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

Ye Qiao, still indignant after being warned by the cultivators, continued browsing the forum. The other disciples didn't usually care about these things, and she had forgotten about them since the individual competition ended.

After a few months, the forum has come up with new ways to play.

After studying it for a long time, she finally sighed and said that people shouldn't be too idle.

Inside the courtyard of the direct disciples, everyone was surprised.

"They even have a ranking list???"

"Let me see." Mingxuan deftly hooked the jade slip, swaying back and forth on the stool, and laughed. "These are the cultivation ranking, the strength ranking, and the looks ranking?"

Ye Qiao leaned closer. "First, you?"

Mingxuan winked at her.

Although beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Mingxuan has a stronger visual impact. Most cultivators in the cultivation world have a cool and aloof appearance, but Mingxuan is unique.

The boy has striking features, which has attracted a large number of female and male fans.

Xue Yu wasn't interested in the list and snatched the jade slip back. "So what the hell is this CP (couple) list?"

Mu Chongxi burst in, peeking out his fluffy head, "I want to see too!! Let me see! Don't you guys know how to take care of your junior brother?"

Ye Qiao slammed her hand on the table, furious: "Why are you trying to steal my jade slip? Don't you have your own jade slips?"

"Maybe what you steal tastes better." Zhou Xingyun said seriously.

Ye Qiao had nothing to say.

The CP (couple) rankings were even more lively, with all sorts of bizarre pairings. When Xue Yu saw someone pairing him with someone from the Chengfeng Sect, he shuddered, finding it unbelievable: "They must have nothing better to do than go to jail and spend some time there than spread rumors about us."

"There's nothing we can do about it. In the cultivation world, there are only a few people who can compete. Those who have ascended have already ascended, and the rest of the strong ones are basically a bunch of old men. Only the direct disciples can be dragged out to spread rumors."

We can't exactly drag those elders from the Five Sects into spreading rumors, can we? What rumors could they be spreading?

Are a group of sect leaders with ethereal and otherworldly appearances starting to engage in twilight romances?

Who wants to see this?!

Mu Chongxi had no interest in any looks rankings. He opened the cultivation rankings, "Those within the same realm are sorted by breakthrough time. First is Ye Qinghan. Then second is Senior Brother..."

"Ye Qinghan is still on the strength ranking." Mingxuan couldn't help but complain, "Why? He's taken all the first place spots."

There are only a few lists in total, and Ye Qinghan alone occupies two of them.

Ye Qiao rummaged around for a bit, her eyes darting around as she smiled, "Who's number one on the female cultivators' beauty list?"

"The results aren't out yet." Mingxuan raised an eyebrow. "You want to get first place? Then wait a minute, I'll go get my bunch of idle cronies to vote."

Ye Qiao stood up. "No, no, no, I'm not interested in this."

"But we can send Ye Qinghan to the top of the beauty list in one go."

She had disliked Ye Qinghan for a long time, and Ye Qinghan also disliked her. After all, Ye Qinghan valued cultivation and martial arts, and he thought Ye Qiao's behavior was always too improper.

To truly convince him, we would have to have a proper fight without using any talismans or pills. However, since our cultivation levels are not on the same level, a fight is impossible.

Ye Qinghan's reputation as the number one righteous cultivator is too great, so Ye Qiao felt that adding some other titles for him wouldn't be a problem.

She stroked her chin. "Just imagine, when people see Ye Qinghan in the future, the first thing they'll say is, 'Could you be the legendary number one beauty in the cultivation world, Ye Qinghan?'"

"..."

Is it morally deficient or not?

"We'll probably be hunted down by the Sword Inquiry Sect," Mu Chongxi said, rubbing his arm. "But it seems feasible? Although Junior Sister crushed the recording stone earlier, someone should have recorded it, right? We can find a clip of her in women's clothing and upload it."

Mingxuan immediately perked up: "Come on, one vote from you, one vote from me, Ye Qinghan will debut tomorrow."

