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

Seeing that his two personal attendants had run off to chase after the golden egg, the young prince stomped his foot and quickly followed after them.

"I still haven't taken the water-type magical artifact..." Ao Li muttered to himself, jumping around and grabbing the small artifact in his hand. "Wait for me! Here's the artifact back!"

If the owner dies, the artifact becomes ownerless.

He hurriedly grabbed the water-based magical artifact and followed.

……

At that time, the trio of useless people were still on their way to search for someone. They were treated fairly well, at least the South China Sea was very sincere, and the area near the Dragon Palace was much safer, at least there would be no aquatic creatures threatening to kill them.

To their surprise, they searched the surrounding area but couldn't find any trace of Ye Qiao.

Mu Chongxi estimated the strength of the aquatic soldiers he saw and concluded, "They are much stronger than the land-based cultivators."

Xue Yu remained noncommittal. Indeed, the aquatic tribes were far superior in both numbers and strength.

Golden Elixir seems to be worthless here.

As he was aimlessly wandering around, a loud bang suddenly erupted behind him. Mingxuan quickly turned around, silently clenching the defensive talisman in his hand. "What the hell happened in that godforsaken place?"

They could still hear the loud noise even from a great distance.

With a loud bang, as if something had collapsed and shattered, any movement in this unfamiliar place would give one a bad feeling.

"That's Dragon Gorge, stay away," Xue Yu warned. "I remember saying that Dragon Gorge is one of the most dangerous places for the aquatic creatures."

Mingxuan felt a chill run down his spine just looking at the dark sea. Of course, he wouldn't go there willingly; that would be tantamount to courting death. He nodded and whispered, "I wouldn't go even if you begged me."

"I still feel like Zhou Xiu looks familiar. Have we met somewhere before?" Mu Chongxi scratched his head.

"Why are you paying attention to him? He's not even familiar with us." Xue Yu said calmly. Zhou Xiu clearly wanted to use their group to hide for a while, and then immediately part ways. His purpose was very clear, and the other party definitely knew them.

Indeed, upon hearing this, Mingxuan didn't think too much about it. "What do you think the elders want us to do here?"

If it were a simple cooperation issue, there would be no need to wait for Ye Qiao and the others; a brief conversation with the Dragon Clan would suffice. However, they have been here for at least three days, and the Dragon Clan leader seems to have no intention of seeing them.

They didn't mention the issue of cooperation at all.

Mingxuan stroked his chin, pondering, "Judging from how eagerly the young prince fawns over Ye Qiao, I think their target has always been their junior sister."

"It's more like they're using the guise of cooperation to lure Ye Qiao to the South China Sea. Otherwise, he could just find a partner; why choose this 'chosen one'?"

Xue Yu lowered his eyes. "Besides, cooperation involves both sides, right? Our request is for the Water Tribe to send some dragons to support us, so what are the Dragon Tribe's requests?"

The dragons didn't mention this at all.

"Why make it so complicated? Since it's a mutual cooperation, we can just ask around when the time comes." Mingxuan's peach blossom eyes slanted upwards, revealing a blatant malice. "Besides, no normal person would look down on those ugly people from the Sword Inquiry Sect."

Mu Chongxi was shocked for a few seconds by his second senior brother's attitude that everyone else was ugly but he was handsome. Besides, what was ugly about the people of the Sword Inquiry Sect?

"Zhu You is quite pretty, isn't she?" he retorted, unconvinced. He didn't care about the other four sword cultivators; the twins were arrogant, and Ye Qinghan and Chu Xingzhi were even worse. Zhu You was the only good person in the Sword Inquiry Sect.

"Oh, oh." Mingxuan grasped the key point, drawing out his voice, "You like Zhu You?"

Mu Chongxi shouted in protest, "I didn't!"

The three of them argued and bickered for a long time, but none of them noticed that the aquatic creatures that had been lingering around them had all disappeared without a trace.

*

Ye Qiao and Zhou Xingyun chased after the golden egg that had escaped, and the two of them intercepted the egg from the front and the back.

"Will it transform into a human form after hatching?" she asked expectantly.

Zhou Xingyun sighed helplessly, "You should ask your third junior brother."

But Xue Yu wasn't there. Ye Qiao didn't like to study the books in the library for no reason either. She should have asked her junior uncle and the others for clarification, but in the end, because the egg ran away, they could only chase after it together.

The golden egg jumped left and right but couldn't get out, and it seemed a little frightened.

"Grab it."

Ye Qiao pounced and grabbed the egg tightly. Several sword spirits surrounded her, and a lively discussion ensued.

"It turned into an egg? When will it hatch?" (The user asks.)

Duan Chen asked slowly, "After hatching, will it turn into a big chicken?"

