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

"How come teaming up with her is unlucky?" Miao Miao overheard their conversation and interjected, "But it's the joy of being carried by the first one!"

Si Miaoyan quickly covered her mouth.

No, please.

They also wanted to join in. Not long ago, Ye Qinghan and his group held a meeting with the three sects other than Changming Sect. When they saw Ye Qiao, they first tried to get rid of her identity card and then considered what to do next.

In other words, Ye Qiao was the target of all the disciples' pursuit on the first day.

Miao Miao was covered in the mouth and forcibly dragged into the secret realm.

Meanwhile, the other two sects were also attacking Ye Qiao for some amusement. Chu Xingzhi said, "That damned Ye Qiao ambushed me. When we enter the secret realm, we'll take her out together first."

"I've already come up with a name," he said. "We'll call it the Avengers."

Su Zhuo: "..."

"You got it well, don't take it again next time." With that, he patted Chu Xingzhi and pulled his junior sister into the secret realm.

Chu Xingzhi scratched his head, feeling like he was being mocked.

After they entered, Ye Qiao slowly stepped into the secret realm.

The sun shines brightly in the secret realm, and what comes into view is a refreshing green landscape, as well as wooden houses woven from grass and wood. The lush trees grow exceptionally tall, and everything is perfect, except for one thing that is not quite right.

Ye Qiao stood still, assuming a solemn stance, and waited for a while.

Then look left and right.

Trying to find his teammates.

As Ye Qiao walked, she asked, "Xue Yu? Ming Xuan? Mu Chongxi? Zhou Xingyun?"

What about people?

She lay on the ground, parting the overgrown weeds, but after looking for a long time, she couldn't see any of her senior brothers squatting in the bushes.

Ye Qiao calmed down for a while.

I finally accepted reality.

She was alone.

The people outside the venue were laughing hysterically.

"Hahahaha, you've finally met your match!"

"You're all alone now, aren't you? This is your bad luck, Ye Qiao."

"What does it mean to be at odds with the whole world? This is what it means to be at odds with the whole world! They won't even arrange for you to have any fellow sufferers to share the burden; you're just going to wander off alone!"

Ye Qiao knew without a doubt that the people outside were overjoyed. She observed the surrounding environment, then scanned the area with her divine sense. After confirming that there was no great danger, she quickly set up a defensive formation to prevent an enemy from jumping out and chasing her.

What comforted Ye Qiao was that she still had KFC to keep her company.

The little phoenix glanced at her lazily, its tail held high with arrogance, and snorted.

Now you know how good it is.

Ye Qiao hugged it and huddled inside the formation, determined not to go out. As long as no one found her, she was the one most likely to survive until the final round.

……

In the lower realms, everyone works in pairs. Unlike Ye Qiao, who was constantly worried about someone seeking revenge, the others immediately headed to the monster's lair to find its location.

The first few hours were peaceful, but then Mu Chongxi felt a chill run down his spine after killing half of the demonic beasts he was fighting.

A vine lashed out with lightning speed.

Mu Chongxi swung his sword and cut it in two. "What the hell is this?"

"Mutated vines." Xue Yu scattered the poison in his hand, and the branches and leaves withered rapidly. "Be careful."

All around them, green vines had grown out at some point, seemingly about to completely envelop them.

As a sword cultivator, Mu Chongxi naturally went to clear the way, but he was soon beaten and returned with a grimacing expression.

"I was swatted away as soon as I got close," he said, rubbing his shoulder. "And there were so many of them, we couldn't cut them all off."

When did the vines in this secret realm become so powerful?

After a moment's thought, Xue Yu offered up his own alchemy furnace: "If all else fails, once you're inside, you can retreat into your shell. No matter how strong you are, I will remain unmoved. You draw the fire, and I'll take the opportunity to sprinkle the medicine."

Mu Chongxi's lips twitched: "...Then I'll give it a try." Sure enough, Ye Qiao's method was the most effective at crucial moments.

*

"Have these vines gone mad?"

Not only Changming Sect was experiencing the same thing, but other sects were too. When Ye Qinghan and Chu Xingzhi were walking together, preparing to find someone to meet up, the vines that were originally quiet and still suddenly lashed out.

A cloud of dust rose up, leaving a deep crack where the two had moved aside.

"Damn it." Chu Xingzhi: "What the hell?"

Although it was mentioned before entering the secret realm that there would be a few mutated plants, they only account for a very small minority. As long as you pay attention to identification, there won't be any major problems. There has never been a situation where all the plants mutated as soon as you entered the secret realm.

Ye Qinghan frowned: "It doesn't seem to be a mutated demonic vine."

more like...

It's being manipulated by a cultivator with a wood-type spiritual root.

That would be even stranger.

A person with a wood-type spiritual root who can easily manipulate vines must have a cultivation level of at least Nascent Soul stage. How could someone above the Nascent Soul stage possibly appear in a great secret realm?

Are the cultivation restrictions in the secret realm just for show?

Ye Qinghan frowned deeply, not understanding what the problem was.

……

A day later.

When Ye Qiao woke up, she found that no one had come to bother her, and the entire secret realm was quiet.

