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

A dozen or so round pills fell into her palm, still a little warm. Ye Qiao rushed to the competition stage and stuffed all the pills into Xue Yu's hands, muttering, "Eat more, or you'll really become an idiot."

The smell of the Spirit-Nourishing Pill was so comforting that Xue Yu's arms were piled high with it. After numbly consuming all of them, the blood on his earlobes finally stopped.

Seeing that Xue Yu had recovered somewhat, Biyue Sect, who was also dizzy after finishing refining pills, felt a little envious.

Ye Qiao glanced at the remaining pills and tossed them over neatly, saying, "Remember to return the spiritual plants inside the pills after you've finished eating."

Si Miaoyan was slightly taken aback, somewhat flattered, "Um... okay, okay. Thank you, we'll pay you back."

Miao Miao was equally overjoyed: "There are still more good people in the world!"

Mu Chongxi yawned, slightly puzzled by her actions. "Junior Sister, why are you giving them pills? Those pill cultivators are all ruthless; they don't lack pills."

The pills from the Azure Water Sect are all ridiculously expensive! The other sects have been dissatisfied with their outrageous prices for a long time. However, due to the scarcity of pill cultivators in the cultivation world, the prices only go up and never down.

Ye Qiao replied in a low voice, "The spiritual plants I use for alchemy were taken from their sect."

Shouldn't we appease them? And then, the clueless Bishui will have to give them a new spiritual plant out of gratitude. How wonderful!

Along the way, several alchemy elders glanced at her hesitantly, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. To be honest, the pills in Ye Qiao's hands also had a strong spiritual energy, but unfortunately, she wasn't a participating alchemist. They couldn't openly keep them for themselves.

I should have let her participate! Rules are worthless; rules are meant to be changed anyway.

Anyway, the Changming Sect has already made quite a few changes to the rules for this year's competition.

With mixed feelings, Si Miaoyan swallowed the pill she had refined, then raised her eyebrows slightly in surprise.

"Her pills aren't top-grade."

The sect leader of the Azure Water Sect, who had been criticizing the Changming Sect, perked up upon hearing these words. "Is she a half-finished product?"

"It's not a semi-finished product. I mean, it's not top-grade. The effect of this... is probably above top-grade." Si Miaoyan added, "It should be at the half-step Heavenly Grade level."

Although she wasn't as exaggerated as Xue Yu, she was only in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, a whole realm lower than Xue Yu, yet she unleashed twelve at once.

What does this mean?

"..."

The sect leader of the Azure Water Sect felt as if he had been stabbed twice more in the heart, leaving him feeling utterly disheartened. He flicked his sleeves and, in a fit of anger, turned and went home.

Embarrassing.

One is a top-grade elixir, and the other is a top-grade elixir that is half a step above the top-grade level.

If your Changming Sect is so awesome, why don't you just fly to the heavens?

As Xue Yu stepped down from the competition stage and waited for the rankings to be evaluated, his father walked over enthusiastically, a smile blooming on his usually stern face. "Xue Yu..."

To be honest, he was startled.

The Xue family has always been known for its rigidity and seriousness, or rather, all eight great families are the same – an ancient and feudal aristocratic family.

Xue Yu's lips twitched slightly. "Father."

"I won."

The head of the Xue family patted him on the shoulder, his voice tinged with amusement, "Well done." He really made him proud.

The individual competition was watched not only by the cultivators on the field, but by virtually the entire cultivation world. Being able to refine a Heaven-grade item under the watchful eyes of everyone would further solidify the Xue family's position as the number one alchemy family.

Ye Qiao stood behind, playing rock-paper-scissors with Mu Chongxi out of boredom.

"You must be Ye Qiao. Thanks to you!" After praising his son, the Xue family head patted Ye Qiao's shoulder enthusiastically.

He was actually quite surprised. He knew his son's personality well.

Xue Yu's personality seems to be the most approachable, but in reality, he is somewhat aloof from the basic nature of aristocratic families. I never expected that he would be able to make so many talented friends after going to Changming Sect.

