At this moment, whimpering sounds came from the bed, and his younger brother's figure was nowhere in the room.
After hearing the sound, he quickly went to the bedside and saw that the family's maid was gagged and tied to the bed. He quickly tore off the cloth strip.
"What happened? Where is Young Master?" Ye Sui Feng quickly asked.
"Young Master Sui Feng, this servant doesn't know. As soon as I came in, I fainted, and then I found my clothes were taken off, and I was gagged and tied to the bed," the maid said with a terrified expression.
Ye Sui Feng heard this, then looked at the groom's attire on the ground.
He then knew that it must have been his younger brother who knocked out the maid, then disguised himself as the maid to escape the encirclement of the family guards.
Ye Sui Feng quickly went to ask the guards when Ye Liuyun, disguised as a maid, had left.
The guards were still confused about the situation.
"Idiots, you've been tricked by my younger brother! The maid who just left was my younger brother in disguise. Hurry and chase after him, see if he has already left Qixia Town!" Ye Sui Feng felt that the matter had escalated.
"Alright, alright, we'll go chase him now." These guards were innocent too.
Ye Sui Feng immediately told his parents about the matter, and the Head of the Ye Family instantly flew into a rage.
"What? That brat ran away? I didn't expect him to still escape. He must have gone to the Yunxia Sect. Quickly send people to chase him; we must bring him back!" The Head of the Ye Family said anxiously.
Their two families had too few descendants in this generation. If they were thriving with many descendants, he wouldn't refuse Ye Liuyun from cultivating in a sect.
After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, the most important thing in the vast world is to carry on the family line; everything else takes a backseat.
Ye Sui Feng nodded, and he personally led people to pursue.
As for the Lin family, the groom had run away from the marriage; this matter certainly couldn't be kept secret, and they were even more anxious.
Because they had discussed with the Ye family for a long time before coming up with this plan.
"What? He ran away? Damn it."
Lin Aoxue, dressed in her bridal gown, turned cold when she heard the news.
Without another word, with a gloomy expression, she changed her clothes and also rode a horse, chasing towards the Yunxia Sect.
Qixia Town was about a day's journey from the Yunxia Sect, so Ye Liuyun should make it in time.
On the mountain path, Ye Liuyun spurred her horse, her expression far from relaxed. Ever since that unexpected incident of turning into a woman, Ye Liuyun had long wanted to leave Qixia Town.
However, she had always been indecisive, and coupled with the opportunity not yet arriving, she hadn't taken action.
But this time, the Yunxia Sect was recruiting disciples—wasn't that a great opportunity? As long as she joined the Yunxia Sect, no one could do anything to her.
"Kid, aren't you afraid your little 'wife' will catch up?" Lin Qingyou reminded her.
Ye Liuyun's face stiffened upon hearing this.
"There's nothing I can do. If she catches up, she catches up. As long as I join the Yunxia Sect, they'll be helpless," Ye Liuyun said with a resolute gaze.
Ye Liuyun dared not stop for a moment; once caught, it would be a huge problem.
However, she kept going without rest until her horse couldn't run anymore as dusk approached.
"Giddy up, giddy up! Brother Horse, give me some face, please, just a little longer. Don't they say horses can travel a thousand li a day? You're really letting me down!" Ye Liuyun's horse was already too tired to move.
This made Ye Liuyun incredibly anxious; she certainly couldn't stop at night either.
But just then, an old man leading a Donkey came walking towards her on the mountain path.
Ye Liuyun's eyes lit up when she saw the Donkey, so she quickly dismounted and called out to the old man.
"Grandpa, can I discuss something with you?" Ye Liuyun smiled as she stopped the old man.
The old man was startled, then looked Ye Liuyun up and down.
"Is something wrong, Miss?" the old man asked curiously.
This was the first time she had been called 'Miss,' and Ye Liuyun felt very awkward, but this was not the time to dwell on that.
Ye Liuyun quickly explained her situation to the old man.
After hearing that Ye Liuyun wanted to trade her horse for his Donkey, the old man agreed without a second thought.
In this world, horses were definitely more expensive than Donkeys.
And so, Ye Liuyun put the saddle on the Donkey. Although it ran slower, it was better than stopping altogether.
However, the speed was definitely much slower than a horse, and the entire night passed like this.
The next day, around eight or nine in the morning, under a mountain range shrouded in mist, a girl listlessly lay on a Donkey, gradually arriving at the entrance to a stone staircase leading up the mountain.
Besides her, many other young men and women arrived here on horseback; all of them were here to participate in the Yunxia Sect's entrance examination.
This was the Yunxia Sect's training ground.
"Ah! It looks like we're here, right? I'm starving to death," Ye Liuyun said weakly.
She hadn't eaten for a day. The cultivation method Ye Liuyun practiced was quite special, taught to her by Lin Qingyou, who claimed it was unique in the world.
It was said that after cultivating it, one could achieve immortality and invincibility, but the only drawback was that cultivating this method did not allow for Bigu.
That is to say, one still had to eat and drink like mortals, and the method of cultivation was through eating and drinking.
Ye Liuyun had left in a hurry and hadn't prepared any dry rations.
"Eh? Miss, are you alright?" Just as Ye Liuyun was utterly exhausted, a white-robed young man happened to walk past her.
This was a young man who appeared gentle and refined.
Ye Liuyun glanced at him, then asked seriously.
"Hmm, Brother, do you have any dry rations and water?"
The young man understood immediately upon hearing this, so he generously handed food and water from his horse to Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun unceremoniously took the water and food and began to wolf it down without any regard for her image.
Her eating etiquette was certainly not pretty, like a hungry ghost reincarnated.
The young man was stunned to see Ye Liuyun like this, thinking to himself, how long has this girl not eaten?
Ye Liuyun spent a few minutes eating all the food, then was fully revived.
"Ah! I'm alive again! Brother, what's your name? You are my great benefactor!" Ye Liuyun asked the other party's name with a satisfied expression.
"Ah, I, my name is Xiao Hansheng. What is your name, Miss?" the young man introduced himself.
"Me? My name is Ye, cough cough, my name is Ye Liuyu." Ye Liuyun almost blurted out her real name.
Xiao Hansheng nodded.
The two then stopped at the entrance of the steps, because horses were not allowed up here, and everyone's mounts were tied at the foot of the mountain.
Only after the assessment ended, or if they failed, could they come back to retrieve their mounts.
Ye Liuyun looked at the magnificent Floating Cloud Mountain before her, her heart filled with longing.
The two first had to go and have their age checked; only if their age was suitable could they ascend the steps.
"Miss, please extend your hand," a beautiful Female Cultivator of the Yunxia Sect gently gestured.
Ye Liuyun's eyes lit up as she looked at the Female Cultivator before her. Cultivators indeed had excellent temperaments, and they seemed much prettier than ordinary people in the Mortal World.
Even this ordinary Female Cultivator before her surpassed most women in the Mortal World.
"Oh? Fairy, you're truly beautiful," Ye Liuyun couldn't help but praise as she extended her hand.
The Female Cultivator immediately chuckled.
"Sister's words are truly sweet. Alright, your age is suitable, you may go up. These steps are for testing disciples; only by reaching the end can one join the Yunxia Sect, and you must reach the end before sunset today, otherwise, it counts as a failure," the Female Cultivator reminded her.
Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun glanced at the steps, which didn't seem to be anything special.
"Miss Ye, let's go," Xiao Hansheng reminded Ye Liuyun, who was still in a daze.
Ye Liuyun nodded, and then the two stepped onto the stairs. So far, she didn't feel anything unusual about them.