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

The young prince stared blankly at her sudden, childish words, then shook his head and declined her invitation.

"No, no." The boy stammered, shaking his head. He decided to go find his tribe. "So where are you going? Do you need me to tell you where you are?"

Regardless of whether Ye Qiao is reliable or not, his own clansmen are still nowhere to be found, and he's just running around with cultivators like this. If his father finds out, he'll tear him apart.

The South China Sea is so vast that Ye Qiao would definitely not be able to find her way around if she wanted to go somewhere.

"What do you think their purpose is in coming here?" Ye Qiao nodded, quite curious. They attacked the human race and then turned their attention to the aquatic race. What were they after?

Aside from the conflicts between cultivators and demons, the aquatic creatures of the South China Sea have always been peaceful and undisturbed. Before the young prince arrived, she didn't even know that the aquatic creatures existed.

There's no reason for such a peaceful race to provoke the demons and monsters.

"I don't know either, those cunning demons, those disgusting monsters." He said indignantly, "What do we in the South China Sea have to covet? If we really have anything, it's only water-based magical artifacts, or at worst, luminous pearls and golden treasures."

Dragons love to collect all kinds of treasures.

All the magical artifacts and magical implements that were golden and glowing were hidden away in their treasure vault.

Could it be that they really came for those treasures?

Ye Qiao: "A treasure?"

"Where?" she asked, looking at him.

Ao Li hesitated for a few seconds, then whispered the location to her, before complaining, "Are you that poor?"

They've actually set their sights on their treasure trove.

"Yes." Wherever she went, she had a habit of wanting to look into their treasure trove and see if she could take something with her.

The young prince hesitated for a few seconds, then looked at her, saying, "I'm going to find them. Take care."

Ye Qiao waved to him, "Okay."

It's impossible to gather with my senior brothers; there are so many Nascent Soul cultivators, we'll have to see if they can defeat them.

If you can win, then just take action.

If you can't win a fight, you have to find another way. Chaos is a good opportunity to gather information, and you won't have to hide from others.

Before leaving, Ye Qiao gave the egg to the little prince, explaining that she wanted the three fire spirit root members to find a way to heat it up and see if they could ripen the egg and make it hatch earlier.

After splitting into three groups, she activated her water-based magical artifact. One group headed towards the Dragon Palace. Along the way, some aquatic creatures who were fleeing for their lives passed by. They looked back frequently, almost speechless, as Ye Qiao walked in the opposite direction. Some even thought that this cultivator might have gone mad.

On the way, she stopped a few people and asked, "How many Nascent Soul cultivators were involved in this massacre?"

"I don't know." After realizing that she was at least at the Nascent Soul stage, the aquatic soldier looked even more terrified. "Perhaps there are seven or eight."

Ye Qiao released them, seven or eight people, so there were definitely more than just one or two.

That's true, where would one or two Nascent Soul cultivators get the audacity to slaughter the aquatic race?

"Qiaoqiao, what are we going to do?" The Flying Immortal Sword floated above Ye Qiao's head, bathing her in a soft light.

Ye Qiao was bathed in light, making her look like a bright light bulb in the South China Sea—it was too dazzling to look at.

She quickly sheathed the Flying Immortal Sword. "How about we go grab something to eat first?"

Since things are already in chaos, the dragons don't need her help anyway. So, of course, it's time to enjoy life while we can.

Qin Fanfan, who was watching the jade slip and heard everything clearly, was speechless.

"Ye Qiao!" roared an elder from the other end of the jade slip. "A dragon from the Dragon Clan has been slaughtered."

The dragons were slaughtered?

Ye Qiao was genuinely shocked for a few seconds.

But she didn't quite understand why the elder was yelling at her. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Oh. Did I kill him?"

"Of course not you." Ye Qiao's blunt question left the elder speechless. He was somewhat exasperated. "But why didn't you go and help?"

Ye Qiao grabbed a spirit fruit on the way and ate it as she walked, mumbling, "How dare I, a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, go head-to-head with a Deity Transformation cultivator?"

She would only know the specifics after her senior brother and Mingxuan got in touch.

The chaos suited her just fine.

The location provided by the young prince had a lot of spiritual energy fluctuations, as if some kind of battle was taking place. To be on the safe side, Ye Qiao put on an invisibility talisman, hoping to sneak in unnoticed.

A chaotic battle was taking place just a dozen meters from the treasure vault.

Four Nascent Soul stage demons were locked in battle with two aquatic guardians when one of them, a man dressed in black, rushed into the treasure vault without looking back.

This was a battle she couldn't possibly engage in. After observing for a moment and distinguishing which ones were demons, Ye Qiao threw the tower out of her hand.

The pale golden magical artifact magnified and suddenly enveloped one of them.

The sudden arrival of the magical artifact relieved a lot of pressure on the aquatic race, preventing the situation from becoming one-sided. After doing this good deed, Ye Qiao prepared to sneak into the treasure vault to rob it.