Ye Qiao sat within the formation, resting her chin on her hand in deep thought for a moment: "Ye Qinghan? Song Hansheng?"

"Qin Huai? Duan Hengdao?"

"Are you all dead?"

Her beeping was definitely loud enough that, in any secret realm, wandering around like that would inevitably lead to encountering a few disciples. Moreover, Ye Qiao hadn't concealed her aura at all, so it was impossible for her to be completely alone.

it's wired.

There's nobody here.

The cultivators who were only looking at Ye Qiao's image from the stone were not very clear about the situation. One of them raised his voice and asked, "What exactly happened? Why are there so many disciples?" In the past, even if they didn't fight, they would have run into each other at this time.

"Look over there at Yunque."

the other side.

This was the first time Yun Que had been alone. She held the treasure-hunting beast in her arms and gestured for it to quickly find some good things so that she could use them to cooperate with cultivators from other sects.

The treasure-hunting beast was a good thing; she had obtained many opportunities with it, and this time was no exception. The other party was somewhat unwilling, but considering their contractual relationship, it could only dawdle for a moment before taking a step and leading her through the lush trees.

The little beast darted away quickly, and Yun Que hurriedly stumbled after it, getting completely confused by the erratic movements.

Not far away, a large open space was covered with intricate runes and dark brown markings. Yun Que mustered her courage and took a step forward. She found that the protective formation had not been disturbed. Her heart was pounding, and she hurriedly ran over. There, on the central platform of the formation, was a bead that was continuously drawing energy.

She had a feeling this was a good thing.

The girl bit her lip, struggled internally for a moment, and then took it without hesitation and left.

At this moment, all the cultivators outside the arena began to curse wildly.

"The Origin Pearl of the Secret Realm".

The Origin Pearl is used to suppress cultivators with high cultivation levels to prevent a crushing massacre.

Those above the Nascent Soul stage are not allowed to enter the Great Secret Realm. Moreover, before the Great Secret Realm opens, the Five Sects will send people to guard outside, allowing only their disciples to enter and exit.

However, with the Origin Pearl taken away, the suppression of realm became completely ineffective.

Then any powerful being of any level could infiltrate the next second.

Especially the disciples who were still in the secret realm had no idea what had happened.

"Didn't she know it was a Primal Pearl?"

"The strangest thing is how she managed to get it without triggering any protective barriers."

Is this month's Kiyomune's personal disciple cursed?

"I really felt something was off about her from the very beginning of the competition. She has all sorts of good things. The upper echelons of the cultivation world should investigate this disciple thoroughly. I suspect that her spiritual root isn't even hers."

Who is this person?

The higher-ups in the cultivation world were also thrown into a brief period of chaos. There were so many personal disciples in the secret realm, and countless efforts and time had been spent to cultivate each of them. If any of these disciples were to have an accident, it would be no less than a huge loss to the cultivation world.

"Send someone into the secret realm to inform them, quickly."

It wasn't just cultivators eyeing the competition; demonic cultivators were also quite numerous.

Especially since those demons have always coveted the direct disciples of the cultivation world, if they were allowed to enter, what would those children who are still in the Golden Core stage use to fight them?

"No one can get in; the secret realm has been closed."

"The demons have magical artifacts that can force entry into the secret realm. Those artifacts can only be activated once and can accommodate two people. I guess they are probably both at the Nascent Soul stage," said the elder of Chengfeng Sect. "Things happened too fast. It will take us two days to activate it again."

Who knows if it will be too late?

Overnight, the situation changed dramatically. The disciples who were still searching for monsters and people were basically caught red-handed. The only one missing was Ye Qiao, who was sleeping and lying around in the formation.

She was incredibly good at hiding. First, she found an inconspicuous place to hide, covering the area with talismans, and then she concealed herself within an array to hide her presence.

One cultivator joked, "Is this what they mean by 'Only the most unruly among the unruly can be the king of dogs'?"

Ye Qiao was also completely bewildered, utterly bewildered. Looking at the eerily quiet secret realm, she wondered, "What on earth is going on?"

Are they all trying to isolate her?!

Ye Qiao instinctively felt that those disciples weren't that naive, but she still kept a low profile and dared not make a move.

What if it's just a smokescreen?

Ye Qiao remained still for several hours. Something was wrong, wasn't it?

No matter how much those sects hated her, it was impossible for the number of demonic beasts on the jade slip not to increase after a whole day.

Either Ye Qinghan and her group were like ninja turtles, enduring all day just to wait for her spot, or...

Something big has happened in the secret realm.

Thinking this, Ye Qiao stepped out of the formation and released her divine sense to observe the surrounding situation. It was quiet, deathly silent. After a moment of contemplation, she could only bury her head and walk towards the inner perimeter of the secret realm, wanting to find out where the missing disciples had gone.

The fact that Ye Qiao was still alive undoubtedly gave the cultivators and elders outside the arena a glimmer of hope.

"However, don't be too pessimistic. After all, there's still Ye Qiao in this secret realm, isn't there?"

"She's only at the Foundation Establishment stage; can she save the world under these circumstances?"

"Hey, maybe it really can."