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

The journey back to the sect was not peaceful, because Ye Qiao had only just established her foundation and was not yet very skilled at sword control. She stumbled several times along the way, falling and getting covered in dust. She dusted herself off, stood up, and continued trying.

With Mu Chongxi's repeated guidance, Ye Qiao finally managed to regain her balance and at least stopped wobbling.

"Junior Sister, do you know any of the direct disciples of the Moon Purity Sect?" After hesitating several times, Xue Yu finally asked softly.

Yun Que kept calling her "Second Senior Sister," so it didn't seem like she had mistaken her for someone else.

"Yes, that's right." Ye Qiao's expression remained normal, as if there was nothing she couldn't say. "I'm an orphan. I was taken in by the sect leader of the Yueqing Sect when I was young, and I was an inner disciple there for several years."

She paused, shrugged, and smiled. "Later, my talent was so poor that even dogs thought I was useless. Plus, the herbs I painstakingly picked were taken away by my master and given to the new junior sister of the Yueqing Sect. So I left the mountain in a fit of anger."

Xue Yu felt somewhat uncomfortable upon hearing this.

They were all born into privilege. Although their parents were strict, they treated them very well. And how old was the junior sister?

At the age of fifteen, it was bad enough that she was not valued by the Yueqing Sect, but the herbs she had worked so hard to obtain were also stolen.

Ye Qiao spoke lightly, but it wasn't hard to see the bitterness in her words.

Xue Yu secretly resolved to refine more pills in the future and diligently feed his junior sister. If Yueqing Sect couldn't raise her properly, then their Changming Sect would.

Mingxuan's fingertips twitched slightly, and he awkwardly offered her a few words of comfort: "If they dare to bully you again, just say my name."

After hesitating for a few seconds, he changed his mind: "Never mind, just tell me your senior brother's name, he's more powerful."

"Yes, yes, yes." Mu Chongxi was afraid that she would be sad about this, so he secretly said, "They wouldn't even be inner disciples of the Yueqing Sect. Why don't they come to our Changming Sect as personal disciples? When the Grand Competition comes, they will definitely dazzle their eyes."

Her three senior brothers kept nagging her all the way to comfort her wounded heart, and Ye Qiao chuckled, feeling warm inside.

……

After returning to Changming Sect, he briefly reported the situation of this training to Qin Fanfan. Upon learning that Ye Qiao had achieved Foundation Establishment, the sect leader, who had almost fallen asleep, jumped up in shock.

"Foundation Establishment?"

He patted Ye Qiao's shoulder hard and laughed with satisfaction: "Hahaha, I knew you could do it, girl."

They had completely forgotten that the reason they had driven these disciples down the mountain was to give the sect a few days of peace and quiet.

Elder Zhao coughed lightly twice, also taken aback by the news.

Ye Qiao?

That girl who often neglects her duties and likes to do crooked things?

"How many days has it been since you broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage?" Elder Zhao asked, looking at Xue Yu, the most composed of the four.

Xue Yu held up one finger.

Elder Zhao: "Ten days?"

Xue Yu: "One day."

He pondered for a moment: "To be precise, it took my junior sister less than a day to break through."

"..."

This time, it wasn't just Elder Zhao who was silenced, but also Qin Fanfan.

Qin Fanfan controlled her twitching expression. Foundation Establishment in one day?

The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously realized the problem. Elder Zhao's expression turned slightly serious. "You guys go out first. The sect leader and I have something to discuss."

Ye Qiao nodded indifferently, as she also wanted to go back to the courtyard to rest.

After the group had completely left the hall, Qin Fanfan jumped up, looking anxious: "Foundation Establishment in just one day, Old Zhao? These little brats weren't trying to fool me, were they?"

Does their Changming Sect even have a Foundation Establishment disciple one day? Is that reasonable?

Elder Zhao frowned. "Aren't you worried about Xue Yu? There's no benefit in that child lying."

"I just can't figure it out, is this girl really only a mid-grade spiritual root?"

"She absorbs spiritual energy quite quickly; sometimes it even feels like she absorbs it faster than her senior brothers."

"How could that be?" Qin Fanfan was the first to deny it outright. "Her senior brothers are all top-grade single-elemental roots."

"That's why I find her strange." Elder Zhao stood with his hands behind his back, completely puzzled. The testing stone shouldn't have any problems, but Ye Qiao's talent couldn't possibly be that low.

It's at least a top-quality product.

Qin Fanfan waved her hand, "Never mind, when we go to the Sword Inquiry Sect to participate in the Grand Competition later, let Ye Qiao go to the Sword Inquiry Sect's Sword Cave to have her tested. The testing stone there will definitely not be wrong again."

*

The few days after returning to Changming Sect were probably too exhausting from their training trip, so no one had time to cause trouble, which made the inner sect elders very gratified.

In fact, the main reason for the calm was that Ye Qiao had locked herself in her room these past few days and would occasionally go to Xue Yu to ask him for some materials.

She was researching something and wanted to see if she could succeed.

Ye Qiao spent more than ten days tinkering and searching through a large number of books in the library to finally collect everything she wanted. At that time, she was sitting on the flat ground behind the mountain with an iron pot and a bunch of materials that only weapon cultivators could use, constantly adding things to it.

"Junior Sister!"

Just then, Mu Chongxi rushed in, "Elder Chengfeng Sect has come to our sect! Master told us to behave ourselves today and not cause him any trouble."

Ye Qiao didn't even raise an eyebrow. She gave a blank "Oh," and said, "Chengfeng Sect?"

"Is that the Transvestite Sect you mentioned?"

Mu Chongxi nodded solemnly: "That's right."

"What are their elders doing here?" Ye Qiao asked, puzzled.

Mu Chongxi casually sat down. "Isn't it true that there are only six months left until the Grand Competition? Shouldn't the various sects come to assess the strength of their personal disciples?"

"Everyone wants to get a good ranking; knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle."

"Hey." Mu Chongxi leaned closer, looking at what was in Ye Qiao's pot, a question mark appearing above his head: "What is this? Why does it taste so strange?"

Ye Qiao pushed him away, "I'm making something."

"What is it?"

Ye Qiao said solemnly, "It's called a bomb."

Mu Chongxi was completely bewildered.

He always felt that when his junior sister was fiddling with these strange things, he could only stand by and babble like a fool.

"When will you be ready?" He replied, "Master will be leading the elders of Chengfeng Sect on a tour of our sect later."

If it causes any trouble, things will get messy.

And...

Mu Chongxi swallowed hard, staring at the contents of Ye Qiao's pot. He felt that this thing... didn't seem like something a normal person would make.

Is the bomb some kind of new type of magical artifact?

Ye Qiao nodded nonchalantly, "Don't worry, it's just a little gadget."

She searched through numerous ancient texts for a long time before finding a stone similar to gunpowder, along with other substitute materials. Combining this with what she had learned from modern knowledge, she was certain that it would be foolproof.

"Fourth Senior Brother," Ye Qiao said with a sweet smile, her voice clear, "you'll see."

Mu Chongxi felt a little uneasy when he saw her smile like that.

For some reason, he always had a bad feeling whenever he was with his junior sister.

Ye Qiao sat on the ground and worked on it for about half an hour before finally finishing. She patted her dusty sleeves, stood up, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fourth Senior Brother, just you wait and see."

She shouted, "Thunder!"

He then threw the bomb in his hand straight away.