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

Chapter 546 Sleep-inducing Service

As night fell, the forest fell silent, save for the chirping of unknown insects.

Night Song led his army to set up camp in the Black Forest and lit a campfire.

After another day of battles, the demon beasts, dark knights, and demon mages were all exhausted and stopped to rest and recuperate.

Only the Darkin Raiders, after a hearty meal, remained energetic. These creatures seemed to never need to rest or sleep as long as they had food, so they took on the task of keeping watch.

The southern part of the continent is almost entirely the territory of the dark races, and danger can be encountered at any time, so keeping watch at night is still very necessary.

Pure white.

Ye Ge, Bai Xue Ling, and Jiang Xue sat around a campfire.

"These walking mantises are truly unique species from the demon realm. Although they cannot cultivate in the conventional way, they have evolved so quickly in just a few days by simply eating food."

Jiang Xue turned her head to look at the Darkin raiders who were on night patrol.

"Living Mantis" was the nickname she gave to these Darkin raiders.

Jiang Xue rested her cheeks on her hands and said, "I don't know how the Demon Tree created these guys."

How was it created...?

Ye Ge pondered for a moment after hearing Jiang Xue's words.

When the Demon Tree evolved to its complete form, he fed it the corpses of three demon warriors as food and nourishment.

The strongest of them, Ghost Blade, has a fighting style that is somewhat similar to that of the Demon Mantis after he transforms.

So, what kind of new demon species the Demon Tree will create after its evolution actually depends on the food fed to it during this period.

At this moment, Jiangxue leaned back, resting her head on Yege's lap, and looked up at his face: "Father, I'm a little sleepy. Will you coax me to sleep?"

Ye Ge smiled gently: "How do you want to lull me to sleep?"

Jiangxue took Yege's hand and let his large, warm palm gently caress her fair and delicate face. She closed her eyes comfortably and said, "Like this."

Bai Xueling: "..."

The leaping orange flames flickered, illuminating the beautiful face of the catgirl girl beside the campfire.

The girl's melancholy expression was reflected exceptionally clearly and brightly.

"whispering sound......"

The catgirl pouted, crossed her knees, and whispered with a hint of sourness, "This will only make it harder to fall asleep..."

"Lingling." Jiangxue lay on Yege's right knee and pointed to her left leg: "Father, you still have one leg here!"

Bai Xueling: "...I, I don't need it anymore."

The catgirl turned her face slightly away and mumbled, "I'm not used to sleeping next to someone."

Ye Ge tilted her head: "But last time..."

"The last time was an accident!" The catgirl blushed and said to Ye Ge, "That time I saw you come back from the Netherworld, and I was afraid you were scared and would have psychological trauma and couldn't sleep, so I... I stayed with you all night to comfort you!"

Night Song: "..."

really......

After being held and slept in the arms of this little cat for one night last time, Night Song has made up her mind.

My own kitten is soft all over, except for its mouth.

"Oh, come on, come on~" Jiangxue waved again: "Father's lullaby is so soothing~"

Bai Xueling was adamant: "No! I don't care!"

"But I still can't seem to sleep tonight," Ye Ge sighed. "It's probably because of all the fighting and bloodshed these past few days; I'm covered in the smell of blood. If Lingling weren't here with me, I'd probably have nightmares tonight..."

Upon hearing this, the catgirl's resolute expression immediately softened. After hesitating for a while, she mumbled, "Tch, what a useless master... Well, alright then, I was just trying to comfort you, definitely not trying to sleep next to you! Do you understand?"

"I know, I know." Ye Ge patted his left thigh. "Come on."

Bai Xueling shifted her position and slowly approached Ye Ge's side.

Then he slowly leaned over and lay down, resting his head on Ye Ge's knees.

Ye Ge leaned against a big tree, sitting cross-legged, with the two girls resting their knees on his left and right legs respectively. He gently patted the two girls' hair from time to time, as if he were coaxing two babies to sleep.

The catgirl squinted her eyes, secretly glancing at Yege's face, and soon felt sleepy.

'It feels so reassuring...'

Why do I feel so safe and secure lying on his lap...?

Bai Xueling closed her eyes.

Soon, both girls fell into a deep sleep.

Ye Ge was not asleep yet. He raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky above the black forest.

Judging by the time, the Summit of All Races should begin in a week.

It's been almost three months since I last saw Shenxue's mother and Xiyao. I wonder how their cultivation is going with Senior Sister Anlingyue.

"Om-"

At this moment, Ye Ge suddenly sensed a very peculiar energy fluctuation.

"Ok?"

Ye Ge immediately became alert.

This energy is actually very difficult to detect.

Even with his thousands of years of spiritual cultivation and the lighting up of two Azure Dragon Stars, he only sensed a tiny bit.

Then it would be even less likely for ordinary people to notice.

Even a Soul Emperor wouldn't be able to detect it!

Ye Ge remained vigilant for a while. However, he soon discovered that this energy fluctuation was not murderous, and that the energy was extremely holy and clean, so holy that it did not resemble the energy in the Black Forest that had been polluted by demonic energy.

'This energy is...'

'Divine power? ? ? '

'This area is the territory of dark races, teeming with all sorts of demonic creatures. How could divine power possibly exist here?'

Ye Ge frowned in confusion.

He gently placed the two girls, Bai Xueling and Jiang Xue, on the ground without disturbing them, and then walked alone towards the source of the divine energy.

"What happened, sir?"

A cloud of black mist gathered, and a crow flapped its wings and appeared on Night Song's shoulder.

"There seems to be a reaction of divine energy in this area."

"Divine energy? How could there be divine energy in the Black Forest?"

"I don't know that either."

The crow pondered for a moment: "Could it be that a wandering, adventurous sorcerer has come to this area?"

“No.” Ye Ge narrowed his eyes. “The divine power I sensed doesn’t seem to belong to an individual.” With that, he continued walking forward.

Soon, Night Song found the source of the divine power.

But there's nothing here; it's just a cliff wall made entirely of rocks.

"Sir, are you mistaken?" the crow said. "There's nothing here, and I haven't sensed anything."

Ye Ge remained silent.

He was certain it was right here!