I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

Ruan Qi didn't say anything more, silently putting away the "Moon Gazing at the Sea" painting, and his respect for Yun Qingyi grew even stronger.

"Here, this is a gift for you." Seeing that Ruan Qi had put away the "Moon Gazing at the Sea" painting, Yun Qingyi smiled and handed her a storage ring.

“I have one too.” Yun Qingrou also took out a storage ring and handed it to Ruan Qi.

"This..." Ruan Qi hesitated. She had already asked them for help, so how could she accept their gifts?

"Take it." Yun Qingyi didn't waste any words and directly pulled Ruan Qi's hand, placing the ring, along with the one Yun Qingrou had given her, into her palm.

Seeing this, Ruan Qi stopped being coy and accepted the money generously, thinking that she would repay Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou well in the future.

Seeing that she accepted it, Yun Qingyi nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, now all we need to do is go and rescue your good friend." Yun Qingyi looked at the orange-red sky on the horizon: "The timing is just right, we can still have dinner."

Although they were already allowed to abstain from grains once they reached the Foundation Establishment stage, Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou still occasionally gathered for meals to indulge their appetites.

Thinking of the spirit beast meat that Yun Qingrou made, Yun Qingyi swallowed hard.

"Let's go." With that, he summoned his spirit and soared away on his sword.

Finish early so you can eat early.

Seeing Yun Qingyi leave, Yun Qingrou and Ruan Qi followed closely behind.

……

Guangyu Peak.

Bai Li, the peak master of Guangyu Peak, is the disciple of Qingyue Sect Master and Yun Qingrou's senior sister. The person they are going to find this time is her disciple, Gao Zhizhi.

Yun Qingyi and her group arrived at Guangyu Peak and headed straight for their destination. Behind Yun Qingyi, besides Ruan Qi and Yun Qingrou, were several elders from the Discipline Hall.

What a joke! Although Gao Zhizhi is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, who knows if she has any other people around her? Even if she doesn't, I've heard that Gao Zhizhi has many admirers. What if one of her powerful and fanatical admirers disregards age and status and beats her up? There's nothing she can do about it.

After all, this is the world of cultivation. When the higher-ups get angry, they don't care who your disciple is; whoever has the strongest fist is the one who's right.

Therefore, before coming to Guangyu Peak, Yun Qingyi went to the Discipline Hall first and asked for several Nascent Soul stage elders before coming over.

Bai Li built many palaces on Guangyu Peak. As Bai Li's only disciple, Gao Zhizhi naturally lived in the palace closest to Bai Li.

Yun Qingyi glanced at the plaque above Baili Palace and went inside.

"who are you?"

Before entering the palace, several young maids rushed out and blocked Yun Qingyi and her entourage.

"How dare you! Don't be disrespectful to your martial uncle!" One of the accompanying elders immediately released his aura, scaring the little girls in front of him so much that their faces turned pale.

"Master Aunt?" They were puzzled. Since they had already reached the Golden Core stage, they hadn't gone to the sect competition, and Gao Zhizhi wanted them to protect her at all times, so they could only stay at Guangyu Peak all day.

They knew nothing about what was happening in the outside world, only that the sect leaders had taken in several disciples a few months ago.

Could it be these people in front of us?

The maids secretly sized up Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou. Although the two were only at the Foundation Establishment stage, their auras were so powerful that they were somewhat frightening. The maids subconsciously shrank back and continued to look down.

When they saw Ruan Qi, they were all stunned.

"Well, Ruan Qi, you actually deceived your martial uncle to cause trouble at Guangyu Peak. Have you been getting beaten less lately? It's only been a short time, and you're already itching for a beating, aren't you?"

Upon seeing Ruan Qi, the young girls regained their composure, and Yun Qingyi gave the elders a wink.

The elder immediately understood and with a wave of his hand, the junior disciples fell to the ground.

"Who gave you permission to point fingers at the people your uncle brought and spout such arrogant words?"

For a moment, the junior disciples fell silent, all huddled together, and looked at the elders behind Yun Qingyi with some fear.

Yun Qingyi's gaze was icy, her face like frost. She swept her eyes over the disciples on the ground one by one. These disciples were all at the Golden Core stage or above, but none of them looked like they should be at the Golden Core stage. Moreover, their auras were weak and unstable, clearly indicating that their foundations were not solid.

Yun Qingyi felt that she had overestimated them by bringing the elders with her.

She walked step by step into the hall, found a place to sit down, and Yun Qingrou and the others stood beside her waiting for instructions.

"Where is Gao Zhizhi?" Yun Qingyi asked casually, looking at the disciple kneeling on the ground.

"Junior Sister has gone out and hasn't returned yet. Does Martial Uncle have something to discuss with Junior Sister Gao?" From the moment they saw Ruan Qi, the disciples knew why Yun Qingyi and her group had come, but they still pretended to be clueless.

"I don't want to waste words with you. Release Xiaoxiao." Yun Qingyi looked coldly at the people in front of her and said in a calm tone.

"The disciples don't know what their master is talking about."

"three."

"two."

"What is Martial Aunt trying to do? We don't know anything about it." Hearing Yun Qingyi count, the disciples felt a strange sense of panic.

"Still not planning to hand it over?"

"We disciples don't know what our Martial Aunt is talking about." Although they were a little flustered, they were still Golden Core cultivators in the sect, and they didn't believe that Yun Qingyi could do anything to them.

Besides, their hiding place is very well hidden; they don't believe Yun Qingyi and her group can find it.

"one."

"You've used up your chances." With that, Yun Qingyi gestured for the elders to arrest the female disciples.

"You, you can't do this! Without any evidence, why are you arresting us!" The disciples of Bai Li Palace shouted in fear.

Yun Qingyi frowned; it was a bit noisy.

The elders immediately knocked the disciples unconscious, sent out several messages through the jade tablets, and soon after, the disciples were taken away.

Yun Qingyi turned to Ruan Qi and said, "You can take that thing out now."

Ruan Qi nodded and took out the jade pendant in his hand, handing it to the elder beside him.

The elders took out a special positioning tool, placed the jade pendant on it, and then a humming sound rang out.

The long needle on the ritual implement pointed in another direction.

After navigating winding corridors and several cleverly designed illusions, they finally found the missing Xiaoxiao.

The little boy was huddled in the small wooden cage, surrounded by darkness.

As the hidden door opened, the beam of light gradually shone in.

"Xiaoxia?"

Ruan Qi tentatively called out, her heart burning with anger, yet she looked at the little boy in front of her with heartache.

The boy was covered in dirt and blood, and under the tattered burlap were marks of whipping, most of which had turned into pus and blood.

Even the elders of the Discipline Hall, who were used to seeing punishments, had never seen a child treated like this.

Two people couldn't bear to watch any longer and turned their heads away.

Xiao Xiao thought it was someone else coming to bully him, and his body trembled uncontrollably with fear until he heard a familiar voice, at which point he couldn't help but be startled.

Then tears streamed down his face uncontrollably, but the salty tears made the wound on his face even more painful.

"Ruan Qi, let me treat him," Yun Qingrou patted Ruan Qi's shoulder, comforting him.