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

Zhou Xingyun: "I am very calm, thank you."

"You're actually a girl?" Ye Qiao repeated in disbelief.

KFC wagged its tail: "Of course, I'm a phoenix!"

Upon hearing its confirmation, Ye Qiao was momentarily dazed. No, she thought... it was a boy?

KFC's voice is a soft, childlike voice, and it's really hard to tell if it's male or female.

"I'm sorry to have wronged you." Ye Qiao knew her own limitations. She was usually stingy and rarely fed it. It was able to grow up only because it broke through its cultivation level quickly, forcibly bringing KFC to the Nascent Soul stage.

KFC gave her a curious look and said in a clear voice, "Not really."

Well, its owner is very poor. Whether or not she has crystals depends on her daily fortune. Throughout history, phoenixes have been surrounded by heavenly treasures, and Ye Qiao is indeed the poorest one it has ever encountered. But this person's cultivation speed is fast, and forming a contract with her can shorten the phoenix's originally slow growth period.

Compared to that, rare and precious materials don't seem so important.

You can be as rich as you want, but Qiaoqiao is awesome.

"Occupy territory and become king." The young prince snorted, calculating, "We can't get out now."

With this area sealed off, the three of them are like turtles that have been captured.

Ye Qiao stroked her chin and casually used her divine sense to probe the area. Sure enough, the range could only cover a small area, and any further outwards was blocked by an invisible barrier. She said, "I can use a Nascent Soul stage sword technique to smash this place."

To seal off a space, one's strength must be at least at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, or even at the Deity Transformation stage.

One sword technique is enough to shatter it.

"Don't rush to smash it." As one of the few reliable people, Zhou Xingyun looked at the KFC and the little prince who were humming, and then at Ye Qiao. He felt that it was just like taking care of a child.

He stopped her from doing so with a blank expression, saying, "By the time you finish smashing things, we might be finished too."

If the commotion is too great and you are not confident in retreating while surrounded by a group of aquatic creatures, then you will be a sitting duck.

Zhou Xingyun: "I will try my best to break it without attracting their attention."

Furious, KFC led the three of them to the Dragon Gorge barrier, only to find that someone was already guarding it when they arrived.

He was the leader who had been outmaneuvered by Ye Qiao before.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't a scheme; he just made a stupid mistake and went crazy trying to attack them. Ye Qiao didn't think she had that much influence; the other party definitely had other motives.

The two men gripped each other's hands simultaneously, staring blankly at the leader.

Several dragons coiled behind the man, exuding a chilling aura. Their sharp pressure directly threatened the two people and two beasts who had rushed over. The young prince glared back defiantly, suppressing the pressure fiercely.

Zhou Xingyun said silently, "Nascent Soul stage."

The South China Sea was icy cold, and the two dragons coiled around it, making the man's face appear even more sinister. In contrast to his strange, chilling aura, his eyes gleamed with fanaticism. "The three of you, do you remember me?"

The question was directed at the three people, but his gaze was fixed on the young prince with a perverted intensity.

Dragons, mythical beasts from ancient times, far surpassing the existence of spirit beasts.

"Seize this dragon." With no one responding, the leader remained unmoved, continuing to give the order with a cold laugh.

Sensing the oppressive aura of bloodline emanating from the young prince, a coiled dragon lazily twitched its tail tip and spoke in human language: "You know that's a dragon? A dragon in human form at that? Aren't you afraid of getting burned?"

"Of course I know." The leader's expression was strange. "The Dragon Prince?"

He actually knew the boy's identity from the very beginning.

From beginning to end, his plan was specifically designed to target this young prince.

Otherwise, why would he have been swept here by the water flow? He didn't dare to underestimate his opponent. Since the young prince had the courage to come out for training, he must have some hidden tricks that he didn't know about.

"Capture this dragon alive, and the other three..." He coldly surveyed Ye Qiao, Zhou Xingyun, and the bird.

He couldn't figure out what the bird was.

"Strangle them on the spot."

"Especially that...that disciple in the dark blue clothes!!" He raised his voice, full of twisted malice.

Wow. So eager to kill her?

Ye Qiao glanced around in a fleeting moment, raising an eyebrow slightly: "Come on."

She carried a sword in each hand.

The idea that the two swords could be used together was inspired by the perfectly coordinated pair of twins from the Sword Inquiry Sect.

No wonder the couple's swords are almost always inseparable; so this is what they mean by "couple's swords."

When used, it gives the illusion that the two sword spirits should be inseparable.

Ye Qiao finally realized that her previous method was wrong, and that using both swords together was the most reasonable way.

With two sword strikes, pale purple and dark purple hues intertwined, and all the aquatic creatures attacking from both sides were knocked to the ground.

Zhou Xingyun's figure suddenly approached like a ghost. Duan Chen transformed silently, and a silver sword light flashed, severing one of the dragon's tails.

This was one of the few times Zhou Xingyun and the sword spirit were in perfect harmony. As Duan Chen was wreaking havoc, Zhou Xingyun gathered his spiritual energy in his fist and suddenly smashed it down. The indestructible barrier was shattered by the punch, and the aquatic creature in the late Golden Core stage was smashed into the reef and could not be pulled out.

The little prince's almost panicked shout was abruptly silenced by the two men's simple and brutal actions.

He swallowed hard. "Hey, are all the people in your sect this ruthless?"

He'd seen the competition!

Ye Qiao was already quite unexpected.

Seeing Zhou Xingyun shatter the barrier with a single punch, Ao Li belatedly realized that they were indeed from the same sect, and that all the close disciples within the Changming Sect were quite tough.

"This is the first time I've realized that Senior Brother's physical skills are superior to ours," Ye Qiao said in surprise. She and Mu Chongxi usually received the most training, while Zhou Xingyun had almost never seen him train.

Ye Qiao had always thought that her senior brother was useless in physical skills.

This wasn't the time for chatting. She shoved the talisman into the young prince's hand and said simply, "Throw it in their faces."

The young prince was taken aback and quickly frantically threw talismans to appease them.

He was in the late Nascent Soul stage.

But the man before him was at the Nascent Soul stage.

The young prince simply smashed whoever came near. Don't think that human cultivators are so powerful. Xie Chuxue's talismans were all top-grade, some even reaching the heavenly grade. Anyone who got close was frozen in place, and some even turned into stone after being stuck to the talisman.

Once petrified, it shatters upon impact.

This is far more vicious than the talismans drawn by the disciples.

The leader's gaze grew increasingly cold. Even with a group of people fighting four, they still couldn't win. Just as he was about to make a move, the young prince suddenly moved.

After flicking the talisman in his hand, the young prince cleanly and neatly transformed into a large, fat dragon, which ruthlessly crushed the aquatic creatures beneath his feet.

The dragon bloodline's suppression caused all the aquatic creatures to remain still and dare not advance.

The leader's eyes grew increasingly fanatical; such powerful strength.

The man's determined gaze put the young prince, who had been coveted since childhood, on guard; he was all too familiar with it.

"So, what exactly is this local tyrant from Dragon Gorge here for?" Ye Qiao pondered whether or not to activate her domain, her voice carrying a hint of nonchalance. She still hadn't released her tower yet.

"Of course he wants me!" The little prince nervously flicked his tail, and the huge dragon tail instantly killed a large number of them.