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

Ye Qiao thought these talismans were very interesting.

Xue Yu didn't understand talismans, and after watching her doodle for a long time, he asked, "What are you drawing?"

Ye Qiao: "Talismans."

She blew on the pale yellow talisman in her hand and shook it. "I named it 'Thunderbolt from Above'."

The young prince's words gave her an idea: what would happen if she encountered lightning in the water?

A power outage? It shouldn't be that exaggerated, otherwise, how could the aquatic creatures of the South China Sea survive? Since the young prince specifically asked about the lightning spirit root, it means there will be some impact.

Xue Yu paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you planning to bomb the school?"

He knew that Ye Qiao had been dissatisfied with Elder Zhao's lessons for a long time, but the elder did not deserve such punishment.

"It's better to be safe than sorry, after all, we know nothing about the South China Sea." Ye Qiao herself has a lightning spiritual root and a natural ability to control lightning, so drawing it is very easy for her.

After Elder Zhao reminisced about the glorious past for a long time, he finally brought the topic back to the Dragon Clan. He cleared his throat and naturally continued what he had said halfway through, "In recent years, there have been very few descendants of the Phoenix Clan, but there are still a few pure-blooded descendants of the Dragon Clan living underwater. Our ancestors did go to the South China Sea and had a fairly good relationship with the Dragon Clan."

"The relationships among aquatic creatures are complex and intertwined, and there are many conflicts between them, so please remember to be careful."

"I hate water." Mingxuan put down the paper airplane in his hand, straightened his back, and said, "Besides, Elder, spiritual fire can't be lit in water no matter what, right?"

"Not absolutely." Elder Zhao saw that they were all sitting up straight, and it was rare for rebellious children to be willing to listen to a lecture. He was moved and shared his experience with them, "Phoenix fire, or some thousand-year-old flames, can ignite in water. Other spiritual fires really can't."

Phoenix Fire?

"Then KFC can be set on fire, right?" Mu Chongxi winked at Ye Qiao, grinning.

"Mu Chongxi!" Elder Zhao frowned as he looked at Mu Chongxi's contorted and distorted expression. "Are you insane?"

Mu Chongxi sat up straight in a second.

Mu Chongxi's rebellion made Elder Zhao's face darken. He pulled out a list from somewhere and read it aloud to them: "Ye Qinghan and Zhou Xingyun broke through the cultivation level the fastest, reaching the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Qin Huaisi, Miaoyan, and Song Hansheng are at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

"The rest of your direct disciples are all at the early Nascent Soul stage!" With that, Elder Zhao sneered and slammed the scroll he held down. "Apart from Zhou Xingyun, how dare the other four of you slack off in class?!"

Elder Zhao was absolutely furious.

But this has become the norm.

Not only Changming Sect, but also the other three sects besides Bishui Sect are like this. The elders of Wenjian Sect are furious.

The three sword cultivators of Changming Sect had three sword spirits that had taken human form. Ye Qiao's sword spirit, Bujianjun, was one thing, but she had been by her side the longest. The Flying Immortal Sword and the Frost Sword had taken human form in less than a year. This made the Sword Asking Sect lose face.

During this month, every sect has been putting on a show of rants and ravings about their own disciples, eager to compare them to the disciples of neighboring sects and motivate them to work harder in their cultivation.

Ye Qiao let it go in one ear and out the other. Her motto was: just be happy, because nobody is going to leave this world alive anyway.

After talking for a while, Elder Zhao discovered that the three of them had their heads drooping and were asleep.

Only Mu Chongxi and Zhou Xingyun were sitting in the classroom.

The two sword cultivators do not need to stay up all night drawing talismans and refining pills.

Elder Zhao's lips twitched, and he looked at them coldly: "So, I'm the one disturbing your sleep?"

Zhou Xingyun snapped out of his reverie. "That's what you think?"

He naturally assumed that Elder Zhao genuinely felt he had disturbed them, "Then why don't we stop talking for now and let them sleep a little longer?"

"roll!"

Zhou Xingyun: "Okay."

A month after returning to their ancestral home, they were once again delighted to be standing outside balancing flowerpots.

*

One month of the two months had passed, and the rest of the people who had been slacking off started to perk up. Xue Yu spent a whole month in the library, cramming on knowledge about the South China Sea, while Ye Qiao also tried to study the diversity of talismans.

All three cultivators specializing in talismans and alchemy have gone to the library to study.

"High-grade talismans have no effect on those with high cultivation levels. But top-grade talismans always fail."

Talismans are graded into three levels: lower, middle, and upper. Above that are the highest grade and the highest grade.

Mingxuan's skill level was high-grade. After breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, he also tried to draw some Heaven-grade talismans to improve his skills, but unfortunately, all of them ended in failure.

Hearing his rambling voice, Xue Yu said, "Perhaps she could learn something from Ye Qiao in this regard? She's quite good at maintaining a balance."

"I remember she refined a top-grade pill when she was competing in the Golden Core stage," Xue Yu suggested casually.

"Junior Sister?" Mingxuan raised his head. "My father says her use of talismans is too improper and doesn't recommend that I learn it."

Ordinary people really can't grasp Ye Qiao's level. She can refine pills in a pot and succeed on the first try, while other pills explode every time she tries to refine them. It's impossible to learn from her.

Mingxuan's beating at home was also related to the competition. He had used a slap talisman to control Zhu You, and Mingxuan was very proud of himself, thinking it worked extremely well. His father didn't think so and gave him a good beating.

