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

Upon seeing the young man arrive, Erhei and Yuejianghan immediately bowed and respectfully said, "Greetings, Master Forging Saint."

"Ah."

The boy waved his hand dismissively, showing no regard for etiquette whatsoever.

He slowly walked up to Ye Yuchan, looked at the silver-haired maid who was a head taller than him, and pursed his lips: "You were the one who bullied our little Snow Maiden just now?"

"Snow...snow girl?"

Ye Yuchan was taken aback, but immediately realized that she was referring to the little girl who had been frightened to tears by her earlier.

She was covered in snow, so she could indeed be considered a snow woman.

She blinked, then chuckled twice: "Well, it's all a misunderstanding..."

Boom!

The young forging master jumped up and delivered a headshot to Ye Yuchan.

"Ugh—!"

After Ye Yuchan was hit in the head and blown off, she once again went into a defensive stance with her head in her hands.

The boy clapped his hands nonchalantly and then said indifferently, "Don't think I won't beat you up just because you're that old bastard's apprentice. You dare to bully our little Snow Maiden? Humph, I'd beat anyone else up."

The little snow maiden, nestled beside the boy, looked at him with a touched expression and her gaze was filled with admiration.

The boy glanced at Ye Yuchan and the other three, then, as if he had thought of something, suddenly added:

"However, if any of you have instant noodles with pickled cabbage flavor, I can allow you to bully Xiaoxue Nu a few more times. I'll give you a whole box for each time you bully her."

Koyuki-onna: "Σ(っ°Д°;)っ?"

She suddenly felt as if her life had been impacted.

Closer to home.

Yue Jianghan looked at the two groups interacting with a slightly surprised expression, and couldn't help but ask, "You knew each other before?"

"We have some kind of acquaintance."

The boy waved his hand, indicating that he did not want to discuss this further.

He put on an extremely impatient look, glared at Yue Jianghan, and spoke in a condescending tone, completely disregarding the Demon Emperor's adopted daughter: "I seem to recall telling you before that you shouldn't disturb my rest unless there's something particularly important, right?"

"Of course." Yue Jianghan then adopted the etiquette of a noble lady, bowed slightly, and said respectfully, "These are the people who have come to commission you to forge tools."

"I don't have time to create garbage." The boy glanced coldly at Ye Yuchan, who was still crouching with her head in her hands, "My time is very precious."

Precious my ass...

No one present believed him when he said that.

Especially Yue Jianghan, she knew very well that this Forging Saint had been doing nothing but sleeping and taking Xiao Xue Nu shopping lately, and hadn't done anything serious. Even for a Heavenly Artifact-level commission, he would just shirk his responsibilities.

According to him, he was only staying in the workshop area out of respect for Yue Jianghan; otherwise, given his personality, he would have been off somewhere having a good time by now.

There's nothing that can be done; that's just how the Forging Saint is.

With a carefree and arrogant personality, who knows if someone like him has any friends at all.

"You can rest assured that the forging materials this time will be more than enough to satisfy you."

Yue Jianghan smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, and gave Ye Yuchan a wink.

Ye Yuchan's lips twitched, and tears welled in her eyes as she took out a black, palm-sized scale from her storage ring.

The moment the boy saw the scale, he recognized it. His eyes widened in surprise, and his entire demeanor changed dramatically.

"This is... the black dragon's... no, no, it's the dragon king's black scale?!"

He practically snatched the scale from Ye Yuchan's hand, carefully placed it in his palm, first stroking it, and then even sticking out his tongue to try and lick it a couple of times.

Before his tongue could even touch the black scales, he seemed to sense something and quickly withdrew his tongue.

Frowning, he asked in a cold voice, "Are there... anything else on these scales...?"

Ye Yuchan nodded and replied, "There is black water."

……

The boy suddenly fell silent.

He stared at the scales, squinting, and finally let out a long sigh, as if something he had been waiting for had finally arrived.

"Tell me, what do you want me to forge?"

“Armor, protective armor,” Fan Luokui said.

The boy nodded, weighed the black scale in his hand, and asked, "How much raw material do you have?"

"A total of thirty-two pieces."

"Hmm, enough for four people..." The boy seemed to have already started calculating the ingredients in his mind. He glanced at the physiques of Ye Yuchan and the other three, and then confirmed, "That's enough. We might even have a few extra pieces to make a few pairs of underwear for you."

Fan Luokui's face darkened suddenly. "There's no need to trouble you with that."

"I think it's still possible to make them, not only for women, but also for men."

After speaking, the young man even cast a meaningful glance at Jiang Shaoguang, a sly grin on his lips that was almost indistinguishable from that of an old rogue: "Hehe, you should know that these underwear made of black scales are extremely effective. They can protect the genitals while also preventing loss of virginity..."

