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

Xie Chuxue was still unaware that his disciples had left long ago. He was currently with Qin Fanfan dealing with the powerful demons outside. He took the time to invite his ancestor into his dream. Seeing the ancestor's confident expression, his heart calmed down as well.

"I hope so..." Xie Chuxue murmured.

*

Only outer disciples and some elders remained in the sect. Almost all the inner disciples were sent out. It was too dangerous for the outer disciples to come out with them. In this chaotic situation, only the direct disciples were strong enough to fight.

However, with five people from each sect, there are only about twenty people in total, which is currently not enough manpower.

Upon learning that this group of disciples was going down the mountain, the elders of Changming Sect who had been reserved for them had extremely complicated expressions. They looked at each other for a few moments, and their first reaction was to persuade the group to stay.

After all, if anything unexpected happens to any of them, it would be a significant loss for any sect.

Elder Zhao rushed to intercept them immediately, saying, "Don't be ridiculous! Now that you've returned from the Land of Inheritance, what you should be doing is improving your cultivation. Qin Fanfan and the others have gone, what use are you going?"

"Most of the sect leaders of the five sects have gone to suppress those unruly demons. We don't need to worry about the demons for now." Those who can sit in the position of sect leader are strong enough that there is no need to worry about them.

It's not a problem to unilaterally quell unrest on one side.

"What about the demon race?" Ye Qiao was used to Elder Zhao's criticisms and wasn't afraid of his cold expression. She fiddled with the bamboo shoot sword at her waist. "Since someone has to step forward, why can't it be us?"

Elder Zhao's gaze sharpened like a blade for a moment. He stared at her intently for several seconds, and after a long while, he seemed to finally relent. He nodded, his voice carrying unprecedented authority and solemnity, "In that case, Elder Changming, please give the order."

The five, who were usually quite unruly, responded calmly and in unison.

"You will be in a group with Yueqing Sect. Go and rescue all the cultivators in Lingzhao City."

The Changming Sect has the most perfect lineup, while the other three sects are in a state of extreme imbalance. With the strength of the Changming Sect, it would be difficult for the three sword cultivators to protect the five alchemy cultivators of the Biyue Sect. The Changming Sect is more compatible with the several talisman cultivators of the Yueqing Sect who have the ability to protect themselves and do not need much care.

The Yueqing Sect members bowed their heads respectfully in response.

Elder Zhao continued, "The Chengfeng Sect, Bishui Sect, and Wenjian Sect will act together."

Upon hearing about cooperating with these two sects, Miao Miao hesitated, opened her mouth as if to speak, and finally mumbled, "Okay."

Elder Zhao, who had expected them to start arguing, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Temporarily setting aside their prejudices against each other can be considered a different kind of growth. He noticed that the strength of these disciples had improved significantly, and Ye Qiao, whose cultivation had been stuck there, had also reached the peak of the Golden Core stage.

"Then we're leaving." Ye Qiao waved her hand. "Don't miss us too much!"

In the past, these disciples were always criticized as delicate flowers in a greenhouse, but now it's their turn to shoulder the responsibilities. Elder Zhao felt a little bitter.

Hearing Ye Qiao's joking remark out of the blue, Elder Zhao was both amused and exasperated: "Let's go quickly."

……

Because of the small number of people, and with them heading to various cities separately, more than twenty people were simply not enough. It is likely that the sect leaders had no choice but to transfer all their inner disciples. Since the eight major families were unwilling to lend people, the five sects had to send people down.

The fact that the personal disciple was absent at the time made one wonder if it was all premeditated.

Their trip to the Land of Inheritance was known to few outside of the five sects' elders, so the question of who tipped them off remains to be investigated upon their return. The most pressing issue is finding someone to help them.

"If you want to find cultivators, the strength of rogue cultivators is too weak." Song Hansheng's words were full of disdain for rogue cultivators. "My suggestion is to find the direct descendants of the Eight Great Families. They have many experts they keep in private."

"As long as they're willing to lend people, there shouldn't be a big problem."

Mingxuan pursed his lips coldly, "But the problem is that they won't lend people out easily."

Born into one of the eight great families, no one understood the thoughts of these families better than him. "Anyway, the demon race hasn't made any moves against their territory. As long as they guard their own little plot of land, that's enough. Unless some uncontrollable big problem arises later, they won't take action. Otherwise, it's hard to influence the thoughts of those people."

In such feudal and ancient aristocratic families, normal people are really few and far between.

Even Mingxuan dared not say that his father would definitely lend people to them.

It's impossible to even think about it; he doesn't have that much influence.

