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

What else can we do?

Yun Ping, now back to his usual self, glared at Fan Luo Kui before slowly walking towards Chu Xin, who lay on the ground, silent and out of danger but still unconscious.

Then, in front of his own apprentice, he pointed to Chu Xin, who had an enviable figure, and said without changing his expression—

"With such a great opportunity, of course we should seize the moment and go for it!"

Fan Luo Kui raised an eyebrow, suddenly feeling an urge to use the Snow Condensation Slash on her teacher.

"Can you please stop joking, sir..."

“That’s true.” Yun Ping suddenly straightened his expression. “Let’s forget about this 300-year-old woman. There’s a little girl with time-stopping abilities right next to her!”

Upon hearing that Yun Ping seemed about to attack Chu Chenxi, Fan Luokui resolutely pulled out the knife that she had just put back in.

Looking at the gleaming silver blade, the old rogue chuckled, "Alright, alright, let's lighten the mood. Little Luo Kui, you're always so rigid. You might never find a man in the future."

"A partner is not a necessary part of my life."

—To describe men as objects…that really has Fan Luo Kui’s style.

"Cough-cough-"

Yunping coughed twice, bringing the topic back on track.

He turned to the side, his gaze passing through the hundreds of layers of restrictions, and came to the stone door that sealed the endless treasures that Chu Lantian had mentioned. His expression gradually became solemn.

"In short, let's wake up Chu Xin and the sharp-tongued loli first—"

"We still have to clean up the mess left by that brat Chu Lantian."

140. What are the restrictions on royal tombs?

Awakening from the extreme darkness, Chu Xin involuntarily gasped the moment she opened her eyes, as if to prove that she was still alive.

She sat up abruptly from the cold ground, her uniquely beautiful eyes widening in surprise. Her slightly heavy breathing, accompanied by the violent rise and fall of her chest, echoed in the chilly, cellar-like space.

She looked around in a daze, her face displaying a complex expression that defied description, but one thing was certain—the third princess of the empire was completely bewildered at the moment.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Her memory seemed to explode in a certain fragment, and Chu Xin covered her throbbing head, trying hard to recall the events before she lost consciousness.

If I remember correctly, she happened to be guarding the royal tomb at that time, in order to prevent the unknown mastermind from using a diversionary tactic, and then... she met her second brother.

Second brother!

Yes, that's right!

She finally remembered—the image of her second brother piercing her with a spear, his smile sinister…

"Oh, you're finally awake. I thought you wanted to stay in that world a little longer and drink the Ganges waters to your heart's content..."

Suddenly, a man's words, which sounded somewhat frivolous, came to my ears.

Chu Xin subconsciously thought it was her second brother, so she quickly turned around, only to be met with Yun Ping's harmless smiling face.

"senior……?"

She had just woken up, and her voice sounded a little hoarse.

Looking around blankly, Chu Xin saw Fan Luo Kui standing silently against the wall, holding a scabbard, and also the mysterious senior dressed in white, with dead fish eyes.

Of course, she also saw her most beloved little sister—Chu Chenxi, who stood motionless in place.

what happened?

A look of obvious confusion appeared on her face; clearly, her mind couldn't possibly comprehend such a scene in an instant.

Yunping noticed her confused state, smiled, and then said, "This matter is quite complicated. Let me explain it to you slowly..."

……

Ten minutes later.

"So my second brother already..."

Chu Xin stared in surprise at the pile of white ash at Fan Luo Kui's feet not far away, and swallowed hard.

To be honest, if it weren't for Yunping saying those words, she would have thought he was joking with her.

After all, it was a little difficult to convince her that the clump of white lime on the ground, which could easily be used as building material, belonged to her second brother.

"Anyway, that's about it." Yunping reached out and patted Chu Xin's soft shoulder, looking earnest. "Please accept my condolences. If your royal family is going to hold a funeral, take that pile of soil back with you and treat it as ashes... Put it in a small box, at least you'll save money on a coffin, right?"

Chu Xin was taken aback, then shook her head with a wry smile: "Let's forget about it. I will tell my eldest brother about my second brother's death. As for my father... he is still in seclusion. Bringing this up to him now will only cause him mental problems."

Speaking of Chu Xin's father, Yun Ping remembered him. The monarch of the Lantian Empire had not appeared at all. According to them, the monarch had gone into seclusion to try to break through to the Saint Transcending Realm.

However, this was not a crucial matter, at least Yun Ping had not found any clues about the monarch of the Lantian Empire from Chu Jingqiao.

"Senior." Chu Xin slowly got up from the ground, but she was still not in good condition and her posture was somewhat unsteady. "What should we do now?"

"Of course, we should get rid of that brat Chu Lantian's thing."

In a remarkably relaxed tone, Yun Ping seemed to completely disregard the problem that the imperial family had been unable to solve for centuries. He pointed to the narrow passageway in front of him, riddled with restrictions—

"The restrictions here are quite special. It's clear that Chu Lantian has put in a lot of effort. The strength of each restriction is comparable to an eighth-order protective array, and there are at least a hundred such restrictions inside."

"Senior, you're not going to force your way in again, are you?"

