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

—She's starting to feel that this teacher is unreliable...

Seemingly noticing Duan Xingchen's confusion, Yun Ping immediately began to explain.

"This coffin... no, this special magical artifact has a history. This thing used to be the place where the sacred Xuanjin slept. That old guy was very lazy during the era of the Human Emperor. He basically slept in his own cave every day. Later, someone disliked it and nailed it into this coffin."

"Someone dislikes it?"

Ye Yuchan glanced at Yun Ping, puzzled, and couldn't help but ask, "Who is it?"

“Back then, it was Emperor Wu, Gu Tianren—” Yun Ping helplessly spread his hands, recalling the mess from back then: “Every time I went to talk to that old man, he would play dead and slack off—since he liked to play dead, why not just nail him straight into a coffin? It seems that the old man didn’t come out of that coffin for three hundred years afterward…”

Empress Wu... isn't that you?!

Ye Yuchan's expression suddenly became quite interesting, and her expression as she looked at the coffin changed several times.

Since these are products of the Martial Emperor, could they be sold...?

Before the thought even formed, Yun Ping seemed to have sensed what the girl was thinking. He went up and gave Ye Yuchan a headshot, then said irritably, "This is a gift for your junior sister Xingchen. What are you thinking?"

Ye Yuchan covered her head, her pretty face slightly flushed, and quietly turned her head away: "I didn't think of anything, you...you're accusing me~hmph!"

This girl... she's also stubborn.

Yun Ping sighed helplessly, then continued to say to Duan Xingchen, "In short, this magic artifact is only beneficial to you and has no disadvantages. It can nourish your sacred body and is also very helpful to your cultivation."

Duan Xingchen nodded, but his expression was still somewhat strange: "So... this coffin is a magical artifact used for cultivation... If we really encounter danger, we shouldn't need to use this artifact... right?"

As Duan Xingchen said these words, his eyes were filled with anticipation.

She didn't want to get into conflicts with others, or to end up swinging a coffin at someone's face when facing certain demons.

That scene...tsk tsk tsk.

However, Yunping's words shattered her illusions—

"It's not exactly a magic tool for cultivation. If you encounter danger, this coffin will be your weapon."

"Eh eh eh eh—!"

Duan Xingchen was immediately shocked. Did he really have to swing the coffin and smash people with it?!

"Don't get so excited—" Yun Ping waved his hand, indicating that Duan Xingchen hadn't finished speaking: "As I just said, I specially modified this coffin for you. Now, in addition to its coffin form, it can also transform into a longsword form."

"Is...is that so..." Duan Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

But before he could even catch his breath, Yunping said something else.

"However, this transformation is conditional. In addition to a reasonable input of spiritual energy, a slogan must also be shouted."

"slogan?"

Yunping nodded, then said with a serious expression, "Sailor Moon, transform—"

Ye Yuchan and Duan Xingchen: "..."

Their expressions froze at the same time, and neither of them had any desire to complain. They just stood there blankly, silently staring at the old rogue.

Sensing the sudden awkwardness, Yun Ping quickly coughed twice and said calmly, "Why aren't any of you making any comments..."

Ye Yuchan: "Because I'm used to it..."

Duan Xingchen: "Judging from the teacher's previous behavior, I guessed it..."

It turned out to be the case.

The old rogue felt he had truly failed, realizing that his own rules of conduct had been figured out so quickly.

"However, slogans are still necessary; just shout one—"

"Have faith in the Holy Light!"

As soon as he finished speaking...

The silver coffin beside Yun Ping folded and spun at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye, it condensed into a silver sword. On the blade of this sword, the dazzling golden cross still emitted a dazzling golden light.

The hilt, with its white background and gold patterns, appears to be engraved with a few ancient characters so faint they are almost invisible. The blade is slender and long, resembling a shooting star in the dark night sky from a distance.

Yunping gripped the sword hilt, casually twirled it a few times, and easily tossed it into Duan Xingchen's hand.

Duan Xingchen took the sword, and as soon as she touched the hilt, a warm sensation suddenly spread throughout her body, instantly enveloping her. She could clearly feel that her physique was perfectly suited to the sword, and when she held it, she even felt as if something she had lost had returned.

"This magical artifact will be yours from now on. As for its name..."

Looking at Duan Xingchen, who was constantly feeling the longsword in his hand, Yun Ping laughed and said, "I used to call this thing the Ashbringer. Now, you can give it a name yourself."

"name……"

Duan Xingchen stared at the sword in his hand, which had been transformed from a coffin, and after a few seconds of contemplation, he finally uttered two words.

"Starlight—"

Ye Yuchan was taken aback upon hearing this, and then a barely perceptible sadness flashed in her crystal-clear eyes, which were like black jade.

