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

Everyone stared at Ye Yuchan with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

After that, Yunping helplessly spread his hands and then silently snapped his fingers.

Hey.

The snap of fingers ended.

Ye Yuchan's trembling body suddenly stopped, and the alluring light in her eyes vanished, replaced by...

"It hurts so much...it hurts so much!!"

A silver-haired maid was rolling on the ground, clutching her buttocks: "You old pervert, what did you do... I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"

"It was just a tap on the butt, it won't kill you."

"How much of your strength did you actually use?!"

"Probably at the level of halfway to sainthood."

Ye Yuchan shed genuine tears (from the pain) and cried out, "It hurts so much—!!"

41. Smile, smile!

The barren wasteland was filled with a putrid stench, and simply standing there would cause a sense of physical discomfort.

The water flowing between the distant mountains was murky and viscous. For some reason, the floating corpses of spirit beasts did not dissipate as spiritual energy, but remained on the filthy stream as dead bodies, occasionally emitting a nauseating bloody smell.

however.

In this vast and dark world, Ye Yuchan and the others who stepped in were initially only shocked, without feeling disgust or aversion.

“Just like this silly girl suddenly turned into a masochist—” Yun Ping pointed at a silver-haired maid girl who was covering her buttocks and trembling, and said expressionlessly, “In the Azure Secret Realm, all feelings that should be defined as negative are eliminated, and in their place is pleasure built on pain.”

"Masochist..." Ye Yuchan glared at Yun Ping with embarrassment and anger, and retorted, "Let's... let's make this clear first, I only said those things because of the Azure Secret Realm. I don't usually have such strange fetishes!"

Yunping spread his hands helplessly: "Who knows? Maybe you also have the thought of being treated like this deep down."

"No!! No—no!"

Completely ignoring Yu Chan's rebuttal, Yun Ping maintained his outstretched hand gesture and chose to remain silent.

Looking at the master and apprentice who seemed about to start arguing again, Huang Luo sighed with a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi - mixed feelings of emotion and reflection).

However, he found that he did not seem to feel any sense of satisfaction—or rather, he had felt it before, but after Yunping snapped his fingers, a warm current circulated through his body three times, and then that hallucinatory sense of satisfaction and happiness disappeared completely.

Of course, this only applies to them.

Looking ahead, as expected, I saw Huang Luo's fourteenth uncle—Huang Yisi.

The man from Xiandu had a satisfied smile on his face, a stark contrast to the solemn expression of the man who had greeted them earlier. In every sense, Huang Yisi now seemed to perfectly fit the image of an amiable and approachable person.

He seemed unaffected by the snap.

"So... could you describe what the person you're looking for looks like?"

Huang Yisi turned around, her face bearing a smile that, while sincere, appeared incredibly eerie to outsiders.

All eyes were now on him—he seemed completely different from the one before him, as if he had been in a great mood ever since he arrived on this desolate, barren, and dark land.

The group exchanged glances and then realized what was happening.

After Lu Yingqiu recounted Jiang Yuetian's appearance to Huang Yisi, Huang Yisi made a slightly thoughtful expression, then shook her head: "Although I really want to help you find that person immediately, I don't have any impression of such a man... especially the purple hair, I have no recollection of him at all."

"but--"

He turned to the side, gazing into the distance: "Although I don't know, the official in charge of that area of ​​Lake City should know."

"Lake City?" Yun Ping frowned slightly.

This was a term he had never heard of before.

In other words, at least when he last came to the Azure Secret Realm, there was no such thing as Lake City.

"Ah."

Huang Yisi nodded, his originally solemn and murderous face now filled with a smile that sent chills down one's spine.

"Lake Heart City, led by the Heavenly City Saint Immortal, one of the Eighteen Saint Immortals of Immortal Capital, knows the entire Azure Secret Realm like the back of his hand. Asking him will surely yield some results."

……

The Eighteen Immortals of Xiandu.

Walking on the nauseating swamp, Yunping recalled a scene from his time at the Qin Sect.

He remembered that the one who called himself Golden-Eyed Tiger Immortal seemed to be one of the Eighteen Holy Immortals of the Immortal Capital.

There are just too many saints in this era. In the past, they were extremely rare, but now it seems like you can run into a saint just by strolling around.

Is it because of the interference of those two that the present era has become a world where saints are as common as dogs and demigods are everywhere?

Thinking back to that era when one had to risk their life to break through even a small realm... it's truly heartbreaking.

What's strange is—

Since this azure secret realm can tempt people to fall, logically speaking, even a saint-level being would become dazed and confused if they stayed here for a long time.