They were determined to make Ye Qinghan outshine everyone else and win first place in a short period of time.

"..."

As it turns out, one really shouldn't be too idle. With the help of the Changming Sect, Ye Qinghan's ranking actually made it into the top ten, which even reached the ears of the Wenjian Sect.

"Ye Qinghan is going to compete with a bunch of female cultivators for the title of the most beautiful woman?" The Sword Inquiry Sect Master was sipping tea when he suddenly spat out a mouthful of water. "Has he gone mad?"

Chu Xingzhi's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage was originally a joyous occasion, but his happiness was short-lived. Hearing this astonishing news, the sect leader pondered for a moment and decided to summon Ye Qinghan for a talk. Under no circumstances could the image of the Sword Inquiry Sect be tarnished. The fact that no one went to the Changming Sect's recruitment drive showed just how important reputation was.

However, the words still needed to be phrased more tactfully. The Sword Inquiry Sect Master stood with his hands behind his back, his face expressionless and unsmiling, but his tone was quite gentle: "Qinghan, what did you gain from your trip to the Ghost Realm?"

Ye Qinghan frowned. "Not cautious enough."

"Still not strong enough. Otherwise, I wouldn't need to consider so many things." He hated overthinking things.

Do you know why the Ghost King Tower disappeared?

Ye Qinghan shook his head. "I don't know."

"But perhaps it's inextricably linked to Yip Kiu."

Ye Qinghan lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then said in a calm tone, "Find an opportunity to test her; she loves to take advantage of loopholes."

"She just learned a lot." The Sword Inquiry Sect Master said with a hint of envy, "If you could delve into that, that would be good too."

Ye Qinghan's lips drooped slightly, a hint of displeasure in his master's envious tone. The young man's expression was cold and indifferent: "Sooner or later, when she reaches the Nascent Soul stage, I'll fight her."

We can't lay a hand on her now. Otherwise, it would be an unfair victory.

"And Zhou Xingyun..." Ye Qinghan frowned. "His domain, if I'm not mistaken, is called Nothingness, or Return to Nothingness." The moment you step into it, the world seems to cease to exist, and you can't even feel your own existence.

Besides these two, there is also Qin Huai of Chengfeng Sect.

They were all a tough bunch, and Ye Qinghan could feel the pressure. He pursed his lips and said, "This disciple will work hard and live up to the sect's expectations."

The sect leader of the Sword Inquiry Sect nodded repeatedly, "You and Xiao Chu are both at the Nascent Soul stage now. Strive to cultivate a righteous heart and improve your cultivation. Never be misled by external things." For example, why compete with other female cultivators for the title of the most beautiful woman?

"And a few other little hobbies." He coughed twice, looking at his most outstanding disciple, and said in a tactful tone, "You can try to restrain yourself, or, for the sake of our Sword Inquiry Sect's image, if you really can't resist, you can wear it in private." Don't wear women's clothing in public.

This is extremely damaging to the image of the Sword Inquiry Sect as the number one sword sect.

Ye Qinghan felt that his master was hinting at something. He frowned, could only agree, and then turned to take his leave: "Yes. This disciple understands."

……

Mingxuan, Su Zhuo, and Miaomiao all returned at the peak of the Golden Core stage, just one step away from the Nascent Soul stage. Ye Qiao, on the other hand, remained unchanged, lagging behind the others by one step and two realms away from the Nascent Soul stage. She wasn't in a hurry, since she wasn't going to save the world anyway, so there was no point in rushing. She might as well calm down and refine pills.

For several days in a row, the courtyard was filled with the pleasant aroma of durian.

"Ahhh, quickly throw away your pills!"

"Don't disregard our lives, Ye Qiao."

They had all recently broken through their cultivation levels and were fearless. Seeing that they had nothing to do, Ye Qiao took a piece of paper and taught them how to play modern entertainment games. However, while she was refining pills, these guys got hooked on the game.

