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

Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue shifted their gazes, finally settling on the extremely black liquid at Yun Ping's feet.

What followed was a black aura that slowly rose from the thick liquid. This smell made Zhang Ruoxue, whose sense of smell was already quite sensitive, suddenly turn pale and her stomach churned.

Ye Yuchan wasn't as exaggerated as her; on the contrary, she didn't seem to like the smell at all.

Yunping glanced at Ye Yuchan curiously, "Don't you think this smells awful? Look at your junior sister Ruoxue, she's about to throw up."

Ye Yuchan smiled as if nothing had happened, "You may not know, but I grew up eating stinky tofu. This taste is still a bit lacking compared to the stinky tofu from my hometown."

"That's a really refreshing and unconventional reason."

"Of course." Ye Yuchan smiled smugly, but she soon realized that Chu Xin and the others were no longer around her.

She tried looking back. She and Zhang Ruoxue had been completely unaware of each other. The moment they stepped into the cave, they were pulled into that separate little space. When they came out, that is, when their consciousness returned, they were already standing here.

Their memories of the journey from the cave entrance to here are completely blank.

Seemingly sensing Ye Yuchan's doubts, Yun Ping said without turning his head, "I had you hold onto my clothes so that I could enter the secret realm with you. And in the real world, I'm the one who brought you here."

"Oh right, you entered the secret realm too!" Ye Yuchan suddenly realized a contradiction. "Shouldn't your consciousness also be inside the secret realm? How come you were able to bring us here?"

Faced with this question, Yunping smiled mysteriously, "You don't need to know that. You just need to know that your master is very powerful. There is nothing in the world that I cannot do."

"Is that so?" Ye Yuchan sneered. "If you're so capable, why don't you dress up as a woman and perform a striptease in front of the whole world?"

puff--

Zhang Ruoxue burst out laughing, but this caused her nose, which she had just covered, to open up again, and the stench made her lean against the wall and dry heave.

Luckily, she didn't eat much this morning... otherwise, there would be a lot more mosaic in this cave right now.

Yunping glanced at Ye Yuchan with a pained expression, realizing that he really couldn't bring himself to do something like dancing a striptease in women's clothing.

Seeing Yunping's increasingly pained expression, Ye Yuchan chuckled and changed the subject: "Hey, speaking of which, I suddenly remembered, since you're so powerful, why did you need my help to break that outer formation? You could have just kicked it to pieces, couldn't you?"

"Ah, you mean that?" Yunping smiled bitterly when he mentioned it: "I can't help it. I've never broken an eighth-order Azure Sky Array before, but I have broken a ninth-order enhanced version. I'm not sure about the strength of this outer array. If I use too much force and accidentally destroy the secret realm, it would be a loss."

"The strength of the inner formation is about the same as that of a ninth-order outer formation, so I knew the strength of the formation before I dared to break it."

A hint of fear flashed in Ye Yuchan's eyes. "So you couldn't break the outer formation because you couldn't control your strength?"

"Yes."

Ye Yuchan was speechless.

One can only sigh – truly worthy of being called Yunping.

Other Void Realm experts fought tooth and nail, using a massive formation to break through this outer array, and you just said, "I'm afraid I'll go too far and destroy the inner secret realm too"—that completely overshadowed the imposing figure of Chu Xin when he broke through the array!

I feel sorry for Chu Xin for a second.

……

That's enough feeling sorry for you.

At this moment, Zhang Ruoxue finally recovered. Unlike Ye Yuchan, her stomach had not been subjected to the stench, but it had shut down her sense of smell again, and her complexion had improved considerably.

However, his tone still carried a hint of dejection.

"Um... we've made it out, but what about the others? Will they be able to get through the secret realm?"

"It should be possible. After all, they are elites of the empire. They're just the dragon spirit of a small dragon. They can be easily wiped out."

“That’s something only you could do,” Ye Yuchan jumped in to finish her rant. “Only you could shout and make that dragon disappear… I don’t think the other three could do that.”

Recalling the scene in the secret realm, Ye Yuchan couldn't help but want to take a closer look at what Yunping's voice was made of.

Why did that majestic and imposing dragon turn into a phantom and vanish completely after Yun Ping shouted at it?

Yun Ping shook his head at Ye Yuchan's statement, "I don't think so. Don't underestimate them; they're very capable."

—The words had barely left his mouth.

Then, long, fiery red hair appeared before the three of them.

Chu Xin, a powerful cultivator at the Void Transformation stage, walked over wearily in the cold wind, her pale face dripping with sweat and her breath coming in ragged gasps.

Behind him was Fang Yan, equally weak, his luxurious clothes soaked through, his body still radiating heat as if he had just run tens of thousands of meters.

And Li Junpeng, who had been lying on Fang Yan's back in a deep sleep.

The Imperial Trio—in a sorry state.

26. Honest Old Yun

Yunping greeted them with a smile, "Oh, you're here. You're faster than I expected. You really had something up your sleeve. I thought it would take you at least half an hour to break through the secret realm."

"That secret realm..." Chu Xin closed her eyes, shook her head, unwilling to recall her experiences in the secret realm, a slight surprise on her face, "But you guys got there so quickly..."

"Hmm, I'm quite familiar with this secret realm." Yunping nodded, a mischievous smile on his face. "So, have you figured anything out? You're a scholar who studies history, this secret realm contains some incredible secrets."

