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

Ye Xuanqiu turned to the side, looked at the vast sky outside Hanyin City, and smiled, "She should be on her way by now."

……

Jiang Shaoguang clenched his fists tightly, took a deep breath, and turned to leave.

"Wait, third brother."

Yunping's words made Jiang Shaoguang pause as he was about to step outside.

He turned around and looked at Yunping with a puzzled expression.

The old rogue didn't even turn around to look at Jiang Shaoguang's face at that moment. Instead, he looked solemnly at the woman behind the screen.

Why did you come here to tell us all this?

"Because I'm here to make a bet with my husband~"

Ye Xuanqiu chuckled: "I originally planned to tell my husband this information after we made the bet, but I didn't expect him to play by his own rules. Since that's the case, I can only reveal the information first to show my sincerity."

She still wanted to gamble on the potential benefits of this bet.

more importantly--

She enjoyed battling with Yun Ping.

Yunping seemed to know what Ye Xuanqiu was thinking. He narrowed his eyes and grinned.

boom.

The young man in the white shirt placed his wine glass upside down on the wooden table, sat on a stool with his legs apart, leaned forward, and stared intently at Ye Xuanqiu. "Alright, let's bet."

"That would be perfect."

Behind the screen, Ye Xuanqiu smiled with delight, as if she were quite excited.

Yun Ping, however, didn't bother to pay attention to Ye Xuanqiu's expression and instead asked, "If that's the case, what do you want to bet with me on?"

"My husband should already know the purpose of my trip, right?"

Faced with Ye Xuanqiu's question, Yunping only uttered four words.

"Silver Cold Snow Ice".

There is no other option.

Yunping was certain that from the very beginning, Ye Xuanqiu's goal was simply to seize the Silver Frost Ice.

That's why she deliberately went to the Blackwater Abyss with that mad dragon, severely injuring Xiao Hei. And the one who once severed that demon-binding lock was Ye Xuanqiu.

Looking back on the past, it's not hard to deduce that—

Ye Xuanqiu first severed the Demon-Binding Lock, releasing the Mad Dragon. The Mad Dragon saw certain scenes in the Heavenly Well and began to hunt down Fan Luokui. Now, Ye Xuanqiu can turn the tables and use Fan Luokui's sense of responsibility to the Northern Ice Palace to lure out Yin Hanxuebing, who is hiding in the Northern Ice Palace.

He even suspected that the scene the mad dragon saw in the courtyard was just an illusion created by Ye Xuanqiu, and that Ye Xuanqiu might have deliberately guided the mad dragon to target Fan Luokui.

"Yes."

Ye Xuanqiu would no longer keep things in suspense, but instead laid it all out: "I'll bet with my husband that you can't protect Yin Han Xue Bing, nor can you protect Bei Bing Gong."

Upon hearing this, Yunping smiled.

He slowly rose to his feet, his expression calm.

"What's the stake?" he asked.

"If my husband wins, I can answer three questions for him, any questions will do."

"If I win..."

At this point, Ye Xuanqiu seemed to suddenly remember something and chuckled twice.

“Then I ask my husband to give me your Martial Emperor's Divine Halberd.”

Others may not understand why Ye Xuanqiu would want the Martial Emperor's Divine Halberd.

But Yunping knew in his heart—

The Martial Emperor's Divine Halberd he wielded was not merely a magical weapon in essence.

Because the origin of the Martial Emperor's Divine Halberd... is actually the Azure Sky Thunder, one of the twenty-one ultimate techniques.

Like the Bloodthirsty Sword he wielded, it was transformed from the Twenty-One Ultimate!

What Ye Xuanqiu sought was not the Martial Emperor's Divine Halberd itself, but the Twenty-One Ultimate.

The answers to three questions can be exchanged for a twenty-one ultimate.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like a loss.

But Yunping didn't think so, because the three questions... were enough for him to deduce a lot of things.

"it is good."

The young man in the white shirt flicked his sleeve, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"The bet is settled."

51. Before the Pure Departure Abyss

The snowy plains of the far east.

Frosty white snow blew along the wind and waves past the sides of the black robe.

