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

"And if you want evidence, I'll say it again—"

"Wait."

Yunping once again uttered these simple words: "Proceed as usual. Don't remain indifferent, and don't alert the enemy. Just maintain the most basic and fundamental state. All that's left is to wait..."

Faced with Yun Ping's knowing yet silent attitude, Jiang Shaoguang wanted to ask more questions, but after seeing Chu Xin's expression of suppressing her curiosity and refusing to say a word, he sighed.

Judging from his master's expression, he had obviously heard this many times before, and even if he asked again, he would not get any answer, just like before.

Finally, Chu Xin sighed sadly.

"Alright, then we'll wait a little longer..."

"Yes, listen to me, just wait." Yunping said to Chu Xin with a rare certainty, "The truth will come to light on its own."

The truth...

Chu Xin smiled self-deprecatingly, bowed to Yun Ping, and then turned and left.

So what exactly are we waiting for?

With this question in mind, Chu Xin slowly pushed open the door, hesitated for a second, and then stepped out to leave, heading towards her palace.

Jiang Shaoguang, who originally planned to leave with them, was kept behind by the old rogue.

"Teacher? Are you trying to tell me what you meant by what you just said?"

Faced with the gleaming gaze of the blond heartthrob, Yunping rolled his eyes at him disdainfully. "You wish! The reason I didn't tell you is for your own good. The sooner this mess disturbs the mastermind behind it all, the worse it will be for us."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shaoguang immediately held up three fingers, his expression as serious as a rock. "Teacher, just tell me! I promise I won't alert them!"

Yun Ping sneered, "Come on, of all my disciples, you're the one who doesn't take words seriously. You're better at spouting nonsense than I am. What kind of oath do you think yours is?"

Jiang Shaoguang immediately became displeased, "Am I that untrustworthy?"

"You only believe me when I throw out all your empty words, right? No matter how much I'm in a hurry, you still owe Yuan'er two guqin, fifteen sheet music, three big meals for your senior brother Jiang, 150,000 gold coins for your eldest brother, and two magic weapons for your fourth brother. Last time you even said that you would give Yu Chan a big gift after she entered the sect."

"Right now, our little Yuchan is waiting for your big gift."

Jiang Shaoguang's face darkened, and he chuckled awkwardly, "I was just saying that casually, hahaha, and I'm quite busy, I just don't have time to go and give them... cough cough~ you know what I mean."

"You know nothing, you little pigeon."

Jiang Shaoguang, the pigeon spirit, smiled helplessly. He really couldn't deny that, so he could only change the subject, "So, teacher, what do you want me to do? Is it also about Yin Sha?"

"No, not really. I just wanted to tell you something in advance."

"what's up?"

"When you get back to the courtyard house, remember to treat your eighth junior sister well, and if necessary, go easy on her."

"Eighth Junior Sister?" Jiang Shaoguang raised an eyebrow, recalling the cherry-haired girl he had encountered in the martial arts arena that day. "What happened to Eighth Junior Sister? What do you mean by holding back..."

Yunping gets a headache whenever this matter is mentioned.

As a teacher, it's necessary to mediate the relationships between students and their students.

He didn't want Fan Luokui to greet Jiang Shaoguang every time she saw him, instead of immediately launching a sword attack on Jiang Shaoguang's face.

He paused for a moment before continuing.

"In short, you must be careful of your eighth junior sister. I'm afraid that once she recognizes you, she'll stab you in the head a few times."

"What?" Jiang Shaoguang exclaimed in surprise, "When did I offend her?"

"I'm not entirely sure I can explain it clearly, but in short, until your eighth junior sister's strength officially surpasses yours, when you see her, just one word—"

"Just run."

Jiang Shaoguang: "..."

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After finally getting rid of Chu Xin and making arrangements for Jiang Shaoguang, Yun Ping thought he could finally enjoy this wonderful afternoon.

When I looked back, holy crap, the sun was almost setting!

After chatting with Ye Yuchan for a while, before he could even rest, Chu Xin and the pigeon spirit arrived, and their combined attack shattered Yunping's beautiful afternoon.

"Sigh, there are so many troubles."

The old rogue let out a long sigh, put the rocking chair, teacup, and peanuts into his storage ring, stretched lazily, and then left the courtyard and stepped into the palace hall.

He had barely stepped inside when he saw Ye Yuchan and the others sitting on the chairs in the lobby, chatting and laughing.

The girls are back?! So fast?

Aren't girls like perpetual motion machines when it comes to shopping? As long as they have enough money and goods, they could just buy a bed, lie on it, and continue shopping the next day!

—Luckily, Jiang Shaoguang jumped directly out of the courtyard instead of through the main gate, otherwise he would have run into Fan Luokui!

That girl is probably still thinking about Jiang Shaoguang deliberately making her do that thing!

"You guys got back pretty quickly... What happened?"

Silently marveling at Jiang Shaoguang's luck, Yun Ping casually sat down next to Ye Yuchan and stared at the girl.

The latter glanced at Yunping, then spread his hands, "Nothing much happened. I just ran into some people I didn't want to see, so I came back."

"Someone you don't want to see?"

Yunping froze, instinctively thinking of Jiang Qinghua...

When he noticed the undisguised gloom on Jiang Yuetian's face, he guessed who Ye Yuchan and the others had encountered.