The Flying Immortal Sword spoke softly, "It might not grow bigger, but it might take human form. Phoenix should be a very cute girl."

Frost Sword immediately leaned closer, its eyes sparkling, and said expressionlessly, "Cute, I want to freeze you."

Seeing that Jun was eager to try stepping on it, Fei Xianjian smiled and encouraged them both, "Want to freeze it? You'd better try harder!"

None of the three sword spirits were easy to deal with. Ye Qiao took action and scattered them all back into their sheaths, making them quiet and mute.

She didn't throw the KFC into the area, lest those bored sword spirits kick it around like a ball.

The little prince looked curiously at the egg in her hand. "After it hatches, it should take human form."

He wasn't curious at all about what the other person looked like.

He simply wanted to see the phoenix in its transformed form.

After all, the Phoenix clan should have no descendants left. It is the only one.

Ye Qiao held the egg in one hand and examined the magical artifact with the other. It was shaped like a small mold, and the light blue patterns had a dreamlike quality. The moment she held it in her hand, a phantom projection rose up, and the entire scene of Dragon Gorge was constructed inside this magical artifact.

It is presented so vividly that it looks like a high-end animated map.

"How did this pattern get in?"

The young prince understands this better. "You can choose to construct a place within it, and then let the magical artifact integrate with that place. If the integration goes smoothly, you can use this magical artifact to control that place and experience the joy of being high above and manipulating people's fates."

Those magical artifacts are really useful.

They are less likely to be snatched away if they are matched with people of high cultivation level, and the masters they choose are basically powerful figures who occupy a certain area of ​​influence.

Ye Qiao thought of the Ghost King chosen by the tower and remained noncommittal. Every spiritual artifact, if used by a powerful person, could stir up a storm.

"Let's go back to Dragon Gorge." She patted the little prince's head. Now that they had this magical artifact, Dragon Gorge was their domain.

Upon seeing this, Ao Li immediately clenched his fist excitedly: "Great!"

In Dragon Gorge, even the leader of the dragon clan had no solution and could only let things be.

That leader died because he underestimated his enemies. If he had used his magical weapon against them from the beginning, he wouldn't have been injured. By the time he took out his weapon, it was too late, and he was completely annihilated. It was a terrible death.

He could already picture his father's dumbfounded expression when he returned to the Dragon Palace.

Hey.

Near Longxia Gorge, some people hesitated about whether to step in. Among those who hesitated was Zhou Xiu. The team he was with was quite strong, but each of them was extremely arrogant because they were older than them.

After learning that there were water-based magical artifacts in Dragon Gorge, the group discussed what they were going to do in such a place.

Looking for death?

Zhou Xiu tried to stop them, explaining the number of aquatic creatures in Dragon Gorge and the strength of the lords who ruled over them. He swallowed hard, "If my information is correct, that dragon is at the Nascent Soul stage. Are you sure you want to go?"

Upon hearing about the Nascent Soul stage, some people forgot to stop, but since they were all cultivating immortality, some bold rogue cultivators had no fear at all and instead mocked Zhou Xiu for being timid.

"The scions of cultivation families are truly cowards."

"If you're afraid of dying, why are you cultivating immortality?"

"Besides, that's a water-based magical artifact. Isn't that what we came here for?"

Zhou Xiu, who had been mocked, suddenly clenched her fingers, suppressing the anger rising in her heart, and tried to tell them, "Seniors, I don't think we have the ability to snatch the spiritual weapon from the dragon."

The team only has two Nascent Soul stage cultivators; the rest are all Golden Core stage cultivators. With that kind of strength, how did they manage to get it? Are they stupider than the average person?

"Yeah, yeah. We're not those protégés; they can fight opponents of higher levels. If we go to fight them, we'll just die a few seconds later." The little girl behind him timidly chimed in.

It's not that there are no cases of cultivators fighting beyond their level in the cultivation world, but those are geniuses among geniuses, and only a few direct disciples can truly do it.

"Unfair-minded." Someone scoffed dismissively.

"That Ye Qiao from Changming Sect, she can beat Ye Qinghan at the Golden Core stage, so why can't we?" The man said coldly, as if he was unconvinced.

"You know that's Ye Qiao from the Changming Sect. How could we possibly be Ye Qiao? She's the number one in the Changming Sect." He retorted with a cold laugh, knowing that she should have some self-awareness. That was Ye Qiao, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was the undisputed number one among the five sects.

Zhou Xiu had previously been just as resentful of being personally taught by her master, but after being taught a lesson and experiencing it firsthand, she had no choice but to accept it.

"What? You know her? You're such a braggart!" someone in the group immediately shouted.