A sword buckle hung from his waist, and from the buckle hung an unremarkable scabbard, with a pure white sword tassel hanging down, as if blending into the vast, snow-white earth.

His gaze remained fixed on the distance, on Jingli Abyss, a deep ravine in the far eastern snowfield, which was his destination.

His steps were heavy yet firm; he knew that this time, he absolutely could not lose.

A solemn and serious atmosphere spread with the frost and snow, and the young man, walking like a warrior ready for battle, exhaled a long breath.

From any perspective, this is a warrior about to embark on a journey. Just by looking at his back, one can inexplicably feel the resolute determination of a hero who will never return.

However, there are always those who will jump out and ruin the atmosphere.

"No, you old rogue... are you really confident you can win?"

The silver-haired maid followed behind the black-robed swordsman, walking shoulder to shoulder with the white-clad youth: "Didn't you think that Ye Xuanqiu had a sure way to win, so you didn't want to gamble?"

Yunping glanced at Ye Yuchan, his tone relaxed and casual: "That's what you say, maybe she's just trying to scare me?"

"So you really did have a lot of backup plans?"

"Um……"

Yunping nodded, then smiled and held up his index finger: "I guess I only kept one."

……

Ye Yuchan was immediately shocked: "Then why were you so confident in making that bet with her?!"

"I'm not sure if she's bluffing me or not, so I'll bluff her first."

"Besides, let's be reasonable. They've really gone too far. Can you just let that go?"

"You have to endure it even if you can't stand it. If you lose, your... Martial Emperor Divine Fork will have to be given away!"

"That's a halberd, a divine halberd, okay?"

"Is there a difference? I've seen you often shrink that thing down and use it to fork fruit."

"That's called ingenious use. What do you know about halberds? Even Luo Kui's knife can be used to cut ice. That's the wonder of forging weapons."

At this moment, Gu Xingzhuo spoke again. He pushed up his glasses and said, "Junior Sister Yu Chan, if I remember correctly, you once used your magic weapon Black Rain to prop up table legs..."

Ye Yuchan's lips twitched violently: "That was out of necessity, no... this is a useful little tip for everyday life!"

With the three of them rambling on and on, Jiang Shaoguang sighed helplessly.

They had initially thought the atmosphere was very serious... they were practically on their way to the final battlefield, but the three people behind them didn't seem nervous at all.

They chatted casually, which completely shattered the serious atmosphere he had painstakingly built up.

He took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask, "Is this the time to talk about these things...?"

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yuchan realized what was going on and quickly patted Yun Ping's arm beside her: "That's right, we're being serious now, you old rogue, stop fooling around and get down to business."

Yunping rolled his eyes at the girl: "You were the one who started that topic first, is it my fault?"

"Fine." Ye Yuchan spread her hands, taking the blame for the time being, and then changed the subject: "So, what are your chances of winning?"

"As for the chances of winning..."

Yunping lowered his head and pondered for a while.

He then laughed and said, "About 99%, but leave 0.1% to save face for the other party."

……

Ye Yuchan's eyes gleamed: "So, this time it's a sure thing?"

"Well, if nothing unexpected happens—"

As Yunping spoke, his gaze drifted towards the horizon, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Ye Xuanqiu's scheme has been set up; he is both the player and the one who will unravel it.

Of course, the possibility that Yunping might turn around and become the mastermind cannot be ruled out.

During the conversation.

The group had arrived at their destination.

It is also the site of the final battle in this far eastern snowfield.

Located somewhere in the far eastern snowfield, there is a particularly deep and wide, even somewhat terrifying, deep ravine. The two sides of the ravine are vertical cliffs, with almost no footholds or extra branches for stepping on.

Upon closer inspection, it does bear some resemblance to Ji Tian Yi Hong of the Ji Tian Domain, but it lacks Ji Tian Yi Hong's grandeur and possesses a greater sense of mystery and unpredictability.

With their keen eyesight, Ye Yuchan and Gu Xingzhu could easily see the extremely chaotic commotion emanating from below the cliff, and occasionally hear strange creaking sounds, as if some creature was grinding its teeth.

Several bloody red spots appeared in the center of her vision, and Ye Yuchan couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding.

"It seems there's also dragon's cough virus in here..."