"That effect must make it the best chastity belt in the world."

She stared at Fan Luokui, then winked at Jiang Shaoguang: "How about it, do you want me to give you two one? To prevent you from cheating?"

As soon as those words were spoken...

For some reason, Fan Luokui's eyes suddenly lit up with a dazzling light.

Jiang Shaoguang and Gu Xingzhuo were quite frightened and immediately rejected this terrible proposal!

The boy smiled, but didn't actually intend to forge chastity belts for them. Instead, he took Ye Yuchan's thirty-two black scales, waved his hand, and turned to leave with the little snow maiden: "Alright, come and get them in a while."

"If things go quickly, it should be resolved in about half a day. If it takes a while, we'll have to wait until tomorrow. Until then, you can do whatever you want, just don't bother me."

With that, he returned to the wooden house, took the little snow maiden inside, and closed the door completely.

……

The forging task was temporarily handed over to the unexpectedly appearing Forging Saint, who said that it couldn't be resolved in the short term.

Yue Jianghan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "So, while we wait, would you all like to visit my collection?"

"A collection?" Ye Yuchan seemed to be thinking of something very valuable.

"I was just browsing around. I think I've shown my sincerity, so there's no need for you to continue to doubt me, right?"

Yue Jianghan blinked and revealed an innocent smile.

However, the four of them still harbored suspicion towards Yue Jianghan, after all, she had previously given Uncle Chen of Luojiang Mansion a good beating—as the adopted daughter of the Demon Emperor, it was hard for her to leave a good impression on them.

But since we're free anyway, there's no harm in going to take a look.

That's what everyone thought before they arrived at the museum.

until……

In the center of the vast Ashina Castle, inside that magnificent fifteen-story palace.

As the adopted daughter of the Demon Emperor, Yue Jianghan, a distinguished guest of the Lantian Empire, is a renowned collector with an extremely fervent passion for collecting famous items from all over the world.

Therefore, she acquired the vast majority of treasures in the Desolate Sky Domain—thanks to her terrifying wealth and connections.

and so……

"What is this! What is this?!"

Ye Yuchan gazed at the luminous cup in the jade cabinet with delight, her eyes practically fixed on the money.

"This is... the authentic work of the sect leader of Guangxu Tianzong!"

Gu Xingzhuo stood dumbfounded in the exhibition hall filled with countless original paintings, his expression one of utter shock.

"Famous swords... demon swords... so many..."

Fan Luo Kui squatted down in front of the long sword sealed inside the transparent cabinet, which exuded an ominous aura, and swallowed hard.

Jiang Shaoguang...

Ok.

The three, absorbed in their own worlds, were completely unaware—

Their third senior brother had just been led by Yue Jianghan into a very secluded little corner.

26. This is how melodramatic scripts usually unfold.

"Lord Jiang, if there's anything you particularly like, just tell me, and I'll take you to see it."

Inside the vast collection hall.

This place is, after all, where Yuejiang Han collects all kinds of famous paintings, magical artifacts, treasures and various rare items. It has a total of fifteen floors, each of which covers an area of ​​nearly 10,000 square meters. Just touring around it takes a lot of time.

Although there are teleportation arrays between the floors for convenience, newcomers cannot possibly know the exact location of these arrays.

Therefore, Yue Jianghan was absolutely certain that the three people who were engrossed in the treasures, paintings, and swords would not interfere with her.

The seventh floor inside the building.

After shaking off Fan Luokui and the other two, Yue Jianghan took the golden-haired swordsman to the teleportation array under the pretext of showing Jiang Shaoguang around. After quietly activating it, he and Jiang Shaoguang arrived at the seventh floor.

Because Erhei had been arranged in advance to drive away all the tourists who were in the way, the seventh floor felt quite spacious.

To Jiang Shaoguang's slight surprise, the seventh floor contained... a building.

That's right.

Yue Jianghan's wealth once again surprised Jiang Shaoguang. Most other collectors only collect precious treasures, such as swords, spears, halberds, musical instruments, calligraphy, and paintings. In addition, the heirlooms passed down through the hands of nobles are enough to bankrupt them.

But what about Yuejianghan? She even set aside an entire floor specifically for housing buildings!

Even Jiang Shaoguang, who had witnessed many mysterious palaces in the past, was frequently stunned by the magnificent scenery before him.

Red-roofed pavilions with their ancient charm, towering white palaces reaching into the clouds, temples with Buddhist symbols pasted on their wooden doors and paper windows, and a cluster of pavilions surrounded by thirty-six elegant pavilions...

Looking around, almost every famous building in the world has a prototype here. Jiang Shaoguang even saw a building in the distance that resembled the Arctic Palace, but it was hundreds of times smaller than the real Arctic Palace and was just an exquisite model.