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

The fact that the Xuan Yun Sect group had stalled the Yue Qing Sect meant that no one would bother them for a while.

Monsters are everywhere in the secret realm, and they are all of high level. The three of them had not walked for long when several red and white rats crawled out of a wet mud hole. Compared to ordinary rats, the monsters in the secret realm were the size of a dog, with sharp teeth and a disgusting appearance.

Perhaps it smelled the scent of its prey, its eyes gleaming red, as if it were about to pounce.

Ye Qiao touched her arm. From childhood to adulthood, the thing she hated most was rats.

"Be careful." Duan Hengdao's expression turned slightly serious. "That's a white-haired fire rat."

"Their teeth are poisonous, and although their cultivation level is not high, their numbers are numerous and they are extremely troublesome." After all, rats reproduce in large litters, so it's understandable that they are numerous.

As soon as he finished speaking, several white-furred fire rats bared their teeth and pounced. Mu Chongxi swung his sword and cut down a few, but two more pounced at him the next second.

Duan Hengdao had a defensive magic weapon, but it couldn't withstand the gnawing of so many rats; he was utterly horrified.

Ye Qiao repelled more than a dozen rats with a single sword strike, but these creatures seemed endless, lurking one after another. As she dodged, she noticed that each hole seemed to only be able to accommodate one rat at a time, and the order in which they emerged from each hole was predictable. This way, they could be eliminated one after another, completely preventing the cultivators from wiping them out with their ultimate attacks.

They're quite smart.

"Do you have a hammer?" Ye Qiao asked Duan Hengdao.

"have."

Qi Xiu had all kinds of weapons, and he quickly pulled out three hammers and gave them to the two of them.

He used his defensive artifact to block the attack from the white-haired fire rats. Looking at the rats outside, Duan Hengdao couldn't help but shiver.

How long will this fight last?

Just as he was feeling utterly hopeless, Ye Qiao suddenly asked, "Have you ever played whack-a-mole?"

"What?"

What kind of groundhog?

Ye Qiao: "After we deal with the ones outside, we'll keep watch around its cave before they come out."

"Follow my orders." She pointed to three pits not far away. "Fourth Senior Brother, you go and guard those three places. Duan Hengdao, you go to the other side."

Ye Qiao had already figured out the pattern and had people guard the entrances where they came out in advance to ensure that every hammer blow was accurate.

Duan Hengdao was still somewhat frightened: "Really? You're not lying to me."

What if Ye Qiao gets the order wrong and gets bitten by that thing?

Mu Chongxi urged him, "Don't worry, my junior sister has a photographic memory. This is nothing to her."

He completely trusted Ye Qiao and didn't think about what would happen if he failed.

Duan Hengdao had always been timid, but seeing Mu Chongxi's determined look, he nodded reluctantly, "Alright."

Since these two from Changming Sect have already come, what else can they do if they don't believe Ye Qiao?

After dealing with the rats surrounding the outer door, the three quickly followed Ye Qiao's instructions and began playing "whack-a-mole" at the hole entrance.

Several white-furred fire rats crawled out of the hole, baring their teeth and about to pounce on them, but the next second, as soon as their heads appeared, they were hit squarely by a large iron hammer.

It shook its head, feeling dizzy, then lay down on the ground and stopped moving.

One person guards three holes, and the fighting is extremely smooth.

In no time, all the rats inside the hole were knocked unconscious by the impact.

Duan Hengdao wielded the sledgehammer and hammered away for half an hour until his wrists ached. He collapsed to the ground, panting, and said, "These things can be used for weapon forging."

"It would be worth quite a bit if sold."

After all, these are monsters that only appear in high-level dungeons, so their prices won't be low.

Ye Qiao looked at the rat at her feet, which was bigger than a dog, paused for a moment, and then put it into her mustard seed bag without any disgust. Although she didn't refine weapons, she could keep it to sell for money.

In the world of cultivation, money may not be everything, but you can't do without it.

Duan Hengdao watched her actions and he actually admired Ye Qiao's memory. How could she be able to fight while also being able to observe her surroundings?

What's most astonishing is that she was able to remember the pattern and order in which the white-haired fire rats appeared.

How does a brain work?

Duan Hengdao couldn't resist the urge to recruit people from his own sect. "Ye Qiao, I really think you're suited to be a weapon cultivator."

With that kind of memory, it's a shame she's not a craftswoman.

Mu Chongxi was extremely dissatisfied: "Hey, hey, hey! That's our sect's junior sister! Who wants to be a stinky weapon refiner?"

Duan Hengdao scoffed, displeased: "What do you mean by 'stinky weapon forging'? Do you even know how much a single magical artifact is worth?"

Seeing that the two were arguing and about to fight, Ye Qiao gestured for them to be quiet. "Did you hear that?"

"What?"

Ye Qiao released her divine sense and carefully scanned the surroundings. She quickly found a red turkey nestled under a tree stump.

Her eyes lit up: "Shh."

—We're going to have meat to eat!

The turkey seemed quite bold; it stared at Ye Qiao for a long time before flapping its wings and trying to slip away.

Ye Qiao wanted to catch it and roast it, but the turkey seemed to sense her strong malice and flapped its wings in fear. Since it couldn't fly, it even tried to play a game of "Qin King circling the pillar" with Ye Qiao.

"...That's really clever."

It's a pity it's useless.

Ye Qiao grabbed it tightly, a smug smile spreading across her face: "Where do you want to go?"

The turkey struggled twice but couldn't break free from her grasp. Mu Chongxi saw what his junior sister was holding and raised an eyebrow: "A red bird?"

"It's so small."

Ye Qiao swallowed hard. "It's a bit small, but it should be fine to grill it, right?"

The turkey was furious and began to struggle.

