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

After sunset, the stars appear, as if a magnificent stage play has drawn its dark curtain, and night quietly descends.

Ye Yuchan and the other two leaned against the wall, only peeking out to observe the situation on the other side of the street. Coincidentally, Jiang Shaoguang was located at the corner, so they could hear his conversation with others without having to set up any extra array.

"I think you understand what I mean."

Jiang Shaoguang pulled down his black hood, took out a bag of gold coins from his pocket, and at the same time, placed his left hand on the scabbard.

Standing opposite Jiang Shaoguang was a young man with a rather honest and simple appearance. He looked at the bag of gold coins in Jiang Shaoguang's hand and smiled somewhat awkwardly.

"Well... not to be rude, but sir... isn't this... a bit inappropriate?"

"What's wrong with it?" Jiang Shaoguang glanced at him indifferently, his tone cold: "One word: sell or not?"

“We still have business to do. You bought half of it last time… We…” The young man looked quite troubled, but his eyes remained fixed on the gold coins in Jiang Shaoguang’s hand. “This is really putting us in a difficult position.”

"how?"

Jiang Shaoguang pressed his sword sheath, stepped forward, and stared at the person in front of him: "I said this is the last time."

"But……"

Jiang Shaoguang gave him no chance at all and took out another bag of gold coins from his storage ring.

His gaze turned unusually somber, making the young man feel uneasy.

"If I double the price, will you sell?"

"This……"

The young man swallowed hard, and finally nodded as if he had made up his mind.

"Sold!"

"it is good."

This time, Jiang Shaoguang didn't hesitate and simply tossed the two bags of gold coins to the young man.

The latter grinned, pocketed the two bags of gold coins, and then, with a forced smile, gestured for them to proceed.

"Well, sir, let's go to the same place as last time. I'll go with you."

"Ah."

Jiang Shaoguang nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly turned around as if he had noticed something.

He frowned as he gazed at the deserted street.

Is it just an illusion?

"Sir, what's wrong?" the young man asked cautiously, as if afraid that Jiang Shaoguang would change his mind.

"fine."

He shook his head and put the matter out of his mind.

And on the other side-

Ye Yuchan and the other two gathered at the street corner, their expressions somewhat subtle, especially Ye Yuchan's.

Fan Luo Kui pursed her lips slightly and said calmly, "It seems that Third Senior Brother bought something with someone... and judging from the amount of gold coins, it seems to be quite expensive."

"It's very expensive, and they're making it all very mysterious..."

As if she had just realized something, Ye Yuchan exclaimed in surprise, "I know!"

"Did Third Brother buy some drugs?!"

……

"**What is it?"

Fan Luokui and Zhang Ruoxue were somewhat bewildered.

Ye Yuchan then realized that it seemed there was no ** in this world...

But Jiang Shaoguang's words and actions... no matter how you look at it, it seems like he's buying drugs through an underground passage...

However, if Jiang Shaoguang is really involved in this, then Yuntian Academy is probably doomed—Jiang Yuetian frequents casinos, Fan Luokui frequents brothels, and now there's Jiang Shaoguang too…

Good heavens, they've got it all: prostitution, gambling, and drugs.

Thankfully, this isn't true, otherwise this lousy academy would be doomed sooner or later.

"How to say?"

Zhang Ruoxue ultimately left the choice to Ye Yuchan and Fan Luokui. As someone who wasn't very bright, she didn't dare to make a decision on her own.

Fan Luo Kui gasped: "In short, let's follow them and see what happens..."

In these extraordinary times, Jiang Shaoguang went out to buy things alone and spent a lot of money...

This is not a common phenomenon.

Jiang Shaoguang —

What is he thinking?

22. A losing situation

The three of them watched as Jiang Shaoguang, led by the young man, entered a quaint-style house. Just in case, they did not choose to follow him in.

About ten minutes later, Jiang Shaoguang came out again.

He wasn't carrying anything in his hands; his hands were still empty. Of course, it's also possible that he put something into his storage ring.

