Lin Feng Catches Yue Ye's Attention

After accepting a mission at the Demon Hunt Tower, Lin Feng and Cai'er prepared the items they would need for this mission.

Having a cheap master was great. Whether it was cultivation pills or rare spiritual energy recovery potions, they had more than they could ever use.

At the gates of Devil Expulsion Pass.

"Why are you an hour late today?" the soldier in charge of checking passes teased when he saw Lin Feng and Cai'er approaching.

Lin Feng handed over his communication badge.

"We came better prepared today."

Over the past three years, Lin Feng had formed one connection or another with many people in Devil Expulsion Pass.

Since he and Cai'er were already quite young, and both of them had top-tier looks, they easily attracted attention.

During several Demon Race Sieges, he and Cai'er had relied on their terrifying strength among those of the same rank to receive invitations from the regular army, but they had both politely declined.

With Ying Suifeng helping cover for them, the regular army had not continued bothering them.

After roughly going through the standard procedure, the soldier allowed them through.

"Go on. Make sure you come back safely this time too. I'm still waiting to drink at your coming-of-age celebration," the soldier said with a smile.

A soldier beside him teased, "If you want to drink these two kids' wedding wine, just say so."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" the soldier hurriedly retorted.

"What's there to be embarrassed about?" Another soldier ignored him and looked at Lin Feng. "This guy is one of your biggest fans, and whenever he has time, he ships you two..."

"Enough, you bastard! Stop spouting nonsense!" The soldier covered the other soldier's mouth in embarrassment as he wildly leaked his secrets.

Seeing this, Lin Feng's lips curled slightly upward. He said nothing more and pulled Cai'er, whose cheeks had reddened slightly, toward the city gates.

Watching the two of them walk hand in hand through the tunnel and out into the light, the soldiers could not help sighing.

"Youth really is wonderful. If I were a few years younger, maybe I could have met a partner who suited me perfectly too."

"Heh." The other soldier scoffed. "What are you dreaming about? When you were as old as Kong, you were probably still running around naked at home and playing in the mud..."

"Come to think of it, don't you feel like more people are leaving the city today than usual?"

"Are there? Feels about the same to me."

The moment Lin Feng stepped out of the city gates, the two of them seemed to have entered hell...

Corpses with severed limbs lay everywhere. Exposed organs, pools of blood, smoke, flames that had yet to burn out...

And the stench that permeated the air. Scavengers could be seen everywhere, constantly picking at the scraps of flesh on the corpses.

Among those bodies were Demon Race members and humans alike.

They were all corpses that had not yet been dealt with...

As the gateway to human territory, Devil Expulsion Pass faced Demon Race Sieges almost every other day, with no fixed scale.

This time, Lin Feng and Cai'er were heading out to hunt Demon Race scouts—the Shadow Demon Race's Dark Night Stalkers, specialists in gathering intelligence.

In fact, a soldier-grade Demon Hunt Squad had accepted the mission three days before Lin Feng did.

Yet there had still been no word of their return.

Lin Feng subconsciously squeezed Cai'er's delicate little hand. Over the past few years, it had seemingly become a habit.

"Let's go. We'll find a carriage first and have it take us to the Devil Subduing Mountain Range."

Cai'er nodded.

Lin Feng and Cai'er had already grown accustomed to the scorched land before them.

They had not walked far before a small carriage stopped in front of them.

"Kong, Qiong, where are you going? I can take you there," an ordinary man in battered armor called out as he stepped forward.

Not everyone in this world could become a professional.

Some people could not sense the existence of spiritual energy from the moment they were born, leaving them no choice but to live as ordinary people.

To make a living, they needed work as well. Where there was demand, there was a market, and so some people braved the danger to do business outside the city.

Still, as long as they did not go too far from Devil Expulsion Pass, they had some degree of protection. Within a hundred kilometers of Devil Expulsion Pass, Demon Hunt Squads could be encountered from time to time. Moreover, their customers were almost all members of the Six Great Temples, who would generally protect them if they encountered the Demon Race.

Even so, the mortality rate remained extremely high.

Lin Feng tossed the man two gold coins.

"Fifty li into the Devil Subduing Mountain Range will do."

Meanwhile, on Yue Ye's side.

The servant who had left earlier returned with information on Lin Feng.

After hearing about Lin Feng's experiences over the past three years, the lively and mischievous Leng Xiao beside her said in astonishment,

"You mean these two children called Qiong and Kong have already reached the Fourth Rank Mid Stage?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Sister Yue, they reached the Fourth Rank Mid Stage at twelve? Their cultivation talent is almost catching up to yours. Give these two children a few more years, and at their cultivation speed, they might even surpass us..."

"Your Highness, their strength is not as simple as it appears. During a Devil Expulsion Pass Battle several months ago, the number of Fourth Rank Demon Race members they killed exceeded thirty!"

"They have also been hailed by Devil Expulsion Pass as the 'Twin Stars of Devil Expulsion Pass,' with the title of being invincible among those of the same rank."

"Hah." Leng Xiao gave a cold snort, her fighting spirit surging. "They're just two little brats. They may have some talent, but claiming to be invincible at the same rank is far too arrogant. If I run into them, I'll have to teach them a good lesson."

As someone at Fourth Rank Level 10, with 1,920 points of spiritual energy and the Heaven Defying Demon Dragon Bloodline, anyone daring to claim invincibility at the Fourth Rank was the greatest insult to her.

Yet after hearing the news about Lin Feng, Yue Ye's lips curled upward slightly.

"Where are they now?"

"Reporting to Princess Yue Ye, according to the last report from our scout, they have already left the city. Their destination is the Devil Subduing Mountain Range, where they are tasked with eliminating a Fifth Stage Shadow Demon Race Night Stalker hiding within the mountains."

"What? Those two little brats are only at the Fourth Rank, yet they dare deal with a Fifth Rank Shadow Demon Race member? Aren't they thinking too highly of themselves?" Leng Xiao could not help complaining.

"Still, that spirit is worthy of praise," Leng Xiao added.

After thinking it over, Leng Xiao looked at Yue Ye. "Sister Yue, how about we go take a look? I'm rather interested in those two little brats."

Leng Xiao had always been battle-hungry. Upon learning that Lin Feng and Cai'er had already reached the Fourth Rank at twelve, she naturally wanted to exchange a few moves with them.

However, Yue Ye's thoughts were somewhat different.

She wanted to see whether the two were truly as formidable as the rumors claimed. If those two children really possessed such terrifying talent, then on this trip, she would either bring them back and keep them by her side or make sure they remained in the Devil Subduing Mountain Range forever.

If someone like that could not be used by her, they were destined to become enemies.

Having made up her mind, Yue Ye looked at the maid and said unhurriedly, "You need not concern yourselves with what comes next. Leng Xiao, we're going to the Devil Subduing Mountain Range."

"Hehe, I knew Sister Yue would go too."