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

67. The two of them... on a date?!

At night, the bright moonlight shines on the wall in the backyard.

The young man lay on a comfortable rocking chair for the elderly, with a large, open blue and white striped umbrella on his right, beneath which was a round, white platform.

He picked a peanut from the fruit bowl on the round table and popped it into his mouth.

Ah, this life is so pleasant.

"So why are you... sunbathing under the moon late at night?"

Ye Yuchan stood in the shade, looked up blankly at the huge parasol, and fell into deep thought.

The young man raised an eyebrow, and his sunglasses subtly twitched.

"If I don't bask in the moonlight at night, am I supposed to bask in the moonlight during the day?"

"The question is why you want to bask in the moonlight, not when you do it!"

"What's wrong with basking in the moonlight?" Yunping crossed his arms behind his head and rocked back and forth in the rocking chair. "People are allowed to bask in the sun, but I'm not allowed to bask in the moonlight?"

"I'm really impressed by you..."

Ye Yuchan sighed and then sat down at the round stone table.

Her slender, fair hands supported her smooth, rounded chin, and the girl's deep, star-like eyes stared at the young man's profile.

Although the night was cool, it also had a quiet and beautiful feel to it.

The wind, carrying snow, caressed the girl's dazzling silver hair.

The air was filled with a frosty chill. The girl parted her cherry blossom-pink lips and gazed at the young man.

"Yunping".

She called his name.

The young man suddenly shuddered twice, quickly took off his sunglasses, and a look of astonishment shot out from his dead fish eyes.

"Damn it, what's wrong with you today? Did you take the wrong medicine? Didn't you always call me an old scoundrel?!"

"..." The light in Ye Yuchan's eyes dimmed instantly, and she glared coldly at Yun Ping, "It's just a joke, is that not allowed?"

"Alright, alright, why not? You're my great-aunt, you can call me whatever you want."

"Hmph." Ye Yuchan turned her head away, secretly glancing at him. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to remain silent: "You old scoundrel!"

"Eh~"

Yunping nodded, thinking to himself that this form of address sounded more comfortable.

Ye Yuchan chuckled, "You're toxic, aren't you? Making you, you old rogue, so happy."

"The word 'hooligan' has a positive connotation to me."

"Tsk..." Ye Yuchan curled her lip, calling him an old rogue was really accurate.

"Alright, enough of this nonsense. Just tell me, what do you need me for?"

"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?"

"That's a very..."

Yunping spread his hands and shrugged helplessly.

"You're my apprentice, so you can come to me whenever you want."

apprentice……

That's absolutely right.

The slight blush that had appeared on her cheeks gradually subsided, and Ye Yuchan coughed solemnly.

"Hey, don't you think Hu Xiaolin is a bit strange?"

"Old Hu?" Yun Ping was somewhat surprised to hear Ye Yuchan mention Hu Xiaolin. "What do you mean?"

"He seems quite ordinary. No, how could someone at the Transcendent Stage be ordinary... Although the Northern Ice Palace is very powerful, it shouldn't be so low that a Transcendent Stage cultivator is relegated to the outer three palaces and not given important positions, right?"

"What do you think?"

Ye Yuchan tapped her chin and thought for a moment.

About ten seconds later, he finally answered Yunping's question.

"I think Old Hu is at the Transcendent God stage. I'm not too sure about the strength level of the Northern Ice Palace, but it shouldn't be too much to ask for him to enter the Inner Three Palaces and become a minor elder or something?"

“The junior elder…” Yun Ping thought about the power hierarchy of the three palaces within the Northern Ice Palace. As someone who had almost become the master of the Northern Ice Palace, he knew this very well. “Indeed, it’s about the same.”

"But he didn't go; instead, he stayed in the outer three palaces."

Yunping had already thought of this.

However, he never said it outright, because it must involve some secrets that cannot be made public.

Hu Xiaolin's deliberate concealment and some unnatural behavior all indirectly prove that this person is not as simple as he appears on the surface.

There's definitely another layer to Lao Hu's identity.

However, Yunping really didn't expect that Ye Yuchan seemed to have noticed this as well.

He looked at Ye Yuchan, who had switched to serious analysis mode, with great interest. "Go on."

"Hmm... let me think..." She began to analyze the various pieces of information she had previously associated with him, and after a moment she continued, "Also, he seems to know a lot of things... especially that Silver Frost Flower."

"That Silver Frost Flower, it shouldn't be something that just anyone would know about, right?"

Yunping nodded in agreement.

As Ye Yuchan said, most people only know that there is a particularly peculiar flower in the Far Eastern Snowfield called the Wilderness Snow Flower. No one knows the uses of this flower, nor does anyone know its origin.

All I know is that this flower is... very rare, very rare.

Those who know its real name almost all know part of the secrets of Silver Cold Snow Ice.

The fact that Yin Hanxuebing was hiding deep within the Northern Ice Palace has always been considered a mystery to most people.

The people at the Arctic Palace have never come forward to admit it, nor have they ever denied it.

Therefore, most people have differing opinions on this matter.

Someone like Lao Hu, who knows both the secret hiding place of the Silver Frost Snow Ice Flower and its existence and origin...

I'm afraid there are very few.

"So what do you think Lao Hu's identity is?"

Yunping's question surprised Ye Yuchan. "I'm not too sure either, but his status certainly isn't low? Maybe he's some kind of palace master's... bodyguard or something?"

"It's quite possible, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to find out the location of the Silver Frost Flower so easily."

Ye Yuchan chimed in, "Besides... I always felt that what he said earlier was a bit strange."

"What?"

"If anything happens to Lady Yin Hanxuebing, you must protect her."

Ye Yuchan frowned and blinked in surprise.

"Silver Cold Snow Ice... [My Lord]? This honorific is used so strangely..."

"..."

Yunping sat up from the rocking chair and stared at Ye Yuchan without saying a word.

Feeling the young man's burning gaze, Ye Yuchan's heart skipped a beat and almost jumped into her throat.

A blush crept up her cheeks, and she instinctively turned her head away.

Why are you looking at me?

"No..." Yun Ping squinted, scrutinizing Ye Yuchan from head to toe. "How come I never noticed before that you, little girl, have such keen insight? Did some British detective from your past life possess you?"

"Hmph, of course I'm amazing!"

Yunping quickly waved his hand, "Yes, yes, you're the best."

"This is just a perfunctory response..."

"How could that be? My admiration for you is like a surging river, unstoppable..."

"Stop! Stop!" Ye Yuchan hurriedly called out, "Don't talk about these irrelevant things yet, tell me what you plan to do first?"

"What do we do? We can only take it one step at a time now. If all else fails, we'll just charge in head-on!"

"Rampage... rush in?"

*Gulp*—Ye Yuchan swallowed hard.

Thinking of the stories she had heard about Emperor Wen's violent outbursts, Ye Yuchan couldn't help but ask.

"You don't mean to tear down the Arctic Palace, do you?"

"Probably not."

He has acquaintances among them. If it's really demolished, he won't be able to explain it to these old friends.

Hearing this, Ye Yuchan finally felt relieved.

Thank goodness, that old scoundrel still has some brains...

She looked at Yunping's calm and composed face, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "So, is our next step to go to the place Hu Xiaolin mentioned?"

"Yes, and to be precise, it's me and you going."

"Huh?" Ye Yuchan blinked blankly. "What do you mean?"

"It means not Zhang Ruoxue, just you and me."

"Two people go."

68. A lone man and woman, sobbing?

"I need a sufficiently good reason."