Fan Luokui, standing next to Jiang Yuetian, preemptively explained.

"Senior Brother Jiang... encountered members of the Jiang family on the street."

"It seems... to be his older brother."

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115. The Second Round of the Battle of Ten Thousand Schools...

Jiang Yuetian's older brother.

Yunping had heard of this person from the Jiang family more than once.

Known as a peerless genius, a once-in-a-century talent in the Extreme Heaven Domain, and an unparalleled monster among his peers in the Jiang family, he possesses a natural ninth-grade immortal spiritual root and unmatched martial arts talent. Some even compare him to the Martial Emperor who founded martial arts.

At eleven, he reached the Spirit Platform stage; at fifteen, he reached the Peak stage; at nineteen, he became a God; at twenty-four, he entered the Origin stage; and now, at twenty-six, he has reached the Lesser Completion stage of the Origin stage, and is even close to breaking through to the peak of the Origin stage.

In other words, at the age of sixteen, his cultivation level was far higher than Ye Yuchan's at this time.

Jiang Yuetian had only recently reached the Transcendental Stage.

Even Fan Luo Kui, a genius within the Northern Ice Palace who grew up under the tutelage of Yin Han Xue Bing, is only at the peak of the Transformation God stage this year, still quite a distance from the Origin Opening stage.

However, despite saying that, Yunping did not believe that the other party's talent could compare to that of his own eldest disciple.

As for Ye Yuchan? This girl just started from a low point; in terms of talent, she's a once-in-a-millennium talent.

But the key point is not how strong that person is or how talented they are.

The key point is that he is Jiang Yuetian's older brother.

Yunping looked at Jiang Yuetian with concern, who was currently frowning. "Little Jiang, did you really run into your older brother?"

"Hmm," he responded almost imperceptibly, "I ran into her."

"Nothing happened, right?"

"How could nothing possibly not happen? That guy named Jiang Beida... ugh, Jiang Qinghua is there too!"

Before Jiang Yuetian could reply, Ye Yuchan revealed an indignant and annoyed expression, "As a defeated opponent of Senior Brother Jiang, that Jiang Qinghua is actually quite arrogant, saying a lot of things to mock Senior Brother Jiang, and even bringing up that so-called big brother! Right, Luo Kui!"

Fan Luokui sat calmly in the chair, her expression as indifferent as ever, but with a hint of gloom mixed in with that coldness.

As soon as she spoke, her tone was also quite angry, "The other party did say some unpleasant things, and although Senior Sister Ye also responded, the other party still said some very unpleasant things."

Thinking of this, Ye Yuchan stomped her feet in anger, "If Ruoxue hadn't been away, I would have been outnumbered and outmatched. If Ruoxue had been here, the two of us could have joined forces and thoroughly humiliated that Jiang Qinghua and the other members of the Jiang family!"

Yunping rolled his eyes at Ye Yuchan, "Come on, if that hot-tempered girl Ruoxue were here, your two groups would have already started fighting outside. If you had, you would have torn down the streets of the capital, and you would all have been disqualified."

"Hmph..." Ye Yuchan snorted noncommittally, then muttered, "I'm just so angry at how arrogant these guys are! Especially that Jiang Qinghua, he was defeated by Senior Brother Jiang but he's still acting so cocky, it's infuriating!"

"That's right!" Even the usually well-behaved Lin Yuan started to puff out her cheeks like a little goldfish. "They said so many things to bully Senior Brother Jiang, and when Yuan'er talked back to them, they said that children shouldn't get involved!"

"What? They look down on Yuan'er! Yuan'er is not a child at all!"

Refusing to admit that she's young—she's quite similar to Chu Chenxi, that sharp-tongued little girl.

Judging from the current situation, apart from Jiang Yuetian himself who was ridiculed, the other disciples of Yuntian Academy seem to be quite angry.

Even Fan Luokui, who is usually quite calm, showed faint signs of black energy about to erupt, which shows just how nasty the clowns Jiang Qinghua and his gang had said.

Yun Ping didn't comment much on the indignant words of Ye Yuchan and the other female disciples. Instead, he looked at Jiang Yuetian, who hadn't said much, and asked, "Little Jiang, did your elder brother say anything?"

"Big Brother..." The person he respected and feared most in his memory appeared before him, and Jiang Yuetian's slender body trembled violently. An indescribable terror flashed in his eyes, and his lips trembled. "He..."

"He said he would come to find me—at the Battle of Ten Thousand Schools."

……

The subtext of these words is...

Will he find Jiang Yuetian in the second round of the battle of the ten thousand factions?

In other words, Jiang Yuetian will face a tremendous challenge before even entering the Lan Ranking.

—His eldest brother.

Yunping could tell that Jiang Yuetian still harbored a lingering resentment and fear towards the Jiang family.

Even though he had already officially defeated his third sister, Jiang Qinghua, in the battle of the ten thousand factions.

But fear is not something that can be erased overnight. No matter how strong or powerful a person is, they will have their own fears, and Yunping is no exception.

Fear... is very difficult to eradicate completely. It's like a tree that keeps growing, rooted in the heart. Unless it's uprooted, this tree will keep growing, spreading, and reaching into the body's meridians, flesh, and even bone marrow.

The old rogue understood this feeling very well, and he also knew that defeating Jiang Qinghua was a prelude to Jiang Yuetian uprooting that tree.

But it was just a precursor.