I saved the entire sect by playing idly by letting things fall apart.

A cultivator can sign multiple contracts, but first of all, their divine sense must be wide enough, otherwise they will suffer a backlash. Since the ghost infant can support a domain, it means that its divine sense is only stronger than hers, not weaker.

The moment the contract is reached.

The familiar feeling of mental exhaustion washed over her, and blood dripped down Ye Qiao's ears and nose. She lowered her head and calmly wiped it away.

The moment the contract was confirmed, Xiaoqi hugged Ye Qiao without hesitation, leaned on her shoulder, and cheered happily, her voice crisp and clear: "Mother."

The scene was exceptionally heartwarming, showing the mother and son's loving relationship; Mingxuan's eyes were practically blinded by it.

Outrageous.

The grand scheme of things is beyond the reach of the world!

"Ye Qiao!" The KFC chicken next to her burst out, frantically rushing to Ye Qiao's side and angrily demanding, "Why don't you even spare ghosts?"

It was furious. Its contractor, though a bit reckless and prone to self-destruction, at least had only one person before.

Now that they've made a contract with a little devil, KFC feels its position as the queen has been seriously challenged.

"You can talk?" Ye Qiao had heard that divine beasts develop intelligence much earlier, but she had always thought it was mute.

KFC: "Just learned how."

After returning from the secret realm of Flaming Mountain, it took a nap and learned it. It was just too lazy to argue with these people before. Don't think it didn't know that the Changming Sect group were all chatterboxes.

Xiaoxi's eyes lit up: "Chicken."

The KFC chicken's bright golden pupils gradually narrowed, a sign of an animal's anger and attack, implying, "You're the chicken."

"It's scary." The boy shrank his neck, his face expressionless. "Unlike me, I only feel sorry for my mother."

Mingxuan, who was initially scared, looked over in surprise upon hearing this. Such a young age and already so naive; his future is truly promising.

The green tea lineage has a successor now.

A bright flame suddenly ignited, instantly raising the temperature of the area considerably—the Phoenix's innate flame.

Xiaoqi's pitiful expression disappeared, and the temperature of the domain instantly turned cold. Expecting a ghost infant to have a good temper was definitely a mistake. When a ghost and a beast meet, they will naturally fight. The principle is that the brave will win when they meet on a narrow path.

The two guys kept adjusting the temperature, making Ye Qiao, who was inside the domain, experience the sensations of both ice and fire.

Are you two smart air conditioners?

It's hot one minute and cold the next.

"Tell me the truth, Ye Qiao." Watching the two rare creatures locked in a fierce battle, Ming Xuan nudged her arm, his lips twitching. "Is this how you tricked those poor demons back then?"

"Mingxuan." Ye Qiao turned to look at him, stroked her chin, and said with absolute confidence, "Did you see my amazing acting just now?"

She firmly believes that it was a loss for the Oscars that they didn't invite her to the stage to accept the award.

Mingxuan admired her immensely, because he could never have imagined what would happen next when he was with Ye Qiao. He pointed behind Ye Qiao and said, "Your backyard is on fire, Ye Qiao."

The next second, a fireball was thrown fiercely towards Ye Qiao. She dodged it and turned around to see her phoenix hitting her child.

Holy crap.

Ye Qiao's pupils dilated in shock: "Wait a minute, Xiao Qi is still a child, don't hold it against him, KFC."

Xiaoqi was no pushover either. Never underestimate the mischief a six-year-old can cause. He grabbed Phoenix and reached out to pluck its feathers, determined to make it understand who was in charge of the household.

Ye Qiao snapped again: "Don't you dare pull its tail!" That's a phoenix's tail, it's very expensive.

Two rare creatures were fighting, but the entire area was filled with Ye Qiao's wails.

……

After a chaotic scene of chickens and dogs jumping around, the two senior and junior brothers and sisters finally managed to catch one each and barely control the situation, allowing Ye Qiao to find out what was happening outside.

How long can you maintain your current position in this field?

The little creature perched on her shoulder thought for a moment, then said in a childish voice, "It will disperse in an hour."

In other words, the domain cannot be maintained indefinitely. Even a ghost infant cannot trap a person inside for an extended period. Mingxuan frowned. "But if we go out now, we'll be surrounded and attacked by those guards outside."

They guessed that the ghost baby was able to kill people silently because Xiaoqi and his former "mother" worked together. Even with the help of their domains, they couldn't eliminate all six Golden Core cultivators outside at once.

