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

"The Sword Inquiry Sect?" Mu Chongxi looked at her incredulously. "You think you can sleep in the Sword Inquiry Sect? You have to meditate and practice your sword before dawn."

"We have a mental cultivation class at noon, and one-on-one practical training in the evening."

"The number one sect in the world will be surpassed if they don't work hard."

Ye Qiao: This is way too curly.

She gave me the same look as an old man on the subway looking at his phone: "What about Chengfeng Sect and Biyue Sect?"

Mu Chongxi counted on his fingers, "The Chengfeng Sect is full of transvestites. They believe that ugly things are not worthy of joining the sect. They are very strict about appearance."

He looked Ye Qiao up and down: "You're quite good-looking, but they only accept male disciples."

"Is this still considered gender discrimination?"

They've entered the cultivation world, huh?

"No, that's not true. It's just that their sect's cultivation method is special and not suitable for female disciples."

"As for meals, the Azure Water Sect does not eat. Most of their disciples are alchemy practitioners, and because they are preparing for the Grand Competition, their daily cultivation is naturally the priority, so they only need to eat fasting pills."

Ye Qiao: "..."

Has the cultivation world gone mad?

Completely desperate, she finally asked the most crucial question: "So, which sect has enough to eat and enough to sleep in?"

Mentioning this, Mu Chongxi perked up: "It must be our Changming Sect, our food is the best."

"There are five steamed buns at every meal."

They don't have many other sects, but they have plenty of steamed buns. When Mu Chongxi first joined the sect, he was so desperate from eating steamed buns that he persuaded his second and third senior brothers to betray the sect.

Ye Qiao clapped her hands and made up her mind: "I'll go to Changming Sect."

It's not about the five steamed buns; it's mainly because she loves going to chaotic... ugh! lively sects like Changming Sect.

When can you register for your sect?

Mu Chongxi scratched the back of his head, vaguely remembering that when he came down the mountain, the sect leader had sighed and said that he hoped to find a few good talents during the outer sect recruitment today.

"today."

"It seems that registration closes tonight."

He looked somewhat surprised. "Don't you know?"

Changming Sect is one of the five major sects in the cultivation world. Even the most ignorant rogue cultivator should know about such a big event as recruiting outer disciples, right?

Ye Qiao really didn't know. She was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "So what time is it now?"

Does she still have a chance?

Mu Chongxi suddenly realized what was happening and shouted at the top of his lungs, "There's only half an hour left before the recruitment ends, you'll be too late if you're any slower!"

He tossed the longsword in his hand, which suddenly grew larger in front of him. He stepped onto it first and reached out his hand to Ye Qiao:

"Come up."

Those who can wield swords must have a cultivation level above Foundation Establishment.

But the boy in front of him looked about the same age as himself, yet he had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

She didn't hesitate; she reached out her hand and he pulled her onto the sword.

The longsword hovered in the air and then disappeared into the clouds. Ye Qiao successfully experienced the feeling of ascension. The surrounding scenery was completely obscured, and people who were moving at high speeds felt dizzy.

Mu Chongxi needed to return to the sect before the gates closed, otherwise he would inevitably get a beating from Elder Zhao. Seeing that he was about to miss his chance, he hurriedly activated his sword technique and accelerated again.

Ye Qiao, who was afraid of heights and terrified of falling, clung tightly to Mu Chongxi's hair, her grip tightening until it split open: "Ahhh, do you even have a driver's license?!"

She almost threw up from the shock.

Mu Zhongxi howled in pain, "Don't pull my hair!"

As the two pulled, the sword became unstable and began to sway wildly. Just then, a flying boat sailed by.

"Holy crap, get out of there!!"

……

Changming Sect.

"It'll be over in half an hour." The young man sighed softly. "Where are we going to find a genius for you, Elder Zhao?"

"This year, haven't all the people with decent aptitude gone to other sects?"

For the past hundred years, Changming Sect has consistently ranked at the bottom in the Grand Competition. Due to insufficient resources, the disciples it has received have all been of mediocre talent.

But there's no other choice; a general election happens every ten years, so it's necessary to bring in fresh blood.

Elder Zhao didn't have high hopes, but with less than a year until the grand competition, he thought he'd try his luck in the outer sect recruitment, hoping to find some exceptionally talented individuals.

"That brat Mu Chongxi hasn't come back yet?"

The boy shook his head. "He's probably out playing again."

"They're always doing nothing productive." Elder Zhao sneered. With these few good-for-nothing disciples, it's easier to hope that they can win next year's sect competition than to hope that a good talent will fall from the sky.

As darkness fell and no disciples had yet come to register, Elder Zhao waved his hand, intending to lead the outer disciples back home, when the young man suddenly said, "Elder, it looks like something fell from the sky?"

Elder Zhao: "Huh?"

He was slightly stunned, and the next second he saw two people fall from the sky, accompanied by screams and shouts of "Holy crap!"

