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

The Pure Heart Grass, such a rare and precious herb, belongs to whoever gets it. Song Hansheng thought he had everything under control, but who would have thought he would encounter this group of ignorant rogue cultivators.

His face darkened, and after a long while, as if sensing something, Song Hansheng's lips curled into a gloating smile.

"They're here."

What's here?

Ye Qiao didn't quite grasp the concept.

Not only Song Hansheng noticed it, but the others also seemed to have figured it out. Mu Chongxi stroked his chin and said, "A demonic beast."

—A monster?

While cleaning the library, Ye Qiao would occasionally browse through some basic knowledge about the cultivation world. It mentioned that demonic beasts often appeared in sparsely populated areas, and that demonic beasts would gather in places with abundant spiritual plants in secret realms.

It's perfectly normal for such a large medicinal herb field to have monsters around.

"It seems there are quite a few," Xue Yu said calmly. "I estimate there are over a hundred."

Dan Xiu's divine sense was stronger than that of other cultivators, and he easily sensed that many demonic beasts were constantly approaching the location of the medicinal field.

Perhaps sensing that the medicinal field had been occupied by human cultivators, the first demonic beast to arrive let out a threatening roar and rushed over quickly.

It was estimated to be two meters tall, with a yellow skin and a appearance somewhat similar to modern locusts. With its thin wings flapping, it swooped down towards the cloud magpie in the next second.

"Ah—" The girl let out a piercing scream, and in her panic, she instinctively moved closer to the person with the strongest strength.

That's right, the person she's targeting is Mu Chongxi.

In the secret realm, sword cultivators are still the most powerful, especially a sword cultivator at the Golden Core stage.

Yun Que hurriedly hid behind Mu Chongxi. When she met the boy's slightly surprised gaze, she blushed and remained silent.

Mu Chongxi threw his longsword into the air, and the sword energy, like a rainbow, pierced into the head of the locust with unstoppable force. With a sizzling sound, the sound of the sword piercing flesh rang out, and the monster died instantly, falling straight to the ground.

Yun Que let out a soft breath and said gently, "Thank you."

Mu Chongxi glanced at her. He didn't have a good impression of the people from the Yueqing Sect and said lazily, "You're welcome. I didn't intend to save you in the first place."

"You're as strong as an ox," the boy muttered. "You even pushed my junior sister to the back."

Yun Que: "..."

She had received many preferential treatments since childhood because of her beautiful appearance. This was the first time she had encountered a man who treated her coldly. The girl's eyes reddened involuntarily. She didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help it. "I'm sorry."

"I did not do it on purpose."

Mu Chongxi was stunned for a few seconds. Just as Yun Que was about to speak again, he pulled Ye Qiao and quickly retreated.

That's terrifying.

Are female cultivators these days all this scary?

Mu Chongxi was puzzled by her tendency to cry at the slightest disagreement, but was greatly shocked.

Yun Que's tears, which had been welling up, froze.

Is it a virus? Is it contagious or what?

"Junior sister." Su Zhuo noticed the girl's fear when facing the demonic beast and sighed softly, "Don't be afraid, you don't need to go to those sword cultivators to protect you."

"Senior Brother Song is very powerful, and I drew a few Vajra Talismans, so those demonic beasts have no way to get close to you."

Listening to his rambling words, Yun Que not only did not feel comforted, but even thought that Su Zhuo was indirectly mocking her for being cowardly and so afraid of a monster.

She already felt inferior because she came from the mortal world, and when she faced Ye Qiao, she felt even more the injustice of fate.

Although both of them came from the mortal realm, Ye Qiao was fortunate enough to be picked up by the sect leader of the Yueqing Sect and had a smooth life from a young age.

With Su Zhuo's incessant chatter in her ears, Yun Que bit her lip hard, her face flushed. This time, she was purely annoyed. Her voice suddenly rose: "Shut up!"

The gentle voice suddenly became somewhat jarring, and Su Zhuo froze, his expression somewhat bewildered: "...Junior Sister?"

"What's wrong with you?"

Yun Que realized that something was wrong with her emotions. She quickly regained her composure and forced a smile: "N-nothing."

"I'm sorry, I was in a bad mood just now."

*

On the other side, Ye Qiao was quite happy to see that her fourth senior brother was avoiding her like the plague. At least he hadn't fallen in love with the female lead like in the novel, which was a good thing.