The Celestial Capital could not possibly be unaware of this, so why would they so easily send a Holy Immortal, one of the pillars of the Celestial Capital, to this place? Aren't they worried that the Heavenly City Holy Immortal might fall into depravity?

Or is there... another reason?

"arrive."

While pondering.

Huang Yisi's steps had come to a halt.

Yunping and the others also stopped, raised their heads, and looked ahead.

What comes into view is a clear lake in a wasteland.

Unlike the polluted streams of unknown black liquid that I had seen before, the lake in front of me was truly crystal clear. If you looked down from above, you could see the bottom of the lake directly. The surface of the water was as calm as a mirror, and even if the wind blew, it would not cause a ripple.

Although the surrounding area was still barren, some vegetation and grass containing abundant spiritual energy had already grown on the land bordering the lake.

It's like an oasis in the desert.

On that seemingly endless lake, what is truly astonishing is that a castle stands tall on the water. Unlike the royal castles I had seen in the Lantian Empire, this one seems to have been built specifically for one person, and is therefore somewhat smaller.

The city walls on all four sides were not very high, making them unable to defend against foreign enemies. However, the buildings inside were densely packed together, and the cylindrical watchtowers at the four corners seemed to be just for show, having only the shape but no scouts were actually seen observing.

Although the main gate appeared to be closed, Yunping could tell that the crimson iron gate was not actually shut. With a gentle push, he could open the gate and step into the castle.

I thought the so-called Lake City was a town, but it turned out to be just a castle.

It must have been built for that celestial saint, a castle that belonged to him alone.

"Please follow me, everyone."

After Huang Yisi uttered these words, he immediately stepped into the lake.

With spiritual energy attached to his feet, his figure flashed rapidly, striking the water for a hundred meters. Accompanied by waves that expanded infinitely until they disappeared, he quickly strode towards the distant lake city.

The group exchanged glances and then quickly followed.

Standing in front of Lake City, upon closer inspection, it appears to be a castle that cannot accommodate much space. However, Ye Yuchan and the others could sense that it likely contained an extremely large number of spatial arrays.

Even in the soft soil beneath their feet, there seemed to be some small magic arrays. Their specific purpose was unclear, but they appeared to be used to stabilize the lake city and ensure it wouldn't fall into the lake.

But Yunping seemed very interested in these small magic arrays. He squatted down, even picked up a small clump of soil, rubbed it between his fingertips, and then revealed a sly smile.

I see, I see.

He kept his eyelids closed, his gaze seemingly trying to penetrate the ground, looking not at the soil beneath his feet, but at something hidden behind it.

"So that's why they built this lakeside city... They really put a lot of thought into it."

"what?"

Ye Yuchan, who was closest to Yunping, seemed to have heard someone muttering to themselves and couldn't help but ask, "What did you just say, you old rogue?"

"No~" Yun Ping slowly stood up, shook his head, and looked at Ye Yuchan with a smile: "I just wanted to squat down and see if I could see your bear underwear from this angle..."

Ye Yuchan's lips twitched suddenly, and her face flushed red: "Don't talk nonsense! I'm way past that age!"

"Oh!"

Yun Ping squinted and glanced at Ye Yuchan's lower abdomen.

He then nodded: "So it's quite a sophisticated purple lace, huh? Come to think of it, my Yuchan should mature a bit too..."

Purple lace.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Ruoxue and the others all looked at Ye Yuchan with complicated expressions.

—Ye Yuchan's face was so flushed that it seemed as if her rationality had evaporated.

but--

Just as a certain maid was about to explode.

"Are they the ones who came looking for?"

An unfamiliar voice rang out.

Everyone's attention immediately shifted from Ye Yuchan to the man who walked out of the gate of the lake city.

As expected, the other party was wearing a Taoist robe from the Immortal Capital. He seemed to be accompanied by a strong wind when he walked. Both his aura and his momentum were on a completely different level from Huang Yisi.

This person's cultivation level is definitely not low—this thought arose in everyone's mind.

Fortunately, this person did not seem to be able to escape the influence of the Azure Secret Realm. His complexion remained quite good throughout, and he did not show any hostility when looking at Yun Ping and the others.

Huang Yisi bowed to the person in front of him, and then secretly gave his nephew Huang Luo a look.

Huang Luo understood immediately and hurriedly moved closer: "Um, it was us..."

"You wish to have an audience with the city lord?"

"Yes." Huang Luo bowed and said humbly, imitating Huang Yisi, "Please be accommodating."

"Um……"

Upon hearing this, the man first lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

Just when everyone thought he was going to refuse, he suddenly spoke up and said, "The city lord left Lake Heart City three days ago due to important matters and went elsewhere. He has not yet returned."