Ye Qiao remained noncommittal; a siege was certain. She turned to Ming Xuan and said, "However, I have another plan. Would you like to hear it?"

"What plan?" Mingxuan asked.

"Now that it's dark and windy, and everyone knows there's something wrong with the Song family, their senses will be several times more sensitive. The slightest disturbance will be enough to scare them."

Ye Qiao looked at him earnestly: "At this time, all you need to do is take Xiao Qi with you and let out a strange, maniacal laugh, and they will tremble with fear and flee in panic."

"..." Ming Xuan's heart trembled slightly.

Mingxuan felt horrified to have someone who was afraid of ghosts take a ghost baby out to scare people.

"Heaven is about to bestow a great responsibility upon this person." Ye Qiao reached out and picked up Xiao Qi, handing her to Ming Xuan: "As the saying goes, if you don't go to hell, who will?"

"Second Brother," she tried to encourage him, "a man has to be strong."

"..."

Mingxuan and Xiaoqi stared at each other for a moment, and considering that the domain would dissipate if they didn't leave soon, he finally nodded in agreement.

However, their backs carried a sense of tragic grandeur, like the mournful wind howling over the Yi River, a hero departing never to return.

Xiao Qi sensed Ye Qiao's intention and obediently opened his domain. The cultivators who were originally squatting outside, ready to see if Ye Qiao was dead or not, were so shocked to see a living person suddenly appear that they took a step back.

"Who is it?"

Mingxuan lowered his head and did not answer.

The leader subtly shifted his feet, ready to flee if things went wrong. "Who are you?"

The person's face was obscured by the darkness, but the child in their arms and the white clothes looked particularly eerie in the night.

"Brother," the rogue cultivator beside him stammered, "he appeared out of nowhere."

Mingxuan remembered Ye Qiao's words. He forced a smile that was more like a grimace, then let out a laugh. In a light, dismissive tone, he asked, "Who do you think I am?"

"Since you're here, why don't you all stay?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of cultivators who had come to hunt down Ye Qiao were so frightened that their souls almost left their bodies.

"...It's that demon, that demon cultivator!!"

Everyone broke out in a cold sweat, as if a sinister ghostly aura was spreading behind them, making their hands and feet go cold.

Didn't they say that the ghost cultivator hidden in the Song family wouldn't easily show himself?

Why are they so unlucky?

"Run." The leader gritted his teeth and uttered the words in a trembling voice, "Run quickly."

"Aren't you going to look for Ye Qiao anymore?" Someone was still unwilling to give up, glancing back at the location of the domain. Ye Qiao was worth a lot of money.

"Ye Qiao? She's probably already dead." The man's face darkened. Very few people could survive in the domain. Compared to Ye Qiao, they were more concerned about their own life or death.

Ye Qiao, who came out from behind the area, witnessed their scattering like birds and beasts. She smiled and leisurely chased after them.

He would occasionally let out a villainous laugh.

Xiaoqi was happy to play along, also letting out a clear, cheerful laugh. The two of them, one big and one small, chased after them, laughing. Their elusive nature caused everyone to scream in terror.

At this point, all that's needed is to occasionally throw a stone at them from behind, and those suspicious cultivators will immediately scream in agony, resorting to all sorts of techniques to defend against the ghost cultivator's "assassination."

The group immediately started having a great time.

……

When Song Hansheng discovered that his yard had been bombed, everyone else was completely stunned.

The Song family is wealthy, so a courtyard isn't worth getting angry about. What angered Song Hansheng was that the courtyard was inhabited by people from the Changming Sect.

When he stormed back to the Song family's library, Yun Que was reading the mental cultivation manual.

"What's wrong?" Hearing the noise, Yun Que looked up in confusion.

Song Hansheng said in a sinister tone, "My house exploded."

"It's almost certainly Ye Qiao who did it." Anyway, if something happens and the reason is unknown, it's definitely Ye Qiao.

Yun Que's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked casually, "What is Ye Qiao doing here?"

Although she didn't want to admit it, Yun Que was always unconsciously trying to find out about Ye Qiao's situation, and then secretly comparing Ye Qiao with herself.

These past few days, while she was at the Song family home, an old man appeared in her dream and said he wanted to pass on a legacy to her.

In the past, Yun Que might have hesitated for a moment.

She didn't think she would practice swordsmanship, after all, sword cultivation is very tiring and involves fighting and killing, but now that Ye Qiao is there as a comparison, Yun Que agreed without hesitation.

