The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

"Hmph, you don't need to lie through your teeth. I know this name is corny."

Su Qi raised his head again, trying to appear indifferent, but his flushed cheeks betrayed him.

This haughty look amused the embarrassed Ruobingli, who couldn't resist leaning over from behind and giving her a quick bite on her rosy cheek.

Su Qi instantly bristled, her cheeks turning bright red as she jumped up, frantically wiping the remaining water from her face.

"Aaaaah...you stinky woman, what are you doing?"

When Ruobingli saw his shy expression, she burst into laughter and giggled nonstop.

Ye Bingli's true nature seemed to be revealed, and she mischievously pulled Su Qi into her arms, playing with him like a cat.

At this moment, Su Qi's body stiffened completely.

Just as Ruobingli was anticipating his next reaction, Su Qi suddenly trembled, his voice filled with pain and despair as he pushed her away.

"No...don't touch me, ugh..."

He covered his mouth, retching as he backed away step by step, his face filled with unconcealed fear.

"Don't touch me...don't touch me..."

His eyes were glazed over, and he kept repeating the same thing to himself.

Ruobingli stared in astonishment as he retreated to a corner of the room, clutching his clothes and huddling in a ball, trembling.

This is because... those thugs left him with psychological trauma, making him resist such intimate behavior?

This condition is known in modern times as PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

It is a psychological illness resulting from being harmed by others.

Realizing this, Ruobingli felt as if she had been stabbed in the chest again. Looking at the terrified and helpless Su Qi, she didn't know what to do.

"I'm sorry……"

"Don't come here!"

Seeing her approaching, Su Qi broke down in terror and screamed, and the black aura around her began to emanate again.

Ruo Bingli's heart ached even more.

"Okay, I won't go over there. Calm down."

Step back a few steps to give him enough safe space.

"I...I'm dirty, I'm so dirty, I need to take a shower."

As if muttering to himself, Su Qi, his eyes vacant, leaned against the wall to stand up and walked into the bathroom on his own.

Ruobingli felt as if her heart was being torn apart. She wanted to stop him, but dared not approach. She could only watch as he walked back into the bathroom and tightly closed the door.

About half an hour later, Su Qi finally came out, his hands and neck covered with red marks from rubbing himself hard.

Seeing this scene, Ruobingli could no longer hold back and covered her mouth as tears streamed down her face.

After calming herself down, she tried to approach Su Qi again and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that Su Qi did not resist her approach as before.

He approached and took Su Qi's blood-stained hand in his own.

"Master has been thinking about this for a long time. Now that you have become my disciple, it represents a new beginning. Master thinks you should be given a Daoist name to represent your rebirth. What do you think, Ruoxue?"

Ruoxue!

Pure as snow?

Is this an indication that he should forget his past darkness and start a bright new life?

Why not just call her Bai Jie? White and pure, what a wonderful meaning!

Su Qi's lifeless eyes gradually returned to their senses, quickly reverting to their previous gloomy state. He glanced at her coldly and shook off her hand that was holding his.

"You don't need to meddle in my business."

He then walked outside.

"Since you haven't refused, Master will take that as a yes!"

If Bingli acted on her own again, she saw Su Qi walk out the door and quickly followed him.

"Ruoxue, where are you going?"

Su Qi twitched the corner of his mouth, ignored her, and walked out the door.

If Bingli's residence is a bamboo house built on a mountaintop, one can see a vast bamboo forest below just by stepping out the door. Therefore, this place is called Bamboo Peak, and the disciples she teaches are also known as the Bamboo Peak lineage.

She lived alone on the entire summit; the other Bamboo Peak disciples all lived in the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain.

Standing at the edge, looking down at the bamboo forest below, Su Qi was lost in thought. Ruo Bingli stood beside him, not daring to disturb him rashly.

After a long silence, Su Qi suddenly spoke.

"Unless you kill me, I will not give up cultivating demonic arts."

"Why? If it's for revenge, then practicing righteous cultivation techniques is acceptable," Ruobingli tried to persuade her.

The reason why demonic arts are called demonic arts is because they can cause people to lose their minds and fall into demonic ways.

Su Qi seemed to remember something and tilted his head slightly.

"Have you ever read any popular novels set in the mortal realm? In them, the great villains are always eventually defeated by the chosen ones of justice!"

Ruo Bingli understood.

He still didn't give up, wanting to become a great villain like in the novels, to be destroyed by the chosen one.

"I will make you give up. It is your responsibility as a master to guide your disciple onto the right path!"

Su Qi did not refute him, but looked at the bamboo forest below and repeated it once more.

"I am the great demon, and sooner or later I will be destroyed by the chosen one in the name of justice."

Just as Ruobingli was about to say something, a female disciple arrived at the summit.

"Master, the sect leader has ordered you and this newly initiated junior sister to go to the main peak."

The female disciple secretly sized up Su Qi, her eyes filled with a hint of amazement and...jealousy.

Ruo Bingli frowned.

"I see."

……

When Ruobingli led Su Qi to the main peak, Su Qi could see from a distance two towering pillars of fortune.

The larger one, needless to say, is definitely Ye Feng's.

And the smaller one...

Damn, is this going to be another female lead?

Su Qi couldn't stand this awful harem novel anymore; he kept running into the female lead wherever he went.

It's disgusting to rush to send women to the chosen one.

Upon entering the main hall, all the elders they had seen earlier were present, and everyone's gaze turned to them, focusing on the two of them.

Many people were amazed when they saw Su Qi dressed in the robes of a Qingyun Sect disciple.

Ye Feng was completely mesmerized.

Obviously, no one expected that the slovenly little beggar would look so stunning after washing up and changing his clothes.

No wonder it was met with...

Su Qi's gaze quickly locked onto a certain girl in the arena.

On the high platform sat a middle-aged man with a slightly dignified appearance in the main seat, and next to him was the female lead.

Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes like autumn waves, yet they held an endless allure. Her skin was as white as snow, so delicate it seemed to break at a touch, and her lips were red without any lipstick, luscious and tempting.

Her long, flowing black hair cascaded down her back, adding to her allure. Her figure was graceful and slender, her waist slender, and her walk was always a captivating sway.

Her smile is gentle and sweet, making her both enigmatic and captivating.

She seemed innocent, but Su Qi's woman... ah, no, his intuition told him that this woman was not as simple as she appeared.

From the moment she entered, her gaze remained fixed on Ye Feng, her eyes filled with undisguised infatuation.

This left Su Qi with a huge question mark. Didn't Ye Feng just join the Qingyun Sect?

Why did the female lead fall for him so quickly?

Could it be that, like Mu Feier, these two had some kind of affair before?

It seems I need to find an opportunity to investigate her using the scroll.

Another thing that puzzled Su Qi was Ye Feng's position.

If he had been accepted as a disciple by Gu Yuefei or Jiang Ying, he should have been standing behind them.

But that wasn't the case. Ye Feng stood below the platform, not with any of the elders.

and so……

Could it be that he has become the disciple of the Qingyun Sect Master?