Duan Hengdao carefully examined them. He had been out training many times and was more knowledgeable than the two of them.

After a moment's thought, he said, "It shouldn't be an ordinary chicken, but a demonic beast."

It proudly raised its head, waiting for Ye Qiao's praise.

To her surprise, she was even more horrified: "A monster? Whose monster looks like that?"

Enraged, the turkey stretched its neck and, taking advantage of her momentary lapse in attention, began to peck at her hand forcefully. Surprisingly, it was quite strong; a drop of blood was drawn from Ye Qiao's fingertip. She frowned slightly: "Look, isn't this just a chicken?"

The voice just fell.

A flash of red light appeared.

The agreement has been reached.

The sudden speed of the incident caused a rift between the two parties involved.

The turkey was furious. It hadn't intended to form a contract with her in the first place. Although it had come to find a master, the master it had its eye on was a girl wearing light blue clothes, with a top-grade water spirit root, excellent talent, and great fortune.

As a result, he was caught red-handed by this cunning human when he wasn't paying attention, and not only that, he was also forced into a contract with her.

Ugh, this is an absolute disgrace!!

Enraged, it pounced on her lap, hugged Ye Qiao, and began pecking at her.

Ye Qiao's mentality collapsed, and she frantically swung her legs, trying to get it away from her: "Ahhhhh, let me go, you ugly thing!"

Clearly, the human and the beast disliked each other quite a bit.

Or rather, right now, nobody looks down on anyone else.

Duan Hengdao was shocked by this bizarre development. He had seen all sorts of storms, but he never expected this to happen.

He reached out and pulled the chicken off the leash. "You two are bound by a contract. It can't be broken unless one of you dies."

That said, every cultivator is extremely careful when choosing a contracted beast; none are as dramatic and casual as she is…

Ye Qiao took a deep breath, her head hanging low, and asked dejectedly, "Can it fly?"

Everyone else's Qilin Treasure Hunting Beast is so cool, why is her contracted beast a chicken?

Duan Hengdao: "I'm afraid not."

Ye Qiao, with ill intent, suggested, "It's gotten so fat, why don't we braise it?"

"Which do you think tastes better, braised chicken wings or beggar's chicken?"

Listening to her description, Duan Hengdao couldn't help but swallow hard. "Braise it, I like it salty..."

Nonsence.

wrong.

How did he get led astray?

"No, Ye Qiao," Duan Hengdao said. "I don't think it's a chicken, and a chick like that doesn't have much meat yet. We should at least wait until it's a bit bigger, right?"

turkey:"???"

Are you even human?

After Duan Hengdao finished speaking, he realized that he had gone off-topic. He covered his eyes and said, "What I mean is... we can't roast it."

"You two are now one. If it dies, you will suffer the consequences."

Ye Qiao was just joking about it; she didn't actually plan to braise the chicken.

She sighed, "Never mind. Let's try resting for a while."

As expected, everyone has their own destiny. Ye Qiao remembered that the female lead rode a blue phoenix, a blue phoenix with an ethereal aura.

And her? While others exude an aura of dominance when they're on their way, she's riding behind them on a clumsy chicken that can't even fly.

"They say the early bird catches the worm, why don't you fly one and let me see?" She poked it with a twig.

She's already so poor she's eating dirt, why would you give her a money-devouring beast?

What's this called? Is it some kind of domineering monster's forced love?

The turkey got angry too.

This heartless human being!

So many cultivators have wanted to form a contract with it but haven't had the chance, and yet she still tried to run away!

Mu Chongxi reached out and picked up the turkey. Seeing his junior sister looking dejected, he suppressed a laugh and tried to comfort her: "It's still a cub. Monsters grow very slowly and need to be fed with rare and precious things. As the saying goes, a girl changes a lot as she grows up. Maybe it will be beautiful when it grows up."

"Does it still cost money?" Ye Qiao stood up: "Forget it, I'd rather think about how to put it back and start over."

Duan Hengdao: "..."

He immediately took out a small box from his mustard seed bag. "This is what I saved up before. I originally intended to use it for refining weapons. You can feed it this first and see how it goes."

When Ye Qiao opened it, she was startled by the wave of heat that hit her. "What is this?"

"Fire-elemental crystals," Duan Hengdao explained. "They can be used for refining weapons, and they can also be fed to demonic beasts."

Ye Qiao raised an eyebrow slightly; she knew about this thing.

The great secret realm from the original story arrived ahead of schedule for some reason. Yun Que contracted a treasure-hunting beast in the realm and, guided by it, found a fire-type crystal mine, which she shared equally with the people from the Sword Inquiry Sect. However, with Ye Qinghan's indulgence and instruction, she took almost half of it.

This rare fire-element crystal ore was later used by Yun Que to win over many people.

This led to almost everyone in the cultivation world praising Yueqing Sect's junior sister for her kindness and generosity.

"Fire-type crystals are usually found in extremely hot regions." Duan Hengdao picked one up and fed it to the turkey. "If you're lucky enough to find one, you're incredibly fortunate."

Ye Qiao pinched the chicken. "I roughly know where to find them."

"Where?" Mu Chongxi immediately perked up.

"I'll take you there in a bit." After saying that, she looked down at the turkey for a while, staring at it intently, before tentatively asking, "I'll name you. What do you think of the name 'Turkey'?"

It immediately started pecking at her frantically.

Come on.

It seems they are not satisfied.

Ye Qiao had no choice but to change its name. She looked it over for a long time and suddenly had a brilliant idea: "Since you're a chicken, why not call it KFC?"

Ye Qiao wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she always felt that this chicken could understand human speech.

Without batting an eye, she lied, "In our area, only extremely powerful people are entitled to this name."

"Most people don't even have the right to have this name."