I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

"There must be an ambush ahead, aimed at me." Xue Jing looked out the porthole.

Ning Yuantai frowned and said, "An ambush? Could it be another air pirate?"

Ning Yuantai, who believed Xue Jing's words completely, did not doubt whether Xue Jing was mistaken. Instead, he immediately began to think about who would dare to ambush this aircraft belonging to the Sixth Agency.

"It shouldn't be." Xue Jing glanced at the cat next to him, whose fur was still standing on end as if it had been electrocuted.

"...Unlike the small-scale skirmishes we encountered with the sky pirates before, this time it will probably be very dangerous."

Xue Jing said, squinting his eyes.

Ning Yuantai was startled by these words, and even Brother Xue felt it was very dangerous...

He seemed to sense a terrifying monster slowly opening its eyes in the distance directly in front of the plane, staring straight at him, so he quickly suggested:

"Should we turn back now? Or take a detour?"

Xue Jing shook his head and said, "Since they have their eyes on me, avoiding them for a while is futile. You can't guard against a thief forever. I'm not used to being watched in the dark all the time. Let's deal with what we can now."

"Open the hatch."

Seeing that Xue Jing had made his decision, Ning Yuantai immediately nodded solemnly and said, "Yes!"

The two left the small compartment and entered the cabin. With Ning Yuantai's command, the cabin door was opened with a hiss, and the violent airflow from high above rushed into the cabin, blowing Xue Jing's medium-length hair backward.

Xue Jing stood at the cabin door, reached out to hold onto the edge of the door frame, and turned to Ning Yuantai beside him, saying:

"Keep the planes away from here. No matter what happens, don't get close, understand?"

Ning Yuantai swallowed hard and nodded emphatically: "Understood, Brother Xue, don't worry!"

Xue Jing hummed in agreement, took a step forward, and fell off the plane.

Seeing this, Ning Yuantai closed the cabin door and immediately ordered, "Turn the plane around and get away from here!"

He then raised his right hand, pressed the bracelet a few times, and waited for a while.

"Hey? Old Xu, Brother Xue and I have run into some trouble..."

……

He cast a feathering spell on himself, and Xue Jing floated in the air as if walking on flat ground.

He turned to look at the cat perched on his shoulder and said softly, "Teacher Wan, you should also go into the Beast Realm to avoid it."

Upon hearing this, the cat nodded and said:

"Wait a moment."

“My blood is boiling, just like when I last came into contact with those Dragon Cult members. There should be Dragon Cult members among the ambushers.”

Upon hearing this, Xue Jing's heart stirred, and he said:

"You want to use that new ability?"

The cat nodded and said, "Yes, now is the time... give me the clothes."

Xue Jing controlled the non-existent beast, making it open its invisible mouth, and then reached inside to pull out a set of women's clothing.

With a faint glimmer of platinum, Ning Fengwan returned to human form, quickly put on her clothes, and then snuggled up to Xue Jing, who held her in his arms with one arm around her waist.

Xue Jing smiled and looked at Ning Fengwan, who was facing him at a distance of no more than ten centimeters. He raised an eyebrow and said:

"So...shall we begin?"

Two blushes appeared on Ning Fengwan's flawless, beautiful face. She glanced at him gently with her long, strong phoenix eyes, and said softly with a hint of shyness:

"Um……"

As she spoke, she slowly closed her eyes, her thick, long eyelashes trembling, and her small mouth, though without makeup, seemed to be painted with rouge, opening and closing slightly, as if she were very nervous.

Xue Jing smiled, gently lowered his head, and kissed her on the lips.

This wasn't some ill-timed flirting before a major battle... probably.

It has been quite some time since Ning Fengwan fused with the Cat Tail Ring. With Xue Jing's occasional stimulation of the fusion process, she finally activated a new ability recently, following the 'Snake Slayer Vanguard' and 'Invincible Lionheart'.

Its name is 'Fragrance of Compassion'.

Bastet, the cat goddess residing in the cat's tail ring, is an alien god with complex powers.

He is extremely wild, loves fighting, and has an outstanding record of battles. He even killed the 'Serpent of Chaos, Apep', becoming the nemesis of dragons and serpents.

But at the same time, He is also a gentle guardian of the family and a protector of 'fragrance'.

Family means 'sharing'.

Ning Fengwan's new ability, "Compassionate Fragrance," allows her to temporarily share a portion of her abilities with her family by sharing "fragrance" with them.

Fragrance, or scent, requires a carrier.

And the best carrier is... bodily fluids.

By concentrating the power of 'loving fragrance' in bodily fluids, it is transferred to family members.

Ning Fengwan was not alarmed when she learned that the use of this ability required the transfer of bodily fluids after she had just activated it.