The successors are always chosen based on the best physical attributes, so why weren't any others chosen? It can only mean that she has exceptional talent.

Song Hansheng: "Who knows what she's up to now?"

While the two senior and junior siblings were chatting, the door to the building was suddenly kicked open, and Mu Chongxi barged in without any manners, getting straight to the point: "My junior sister and senior brother are missing."

"The people were lost here." When Xue Yu and his group returned, they found that both of their auras had completely vanished, which gave him a bad feeling. He was still polite enough to ask, "Could you send out a few Golden Core cultivators?"

Yun Que, who was sitting upright, subtly curved her lips into a smile. Upon hearing that Ye Qiao had disappeared, her first reaction was not worry, but a strange sense of smugness. The girl barely suppressed this emotion and said softly, "This is the Song family, not your Changming Sect."

"Even if it's one of the five major sects, they can't force our senior brother to go find someone."

Song Hansheng coldly raised his eyes, unable to resist asking, "Ye Qiao?"

Are you worried about Ye Qiao?

Pooh.

Do these shameless people not know Ye Qiao's ability to cause trouble?

Instead of worrying about Ye Qiao, it's better to worry about whether his home can hold out until they leave without being bombed.

"But she's only in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage." Xue Yu was still worried. He looked at Song Hansheng, who didn't seem to care, and thought for a moment. "Your Song family has many experts. Lending us some people shouldn't be a problem. The spirit stones will be on the Xue family's tab."

Upon hearing this, Song Hansheng sneered and prepared to raise the price on the spot, "A Golden Core cultivator, 30,000 high-grade spirit stones."

Xue Yu calmly replied, "Spirit stones are not a problem, so can we send someone now?"

There's nothing we can do; his family is rich.

Song Hansheng enjoyed seeing the anxious looks on the faces of the Changming Sect members. He smirked, preparing to stall for time, "No rush..."

However, Zhou Xingyun was too lazy to listen to Song Hansheng's rambling anymore. He reached out, grabbed Song Hansheng by the back of his neck, and dragged him away, saying listlessly, "You guys talk too much."

Why waste time talking when you can just take action?

Zhou Xingyun grabbed Song Hansheng's clothes and walked out of the door. He then slowly raised his voice and said, "Listen, Song Hansheng is in my hands. If you want him to live, follow me."

In an instant, the entire group of experts from the Song family were alarmed.

Holding a hostage, the three were naturally fearless. Led by Zhou Xingyun, the group, along with some experts, all headed towards the place where Ye Qiao had disappeared.

"..." Song Hansheng, who was being held hostage, was about to vomit blood. He knew he couldn't underestimate the Changming Sect.

Damn it, these sword cultivators are all despicable.

Zhou Xingyun wasn't this shameless before.

Song Hansheng had dealt with him before. At that time, he was going down the mountain to train, and each person brought one or two disciples. At that time, Song Hansheng took advantage of the fact that there were few people in Changming Sect and brazenly set up an array to seize the spiritual plants.

The other party seemed too lazy to bother with it and silently led a team of his protégés to a different location to search again.

Zhou Xingyun used to be too lazy to care!

What's wrong? Now that you have a junior sister, things are different, aren't they?

Song Hansheng was furious.

……

Ye Qiao, watching the cultivators flee for their lives, slowly curled the corners of her lips. One of the cultivators turned around and suddenly realized that the woman behind him looked somewhat familiar.

"Ye Qiao?"

The girl was dressed in plain clothes, with a stick tied around her waist. These obvious features made her look exactly like Ye Qiao, whom they had been chasing.

"She's teamed up with that ghost cultivator." Everyone immediately understood, their faces growing increasingly grim as they concluded, "That's why she said the ghost infant was her son."

"She, a close disciple, has actually stooped to associating with evil spirits."

"..." Mingxuan, the only one who knew the truth: Damn it, how come the more I guess, the more outrageous it gets!

After Ye Qiao, along with the ghost infant and Ming Xuan, forced the group into a room, the six Golden Core cultivators trembled with fear, huddled together like young wives forced into prostitution.

Xiaoxi said quietly, "I'm hungry."

want to eat.

The ghost baby's eerie tone, coupled with its expressionless appearance, terrified everyone else.

Some people almost collapsed to their knees and knelt down on the spot, pleading, "Boss, spare us! Spare us!! We'll do whatever you ask us to do from now on. Don't eat us, we haven't showered in seven days."

