Brother, how come you're a witch?

into the night.

Whether it was Su Yan's words or not, they greatly shocked the naive and inexperienced sword-obsessed girl, because in any case, she didn't even come to the outer sect male disciples' residence today.

Su Yan was happy to have some peace and quiet, so he sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

Su Yan, a seemingly useless person with five spiritual roots, cultivated into a true immortal. Of course, he relied on more than just the system; his own hard work was also an extremely important factor.

His cultivation level has now regressed to the peak of Qi Refining, but the system and the spells he has already learned in the system still exist. As long as he reaches the minimum cultivation level required to use them, he can immediately cast them with full proficiency.

The techniques and moves evolved by the system are several times more powerful than the originals. In an era where the overall level of cultivation was a version behind a thousand years ago, the spells that Su Yan mastered could be said to be the strongest.

The only problem is that cultivating the five spiritual roots is too slow.

Moreover, he was too much of a nobody. If Su Yan had a Heavenly Spiritual Root, he would have been accepted as a personal disciple upon entering the sect, and it would have been much easier for him to get to know Liu Baishuang.

Su Yan cultivated until midnight, but his spiritual power barely increased.

He had gotten used to this slow, tortoise-like pace of cultivation and calmly got up to put on a brand-new Taoist robe.

An unsung hero like him, who secretly saves the world, usually wears battle armor when he takes action. Unfortunately, Su Yan is currently short of money and can only use the new disciple uniform of the Xuanqing Sect that he just bought as a substitute.

Hair tied up, sword at his side.

Su Yan walked out of the outer disciples' residence, but still couldn't find Ye Jingqiu, so he quickly walked towards Xiaozhu Peak.

Although Xuanqing Sect did not have a curfew, only a few disciples were still out and about late at night. Su Yan did not encounter many people along the way, and his figure quickly disappeared into the mountains.

The area in front of the outer disciples' residences became quiet again.

After a while, a somewhat hesitant figure suddenly walked from the direction of the inner gate.

Ye Jingqiu's expression was somewhat complicated. She stood at the entrance of the male disciples' quarters for a while, struggling, but still couldn't suppress the restlessness in her heart. She lowered her steps and walked towards the men's bathroom.

At this time, there is usually no one in the bathroom.

Ye Jingqiu sneaked in with mixed feelings. He had been coming here every day for more than a month, but he had never felt so guilty as he did today.

She composed herself and walked towards Su Yan's private cubicle in the humid, misty air.

As a peak Qi Refining cultivator, Su Yan still holds considerable prestige among the outer disciples, so it's perfectly reasonable for him to have a separate bathing space in his outer sect residence.

Ye Jingqiu stopped at the door of the small cubicle, pressed her slender hand to her chest, and took several deep breaths.

Her usually cold face was flushed, whether from the steam in the bathroom or from some other thought, it was hard to tell.

"If I don't use my divine sense to perceive, I can just sneak a peek and he shouldn't be able to notice."

Ye Jingqiu muttered something under his breath, gripped the wall with his hands, stood on tiptoe, and tried to peer through the high window of the small cubicle.

Her eyes were closed, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her fingers were gripping the wall tightly.

The words Su Yan had said during the day flashed through his mind again.

Ye Jingqiu gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, and slowly opened his eyes.

The small cubicle was sparsely misted, and the wooden bucket in the middle was empty, with no water inside.

Nobody here?

Ye Jingqiu blinked, his pupils suddenly dilating.

Nobody here?!

Her half-step Core Formation stage divine sense instantly spread out, covering the entire bathroom.

The senior disciple from the outer sect, who was taking a shower in the next cubicle, exclaimed in surprise and quickly covered his face with his hand.

Ye Jingqiu didn't bother to look; all she knew was that Su Yan wasn't in the bathroom.

She immediately turned and rushed out of the bathroom, dashing into the outer sect male disciples' quarters as fast as she could.

The outer disciples who were still wandering in the corridor retreated in fear, and even the old man who had come down from the inner sect couldn't stop this half-step Core Formation sword cultivator genius.

Ye Jingqiu rushed to Su Yan's room, kicked the door open, and quickly scanned the room.

Su Yan was not there, nor was his sword.

Ye Jingqiu gritted her teeth and slapped her thigh:

"He really did go practice swordsmanship behind my back!"

You're not even at home! You're despicable!

We sword cultivators don't act like that. If you don't want me to watch you practice your sword, then you should defeat me fairly by unleashing your sword energy so I won't follow you anymore.

Then I'll challenge you again, you unleash your sword energy again, I'll challenge you again, you unleash it again...

How could you use such a shameless lie!

Ye Jingqiu clenched her fists tightly, and the thought of possibly missing Su Yan's sword practice made her so anxious that she wanted to pace around in circles.