Yun Ping wasn't lying to Chu Xin. Although this secret realm looked incredibly frightening, the information it contained partially revealed the truth about the disaster that occurred more than 500 years ago.

However, this secret realm did not fully reveal the truth—but the amount of information it contained was enough for Chu Xin to digest for a while.

Just as Yunping had thought, Chu Xin's expression relaxed considerably when the matter was mentioned, and an excited smile appeared on her lips. "Indeed, the appearance of that secret realm is too similar to that of the Dragon Bone Wasteland. Although the various landforms have shifted to some extent, I can tell that the scene of that secret realm is in the Dragon Bone Wasteland."

"But there weren't that many dragon bones back then... It must have been more than 500 years ago, and that black dragon is clearly deeply connected to the dragon-slaying incident more than 500 years ago!"

Fang Yan chimed in at this moment: "Moreover, I can sense that the dragon... seems to have lost its mind and gone mad."

"Aren't all dragons the same when they're angry?" Ye Yuchan asked, puzzled.

“No, it’s different…” Fang Yan looked at Ye Yuchan with certainty, confident in his judgment. “Although they may look similar on the surface, I can tell that the dragon has gone completely mad, for some reason…”

Yunping smiled, revealing a row of snow-white teeth. "Young man, you have a good feeling. That dragon is indeed insane, and completely insane. It's basically lost even its instincts."

"Ah...Eh..." Fang Yan immediately showed a surprised expression, because this was just his feeling and there was no real basis for it, but Yun Ping confirmed it, which made him feel somewhat flattered.

"Alright, that's enough talk. Let's go to Blackwater Abyss now."

Yunping's words put an end to these unnecessary topics.

He looked at Lin Yuan in his arms, whose body temperature was rising higher and higher. The little girl's condition at this moment did not look optimistic. In particular, Yun Ping discovered that the meridians in Lin Yuan's body were becoming clearer and hotter, and her spiritual energy was running rampant in chaos.

This is not a good sign.

Yunping dared not even imagine the dire consequences if he could not reach Blackwater Abyss as soon as possible.

He pointed to the pool of black, murky liquid in front of him, his gaze fixed on Ye Yuchan with unwavering authority.

"Little Cicada, you jump first."

Ye Yuchan's legs went weak at Yun Ping's words. Her eyes widened, and she cried out in terror, "What did you say?! Dance this?"

"Let's dance to this." Yunping's expression turned cold, indicating he didn't want to waste any more time. "Hurry up and dance!"

"My God...you're not going to tell me that this thing is what you call the Blackwater Abyss, are you?"

Faced with Ye Yuchan's somewhat teasing question, Yun Ping nodded firmly, "This is the Blackwater Abyss."

Ye Yuchan: "..."

She started to hesitate. Although she grew up eating stinky tofu, it didn't mean she could calmly face a pot of stinky tofu being poured over her from beginning to end!

The stench of this stuff, and that sticky feeling... just thinking about jumping in... makes me nauseous!

No, you can't jump!

Ye Yuchan's eyes gradually hardened. She had made up her mind that she would never dance to such a disgusting thing!

However, Yun Ping completely ignored her, and in a flash, he teleported behind Ye Yuchan and kicked her with his right foot.

"What kind of behavior is this, hesitating like that? Get down here right now!"

boom!

Ye Yuchan fell into the viscous black water without even having time to utter a scream.

Strangely, after she entered the black water, she did not struggle and just slowly sank down. No bubbles rose to the surface after a few seconds.

Just as everyone was wondering what had happened to Ye Yuchan, Yun Ping turned his gaze to Zhang Ruoxue.

Zhang Ruoxue's expression instantly turned to utter panic. She instinctively took a step back, gripping the wall tightly with her right hand. "Teacher... this... this isn't a good idea, is it?"

"What bad my foot! You've been corrupted by Xiaoyuchan, why are you so talkative?"

Without offering any explanation to Zhang Ruoxue, Yunping kicked her from the side, sending her and the rock to her right crashing into the black pool.

Just like Ye Yuchan before her, Zhang Ruoxue disappeared without a sound after sinking into the black water.

……

The scene was completely silent.

Just then, Yun Ping suddenly turned around, his cold gaze fixed on Chu Xin and the others.

"Are you going to jump by yourselves, or should I help you?"

Fang Yan raised his hand shakily and stammered, "Can...can I not jump?"

"Yes." Unexpectedly, Yunping did not immediately kick, but instead raised a crucial question, "However, if you don't jump, you will never have another chance like this."

"After all, this is the Blackwater Abyss."

……

Upon hearing the words "Black Water Abyss," both Chu Xin and Fang Yan were taken aback.

If this really is the Blackwater Abyss, wouldn't we be losing a fortune if we just left like this?

Moreover, Yunping doesn't seem like the kind of person who would easily manipulate them. He even kicked those two female disciples down. This shouldn't be a trap, right?

"Let's give it our all!"

With a determined look and a stomp of her foot, Chu Xin, as Fang Yan's master, rushed forward first. With a kick of her legs, she leaped into the air and sank into the black water in the blink of an eye.

Fang Yan hesitated for a while, but finally mustered up his courage and walked towards the black pool filled with a foul stench.

"Wait a minute."

But halfway there, a hand stopped them.

The owner of that hand—Yun Ping—pointed to the figure on Fang Yan's back and shook his head, "Sorry, this person can't come in."

"Uh...why?"