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

"Go and look for it?"

Having reached a consensus, the two "plastic besties" quickly embarked on a journey to find Duan Xingchen.

The first place the two went was the place where they first met.

—It is not the Holy Feather Sect, but the back garden of the First Gate of the Three Heavens Academy.

Upon entering, a fragrant atmosphere filled the air, with various spiritual plants and beautiful flowers surrounding you emitting a rich aroma.

Even though Duan Xingchen was nowhere to be seen, Ye Yuchan still squatted down.

"What's wrong, Yu Chan?"

Zhang Ruoxue made a move to leave, but saw Ye Yuchan squatting in front of the flowers, seemingly showing great interest in these spiritual plants.

The silver-haired girl took a deep breath, her dark eyes reflecting the tender green leaves and the petals blooming with dazzling colors, and bit her lower lip.

"She didn't come to water the flowers yesterday..."

"Eh?"

Zhang Ruoxue was taken aback and immediately looked at the spiritual plant with seven-colored stamens in front of Ye Yuchan.

Ye Yuchan nodded, her expression slightly grave: "It seems that the old rogue mentioned in his previous class that the Rainbow Seven-Show Flower should be watered three times a day, and it must be watered with specially made cold spring water in order to grow."

She reached out and pinched the slightly withered leaf, and said in a deep voice, "Xingchen cares a lot about this back garden... She's quite similar to her senior brother; they both really like these flowers and plants. And this Rainbow Seven-Show Flower... hasn't been watered for a while."

She shouldn't have forgotten.

There's something wrong with this.

Looking at Ye Yuchan slowly getting up, Zhang Ruoxue couldn't help but ask.

"Yu Chan... how do you know so much?"

"I heard it in class."

Ye Yuchan, however, simply spread her hands, looking completely unconcerned, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

This naturally aroused Zhang Ruoxue's suspicion.

"Don't you always just sleep in class?"

"Because it was that old rogue's class..." Ye Yuchan pouted, then remembered the lingering fragrance on his lips, her pretty face blushing slightly: "So I listened a little more attentively..."

Zhang Ruoxue said "Oh~" and looked at Ye Yuchan with a smile.

Seeing the girl's expression, Ye Yuchan couldn't help but punch her ample chest, then left the back garden without looking back.

Her gaze fell directly on her next destination.

"Ruoxue, go and check on Xingchen's residence."

Ye Yuchan suddenly had a premonition...

A very, very, very bad feeling.

As it turns out, her intuition was indeed quite accurate.

When the two arrived at Duan Xingchen's courtyard, they found no trace of her anywhere.

The medical supplies in the room were still intact, and Duan Xingchen's personal medical kit had not been moved, indicating that she should not have gone out to treat other people's injuries.

There were no patients lying on the wooden bed, and there were no other traces outside the room.

Perhaps due to his holy body, Duan Xingchen's residence was spotless, as if it had been thoroughly cleaned every day, with not a speck of dust in sight.

But Duan Xingchen—

But it wasn't there at all.

"Not here, not in the garden... and didn't keep the appointment..."

Zhang Ruoxue also sensed something amiss. She lowered her head and murmured, "If that's the case, where exactly did Duan Xingchen go?"

Ye Yuchan's gaze swept across the room, but in the end, she found no clues whatsoever.

Even without direct clues, a possibility still popped into Ye Yuchan's mind.

The figure, which was impossible to discern clearly, slowly emerged before my eyes.

Xiao Mei.

Could it be her...?

Realizing this possibility, Ye Yuchan quickly pushed open the door, preparing to rush towards where the Han family members were.

crunch--

But just as they pushed open the door to the house, the gate to the courtyard was pushed open from the outside.

In an instant, dozens of male cultivators dressed in the robes of the Three Heavens Academy, but with somewhat fierce appearances, rushed in. Upon seeing Ye Yuchan, their expressions all changed.

These people were not Ye Yuchan's subordinates. Just as Ye Yuchan was puzzled, the other party took the lead in questioning her.

"Silver hair...strange clothes...and a drunkard by his side..."

The burly man at the head of the group looked at Ye Yuchan with increasingly sharp and murderous eyes. He took a step forward, and suddenly, terrifying spiritual energy burst forth from his body.

"You are Ye Yuchan, right?!"