The Xue family head pulled Xue Yu aside and continued to instill his ideas in him, "You should make more friends with geniuses. Although Changming Sect is not suitable for you, it does have many geniuses. I didn't expect you to do so well, taking first place without making a sound."

Xue Yu simply nodded perfunctorily this time.

His father and Mingxuan's father were indeed extremely realistic.

As the two were talking, the results of the evaluation were announced. Xue Yu was undoubtedly the first place winner, followed by Si Miaoyan in second place and Liu Yun in third, and so on.

After Danxiu's final match, the atmosphere reached its peak, with hushed chatter filling the arena. The individual rankings and points were all personally passed down. Combined with the team competition, Changming Sect undoubtedly emerged victorious.

Ye Qiao was out of sorts until a fan from the Changming Sect outside the arena mustered up the courage to shout out.

"We are number one."

"Wake up, everyone!!! We're number one!"

The prepared flower petals were rained down on them, forming a thick layer. The scene became chaotic, and those who couldn't react in time were hit in the face by the petals. Chu Xingzhi, who was caught in the crossfire, cursed under his breath.

Your Changming Sect can celebrate all you want, but why the hell do you have to drag them into it?

First place doesn't belong to them!

Only the injured disciples managed to escape. Those who hadn't managed to escape were immediately surrounded by the Changming Sect's fans, and the scene descended into chaos, accompanied by the curses of other disciples.

Damn it! We were already angry about losing, and now we're surrounded by the Changming Sect. Has anyone considered how they feel?

Too many disciples have participated in the grand competition, which takes place once every hundred years, but only one sect can win first place.

This time, they won first place on their own merit.

Ye Qiao was completely immersed in the fragrant flower petals, and she was a little dazed.

My train of thought even took a slightly bizarre turn.

Where did they get so many flower petals?

Qin Fanfan was standing high enough that other fans couldn't reach him and didn't dare to offend the sect leader, but one of the bolder ones threw a handful of flower petals at him, and Qin Fanfan sneezed.

"Old Duan, did we win?"

Duan Yu: "We won."

Elder Zhao suddenly realized what was happening. "Quickly, quickly, let those children out! What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket!" They've all won the competition, how can they be so unruly?

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Fanfan realized that this would not have a good impact on the other clan members, so he stepped down to try to calm the cultivators down.

Surprisingly, he was quite popular. When the Changming Sect fans saw him come down, they immediately greeted him enthusiastically, calling him "Fanfan" repeatedly and praising him with phrases like, "The Changming Sect is amazing because of you!" and "Only you could have trained these five geniuses!"

They praised Qin Fanfan so much that she forgot what she was supposed to do.

Elder Zhao rubbed his forehead.

Duan Yu clapped his hands. "Alright, alright, let them make a fuss. We won." This is the only time we've won in so many years, so what's wrong with being happy?

Ye Qiao, the biggest contributor, was tugged at by Ming Xuan.

"We're number one!" His eyes crinkled with laughter. "Let's go, let's go celebrate!"

The clothes of the Changming Sect were the most recognizable. Each of the five people had been ravaged to varying degrees, and their arms were stuffed with all sorts of gifts. Ye Qiao was alright, though, because she was a girl and no one laid a hand on her.

The other senior brothers had it much worse; while receiving gifts, they also had to dodge all sorts of unwanted advances.

The female cultivators in the cultivation world are all too unrestrained.

Chu Xingzhi glanced at the Changming Sect members who were surrounded and muttered under his breath, "What's so great about them?"

It's just first place.

In this once-in-a-century grand competition, no one wants to lose first place, but there can only be one sect in the rankings. Song Hansheng watched the lively scene, his expression unreadable, and remained silent.

In fact, this kind of excitement has nothing to do with them.

Several male fans enthusiastically said, "Brother Hansheng! It's okay! In our hearts, you will always be number one."

"Yo yo yo yo yo yo da".

Song Hansheng's face darkened, and he turned his head away, all his melancholy mood vanishing.

The other close associates, seeing this, were trying hard not to laugh.