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

That was specially reserved for Yu Chan and our little Ruoxue.

However, it's not the right time to give Zhang Ruoxue her reward now. Yunping will give her the reward once her cultivation reaches the peak stage, so that she can absorb it to the maximum extent.

This Blood Ancient Crystal is specifically reserved for Ye Yuchan.

The old rogue originally planned to give it to her directly after the battle of the ten thousand factions, but unexpectedly, the Jiang family and the Emperor Pavilion came up, which meant that he basically had no time to make up rewards for them afterwards.

Now that Ye Yuchan's physical body has been reshaped into a sand sculpture, she has just reached the entry level of the peak transformation stage, and the Blood Ancient Crystal has finally come in handy.

The crimson crystal slowly floated up and then sank into the hot water. Accompanied by a surge of spiritual energy, the ancient runes contained within it instantly scattered outwards.

In an instant, the clear water in the wooden bucket was stained blood red.

It looked as if the entire bucket of water was made of blood.

"Waaah—" Little Lin Yuan hugged Yun Ping's neck in fear, "This... looks so scary..."

Yun Ping smiled faintly and said, "Blood Ancient Crystal is actually a crystallization of the Blood Ancient Mountain Range in the Kuntian Domain. To be honest, it's just a high-grade tonic. This stuff is also used in weapon forging."

"However, the main purpose this time is to strengthen Xiaoyuchan's soul. Her physical body is strong enough now, but unfortunately her soul is not strong enough to keep up with the strength of her body. Blood Ancient Crystal is a very good supplement for her."

"There's one more thing..."

He turned his head and looked at the bubbling water in the wooden bucket, then looked helplessly at Gu Wangjun.

"Wang Jun, please help me retrieve the little cicada..."

"She has sunk..."

Ye Yuchan: "Gurgle gurgle gurgle..."

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Next up are some of the disciples' daily routines~

Readers who found the previous plot quite heavy can rest assured, there will be absolutely no heart-wrenching moments in the upcoming chapters!

Just so you know, Yuntian Academy is about to welcome new students!

Because Luo Kui is pregnant (not really).

In short, please look forward to it!

40. That old scoundrel is going to eat people!

"Three with two!"

"I'm sorry."

"Wang Bang!"

"I can't afford it..."

"A perfect match."

"I still can't afford it..."

Jiang Yuetian collapsed onto the stone table in utter despair, throwing the card she hadn't even played half of into the pile with a face full of grief.

He shouldn't have been called a landlord in the first place.

No, to correct you, he shouldn't have let Junior Sister Yu Chan and Junior Sister Lin Yuan play with him in the first place.

—These two junior sisters have absolutely superhuman luck!

He had studied Dou Dizhu for so long, and this was the first time he had ever seen someone consistently play all their cards within three rounds. If it weren't for his belief that his two junior sisters wouldn't cheat, he would have smashed the table long ago.

As a gambler with a slight gambling addiction, Jiang Yuetian once again recalled the fear of being dominated by Lei Tian Casino.

"Second Brother... I'm not saying this to be mean, but I just feel that gambling isn't really a good fit for you."

While silently arranging the old rogue's homemade playing cards, Ye Yuchan began to subtly persuade Jiang Yuetian: "Gambling, especially games like Dou Dizhu, is 30% skill and 70% luck. Although that sounds a bit far-fetched, Second Brother, your luck..."

Kobayashi Iris smiled awkwardly, "It's a bit bad~"

Yes, Jiang Yuetian had extremely bad luck.

That's why the old rogue forbade this kid from going out to gamble often. It's one thing that he has bad luck, but he also thinks about winning back his losses every day. This typical gambler mentality will ruin this kid sooner or later.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuetian eventually realized that he had no chance of making a comeback, so he accepted his fate and started tinkering with a game called Dou Dizhu at Yuntian Academy.

After nearly half a year of seclusion and research, he finally felt that he had a basic grasp of the card game. He then asked Ye Yuchan and Lin Yuan, who were relatively free, to test out the techniques he had developed over the past six months.

Then he discovered a very serious problem—

That means he basically had no chance with cards like bombs, straights, pairs, full houses, three-of-a-kind with two extra cards, etc. Ye Yuchan and Lin Yuan took them all.

After more than a dozen games went like this, Jiang Yuetian, who had already devised countless tactics, instantly lost his composure.

He was born with bad luck, and these two junior sisters in front of him were both blessed by the heavens. It seemed as if all the little luck he had was sucked away by them.

Jiang Yuetian now even had the feeling that two huge, moldy words were sitting on his head—

[Bad luck]

But it wasn't just him—Ye Yuchan and Lin Yuan also looked so lazy they were practically growing mushrooms.

After all, it has been two months since I returned to Yuntian Academy last time.

A lot has happened in the past two months.

First was Fan Luokui. This girl finally obediently absorbed the entire piece of extreme ice, and with Yun Ping's help, her cultivation level also improved to the entry level of the Kaiyuan stage. She finally caught up with Jiang Yuetian's pace a little. This second disciple of Yuntian Academy, who had focused on absorbing the Desolate Flame Flower, had already reached the Kaiyuan stage two months ago.

As a result, Fan Luokui's cultivation level has narrowed the gap with Jiang Shaoguang's. These past few days, our pigeon spirit has been so frightened that it has hidden in Jinglin City, fearing that Fan Luokui, who has broken through her cultivation level, will challenge it to a duel.

However, the news that Jiang Shaoguang had hidden in Jinglin City... was leaked by our junior sister Lin Yuan. As expected, Fan Luokui went there to kill him and is probably still playing hide-and-seek with Jiang Shaoguang.