"That solves the problem here... Now all that's left is..."

Jiang Shaoguang lowered his head, pondering something carefully.

He still has a lot to do.

Now that we've come this far, we must be mentally prepared. There are only a few days left until the marriage proposal, so we can't afford to waste any time.

The night was eerily quiet.

"Only the last step remains..."

Jiang Shaoguang murmured softly, raising his head to look at the dark night sky.

The night I met her back then, how similar the scene is to today…

Admittedly, ten years is a fleeting time for cultivators. For many who cultivate in seclusion, ten years pass in the blink of an eye. But for Jiang Shaoguang, ten years of feelings are indeed too heavy.

He still remembered the night he met that innocent girl. She was like a caged bird, with incredibly beautiful feathers, but she could only be confined in the prison called the family, without even the chance to spread her wings.

So he showed her many things: food from the outside world, the warmth and coldness of human relationships, the exquisite flowers, and the dazzling fireworks display.

He had promised her.

I want to see it with her again—

This time, he didn't want to back out.

"good evening."

Completely absorbed in his own thoughts, the sudden greeting made Jiang Shaoguang shudder and instinctively want to draw his sword to fight.

"Who?!"

He shouted sharply, while glancing around and wondering why the voice sounded so familiar.

By the time he realized what was happening, the tall figure of the cherry-haired girl was clearly visible in the center of his vision.

Fan Luokui leaned against the wall, having now removed her so-called "invisibility cloak" and stood openly before Jiang Shaoguang.

Her red and white shrine maiden robes swayed slightly in the cold night wind. She stared expressionlessly at her senior brother, and slowly spoke—

"good evening."

She greeted them again.

Jiang Shaoguang was stunned for a few seconds before blankly replying, "Good evening...?"

"Wait a minute—" He immediately realized what was happening and looked at Fan Luo Kui, who had suddenly appeared there, with a puzzled expression: "Junior Sister Luo Kui, why are you here?"

"That's the question I wanted to ask Senior Brother Jiang."

However, Fan Luokui seemed to want to take the initiative—

"What are you doing here all alone so late, Senior Brother Jiang?"

"Uh……"

Jiang Shaoguang didn't try to hide anything, but his answer was still somewhat ambiguous: "It's just a little... preparation."

"Preparations?" Fan Luo Kui frowned, quite puzzled. "Preparations for the marriage proposal?"

"Hmm... I guess you could say that." The blond youth scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, then smiled subtly and said to Fan Luo Kui, "After all, when it comes to marriage proposals, a dowry is a must, right? So, we're just making some preparations..."

Dowry.

Fan Luokui then realized—there seems to be this part too!

She immediately felt a pang of regret—she had been so busy investigating the Duan family these past few days that she had neglected her third senior brother's situation!

If she had realized it sooner, she could have helped Jiang Shaoguang a little with the dowry and such.

After all, she was from the Northern Ice Palace, and although the things hidden in her storage ring couldn't be called the finest items in the world, they were definitely valuable gifts that she could present.

A pang of guilt rose in Fan Luokui's heart, and her gaze toward Jiang Shaoguang was tinged with complex emotions: "Third Senior Brother, do you need our help with the betrothal gifts?"

"help?"

Jiang Shaoguang smiled and waved his hand, he didn't mean it that way: "There's no need for that. This time I'm the one proposing marriage, not you. There's no need to use your things as a prize. Besides, I'm not that poor."

“I see…” Despite Jiang Shaoguang’s words, the fact that she couldn’t help her third senior brother still caused a subtle change in Fan Luokui’s mindset: “If needed, we can…”

"Compared to this—"

Jiang Shaoguang unilaterally interrupted the topic of betrothal gifts.

A hint of a smile played in those unique eyes as the two stared at each other in the alleyway of the street. A gentle breeze swept by, lifting the black hood of the blond youth.

"Junior Sister, what are you doing here?" Jiang Shaoguang asked with a teasing tone, smiling as he looked at Fan Luokui. "Could it be that you were worried about your senior brother, so you came out on your own?"

……