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

The riot in Dragon Gorge caused unrest in the surrounding areas. All the cultivators found safe places to hide, and Zhou Xiu, distracted, followed his seniors to find a place to hide.

"Who will go and find out what's going on?" Zhao Yang, a Nascent Soul stage expert, frowned.

Someone casually suggested, "Then let the younger generation go."

To them, those at the Golden Core stage were like a hindrance. If they couldn't even do a simple task like gathering information well, Zhou Xiu could imagine being scolded by his parents when he got home. He paused and nodded.

It doesn't matter whether you go out or not.

It's really chaotic. Even these Nascent Soul stage cultivators might not protect them; their high cultivation levels often lead to arrogance. Right now, they're just following these seniors for peace of mind.

Zhou Xiu pursed her lips, silently encouraging herself and calming her emotions repeatedly before going out to scout with another companion.

"Don't you think their attitude is excessive?" The girl who came with him looked displeased. "They're just at the Nascent Soul stage. It's not like we haven't seen Nascent Soul stage experts before. They're treating us like servants."

Zhou Xiu shook her head. "Let's go out and take a look first."

"There are too many unpredictable factors in aquatic life."

The little girl followed him reluctantly.

Zhou Xiu hadn't forgotten that his purpose this time was to gather information. He had just grabbed someone when the person impatiently told him, "You'd better run away from Longxia. The commotion there is quite significant. If you don't want to get involved, find somewhere to hide and wait out this wave."

Zhou Xiu looked blank, and was about to say thank you as she released her grip.

The little girl behind me screamed, "Behind you!"

Zhou Xiu swiftly drew his longsword, but it collided with the trident, causing his arm to go numb. He was thrown to the ground, and the aquatic weapon stabbed straight down at his chest again. He paused for a moment, then threw out a talisman that exploded.

Thanks to Ye Qiao for helping him understand the various uses of talismans.

The girl traveling with him belatedly realized what was happening and quickly pulled Zhou Xiu along to run with him, cursing under her breath, "Who angered these aquatic creatures?"

"I don't know." Zhou Xiu was completely bewildered, running with the crowd. "I just wanted to gain experience!"

Water-based magical artifacts are mostly hidden in the South China Sea. In such a large place as the South China Sea, there are many cultivators with water-based spiritual roots who are willing to take the risk for them.

No wonder a group of cultivators complained bitterly about the Five Sects back then. The secret realm, which only appeared once every hundred years, was completely closed off due to the personal disciple competition, making it impossible to enter. Some independent cultivators who wanted to become stronger and some aristocratic cultivators had to find another way.

Moreover, if he wasn't mistaken, he saw three of Changming Sect's disciples during his escape.

As Zhou Xiu fled in a disheveled state, her mind began to race.

What are the Changming Sect members doing here? They have three fire elemental roots, one lightning elemental root, and one wind elemental root. There aren't any water elemental roots among these five, are there?

Since these three are together, Ye Qiao definitely can't escape either.

After all, these five people are inseparable from each other all day long.

It wasn't just Zhou Xiu who was wondering; the other cultivators were also curious. The disciples of the five sects were always together, so how come none of them developed any special relationships? If rival sects didn't work, why didn't their own sects?

Some scoffed at this, saying, "How dare a bunch of brutes from the Sword Inquiry Sect do that?"

"Oh my god, that Ye Qiao is as cunning as a hornet's nest. How come she and Xiao Chu are not a good match?"

"Qin Huai is not bad either. Chengfeng Sect is eager for a female disciple, and Chengfeng Sect is rich, it's a major sect for weapon cultivation."

"Is talisman cultivation not an option?"

"The aura of a talisman cultivator doesn't match either; a sword cultivator should naturally be paired with another sword cultivator!"

Putting everything else aside, at least the talisman cultivators from the five sects all have delicate and refined features.

"According to you, Zhu You and Ye Qinghan are a good match, representing the path of passion and the path of indifference."

"Chu Xingzhi is the foolish son, Zhu You is the old mother, and Ye Qinghan is the old father. Isn't the Sword Inquiry Sect a family of three?"

You know what? It's actually quite a vivid description.

But now is not the time to think about those gossip stories passed down by relatives!

