Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

Speaking of which, so that obedient and adorable little girl can also turn evil?! Don't just randomly assign this attribute to me!!

"Teacher~ What is this pretty older sister saying? I don't think I can understand it."

Your expression clearly shows you understood!

Yunping quickly looked at Yin Hanxuebing and found that the old hag was still acting like she was being ignored, sighing and complaining.

"Sigh, back then, we stayed in the ice cave for three days and three nights, saying so many things and doing so many things. Have you forgotten all of that now that you have a new love?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense. We didn't do anything during those three days and three nights."

"Heh." Yin Hanxue sneered, turning her head away and uttering a disdainful remark, "Men are all heartless bastards, they do things but don't want to take responsibility, I spit on them!"

You spit on me!

You're Yin Hanxuebing, you're the ultimate twenty-one, pay attention to your image!

No sooner had Yin Hanxue finished speaking than Yun Ping felt his thigh muscles being twisted wildly by two small hands once again.

Behind him, a woman surnamed Ye was staring at him with a pitiful and even somewhat listless gaze. To be honest, it gave him the creeps!

A...shura field?!

Yunping has encountered many chaotic situations in his life, but most of the time, he is in a position of absolute advantage because he is Emperor Wen, known throughout the world for his carefree and unrestrained nature. He has no feelings for women who come to him personally.

But things are different now!

On one side is his favorite apprentice, and on the other is an old friend with whom he almost had a relationship, and with whom he did indeed have some feelings...

How the hell am I supposed to choose?

Offending anyone will bring you trouble.

"My God..." Yunping sighed and rubbed his forehead, looking like he had a stomachache. "I said Bing'er, can you stop messing around? My head hurts so much. There are so many things to do when we get back to the courtyard house. Please don't make things worse for me."

"Tch, who told you to be so cold to me just now? We were so close not long ago."

"What the hell does 'not long ago' mean? Can something that happened hundreds of years ago be considered not long ago? Besides, I was poisoned back then. If you didn't help me take off my clothes and treat me naked, I would have died. You couldn't avoid skin-to-skin contact!"

"Humph……"

Seeing that Yunping had laid out the facts directly, Yin Hanxuebing had no more room to maneuver and could only snort coldly, ending the topic.

Seeing that his old flame had finally stopped causing trouble, Yunping felt a sense of relief.

Because her explanation was satisfactory, Lin Yuan in her arms returned to her usual well-behaved little girl appearance, and Ye Yuchan finally stopped maintaining that listless expression.

Everything is fine, everything is fine.

"By the way, are you leaving soon?"

Yin Hanxue's words made Yun Ping involuntarily become wary. "Indeed, what do you want? Let me make this clear first, I am a chaste person!"

"Who wants your filthy body?" Yin Hanxue rolled her eyes at him. As expected of Yin Hanxue, even her eye rolls exuded a captivating charm. "I just want you to do me a favor."

"help?"

"Didn't you say you'd grant me a request?"

Now that you mention it, Yunping remembered that there really was such a thing.

But that requirement wasn't—

"I'll stay with you..."

Before he could even utter the word "sleep," Yunping swallowed the rest of his sentence.

Looking at his female disciples, whose faces were full of doubt, Yunping felt a surge of relief.

—Damn it, I'm glad I reacted quickly. If I had said out loud that amazing request from Yin Hanxuebing, "Sleep with me," I probably would have been subjected to another hellish ordeal.

Yin Hanxuebing seemed to have noticed this as well; she covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"Don't worry, it won't be any unreasonable request."

"I just wanted to let you—"

At this point, her tone suddenly became heavy.

As if she had touched upon some unbearable past event, a complex and worried expression appeared on Yin Hanxue's pretty face.

"Take one person with you."

137. Debts must be repaid.

The second floor of the Trial Palace.

A strictly controlled circular space where orders are strictly enforced.

This is the main resting place for the elite members of the trial squad. Each room occupies no more than fifty cubic meters in size, and they are separated by one another. Apart from the numbers hanging in front of the gray wooden door, they are almost identical in appearance.

As the sole law enforcement organization within the Northern Ice Palace, the Trial Team is extremely disciplined. It is precisely because of the existence of the Trial Team that the appalling malicious acts within the Northern Ice Palace are restrained.

Even the interrogation room used to interrogate certain die-hards has not been opened for a long time.

however--

The group stood before the solemn door bearing the three large characters for "interrogation room," but there was no indication that they were about to push the door open and enter.

Normally, it would be rare for so many people to gather in front of the interrogation room, and blocking the second floor of the courthouse would also be a violation of the internal regulations of the court team.

But those people just stood there, even members of the trial team stood beside them, neither reminding them that they had violated the regulations, but instead staring solemnly at the tightly closed door in front of them.

