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

Doesn't matter?

Inside the main hall of the Moon Condensation Palace, all the disciples and elders couldn't help but show expressions of astonishment upon hearing these words.

To have the Palace Master of the Moon Condensation Palace, the number one sect for cultivators, personally promise to owe someone a favor is an opportunity that many people would rather die for!

This kid actually said he doesn't care??

One of the female elders thought to herself, "He really is just a ten-year-old child after all..."

"When he grows up and thinks about this, he'll definitely regret what he said back then, right?"

Leng Yue Ning gave a soft snort.

This little brat, at such a young age, has already learned to act cool...

However, she certainly wouldn't stoop to the level of arguing with a ten-year-old child.

"Whether you care or not, I, Leng Yuening, will definitely repay the favor I owe you."

As Leng Yuening spoke, she glared at Lan Mi, who was smiling and watching the fun from behind Ye Ge: "Is this alright?"

"Well..." Lan Mi put her finger to her lips, looking slightly reluctant. "Alright, since Xiao Yege herself doesn't care, then as her teacher, I naturally have nothing to say."

"Teacher?" Leng Yuening looked at her and asked, "So that rumor is true? You really took him as your personal student?"

"Yes, is there something wrong with it?"

“You should know that the current ruler of the human race, His Majesty the Emperor…” Leng Yuening paused halfway through her sentence, looked at Ye Ge beside Lan Mi, and stopped herself from speaking: “Never mind, you’d better take care of yourself.”

"Okay, I'll hang up now~ Bye-bye, little Ningning." Lan Mi blew a kiss to Leng Yuening through the screen with a smile: "Next time your Yue Ning Palace disciples do something embarrassing, I'll call you again to have some fun."

Leng Yue glared angrily at him: "You!"

Before she could actually get angry, Lan Mi had already hung up the holographic communication.

"That Lan Mi!"

Leng Yue Ning was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but had nowhere to vent her anger, which made her feel extremely frustrated.

None of the disciples dared to utter a sound.

They all knew that under no circumstances should they anger their master when she was in a bad mood.

Otherwise, they won't have a good year ahead...

"You all go down!"

Leng Yue Ning waved her wide sleeves and said, "I want to have a few words with Xi'er alone."

"Yes......"

The disciples and elders, who had been on edge, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and took their leave.

"Xi'er, tell me, what exactly happened to you in the Black Abyss Secret Realm?"

Leng Yuening glanced at Xiao Yuxi: "Did that little devil really help you?"

Xiao Yuxi nodded gently: "Mm."

Then they briefly recounted everything that happened to them in the secret realm.

"Really?" Leng Yuening's beautiful eyebrows furrowed. "That little devil will actually help you?"

However, Leng Yuening soon figured it out.

Perhaps that little devil had already foreseen the Moon Condensation Palace's principle of repaying kindness, which is why he took the initiative to remind and help them!

I never expected that this little devil, who is only ten years old, would be so cunning!

Leng Yue Ning let out a deep breath.

Never mind, as long as Xi'er is alright.

After all, she had no Daoist partner or children for over a thousand years.

She has always treated Xiao Yuxi like her own daughter!

"By the way," Leng Yuening then asked, "I heard that the Black Abyss Demon Lord has captured prisoners and slaves from various races and imprisoned them in the Black Abyss Secret Realm, including many children?"

Xiao Yuxi nodded gently: "Yes."

"Then, what happened to those captured slaves and children after the Black Abyss Demon Lord died?"

"They were all taken back to the Ye family by Ye Ge through the teleportation array."

"???"

Leng Yue Ning was shocked: "Take him back to the Ye family?"

Xiao Yuxi replied, "Yes."

Leng Yue Ning frowned: "Since they were rescued prisoners, why not hand them over to the Federal Superhuman Association? Why let that little devil take them away instead?"

"Xi'er, do you know what will happen to these prisoners and children if they fall into the hands of the Ye family!"

Leng Yuening said with a serious expression.

She knew all about the glorious deeds of the Ye family's ancestors!

Ye Quan, the old demon of the Ye family, once rescued many prisoners when he led his troops to fight against the dark alien race.

But they weren't doing this out of kindness!

I've heard that all these prisoners have been trained and brainwashed by the Ye family, turning them into their assassins! They've been subjected to the most cruel and cold-blooded training, becoming the Ye family's killing machines! In that sense, what difference is there between them and falling into the hands of a dark race?!

Leng Yuening believes that Ye Ge took in these children because he wanted to select those with hidden extraordinary talents, brainwash them from a young age, and train them to be loyal to the Ye family to the death!

Those without talent will likely become servants, laborers, slaves, or even... in the Ye family.

These children are so young, yet they have to undergo such cruel and inhumane life-or-death training from such a young age! It's so pitiful!

"Master, what do you think will happen to these prisoners if they are all handed over to the Federal Superhuman Association?"

Xiao Yuxi looked calmly into her master's eyes and asked earnestly.

Leng Yuening raised an eyebrow and said, "Of course, we will provide reasonable accommodations."

"Really?" Xiao Yuxi pursed her lips. "They've been imprisoned in the Black Abyss Well for so long, their bodies have been tainted by demonic energy, contracting dark diseases, demonic eye disease, demonic blood disease, and some might even become demonized mutants. If they really develop these symptoms, will the Federal Superhuman Association really take care of them?"

"Of course." Leng Yuening looked at her in confusion, not understanding why Xi'er would ask such a question.

She said calmly, "The Federation's Superhuman Association is a guild that unites all the righteous forces within the empire. Naturally, it will help those mortals, providing them with the best possible treatment so that they can return to a peaceful and prosperous life."

Xiao Yuxi gently shook her head: "Master, you have not descended the mountain for too long, and you have been detached from the mortal world for too long. This is no longer the era when the late emperor was alive."

Leng Yue Ning: "???"

Leng Yuening stared blankly, as if struck by lightning.

Xi'er... this is the first time... she's ever argued with her like this, talked back to her...

So, what exactly happened?

......

War Academy, Principal's Office.

After hanging up the holographic communication, Lan Mi rubbed Ye Ge's face with both hands and played with it quite a bit.

"Hmm, your potential is indeed very good... Don't worry, I will definitely train you well!"

After Lan Mi had finished kneading, she seriously picked up a pen and wrote something down in her notebook.

Night Song: "..."

Lan Mi turned her head away, unable to bear Ye Ge's resentful gaze, and coughed twice: "Ahem... Well, now that you've become my student, this is a gift from your teacher."

After she finished speaking, she raised her hand and waved it, and three beams of light appeared on the table, gradually turning into three different things.

The three items included an iron plaque from the inner gate of the War Academy, bearing the symbols of a sword and a musket, which served as proof of identity.

Ye Ge remembers that Ye Shengxiong also had one.

With this metal plaque, you can unlock many privileges within the academy, including access to higher levels of the library, more professors' instruction courses, and the ability to rent many laboratories and training rooms.

There's also a top-of-the-line storage ring that can hold a full 1,000 cubic meters of items.

In the current version of the game, the storage ring is still an item unique to the War Academy. It wasn't until later versions, as the story progressed, that various families, factions, and companies finally imitated the storage ring and developed storage bags, storage capsules, and so on.

In this version, a spatial ring is undoubtedly priceless, let alone the highest-grade spatial ring.

The last one was a small box containing two pills that faintly emitted a red glow.

Ye Ge was slightly taken aback when he saw the pills in the two boxes.

Ok?

This thing... why does it look so familiar?