Brother, how come you're a witch?

Xuanqing Sect.

Amidst the mountain peaks lies the sect's forum for discussions.

The moon-white longsword gleamed in the bright sunlight, its blade carrying the chilling autumn wind as it slashed out with deadly precision, knocking away the opponent's sword.

With a slight flick of her wrist, Liu Baishuang positioned her sword against her opponent's neck.

"Senior Brother Jiang, you've lost."

The girl nodded slightly, a warm smile playing on her lips.

Across from her stood Jiang Changming, the chief disciple of Jin Yuefeng, his face pale, his teeth trembling slightly.

"Yes, I will no longer pursue my junior sister, and, and..."

"Um?"

Liu Baishuang flicked her sword upwards.

"I will learn the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique."

Jiang Changming's face was full of bitterness, and he looked like he was about to cry.

Having received the answer she wanted, Liu Baishuang gracefully sheathed her sword, politely bowed to Senior Brother Jiang, and then turned back to her seat as a direct disciple.

Jiang Changming was distraught and staggered toward the disciples' seat of Jin Yue Peak. His legs trembled as if they had been cut off, and his fellow disciples who knew him well quickly ran over to help him up.

Su Yan sat among the outer disciples, giving Jiang Changming's sorrowful figure a thumbs-up:

"Keep going, young man. Reaching the Nascent Soul stage allows for complete rebirth."

Hopefully he'll still like women then.

"What do you think of Liu Baishuang's sword strike just now?" A cool voice came from the side.

"The sword energy is powerful and majestic. It's hard to imagine that this is the sword that can destroy the world... cough, such a beautiful girl can wield such a sword."

"How does it compare to your sword?"

"I'm just a useless outer sect Qi Refining disciple with only five spiritual roots, how can I compare to Senior Sister Liu?"

"Oh."

The person next to him snorted disdainfully.

Su Yan was speechless for a moment, then looked at Ye Jingqiu, who was sitting cross-legged beside him, with black hair and dark eyes, and a cold face as cold as an iceberg.

The number one genius of Sword Ruins, he started learning swordsmanship at the age of three, began cultivating at the age of five, and reached the Foundation Establishment stage at the age of twelve. Now at the age of nineteen, he has already stepped one foot into the Core Formation stage and is a monstrous talent predicted to be the leader of swordsmanship a hundred years from now.

It's normal for someone like her to come to the Xuanqing Sect, the largest sect in the Southern Territory, for an exchange program. What's abnormal is that she's sitting next to Su Yan, an outer disciple in the Qi Refining stage.

Because of this unusual nature, Su Yan often attracted many strange, inquisitive, and even malicious glances when he lectured at the sect.

"well."

Su Yan sighed inwardly.

Having attracted such a talented swordsman, Su Yan was certainly not without his own challenges.

Having once been a transmigrator, he went through the classic process of "starting as a loser, being jilted, awakening a system, and showing off and getting slapped in the face," and successfully cultivated into a true immortal.

But her carefree days were short-lived, as the world-destroying demoness Liu Baishuang led her army of demons to attack.

No one could stop him. Even Ye Jingqiu, who had become the ancestor of swordsmanship a thousand years later, died under the sword of the demoness Liu Baishuang.

The cultivation world is in danger of collapse. It is impossible to win on the front lines. We must find another way. The Time Dao Ancestor believes that as long as we go back a thousand years and prevent Liu Baishuang from contacting the Heavenly Demon, we can save the cultivation world.

So he patted Su Yan on the shoulder and told him, "Time travel requires someone born with all five elements. You are the only one in the entire cultivation world who has cultivated to become a true immortal with all five elements. Who else but you can undertake such a difficult and glorious task?" Then, without waiting for his agreement, he sent him back.

Su Yan's cultivation was completely stripped away by the time turbulence, and he was attacked by a late-stage Foundation Establishment demon beast upon landing.

Left with no other choice, he could only unleash his sword intent at the True Immortal level, using his qi to create a sword and slay the demon beast in one strike.

Unfortunately, Ye Jingqiu happened to be passing by and witnessed this scene.

"Fellow Daoist Ye Jingqiu, as an exchange disciple, your seat is not here at all. Could you please sit back down?"

Su Yan was somewhat helpless. His mission was to get close to the young form of the world-destroying demones, Liu Baishuang. However, as a genius among the younger generation of the Xuanqing Sect, she seemed to be in a competitive relationship with the genius of the Sword Ruins beside him.

Ye Jingqiu followed Su Yan around every day, which made Liu Baishuang's cold stares fall on him as well. More than two months after entering the sect, he still hadn't been able to get close to Liu Baishuang or say a single word to her.

If this continues, the cultivation world will be destroyed, and you, Ye Jingqiu, will be the number one sinner!

He really wanted to explain the seriousness of the matter to this sword fanatic, but going back to the past was no child's play. The more people knew about the future, the greater the deviation from the future would become.

Su Yan, a dignified True Immortal, disguised himself as a useless outer disciple for this very reason. If he acted too differently and attracted the attention of powerful figures, he would be caught and subjected to a soul search, which would be disastrous.

This is also why Liu Baishuang should not be killed unless absolutely necessary.

Eliminating someone who will have a significant impact on the future could very well lead to the collapse of that future.

