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

"Old Cai, don't expose me! I've just built up this image, and now you're making me lose face?" The man called Old Xu blushed and looked somewhat embarrassed.

Uh… Yun Qingyi was speechless for a moment, then suddenly thought of something.

“That’s not right, Elder Cai. Elder Xu is a well-known elder in charge of the Discipline Hall. The sect should distribute more or less spirit stones every month. How come…” Yun Qingyi felt that the last sentence was too hurtful and did not say it.

But everyone understands what it means.

"Hey, Uncle-Master, you don't know Old Xu. He flaunts his spirit stones as soon as he gets them. He can't control his mouth at all. Today he'll order a bowl of top-quality spirit beast meat, tomorrow he'll order a pot of peach blossom wine that's been brewed for a hundred years. If he keeps eating and drinking like this, it's no wonder he can't save any spirit stones. He's already at the Nascent Soul stage. I just don't understand why he can't control his mouth."

The one who spoke was not Elder Cai, but another Elder Liu.

Yun Qingyi: ...

"I understand, actually. Cultivators have different goals, and focusing on satisfying one's appetite is quite normal." Yun Qingyi smiled, lifting the cage in her hand and saying to Elder Cai, "We should go out now. Elder, how do we use this?"

"Hey, my master understands me best." After saying that, he winked at the two elders and then explained to Yun Qingyi with great enthusiasm, "It's very easy to use. My master just needs to open the lid on top of the cage and you'll see a groove. Just put the pill into the groove and it will automatically roll into the cage. Then close the lid and wait a few breaths, and the medicinal effect will gradually take effect."

It's that simple. Following Elder Xu's instructions, Yun Qingyi placed the Ice Heart Pill into the incense burner, and soon, wisps of medicinal fragrance filled the air.

The Ice Heart Pill has the effect of dispelling misfortune, and this illusion can also be considered a kind of misfortune. Everyone gathered around the small cage to absorb the medicinal properties. After about fifteen minutes, the surrounding scenery gradually changed and disintegrated, and finally returned to the familiar scene they had come from.

As soon as the elders emerged from the illusion, they used their spiritual power to blast several artificial hills and bushes, reducing them to nothing.

"Those places are the main source of the illusion and bewilderment. We actually noticed them when we came, but we were too careless and didn't clear them in time," the elders said apologetically. If it weren't for Aunt Qingyi's Ice Heart Pill, even if we could have gotten out in the end, the child would have been lost.

Actually, it wasn't that I was careless, but I didn't expect Gao Zhizhi to be so bold as to try to destroy the evidence.

"It's alright, elders, don't blame yourselves too much. We were able to rescue Xiaoxiao today thanks to the elders. It was a close call." Yun Qingyi shook her head and smiled.

Yun Qingrou and Ruan Qi nodded in agreement.

Seeing the elders like this, the elders felt even more guilty. Upholding the sect's justice was their duty, but now was not the time for sentimentality. They had witnessed firsthand that even if Gao Zhizhi was a disciple of the peak master, it did not change the fact that he had harmed his fellow disciples.

Elder Cai took out the jade token and swiftly sent a message back to the Discipline Hall, instructing them to notify the sect guards to keep a close watch on every checkpoint and prevent Gao Zhizhi from escaping.

After doing all this, the three elders and Yun Qingyi and the others conducted a thorough search of Bai Li Palace, with the divine senses of the Nascent Soul stage cultivators scanning every corner of Guangyu Peak again and again.

"She got away." Elder Liu's eyes were filled with anger.

"It's nothing, I just ran out of Guangyu Peak, I can't escape the Xuanmiao Sect. It's just that my magic artifact malfunctioned, I can't pinpoint its location no matter what I do." Elder Xu frowned and patted his tracking magic artifact.

"She is the disciple of the peak master, and she has many treasures to conceal her aura, so it's not surprising that we can't track her down," Elder Cai sighed, somewhat helplessly.

Yun Qingyi wasn't in a hurry. She looked at Xiaoxiao, who was still fast asleep, and said to Ruan Qi, "Ruan Qi, why don't you take Xiaoxiao back to rest? Xiaoya must miss him a lot."

Ruan Qi hesitated for a moment, but when he heard Xiao Ya's voice, he nodded and stopped refusing: "Okay, if you two uncles need anything, please call me."

"Arou." Seeing Ruan Qi walk away, Yun Qingyi gently called out to the girl beside her who was looking down and seemingly lost in thought.

"Sister." Yun Qingrou looked up and smiled. "Sister, I'm going back for a bit."

Yun Qingyi raised an eyebrow: "Perfect timing, I also need to go back."

"What a coincidence! Does this mean we're telepathically connected? We truly are a perfect match." Without waiting for Yun Qingyi to speak, he took her hand and bid farewell to the elders.

After exchanging messages on the jade tokens, the elders waved to Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou.

"Take care on your journey, my two senior uncles. We will inform you as soon as we have any news."

"Thank you."

……

After leaving Guangyu Peak, Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou tacitly flew towards the peak where their master lived on their swords.

For something like this, it's definitely faster to ask your own master to solve it! With such a powerful background, who would be foolish enough to use it as mere decoration?

Guimiao Peak has a similar layout to Peach Blossom Peak, resembling a secluded paradise, and is quite quiet and peaceful.

Upon arriving here, Yun Qingyi immediately felt her master's divine sense enveloping her.

Yun Qingyi: ...

Yun Qingyi walked into the courtyard on her own and saw Ci Gui playing the zither in the pavilion in the center of the lotus pond from afar.

The night was perfect, the moonlight bathed the lotus pond, and the cool moonlight shone on the man's white clothes.

His slender fingers gently plucked the strings, and the music flowed like water in a pond, lingering and echoing in the air, melodious and pleasant.

As Yun Qingyi enjoyed playing the zither, she headed towards him. The music ended just as she stepped into the pavilion.

"Why are you here?" Ci Gui sat upright in front of the guqin, his long hair hanging down his back like silk. He was not dressed in his usual elaborate clothes, but only in a relatively light white gauze. His long, soft black hair hung down his back, arms, and chest like silk.

The unique fragrance of green bamboo lingered intentionally or unintentionally around Yun Qingyi's nose.

Yun Qingyi: ...

sin.

Although I don't know what sin I have committed, I feel it's not good to stare at my master like this, so I try my best to quietly look away.

"Hmm?" Seeing that Yun Qingyi hadn't spoken for a long time, Ci Gui turned to look at her.

"I came to see Master because I have something to say..." Not daring to look at her master again, Yun Qingyi turned her head to the side and pretended to look at the lotus flowers, whispering.

"What happened?" Ci Gui asked gently, his voice filled with concern.

Although Yun Qingyi's voice was soft, it was enough for him to hear clearly.

Thinking about what happened today, Yun Qingyi was furious. Ignoring the strange feeling in her heart, she said to Cigui with some grievance, "Today I was trapped in an illusion, and she even tried to poison me to death. If I hadn't had the Ice Heart Pill, even if I hadn't died there, I certainly wouldn't have fared much better..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ci Gui anxiously pulled Yun Qingyi around to check her over: "Are you injured anywhere?"

“You’re not injured, Master, don’t worry.” Although her master is usually very kind to her, she was still touched to hear such words of concern.