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

The cultivators knew perfectly well who the main character and focus of this event was. Once the recording stone was activated, it showed Ye Qiao's perspective, showing her rummaging through the bushes to find her teammates as soon as she entered the secret realm. Xue Yu and the others responded with sympathetic looks.

You didn't expect this, did you? Now it's finally your turn to be alone.

Ye Qiao, inside the memory stone, also realized the tragedy. She stood there for a short while, looking weary, before quickly composing herself and starting to set up the formation.

I found an inconspicuous spot and hid inside.

Clearly, Ye Qiao initially planned to survive until the fifth day, so she went to sleep.

"..." Song Hansheng frowned, then understood. "Is this the method you used to avoid being discovered?" The aura inside the concealment array was suppressed. The other disciples were busy capturing demonic beasts and chasing Ye Qiao, so naturally they didn't suppress their auras.

The next two Nascent Soul cultivators came in and caught them both perfectly.

When Ye Qiao woke up from her nap inside the memory stone, the world had changed. After leaving the formation, she walked further in and found Miao Miao's spirit bow along the way.

Miao Miao: "Oh, so that's where I left my spirit bow!"

After leaving the secret realm, Ye Qiao returned the spiritual artifact to her. At the time, she was puzzled as to where the other party had gotten her spiritual bow from.

After finding the spirit bow, Ye Qiao unceremoniously stuffed it into her storage bag. On the way, she also stopped to watch her disciple who was trapped in the barrier and took the storage bag with him.

With the recording of the photographic stone played to this point, the case is now completely solved.

"So that's how it is!" Qin Huai's voice suddenly rose: "Was that ghost you?"

Seeing all the mustard seed bags disappear before his eyes, his first reaction was that it was haunted.

Ye Qiao: "Oh, what else?"

Su Zhuo immediately rebuked, "You took the mustard seed bag, why didn't you return it to us immediately? Why did you have to wait until the last minute?"

A group of close disciples gathered together to look at the memorial stone, which inevitably resulted in a lot of chatter and arguments. Song Hansheng, annoyed, reluctantly stepped forward to explain, "She came out with me later. You were there too, were you blind?"

Moreover, it takes time to send a mustard seed bag. Ye Qiao is dragging along a Nascent Soul stage cultivator alone, so where would she find the time to send it over?

Song Hansheng disliked Ye Qiao, but he could still speak human language.

Su Zhuo didn't want to hurt Song Hansheng, so he held back and didn't retort. He continued watching with a heavy heart. After getting the mustard seed bag, Ye Qiao immediately left. The recording stone played the recording all the way down. After seeing Ye Qiao save Duan Hengdao, the disciples' expressions were all a bit strange.

She saved Duan Hengdao?

"Why wasn't she there when the barrier was opened?" That's what everyone was wondering about.

If she had been there, they wouldn't have assumed it was Duan Hengdao's idea.

After all, when it comes to being charming and stylish, no one can compare to Ye Qiao.

"Look down," Xue Yu gestured for them to be quiet.

Then Ye Qiao and Duan Hengdao worked together, one drawing the design and the other refining the weapon, and finally they created a strange magical artifact.

Mingxuan remembered very clearly that it was this strange thing that silently broke through the barrier and allowed spiritual energy to flow in.

Duan Hengdao explained, "This strange weapon was drawn by her. I made it based on her design."

She has so many strange and unusual things, each with its own unique purpose.

Later, Ye Qiao tied the bamboo shoot to a demon beast, attracting a large beast tide and drawing away the nearby Nascent Soul stage demon beasts. Then, she went alone to explore the demon beast's lair at night.

"..." Shen Ziwei also understood.

He was right! Why was there a monster tide back then? If it weren't for that monster tide, he probably wouldn't have even waited for Ye Qiao to arrive before he was sacrificed to the heavens.

"She saved me later too." Shen Ziwei still felt lingering fear when he recalled the scene. Ye Qiao's appearance at that time undoubtedly gave him a great sense of security. She was his savior.

As the recording of the event began, the previously noisy disciples fell silent.

Ye Qiao only had two concealment talismans in total. She gave one to Duan Hengdao and the other to Shen Ziwei. After giving her the idea, she also lured away a demon saintess.

Who said Ye Qiao lacked the spirit of fellow disciples and was the first to run away?