Perhaps it was precisely because the sect leaders and elders of the five sects understood this that they did not intend to cooperate with the eight great families from the beginning, but instead led their inner disciples to provide support first.

"They just think it's unnecessary; it's just some minor sects, aristocratic families, and ordinary people." Song Hansheng's tone was matter-of-fact. The Song family's principle was to prioritize interests. As long as their interests weren't harmed, they could play dead and let the five sects contribute first. There was nothing wrong with that.

After listening to their conversation for a few minutes, Ye Qiao vaguely understood something. Having spent over a year in the cultivation world, she had gained some understanding of the nature of the Eight Great Families. But the problem was—

Ye Qiao patted Ye Qinghan, Ming Xuan, and Song Hansheng on the shoulders and said casually, "But you guys are from the Eight Great Families!"

Her tone was too loud, leaving the others somewhat bewildered. "What's wrong with the Eight Great Families?" Even members of the Eight Great Families don't necessarily have the influence to change the minds of those old fogies.

"Senior Brother, you're the future head of the Zhou family, right?" Ye Qiao reached out and touched his Broken Dust Sword. "The Broken Dust Sword is yours. If we round it up, you're practically the head of the family."

Zhou Xingyun looked at her blankly, "Huh?"

Ye Qiao forcefully pressed his head down, "Do you think you can use your power to oppress others? You are the rightful future head of the family. If anyone dares to oppose you, just let Duan Chen talk to them."

The Duanchen Sword has taken human form. Although it is kept in its sheath by Zhou Xingyun, that vicious stepmother, it doesn't matter. Duanchen is the spiritual sword of the Zhou family for generations. If Zhou Xingyun really stands up, those old fogies in the Zhou family won't dare to utter a single word.

Zhou Xingyun pondered for a few seconds, then said, "Okay."

Seeing that Zhou Xingyun had come to his senses, Ye Qiao turned to the others with a smile and continued to brainwash them, "So why can't we lend people out? Whether they're experts from the Eight Great Families or their direct descendants, have confidence, friends, we can take them all!"

I want them all...

Ye Qiao really dares to think that way.

However, Ye Qinghan said, "We can give it a try."

Each sect has, to some extent, a direct descendant of one of the Eight Great Families. It's not impossible to seize the opportunity to try and win over a few of these direct descendants. As for the results, we'll have to try to find out.

Duan Hengdao paused for a moment, then spoke: "But our Chengfeng Sect doesn't have any weapon cultivators from the Eight Great Families."

He, Shen Ziwei, and another senior brother were not from the Eight Great Families.

It would be difficult to win over the eight major families, and even if one tried, success would not be guaranteed.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qiao stroked her chin. Speaking of weapon cultivators, she did know one, someone she could chat with. "We do know two. We can go and talk to the direct descendants of the Qi family later."

Qi Lu and Qi Yu are both from families specializing in weapon crafting; she could give it a try.

Ye Qinghan nodded, "Then the Fu Xiu family's affairs will be left to Song Hansheng and Ming Xuan."

Song Hansheng frowned. "My family members cannot be lent to you."

He couldn't transfer too many people at all. The power lay with the head of the Song family, who was also his father.

Ye Qiao: "Can't you give them a little encouragement? You're the hope of the Song family. Is it so hard to just use your charm and get them to work hard for you?"

Song Hansheng: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who runs a pyramid scheme like this?!"

Just as the two were about to argue, Ye Qinghan had already taken action. The young man directly sent a message to the Ye family using a jade slip, asking them to bring one hundred sword cultivators at the Golden Core stage or above to provide support.

As the only person in the Ye family with innate sword bone, Ye Qinghan had a great deal of influence. He used a jade slip to project his message, and the Ye family, being the number one family, was very efficient. Soon, one hundred people were selected.

"What's your hurry? Look at Ye Qinghan." Ye Qiao immediately grabbed Song Hansheng's neck, gesturing for him to look in the direction of the projection next to him.

Ye Qinghan held the jade slip and spoke only a few words casually. Instantly, the group of sword cultivators became as if they had been injected with chicken blood and began to work hard, wishing they could burn themselves to earn the praise of being the number one swordsman.

This is no different from pyramid schemes.

Ye Qinghan does have personal charm; after all, he is the number one swordsman!

"This is the legendary number one beauty~" One of the sword cultivators seemed out of place, letting out a lecherous exclamation, "Ah~ a beauty~"

Ye Qinghan's forehead twitched, and he couldn't help but crush the jade slip in his hand.

It was a physical disconnection.