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

The lightning was so fast that it would only take the blink of an eye for Zhu You to reflexively pull back the water in her hand. She had initially bet that Ye Qiao wouldn't transform, but clearly she had made a mistake this time.

It turns out that true geniuses can indeed apply what they learn on the spot. The lightning transformed into a purple, flashing wildly, and struck her with tremendous force. The water and electricity collided, and Zhu You felt as if she had been electrocuted, collapsing to the ground, unable to move.

The two were in a mutually restraining relationship. Zhu You was familiar with Ye Qiao's sword techniques, and similarly, Ye Qiao had also seen the sword techniques of the Wenjian Sect in the illusion. With lightning taking shape, the stalemate was instantly broken, taking advantage of Zhu You's inability to move.

Ye Qiao swiftly struck her down with a sword, then jumped off the competition platform.

They can't compete in spiritual energy, their swordsmanship is evenly matched, and their spiritual root attributes are even countered. What's the point of fighting?

Before, he could comfort himself by saying that Ye Qiao's swordsmanship was not proficient, but now this method can no longer comfort anyone.

Zhu You swallowed a pill to recover. She pursed her lips, wanting to say something, when someone patted her on the shoulder. Chu Xingzhi also snapped out of his daze and slowly said, "Losing to Ye Qiao is nothing to be ashamed of. In the future, I'll help you regain your dignity."

Zhu You: "? You didn't say that before."

Chu Xingzhi: "I didn't see her this fierce before."

Zhu You asked suspiciously, "Are you going to avenge me?"

"Of course!"

Fine.

Zhu Youmian nodded reluctantly, "Then I'll wait." Although his second senior brother was unreliable, his strength was undeniable.

Defeated by Ye Qiao, she felt somewhat frustrated. Ye Qinghan, having witnessed the entire process, pondered deeply: "After fighting her, what do you think of Ye Qiao's actual strength?"

"I feel..." Zhu You pursed her lips, "that she didn't give it her all."

It was as if he was testing her swordsmanship step by step, trying to figure out her attack sequence and starting stance.

But even a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator like Zhu You didn't go all out?

Are you kidding me? She's only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

"She also knows formations and talismans, but it was all useless."

Ye Qinghan said calmly, "If Chu Xingzhi didn't go all out when fighting Zhu You, does he deserve her to go all out?"

"After fighting for so long, you really can't figure out the strength of the attack?"

Zhu You said with some frustration, "I've tested her and found out three moves of the Qingfeng Technique, as well as her lightning."

"That lightning she used..." Zhu You's expression cracked as she mentioned it. "It almost electrocuted me."

Zhu You has a water elemental root. When Zhu You unleashed the lightning, Zhu You was so frightened that she withdrew the water. Although the feeling was different from the heavenly lightning, it was still enough to give her a hard time.

"Ye Qiao, Ye Qiao, look at me!!"

"Can you beat Ye Qinghan and Qin Huai in an individual competition?" Ye Qiao's die-hard fans don't care how they won.

Anyway, we won.

But the experienced monks sighed inwardly.

If it's this difficult to defeat Zhu You, then there's absolutely no chance against those two from the Sword Inquiry Sect.

When Qin Huai, the senior disciple of Chengfeng Sect, heard about it, he was somewhat surprised: "She actually managed to defeat Zhu You."

Upon hearing this, Duan Hengdao looked up. "Oh, Ye Qiao defeated Zhu You?"

Qin Huai: "A bit unexpected."

Duan Hengdao scratched his head. He thought it was quite normal. "Be careful of her. I have a feeling she wasn't going all out."

She didn't use any of her talismans or formations, clearly just testing the Sword Inquiry Sect's fighting style in advance. Qin Huai nodded, "I know." This time, he finally didn't dare to underestimate Ye Qiao anymore.

……

After the battle with Zhu You ended, things were peaceful for the next month; at least no one wanted to fight her all the time.

After the top ten, players will be numbered according to their previous points ranking. All points on the leaderboard will be reset to zero, and players will need to draw lots to determine their ranking.

Ye Qiao was the most arrogant, and unsurprisingly, she was the tenth number at the bottom.

The remaining two senior brothers followed her into a slump, and their rankings were both low, one seventh and the other eighth.

"I heard that Ye Qinghan has comprehended a domain. I wonder what his domain looks like." Everyone's domain is different.

However, those who possess such expertise are extremely rare in the cultivation world, and the outside world is amazed that Ye Qinghan is so extraordinary at such a young age.

After listening, Ye Qiao seemed to be deep in thought.

He really is the male lead.

She's nothing like those other flashy, cheap girls.

"Senior Brother," she called out lazily, "when are you going to comprehend your own domain? Show us what you've got to know. My only wish in this life is to see the domain of a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"?" Mingxuan looked up speechlessly: "Where's your little brat? He has a domain too, right?" It's pretty weird, he can control his speed, and there's a creepy ghostly aura inside, it looks scary.

Ye Qiao: "That's different."

"Who is more skilled in their field, Xiaoqi or Ye Qinghan?"

