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

"How about that? You're scared now?"

Jiang Xiaoming, a cold smile on his face, gripped his own neck and said, "Don't make any rash moves, or your friends might..."

Night Song: "Just kill him."

Jiang Xiaoming: "?"

Ye Ge shrugged: "Although, it seems you've threatened the wrong person. I don't know him at all." Then he turned to Gao Shenxue and the other girls: "Do you know him?"

Gao Shenxue gently shook her head: "I don't know her."

Xia Xiyao grinned and said, "I don't know him."

Nangong Qiuyue said seriously, "I don't know him."

Bai Xueling said expressionlessly, "I don't know him."

Yu Li hesitated for a moment, then stammered cautiously, "Um... I... I don't know you, do I...?"

“…Huh?” Ququ was stunned for a moment, then looked at the others in confusion.

Although she didn't quite remember the boy's name, she vaguely seemed to recall seeing him a few years ago in Dark City. He seemed to have come with Ye Ge and the others...

However, Ye Ge and Xi Yao all said they didn't know them, and Qu Qu, who was originally about to speak, hesitated.

Could it be that I remembered it wrong?

Given the passage of time and the hazy memories, could it simply be a boy who looked somewhat similar?

By the way, what was that boy's name again?

"Hmm..." Ququ hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "I really don't know them..."

"???"

Zhu Yan frowned and muttered to himself, "Hey kid, didn't you say these people were your old classmates? How come they don't recognize you?"

Jiang Xiaoming: "......"

Zhu Yan: "Why aren't you answering me, you brat?"

Jiang Xiaoming: "Just kill me."

Zhu Yan: "?"

Jiang Xiaoming: "Don't ask, that's enough. Destroy this cold and heartless world."

......

ten minutes later.

Jiang Xiaoming has broken free from the state of being possessed by Zhu Yan.

A person crouched in a corner, facing the wall expressionlessly, one arm wrapped around his knee, the other hand holding a twig and drawing circles on the ground, looking completely withdrawn and emo, as if shrouded in a dark aura.

"Hehe, I was just kidding." Nangong Qiuyue and Xia Xiyao playfully squatted behind him, teasing him with a twig. "Little Mingzi, don't be angry~~"

"You lot, get out of here!" Jiang Xiaoming said with a gloomy face, continuing to draw circles expressionlessly. "Don't pay attention to me. Let me get away from this indifferent world for a while."

And not far away.

Ye Ge, Gao Shenxue, Bai Xueling, and others gathered together to study an iron plate.

The night singer was holding a black iron plate.

The words "Mingcheng Order" were clearly written on it.

This is the city lord's city defense token.

Seems unremarkable.

But the spirit of Zhu Yan resides within it.

"I never imagined that the soul of the ancient Zhu Yan would be in the human realm, and that it would be parasitizing a token." Ye Ge couldn't help but sigh.

According to Jiang Xiaoming, the Jiang family's ancestors once discovered the sealed spirit of Zhu Yan by accident. After rescuing it, they made a pact with Zhu Yan, which would allow Zhu Yan to help the Jiang family in critical moments and strengthen their spirits.

This also led to the Jiang family later becoming a family of ghost tamers.

The Jiang family also needs to provide Zhu Yan with a suitable place to stay so that it can repair its soul, help it complete certain tasks, and, if an opportunity arises in the future, help it rebuild its physical body...

Only the heads of the Jiang family throughout history would know about this matter.

After Jiang Xiaoming took over Jiang Renkuan's position and became the city lord of Mingcheng, he naturally learned about this family secret.

However, there are now a few more people, namely Ye Ge and his group.

"Zhu Yan, reveal your true form as a spirit and come out for a talk," Ye Ge said to the Mingcheng token.

"Heh heh, I won't fall for your tricks!" Zhu Yan's cold voice rang out: "You little boy seem quite cunning. Who knows what you might be up to with my soul power? I won't trust you!"

Ye Ge smiled helplessly, "You, a legendary creature of ancient times, a ferocious spirit tens of millions of years old, are actually afraid of a junior like me who is not even twenty years old? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if word gets out?"

"I'm not afraid!" Zhu Yan was completely unfazed, like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water: "You don't need to provoke me, it's useless. I'm not stupid. I've been out of touch with this era for over 100 million years. Who knows what abilities you've developed? You might even have a bunch of black technologies that can forcibly control me. If I trusted others so easily, I would already be a soul generator in the undead container of the gene company."

Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "You haven't really gone off track. You even know about the soul generator from the gene company. You do know something about modern supernatural technology, don't you?"

"Hmph, those are just some outside information that I've obtained through the Jiang family over the years." Zhu Yan sneered, "But after all, I'm hiding in such a small iron plate, so the information I get is incomplete, and I can't guarantee anything."

Ye Ge smiled and said, "But who knows, I might be able to help you? In any case, at least you've seen it: we're enemies with the gene company, and you also have a grudge against the gene company. We can say we have a common enemy. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, isn't that right?"

"Hmph, but how do I know that the enemy of my enemy isn't a wolf even more greedy and terrifying than my enemy?" Zhu Yan sneered. "Judging from the abilities that girl just displayed, you are definitely not a simple force, are you?"

Night Song: "We..."

"Stop talking!" Zhu Yan said, "No matter what you say, I won't believe you."

Night Song: "..."

At this moment, the voice of Qinglong Laodeng rang in his consciousness: "Night Song, let me have a chat with this old scoundrel. Use your spiritual power and mine to pull this fellow into the same spiritual space as me."

Ye Ge nodded and channeled his mental energy into the token.

"Hey, Zhu Yan, someone wants to talk to you."

"Don't talk about it! It doesn't matter who talks to us!"

"Zhu Yan!" The majestic voice of the Azure Dragon Elder suddenly rang out.

"..."

Zhu Yan's soul shuddered involuntarily.

In ancient times, apart from the four equally powerful ferocious beasts—Chaos, Taotie, Qiongqi, and Taowu—which other ferocious beast had not suffered suppression and beatings from the four sacred beasts?

It was a fear etched into my very soul!