She knew the meaning of the name.

Yunping knew that too.

"Let's call it that."

Duan Xingchen smiled with feigned relief, gazing at the silver longsword and at his reflection in the blade. The smile on his lips grew increasingly bitter.

Yunping knew what she was thinking. The name Xingyao was something that Duan Xingchen cherished.

He suddenly thought of something and immediately threw a seemingly inexplicable question at Duan Xingchen.

"Star, why do you cultivate immortality?"

"Eh?"

When suddenly asked this question, Duan Xingchen was momentarily stunned.

What is the purpose of cultivating immortality?

Her expression slowly froze, and her thoughts gradually sank into it.

for what?

While at the Holy Feather Sect, she cultivated so that she could become the Holy Maiden of the Holy Feather Sect, leading the sect members to slay demons and protect the light of this world.

During her three days at the academy, she cultivated in order to regain her memories, learn about her past, and see clearly who she truly was.

Now, the Holy Feather Sect is gone, but the memories have been recovered.

Despite this, Duan Xingchen was not confused.

She didn't rush to answer, but instead asked a question—

"Teacher, do you know... where did Grandpa Sect Master—Grandpa Sect Master of the Holy Feather Sect—go?"

Sacred black gold?

Upon hearing this, Yun Ping lowered his head slightly and remained silent for a long while before replying, "He is no longer in this world. It's not that he's dead, but if I had to say, he should be in the Void Abyss right now."

"Xu Yuan..."

Recalling the terrifying scene at the academy three days ago, Duan Xingchen trembled, but quickly calmed down.

He answered Yunping's question.

"My cultivation... is probably for the purpose of... rescuing my sect leader grandfather and rebuilding the Holy Feather Sect one day."

She gripped the sword named Starshine in her hand, her fingers trembling uncontrollably.

The Starshine is gone now; the dead are gone and cannot be brought back, but the living still have a chance to be saved.

Duan Xingchen has always been a kind-hearted girl. She still remembers the kind old man who named her under the shade of a tree in the Mirror of Inquiry.

That grandfather who not only didn't harm me because I was an ancient demon, but instead adopted me and loved me dearly...

"I understand."

Yun Ping smiled with satisfaction, then turned around and said to Duan Xingchen, "Come with me—"

"Huh?" Coming out of her grief, Duan Xingchen looked at Yun Ping's retreating figure with a puzzled expression: "Where are you going?"

"I have a skill to pass on to you."

"Cultivation technique? What cultivation technique?"

"The Record of Cleansing the Demonic Wasteland".

3. Yuntian Academy has always been a magical place.

The Record of Cleansing the Demonic Wasteland.

The cultivation method that Yunping prepared for Duan Xingchen was determined from the very beginning.

If her cultivation is for the purpose of slaying demons and rebuilding the Holy Feather Sect, then this technique will surely become a great help to her when she enters the Void Abyss in the future.

Yes, stepping into the abyss.

If Duan Xingchen truly wants to rescue the Holy Profound Gold, she will inevitably have to go to the Void Abyss—the land of demon slaying that was sealed away countless ages ago. There, she might even have to face the demon slaying itself.

The Cleansing Demon Desolate Dust Record is the only technique in this world capable of eradicating all evil spirits. Even ancient demons, who are nearly immortal, can be eternally exorcised if the Cleansing Demon Desolate Dust Record is mastered.

In other words, if one were to master this technique, one could even achieve what the legendary Martial Emperor Gu Tianren could not—

Slay the Demon of Slaughter.

As for why the old rogue didn't use this technique to kill the Demon Slayer, it's simply because he himself had reasons why he couldn't cultivate this technique.

The Record of Purifying Demons and Desolate Dust is not an actual technique deduced by a sage; in reality, it is a naturally formed lineage.

Inherited from sacred black gold.

"Back when the Demon Slayer roamed the three heavenly domains, the Twenty-One Ultimate Saintly Profound Gold approached Martial Emperor Gu Tianren, gave him this Book of Purifying Demons and Desolate Dust, and instructed him to fully deduce it and eventually master this technique."

Yunping sat on the edge of his bed in his simple house and slowly opened a small, inconspicuous box.

He slowly took out a broken section of the sword hilt and handed it to Duan Xingchen.

Duan Xingchen took the sword hilt, examined it for a moment with some confusion, and then asked, "So the Martial Emperor defeated the Demon Slayer with this Cleansing Demon Desolation Record?"

“No.” Yunping denied Duan Xingchen’s conjecture. “Gu Tianren only learned half of this technique, and he didn’t learn the other half.”

"To be precise, it's because I can't learn it."