When this group of people started fighting, they didn't care about the fluctuations in spiritual energy for a moment. She sneaked in smoothly and walked into the interior on the gentle breeze.

The treasure vault was forcibly blasted open, and the surrounding internal formations were left only as destroyed ruins. Ye Qiao casually picked up the spirit stones on the road, then concealed her aura, preparing to see what the intruding demons wanted to do.

The junior uncle on the other end of the jade slip asked, "How is it going?"

"It's quite frightening." Ye Qiao observed their fight. After thinking for a moment, she adjusted the jade slip so her master and the others could see the interior. She then asked sincerely, "What are they looking for in the treasure vault?"

"I think it's quite obvious." Xie Chuxue, having seen the interior of the Dragon Clan's treasure vault through the jade slip, remained silent for a moment before gently guiding her, "The predecessors of the Five Sects either ascended or perished. But the Demon Clan has no chance of ascension; if they don't break through, they'll either die of old age. However, given Heaven's aversion to the Demon Clan, breaking through only means dying under the tribulation lightning. Sending so many Nascent Soul cultivators to seize the Dragon Pearl—what do you think their purpose is in this act of stealing spiritual artifacts?"

Ye Qiao: "I don't know."

Xie Chuxue: "..."

After exchanging only a few words with Xie Chuxue, she buried her head and walked inside. She quickly caught up with the demon. Just as the man was about to take the bead from the box, the dragon ball decisively ran away.

It seemed to have a life of its own, moving up and down as if it wouldn't let anyone touch it.

The demon tried to grab at the bead twice but only managed to grab air. He became furious and tried to slap the bead down with his palm.

At that moment, a figure moved faster than him.

Ye Qiao swept across the ground, slashing with her sword to force him into position, crashing into the man's chest with such force that he was thrown to the ground.

At the moment she jumped, she swiftly grabbed the light blue dragon ball.

Ye Qiao observed the flowing beads in her hand with a puzzled look, and said to the demon, "If you can't have it, you destroy it? That's pretty vicious of you."

"Which sect's disciple are you from?" The demon was slightly taken aback, then instantly flew into a rage. Someone had suddenly appeared, catching him completely off guard.

Even among humans, those at the Nascent Soul stage are rare, but it would be impossible for an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator to snatch the Dragon Ball from him.

That leaves only direct disciples.

The moment Ye Qiao held the Dragon Ball in her hand, the water-type magical artifact glowed. She didn't have time to pay attention to the reaction between the two artifacts; instead, she asked her junior uncle, "What is this?"

"The Dragon Pearl from the Dingnan Sea Storm," Xie Chuxue replied.

Ye Qiao looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what was special about it, so she threw it into the domain and prepared to slip away.

Just kidding. Although I don't know what the Dragon Balls are, judging from the Demon Clan's anxious state, they've probably come for these balls. So there's even less chance of them giving them up.

Before she could even escape, the exit of the treasure vault was completely blocked by two powerful aquatic beings and two Nascent Soul stage demons.

Seeing their companion arrive, the demon sneered and raised their voice, "Stop her! The Dragon Ball is with her."

Upon hearing that the Dragon Ball was actually in the possession of this unknown Nascent Soul cultivator, everyone was stunned. Instantly, battle erupted as the demons attacked Ye Qiao, trying to snatch the Dragon Ball back from her. The three of them moved with lightning speed, and she definitely couldn't dodge this attack.

The water flow blocked her way, but the powerful aquatic warriors shielded her. One of the women, hearing this, urged Ye Qiao, "Take the Dragon Pearl and run! Run quickly!"

Qiao quickly tore off the teleportation talisman and tried to escape. Perhaps the demons had enough experience in dealing with cultivators, because the Nascent Soul stage divine sense forcibly locked the surrounding space. The teleportation talisman crashed into an invisible wall of divine sense, and no matter what it did, it couldn't be sent out.

Having failed to escape, Ye Qiao's black staff transformed into the shape of a sword. With a flick of her wrist, she slashed at the nearest man.

Damn it.

Are all the Nascent Soul stage cultivators here to besiege her?

She took out a distinctive stick, revealing her identity.

"Ye Qiao. So it's you." The demon pronounced her name accurately, a forced smile on his face: "The famous...number one of the Changming Sect? I guess I can call you that."

The man's tone was very sarcastic.

The demons are a bunch of old foxes.

Ye Qiao smiled: "Of course, first or second place doesn't matter. I don't mind if you call me dad."

His smile was cold and sinister; no cultivator had ever dared to speak to him like that since he reached the Nascent Soul stage.

They're utterly courting death.

After provoking the demons, Ye Qiao asked Xie Chuxue inside the jade slip, "Junior Uncle, what do you think will happen if I swallow the Dragon Pearl?"