Bah. She only ended up like this because she was too loyal to her fellow disciples.

"Ye Qiao." Qin Huai withdrew his gaze and looked at Ye Qiao, his expression complicated: "I admit that I did have a prejudice against you at first, but now I've changed my mind."

"You are indeed very capable," he said calmly. "Be careful what happens next. I won't go easy on you."

Ye Qiao: "...?" I saved you all, and this is how you treat me?

Chu Xingzhi gradually fell silent. "So it was you again."

Why is it that in the series of "The Prodigy", there is always someone who stands out from the crowd, and that person is always Ye Qiao?

Shen Ziwei used the monster egg in the box given to her by Ye Qiao to buy Duan Hengdao some time to open the barrier.

The next scene shows Song Hansheng and Ye Qiao falling off the cliff.

Now everyone had no more doubts.

No wonder the two of them didn't come out until later; it turns out neither of them had an easy time.

The breaking of the photo stone signifies the end.

Later on, I basically guessed it all.

The girl nocked the bowstring and drew the arrow, which shot straight at her. Who wouldn't say it was awesome?

Zhu You sighed, "Impressive."

Ye Qinghan was completely speechless and nodded slightly to her: "Thank you."

Without Ye Qiao, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the entire team would have been wiped out in the fourth match.

His gaze was indifferent as he declared beforehand, "But in the individual competition, I will not hold back."

Ye Qiao clicked her tongue. "You don't need to show any mercy."

The top ten can go to the Sword Cave to choose their natal sword. Ye Qiao already has a sword and doesn't want to go in at all, but all her disciples have to participate in the individual competition, so she has no choice but to go.

In other words, it's only a matter of time before he faces Ye Qinghan.

Si Miaoyan said sincerely, "Thank you."

Song Hansheng had already thanked her, so he remained silent. Ye Qiao ignored him and smiled slightly at Si Miaoyan, "It's alright."

Whether others want to admit it or not, Ye Qiao did save everyone. Without her, it's uncertain whether these people would have survived.

Su Zhuo blushed with embarrassment. He stood there stammering for a long time, trying to find the right words, afraid that Ye Qiao would come up and mock him.

But seeing that Ye Qiao completely ignored him, Su Zhuo felt a sense of frustration that he couldn't quite explain.

The cultivation world forums have been in an uproar these past few days. He became famous overnight. He had poor cultivation and low spiritual roots, but he was so awesome that he saved the entire secret realm at a critical moment. There is only one person like him in the cultivation world.

The discussion has already gone on for a while.

"I really never expected her to steal monster eggs."

"I was stunned when I saw this, and thought she had gone crazy."

"Okay, she gave me that stick. I never expected that, seeing so many of my protégés being arrested, all I could do was worry."

"This has nothing to do with the level of cultivation. If Ye Qinghan were to come, he would only fight those two demons to the death, and then reunite with his other disciples inside the barrier."

"Hahaha, don't worry about whether we can win or not. Our cultivation world's core principle is unity."

"Wait a minute, by the way, is that guy from the Moon Purity Sect dead?"

"Don't even think about it. The Five Sects will definitely be protected. Top-grade water spiritual roots at the Golden Core stage are rare, but there will definitely be punishment."

The forum was in an uproar, and even the close associates weren't quiet.

These past few days have been a nightmare, no less than having elders come to their courtyard every day and sit for an entire afternoon, repeatedly mentioning Ye Qiao in their ears.

This has made her close associates so much that they feel like vomiting whenever they see Ye Qiao.

The final match in the secret realm is the individual competition. In the courtyard of Changming Sect, Elder Zhao is still discussing the individual competition with Duan Yu.

Do you think Ye Qiao can break into the top ten of the sword cultivator rankings?

"It's uncertain," Duan Yu answered truthfully, "There are too many Golden Core cultivators."

Although Ye Qiao is a genius, even geniuses need room to grow, and the time given to her now is far too short.

If it were just a few more years, things wouldn't be this tense.

There's only one match left. She needs to raise her cultivation to the Golden Core stage, otherwise, there's absolutely no hope.

"Let them go on training together these next few days, and try their best to reach the Golden Core stage."

It wasn't that he wanted to pressure Ye Qiao; he simply didn't have the time.

