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

Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that Yuan'er's double pupils might worsen again.

When that time comes, Yunping will no longer care about the Northern Ice Palace. Anyone who dares to stand in his way will have to bear his wrath.

"Then I'll trouble you to lead the way."

Yunping took a bite of the tiger meat sprinkled with cumin powder and said indistinctly.

……

The Arctic Palace, just as its name suggests, is a stunning palace standing on the pale snowfields of the far east.

Looking down from above, you'll see that the entire North Ice Palace is circular. The outermost three palaces are at most the level of an auxiliary town, not much smaller than Jinglin City. However, the magnificent palaces that rise high inside, almost reaching the clouds, are not accessible to ordinary people.

Yunping and his companions went to the outermost layer, the outer three palaces, which were at the bottom in terms of both prosperity and population density.

"Wow, it's bigger than I imagined."

The girl, dressed in a maid outfit, attracted many surprised glances on the street. Looking at the spacious room inside the door, a hint of surprise appeared on her pretty face.

Ye Yuchan woke up naturally in the morning. It has to be admitted that this girl's sleep quality is truly enviable. Even when Yun Ping was grilling meat next to her, the irresistible aroma couldn't wake this sleepy girl.

Lin Yuan was carried on Yun Ping's shoulder as always, attracting the attention of quite a few middle-aged men along the way.

Of course, it also attracted the attention of personnel dressed like guards.

If Hu Xiaolin hadn't been there to cover for him, Yunping would probably have been imprisoned as a perverted old man who lured young girls into abducting them.

Hu Xiaolin scratched his head, slightly surprised by Ye Yuchan's exclamation, "No... this is the most ordinary house around here."

"This is the most ordinary one?!" Ye Yuchan's nerves jumped, and she looked around.

The house was unusually large and consisted of three floors, each with a space of at least 200 square meters, with all kinds of furniture arranged very neatly.

The bottom floor contains the most basic family living facilities, while the second floor is filled with pink ornaments and toys of all sizes. Judging from the decorations on the second floor, it should be a little princess room decorated for Hu Xiaolin's daughter, Hu Yangliu.

The third layer is quite special.

Most of them were bookshelves piled high with heavy books, and if you looked closely, you would find that almost all of them contained information about monsters, and these were not purchased—

All of them were written by Hu Xiaolin himself.

The remaining space was filled with a large number of monster hunting tools, including no fewer than ten kinds of magical artifacts such as bows and arrows, which seemed to be used specifically for hunting certain monsters.

Broad greatswords, slender flexible swords, and magical artifacts particularly suited to certain techniques or martial arts methods are all marked with special inscriptions.

It is so beautiful that one glance at it is enough to leave you in awe.

It was no easy feat for Hu Xiaolin to become a renowned monster hunter.

—However, Hu Xiaolin called such a house an ordinary house.

Ye Yuchan, with her lifeless, expressionless eyes, looked at Yun Ping: "Now you know just how dilapidated your courtyard house really is, right?"

"...What, you're not happy with it?"

"What do you think? You have so much money, why don't you renovate it properly? It's such a small space, with so many people living there, don't you feel cramped?"

"If you think it's too cramped, you can sleep on the floor. I didn't say you couldn't sleep there. Besides, this money should be spent wisely. What do you know?"

Ye Yuchan sneered, "On the edge of a knife? You think I didn't see you take five gold coins and buy a huge sack of peanuts that morning?"

Yunping was shocked. "It's clearly three gold coins!"

Ye Da Meizi stopped talking and instead made a helpless "look" gesture to Zhang Ruoxue.

Zhang Ruoxue was truly speechless about Yunping. Her master was good in every way, except that he sometimes had a little... minor problem with his brain.

In the end, everyone stayed at Hu Xiaolin's house. Room allocation wasn't a big problem. In such a spacious villa-style house, it would be strange if there were problems with room allocation.

After everyone had chosen their rooms, Yunping placed Lin Yuan's petite body on the soft, snow-white mattress.

Looking at the small figure breathing steadily, a warm smile appeared on the young man's usually calm face.

He reached out and touched her smooth forehead, muttering to himself, "Yuan'er, let's sleep here for a while. After a while, your teacher will help you solve this problem."

"Just bear with it... it'll be over soon."

In the blink of an eye, a dazzling spell was unleashed from Yun Ping's palm.

This technique will quickly take root in Yuan'er's body. It has no other use but to allow Yunping to monitor Lin Yuan's condition at any time and to move to her side across space in an emergency.

Under the influence of this incantation, Lin Yuan's body shifted slightly, but quickly returned to calm.

"call……"

Yunping breathed a sigh of relief. Yuan'er's condition had stabilized, and in the coming days, he needed to deal with another matter.

Boom boom boom!

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

40. A Hundred Birds

"Uncle Hu, how could you do this! Why did you hide it from me before you went out!"

"Oh, well, haha... I forgot, I forgot." Hu Xiaolin tried to cover up his inner turmoil with a hearty laugh, after all, he never expected to come back alive.

"I think you're doing this on purpose, deliberately hiding it from me! Do you know how dangerous this is?!"

