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

Chapter 18, Part 3: Proving the Way Through Time

"it is good."

Yun Qingyi maintained her aloof demeanor, afraid that her true intentions would be revealed and Xie Xiyan would suspect her of having ulterior motives.

"Grass (a type of plant), you're enduring so much hardship. What are you still looking at? Why aren't you leaving yet?" Just as Yun Qingyi couldn't hold back any longer and was about to ask, Xie Xiyan chuckled.

"The deep-sea spirit pearl on the hairpin that the fairy is wearing is no ordinary object. To avoid unnecessary trouble, it would be better for the fairy to put it away."

Yun Qingyi was slightly taken aback, and obediently put the Deep Sea Spirit Pearl hairpin back into her storage bracelet. As the hairpin was taken away, her long black hair fell down and fluttered in the wind.

For some reason, Xie Xiyan suddenly felt his ears getting hot. Seeing that it was getting late, he said softly, "Well... it's getting late. We'll meet again sometime."

"Yun Qingyi".

Xie Xiyan had only taken two steps when he heard a clear, cold female voice behind him. He paused, awkwardly said, "Xie Xiyan," and then hurriedly left.

The plan worked.

Yun Qingyi watched the boy gradually disappear, feeling exceptionally happy.

"Sister, did you buy the Xuanbing Flower and the small pagoda to give to that fellow Daoist just now?"

Yun Qingrou was also staring in the direction Xie Xiyan had left, her brows furrowed, and she asked in confusion.

This boy is dangerous. Although he is only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, his killing intent is even greater than hers.

“Yes, Arou, he is our anomaly.” Yun Qingyi’s eyes flashed as she looked up at the sky. The auction had started in the afternoon and had been going on for several hours. Now it was pitch black all around, with the stars shining brightly in the sky and the Milky Way stretching out in a vast expanse. It was so beautiful.

She will be looking at a sky like this for a long time to come; a few years won't be enough, and decades won't be enough either. Therefore, she must work even harder to break free from the cage woven by fate.

Xie Xiyan, though only briefly mentioned in the book, is not the protagonist and does not participate in the main storyline, yet he is the only character in this world in the past ten thousand years to have achieved enlightenment and ascend to immortality.

The book describes him neither too much nor too little, only that he was exceptionally talented from a young age and was doted on by his parents. However, when he was seven years old, the barbarian demons invaded. The Xie family was one of the four great families of the Northern Spirit Continent, and Xie Xiyan's parents, as the most famous geniuses at the time, volunteered to go to the barbarian border.

Later, the demons retreated, but Xie Xiyan's parents never returned. As an orphan, Xie Xiyan was sent to his uncle's house, which was the Xie family head's house, Xie Xu's father's house. Originally, because of his talent, the Xie family head treated him well. Later, for some unknown reason, Xie Xiyan suddenly could not cultivate, and the spiritual power he absorbed seemed to sink into the sea.

Seeing that he had no further use, the Xie family patriarch was extremely disappointed in him and even complained that Xie Xiyan was a good-for-nothing, yet they had to waste a year's worth of resources on him.

From then on, the Xie family ignored their brother's child, and even the servants bullied and embezzled his food. Some even went so far as to sell him to men with certain tastes because he was more handsome than a girl.

Although Xie Xiyan was not well-liked in the Xie family, the family's reputation was paramount. After the Xie family head learned of this, he had the servant dragged away and beaten to death, and Xie Xiyan thus escaped unscathed.

From then on, although they still disliked Xie Xiyan, no one dared to come up with any more messy ideas. As a result, Xie Xiyan was able to live peacefully until he was thirteen years old. In that year, for some unknown reason, he suddenly disappeared from the Xie family.

The Xie family did not search for him. To them, Xie Xiyan had been eating and drinking for free for so many years, and his death outside would save them the trouble of supporting him in his old age.

The name Xie Xiyan never appeared again in the book until two thousand years later, when the female protagonist Yun Yu'er died, and Xie Xiyan's name reappeared.

Moreover, there was only one sentence: At that time, Xie Xiyan had already completed his tribulation, and the road ahead was clear. He could prove his Dao in three thousand years. The path to immortality was long and there was no need to ask about the way he came.

Heaven knows how shocked she was when she discovered that the black-robed youth in the auction hall was Xie Xiyan, the first person on this continent to attain immortality and ascend to heaven in nearly ten thousand years.

Although she didn't know what had happened to him, her intuition told her that this was a golden opportunity that she had to cling to.

Yun Qingyi was convinced that if someone who was originally detached from the plot were to be involved in this storyline, the plot would fall apart.

……

Back at Xiangyun Inn.

Yun Qingyi took out that dark, unremarkable stone.

The phoenix is ​​an ancient mythical beast with an extremely proud nature. Zhuangzi once said that it would not perch except on the parasol tree, would not eat except for the fruit of the lotus, and would not drink except from the sweet spring. In the book, she did not form a contract with Yun Yu'er. Although there was no contract, the phoenix felt that Yun Yu'er had rescued it from the black stone, so it never refused any request Yun Yu'er made to it.

With the ancient divine beast as her ultimate weapon, Yun Yu'er is invincible, capable of slaying gods and Buddhas alike. Those who obey her prosper, while those who oppose her perish.

After examining the black stone from all angles several times, Yun Qingyi suddenly gripped it tightly. Fortunately, the phoenix egg was now hers.

Taking a deep breath, Yun Qingyi put the egg aside and began to meditate and cultivate. Although everything was developing in a good direction, she still could not relax. If she was not in an absolutely advantageous position, any slackness would give the enemy a chance to launch a fatal counterattack.

……

After staying in Lancheng for about twenty days, the grand ceremony of personal instruction finally began.

At the foot of Xuanmiao Mountain.

Yun Qingyi discovered a very serious problem. She originally wanted Cao Changle to enter the Xuanmiao Sect together, but she suddenly realized that Cao Changle actually had a master from the beginning!

He couldn't help but slap his forehead inwardly. In the world of cultivation, lineage is the most important thing. How could he have forgotten? Fortunately, he hadn't mentioned this to him, otherwise the young man would have been sad and upset for a long time, thinking that he had made him abandon his master and ancestors.

What about Cao Changle? Yun Qingyi was now in a dilemma.

"Qingyi, Qingyi?"

"Huh?" Yun Qingyi came to her senses and found that Yun Qingrou, Cao Changle, and the four elders were all looking at her.

"What are you thinking about, so engrossed?" Cao Changle said with a gentle smile.

"I'm thinking... how to get you up here." Yun Qingyi looked at Cao Changle, and then began to struggle again. She couldn't very well say that this young man was her bodyguard.

It seems... it might not be a bad idea?

Just as Yun Qingyi started to have wild thoughts again, Cao Changle smiled gently and said, "Don't worry about that. I will go and look for her after Qingyi enters the sect."

Yun Qingyi was slightly taken aback, and she quickly put the thoughts of bodyguards, pageboys, and maids back into her mind. If you had a solution, you should have said so earlier.

"Then you and the elders can wait for me and Arou at the foot of the mountain. If you are selected, come find me. If not, Arou and I will be back soon."

After saying this, he bid farewell to the elders.

"Go, Miss and Second Miss!"

"Definitely." Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou both turned around and replied with smiles.

More and more people are going up the mountain, and at the foot of the mountain, many elders are encouraging and inspiring their children, just like the old folks.

Yun Qingyi looked at the steps beneath her feet, stretching endlessly to the top of the mountain. Feeling the pressure transmitted from the steps to her body, she took a deep breath and began to climb.