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

Huang Luo, a disciple of the Qin School.

"that……"

Huang Luo forced a bitter laugh, staring at the ultimate spirit beast in front of him that was gradually returning to its original size, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

"Can we get along amicably...?"

Faced with Huang Luo's question.

The vengeful giant wolf and the majestic lion in the jungle both displayed particularly "friendly" smiles.

……

……

Total darkness.

Although the group was able to see their surroundings clearly with the help of the spiritual energy, the darkness, as if a hand were reaching into their eyes, still surrounded them, threatening to engulf them at any moment.

Vines were visible everywhere in all directions.

Similar to the vines seen before, their color had turned a rotten, deep black, crisscrossing like twisted arms and forming thick walls, as dense as a spider's web.

The deeper you go, the colder it gets, but the space also gets bigger and bigger.

Apart from the sound of footsteps, there was no other sound around.

The oppressive atmosphere was suffocating. Ye Yuchan looked around in a slightly flustered manner, but all she could see were vines.

Yunping kept walking, and so did everyone else.

"that……"

Ye Yuchan clung tightly to Zhang Ruoxue's arm, her steps faltering. "We've been walking for so long... and we haven't seen anything... Could it be... could we have gone to the wrong place?"

Zhang Ruoxue looked at Ye Yuchan helplessly. She knew that this girl was still a little afraid of ghosts and gods: "What are you being so cowardly about... There are so many of us here."

"That's what they say, but sometimes it can be really scary when there are a lot of people."

"for example?"

"Aren't there those ghost stories?"

The story that was once deeply imprinted in her memory was now being spoken by Ye Yuchan.

Her words echoed in everyone's ears.

"For example, six people walking along suddenly become seven people or something..."

Zhang Ruoxue: "Can this really be called a ghost story?"

Gu Xingzhuo shook his head: "Junior sister is overthinking it."

Lu Yingqiu: "With such high cultivation, Uncle Ye doesn't need to be afraid of ghosts and gods."

“That’s right, even if there were ghosts, they probably wouldn’t be a match for Uncle Ye.” Ning Xuchen chimed in.

Even the old rogue at the front couldn't help but complain, "You're the most shameful one in our Yuntian Academy."

Even the girl in white robes with long black hair couldn't resist saying something.

"Don't think too much about it. Ghosts are just vengeful spirits."

Amidst the teasing and jokes of the crowd, Ye Yuchan blushed slightly and pouted.

"That's what they say..."

But at that moment...

and many more.

She suddenly turned to the side and was horrified to find a woman with long black hair and a white robe stained with blood standing next to Zhang Ruoxue, giving her a chilling and terrifying smile.

Ye Yuchan's face suddenly turned deathly pale.

There's really one more person here!!

33. Are you a Stand user too?

Ye Yuchan suddenly stopped in her tracks.

The long-haired woman in the center of the field of vision... her ferocious smile and blood-stained white shirt revealed her non-human identity. Not to mention, she didn't have any legs at all. Although she was always walking downwards shoulder to shoulder with Zhang Ruoxue, the hem of her white shirt was floating in mid-air—even her movement was a horizontal movement!

That must be a ghost!

It's definitely a ghost!

And she even uttered words like, "Ghosts are just vengeful spirits," which sounded like she was comforting herself, but in reality, she herself was a ghost!

"What's wrong, Yuchan?"

however.

Noticing that Ye Yuchan had suddenly stopped and looked horrified, Zhang Ruoxue also stopped and turned around to stare at Ye Yuchan with a puzzled expression.

She showed no reaction to the floating woman beside her, but instead wondered about Ye Yuchan's pale face: "Why do you look so pale? Are you still scared...?"

Please don't ask such an obvious question with such a serious face!

Hey, there's a ghost right next to you right now, a real ghost!

What nearly drove Ye Yuchan to the brink of collapse was that Zhang Ruoxue's words drew everyone's attention, even Yun Ping stopped in his tracks, and everyone's gaze was suddenly focused on a certain silver-haired maid.

There was curiosity, doubt, suspicion, and that barely perceptible smile of the old rogue.

But not a single person paid any attention to the woman with long, straight black hair!

It was as if her very existence was not surprising... as if she was meant to stand next to Zhang Ruoxue.

"No... it's you..."

Ye Yuchan swallowed hard, her face deathly pale, and she pointed tremblingly to Zhang Ruoxue's side: "You...can't you see her? Could it be..."

"she?"

Following the direction Ye Yuchan pointed, everyone looked and, unsurprisingly, saw the woman with long, straight black hair and a white shirt stained with blood.

After a very brief silence, Zhang Ruoxue and the others nodded in unison.

"I can see it, so what?"

……

……

How can you be so calm when you can see this?!

There were only six people who came in originally, but now there are seven as they walk in!

Her voice began to tremble: "When we came in... there were only six of us..."

What are you talking about?

Zhang Ruoxue frowned: "It's always been the seven of us."

???

Ye Yuchan was stunned.

Zhang Ruoxue's statement was clearly problematic, but no one refuted her words.

Even the old rogue remained silent, staring at her with a strange look, as if the one with the problem was none other than Ye Yuchan.

No one suspected the extra woman with long, straight black hair.

That's not right, this isn't right.

"No, no, no... this... this can't be real, right?" Ye Yuchan pointed at the woman next to Zhang Ruoxue, her face growing increasingly pale. "Who... who is she?! You... you all know her??"

This statement came out.

Everyone's gaze toward Ye Yuchan turned strange.

Yun Ping crossed his arms and stepped over the dark vines to Ye Yuchan. He said in a slightly impatient tone, "Hey Yuchan, how old are you? Don't let this little shock make you lose your memory, okay?"

"Loss...memories?" Ye Yuchan was so frightened that she took a step back, her expression truly fascinating.

Yunping nodded, then turned to look at the black-haired woman who had been closely following Zhang Ruoxue.

"She was born after Ruoxue attained sainthood, due to inheriting the Great Dao of Martial Arts..."

"Ruoxue's substitute, Nie Xiaoqian."

……

……

Ye Yuchan almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

substitute? !

A Stand user?!

Nie Xiaoqian?!

It's a historic miracle that these two things could be put together!

Upon hearing this, the black-haired woman was startled at first, and then, after a long moment of bewilderment, she finally managed a very forced smile: "Yes, that Yu Chan... I am Ruoxue's stand-in."

……

You were stunned for a moment, weren't you? You were startled too, weren't you?

You were startled because some unexpected settings suddenly appeared, right?

Ye Yuchan stared at the old rogue as if she had seen a ghost, but the latter responded to her with an air of matter-of-fact compliment.

What's even more terrifying is that the others didn't seem surprised by Yunping's statement at all. They didn't even bother to ask what a "stand-in" was, nodding their heads like chickens pecking at rice.

So you've accepted the premise of a Stand user, and even accepted that the other person is called Nie Xiaoqian?

Ning Xuchen, yes, that scholarly Ning Xuchen, don't you have any other reaction to seeing your wife become someone else's substitute? Maybe she'll unleash a torrent of Ora Ora Ora at you in a minute...

Ye Yuchan sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation—why is it that it seems like only she is acting strangely now?

Could it be that the world line has shifted?