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

Yun Que chuckled softly, "I'm at the Golden Core stage. You're only at the Foundation Establishment stage; this isn't fair to you."

She had been deliberately using sword techniques to suppress Ye Qiao, each time like a cat teasing a mouse, letting Ye Qiao dodge before giving her another strike. This method made Yun Que extremely happy.

But for some reason, Ye Qiao was forced into such a sorry state, yet she could still laugh.

Ye Qiao touched her restless dantian and felt that it was about time. She sighed softly, "You're right." The girl actually nodded calmly.

"It's indeed unfair for Foundation Establishment cultivators to compete with Golden Core cultivators."

Ye Qiao's clothes were torn in several places, and her wrist was also broken. She calmly wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her other hand, and then smiled slightly.

He showed her what it means to break a mirror on the spot.

Golden Core cultivators versus Golden Core cultivators—is that fair enough now?

The fatigue from before the Golden Core stage vanished instantly. Ye Qiao vanished on the spot, landing on the back of Yun Que's head with a bamboo shoot. "Foundation Establishment isn't working, so what about the Golden Core stage?"

Ye Qiao never intended to break through in the secret realm. The length of the tribulation was one issue, and another was that there were too many direct disciples in the secret realm, which could easily lead to accidental injuries.

She doesn't think that way anymore.

The moment the aura of the broken realm emanated, the air in the entire secret realm seemed to fall silent. No one noticed that a golden blessing followed closely behind and quickly disappeared. Ye Qiao felt a warm sensation in her dantian, and the discomfort caused by the suppression of her realm earlier vanished completely.

The Vajra talisman at Yun Que's fingertip shattered. She quickly distanced herself, looking surprised and uncertain. "You..."

How is it possible to break through three realms in such a short time?

She bit her lip, exclaiming, "Aren't you a mid-grade spiritual root?!"

Ye Qiao sneered, "Who told you I'm a mid-grade cultivator?" She swung her hand back at Yun Que's face. Being a Golden Core cultivator was so exhilarating! It was much faster than being a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Before, she could only catch a glimpse of those Golden Core cultivators, but now she could see them clearly.

Yun Que quickly retreated to block her fist; she was incredibly fast.

Originally, Stepping on the Breeze was fast, but after breaking through to the Golden Core stage, her speed more than doubled. Yun Que could only defend passively. She broke through earlier than Ye Qiao, but her foundation was unstable. Even though she was a level higher, she had only just obtained the inheritance and was no match for Ye Qiao's proficiency in swordsmanship after several years of learning.

"You're taking advantage of someone in distress." Seeing Ye Qiao's deadly moves, Yun Que hurriedly spoke up.

"I'll take advantage of your grandmother's predicament." She sneered as the Qingfeng Technique changed again, and a sword Qingfeng opened, sweeping down. The sword style had a large area, and Yun Que dodged in a mess. Ye Qiao followed up with a side kick to her shoulder.

Yun Que staggered in pain, and before she could regain her balance, Ye Qiao kicked her again. The final blow, the first move of the Qingfeng Technique, struck her hard on the back.

Yun Que screamed. She had exerted too much force, and a churning pain shot through her internal organs. She lay on the ground coughing for a long time, tasting blood in her throat. Her usually beautiful face contorted in pain: "Ye Qiao!!"

"Your father is here," Ye Qiao replied, scattering explosive talismans from her hand.

Yun Que had plenty of resources; Yun Hen had secretly given her many good things. But Ye Qiao had so many talismans that she couldn't compete. She erected a transparent protective shield and screamed, "Ahhh!! Ye Qiao!"

"Yes, I'm here." Ye Qiao replied without changing her expression, and threw down the few bombs she had.

She yelled, and Ye Qiao smashed it.

The bomb's effect was even more pronounced than the explosive talisman. This thing was physical damage, and the defensive talisman was blasted open with holes in just a few hits. Ye Qiao then stopped and started poking her in that hole.

Ye Qiao flicked her sword tip, leaving a sword wound on Yun Que's arm. Blood gushed out. Pain was one thing, but being humiliated was another.

Both were practicing sword and talisman cultivation and were at the Golden Core stage, but Yun Que's realm was higher. At first, Yun Que could still benefit from the higher realm, but later he was completely crushed.

"sky!"

"I knew Ye Qiao was no ordinary person."

Breaking through three realms in a row, didn't you see that Ye Qinghan is only at the second realm?

"But the question is, does she want to break through her limits inside the secret realm?"

Are you crazy? This is a secret realm!

Watching the battle, Chu Xing subconsciously clutched his chest and muttered, "I was indeed too young."