Zhou Xiu's temper flared up. She pursed her lips and snapped, "None of your business! If you want to die, go ahead! I'm not going."

I already said it's one of the dangerous places, and you still rush over there. What else is that but courting death?

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, someone had to step in to calm things down. Zhou Xiu couldn't go against the opinions of so many people by himself, and he certainly didn't have the guts to stay alone. So he could only coldly follow the group into Dragon Gorge.

Strangely, along the way through Dragon Gorge, a place known as a danger zone, we didn't see many aquatic creatures, and none of them attacked us at the slightest provocation; it was eerily quiet.

It felt like stepping into some forbidden, uninhabited place.

Zhou Xiu couldn't help but slow his pace. Something was definitely amiss. Not only was he nervous, but the previously arrogant team leaders were also on tenterhooks, fearing that a Nascent Soul stage demon beast might jump out and snap their necks at any moment.

"I remember there was some unrest here not long ago," the little girl said softly. "Why is it so quiet now?"

Very strange.

Zhou Xiu also felt something was off, and his unease grew: "Why don't we go back..."

"No." The leader, a Nascent Soul cultivator, bravely stepped forward. "What's here? If nothing's wrong, it means the aquatic creatures dare not come out."

The words had barely left his lips when a sudden dizziness struck, the ground trembled violently, and the seawater within Dragon Gorge turned pitch black and sinister. The water temperature plummeted, and several aquatic corpses began to float to the surface. A chill ran down the intruder's spine.

What exactly happened in this place?

He grabbed onto a nearby rock to steady himself and waited for the shaking to stop. But before he could even feel relieved, the next second the water surged and several streams swept him in, forcibly pulling him in and making him disappear.

Zhou Xiu was filled with regret. Had he lost his mind? He knew that Longxia was an eerie place, yet he still insisted on coming in.

There is resistance in the water, so even if you try to escape, you can't get away.

He could only watch helplessly as the swirling water swallowed up the people he knew. He drew his sword, trying to cleave the water.

Water cannot be cut no matter what. He struck the water with his sword, and the water surged even faster.

In no time at all, those with weaker abilities disappeared on the spot.

Those with weak nerves were terrified and shouted, "Run!"

Zhou Xiu was in a daze and quickly tried to leave, but the reef suddenly moved without warning, blocking him in the middle. It seemed that it wanted to trap him inside and kill him.

But how can the stone move? Is it some kind of ghost?!

Ye Qiao was fiddling with this magical artifact. After forming a contract with it, the scene inside Dragon Gorge appeared directly in her mind. She could manipulate and change its position at will, giving her a sense of commanding the world.

There are also several figures that suddenly appear in the picture.

She finally understood why the leader was able to discover them so quickly and surround them in advance; it was all thanks to the power of the magical artifact.

Ye Qiao, in a playful mood, used these unknown cultivators who had barged in as practice subjects. With a flick of his finger, he manipulated them, causing the ground to shake violently. By altering the scene on the surface of the spiritual artifact's water, he could create a massive upheaval in this area.

She didn't intend for them to die, after all, they were all cultivators from the cultivation world; she simply wanted to test the effect. However, Ye Qiao had no idea that this situation would be terrifying for unsuspecting cultivators.

She precisely blocked one rock, and the current swept away several others. Zhou Xingyun saw her masterpiece but said nothing. "Go ask them if they have seen Xue Yu and the other two."

Ye Qiao was pondering as she looked at the few cultivators who had barged in. "Alright," she said, having no objections.

Their approach made an unusually loud noise in the quiet Dragon Gorge.

The dark, murky sea was filled with a deathly stillness.

Da da da.

As the soft footsteps drew closer, Zhou Xiu's lips paled slightly. The dark and enclosed environment made it impossible to escape.

It's as if a horrifying scene will be revealed once the reef is opened.

Zhou Xiuxin's heart almost stopped beating. He gripped the sword tightly in one hand, and the reef blocking him was suddenly pulled away. The sword slashed fiercely at him.

The sword wind carried a murderous aura and a desperate, all-or-nothing chill.

Ye Qiao's precognitive inheritance allowed her to avoid the situation in advance. She raised an eyebrow in surprise, and after recognizing who the other person was, she immediately smiled warmly and said, "Hi, Xiuer."

He was a naive and innocent young man from a wealthy family who was fooled by her pretending to be an old lady when he first went to the human world.

Back then, Ye Qiao often teased Zhou Xiu, affectionately calling him Xiu'er, and completely fooled him.

When Zhou Xiu suddenly met the girl's smiling eyes, her pupils dilated, and she forcefully suppressed the scream that was about to escape her throat!

Ugh, why the hell is it Ye Qiao again?