The reason is simple—

"She has locked herself up for a long time, and hasn't spoken for at least three days and three nights."

The woman, dressed in a sky-blue long robe, exuded an air of authority with every move she made. Her face was sullen, and her words were filled with undisguised regret.

Fang Qingzhu – the Palace Master of the Judgment Palace, and currently also the Grand Palace Master of the Northern Ice Palace.

In terms of prestige and power, he should be the most noble person in the room.

Even the top leader of the trial team came, so the rest of the trial team members naturally didn't dare to say a word and just watched silently from a distance.

Standing beside Fang Qingzhu, a beautiful and ethereal woman frowned slightly. The moment she spoke, a refreshing breeze swept through the entire Judgment Palace.

"When did she lock herself up?"

“Right after that, my lord…” Fang Qingzhu addressed the ethereal woman before her with exceptional respect, her tone incredibly humble, “After that incident, she locked herself inside and refused to come out no matter what.”

"It seems she really suffered a big blow..."

Yunping glanced at Yin Hanxuebing's worried expression and, putting himself in her shoes, realized that it was indeed the case.

Her favorite disciple not only showed her tremendous hatred and murderous intent, but also stabbed her countless times with a dagger—although Yunping blocked the blows for her, each stab still felt like a knife to her heart.

Even if he was deceived, Yunping probably wouldn't be able to accept it in a short time.

Yin Hanxuebing's low spirits these past few days are also due to Fan Luokui's matter. This girl's straightforward personality is both good and bad, and it's really difficult to judge whether she's right or wrong.

Moreover, Fan Luokui was one of Yin Hanxuebing's most beloved disciples, so Yunping wasn't surprised that she would make such a request.

Fan Luo Kui, oh Fan Luo Kui, this kind of girl is definitely the kind that causes the most worry.

Yunping leaned against the wall, arms crossed, dead fish eyes hanging high, "So, what do you plan to do? Take him away by force or beg him?"

"Can't you speak seriously at a time like this?" Fang Qingzhu glared reproachfully at the old rogue. "Neither of them will work. If we can't resolve this girl's inner conflict, her future cultivation path will be incredibly difficult, and she might even..."

"She's gone mad, following the same path as her mother."

Yunping picked up where Fang Qingzhu left off, but as soon as he said it, he was met with eye-rolls from everyone else present.

He was taken aback, then realized that he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have, as if he had inadvertently reopened Yin Hanxuebing's wounds.

Incidentally, they are not using any means of telepathy to communicate, so Fan Luokui in the interrogation room can hear them.

—If she hadn't shut herself off or was already dead.

"Um, wait a minute."

Before he finished speaking, a pale white light suddenly emanated from Yunping's right palm.

In the blink of an eye, the light formed a semi-transparent wall and affixed to the interrogation room door.

"okay."

Yun Ping clapped his hands with a smile, looked at the bewildered crowd, and explained, "This thing can temporarily block out all our voices, so Fan Luo Kui can't hear us talking."

After speaking, she glanced apologetically at Yin Hanxuebing, "I misspoke earlier, sorry~"

“It’s alright.” Yin Hanxuebing, the one who suffered the most, shook her head, indicating that she didn’t care. Then she said, “I can’t see Luo Kui anymore. If she sees me, her mind will be greatly shaken. I’m afraid she’s filled with self-blame right now, which is why she’s locked herself up.”

"This kind of torture is purely self-torture, or rather... self-interrogation."

Yin Hanxue raised her head and stared blankly at the three large characters "Interrogation Room".

As always, Yunping acted as if it were none of his business, casually took out a handful of peanuts, threw them into his mouth, and began to chew.

"So that's why this girl chose a place like an interrogation room."

The old rogue looked around and spotted Xiao Yuan'er, dressed in red, leaning against him like a well-behaved kitten. He smiled and reached out to gently pat Yuan'er's head.

As he admired Yuan'er's warm and comforting smile, he remarked with emotion.

"This isn't an interrogation at all; it's more like a trial. How can I describe this behavior of taking all the blame on oneself for no reason, torturing and judging oneself without a care in the world..."

"I always felt that he was too presumptuous."

……

Yunping's words silenced everyone.

Fang Qingzhu and Yin Hanxuebing seemed to want to defend Fan Luokui, but they swallowed their words back.

They couldn't refute it, because Yunping's words were not wrong at all.

"So, you old rogue, what do you want?"

The person who broke the silence was a female disciple surnamed Ye.

Ye Yuchan stared intently at Yun Ping's seemingly unaffected face, watching him reach out and stroke Lin Yuan's little head, as if she had confirmed something.

Yun Ping glanced at Ye Yuchan, his tone remaining indifferent, "What do you mean, 'what do I want'?"

Ye Yuchan replied sourly, "Didn't you promise your old flame that you would take Fan Luokui away? Are you regretting it now?"