As she spoke, she pulled Xiaoqi out. The little guy was still asleep and a bit confused. He rubbed against Ye Qiao and snuggled up to her.

Ye Qiao patted Xiao Qi's head and said, "We'll only know after we fight."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's draw lots first." Mu Chongxi opened the door, and a professional handed over the lots.

Then he took the opportunity to glance at the situation inside. The Changming Sect was full of popular disciples. They always had something special in their individual competitions. Mu Chongxi took the draw and then shook it left and right for a long time.

Just as he was about to draw his sword, Ye Qiao stopped him. "Wait a minute." She lowered her head and arranged herself in a formation. "Let's perform a ritual first."

She didn't want to draw a powerful card right away.

If it can be displayed, it should still be displayed, so Ye Qiao chose to believe in metaphysics.

Watching Ye Qiao's elaborate ritual, Mu Chongxi's lips twitched as he thought of an important question: "Since it's a draw for the top ten, will we have an internal conflict?"

"No." Zhou Xingyun stared curiously for a moment, and then followed Ye Qiao in trying to change his unlucky fate. He said calmly, "All the lots in our sect were taken out before the draw."

Mu Chongxi tried it with some skepticism, bowing repeatedly to the bamboo sticks.

Watching the several sword cultivators begin their mystical rituals, the man who had come to submit his fortune slip fell silent. "You're sword cultivators! Not mages!"

……

"A talisman drawn in one stroke." The Ming family patriarch paced back and forth for a moment, then couldn't help but say, "I must have seen it correctly."

He examined the photo stone several times and finally confirmed that Ye Qiao was drawn in one stroke.

Only Song Hansheng of the Yueqing Sect could achieve this level of skill.

That Ye Qiao is truly astonishing.

The Ming family patriarch chuckled for a moment. This competition was truly fascinating. First, Yun Que, who used a sword to fight against talisman cultivators, appeared, and then Ye Qiao, who was frequently blessed by the Heavenly Dao, came along.

"Xiaoyi, what level do you think she can reach?"

After all, it wasn't her own child, but everyone present could see it clearly. Ye Qiao forcibly dragged Ming Xuan over and insisted on bringing him along to receive a blessing.

Is this what other people's kids are like? I'm so envious. He was so envious he almost cried.

"They say he's a talisman cultivator from the Moon Purity Sect!" Mingyi nodded, clenching her fist. "Can we recruit him?"

The Ming family head said sincerely, "I can't be."

He pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you think there's a possibility that Mingxuan and Ye Qiao could develop a relationship?"

Seeing the patriarch's increasingly erratic thinking, Mingyi also considered their potential relationship. "Ah. I think it's impossible."

It's completely... like they don't treat the other person like a human being.

She said earnestly, "However, I think we can ask Ye Qiao how to make Heaven bestow blessings on us without warning."

*

Upon suddenly receiving the message that the Ming family had invited Ye Qiao, Ye Qiao was somewhat bewildered. She and Ming Xuan exchanged glances for a while before she asked uncertainly, "Why do they want to see me?"

She probably doesn't know any of the eight great families, right?

Or rather, he only briefly met those close associates and didn't know anyone there.

"I have a feeling this won't be good." Mingxuan: "You shouldn't go."

Ye Qiao blinked, tilted her head back, and held the wolf-hair brush to her nose, unconcerned: "They can't possibly eat me, can they?"

"Oh, I see." Ye Qiao suddenly realized, "She wants to settle scores with me." She had learned the Shield-Binding Talisman from someone else.

"No. They're shameless." Never overestimate the shamelessness of the Eight Great Families.

They could clearly see Ye Qiao's talent for drawing talismans back then.

If Ye Qiao weren't not surnamed Ming, they might even be shameless enough to say stupid things like, "You must be a child of our Ming family who was lost outside" or "Ming Xuan, this is your half-sister, we're family now."

So, it can't be anything good for these people to come knocking on our door!

Knowing that Ye Qiao wouldn't come easily, Mingyi made a special trip, knocked on the door, and was very polite.

"What exactly do you want from her?" Mingxuan opened the door, and Maomao peeked out furtively.

Mingyi walked up to them. "Our patriarch is looking for Ye Qiao."

Mingxuan: "Why are you looking for her?"

"Just come to me." He assumed it was his old man who had discovered Ye Qiao's secret learning of talismans and was there to interrogate him. "I'll talk to him."

Mingyi rolled her eyes at him: "What's the use of finding you?"

"We need to talk to her about something." After a pause, Mingyi bluntly asked, "What can you do there?"

Mingxuan: "I can give her courage." He thought the other party was there to interrogate him.

Mingyi was speechless: "...I don't need you." She couldn't understand it at all. How could becoming a disciple and joining a sect have made Mingxuan so confident?

"He's so confident," Xue Yu said lazily.

"I just remembered a word, 'ordinary male'," Ye Qiao said, stroking her chin.

Mingxuan tapped her on the head, "You're insulting me again."

"No, no, no. The full meaning of that sentence is—" Ye Qiao paused for a moment, then smiled slightly: "You are the most trustworthy man in the world."