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

"That's good." Ci Gui put away his zither, took out a table and chairs, and sat down with Yun Qingyi.

"Tell me about it."

Yun Qingyi recounted everything that had happened at Guangyu Peak to Cigui, and even after she finished, Cigui's face remained expressionless.

"Master?"

"Yes, I know where they are. Come with me." Ci Gui stood up and walked outside.

"Huh? When did this happen?" Yun Qingyi was a little confused. She had just finished speaking when they knew where the person was? That was too amazing.

“When you start to say your third sentence,” Ci Gui’s voice came back from the front.

Yun Qingyi followed along eagerly.

Ci Gui had changed back into her usual elaborate attire, losing her previous gentleness and becoming more refined and elegant.

Following the words, they arrived at the back mountain of Xuanmiao Sect on their swords. The back mountain of Xuanmiao Sect is full of rare and precious materials, but it is also fraught with danger. Therefore, the disciples of the sect choose to train on the outer perimeter, with a few venturing deeper into the area. However, no one has ever been heard of entering the inner perimeter.

"I never expected her to hide in the back mountain. I thought she would try to escape." Yun Qingyi was somewhat surprised.

“She knew she couldn’t escape, and other places weren’t safe, so she came here,” Ci Gui said, gazing at the rolling, lush mountains and forests below.

"Master, aren't we going down?" Yun Qingyi asked, puzzled, seeing that Ci Gui hadn't made any further moves.

"Just wait a moment."

Before long, a group of people came flying towards the two of them on their swords.

Yun Qingyi looked back and saw that it was Sect Master Qingyue, Yun Qingrou, and the three elders from the Discipline Hall.

"Sister, you and the sect leader are so fast!" Yun Qingrou saw Yun Qingyi and excitedly flew towards her on her sword.

“We’re about the same,” Yun Qingyi said with a smile.

"Greetings, Sect Leader Cigui." The three elders also quickly arrived.

"Hmm." Ci Gui responded lightly, casting a beam of light towards the forest below. The golden light and shadow were particularly eye-catching under the moonlight.

The light and shadow seemed startled by the sudden turn of events and quickly moved deeper into the forest.

"Catch her."

Upon hearing this, the three elders quickly set out.

Seeing the golden light and shadow darting around using the magic weapon, Ci Gui waved his sleeve again, and the light and shadow instantly became immobilized.

A short while later, the three elders returned carrying Gao Zhizhi.

The moment she saw Ci Gui, the woman's face turned ashen, and her light green clothes were somewhat dirty and disheveled from her escape through the forest.

Her spiritual power had just been suddenly sealed, and she wanted to cry but dared not make a sound until she saw the Qingyue Sect Master, at which point she burst into tears.

"Grandmaster, please do justice for me."

"Grandmaster, Zhizhi didn't do it on purpose."

"They all want to harm my master." After saying this, he glared at Yun Qingyi with his bloodshot eyes.

Yun Qingyi: ?

"Noisy." Ci Gui frowned slightly.

Elder Liu, with his keen insight, silenced Gao Zhizhi.

"Return to the main hall, I will interrogate them personally." After saying this, Ci Gui took Yun Qingyi and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Even after Ci Gui and Yun Qingyi had completely disappeared, the Qingyue Sect Master remained silent as she looked at Gao Zhizhi in front of her, the moonlight falling on her making her appear somewhat sorrowful.

“Master…” Yun Qingrou had never seen her master like this before, and asked with some concern.

"I'm fine, I just can't understand how your senior sister, such a good girl, could have taught such a disciple?"

"You can imagine how heartbroken she must be."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingrou was momentarily at a loss for words.

But the Qingyue Sect Master didn't want an answer. He took Yun Qingrou's hand and said to her, "Let's go, your martial aunt is waiting for us."

Having said that, he disappeared into the mountains and forests.

The three Nascent Soul stage elders were left standing there, stunned, with Gao Zhizhi, whom they had just captured.

"What are you all standing there for? Let's go. You can't teleport people, and you can't even fly on a sword?" Elder Cai broke the awkward atmosphere by grabbing Gao Zhizhi from Elder Xu and Elder Liu's hands and heading straight for the main hall.

Elder Xu, Elder Liu: ...

They can't teleport people with them, but they can now teleport there themselves.

……

The main hall of the Xuanmiao Sect.

Elder Cai had just dismounted from his sword with Gao Zhizhi in his arms when he realized that everyone in the hall was present except for him. He glanced at Elder Xu and Elder Cai, who were sitting calmly to the side, and suddenly felt like he was about to suffer internal injuries from holding it in.

Several more seats were added to the main hall. Yun Qingyi took the lead and sat down below the three sect leaders, followed by the peak masters and Yun Qingrou and Gu Qiqing.

Normally, the three sect leaders rarely participate in sect affairs; they are usually managed jointly by several peak masters. However, the situation is serious today, so Ci Gui has summoned everyone to jointly decide on this matter.

Elder Cai placed Gao Zhizhi in the hall and removed the seal from her mouth.

As soon as the seal was broken, Gao Zhizhi cried and kowtowed to the three sect leaders, saying, "Zhizhi doesn't know why the sect leaders came to arrest me in such a big way. Zhizhi is innocent! Please let Zhizhi go."

As soon as Gao Zhizhi finished speaking, Elder Liu and Elder Xu, who had arrived at the main hall before Elder Cai, immediately took out a recording stone.

We have already recorded what happened at Guangyu Peak with the recording stone and shown it to the heads of each sect. Would you like to watch it again in front of them?

Gao Zhizhi turned pale with fright, never expecting that the two elders would still be in the mood to take a picture with the recording stone under such circumstances.

If the two elders knew what Gao Zhizhi was thinking, they would definitely scoff: This is the most basic professional quality of their Discipline Hall, okay? You can't even preserve evidence at any time, and you still want to work in the Discipline Hall? Dream on!

Seeing the disappointed and gloomy faces all around, Gao Zhizhi knew she couldn't argue her way out, so she started to play the emotional card out of desperation.

"Grandmaster, Uncle Master." She looked at the Qingyue Sect Master and Lu Lin, who was also a disciple of the sect master, with a wronged expression.

Lu Lin grew up with Bai Li, so he usually treated her, his junior niece, quite well. She looked at them with a pitiful expression: "Zhi Zhi didn't mean it. Please, Grandmaster and Uncle, forgive me for Master's sake."

Upon hearing this, the Qingyue Sect Master coldly looked at the girl kneeling in the hall, pleading.

"How dare you mention your master?"

"If Bai Li knew that she had a disciple like you who harmed her fellow disciples, she would definitely be extremely disappointed in you."

"How could you do such a thing, bullying your fellow disciples and harming your junior brothers? Your character is simply despicable and shameful."

After saying that, the Qingyue Sect Master turned his head to the side, unwilling to look at her anymore.

After hearing those words, Gao Zhizhi, still unwilling to give up, looked at Lu Lin again: "Uncle-Master..."

Lu Lin didn't look at her; a hint of disgust flashed across his refined and handsome face. Instead, he looked at Elder Cai, who was not far away: "Elder, according to the rules of our sect, what punishment is given for harming a fellow disciple?"

"Reporting to Peak Master Lu, according to the rules of our sect, those who harm fellow disciples shall be punished with eighty-one lashes and then banished to the Cold Valley until their death."

Upon hearing this, Gao Zhizhi's already pale face turned even paler.