No! I must find him!

Ye Jingqiu sniffed, trying to catch Su Yan's scent in the room.

She was renowned for her swordsmanship talent, but few knew that Ye Jingqiu also possessed an exceptionally keen sense of smell, almost rivaling that of some demonic beasts.

This special sense of smell also gave her a kind of intuition in battle, which helped her turn danger into safety many times.

Having followed Su Yan for nearly two months, spending more than twelve hours a day with him, she had become very familiar with his demeanor.

But this is not enough.

Ye Jingqiu's eyes flashed, and he grabbed a piece of clothing from the bed. It was the old-style disciple's robe of the Xuanqing Sect that Su Yan had worn during the day.

He even changed his clothes before practicing swordsmanship, taking it so seriously...

Ye Jingqiu became increasingly certain that Su Yan was also a sword enthusiast, so he no longer hesitated and buried his face in Su Yan's clothes to take a deep breath.

This is the taste!

The sword-obsessed girl slowly raised her face, which was buried in her clothes, her eyes resolute.

In her perception, Su Yan's scent, like a silk thread, wafted from the doorway and extended into the mountains.

......

Xiaozhufeng.

The Xuanqing Sect occupies a vast area with hundreds of mountains of varying sizes, many of which are deliberately left unprotected by any array formations or barriers.

Because the founding patriarch believed that actual combat was the only standard for testing cultivation, he deliberately left many places within the sect for fighting.

The founding patriarch also believed that cultivators should go to the front lines, to the most dangerous places, and to the places where they are needed.

Therefore, the entire Xuanqing Sect was built on the border of the human race, adjacent to the territory of the demon race.

As a result, these mountains without array barriers are teeming with monsters, and occasionally even demons appear.

There are no array barriers on Xiaozhu Peak, but because it is located in the heart of the sect and not far from the main peak, it is relatively safe, and newly established disciples like to come here for practical combat.

Liu Baishuang stood on the Enlightenment Cliff of Xiaozhu Peak, her eyes lowered as she coldly watched the path leading up the mountain.

In the hidden darkness where the cliff met the forest behind her, a Foundation Establishment Peak demon beast, corrupted by the blood of the Heavenly Demon and transformed into a monster, obediently lay dormant, waiting.

This is her design.

During her years at the Xuanqing Sect, Liu Baishuang did not remain idle. By chance, she found a severely injured peak Foundation Establishment demon beast. Instead of killing it, she fed it with her blood, turning it into a servant.

Afterwards, she used this demon servant to control a mid-Foundation Establishment demon beast, two early-Foundation Establishment demon beasts, and more than a dozen Qi Refining Peak demon beasts in the same way, building her own team in the vast mountains and forests of Xuanqing Sect.

More than a month has passed.

Through a subtle inquiry via a flying letter, Liu Baishuang explored Su Yan's true strength, deducing whether the forced killing of the young demoness was a valid pretext. She concluded that although he was at the peak of Qi Refining, he could briefly unleash the combat power of the peak of Foundation Establishment when necessary.

So all twenty demons gathered at Xiaozhu Peak tonight, ready to form an encirclement formation according to the pre-rehearsed plan, all for the purpose of killing Su Yan.

Afterwards, sacrifice a Foundation Establishment stage early-stage demon to disguise the incident as "a Qi Refining disciple who was overly ambitious and entered the Foundation Establishment combat peak, where he was accidentally killed by a wandering demon."

Even if Su Yan is holding back his abilities against the trusted "Senior Brother Li," and this horde of monsters can't kill him, there's still Liu Baishuang; she'll personally intervene when necessary.

The chances of success in this operation are 90%.

Liu Baishuang was willing to gamble on the remaining ten percent.

She would never be at peace unless she killed Su Yan.

My heart aches whenever I think of him; I feel tense whenever I receive a message from him; and I feel murderous intent whenever I see him walking with Ye Jingqiu.

This shows that Liu Baishuang truly hates Su Yan.

This is normal; one should hate someone who comes from the future and is destined to kill them.

Liu Baishuang pursed her lips; she had already seen Su Yan appear on the path leading up the mountain.

The latter was wearing a brand-new Taoist robe, the new uniform design accentuating his tall and handsome figure, his black hair tied up with a flowing ribbon.

"He seems to value our interaction tonight."

Liu Baishuang's pupils dilated slightly, and she seemed a little distracted.

Only when the demon behind her growled and was eager to attack did she frown and grit her teeth.

"Ready to move..."

On the mountain path, Su Yan suddenly looked up, his gaze meeting Liu Baishuang's eyes from a distance.

The next second, the longsword was drawn.

A chilling killing intent flashed in Su Yan's eyes.

Sword energy rose from the ground, piercing the air and rushing straight towards Liu Baishuang!