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

"No...you were impure before, weren't you? You're the only one in the academy who can understand my dirty jokes."

"That's all because of a certain teacher who led them astray~ Humph!"

With the same sarcastic expression as before, the girl named Ye Yuchan, despite her red-rimmed eyes, couldn't help but smile slightly.

After so much time, through countless springs, autumns, winters, and summers, in the very end...

Finally... it's here.

Meanwhile, Ding Bo and Xun Ranqing, who were watching the two's seemingly charade-like conversation from afar, exchanged a glance and sighed in bewilderment.

original……

These two big shots are working together.

And this conversation...

They look like a bunch of noisy young couples.

28. Situation

"So, you really are a scoundrel, huh?"

……

Within the Ranshan Sect.

Outside the door, there were sounds of surging spiritual energy and array formations, making the Ranshan Sect more noisy and vibrating than usual.

It makes sense, considering how big the previous incident was, and how a certain young man had smashed a lot of things in the Ranshan Sect, especially the dilapidated training ground, whose surface was covered with several large pits, making it look like the moon, full of craters.

Thus, thanks to a certain young man, the Ranshan Sect had no choice but to begin rebuilding its training grounds.

The young man, sitting upright in the room, took a sip of tea, his signature dead fish eyes reflecting the silver-haired woman's pretty face, which was filled with bewilderment and confusion.

Yunping rolled his eyes and put down his teacup: "You've asked this question several times already, what do you mean? Don't you trust your teacher that much?"

"Who told you to look different from before? Besides, I've been in this world for over twenty years now, and I've seen enough con artists to form a tour group."

The old rogue was somewhat aware that Ye Yuchan had mentioned "more than twenty years" instead of "thirty years"—simply put, when he sent Ye Yuchan and the others out, there was a small mishap, so he sent them directly to the world eight years in the future.

As for the scammers—

Yun Ping glanced at Ye Yuchan with amusement and said, "I already know so much about you. You were just snuggling in my arms and acting all cute earlier, so why are you starting to question me all of a sudden?"

"Who's being cute?!"

After all these years, Ye Yuchan's blushing reaction when she retorts hasn't changed. However, compared to her previous conspicuously arrogant demeanor, the current Yuchan has learned to control her emotions a little.

Even so, the hint of shyness that flashed in her eyes did not escape Yunping's notice.

Ye Yuchan pursed her lips and then whispered, "I just didn't control my emotions for a moment... Besides, you disappeared for so long and then suddenly reappeared, how could I accept it so quickly?"

"Hmm..." The old rogue nodded slightly, then stroked his chin and smiled faintly: "82-56-83, do you remember these numbers?"

Ye Yuchan was stunned, her mind not quite clear: "What number?"

"This is what you looked like before you became a goofball, you forgot? After I picked you up... I saw everything naked~"

Ye Yuchan: "..."

That smug smile, that incredibly annoying look, and that upturned, wicked grin.

At that very moment, Ye Yuchan was absolutely certain that the young man sitting in front of her with his legs crossed was none other than her own damned Yun Ping.

Seeing that Ye Yuchan was already clenching her little pink fists and ready to make a move, the old rogue quickly chuckled, changed the subject, and shifted the focus to something he was more interested in.

"Speaking of which—" After changing the subject with an extremely ordinary transition word, Yunping immediately got to the point: "Where are the others? Aren't they with you?"

When this matter was mentioned, Ye Yuchan's tightly clenched fist relaxed a moment ago, and she seemed a little confused.

She pondered for a while but did not answer Yunping's question.

Seeing this, Yun Ping could roughly discern some of the situation.

In the end, it was Ye Yuchan herself who answered: "Ruoxue and the others... as well as my senior brother and the others, all went to different places for their own reasons. After that, I have been in Cangyue City, and they have never come to look for me."

"You've been staying in Crescent Moon City all this time?"

"Yes."

Yun Ping grinned and moved closer to Ye Yuchan: "You weren't waiting for your master all this time, were you?"

……

"How is that possible!"

Ye Yuchan was so frightened that she jumped up from the stool. Although she was much better at hiding her feelings than before, it was still very obvious. Her delicate body trembled slightly, her cheeks were flushed, and she was almost steaming from her head, turning into a steam princess.

She glanced at Yunping, then retorted, "I just... I just think this place is good for making money, and it's easy to build my... my money empire, you know!"

That old rogue has no way of refuting it.

Not long ago, he had taken a look at the merchant guild under Ye Yuchan's control, and it could only be described as extremely wealthy. It was even richer than the city lord's mansion in Cangyue City, practically rolling in money.

Even so, Ye Yuchan's rebuttal still seemed rather weak—after all, her face was as red as if it were ripe.

