Qiao Wanmian 1 (Revised)

When Wen Qiushui first became Qiao Wanmian, she was quite happy. Although the concentration of Spiritual Qi in this world was lower than in the last one, she had transmigrated into two people in that world, and neither had been able to avoid some connection with Ye Dingzhi, Baili Dongjun, and the others. Wen Qiushui had grown rather tired of it.

Although the Chaos Pearl had told her that traveling between parallel worlds within the same setting consumed less energy, Wen Qiushui had also grown somewhat fed up with living among a group of muddleheaded people.

So when the Chaos Pearl finally managed to gather barely enough energy to cross into another world, Wen Qiushui could hardly wait to leave that world, which seemed always to revolve around Baili Dongjun, Ye Dingzhi, and those few others, even if the world she traveled to would be of a lower level.

Unfortunately, Wen Qiushui's happiness did not last long. After reviewing the memories of her current body, Qiao Wanmian, she could no longer be happy.

As for why, it was because of Qiao Wanmian's ex-boyfriend. He counted as an ex-boyfriend, at least. In any case, Qiao Wanmian had already written a breakup letter; she just had not sent it yet.

That Li Xiangyi was simply too much like the innocent, kindhearted Wen Qiushui of the past.

The Wen Qiushui of the past might not have seen it, but now she had undergone a tremendous upheaval in her life, spent many years sealed away, and gained experience through two lifetimes. How could she fail to see the jealousy and hatred in the eyes of those so-called "friends" and "senior brother" around Li Xiangyi when they looked at him?

Even though she had already uprooted her capacity for love, Wen Qiushui still could not help feeling anger rise in her heart. Looking at Li Xiangyi was like looking at her past self: so ignorant and conceited.

Wen Qiushui saw Shan Gudao's hatred and schemes against Li Xiangyi, Xiao Zijin's jealousy of him, and, even more, the evasiveness and plotting in Yun Biqiu's eyes.

Wen Qiushui—she should now be called Qiao Wanmian-saw how similar Li Xiangyi was to her past self and subtly warned him to be wary of the people around him, especially his senior brother and Yun Biqiu.

Unfortunately, Li Xiangyi was even more stubborn than Wen Qiushui had been back then. In flowery language, he said Qiao Wanmian was overly sensitive and suspicious, then spent a long time urging her not to think too much.

Qiao Wanmian was so angry she laughed. Fine, I'll just wait for you to suffer for it. You, Li Xiangyi, will have to taste the suffering I, Wen Qiushui, once endured before the anger in my heart can be appeased.

Qiao Wanmian tossed the breakup letter the original owner had written into Li Xiangyi's hands and left without looking back.

Just as Qiao Wanmian was preparing to enter seclusion and cultivate, her maid A Rou came running with momentous news: deputy sect master Shan Gudao had been killed by the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, and Li Xiangyi had now lost his senses and was preparing to wage war against the alliance.

Qiao Wanmian was no longer in a hurry to enter seclusion. She keenly sensed that Shan Gudao's death was very sudden; perhaps this was the turning point in Li Xiangyi's fate.

This world was not of a high level, and although Qiao Wanmian's internal power was weak and she had an old ailment, Wen Qiushui's mastery of saber and sword techniques, combined with her current internal power, meant that no one could do much to her unless she faced Li Xiangyi or Di Feisheng, much less when Qiao Wanmian also had countless poisons at her disposal.

So she was in no hurry to enter seclusion. Instead, she leisurely stayed out of it and watched to see what became of Li Xiangyi.

Sure enough, Shan Gudao's corpse mysteriously vanished as if it had grown wings, and Li Xiangyi burned with even greater rage. He arranged a duel with Di Feisheng, and the Sigu Sect and the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance officially went to war.

On this day, Qiao Wanmian was leisurely preparing to watch Li Xiangyi's duel with Di Feisheng, but as she was about to leave the Sigu Sect, she saw dozens of Li Xiangyi's trusted followers, fully armed and preparing to attack the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance headquarters.

Qiao Wanmian found it strange. Li Xiangyi was very conceited. Even though he was going to avenge his senior brother this time, he was riding out alone to settle scores with Di Feisheng. How could he possibly have arranged for the people around him to attack the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance headquarters?

Curious, Qiao Wanmian asked Jiang Wuya, who was leading them. Jiang Wuya answered truthfully, "It was the sect master's order, passed down by strategist Yun. With the sect master dueling Di Feisheng, he left strategist Yun in charge of deploying the other sect members."

Qiao Wanmian understood. Yun Biqiu had a guilty conscience and feared that, if something happened to Li Xiangyi, an investigation would lead back to him. So he had colluded with the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance to catch all of Li Xiangyi's trusted followers in one net.

That way, even if Yun Biqiu's wrongdoing came to light, the remaining crooked melons and cracked dates would all pretend not to see what he had done. Naturally, no one would spare no expense to investigate the full story of what had happened to the sect master.

Now that Qiao Wanmian knew the whole story, she did not intend to meddle any further.

After all, her impression of Li Xiangyi was only so-so now, and because of Yun Biqiu and the others, the Sigu Sect seemed to Qiao Wanmian to be choked with foul air.

Jiang Wuya and the others had been about to leave the Sigu Sect headquarters, but when they saw Qiao Wanmian fall to the ground, they had no choice but to go over and help her up. "Miss Qiao, are you all right?"

Only after Qiao Wanmian regained her senses did she realize that the intense pain just now had been caused by resistance from the original owner's lingering consciousness. No matter how affected Qiao Wanmian was in matters of the heart, she herself was still very righteous when it came to major questions of right and wrong.

Seeing that the new Qiao Wanmian was going to stand by and watch these heroes go to their deaths, the body's original consciousness had protested fiercely. This naturally caused a conflict between flesh and soul, which was what had made Qiao Wanmian feel such intense pain.

This conflict between soul and body greatly impaired the coordination between them.

Qiao Wanmian tried to draw on her original internal power, but found that it circulated with great difficulty.

Qiao Wanmian cursed the trouble inwardly, but she still had to resolve the problem of her unstable soul.

Qiao Wanmian pressed a hand to her chest and said weakly to the leader, "Wuya, before Xiangyi left, he gave me a secret order. He said that if anyone was ordered to go to the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance headquarters, I was to give the secret order to everyone assigned to the task.

"Gather everyone preparing to go to the headquarters here now, and I'll read it aloud to them all."

Jiang Wuya suspected nothing and obediently gathered the fifty-eight people, including himself, who were to go to the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance headquarters. Qiao Wanmian wasted no words, scattering a large handful of knockout powder and knocking them all unconscious.

As for what Yun Biqiu should do when he waited in vain for these people, he could naturally find a solution himself. After all, he was the resourceful strategist of the "Sigu Sect."