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

Chapter 365 It

"Duan Leizhi?" Yun Qingyi frowned slightly, clearly sensing a faint evil aura emanating from that person.

"Uncle-Master, do you know the young sect master of the Purple Cloud Sect?"

Ji Zhaoling rolled her eyes at Leng Zhan: "Are you stupid? Have you forgotten? Uncle-Master said that he was involved in the whole thing when Duan Leizhi organized people to enter the underground palace."

Upon hearing this, Leng Zhan suddenly slapped his forehead and chuckled, "I just couldn't connect the dots for a moment."

“However, Uncle-Master, I feel there’s something strange about this young sect leader,” Ruan Qi said thoughtfully.

Gu Qiqing said casually, "He's done such a thing. Although the Zixiao Sect is still powerful, it's no longer favored by other sects, so it has to keep a low profile. Look, it's covering itself up, afraid that others will see what it looks like. It's no wonder it looks strange."

Ruan Qi: "But I always feel that something is different."

Ji Zhaoze nodded slightly, a rare occurrence for him: "It is somewhat different."

Gu Qiqing was taken aback, then became serious, and said with some worry, "Could there really be something wrong? But I can't sense anything?"

“This person…is highly skilled,” Xie Xiyan suddenly said.

Gu Qiqing was somewhat confused: "No matter how talented Duan Leizhi is, he's from our generation, so he can't be considered to have profound skills."

"Shhh."

"Silence."

Yun Qingyi suddenly spoke, but it was too late. Her body, completely covered by a black robe, stared straight at them with her eyes emitting an eerie red light before quickly turning her head away.

Yun Qingyi: "It seems we've been noticed after all."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, because they also saw those red eyes.

Gu Qiqing: "You don't need to use your senses anymore. That Duan Leizhi is very strange!"

Ji Zhaoling: "Yes, yes, did you see that? Those eyes are actually emitting a strange red light!"

Ruan Qi: "It's not just the eyes... but also the aura. Although it's hard to describe, the whole person just feels very out of place."

Gu Qiqing: "That's strange, I don't seem to have noticed this. Where is Junior Sister?"

"Yes, I can feel it," Yun Qingyi said.

Yun Qingrou nodded in agreement, "I felt it too."

Gu Qiqing then looked at Ji Zhaoze, who nodded slightly.

He then looked at Xie Xiyan with disbelief, and Xie Xiyan nodded in return: "Yes, I felt it."

"No, how can you all sense it?" Gu Qiqing was on the verge of collapse: "It makes me look stupid."

"Hehe, Uncle Gu, don't be sad. We didn't feel it either."

Gu Qiqing was not comforted by these words; instead, she found it even harder to accept. "I think it's better not to mention your level of sensitivity."

“Hey! Senior brother, you can’t say that. Everyone has their strengths. Although I’m not as sensitive as Ruan Qi and my uncles, I have good defense.” Leng Zhan said unconvinced.

“That’s right, that’s right.” Ji Zhaoling chimed in, dissatisfied: “I’m also very good at alchemy. That’s called having your own strengths.”

Hearing the two say that, Gu Qiqing was finally comforted, her previous gloom vanished, and she became happy: "Hehe, you're right! Everyone has their own strengths."

"But Junior Sister Qingyi, what exactly do you mean by Duan Lei's strangeness?"

Yun Qingyi glanced at Qi Yue, who was standing silently to the side waiting, and instead of answering directly, she looked at Qi Yue and said, "Did your sect already realize something?"

Qi Yue's expression was somewhat conflicted, but finally, as if she had made up her mind, she met Yun Qingyi's gaze and said, "This fairy, to be honest, although our Hundred Flowers Sect is relatively weak, our expertise in tracking and attracting butterflies is second to none in the cultivation world, so we have quite a good reputation."

"The Purple Cloud Sect alone is not enough to threaten our Hundred Flowers Sect, but..."

Qi Yue hesitated for a moment before continuing, "It's not that I'm unwilling to tell you, it's just that I'm afraid my fellow senior brothers and sisters won't believe me."

“Go ahead,” Yun Qingyi said.

Qi Yue: "To be honest, as the Holy Maiden of the Hundred Flowers Sect, I have received some of the sect's true teachings."

