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

After letting out a violent roar, the black dragon that had been killed deflated like a punctured balloon. Its body suddenly began to shrink, and at the same time, its scales seemed to fade, gradually losing their deep black color and turning into a flesh-colored hue that resembled skin.

Yuan Dong stared blankly at all this strange scene, and couldn't help but feel suspicious. He then hurriedly ran towards the place where the black dragon had disappeared.

However, given his current condition, it took him two or three minutes to find the place where the black dragon had disappeared.

The surrounding flames were swallowed up by some unknown cold water, turning the ruins into dusty ruins. On the road, the young man in white silently stared at the naked man lying on the ground, unconscious.

Through the pink bunny mask, Yunping could see that the madness inside the man lying on the ground was being compressed to a minimum.

I see……

Yunping nodded knowingly, and then took off the pink rabbit mask.

He sighed helplessly and muttered to himself, "It seems that the chaos really does have an impact on other creatures."

Yun Ping casually cast a few spells to heal the man's wounds, then turned around as if nothing had happened and said to Yuan Dong, who had just arrived, "Hey old city lord, do you have any clothes?"

"Huh...?" Yuan Dong was a little confused, then remembered that he still had a set of casual clothes in his storage ring: "Yes, senior... what are you going to..."

“Cover his body.”

Yunping pointed at Hu Yingluan, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and then pointed behind him without turning his head, laughing.

"It wouldn't be good if our female apprentices saw him shirtless and with his lower body exposed."

Meanwhile, at the distant city gate, several anxious figures were looking around in panic and fear, and began to rush towards Yunping's location.

……

……

Inside the dilapidated Luojiang Prefecture.

The fire has been extinguished, but most of the buildings and decorations in Luojiang Mansion have been reduced to pure ashes. Not to mention the residences, even the floor tiles are covered with black ash and collapsed pillars.

Therefore, Yunping could only place Lao Hu's body in his rocking chair and temporarily make room for his old brother who had suffered so much to rest.

Ye Yuchan and the others then surrounded Old Hu. The silver-haired maid looked at Old Hu, who was still fast asleep, with a heavy expression and couldn't help but ask, "Why did Old Hu suddenly turn into that? How can a person turn into a dragon?"

This question was also a source of doubt for Fan Luokui and the others.

The only person on the scene who could provide an answer was Yunping, who was sitting on the stone bench with his legs crossed.

Having returned from the courtyard, he slowly replied, "What else could it be? Of course, it's because of that dragon cough disease."

Fan Luokui frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Isn't that a virus that can drive people crazy?"

"Indeed, that is true for a black dragon, which is itself a dragon."

Yun Ping stared at Hu Yingluan, whose face was pale and whose breath was so weak that it would not be surprising if he died at any time, and said, "But it is different for human cultivators. The Dragon Cough Disease itself is a mess left over from the corpse of the Primordial Yuan Dragon. The Primordial Yuan Dragon was transformed from a bone of the Source Ancestor. It can be said that its level is almost the same as the Twenty-One Ultimate."

"Even considering only the Primordial Dragon, its level is slightly higher than the Twenty-One Ultimate, making it their predecessor, although it was a pitiful experimental subject."

Ye Yuchan blinked: "Experimental subject?"

Yun Ping rolled his eyes at the girl and explained, "Do you think the Origin Ancestor could create life right away and graduated with a perfect score in biology? Without experiments, how would it know how to create the correct life form... It is indeed the Origin Ancestor, but it also needs to accumulate experience. The Primordial Dragon was the first life created by Kun Xuan."

"It's just a pity that the old man was a bit unlucky. The first treasure he managed to create turned out to be a crazy dragon with no reason or ability to think, so he could only kill his own son with tears in his eyes."

"Cough cough."

Jiang Shaoguang coughed twice, bringing the topic back on track: "Teacher, let's talk about why Lao Hu turned into a dragon?"

"The explanation is simpler: he also contracted dragon cough."

Gu Xingzhuo frowned, feeling that Yun Ping's words were not quite accurate: "But when we saw him, his condition was very stable."

"He probably didn't even realize he had contracted the disease at that time. Dragon cough is a very strange thing. As for why he transformed into a dragon, it's because this dragon cough disease itself can assimilate other creatures into the offspring of the primordial dragon..."

Ye Yuchan then realized: "Because the black dragon is a descendant of the primordial dragon, that's why it hasn't changed?"

"To be precise, Xiao Heizi and the others were all created by Kunxuan based on the appearance of the ancestor Yuanlong. Although they can't be considered descendants, they are close enough."

"that……"

Yuan Dong, who was listening in, silently raised his hand, his arm still wrapped in bandages, and said quietly, "I don't understand anything... Can I leave now?"

“Hello, yes—” Yunping glanced at Yuan Dong with a smile: “Rather than saying that understanding all this is a very unfortunate thing for you.”

Yuan Dong's expression changed, and he suddenly became hesitant: "Then I should..."