Once she swallows it, no one can get the Dragon Ball.

Perfect.

"Xiao Qiao." Xie Chuxue paused for a few seconds, then spoke in an unprecedentedly serious tone, "Today, your martial aunt will tell you a profound truth."

"What's the logic?" Ye Qiao asked, dealing with the man trying to steal the Dragon Ball while arguing with Xie Chuxue.

"If you eat random things, you'll die." Xie Chuxue said dejectedly, "I hope you can calm down and stop eating all that junk food all day long."

He didn't understand why Ye Qiao was always coming up with such bizarre ideas. Could you swallow a Dragon Ball?

She was stunned for a few seconds by her junior uncle's heavy and philosophical words.

The Dragon Balls are not going to be given to them. The fact that the demons were able to find this place means that the dragons have failed. Not only have they failed, but perhaps some dragons have had their souls forcibly extracted.

They're incredibly bold to attack the dragon race, aren't they afraid of being struck down by the Heavenly Dao?

The battle raged fiercely inside the Dragon Clan's treasure vault. The two powerful aquatic beings were too busy to help her. Ye Qiao flipped backward, picked up a golden bow and arrow that had been thrown into the vault, dodged to the side, and released the arrow with the spiritual energy she had gathered.

Thanks to the dragons' fondness for anything golden and sparkly, their treasure vault contains all sorts of weapons.

This is incredibly convenient for Ye Qiao.

After firing more than a dozen spirit arrows, the man reached out and snapped one of the arrows, which had materialized from spiritual energy, in half. He then slashed it hard at her waist. Ye Qiao grabbed a folding fan-shaped magic weapon, opened it halfway, and spun it in her palm. A burst of light appeared, forming a defensive shield.

The man shattered the magical artifact with a single blow, exclaiming incredulously, "You can use a folding fan?"

Nonsense, Mingxuan waves a fan around all day, so he'll figure out how to use it after a while.

The man missed every single one of his attacks.

Ye Qiao seemed to know what her next move would be.

The sixth move of the Qingfeng Technique.

This was the most complete sword technique she had ever encountered. The white sword light collided with the clashing blades, and Ye Qiao suddenly flicked her wrist, sweeping it down towards his waist.

The sleeves twitched slightly from the sword energy.

The swordsmanship was graceful and light; the seventy-two sword techniques were executed in unison, yet the man's every move was blocked, and his expression turned sinister and terrifying.

Xie Chuxue observed the scene inside the jade slip without making a sound. Ye Qiao was fast enough and her physical skills were not weak either.

Restraining the Transformation God is not a problem.

It is very difficult to kill a Nascent Soul stage cultivator without the aid of any sword techniques or spiritual swords.

Xie Chuxue smiled and drawled, "Xiao Qiao, if you beat him, I'll give you a reward when you come back."

Xie Chuxue is quite harsh when training people.

Mingxuan is easily embarrassed; if he makes a sarcastic remark, the other party will only work harder.

Mocking Ye Qiao wouldn't have the desired effect, and Xie Chuxue was too lazy to waste her energy on it.

"This senior uncle of Changming Sect is really strange," Chu Xingzhi muttered to himself, bored out of his mind in the Changming Sect's hall.

The elders and senior uncles of their sect were generally stern and never smiled, always wearing cold, old faces, unlike Xie Chuxue who showed no signs of being an elder.

Ye Qinghan warned in a low voice, "You are not allowed to talk about your seniors."

Chu Xingzhi could only shut up, his eyes darting around the hall.

This is the main hall of the Changming Sect.

Each sect has a different style and atmosphere. On ordinary days, they don't even dare to speak in the solemn and quiet hall of the Sword Inquiry Sect, but the atmosphere in the Changming Sect is not so quiet, in fact... quite lively.

Several elders, uncles, and even the sect leader were shouting and yelling inside the jade slip, instructing Ye Qiao on how to fight next. Chu Xingzhi gradually became bolder and leaned closer, shouting into the jade slip, "Ye Qiao, this is not how you use the Sword Inquiry Sect's sword technique. You're swinging too lightly. Be heavier, and don't swing your sword so quickly."

The starting stance is very standard.

They can even imitate sword techniques.

The problem is that the sword wind isn't sharp enough. Ye Qiao has used the Qingfeng Technique too much, and when she uses the Wenjian Sect Sword Technique, it's light and fast. The sword wind is clearly not right.

Upon hearing the voice from the jade slip, Ye Qiao silently adjusted the subtle movements she needed to pay attention to when swinging her sword.

Chu Xingzhi leaned closer, and Zhu You couldn't help but peek over as well. "Quick! Swing it out!" she urged. "Watch the moment, Ye Qiao!"

The sounds inside the jade slip were quite loud. Upon hearing the voices of the two from the Sword Inquiry Sect, Ye Qiao's lips twitched. "What's going on with you guys???"

Why would they appear in the Changming Sect?