The feeling of weightlessness caused Ye Qiao to quickly flip over just before reaching the ground, and then land gracefully.

Mu Chongxi adjusted his posture a second before landing.

The two landed with such force that they created a large crater in the ground.

Mu Chongxi slowly stood up from the pit, still excited and immersed in the emotions he had just experienced: "Holy crap, that was so exciting! Did you see how I landed? I named it 'Golden Rooster Standing on One Leg'."

Ye Qiao: "Wonderful~"

The two climbed out of the pit, only to be met with the deathly gaze of an old man with a sage-like demeanor.

Elder Zhao stared at the human-shaped crater in the ground, his heart racing. His hand trembled slightly as he pointed at the two men, and he roared in fury, "Who gave you permission to create this crater in the back mountain? Do you know how expensive it is to repair the ground?"

Ye Qiao hesitated for a moment: "...Then shall I fill in the hole for you?"

Mu Chongxi and Ye Qiao put their arms around each other's shoulders. "It's alright, it's just a pit. Elder Zhao isn't that petty."

Elder Zhao took a deep breath, not wanting to look at Mu Chongxi, this troublesome fellow, and asked Ye Qiao instead, "What are you doing here?"

Ye Qiao said sincerely, "I wish to join the Changming Sect."

Elder Zhao: "..." I think you're deliberately trying to annoy me.

The newly registered outer disciples looked at Ye Qiao with awe.

cow.

The five major sects alone have over a thousand newly initiated disciples in their outer sects.

How difficult is it to be remembered by an inner sect elder among more than a thousand people?

But Ye Qiao did it.

On the first day of registration, Ye Qiao quickly became famous in such a way that she left everyone else in the dust, and Elder Zhao also remembered her name.

The boy who hadn't said a word couldn't help but smile. Where did this clown come from?

Fearing that Elder Zhao might get sick from anger, he suppressed his amused expression, revealed a gentle smile, and glanced at Ye Qiao: "Name."

"Ye Qiao".

The young man nodded and engraved her name on the white jade pendant. "Take this. You will take the talent test in a month."

Ye Qiao thanked them, and after looking around at the surroundings, exclaimed, "This place is really beautiful."

No matter how you look at it, or from the perspective of human development, you can't find any fault with it.

"My name is Xue Yu." Seeing that she was quite interesting, Xue Yu smiled slightly: "One of the direct disciples of the Changming Clan."

Ye Qiao was slightly taken aback.

...Xue Yu?

Isn't that the kind of warm-hearted, backup boyfriend from novels?

She didn't respond for a long time, but Xue Yu didn't mind. He suppressed his smile and glanced at his junior brother, "Where did you pick up this disciple from?"

Mu Chongxi didn't catch his teasing tone, scratched the back of his head, and said, "I met her on the black market. She said she wanted to come to our Changming Sect, so I brought her here."

The boy was silent for a few seconds, glanced at Ye Qiao, and then sent a telepathic message to her: "Are you sure you're not being used?"

The robes personally passed down by Mu Chongxi are so eye-catching.

Although he was unwilling to assume malice towards a young girl, who knew that she wasn't after Mu Chongxi's personal disciple status and trying to take advantage of him, her naive and innocent junior brother?

Mu Chongxi retorted, "You're just being cynical yourself, and you're judging others by your own standards?"

Xue Yu: "..." What an idiot.

The two communicated telepathically, so Ye Qiao couldn't hear them at all.

After regaining her senses, she looked at Mu Chongxi, wanting to thank him: "Thank you for giving me a ride all the way here and bringing me to Changming Sect."

Her words confirmed Xue Yu's thoughts, and he looked at Mu Chongxi with an expression of certainty.

—Isn't this just trying to curry favor?

Ye Qiao did come to thank Mu Chongxi, but she was penniless, so she shamelessly said, "Great kindness needs no thanks, so I won't thank you."

"Until we meet again, Senior Brother Mu."

After she finished speaking, she turned and ran, leaving Mu Chongxi bewildered in the wind.

He realized what was happening and grabbed Ye Qiao: "Didn't you make some money on the black market? Since you're so poor, I'll give you three parts of the spirit stones you earned, and you can have seven."

Ye Qiao's eyes widened slightly, surprised that he would even be greedy for such a small amount of spirit stones. She shook her head: "You get two, I'll get eight."

Mu Chongxi was equally incredulous: "You're even greedy for such a small amount of spirit stones?"

Ye Qiao said seriously, "This is not about spirit stones."

His expression softened, and then he heard Ye Qiao say, "This is my lifeblood."

Mu Chongxi's lips twitched violently. "Forget it, I don't want it." He wasn't so petty as to haggle over a single spirit stone.

Other cultivators would have been filled with shame, but Ye Qiao was shameless. "Oh, then I won't give it to you."

"After all, talismans are quite expensive."

Mu Chongxi: "..."

Xue Yu: "..."

He never expected this development.