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

What did you call me?

Leng Yuening was furious: "Who is Auntie?!"

Ye Ge was taken aback: "Huh?... But my teacher said you're over a thousand years older than me... So... Grandma Yue Ning?"

Leng Yue Ning: "......"

She was momentarily speechless...

hateful......

It's that bastard Lan Mi again!

"Humph......"

Leng Yuening turned to the side and gave a light hum without any expression.

However, she couldn't help but glance at him a few more times out of the corner of her eye, carefully examining the boy in front of her.

With clear and bright eyes, fair complexion and handsome features, he looked like a young boy who had stepped out of a painting.

I never expected a little boy to grow up to be so handsome, even rivaling Xi'er's appearance when she was a child.

Could it be that Lan Mi took this boy as her apprentice because he's good-looking?

"Just kidding, please don't take offense, Palace Master."

Ye Ge smiled faintly, then put away her childish smile and put her hands behind her back like a little adult: "But I'm very curious, why is the Cold Palace Master here?"

"this......"

Leng Yuening was momentarily embarrassed.

Of course, she couldn't possibly admit that she had stood at the gate of the Ye family all night.

She turned her head and said expressionlessly, "I just happened to be passing by."

"Just passing by?"

"Yes, I just arrived in Night City and originally intended to visit your Night Family." Leng Yuening said calmly, "You helped Xi'er a bit during this assessment, so this is my way of repaying your favor."

"Favors?" Ye Ge looked around. "Where are they?"

Leng Yue Ning frowned: "If I hadn't been here, that assassin leader would have surely escaped by now, wouldn't he? How is that considered repaying your favor?"

Ye Ge smiled faintly: "These assassins were discovered by my men as soon as they infiltrated Night City yesterday. How could I possibly let them escape?"

In fact, he had already had the Shadow Force set up a triple encirclement around the entire area near the amusement park.

Even if that black fang had just escaped, there were still two more encirclements waiting for him.

In short, there was absolutely no way he could leave Night City alive.

Leng Yuening asked in surprise, "Yesterday... so you already knew about these assassins before they were lying in ambush at the gate of your Ye family last night?"

"Yes, we were just conducting a sting operation."

"..."

Leng Yue Ning fell silent.

I never expected that this little devil from the Ye family would be so cunning at such a young age...

"However, Palace Master Leng, didn't you say you just arrived in Night City and happened to be passing by?" Ye Ge looked at her suspiciously: "Then how did you know that these assassins had been staking out my door all night?"

Leng Yuening's expression froze for a moment: "Ah, this..."

Looking at Leng Yuening's expression, Ye Ge suddenly remembered the personality of this thousand-year-old hermit in the cultivation world in the game's storyline, and said with amusement, "Could it be that Palace Master Leng also arrived last night like them, but because she forgot to bring her attendants, she is too socially awkward to communicate with people and has been too embarrassed to ring the doorbell?"

Leng Yue Ning: ∑(⊙▽⊙a

Her ears instantly burned bright red, and the temperature of her cheeks rose abruptly...

"How can it be!?"

Leng Yuening deliberately feigned disdain, frantically concealing her true feelings: "I am the Palace Master of Yue Ning Palace, the largest cultivation sect of the human race! A peak Heavenly Enlightenment Realm expert! How could I... how could I be like what you say... like a shy woman who has never seen a stranger before?!"

Night Song: "Hmm...that's true."

"But surely the Cold Palace Master's personal visit to my Night City today wasn't just for this matter?"

Leng Yuening opened her mouth, about to say something.

Just then, Gao Shenxue and Xia Xiyao arrived together with Ye Zi.

"Night!"

Xia Xiyao ran over and, seeing Leng Yuening, asked in confusion, "Huh? Who is this pretty lady?"

Leng Yue Ning saw Ye Zi standing behind Gao Shen Xue, looking dazed and confused.

Her beautiful eyes suddenly flashed.

"Is this little girl Ye Zi?"

"Yes, that's right." Ye Ge said calmly, "She was a prisoner I rescued from the Black Abyss Secret Realm who had been captured by the demons. Just like the information you received, Palace Master Leng, she possesses the special talent bloodline of an ancient forest sacred beast—Life Spirit."

Leng Yue Ning: "I didn't expect it to really be ancient times... huh?"

She suddenly sensed something was wrong and looked at Ye Ge in astonishment: "How did you know I was doing this for...?"

She hasn't said anything yet!

Ye Ge laughed and said, "Although you didn't say it, all your thoughts are written on your face."

Upon seeing Ye Zi, Leng Yuening immediately recognized her name, indicating that she had conducted an investigation.

The only reason she would investigate a girl captured by demons is because of the ancient supernatural bloodline within her.

It's not hard to guess at all.

"To be honest, your mind is really hard to read."

Ye Ge smiled and said, "Although you are the master of a palace, you are even more innocent and naive than I imagined."

"..."

Innocent and naive?

Leng Yue Ning clenched her small fists.

Was this little devil praising me or mocking me?

Leng Yue Ning looked at Ye Ge's handsome face with a smile on it.

This child looks shy and well-behaved, but there's definitely a little devil living inside!

Hmph, no wonder she's Lan Mi's student, even her personality is just as awful!

"Since you've already figured out why I'm here, I won't beat around the bush."

Leng Yuening said expressionlessly, "Name your terms."

"condition?"

"Of course it's that child."

"Oh, you mean you want me to set a price, like buying a product, and then buy this child?"

"Don't talk nonsense! What I mean is..."

Leng Yuening frowned. She originally wanted to say that she wanted to save the child and free her from the clutches of the Ye family!

But halfway through her speech, she suddenly felt she couldn't continue.

Before coming here, this was not the Night City she had imagined.

Night City, as a border city-state ruled by demons, should have been gloomy and dark in her previous imagination.

For example, the sky was completely shrouded in a thick aura of darkness, with the sun never visible all day. The city-state was surrounded by a bottomless moat, its waters as black as ink, occasionally bubbling with red foam. Countless pale skeletons floated on the surface of the river. The people living here suffered endless fear and despair, forced to sacrifice everything for the Night Clan under the dark rule of the demonized humans...

But now that I'm here, I feel that this place isn't as bad as the rumors say.

And the little girl named Yezi didn't seem so miserable.

She even changed into a clean new outfit, carried many toys, and was taken by Night Song and the others to the Magic Park to play...

How could she look like she'd been bullied?

Leng Yuening frowned.

What exactly is going on?