Everyone's hiding something, right?

One practices three cultivations, the other practices two cultivations.

One claimed to have an ordinary, mid-grade spiritual root, while the other... the other had a rather high-grade spiritual root.

"Ha. So only a fool like Chu Xingzhi believed she was of mid-grade quality?"

"Anyway, I've never believed it since the competition started. Anyone who cultivates three paths without a strong divine sense would have become an idiot long ago. Could Ye Qiao possibly be growing in reverse?"

"I initially guessed it would be at most a high-grade one, but judging from the intensity of the tribulation lightning, it seems to be a top-grade one."

"Then this year's direct disciples all have top-grade spiritual roots."

To be honest, the cultivation world hasn't seen so many geniuses in a very long time.

In the past, it was impossible to gather all the top-grade spiritual roots, but this year we have them all.

"Speaking of your little disciple, she broke through two realms twice before, and now she's broken through three realms in a row. Has she found her own path yet?"

The elder of the Sword Inquiry Sect remained calm and composed, saying, "I guess it's the Free and Unfettered Path."

That best fits Ye Qiao's unconventional personality.

"What path do you think she should take?" asked the Biyue Sect member.

"Don't ask." Qin Fanfan didn't even look up. "I don't know." He was completely bewildered, having no idea when she had broken through.

This generation of protégés is too difficult to manage; each one has their own ideas, making him seem like an incompetent old father.

"But it might not be the Path of Freedom. This child is rather outrageous, as you all know." Based on Qin Fanfan's long-term observation, he felt that Ye Qiao should have her own ideas. "I'll ask her again when we return to the sect."

Ye Qiao broke through the cultivation realm on the spot, so fast that no one could react. Along with the aura of breaking through the realm in the secret realm, the thunderclouds in the sky seemed to sense something and quickly gathered in one direction.

"I'll go."

"She's going to undergo tribulation in the secret realm? She's insane."

"It takes a long time to see thunderclouds."

Inside the secret realm, the outside scene was not clearly visible, but the outside world was crystal clear. They could see the thunderclouds gathering overhead. How long had it been since she broke through to the next level?

"Good heavens. What kind of weird thunderclouds are these?"

It was a dark, oppressive mass. The last time it was this scary was when it was Ye Qinghan's.

"The last time I saw something this scary was last time," the elder of the Azure Water Sect said, stroking his chin.

"But it should be fine." After all, he's only at the Golden Core stage, which is several realms below the Nascent Soul stage.

The other elders remained calm, but Elder Zhao from the Changming Sect had a face that changed from green to red, then red to white, like a palette of colors.

"Summon the children of the secret realm to come out now. All of them! Quickly!"

His reaction was too much. The Sword Sect Master was stunned for a moment, "What about Ye Qiao?"

"She can't come out, so let her stay there." The secret realm won't let her leave.

Moreover, judging from this impending storm of thunder and lightning, who knows, something might happen to someone.

"Go and inform all disciples except Ye Qiao to create their identity tokens. This is an order." Elder Zhao was actually quite excited; it wasn't easy for him.

We've finally made a breakthrough.

Ye Qiao wasn't worried, as long as the disciples in the other secret realms weren't implicated.

Being nervous in this situation is useless.

Can't you see Qin Fanfan isn't in a hurry?

The other elders exchanged bewildered glances, not understanding why Changming Sect was reacting this way.

……

When they received the elders' orders, everyone was a little confused. Create an identity token?

What happened again?

"The demon race has attacked the cultivation world again?"

That can't be right.

"No." Mingxuan knew the inside story. He said, "Take my advice, run now. Don't dawdle."

As the heavenly lightning subsided, Ye Qiao watched her disciples preparing to leave. Feeling a little lonely, she waved her hand and said, "Hey, anyone want to come with me?"

The other four people stepped back in unison, saying in unison, "Take care."

Ye Qiao clicked his tongue, "If you're brothers, then let's take this beating together!"

Mingxuan sighed, "Being your brother is quite risky."

Chu Xingzhi scoffed, "Coward."

There's no need for others to compete for this ranking anymore; it's basically a done deal by the fourth day.

but--

"It's just a Golden Core stage tribulation. What are you afraid of?"

What's there to run for?

Zhu You had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on, and she decisively grabbed Chu Xingzhi: "Let's go, Second Senior Brother."

"Everyone from the Sword Inquiry Sect, make your identity tokens. Hurry up." She gave the order. Since Ye Qinghan wasn't there, Zhu You took the lead. Seeing that their junior sister had said so, the disciples shrugged and made their identity tokens and left.