Judging from Ye Qiao's current situation, she can't beat anyone, but she can exchange a few blows with anyone. Elder Zhao frowned: "Didn't I hear that she defeated Chu Xingzhi?"

Duan Yu: "Yes, we won, but we won by using clever tricks."

Chu Xingzhi was too stupid; he never expected Ye Qiao to change her starting stance. Her feint caught him off guard. If Ye Qiao wanted to compete fairly with these sword cultivators, improving her strength was the key.

……

Meanwhile, Ye Qiao, unaware that she had been completely arranged for, was with Xue Yu. The individual competition was in a tight schedule, with only one or two months left, and Xue Yu was repeatedly refining pills.

During this time, Ye Qiao was also observing Xue Yu. The other party's movements of forming pill seals were more fluid than her own. The young man's eyebrows and eyes were misty, and the speed of change was also faster. The number of pill seals he formed was several more than when she first saw it.

Ten pills, pure white in color, fell perfectly round into my palm.

Ye Qiao sniffed it. "Spirit-Strengthening Pill?" Xue Yu rarely refined this. "Why are you suddenly making this?"

Xue Yu glanced at her. "It's for you."

"ha?"

For her?

Xue Yu put away the alchemy furnace, looking relaxed: "You're suppressing your cultivation level."

Ye Qiao was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, not expecting her third senior brother to have seen through her, but she couldn't deny it, "Yes."

"Why?" Xue Yu asked, "Are you afraid it's unstable?"

"Hmm." Ye Qiao thought for a moment, "The main problem is that my spiritual root is too weak and can't keep up with the speed of breaking through to the next level."

Too small? Can't keep up with the speed of the breakthrough? This was the first time Xue Yu had heard such a strange analogy. "Then you..."

What level is the spiritual root?

"Heavenly Spiritual Root." Ye Qiao spoke up before he could. "The elder said I should be struck by lightning more often to help it grow, otherwise it will have to be suppressed."

This is what really annoys Ye Qiao the most.

Xue Yu was taken aback. He didn't doubt that Ye Qiao was exaggerating, but the Heavenly Spiritual Root was indeed extremely rare.

"Ye Qiao," he said with a smile, "I've noticed that the outside world's speculation about you is somewhat conservative."

What do you mean by top-grade or superior quality? This is a heavenly quality!

Thinking this, he tossed her the pill, "Try it, it's for you. It can help solidify your spirit, so that suppressing it for too long won't cause your internal spiritual energy to become chaotic." Suppressing this thing for too long can easily lead to qi deviation.

Moreover, Ye Qiao's situation is quite difficult to handle.

In the cultivation world, even those at the Golden Core stage are rare, let alone the Nascent Soul stage. Above that are groups of ancient monsters, and it takes decades or even centuries for them to break through to the next realm. Where would she find a tribulation lightning to provoke?

A celestial spiritual root is something that might only appear once every hundred years. And when one finally comes along, it gets delayed.

Xue Yu tentatively suggested, "How about letting Senior Brother give it a try?" With Zhou Xingyun's talent, a Nascent Soul stage lightning tribulation could easily last for three days.

"Never mind." Ye Qiao recalled Zhou Xingyun's condition over the past few days. "He's even more listless than me."

Zhou Xingyun is out of the question.

Xue Yu agreed: "With that kind of effort, it's better to rely on Ye Qinghan from the Sword Inquiry Sect next door, who's as hardworking as a little bee."

Ye Qinghan is already in the late Golden Core stage, only two realms away from the Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, he broke through to the next level at an extremely fast pace, and there are rumors that he might be the first eighteen-year-old Nascent Soul stage genius in the cultivation world.

"Oh, right." Ye Qiao turned her head, her tone light and cheerful. "Then why don't we go next door and find Ye Qinghan to play together?"

Xue Yu pursed his lips. "We just wanted to talk to him about our feelings."

The two planned to visit the Sword Inquiry Sect together to strengthen their bond, and on the way, they even encountered several disciples.

Their courtyards were adjacent to each other, so they usually saw each other all the time. But as soon as the other person saw Ye Qiao, he turned his head and vomited.

Ye Qiao: "???"

"I'm sorry," the disciple of the Sword Inquiry Sect said in an extremely bitter tone, "I don't want to see you these next few days."

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I'm experiencing some writer's block and am currently working on the outline. Sorry, I'll try to add more chapters in a few days.