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

When he arrived, everyone mocked him.

When they left, they were speechless.

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tired.

Let's call it a day.

100. Yuntian Academy

Ten days later.

The Emperor Pavilion announced that its former head, Gu Tianwang, had retired, and the new head would be the former Grand Elder of the Emperor Pavilion.

That being said, any sect that witnessed that illogical scene within the Imperial Palace knows what this so-called retreat represents.

During this period, the Kuntian Domain was calm and peaceful, without any disturbances.

During these ten days, it seemed that all the major sects had issued a ban, prohibiting any discussion of the Emperor Pavilion. This ban was not lifted until the Emperor Pavilion announced the appointment of its new Pavilion Master.

The grand banquet at the Imperial Pavilion proceeded as if nothing had happened.

Everyone knows that the Emperor Pavilion is not dead; it has only lost one person, who is extremely important, but not enough to affect the foundation of the number one sect in the world.

As for the truth within the imperial palace, the leaders of the various powers surprisingly reached a consensus.

—Some things are safer to keep to yourself than to spread them.

……

Wild Heaven Realm.

Jinglin City, a traditional courtyard house.

The courtyard was filled with melodious and light music. The peaceful and soothing tunes accompanied by the sounds of the zither entered the ears. A petite girl dressed in a red fitted Taoist robe and with her hair tied in a single ponytail sat in front of the ancient and elegant zither, playing the instrument slowly and deliberately.

She was practicing a piece of music, something she did every day.

On the soft soil that is close to the walls on all four sides, a few lush green willow trees sway their tender green branches slightly. Beside the light brown wooden door, a lazy little dog with light blue fur is curled up in a ball, enjoying the pleasant afternoon.

A gentle breeze seeped into the courtyard through the crack in the door, brushing against the girl's neat short hair. The girl, with black hair and blue eyes, dressed in a sailor uniform, squatted beside the puppy, stroking its soft fur with a complicated expression.

There was a time when she stroked the fur of a small dog.

That one was just smaller, and its fur was curlier.

She took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and looked up at the clear blue sky, cloudless, with a sense of loss.

It's been more than ten days since that incident...

Some things, no matter how much time has passed, will be firmly etched in your mind and recalled in some unexpected moment—Zhang Ruoxue seemed to have heard someone say something like that before, but now she completely understood.

Especially when night falls, when I think of that arrogant dog, my heart always aches, and breathing becomes a little difficult.

"Ugh……"

She sighed and shook her head.

Zhang Ruoxue still appears listless today.

……

crunch--

The door in front of us was pushed open from the outside.

A stunningly beautiful man, carrying various ingredients and daily necessities, cast a curious glance at Zhang Ruoxue, who was squatting in front of the door petting a dog.

"Junior Sister Ruoxue?"

Zhang Ruoxue looked up and saw Jiang Yuetian's curious gaze. She blinked and then focused her attention on the bag in his hand, which was almost overflowing.

"Second Senior Brother, what's wrong with you...?"

"Ah." Jiang Yuetian immediately noticed Zhang Ruoxue's gaze and explained, "Today the teacher asked me to cook, so I went to buy some ingredients and other things I needed."

"No...that's not what I meant..." Zhang Ruoxue slowly stood up from her squatting position and asked in confusion, "I wanted to ask, why don't you use a storage ring, Second Senior Brother?"

"That one, I'll lend it to Shaoguang for now."

"Third Senior Brother?"

Jiang Yuetian nodded: "Shaoguang borrowed some things from me. It seems he has something important to do, so I lent them to him first."

Something important?

Seeing the doubt on Zhang Ruoxue's face, Jiang Yuetian smiled helplessly, "Don't worry, although Shaoguang doesn't value promises, he won't do anything too outrageous. He's just a bit lazy."

"He was very diligent when he was avoiding me."

Suddenly, a girl's cool voice reached his ears.

Jiang Yuetian and Zhang Ruoxue turned their heads at the same time and happened to see a cherry-haired girl with a knife at her waist, but her hands were bound by a semi-transparent magic circle, as if she were wearing handcuffs.

Fan Luokui.

Upon seeing their junior sister, whose hands were tied and who was unable to move freely, Zhang Ruoxue and Jiang Yuetian both revealed a barely perceptible bitter smile.

The reason she's become like this is simply because this girl didn't listen to the old rogue's advice.

Before setting off, Yunping told her not to wield her sword until she had completely absorbed the Xuanbing. However, she had only been back in the courtyard for a few days when she overheard Jiang Shaoguang casually mentioning that he was being chased by Fan Luokui. As a result, the truth was completely exposed.