Xue Yu: "Take care." These words were for the secret realm.

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!" Mingxuan said. "Let's go quickly."

In an instant, all the disciples scattered like birds and beasts, leaving only Ye Qiao in the vast secret realm.

She looked up and felt a deep sense of loneliness, like snow, for a master's life.

Before the lightning struck, Ye Qiao picked up the KFC and said, "Hey, hey, forget it, let's go find the illusion to play with."

She happened to have something she wanted to ask about that illusion.

After all the disciples left, Ye Qiao was the only surviving disciple in the entire competition. She took a step with an air of indifference and walked into the inner perimeter of the secret realm.

"??? Isn't she going to prepare? This is a tribulation of lightning."

"What is there to prepare for at the Golden Core stage?"

"But looking at her tribulation lightning, it's different from that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator."

How terrifying! The thick thunderclouds made it seem as if the next thing to fall wasn't lightning, but something straight at someone's life.

Ye Qiao had no idea how the thunderclouds were gathering outside. She walked devoutly to the inner perimeter, "Illusion, illusion. I pray to you."

The girl, dressed in a red religious robe, quietly looked up, her eyes full of seriousness: "Are you there?"

The long-silent illusion jumped up as soon as it heard someone enter.

They were eager to try their hand at it.

what.

Let's see which unlucky guy's protégé has come knocking on our door, hehe.

It excitedly rushed out and pulled people inside.

As soon as they appeared, they saw familiar faces.

The illusion: "..." It sat up in shock from its deathbed, only to find itself the unlucky one.

It instinctively tried to run away, but Ye Qiao reached out and grabbed it, saying, "Don't go, I have something to ask you."

She asked earnestly, "The secret realm is alive, isn't it?"

Even illusions can have self-awareness, so who says secret realms must be dead?

It remained silent.

Seeing this, Ye Qiao aimlessly controlled her sea of ​​consciousness, making it transform into the ever-changing Sakura. The illusion had no self, and its face changed according to the other party's obsession.

Ye Qiao's easily shifting obsession caused it to momentarily distort itself, leaving it no choice but to reply, "Yes."

Ye Qiao: "Where is the main body of the secret realm?"

It bristled: "How should I know?"

Ye Qiao changed her approach and asked, "So what does it want to do?"

There must be a reason why they keep targeting me, right?

The illusion sullenly said, "It wants to get rid of you. It's brewing a Nascent Soul stage beast tide. I've said everything I need to say, so please don't bother me anymore, okay?"

Ye Qiao: "Wow~"

She was used to being targeted. The girl glanced at the sky, then looked towards the deserted secret realm and said, "Hey? You really won't let me out?"

"I really can blow up this secret realm of yours."

Hearing Ye Qiao's arrogant shouts, the secret realm ignored him.

Its Nascent Soul stage beast tide is all brewing, just waiting to deal with this troublesome person in one go.

Let her out? No way.

Seeing no response, Ye Qiao clicked her tongue softly and stepped out of the inner circle. "You forced me to do this."

She destroyed a secret realm in the second instance.

She really didn't intend to wreak havoc on another secret realm, but it just had to trap her.

"Hey hey hey." Ye Qiao lazily curled her lips, took out the recording stone from her pocket, pointed it directly at her face, and waved, "Family members outside the secret realm, please all turn your attention to me."

The crowd outside the arena: "..."

What now?

What kind of trouble is Ye Qiao up to now?

"What is she trying to say to us?" Qin Fanfan thought that Ye Qiao would calm down after the fifth round, but she was really surprised.

Ye Qiao is still the same Ye Qiao.

There has been absolutely no change.

All of her former protégés who had been eliminated gathered around to look at her. Zhu You couldn't help but say, "She really is amazing."

What time is it?

How does this person manage to greet everyone so casually?

Now only Ye Qiao remains in the room.

She exuded an air of absolute dominance, standing on tiptoe, chin held high, striking an incredibly arrogant pose, as if she could see the reactions of those outside, and smiled slightly: "Yes, yes, that's it."

"Come, come, come! Today I'm going to perform for you something that happens only once in a thousand years: a lightning tribulation striking a secret realm. Fellow Daoists, where are the screams? Where is the applause?"

The people offstage also cooperated, all of them starting to applaud and shout slogans for her.

"..." Qin Fanfan turned her head and found that the sect leaders of the other four sects were looking at her with a look that was hard to describe.

It was as if it were condemning what kind of disciples he had taught.

Qin Fanfan retorted irritably, "Why are you looking at me? Clap your hands!"

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Eight thousand.

Ahhh, is nobody here? Waaaaah, school's already started!