sword, undoubtedly to monitor your every move. This sword must have been a gift from Wang En, right?”

Bai Jian clenched his fist: "...Yes, it seems he's been wary of me for a long time."

This sword was given to him by Wang En himself more than a hundred years ago after he stood out from Wang En's death squad training camp with the highest score.

At that time, he was naturally overwhelmed with gratitude, thinking he had become the person Wang En trusted most.

I never imagined it was a tool used to monitor him!

Bai Jian's anger gradually rose, his breathing became rapid and heavy, and his pupils once again flashed with a faint purple light.

There's a faint tendency for it to revert to a demonic state...

"Hey, brother!" Bai Qing immediately noticed that something was wrong with Bai Jian.

She was afraid that her brother would start to go berserk and insane again.

Duan Ye also said nervously, "Oh no, it's the effect of the Dark Blood, Big Brother has started again!"

Bai Qing looked anxious and hurriedly said to Ye Ge, "Lord Ye Ge, please think of a way to save them quickly..."

"state!"

Without saying a word, Ye Ge raised her foot and kicked Bai Jian in the groin.

Bai Jian: "!"

Bai Qing froze, stammering out the rest of her sentence: "...Save my brother..."

Bai Jian was furious when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower body. He groaned, his face turning purplish-red. He slowly bent over, involuntarily pressing his lower body: "Ugh..."

The pupils, which had been emitting a demonic purple light, immediately returned to normal.

Night Song: "Okay, it's under control."

Night Owl: "..."

Gao Shenxue: "..."

other people:"......"

"How are you?" Ye Ge tilted her head and looked at Bai Jian. "Are you awake yet? Want another kick?"

"No...no need..." Bai Jian shook his head: "I've already recovered."

“Speaking of which, there’s something I don’t understand.” Ye Ge looked at him: “Since you said that you came from the assassin training camp, why didn’t Wang En sign an assassin’s soul contract with you? That way, he wouldn’t even need to use sweet words to control you.”

Although a Soul Contract Scroll is very expensive, it shouldn't be too much for a Duke of the Southern Territory to not be unable to afford it, right?

Bai Jian paused for a moment, then said, "I don't know either... We were all orphans adopted by Wang En, and all of us were thrown into a training camp with an extremely high mortality rate. After leaving the assassin training camp, I originally thought that Wang En would sign a soul contract with me, and I was mentally prepared for that, but Wang En did not do so."

"His exact words were that he did not treat me as a subordinate of a death squad, but as his adopted son, and wanted to train me as his successor, so he did not intend to sign a soul contract with me."

"It was precisely because of his words that I was so loyal to him. I felt that if he really just wanted an obedient subordinate, a contract would have sufficed back then."

Night Song seemed lost in thought: "Hmm..."

“Sigh.” Duan Ye shrugged. “He said the exact same thing to us, although I don’t know why he doesn’t just use a soul contract to control us directly.”

Lei He and the others nodded vigorously.

Night Owl chuckled: "That Wang En, he really is a scumbag. All his lies are the same, and some people actually believe he's the only one. Hahaha..."

Bai Jian: "......"

"By the way," Ye Yang said at this moment, "the vampire army has now invaded the southern border, and Wang En has also summoned demonized beasts in various city-states in the south. There shouldn't be any problems in Night City, right?"

Night Owl: "With your Grandpa Night Spring around, what problems do you think will arise?"

Ye Yang: "That makes sense..."

“However, we really should act quickly.” Night Owl raised his wrist, which was wearing a watch, and pressed a button. A projected image immediately appeared in front of everyone.

On screen, demonized beasts and a large number of ghost-level undead warriors have appeared in various cities in the Southern Territory. Several cities have also seen the appearance of spatial portals, and the vampire army has already stormed into the cities, causing chaos in all of them.

However, Marquis White Elephant and his forces had just suffered a defeat and had not yet recovered their strength. Currently, only the Night Watchmen, Witchers, the Supernaturalists Guild, and many other guilds and factions were gathering manpower to do their best to resist.

“At this rate, the vampire army will probably raze all these cities in the southern border to the ground very soon.” Night Owl turned off the screen and said, “We have to go back and help.”

Ye Ming sneered and said, "The Night Watchers, the Witchers, and all these prestigious sects and noble families have been targeting our Ye family for a long time. I think they deserve to suffer this time."

Ye Zhuang chimed in, "Exactly! In my opinion, we should just ignore them and let them get wiped out!"

“That’s not how it works.” Night Owl yawned. “After all, before his death, His Majesty the First Emperor entrusted our Night Family with the task of protecting this empire.”

"That all happened when the late emperor was alive," Ye Ming said. "The current second emperor doesn't have a good relationship with our Ye family. In my opinion, we just need to keep Ye City safe. Who cares if the Southern Territory is occupied by the vampires? Let the empire clean up this mess themselves!"

Several other members of the Ye family also nodded in agreement.

"That's a rather crude way of putting it." Ye Ge glanced at them sideways. "What if... the Southern Territory were to change its name to Ye in the future?"

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other in bewilderment.

The corner of Night Owl's mouth curled up almost imperceptibly.

Ye Qingxin's eyes suddenly lit up: "You're right... I think that although the Second Emperor originally promised that whoever could kill Wang En in the chaos in the Southern Territory and had the greatest merit would be the new Duke of the Southern Territory, given Long Hai's temperament, if our Ye family wins in the end, there is a high possibility that he will go back on his word... Now that the vampire army has intervened, it has actually given us a real opportunity to completely control the entire Southern Territory!"

“Not bad, looks like you still have a sharp mind.” Night Owl yawned. “Very good, then let’s prepare to start the operation. Night Song, you’ll be in charge of arranging and directing the next steps, tactics, and plans.”

Night Song: "???"

"Damn it, it's me again?"

Ye Ge's lips twitched: "You, as the commander, really don't need to use your brain for even a moment, do you?"

......

I had something to do today, so only one update~ Goodnight everyone~ (づ￣3￣)づ╭?7?8～