Yun Ping's tone was slightly somber as he said calmly, "Just treat this as an ordinary attack by a mad dragon. As for the dragon cough, don't say anything more."

Yuan Dong could see a hint of warning in Yun Ping's eyes, so he quickly bowed and made a gesture of respect, indicating that he would not say another word.

He had personally witnessed Yun Ping's extraordinary strength before, so how could he dare to disobey him now? Wasn't that just courting death?

Besides, they are helping Han Yincheng, so it only benefits him and does him no harm.

So, not wanting to continue getting in the way, Yuan Dong thanked him and left immediately.

After Yuan Dong left, Ye Yuchan finally asked the question she most wanted to ask.

"You old rogue—"

The silver-haired maid asked Yunping with a mixture of reproach and expectation in her eyes, "What were you doing in that courtyard for so long?"

Yunping spread his hands and said casually, "They went to investigate the truth, what else could they be doing? Waiting for Miss Sadako to come out and chat with me?"

"Don't interrupt." Ye Yuchan rolled her eyes at him and quickly asked, "So what exactly did you discover? The truth or something?"

Yunping squinted and stroked his chin: "I guess I've learned some good information."

"What intelligence?"

In an instant, all of his apprentices turned their curious eyes toward him.

Yunping chuckled, then raised an eyebrow in a cheeky manner.

"I'm not telling you, just to annoy you all!"

Everyone: "..."

Seeing Ye Yuchan's murderous expression, Yun Ping finally stretched out his hands and made a gesture of surrender.

"Okay, just kidding, don't take it seriously."

"So what exactly is it?" Ye Yuchan asked seriously.

Yunping finally gave an answer.

"I think I might have guessed it—Ye Xuanqiu's method for achieving immortality."

"What is it?"

"Reincarnation".

33. Don't worry, it's sugar.

Only through reincarnation can one achieve eternal life.

This is true.

Everything in the world has its own life and death. Grass, trees, wood, stone, and bricks, whether they have living beings or not, as long as they exist, they will be destroyed and annihilated.

Even the longest-living creature will die one day.

Even the Seven Dream Tree, a divine tree that has survived for countless years, eventually succumbed to depravity. If Yunping hadn't inherited its branches, it probably wouldn't have even had the chance to serve as the foundation for the new courtyard house.

In a way, building a courtyard on someone's grave actually saved his life.

That's what that heartless old rogue has always thought.

As for how to break free from the cycle of life and death, no matter how Yunping thought about it, there was only one answer he could come up with.

reincarnation.

Instead of defying death, we should accept it and decisively complete the established theory of life and death.

However, their nature is different; although it is death, it is also the opportunity for the birth of the next life.

If someone else's life and death are like a straight line from birth to death, then death will come at the end of the line.

The way to achieve reincarnation is to bend this straight line and connect the two ends together. In this way, the boundary called time will keep turning and turning, never stopping.

Its form is very close to the famous infinite Möbius from the world where Ye Yuchan once lived.

Although the concepts differ greatly, their fundamental ideas are nearly identical.

Ye Yuchan's heart trembled violently, and she exclaimed in shock, "So Ye Xuanqiu collected the twenty-one ultimate techniques so that she could be reborn indefinitely?"

That should be the case.

Yunping's answer contained a hint of certainty and a hint of hesitation.

The reason for this is that he did it before.

When Emperor Wu committed suicide, he discovered that there was the remaining essence of King Jin of the Cross within his body. It was the essence of the Twenty-One Ultimate, and in a sense, it was also the essence of the Origin Ancestor.

As the origin of this world at its very beginning, the essence of the ancestor was able to barely preserve his divine soul, which should have been completely shattered. Even though it was scattered throughout the three great heavens, it would slowly condense over time.

Yunping even suspected that the ancestor had died once, but had devised a method of reincarnation, which was why he had been able to rule this world for so long.

Fan Luo Kui frowned, puzzled, and asked, "But after collecting the twenty-one ultimates, how can one be reborn...? If one's soul is completely shattered, can one use the power of the twenty-one ultimates to directly reincarnate?"

"Yes."

Yunping took a deep breath and then revealed his guess.

"Because I suspect that the old man, Hongmeng Ancestor, was resurrected by using the Twenty-One Extremes."

"What??"

This statement came out.

There was an uproar.

Gu Xingzhuo's expression was somewhat strange. He himself was one of the twenty-one extremes, the Unpredictable Life and Death, and Yun Ping's words at this moment clearly brought him into the picture.

He gently pushed up his glasses, stared at Yunping, and asked, "Teacher, what's the basis for your statement...?"

“Hongmeng fought me once before. At that time, his injuries were so severe that he was barely clinging to life. I could see that his soul was almost completely shattered. Even Kunxuan couldn’t save him from that level.”

"But he lived a good life afterward, so there is a high probability that... he achieved reincarnation through the Twenty-One Extremes."

Jiang Shaoguang was so shocked by these words that he was speechless, and even when he did speak, he stammered, "Exactly... how do I do it?"