"I'm back alive, aren't I?" Hu Xiaolin laughed. "It's nothing, it's nothing!"

"What's wrong with you! You don't take care of your health at all..."

When Yunping came out of the room and walked into the hall, he saw a man and a woman in physical contact.

To be precise, it was a young and beautiful woman who was stroking Hu Xiaolin's muscular body.

Especially those starry eyes that rippled with emotion, filled with deep reluctance and heartache, gave Yunping an idea in an instant.

And it was transformed into words, which were then uttered.

"Your little lover?"

puff--

Ye Yuchan, who was drinking water nearby, almost spat it onto Yunping's face.

The girl's face suddenly turned as red as a ripe apple, and she quickly turned her head away, not daring to look at Hu Xiaolin even once.

Hu Xiaolin himself scratched his head awkwardly, "No, this... this is my daughter's classmate, a girl who has a good relationship with our family."

At this moment, the girl slowly recovered from her complicated state, glanced at Yun Ping, and then looked at Hu Xiaolin, "Uncle Hu, who are these people...?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce him. This is my benefactor, and the other two are his disciples."

"My benefactor?" The girl tilted her head.

"Hmm." Hu Xiaolin took a deep breath. "I went out to hunt tigers this time... If it weren't for my benefactor's help, I probably wouldn't have come back."

"Ah... then, could it be that the Violent Tiger also..."

Hu Xiaolin nodded, recalling that scene from back then. Even now, he still didn't know what kind of supernatural power Yun Ping had used: "He has already been killed by our benefactor."

"hiss--"

I gasped.

Upon hearing this, Yunping's image in the young girl's mind immediately rose considerably, transforming him into a reclusive master who was unremarkable when he made a move, but whose every move astonished the world.

—I must say, this young girl has a pretty good eye for people.

At this moment, Hu Xiaolin also realized what was happening and introduced the girl next door to Yun Ping and the others: "Well, my benefactor, this is Yu Bai Niao, a disciple of the Northern Ice Palace who used to live next door to me and is of the same generation as my daughter Yang Liu."

"Just call me Bai Niao!" The little girl seemed very lively.

Yunping nodded silently, looked at Bai Niao, and then at Hu Xiaolin.

He reached out and touched a non-existent stubble, squinted, and carefully examined the two of them.

A moment later, under everyone's gaze, she blurted out, "So, you two are lovers?"

"Can't you use your brain for once?!"

Here it comes! Ye Yuchan's吐槽 (tu cao, a form of online commentary/criticism) session!

"There's nothing we can do about it. At least the two of them look like they're in cahoots, don't they?"

"They're a perfect match, aren't they?!"

"That kind of thing doesn't matter, right? As long as you understand what I mean."

Yunping habitually picked at his ear, looked at Bai Niao whose face was already flushed, and put on an air of being an experienced person: "These days, some young girls really like older men, right? I think Lao Hu looks like a standard older man. He's handsome, has a deep voice, and is gentle. In particular, he has a sexy stubble and slightly long hair. Unlike me, although I'm an old man, I don't have any of these sexy things."

"Ah, I miss the days when I was selling my body, with an entire city's worth of girls chasing after me!"

Ye Yuchan smirked, "Fine, the past is the past. Aren't you single now?"

"At least we had our glory days," Yunping said with pride.

—Because he wasn't just making things up.

Back when he was still Emperor Wen, he casually played a tune and composed a poem, which caused a sensation throughout the city. Almost every girl in every household went crazy wanting to marry him.

Back then, I would run wildly down the road with a bunch of gorgeous girls behind me. Tsk tsk tsk, looking back now, it really makes you sigh at how much time has passed.

"That's right!"

Perhaps mistaking Yunping and Ye Yuchan for quarreling, Yu Bainiao clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention to them.

She smiled slightly embarrassedly, and then revealed her intentions.

"Well, since you all saved Uncle Hu, I must reward you properly. Coincidentally, Bai Niao is in Zuiyang Tower with Yue Lian, so I would like to invite you all to join me for Zui Fang Ya Que today."

"Drunken Fragrance Sparrow? Is it today?" Hu Xiaolin suddenly perked up, but his excitement caused his wounds to reopen. "Damn it, damn it, it hurts so much..."

Yu Bai Niao glared at him coldly, her tone stern and leaving no room for refusal: "You're not allowed to go! Stay home and recover from your injuries. I have to take good care of you for Yang Liu."

"No, no!" Hu Xiaolin cried out anxiously. That was the Drunken Fragrance Sparrow, a place he often thought of in his dreams. "Birds, just let me go! I won't ask those women to come with me..."

"But you'll definitely drink like crazy, don't think I don't know that about you!"

"Hundred birds~" Hu Xiaolin pleaded.

“No.” Yu Bai Niao didn’t buy it. Instead, she turned to Yun Ping with a smile. “My benefactor, do you have any plans for tonight? If not, you can come to our Zuiyang Tower. The Zui Fang Ya Que event, which only happens once every five years, is a rare treat.”

Yunping muttered those four words to himself, but strangely, he had no recollection of them. "Zui Fang Ya Que... what is that?"