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

"Your body is corrupted by demonic energy in your early years and you have been consuming dark blood for a long time. The nodes of your soul power have undergone irreversible mutations, so you have a poor constitution and are prone to illness. It is difficult for you to achieve much success in ordinary cultivation."

As Ye Ge spoke, she took out a pendant from her system inventory and gave it to her: "Here, this is a gift for you."

"Really? You brought me a gift?" The girl's eyes lit up with surprise as she took the pendant. "This is..."

Night Song: "This is the 'Spirit Chanting Pendant,' a pink-quality accessory. Wearing it for a period of time will gradually transform your body's meridians and soul power nodes, increase the purity of your soul power, and also benefit your sound attribute soul power."

Ququ happily rubbed the pendant in her hands: "Thank you, Lord Yege..."

"..."

Bai Xueling sat on the sofa, arms crossed, her beautiful ruby-like eyes shifting towards the two of them, her cheeks involuntarily puffing out.

Her small, fair hands, wrapped around her chest, unconsciously tightened their grip, pressing a deep indentation into her delicate arm.

After returning from a year of seclusion, Xia Xiyao and Gao Shenxue both received gifts.

Ququ also received a gift.

Even Ye Zi, that little maid from the Ye family, gets a pat on the head! And when Ye Ge is in seclusion, he'll specifically call her via video to assign tasks and check on her cultivation progress...

But she, the contracted catgirl who had been by his side every moment for the past few years and always followed him around like a little follower, had nothing!

Of course, I don't mean I care about the gift he gave me! And I certainly don't want his head pat! Giving gifts... that kind of thing is so pretentious and meaningless... I just simply think this awful owner is so heartless!

Ye Ge personally put the pendant on Qu Qu's wrist: "Your weak constitution hasn't been corrected yet, so try not to fight under normal circumstances. If anything happens, just let your naughty little sister out to beat people up. Anyway, she always likes to cause trouble and fight..."

"Mmm, I know." The girl touched the pendant on her chest with both hands, looking like she couldn't put it down. "By the way, Lord Night Song, you've been in seclusion for so long, it must have been very tiring, right? I... I recently learned a massage technique in the War Academy's online classes. It's said to be very good for stimulating the meridians of superhumans. Would you like to try it?"

"Hmm... okay." Ye Ge thought that she had nothing else to do, so she sat down on the sofa opposite Bai Xue Ling.

The girl came up to him, gently placed her two small hands on his shoulders, and slowly massaged them: "Is this alright, sir?"

"Mmm, it feels good." Ye Ge closed her eyes and enjoyed it. "We've known each other for so long, you can just call me Ye Ge, or like Xue'er and the others, you can call me Xiao Ye."

The girl hesitated for a moment: "Well...but, my father also calls you 'Master,' and you're a benefactor to our family, I..."

"It's okay, I don't mind."

"Well... okay then..."

The girl paused, then tentatively called out, "Xiao Ye?"

"Mmm." Ye Ge kept her eyes closed.

The young girl gave a shy yet elegant smile, looking very happy.

White Blood Spirit sitting on the opposite sofa: (｀へ?0?7)

After more than ten minutes, Bai Xueling could no longer hold back.

Suddenly stood up.

The catgirl walked straight to Night Song's side and gently kicked his calf.

"?" Ye Ge opened her eyes groggily: "What's wrong, Lingling?"

Bai Xueling crossed her arms, turned her head to one side, and hummed, "The press conference is almost over, time to go."

Ye Ge opened the system panel and glanced at the time.

"Ah."

Then she stood up and said, "Ququ, I'm leaving now. I'll come see you again later when I have time."

Ququ said softly, "Yes, Lord Yege... Xiaoye, you should go and get busy."

Before leaving, Ye Ge gently patted the girl's head, then left the room with Bai Xue Ling.

Bai Xueling puffed out his cheeks angrily, quickened his pace, and walked from behind Ye Ge to stand in front of him.

"By the way, Lingling," Yege asked as she strolled along, "have you tallied how many of the top 100 races from the myriad races attended today's press conference?"

Bai Xueling didn't respond, but pursed her lips.

白血灵：...(?1?7?6?1v?6?7v?6?1?1?7)...

Night Song: "?"

Ququ (pictured)

......

Night falls.

It was 7:45 PM.

The Dark City press conference will begin in fifteen minutes!

The press conference venue was decorated in a very grand style. The entire venue was decorated in a dark color scheme, with exquisite pillar sculptures, beautiful pure ancient spirit beast skin carpets, and the floors, walls and even the ceiling were all made of magic energy stone bricks!

At the center of the venue was a large stage, and the seats below were divided into three tiers. The first tier had the most seats, while the second and third tiers were for VIPs.

The way VIPs are classified is very simple. It is not based on your level of power or the ranking of the visitors' ethnic groups, but on how much money you bring into the venue!

Dark City is ultimately a place for business. The owner here has made it clear that your extraordinary level is meaningless to us. Even if you are a Soul Emperor, if you have no money, you can only sit on the first floor. But if you bring enough money, then even if you are just an ordinary person, you will be a VIP to us!

Guests only need to bring 10 gold coins (10 billion human empire coins) to enter the first floor of the venue.

Guests who can go up to the second floor are VIPs who bring at least 30 million gold coins! And those who can go up to the third floor are VIPs who bring at least 100 million gold coins!

Ye Ge and Bai Xue Ling entered the venue, where Arthur, Li Shu Ying, and Bai Qing, who served as their attendants and guards, were already waiting.

"My lord," Li Shuying leaned closer and whispered, "The three dukes of the empire, the third prince and the ninth princess of the royal family, as well as the empire's Grand General He Jin, have all come today."

Separated by shadows (picture)

“Ninth Princess…” Ye Ge raised an eyebrow.

So, Long Ying is here today too?

Bai Qing smiled and said, "The Empire has sent the Third Prince and General He Jin this time. It seems that last year's press conference has left a deep impression on them."

"Hehe." Ye Ge chuckled.

"By the way, sir, which floor are we sitting on?" Arthur asked.

Ye Ge casually said, "Just sit on the first floor."

Arthur was taken aback: "Huh? The first floor? I thought it would be more prestigious for us to sit on the third floor since those old guys from the Empire are all here..."

"There's no need to show off in front of those old guys." Ye Ge said nonchalantly, "We were pretending to be poor and destitute in the aristocratic circles just a few days ago, and today we're sitting on the third floor. It just doesn't make sense."

“That makes sense,” Arthur nodded.