So our Fan Luokui ended up looking like this—Yun Ping specially set up a magic array to bind the restless girl's hands, so Fan Luokui probably won't be able to continue practicing her sword skills for a while.

A hint of embarrassment flickered in her pale golden eyes. She coughed, then adopted her signature poker face and calmly said, "In short, I'm here to inform you of something."

Jiang Yuetian tilted her head, staring curiously at her junior sister: "What is it?"

"Senior Sister Ye is awake."

……

Within ten days.

Yunping and Ye Yuchan stayed in the same room and never came out.

—Although it is easy to misunderstand this, the two of them, a man and a woman, did indeed stay in a room that was not very spacious for a full ten days.

Moreover, according to Lin Yuan, a young girl who was unaware of the situation, she would occasionally hear Ye Yuchan making some strange sounds, like groans or wails.

Ever since Lin Yuan said those words, Jiang Yuetian and Fan Luokui have never let her stay in the front yard again, so as to avoid any subtle deviations in the future education of the children.

After all, our teacher is a notorious scoundrel; who knows if he might secretly do something to our little Ye Yuchan?

However, Zhang Ruoxue felt that if something were actually done, Yu Chan would probably be quite happy to accept it.

Today, however, Gu Wangjun, who had been standing guard outside the house and was their senior brother who had returned from the Emperor's Pavilion, brought news that Ye Yuchan had awakened.

As soon as the news broke, everyone rushed over and stormed into the two people's room.

"So now I'm just a complete idiot?"

Upon entering, everyone saw that the silver-haired girl, who was exactly the same as before, was now wearing her previous black and white maid outfit, and her skin was even whiter than before.

Overall, Ye Yuchan seemed no different from before, but her skin was a bit whiter and more delicate, her figure was more upright, and she seemed a little thinner.

More importantly...

The girl named Ye Yuchan raised her dead fish eyes in dissatisfaction, and her dark pupils reflected the young man sitting on the bed with his legs crossed and a smirk on his face.

She lowered her head, glanced at her chest, staring at the part that seemed a little out of proportion, and said in an icy tone, "Can you explain this, you old pervert?"

"Well..."

Yunping glanced at his sister Yuchan's completely exposed... no, completely flat, area that was drastically different from the soft parts she used to have, and blinked.

"Well, when I asked Hui Tu for the gray sand before, I think there was a slight problem with the quantity. I forgot to consider your breasts, so your original C has now become an A."

"..."

Yu Chan paused for a full five seconds, then took a big step forward and rushed to Yun Ping. She grabbed the smiling young man by the collar, stared at him intently, and looked as if she was about to cry.

"Do you know how hard she's tried to grow bigger all these years?! Just because you forgot to consider its size, it's going to go from a C cup to... an A cup? No, no, no, right now it's completely flat! Utterly flat! You need to apologize to it!"

"Ah." Yun Ping realized what was happening and nodded slightly, glancing at Ye Yuchan's flat chest at the same time: "Sorry~"

They actually apologized.

But what good is an apology?

Yu Chan, utterly despondent, slumped down, head bowed, and muttered to herself in despair and helplessness.

"Before coming here, I was just a flat board. After coming here, I unexpectedly started to grow and have grown all the way to where I am now... but now I'm back to where I started."

"Isn't this great..." Yunping also felt that the current situation was a little awkward: "Back to square one, standing blankly in the mirror..."

He didn't sing the rest of the lyrics.

Because of Ye Yuchan's expression, which looked as if she wanted to kill herself, he swallowed all the rest of his words.

Faced with Ye Yuchan's eyes filled with despair and on the verge of turning grief into murderous intent, Yun Ping coughed twice and quickly comforted her, "Well, you know, little Yuchan, small breasts are a rare resource. Things are valued because they are rare, so your worth has skyrocketed. There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yuchan's expression darkened even further.

She snorted and stared at the old rogue: "I don't care about rarity or not, you old rogue, think of a way to get my chest back to normal."

"Get bigger?"

Yun Ping gasped and stared at Ye Yuchan's chest for a long time—it was as flat as a plain.

—There's no way around it, there's only so much ash and sand. Even if we make two more dumplings, it won't be enough.

"or……"

Yunping looked at Ye Yuchan with a hesitant expression.

"Shall I rub it for you? Maybe it will get bigger."

Ye Yuchan: "..."

After that, the silver-haired girl revealed a menacing expression, as if she wanted to devour someone, and pounced directly on Yun Ping.

The old rogue reacted incredibly quickly, immediately hiding behind his disciples who had been standing there dumbfounded ever since the door opened.

"You come out here!" Ye Yuchan pointed at the old rogue who was using his disciples as shields: "I'm going to kill my master today!"