After all, blood is a type of bodily fluid. If Xue Jing needs it in the future, we can just cut some blood for him.

...However, it didn't work.

The power of loving-kindness comes from sharing among family members; exploitative acts such as 'donating blood' that harm oneself are not accepted by loving-kindness.

Therefore, the most convenient option is left with only one thing...drooling.

"Zi...ZiZiZi..."

A strange sound arose, and in the wilderness outside the city, two small snakes seemed to be fighting, their bodies intertwined, locked in a fierce battle.

Ning Fengwan was quickly drawn in by Xue Jing, becoming completely absorbed in his charm and unable to extricate herself.

Only a vague sense of suspicion lingered in my mind.

Why is he so skilled at this...?

Strangely enough, Xue Jing and Ning Fengwan were extremely close, and despite having gone through many things together, they had never even taken the most basic step together...

Therefore, this is their first kiss until now.

Ning Fengwan was naturally riding in a bridal sedan chair for the first time—undoubtedly her first time. As for Xue Jing… if we don’t count the times he played with his older sister Xue Wan when they were little, this was also his first time in his life.

Sweet... in a physical sense.

Like eating ice cream, it's already sweet, but now it's even sweeter thanks to the blessing of loving-kindness and fragrance.

Gradually, Xue Jing's blood began to boil, and small holes appeared at the tips of his ten fingers.

A silvery-white glint flashed, and sharp claws slowly grew out from the small holes at the tips of his fingers.

……

On the distant ground, a goat-eyed woman, hidden behind a large rock, gazed at the sky, the radial cracks in the whites of her eyes flashing intensely.

At this moment, her skin looked quite strange, with wriggling marks all over it, as if many small insects were burrowing under her skin, about to 'burst out'.

"...The plane suddenly turned around."

"...Xue Jing stayed behind and hovered in the air."

"...There was a black cat on his shoulder...and the cat turned into a woman."

She spoke in a flat, emotionless tone, describing what she had seen like a robot.

The snake-man, referred to as the leader, nodded and said, "Possessing the 'Cat Tail Ring' and being able to transform into a cat, there is no doubt that he is Ning Fengwan, the leader of the Qingcheng Dragon Cult."

The woman with goat eyes said expressionlessly, "Xue Jing must have already discovered it... but he didn't run away."

"This person is just like how they appear on TV, extremely confident..."

The snake-like man shook his head and said, "If I had such terrifying strength, I would also be confident."

“Let’s go. Now that we’ve been discovered, there’s no point in hiding. Let’s go see him and see if we can resolve this through conversation… I really don’t want to fight this monster unless absolutely necessary.”

He rolled up his sleeve, revealing his arm.

Just like an ordinary person getting goosebumps, the dense, jet-black snake scales on his arms bristled and trembled incessantly, enough to make someone with trypophobia faint on the spot.

"Do you really think that someone who knows there are enemies lying in ambush ahead, yet still stays behind without hesitation to rush into the tiger's den, would obediently hand over the goods after saying a few words to us?"

The woman with goat eyes glanced at the snake-man cult leader.

"We have to give it a try... Let's go."

The snake man stood up, raised his hand and waved, then floated into the air and flew away.

Behind him, in various hidden places in the wilderness, figures appeared one after another, floating up and following him.

Before long, a huge group of several hundred people had formed.

The woman with goat eyes pressed her left hand against a bulging, wriggling patch of skin on her right arm, gritted her teeth, and staggered, nearly falling over.

The boy standing next to her asked worriedly, "Aoi-nee... are you alright?"

As he spoke, he handed the syringe he was holding to Sister Kui: "You should still get an injection! The symptoms of the alienation disease have already appeared..."

Sister Kui reached out and pushed the injection away, shaking her head and saying, "It's okay, you don't need to worry... Let's go, we'll follow them."

……

Slowly separating, a transparent thread was broken, and Xue Jing looked coldly at the hundreds of figures surrounding him.

Ning Fengwan, nestled in his arms, was completely dizzy and dazed, a glistening tear sliding down her cheek...

She breathed softly, slowly regaining her senses. The blush on her beautiful face lingered for a long time, and the cat ears on her head twitched from time to time. She had the illusion that she had just returned to earth from heaven.

How could this be...

"How rude of you all!"

Xue Jing acted as if nothing had happened, showing no shame at being seen in such an intimate scene, and coldly surveyed the crowd around him.

Most of these people flew through the air using equipment similar to individual flying machines strapped to their bodies.

Furthermore, they are all suspended in mid-air, and should all be anti-gravity force field flight equipment made from dragon cores.

They're really rolling in money; anything related to dragons is extremely expensive, and hundreds of them appeared all at once...