"Ever since we came out of the underground palace, we were so angry that we followed the Zixiao Sect for a while, hoping to secretly get our revenge."

"But as we followed along, my fellow disciples and I all felt that Duan Leizhi had clearly changed since leaving the secret realm. Out of curiosity and to find out what was going on, in order to prevent danger, we used a secret technique..."

“I…I discovered that Duan Leizhi…is already dead.”

"What?" Ji Zhaoling couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

"Then...who is this person? Could it be someone impersonating them?"

Qi Yue shook her head, a bitter smile appearing on her lips: "If that were all, my Hundred Flowers Sect wouldn't have become such a frightened bird."

Gu Qiqing: "Why is that?"

Qi Yue: "That day, I discovered that Duan Leizhi was dead, but his body was still alive, and not in the form of a puppet."

"Could it be that he/she has been possessed?"

Qi Yue shook her head again: "The key is that it's not possession, and what's inside his body isn't a normal soul or an evil spirit, but more like... something with a very strong evil nature."

"thing?"

"Yes, because it's impossible to determine what it is."

"But it is powerful and very sharp; it can even take people out silently."

“I had a fellow disciple who wanted to confirm the results of my investigation. Right after I finished, he died in an extremely bizarre way, without even being able to utter a word. His death was horrific, and a lot of black, viscous substance that looked like blood but wasn’t blood flowed from his eyes.”

"With this kind of death, there's nowhere to seek justice. Besides, we're still in this ancient secret realm. To put it bluntly, even if we all die, no one will care."

"Not to mention, that person's methods were unexpected, ruthless and bizarre. After our fellow disciples died, my heart and the rest of us felt a suffocating sensation, as if our hearts were about to explode. At that time, we clearly felt the approach of death, but just as we were about to suffocate, we were suddenly let go."

"At the time, we all felt like we had survived a disaster. At the same time, we realized that the man hadn't let us go on purpose. I could clearly feel that he was under some kind of restriction, which was why he couldn't do anything to us."

"So my fellow disciples and I guessed that he wanted to kill us, but he couldn't do it for the time being."

"Such bizarre methods... It's really difficult for our Hundred Flowers Sect to resist them on its own. Not to mention, that thing is currently occupying Duan Leizhi's body. Duan Leizhi is still the young sect master. With Duan Leizhi's status, that thing will definitely be even more unrestrained after we get out."

"This... is too bizarre." After hearing Qi Yue's words, Leng Zhan found it hard to believe: "To be able to eliminate someone silently, that guy's strength must have surpassed the Nascent Soul stage, right?"

Yun Qingyi: "Therefore, its killing ability is restricted, but because it is quite special, it has not been expelled from the secret realm."

"What exactly is that thing? It sounds a bit troublesome," Ji Zhaoling said.

Xie Xiyan: "Judging from what this fellow Daoist from the Hundred Flowers Sect said, it's hard to say, but it's clear that we've also been targeted."

Upon hearing Xie Xiyan's words, everyone keenly sensed the subtle probing intent emanating from him.

Ji Zhaozhe: "As the opening time of the secret realm approaches, its strength is gradually increasing."

Ruan Qi: "They're getting better and better at hiding it. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Xie's reminder, I really wouldn't have noticed."

Yun Qingrou: "It seems that your strength is gradually increasing because you are about to break free from the constraints of the secret realm."

Yun Qingyi: "But there's no need to worry for now. Outside the secret realm, there will be elders and masters from various sects. With so many powerful figures from various sects around, it won't act rashly."

"Moreover, there will be a safe period of time."

"Huh?" Everyone was taken aback by Yun Qingyi's words, but after a while they realized what she meant.

Gu Qiqing: "Junior sister, are you talking about the once-in-a-century grand competition between various sects that will be held soon?"

Yun Qingyi: "Yes, that thing is inside Duan Leizhi's body, which gives it unique advantages. Moreover, it has just come out of the secret realm and will take this time to organize its information, including but not limited to the current news from the outside world. After all, it has been in this secret realm for so long and has an information barrier, so it needs to relearn."

"And to avoid exposing themselves, they will not make any excessive movements."