Time Travel: I'm a Flower Thief

Xie Xiaoyi sat down on the bluestone beside Yun Jianxue, maintaining a respectful distance: "I heard you weren't murdered?"

Yun Jianxue was gently brushing the stray hairs from Yun Qianxun's forehead when she heard this. She turned her head and looked at Xie Xiaoyi: "How did you know?"

Xie Xiaoyi withdrew his gaze and looked at the distant sea, saying calmly, "I heard it from a friend at Heaven on Earth."

Yun Jianxue lowered her eyes again, her fingertips continuing to comb through Yun Qianxun's hair, her tone slightly cold: "Are there still good people in your Heaven and Earth?"

Xie Xiaoyi chuckled lightly, his tone calm yet tinged with self-mockery: "Maybe, perhaps there isn't a single good person among us."

Yun Jianxue did not reply.

She had watched him fight Yun Qianxun from a distance; it seemed he was holding back in every move, showing mercy at every turn...

This person is completely unrelated to Xie Xiaoyi, the legendary leader of the Five Evils.

Chihiro once said that this person ruined her and left her with nightmares.

A vague doubt arose in her heart. She looked down at Yun Qianxun's sleeping face and murmured inexplicably.

"I know you're the lowest of the five evils, you harmed Qianxun, there's not a single good person in Heaven and Earth..."

Xie Xiaoyi's expression softened, showing a hint of sympathy as he looked at her and asked, "I heard you were harmed by Dong Yin?"

Yun Jianxue turned her face away, avoiding his gaze, and looked at the distant Fuyu Mountain with a gloomy expression.

"On the way to the World Society that day, my senior brothers and sisters were drugged and knocked out, and I was also drugged and forced to the edge of a cliff."

It was one of your lecherous men who stripped me of my clothes, tied my hands, and then humiliated me... and finally kicked me off the cliff.

But an old pine tree on the cliff edge blocked my fall, and I landed on a low tree, breaking my leg and passing out...

She spoke very softly, each word like a pain weighing on her heart, and then fell silent.

Xie Xiaoyi listened and silently thought to himself, "Sure enough, there are no cliffs in the martial arts world where people can actually fall to their deaths. This joke is absolutely true."

He paused for a moment, looking at her pale profile, and asked, "And then?"

Yun Jianxue froze, her eyes instantly filled with sorrow, her arms trembled, and her voice became hoarse.

"Later... I was covered in injuries, one of my legs was broken, and I was trapped at the bottom of the cliff."

No one came, there was no way to go, not even a sound, I was all alone.

She paused, gently brushed Yun Qianxun's hair with her thumb, and continued in a low voice: "Then, one day, a person fell off the cliff."

She was stopped twice by the trees on the cliff edge, which prevented her from falling to her death. She passed out as soon as she landed. When she woke up, she didn't say a word and just stood there stiffly.

I dragged my broken leg and cared for her little by little. It was a long time before she finally spoke.

As she spoke, she looked at Yun Qianxun in her arms, her voice as soft as a sigh:

"She said she was Yun Qianxun from the Kunlun Heavenly Sword Sect, who had been humiliated by Xie Xiaoyi from Heaven and Earth, and simply didn't want to live anymore."

Upon hearing this, Xie Xiaoyi's tone turned somber, tinged with suppressed bitterness: "You...you met like this?"

Yun Jianxue ignored him and continued talking to herself, her voice light yet steady:

"Chihiro and I depended on each other for survival at the bottom of the cliff. She protected me and I took care of her. As time went by, we became each other's only concern."

Later, she asked me why I was at the bottom of the cliff, and I told her my story. She said that there was no good person in heaven or on earth, and she had figured it out. She wanted to take revenge!

She wanted to make the people of the lower three gates die in agony, and she wanted to laugh as they slowly trembled with fear at death.

However, with her current martial arts skills, she simply couldn't do that, so she needed to achieve a qualitative improvement in her cultivation.

Xie Xiaoyi was stunned after hearing this; he had no idea that there were so many twists and turns involved.

Yun Qianxun?

How did it end up like this?

"To seek revenge, she learned that evil skill, the 'Great Soul-Searching Hand.' But... who did she learn it from?"

A hint of pain flashed across Yun Jianxue's face. Her voice softened as she slowly spoke, "Qianxun said that he had heard his master, Cui Juqing, mention that the Demonic Sect had two martial arts techniques."

One of them is the Great Divine Hand, which, when mastered to its highest level, can destroy the heavens and the earth. However, it requires gradual cultivation and relies on self-improvement of one's skills.

The other method is the Great Soul-Searching Hand, which specializes in capturing a person's soul and using it as nourishment for cultivation. It allows for rapid progress, but this technique is considered an unorthodox method with severe backlash.

Xie Xiaoyi sighed: "So you went to the Demonic Sect to learn the Great Soul-Searching Hand from Yue Xiao?"

Yun Jianxue nodded gently, the hidden pain on her face deepening: "We went."

But Yuexiao said, "We are both pitiful women. She refuses to give us such evil powers, fearing they will backfire and destroy us."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "Qianxun was unwilling to give up, so we went to Canggu Mountain and found Xuanyuan Zhuguang."

He was originally a member of the Demonic Sect, but he left after failing to seize the position of sect leader from Qi Ye Jun.

Xuanyuan Chasing the Light?

Xie Xiaoyi remembered, that was the Demon Blade Thousand Blades, ranked eighth on the Heavenly Dragon Ranking!

He frowned and asked, "Xuanyuan Zhuguang just passed on the Great Soul-Searching Hand to you like that?"

Yun Jianxue slowly shook her head, a layer of pain and humiliation suddenly surging across her face: "It's not that easy, it's not that simple."

She closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, her eyes filled with a stinging sadness: "Qianxun herself promised him, as long as he was willing to teach her the Great Soul-Searching Hand technique."

"As long as I can take my revenge myself, once the revenge is complete, Xuan Yuan Zhu Guang can do whatever he wants with her life and her as he pleases."

Xie Xiaoyi's heart skipped a beat: "So, what does Xuanyuan Zhuguang intend to do with you?"

Yun Jianxue's face turned deathly pale instantly, her lips trembling as she said, "Xuanyuan Zhuguang wants us to become his... after we take revenge."

Xie Xiaoyi frowned and pressed, "His what?"

"His plaything! A plaything that must obey orders..."

"So you betrayed yourselves and agreed to his request?"

"It wasn't us, it was Qianxun herself..." Yun Jianxue lowered her eyes, her voice trembling even more violently.

"Qianxun learned it herself. She didn't let me learn it. She didn't want me to be humiliated by the Demon Blade Xuanyuan. She said... someone would need to collect her corpse in the future."

Xie Xiaoyi stared at Yun Qianxun, who was fast asleep in Yun Jianxue's arms, and couldn't say a word.

That woman, who was always aloof and detached from worldly affairs, actually used herself as a bargaining chip for revenge, allowing others to manipulate her at will.

No!

All of this stems from my descent into demonic possession. I absolutely cannot allow Xuanyuan Zhuguang to ruin Yun Qianxun.

But Demon Blade Thousand Blades is one of the top ten masters in the martial arts world. With my current cultivation level, how could I possibly be his opponent?

It seems I'll have to ask my aunt for advice when I get back on how to quickly improve my cultivation level, ideally by leaps and bounds!