"Fourth Senior Brother," she nudged his arm, "how did you feel when you saw Yun Que crying?"

The novel mentions more than once how pitiful and charming the various male supporting characters and the female lead are when they cry, making one feel like bullying them.

Mu Chongxi nodded solemnly: "I felt it."

Ye Qiaoxin's heart skipped a beat. "What did you sense?"

With a serious expression, he concluded, "She's trying to extort money from me."

Before he could even say anything, her tears started flowing like a faucet. Mu Chongxi couldn't think of any other reason besides trying to extort money from her.

Ye Qiao: "...?"

She carefully recalled the original plot. It was a Mary Sue novel, where the female lead was always a delicate, silly beauty who didn't need to do anything for others to be willing to go through fire and water for her.

In the original novel, Mu Chongxi would get into fights with the female lead's group of suitors, vying for her affections and creating chaotic situations.

However, not only have the two not sparked any romance, but Mu Chongxi even feels from the bottom of his heart that this woman is just trying to extort money from him.

Ye Qiao gently patted his shoulder and said sincerely, "Fourth Senior Brother, please continue to maintain this line of thinking."

As long as his brain works abnormally enough, the future harem drama of the female lead will never catch up with him.

As the two were talking, hundreds of magical beasts had quietly surrounded them. They were low-level magical beasts with no intelligence, and they were quick to kill, but there were quite a few of them.

If these magical beasts were any more powerful, the scene before us would be a horde of magical beasts that would strike fear into the hearts of countless cultivators.

Just as Mu Chongxi was about to take action to deal with these magical beasts, Xue Yu stopped him in the next second.

"Do you remember who the sect leader sent down the mountain for training this time?"

Qin Fanfan's original intention was to send away these troublesome disciples, and at the same time, she also wanted to let Ye Qiao, this little girl, go out and see the world and toughen up her courage.

Mu Chongxi gripped and then loosened his grip on the sword sheath with considerable unease, "But this is Junior Sister's first time coming down the mountain..."

In his opinion, it would be enough for his junior sister to kill one or two monsters to hone her courage, rather than having her face hundreds of monsters alone.

Xue Yu didn't move, a slight smile appearing on his face. "Are you scared?"

These words were spoken to Ye Qiao.

She said, "It's alright."

Looking at the giant locusts that were gradually gathering around me, I have to admit that although I'm not afraid, these things are quite disgusting.

Considering that Ye Qiao only knows some basic sword techniques so far, and fearing that she might encounter some danger, Mu Chongxi worriedly decided to help her reduce the number of these monsters first.

This way, Ye Qiao can build up her courage without causing too much danger.

"Junior Sister, let me teach you a move." Mu Chongxi's voice was clear and bright. He winked at her and said, "Watch closely."

"This is the first move of the Qingfeng Technique."

As the sound faded, the Chaoxi Sword in his hand was drawn, and the snow-white sword shadow flashed past his eyes. At a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to perceive, countless sword energies instantly transformed into sharp blades.

Only the whistling wind could be heard as the ferocious beast's head was severed off in the next second, rolling to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Ye Qiao, who was standing behind, widened her eyes slightly when she saw this scene, trying hard to capture the gesture of Mu Chongxi when he drew his sword, and secretly memorized the move, preparing to use it when she wanted to show off in the future.

"What kind of sword technique is that?" Su Zhuo, standing beside him, was stunned. Such speed, such intense sword intent.

He wasn't the only one surprised; Song Hansheng also frowned deeply.

"If I'm not mistaken..." He stared intently at the scene, "That looks a bit like the sword intent of the Changming Sect."

Changming Sect, one of the five major sects?

Su Zhuo looked astonished. "How is that possible? You must have seen wrong, Senior Brother Song."

How could those rogue cultivators possibly be from the Changming Sect?

Yun Que also felt somewhat incredulous. She couldn't quite explain her own thoughts, but she subconsciously wanted to deny the possibility. "Yes, didn't she say before that they were from a small, insignificant sect? How could they possibly be disciples of the Changming Sect?"

Song Hansheng's expression turned slightly cold: "I wish I had seen wrong. But that was indeed the sword intent of the Changming Sect."

The sword energy was as fast as the wind and as sharp as a knife, so fast that it was difficult to catch.

If they were just a group of rogue cultivators, they could compete for resources even if they couldn't win. But who would have thought that these bandits were actually legitimate disciples of the Changming Sect?