Mingxuan held up the little figure and announced the rules on the paper, then said, "You ate Ye Qiao's pill and were knocked unconscious by the stench for three seconds! Take three steps back. Hurry up!"

Xue Yu: "...How can you say that about Junior Sister's pills?"

"Fine, fine." Mingxuan reluctantly changed his mind: "Your senior brother's hanging scene scared you to death for three seconds, okay? Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave."

Zhou Xingyun was also frustrated, saying, "I've never scared anyone to death by hanging myself."

Ye Qiao is not easily influenced by the external environment. While they are making a fuss, she is still researching how to refine multiple medicinal effects at once while reducing the failure rate. In the past few days, the Heavenly Dao has been very satisfied with her high-difficulty alchemy method and will reward her with two blessings when she is happy.

Her cultivation level increased slowly afterwards, but the increase was too small. Zhou Xingyun pondered for a few seconds, "A bottleneck period?"

Ye Qiao rubbed her throbbing temples. "I don't know."

"I've taken the pills and eaten the spiritual fruits."

"It seems that the spiritual root does not need much nurturing at the moment."

If it really is a bottleneck period, then there's no need to continue practicing.

Ye Qiao stopped refining pills, and they finally stopped burying themselves in these games and started talking about serious matters. After summarizing their experiences in the Ghost Realm, Mingxuan gave a general account of their experiences in the other levels.

It's no wonder Ye Qinghan was so angry that he went to the higher-ups in the cultivation world to demand an explanation; no one expected that the Ghost King Tower was actually a domain-type spiritual artifact.

It wasn't mentioned in the provided materials.

If it weren't for Ye Qiao's chance encounter and the Flying Immortal Sword's willingness to transform and help him, Chu Xingzhi would have truly been doomed.

Ye Qiao shook the Flying Immortal Sword. Ever since that brief transformation, the Flying Immortal Sword had been listless. After all, the Flying Immortal Sword was not in the Sword Cave or during the transformation when the spiritual energy was at its most concentrated. Forcing it out had a significant impact, and she couldn't even see her clearly.

Mu Chongxi curled his lip, "No wonder Ye Qinghan wants to target the higher-ups."

If his fellow disciple were to be nearly killed by a false alarm, he would insist on finding out the truth.

"Which sect released this false information?" Ye Qiao really couldn't understand. Even if it was to train them, they shouldn't make such a mistake.

Xue Yu: "Yue Qingzong."

"Tsk." Mingxuan's sarcasm was palpable. "It's them again."

"But if they're deliberately hiding it, why aren't they even telling their own relatives?"

Judging from Song Hansheng and the others' apparent complete ignorance, they wouldn't be so ruthless as to eliminate even their own protégé.

Xue Yu clasped his hands together, resting his chin on them, and reasonably speculated: "The Moon Cleansing Sect has the most comprehensive intelligence network. Could it be that the Ghost King Tower's information was hidden so well that even the Moon Cleansing Sect was kept in the dark?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qiao pinched the tower spirit hard in her mind, causing it to howl, "No, it wasn't me!! You bad Ye Qiao pinched me again!"

"Hmph, they could have known something was wrong with the tower just by sending someone in to investigate, but they didn't."

Ye Qiao also felt that if the tower spirit had really intended to hide, it wouldn't have been so unscrupulous in the ghost realm. It was clearly deliberately concealing the truth, letting them suffer a loss for nothing.

As for who dies? That's up to fate.

Growing increasingly agitated, Ye Qiao asked, "Which high-ranking elder of the Yueqing Sect is responsible for providing intelligence?"

Each sect has too many elders. Changming Sect alone has seven or eight elders. She is most familiar with Elder Zhao and Elder Duan. She has only met the others once.

Xue Yu blinked. "Seventh Elder."

Mu Chongxi happily rolled over and jumped down, understanding Ye Qiao's meaning: "Then let's go and meet him."

……