Ye Qiao stared at them for a few seconds, pausing deliberately for a long time. Her leisurely manner made everyone's hearts jump.

"Really?" she asked.

"Really!" The group nodded frantically.

"Then you two have a fight first and see." She said calmly, casually rubbing Xiaoqi's head, as if she had already made this place her territory.

Ye Qiao's words gave the group hope. They exchanged glances and, in order to save their lives, chose to turn against each other on the spot.

They were just a team formed halfway through, so there's no real bond between them. Besides, the fact that they came to accept the bounty proves they're all ruthless people.

In an instant, the house became shaky and on the verge of collapse.

While the six were fighting, Xiaoqi whispered in Ye Qiao's ear, "Someone is looking for me."

Ye Qiao pondered for a moment: "Your previous mother?" That ghost cultivator must have a special way of contacting Xiao Qi. She was just worrying about how to complete the mission when she didn't expect that the ghost cultivator would be the first to act.

The boy nodded.

Ye Qiao patted his head. "Then go find her. Come back later when we start fighting, okay?"

She was really looking forward to seeing the ghost cultivator's expression when he saw his ghost infant betray him on the spot.

"it is good."

He was a fickle man; once he had a new wife, he naturally abandoned the previous one without hesitation.

Mingxuan asked at the opportune moment, "Your son ran away, so should we run away too?"

Ming Xuan had already begun to quietly set up an array around the six sword cultivators, anticipating how he would grab Ye Qiao and run away as soon as they exposed him.

"Why are you running?"

"Regardless of whether we can win or not, we need to have the spirit." Ye Qiao pulled a skull from her bag, smiled slightly, and said, "Trust me."

Depend on.

The object in her hand startled Mingxuan, causing his hand to tremble violently. "What is this?"

Ye Qiao poked him. "It's a monster bone."

"The Nascent Soul stage is very valuable."

These kinds of bones are generally used by cultivators, so they are always expensive on the market. After Ye Qiao kills a monster in the secret realm, he puts the bones of the monsters with high cultivation levels into his mustard seed bag.

I haven't had time to sell the bones before, but now I can use them.

Mingxuan: "What are you doing?"

Holding a skull, he had the air of a psychopath.

Ye Qiao tossed the skull around idly, then slowly met the gazes of the rogue cultivators.

The next second, they were so frightened that they fought each other even harder.

Ugh, Ye Qiao is such a pervert! She actually twisted someone's head off and played with it.

She managed to win two major competitions, and damn well, it wasn't through any legitimate means!

"Look," Ye Qiao said, quite satisfied with their reaction, and slowly tossed the monster skeleton to Ming Xuan, "Learn from this."

Mingxuan: "Sorry to bother you."

I can't outdo her, I can't outdo her.

A group of cultivators were forced to jump around and hurt each other, while Ye Qiao mercilessly whipped them from behind from time to time, making the scene quite lively.

Yun Que followed Mu Chongxi and the others to find Ye Qiao. The moment she sensed Ye Qiao's presence, she bit her lip and whispered, "Senior Sister Ye Qiao is causing too much trouble by running around like this."

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Yun Que persisted, "Besides, she's only at the Foundation Establishment stage, so Senior Brother Ming Xuan is definitely being dragged down by her."

Who said no.

The cultivators who had followed along thought the same thing. When they saw Song Hansheng being kidnapped along the way, their first reaction was that there were assassins.

It was only later that they realized that something had happened to one of the disciples of the Changming Sect who had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

"If you've reached the Foundation Establishment stage, stop messing around and stay in your own sect. All you do now is cause trouble." One cultivator complained, as he had the utmost contempt for those direct disciples.

He never watched the competition. In his eyes, those five sects were all groups enjoying the best resources, and were also the personal disciples of a bunch of idiots.

Mu Chongxi and his group were too lazy to pay attention to these people's babbling. They searched around the area where the aura had appeared before, and finally located the position.

"Hurry up!"

He had already imagined the scene of Ye Qiao and Ming Xuan being bullied.

He'll definitely laugh at them mercilessly then—no, I mean, he'll comfort them properly.

"Ye Qiao! We've come to save you."

The door was kicked open with a loud bang by Mu Chongxi, followed by the sound of it hitting the ground.

The scene before them fell silent the next second.

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I wanted to write 6,000 words out of 5,000, but failed.

I am waste