Someone had clearly angered the person, who was frantically grabbing people everywhere. Zhou Xiu desperately seized every opportunity to escape, weaving through the crowd. The girl behind her immediately followed, asking, "Where are you going?"

Zhou Xiu didn't answer, but chased even faster. He kept a close eye on the group's position the whole way, going against the flow of people, and finally managed to get close to the group of disciples.

Zhou Xiu hid behind Mu Chongxi, immediately feeling safe, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Xue Yu raised an eyebrow at his attempt to freeload off the group but didn't chase him away.

Zhou Xiu couldn't help but agree with Ye Qiao's wisdom once again.

Sure enough, as long as you're shameless, nothing is difficult. Look, even his three protégés didn't have the nerve to kick him out!

Mingxuan, who was standing next to him, thought he looked familiar and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist, haven't we met before?"

Zhou Xiuqian smiled.

"Perhaps." They might not remember him, but Zhou Xiu remembered these close disciples. There was no way around it; the scene of them tearing their skirts together was truly unforgettable.

Zhou Xiu glanced at the three of them. He actually wanted to ask where Ye Qiao was, but thinking about how he had been deceived, he gritted his teeth and thought bitterly, "I was at least Ye Qiao's grandson, wasn't I?"

*

Underwater, let alone running away, even moving around is difficult. The only way to escape quickly is to ride a dragon. The little prince refused to transform into his original form no matter what, so Ye Qiao could only regretfully turn her gaze away.

She released the little phoenix. Animals are much faster than humans in water, so she decided to let KFC carry them.

Its fiery red wings were instantly soaked with water, and it couldn't flap them for a long time. Compared to the dragon, which is also a mythical beast from ancient times, KFC is really too disappointing.

The KFC shook its feathers, feeling annoyed; it still really hated water.

Fortunately, Ye Qiao is not a water spirit root.

The young prince opened his eyes wide, wrinkled his nose, and quickly smelled the familiar yet irritating scent: "It's a phoenix!"

"You actually brought the phoenix in here!" the young prince exclaimed, feeling both disgusted and surprised, as he believed the phoenix clan had no descendants.

After the phoenix, the king of birds, disappeared without a trace, it was basically assumed that the phoenix clan had completely vanished.

He immediately sneered, "I thought your Phoenix Clan was so arrogant, but you've all gone to curry favor with the chosen one of destiny, haven't you?"

A dragon and a phoenix were both gathered around Ye Qiao.

The KFC chicken, its wet feathers almost standing on end, flapped its wings as if trying to slap the man to death. "You bunch of annoying mudskippers, there aren't many left in the South China Sea, are there?"

Ao Li raised his chin. "At least I'm better than you guys."

Zhou Xingyun listened to the dragon cub and the phoenix cub talking back and forth, and he fell silent. As far as he knew, although the dragon race was in a slightly better situation, occupying the South China Sea, their numbers were still very small.

Why hurt each other like this?

The KFC chicken crowed louder than him, "It's a dragon, I'm a phoenix, we're naturally different. Dragons are blessed with unique advantages, they can transform into human form at birth."

Dragons have the right to be arrogant and not choose to form contracts with humans like the Phoenixes, but Phoenixes cannot. Their slow growth rate is one of the reasons for their accelerated extinction. Without the guidance of cultivators, it would take them forever to transform into human form.

Ye Qiao hadn't expected the two divine beasts to be so hostile towards each other. She looked at one and then at the other.

In fact, this is not the first time we've experienced this kind of situation. KFC and Xiaoqi have fought before, and Bujianjun and Feixian have also fought each other.

But damn it, it's really unexpected that KFC could go head-to-head with the Dragon Prince.

"What's this called? Like repels like?" Ye Qiao stroked her chin.

Zhou Xingyun had become immune to her occasional remarks. After trying to understand what she meant, he said calmly, "But KFC is a girl."

Ye Qiao: "?"

She looked at Zhou Xingyun with surprise and suspicion, but then her senior brother's expression also gradually became strange, and he asked Ye Qiao, "You don't know?"

Ye Qiao suddenly remembered Zhou Xingyun's drunken ramblings, "Why isn't a young girl wearing clothes?"

Her smile froze. "I thought you were going crazy back then."