Next up was Yu Chan. Ever since she almost sank to the bottom after absorbing the Blood Ancient Crystal last time, Ye Yu Chan could clearly sense that her soul seemed to have become much more resilient. Her spirit and energy seemed to have increased several levels, and even her control over her physical body had become more precise.

According to the old rogue, the essence of her sand sculpture body is the twenty-first extreme essence, and it would be quite difficult for her to fully control this sand sculpture body with her previous soul strength.

In other words—even now, Ye Yuchan doesn't even have the ability to control the sand sculpture...

However, in the past two months, Ye Yuchan's control over her physical body has improved significantly, and she is even able to perform some movements that she couldn't do before.

Specific examples—

A month ago, Ye Yuchan felt too bored, so she went down the mountain to Maple Leaf City next door to have some fun.

As a result, trouble naturally ensued...

Even the old rogue still can't figure out why our Yu Chan would shoot an arrow into the buttocks of a young master who was having fun in a brothel...

Ye Yuchan, on the other hand, blamed the incident on a certain child. Apparently, she was trying to help the little brat get the kite hanging in the tree down. She could have just climbed up, but she insisted on showing off her archery skills.

In the end, the kite was indeed shot down by an arrow, but the arrow followed a parabolic trajectory, pierced through the window of the brothel, and finally stuck in the buttocks of a young master from Maple Leaf City.

After returning, Ye Yuchan was punished by the old rogue—

Holding a bucket in its mouth, standing upside down, and then pulling a bow with its legs...

Even Ye Yuchan herself couldn't believe it when she said it, but her silly, fleshy body was actually quite flexible.

Aside from Ye Yuchan and Fan Luokui, the one who has changed the most is Ruoxue.

Among all the disciples, Zhang Ruoxue is arguably the most hardworking, even more so than Fan Luokui, who is always serious and meticulous in her work.

Perhaps it was because he knew that his talent was inferior to others that he thought of desperately trying to catch up with the other disciples of Yuntian Academy.

Although the old rogue had told her that there was no need to worry so much about him being a burden, this thought actually came out of her own head. No one in Yuntian Academy had ever looked down on Zhang Ruoxue's cultivation level.

But this girl is stubborn and can't think straight at all. No matter what the old rogue says, she seems to understand on the surface, but when she practices, she still works harder than anyone else.

In just two months, this girl almost ruined her body three times... The old rogue was so scared that he kept an eye on her every day for the past two months, afraid that she would go out to practice her boxing in the morning and then lie unconscious on the ground at night.

However, even Yun Ping, who once founded the martial arts, had to admit that this reckless approach was exactly the same as that of the Martial Emperor Gu Tianren back then.

Within two months, Zhang Ruoxue's physical body was constantly being reshaped. Each reshaping was accompanied by immense pain, affecting her bones, flesh, meridians, and even spiritual roots. Yun Ping helped Zhang Ruoxue reshape her body time and time again. During this period, he discovered martial arts energy within the girl's body more than once.

Yes, the breath of the Great Dao.

Just as the literary and artistic circles favor talented young people, the great Dao of Heaven and Earth bestows its blessings upon those who are qualified to inherit its Dao.

Throughout history, martial arts has been the path that has least favored cultivators.

Therefore, the aura of martial arts is a rare thing that exists only in legends for every cultivator. Although there have been monstrous geniuses in history who inherited the aura of martial arts at a young age, they are extremely rare.

The reason why Zhang Ruoxue, with such clumsy martial arts talent, could still gain recognition in the martial arts world is probably only because she refused to turn back after hitting a wall and wanted to keep smashing it down.

The presence of martial arts energy allowed Zhang Ruoxue's cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds. In addition, her physical body had undergone multiple temperings and countless reshapings.

Within two months, Zhang Ruoxue's progress was absolutely astonishing. From barely reaching the entry level of the Spirit Platform stage, she has now touched the threshold of the peak of the Spirit Platform stage, and her physical strength far surpasses that of other cultivators at the same level.

As for martial arts skills—

Besides Zhang Ruoxue's already incredibly skilled Wing Chun techniques, the old rogue also taught her a winning martial art.

—Electric Dragon Drill (No!)

Dark Moon Palm.

This technique was created by Ye Sheng, the Holy Saint of the Moonlit Night, based on his own cultivation method. Like the cultivation method "Silent Moon," it can only unleash its maximum power on a night with a bright moon in the sky.

However, given Zhang Ruoxue's current physical condition, even in broad daylight, if an opponent were to be struck by a palm strike, even if the power was reduced, it would still be enough to render the opponent incapacitated—provided that the opponent's cultivation level is similar to Zhang Ruoxue's.

crunch--

The backyard gate was pushed open.

Ye Yuchan and the others looked at the white-robed youth who had suddenly appeared outside the gate. At this moment, the latter was holding a long, icy-colored sword, and his expression was slightly solemn.

Yunping's gaze fell on Ye Yuchan, who was dealing cards, and he winked at the girl: "Yuchan, come here, your teacher will show you a treasure."

As he spoke, he weighed the long sword in one hand and silently patted the back of the blade with the other, his expression indescribably eerie.

Seeing her old rogue like this, Yu Chan swallowed hard, then exchanged a flustered glance with Senior Sister Lin Yuan and Senior Sister Jiang Yuetian, the meaning clear—

What did I do wrong?!

Jiang Yuetian and Lin Yuan shook their heads in perfect unison, then exchanged a glance with each other.

Don't you have any self-awareness about what you've done?

Ye Yuchan's mind went blank for a moment, then she continued to communicate with her eyes—

【I don't know! How would I know what I did? I've been perfectly peaceful these past few days, haven't you seen I'm practically growing mushrooms on my body?】