Xue Yu said confidently, "But didn't you notice how surprisingly effective Junior Sister's talismans are? She must have been able to draw talismans across realms a long time ago. Otherwise, those disciples aren't just for show; how could she always get it right on the first try?"

At that time, Ye Qiao's ability to become a disciple of a Foundation Establishment cultivator and reach the Golden Core stage already explained the problem.

Mingxuan thought it made sense.

Ye Qiao also knows how to make proper talismans. As long as she is willing to learn, she can do it. These past few days, Ye Qiao has been studying the Five Thunderbolts technique. When she heard that Ming Xuan wanted to challenge the highest level, she put down the talisman in her hand and said, "Then let's give it a try."

Using top-grade talismans to reach the Nascent Soul stage is no problem.

Even the best quality ones work, but they don't reach 100% effectiveness when applied to someone in the Nascent Soul stage.

This attempt ruined no fewer than a hundred talismans. Ye Qiao couldn't afford such expenses, so Ming Xuan generously sponsored the entire effort.

Ye Qiao was the first to succeed. She drew the Five Thunderbolts that she had studied in class before. Her brushstrokes were sharp, and the overall color of the talisman was a deep gold.

Mingxuan glanced at it sideways, "How's the effect? ​​Should we try it on someone in the Nascent Soul stage?" He had ulterior motives and wanted to test the effect on Mu Chongxi.

"No need. It's nothing." Ye Qiao tossed the talisman into the air without hesitation.

It doesn't need to be pasted on; it's said to be struck by lightning, and it really does strike from above. The talisman ignites in the air and explodes with lightning, spreading from the head to the whole body and being absorbed by the spiritual root. Ye Qiao's originally well-behaved hair hanging at her waist all stands up, and the talisman crackles and pops, causing quite a commotion.

Mingxuan's lips twitched. "Are you alright?"

Ye Qiao, sporting a hairstyle that resembled a sea urchin, pressed down her hair and said, "It's alright, and I think this talisman works quite well."

Top-grade talismans are virtually invincible below the Nascent Soul stage; even Nascent Soul cultivators need considerable skill to retaliate. Talisman cultivators, as long as they remain at close range, are the most troublesome presence on the battlefield.

The moment I was blasted down, I felt a numbing sensation, like an electric shock coursing through my entire body.

It is not fatal, but it can temporarily render a person unable to resist.

"You guys finished drawing?" Mu Chongxi peeked out. "Ahhh, holy crap!"

Xue Yu was refining pills when he was startled by the sudden tenor voice, nearly causing him to drop his hand and destroy the spiritual plant. He pursed his lips and said, "Don't shout at Mu Chongxi!"

"Oh my god, Junior Sister." After saying that, Xue Yu noticed Ye Qiao's hairstyle and collapsed for a few seconds, "Have you gone mad from drawing talismans?"

Such a rebellious look?

It was as if a sea urchin had come to life. Ye Qiao tried to press down the hair that had stood up on her head, but it had all stood up after being struck by lightning, so it seemed that this was the only way to keep it in place for the time being.

She shrugged, unconcerned about her appearance: "Maybe it'll be gone by tomorrow?"

The advantage of drawing talismans together is that they can learn from each other. Mingxuan also has a good memory. After replaying it in his mind several times, he also drew a top-grade talisman that night. His was an array talisman, and the process was complicated, so I won't go into details. After the boy finished drawing about six talismans, he couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.

Fearing that Zhou Xingyun might accidentally stab her hair in a moment of rashness, Ye Qiao specially added a defensive shield to her hair.

Then, under the indescribable gaze of his senior brother, he slowly sat down.

Xue Yu tossed Mingxuan a bottle of energy-boosting pills, pulled up a stool, and they all sat down together. "Alright everyone, we'll leave first thing tomorrow morning."

"I'm wondering if there's something we haven't done yet?"

He couldn't sleep, and neither could the others.

"I don't quite understand either." Mu Chongxi rested his chin on his hand and asked the question sincerely, "How did all this happen?"

"For example, the attack by the demon race and the monster race without any reason, or the sudden visit of the dragon race."

"Let's set aside the dragons for now and just assume they've come here with the intention of helping us."

"I think the demon race and the monster race don't really care whether Yun Que lives or dies."

To everyone else, Yunque seems like an insignificant ant, yet he appears to be an indispensable link.

They can't kill him, and they have to keep an eye on him all the time.

This is extremely troublesome.

"A woman of destiny." Ye Qiao nodded her chin. "There will always be people who support her. Let's just assume they've been cursed. I've noticed that anyone who's had contact with her will become infatuated with her for a while if no one interferes. The demon race must have gotten in touch with the demon race because of Yun Que."

The wicked demon king and the domineering demon lord are both subjects of Yun Que.

Her reminder made Xue Yu understand immediately. "After the Demon Clan made contact with the Monster Clan, they realized that Yun Que wasn't that important." He smirked. "Using them and then discarding them is in line with the Demon Clan's style."

"There's still something I don't quite understand," Zhou Xingyun said. "How did Yun Que escape from the Yueqing Sect back then?"

Very strange.

That's the Moon Purity Sect! If they had escaped from the Sword Inquiry Sect, they wouldn't be so surprised. The Moon Purity Sect's water prison is at the very innermost part. When they tried to break into the Moon Purity Sect's outer perimeter, they were completely surrounded. How did those demons, who know nothing about the Moon Purity Sect's formations, manage to get in and rescue people?