Su Yan kept gesturing to Ye Jingqiu with his eyes to hurry up and climb.

"Perform that again, and I'll leave," Ye Jingqiu said calmly.

"Haven't you already seen it all? Why are you coming again?"

"Yes, that one, hurry up."

"Absolutely not, don't even think about it."

Su Yan refused sternly.

With his current lowly cultivation level, forcibly activating a high-level sword intent would consume his essence and blood, which, in layman's terms, would damage his kidneys.

It's nothing to damage your kidneys for a beautiful woman, but Ye Jingqiu, as a sword fanatic, is definitely the type who wants more after having more. Who can stand the daily drain on his essence and blood?

This head cannot be opened.

On the stage, the chaos of the sudden confession-style challenge had subsided, and the sect's elders began explaining some cultivation knowledge.

Just then, a cold gaze swept over from the front row of disciples, stared at Su Yan for a moment, and then quickly disappeared.

Su Yan didn't even need to look up to know that Liu Baishuang was looking down on him with her eyes again. As a member of Xuanqing Sect, how could she be so close to Ye Jingqiu, a disciple of the Sword Ruins who was her rival? To put it bluntly, she was practically a traitor within the sect.

If things continue like this, I'm afraid I'll never be able to be friends with Liu Baishuang in this lifetime. How can I find out the source of her contact with the Heavenly Demon? How can I teach her, persuade her, and awaken the truth, goodness, and beauty in her heart?

The cultivation world is truly doomed!

Let's ask Senior Brother Li if he has any other ideas.

Li Changsheng, the True Lord of the Day, is a legendary figure. He not only achieved true immortality with the four spiritual roots, but also had ambiguous and intimate relationships with hundreds of female cultivators. In the end, he was able to escape unscathed, traversing through the flower garden without getting a single petal on him.

He's practically a real-life version of the hidden master.

He volunteered to go back in time to teach Liu Baishuang, traveling through time before Su Yan.

Those who are not born with all five elements are at great risk of being caught in the temporal turbulence. Su Yan had not held out much hope that he would survive, but he actually arrived safely.

It's as if he's been seriously injured and has been hiding to heal, refusing to come out and show himself.

Su Yan took out his communication jade token. Senior Brother Li, a master of the remote woods with a heart full of righteousness and a willingness to sacrifice his life, must know how to get close to a girl like Liu Baishuang.

"Beep beep beep".

Just as Su Yan was about to send a telepathic message, the jade tablet lit up on its own. Senior Brother Li had actually contacted him at that moment.

"Don't whisper with the fellow practitioners next to you during class."

"?"

Su Yan remained silent.

Sometimes he felt that Senior Brother Li was really mysterious. Everyone here had cultivated to become a true immortal, so why was there any need to listen to this kind of sect lecture?

He looked up and around, but didn't see Senior Brother Li anywhere.

In fact, even if Li Changsheng were sitting next to him, Su Yan wouldn't recognize him, as he and this True Lord Bai Ri had never had any connection.

"That's enough."

Whispering is not allowed, but chatting on Fetion is permitted.

Su Yan sent a message back to Li Changsheng with a thought:

"Senior Brother Li, you said you'd create an opportunity for me to get in touch with Liu Baishuang, how's that going?"

A seemingly unrelated message quickly returned: "What did you think of Liu Baishuang's performance just now?"

"His pose is cool, his expression is arrogant, and I love the thighs under his skirt."

Su Yan replied quickly. Of course, the wording when chatting with his brother was different from that when chatting with the sword-obsessed woman, even if they were talking about the same battle:

"But why are you asking me this? It's just two Foundation Establishment cultivators fighting."

"Didn't you say before that you thought Liu Baishuang was quite cute when she was little?"

Su Yan was stunned and embarrassed.

This was indeed the first message he sent to Li Changsheng after landing.

He wasn't familiar with Bai Ri Zhenjun, and after holding the jade token for a long time, he thought about what to say. He remembered that in his previous life, when he first entered school, he chatted with his roommates about the pretty girls in their class, and they established a deep revolutionary friendship overnight. So he felt compelled to speak.

Unexpectedly, although Li Changsheng was a master of hidden wood, he did not like to talk about romance and beautiful women.

From then on, he had a strange attitude towards Su Yan and often used this message to tease him.

"So cute, so very cute."

Su Yan composed himself, not feeling there was anything wrong with appreciating beautiful things, and sent a message via teleportation:

"Her face was exquisitely beautiful, her voice was lovely, she was respectful to her teachers and elders, friendly to her fellow disciples, diligent in her cultivation, and serious in her work."

"And her fashion sense is pretty good too. It's just that after I told you last time that she looked good in white stockings, she never wore them again, which is such a pity."

"But going barefoot has its own unique charm."

"How could such a wonderful girl turn into a vixen...?"

Su Yan sent a whole bunch of messages in one go, as a way of commemorating his youth that had passed away thousands of years ago in his previous life.

Li Changsheng fell into a long silence, not saying a word, to the point that Su Yan wondered if he had been blocked.

After a long while, a message finally drifted over:

"She will go out to cultivate at midnight tonight, to the Enlightenment Cliff on Little Bamboo Peak, alone."