Ye Yuchan narrowed her eyes, having no recollection of the suddenly appearing, murderous-looking man: "It's me, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? You have the nerve to ask what's wrong?!"

The man practically wanted to tear Ye Yuchan apart alive, his eyes blazing with murderous intent: "Where did you take Sister Xingchen?! I'm warning you, if you dare touch a single hair on Sister Xingchen's head, I'll tear you to pieces!"

Sister Xingchen?

Duan Xingchen?!

Ye Yuchan was taken aback at first, but then she realized what he meant.

"Wait!"

She shouted and quickly clarified the misunderstanding: "I didn't do anything to Duan Xingchen at all, don't try to pull this on me!"

"Nonsense!" But the man didn't give Ye Yuchan any chance to explain and directly cursed, "We searched the entire Three Heavens Academy and couldn't find Sister Xingchen. She's obviously been hidden by someone. Besides you, I can't think of anyone else who would do something to Sister Xingchen!"

"Do you know how kind Sister Xingchen is? How could you lay a hand on her? You deserve to die a horrible death!"

Holy crap—this is like putting the hat on one's own head?

Ye Yuchan could tell that the group of people in front of her were obviously Duan Xingchen's subordinates, and like herself, they had not been able to find Duan Xingchen's location.

And now the other party is in a state of extreme rage, and it is understandable that they would indiscriminately believe that she is the murderer who abducted Duan Xingchen.

Right now, we need to think of a way to calm the other party down.

"Wait, don't be so sure that we're the ones who killed Duan Xingchen!"

Zhang Ruoxue stepped in front of Ye Yuchan and said frankly, "We were also looking for Xingchen's whereabouts before, and we definitely didn't do anything to Xingchen. Besides... isn't it also possible that the Han family did it?"

—The Han family.

Upon hearing this, the man's rage subsided slightly, but he still retorted angrily, "Miss Xiao Mei of the Han family and Sister Xingchen are close friends. She would never lay a hand on Sister Xingchen."

“Maybe it was Han Wuhe who instructed her.” Ye Yuchan thought of the eldest daughter of the Han family and tried her best to calm her down: “If it was Han Wuhe, she might have instructed Xiao Mei to take Duan Xingchen away. You can’t rule out that possibility.”

"That's utter nonsense. Han Wu is well aware of the deep friendship between Miss Xiao Mei and Sister Xingchen. Besides, the Han family and Sister Xingchen have always kept to themselves. How could they possibly make a move against her at this critical juncture?"

The man stared intently at Ye Yuchan, while the group of disciples from the Three Heavens Academy behind him moved towards Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue step by step, like dark clouds pressing down on them.

"I suggest you hand over Sister Xingchen now, otherwise..."

"Don't blame us for being impolite."

……

"Tsk."

Ye Yuchan curled her lips, thinking to herself that these people were really unreasonable, and their brains were all like those of hotheads.

While it's understandable that they're eager to find God, completely ignoring what others say... is just too brainless.

Is our only option to break out?

Or should we continue trying to talk our way out of things and convince them that we weren't the ones who kidnapped Duan Xingchen?

Just as Ye Yuchan was pondering how to persuade this group of people, two more figures descended from the sky.

One is big and one is small; one is young and the other is young.

"Ye Yuchan—"

Han Jiuquan and Han Mo descended from the sky, landing precisely between Ye Yuchan and the man.

However, after the two landed, their sharp magical weapons were simultaneously aimed at Ye Yuchan.

Han Jiuquan, his face cold, asked while overcoming his fear of Yuntian Academy.

"When will you finally stop pressuring our Han family?!"

"force?!"

Faced with this sudden reappearance of her former nemesis, Ye Yuchan seemed to have three question marks written on her forehead: "What are you talking about?"

"Still playing dumb—"

Han Jiuquan gritted his teeth. He originally didn't have the courage to stand here, but when he thought about his family, he couldn't care about anything else.

"Tell me quickly—"

The sharp blade was aimed at Ye Yuchan's forehead.

"Where exactly did you take my older sister, Han Wuhe?"

"Why can't we find my elder sister anywhere even after searching the entire academy for three days?"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

(A family member recently passed away, and I need to keep vigil for three days and two nights, so updates will be a little late and less frequent. Please forgive me.)

(Updates will resume tomorrow or the day after. Thank you all.)

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