Yunping had no intention of continuing to tease the girl, and sat down again, pouring himself a full cup of tea.

"It's a bit surprising that the others didn't come to see you. They're probably all busy with important matters right now."

"Speaking of which, old rogue, couldn't you find them? Couldn't you have used your divine sense to scan them or something?"

"My consciousness is still immobile because I fought with some crazy woman. It will probably take at least a few months to recover."

"Crazy woman..."

In Ye Yuchan's memory, the only one who fit the description of these three words was Ye Xuanqiu, who looked exactly like her.

In that mysterious and unpredictable space called the Void... did Yun Ping and Ye Xuanqiu have a great battle?

Although it's hard to imagine the scene, it's clearly beyond the reach of mere mortals or saints.

Back to topic.

Since Yunping's divine sense is temporarily unusable, that means—

"If we want to find Ruoxue and the others, we can only search slowly now?"

Yunping spread his hands and took a sip of tea: "Pretty much, it basically all depends on fate."

He glanced at Ye Yuchan again, trying to get some clues from the girl: "When you parted ways with the others earlier, do you remember where they all went?"

"In that case..."

Ye Yuchan pondered for a long time, recalling her memories from more than twenty years ago.

The group of people who had just been sent out of the airspace by Yunping had gathered together to discuss their respective destinations.

If my memory is not mistaken—

"Ruoxue should have returned to Jinglin Village. Senior Brother Jiang and Senior Sister Yuan'er took Fourth Senior Brother back to the courtyard house. Ruoxue and Gugugu went to the Northern Ice Palace. Senior Brother and Junior Sister Dengpao seem to have gone to the Azure Secret Realm of the Extreme Heaven Domain..."

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Yunping clicked his tongue in amazement after hearing this, "Only Ruoxue is single, everyone else is in pairs. She's a bit pitiful."

"I'm alone too!"

Speaking of this, Ye Yuchan got a little angry.

Abandoning his apprentices and ignoring them was a last resort, but it certainly gave them a bad experience.

The feeling of losing one's anchor is truly quite lonely.

Especially Ye Yuchan.

When she first arrived in Cangyue City, she was truly all alone, just as if she had just transmigrated to this world. No one knew her, and she didn't know anyone.

Even after that, after establishing a chamber of commerce and laying a foundation in Cangyue City, she would often sit alone by the bed, staring blankly out the window.

She often couldn't sleep at night, and to make herself feel better, she secretly made a life-size body pillow of a certain young man, although the workmanship wasn't very good.

Later, even body pillows couldn't satisfy her anymore, so she started researching how to make figurines...

Cough cough, the more I talk, the weirder it gets.

In short, that was a secret that absolutely could not be told to Yunping, because such an action was too much like something a pervert would do.

—But that kind of thing is no longer needed.

Yunping glanced at Ye Yuchan with a hint of apology. He knew about the girl's experiences and the loneliness she felt when she was alone in Cangyue City. He had also experienced that feeling himself.

He took a deep breath and then chose to put those emotions aside for the time being.

"So, Bajie, Yuan'er, and Lao Si should all be at the courtyard house. If we want to find them, it would be better to go back to the courtyard house first."

Before Ye Yuchan could reply, Yunping thought of Ye Yuchan's merchant guild in Cangyue City.

"But... if you come with me now, what will happen to your merchant guild?"

"In that case..."

Ye Yuchan swallowed back the words that were about to come out, and then answered Yunping's question about the Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, she had thought about what she would do if Yunping came back one day and wanted to take her away.

She had made preparations for this long ago.

"There's absolutely no problem with the Chamber of Commerce. Although I am the boss, there are so many messy things to deal with that I can't be bothered with them. So I've long been prepared to be a hands-off boss."

"A hands-off boss? Then who's going to do all the hard work for you?"

"That Uncle Ding in Ranshan Sect is quite good. He's hardworking and shrewd. I talked to him about it yesterday, and he agreed right away."

Ding... Uncle Ding?

Yunping briefly imagined Ding Bo dressed in the luxurious clothes of a chamber of commerce owner, wearing a small crown and stroking his beard; he really did have a bit of the air of a cunning businessman.

"Alright, once you've finished dealing with this, we'll head back to the courtyard house."

The young man stretched and yawned. Thinking of his long-lost courtyard, the comfortable sunshine and quiet environment, he really missed the days when he could lie in the courtyard and rest while watching Ye Yuchan and the others practice their skills.

Before Yunping could finish recalling, Ye Yuchan's expression hardened, and a complex look appeared on her face.

"Regarding the courtyard house, you old rogue, there's something I need to tell you."

"Ok?"