Recalling the scene in the Far Eastern Snowfield when Yun Ping kicked the Eight Azure Sky Array to pieces, Chu Xin suddenly felt a little palpitated. She was worried that this senior might have used too much force and kicked the treasures in the tomb to pieces as well.

Yunping waved his hand, indicating that Chu Xin's worries were just wishful thinking. "Forced entry is definitely not an option. Do you think that kid Chu Lantian wouldn't expect someone to force their way in using special methods? There are many hidden formations within this restriction. If we force our way in, these formations will directly detonate the entire tomb, and then all we'll get is a pile of Chu Jingqiao (ashes)."

Chu Xin: "..."

Why does she feel like Yunping is targeting Chu Jingqiao?

He's already dead, yet they still drag him out and whip his corpse, tsk tsk tsk...

She took two deep breaths to calm herself down, then raised her eyelids and looked intently at Yunping: "So, what does Senior plan to do?"

"Nothing much, just go in."

"Huh?" Chu Xin was stunned.

Now, not only Chu Xin, but even Fan Luo Kui couldn't quite understand Yun Ping's words.

Faced with the curious and astonished gazes of the two beauties, Yun Ping calmly pointed at Chu Chenxi—

The reason he didn't release Chu Chenxi from her controlled state right now was because he had some questions to ask Chu Xin, and he didn't know what the consequences would be if Chu Chenxi heard them.

So he threw out a question that almost made Chu Xin jump out of her skin.

"Does this girl really have the blood of your Chu family?"

The implication was that Yun Ping suspected Chu Chenxi didn't actually have Chu Lantian's blood in her veins!

This is tantamount to completely denying that Chu Chenxi's parents are her biological parents. If Chu Chenxi hears such words and is unaware of the situation, it could cause her great trauma to her young mind.

And that is indeed the case.

Chu Xin stared in astonishment, seemingly puzzled as to why Yun Ping knew about this!

"Senior...you...how did you..."

"I could tell." Yun Ping answered before Chu Xin could finish her question: "Chu Chenxi doesn't have Chu Lantian's blood on her at all. I can see that very clearly—and judging from your expression, it seems you already knew about this."

“…I do know.” Chu Xin gave a bitter smile. “Chenxi is indeed not a member of our Chu family. She actually knows this, but we have never said it outright.”

Yunping caught the key phrase in Chu Xin's words: "We? You mean, the other members of the royal family don't know about this?"

Chu Xin nodded.

"I see--"

Yun Ping immediately understood. He snapped his fingers, and the next second, a surging, overwhelming pressure rushed towards Chu Chenxi's petite body.

She suddenly made an expression of extreme pain, clutching her lower abdomen. In an instant, wisps of blood mist came out of her mouth, and her dazed expression slowly faded away.

—That blood mist is a symbol of the Blood Emperor Gu being shattered. Freed from the control of the Blood Emperor Gu, Chu Chenxi will be able to regain her free consciousness.

The whole process lasted less than half a minute. In the end, Chu Chenxi looked around blankly and with a pained expression, as if she had vomited up all of last year's New Year's Eve dinner.

The sharp-tongued little girl spotted a certain useless old man in her memory at first glance, and then spotted her two older sisters, Chu Xin and Fan Luo Kui, at second glance.

She seemed to feel wronged and scared at the same time, and with her little feet fluttering, she rushed over immediately.

Chu Xin subconsciously squatted down, opened her arms, and wanted to give the obviously frightened little girl a good hug—no matter how sharp-tongued Chu Chenxi was, she was still just a child, and the feeling of being controlled by the Blood Emperor Gu must not be pleasant.

As a result, Chu Chenxi didn't even glance at Chu Xin. She leaped into Fan Luokui's arms, burying her small face in the latter's chest, enjoying the "face wash" effect.

"Sister Luo Kui... Sister Luo Kui!"

Hearing his sister, who had been with him for over a decade, call out another woman's name, Chu Xin froze, her movements and expression both blank, her entire being nearly petrified.

What the heck?! I'm clearly Chenxi's older sister!

Although we're not blood relatives, we still have at least a decade or so of friendship!

Fan Luokui helplessly patted the little girl's head in her arms, a faint smile on her face.

……

After a little farce...

"Teacher, what did you mean by 'go straight in'? Do you have a way to break through those many restrictions?"

Fan Luokui held the petite Chu Chenxi in her arms, looking exactly like a mother carrying her child when going out.

Faced with his disciple's question, Yun Ping glanced at her and said indifferently, "Why bother breaking so many restrictions? Do you think I'd have a stomachache from all this boredom?"

"Then why did you say that..."

"You'll know once you go in and try it yourself."

Fan Luokui blinked in surprise, "Me?"

"Yes, it's you, my good disciple—go in and give it a try."

For some reason, upon hearing the phrase "my good disciple," Fan Luokui unconsciously thought of a certain disciple surnamed Ye—she had been tricked by that old rogue countless times!

Could it be... that the teacher is finally going to make a move against me?!

With a strong sense of resistance, Fan Luokui cautiously approached the barrier that covered her vision like countless threads. Looking at the dark stone door inside the barrier, she turned her head and looked at Yun Ping.