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

Yun Que is from the Yueqing Sect, right? How could direct disciples of these two sects know each other?

Yun Que said innocently, "Senior Sister was picked up and raised by Master when she was a baby. Later, I don't know what happened, but Second Senior Sister left the sect in a fit of pique."

As the saying goes, filial piety is the most important of all virtues, and a teacher for a day is a father for life. This saying also applies to the cultivation world. Abandoning the master who raised you from childhood and running off to another sect—what else could this be but ingrates?

Immediately, everyone condemned Ye Qiao with expressions of utter contempt, as if he were a scumbag.

The next second, a sword flashed, and Yun Que's expression froze.

She was swept by the sword energy and uncontrollably staggered back two steps, crashing to the ground. Blood welled up in her throat. Even though Ye Qinghan had quickly deflected most of the sword energy, Yun Que was still startled. She sat on the ground, her skirt stained with mud, looking utterly disheveled.

The culprit, Mu Chongxi, stared at her nonchalantly, revealing a bright smile: "Junior Sister Yun. My junior sister didn't hit you today because she has good manners."

"And the reason I hit you today is because I lack manners." He smiled.

Everyone: "..." Your Changming Sect knows how to behave properly.

"If you're not convinced, then let your Yueqing Sect fight me." Every junior sister is a treasure.

The Sword Inquiry Sect already has junior sisters, and their sect finally got one. Mu Chongxi, being a straight man, couldn't quite understand the so-called tea talk. He only realized that Yun Que was secretly trying to poach his junior sister and send her back to the Moon Purity Sect!

That won't do!

Unable to bear it any longer, Mu Chongxi took action.

Ye Qiao: "Wow~" To be honest, Fourth Senior Brother is quite handsome when he's not being silly.

The sword strike came so suddenly, and since it lacked any killing intent, even Ye Qinghan couldn't react immediately.

The young man helped Yun Que up, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes. But Ye Qinghan was smart enough to know that he and Yun Que were only in the stage of having feelings for each other, and this vague feeling was not worth him drawing his sword against the Changming Sect.

Looking at Ye Qinghan who remained unmoved, Yun Que finally couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.

Mu Chongxi covered his ears: "Here we go again."

When will this ever end?

Yun Que cried so hard that her face was streaked with tears. Even the cold-hearted people of the Wenjian Sect couldn't help but want to step forward and offer a few words of comfort, after all, it was a rare sight to see a beauty shed tears.

Seeing that there was nothing more for her to do, Ye Qiao simply sat down on the ground and examined the stick in her hand with Duan Hengdao.

The trio huddled together and whispered amongst themselves for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

"The fact that the treasure-hunting beast Yunque likes this stick so much means there's definitely something strange about it."

Duan Hengdao pondered for a moment, "I can't tell what material it's made of at all. I guess that treasure-hunting beast might have come here because of the smell of this stick. Let me carve a sealing spell on it for you first, just in case it really attracts some powerful monster."

Ye Qiao sincerely thanked him.

No wonder Chengfeng Sect is so wealthy; who wouldn't like such a versatile craftsman?

As darkness fell, Duan Hengdao fiddled with adding runes to his staff, while Mu Chongxi chose to meditate and cultivate. Each had their own tasks. Ye Qiao calculated the time, wondering, "What's the longest time it's been in a secret realm again?"

"For Greater Rifts, the time will be shorter, about five days."

"Doesn't that mean it'll be over tomorrow?" She blinked. "Oh well. I'm actually quite happy."

Duan Hengdao was speechless.

Of course! She is indeed quite happy.

Only the world where Yueqing Sect was injured was achieved.

They all came to search for treasure, but Song Hansheng and his group didn't do anything and yet they attracted a lot of hatred, and the worst part is that he doesn't even know who did it.

Oh no!

However, following Ye Qiao is indeed enjoyable. All I have to do is pick up the scraps from behind. Sigh... why doesn't their sect have a junior sister like her?

Duan Hengdao was very skilled with his hands and spent more than an hour applying the sealing runes. Ye Qiao examined the stick in her hand. Since she was not a weapon cultivator, she naturally couldn't tell that it was any different.

Duan Hengdao kindly explained, "Time is too tight. This is a temporary sealing spell. If you want to break it, you can just erase it with your spiritual power."

Ye Qiao examined the stick in her hand, indicating that she understood.

"Why did you come down the mountain?" The night was long, and the two began to have a meaningless conversation.

Ye Qiao sighed, "Because it was too boring inside the forbidden area, we asked our second senior brother for a teleportation talisman and sneaked down the mountain."

"..." Slipped out?

As a well-behaved child, Duan Hengdao was dumbfounded. Could he still sneak out?

Ye Qiao, fiddling with the bamboo shoot in her hand, noticed his shock and said with a smile, "Yes. But I hope Senior Brother didn't find out we snuck out."

Otherwise, Zhou Xingyun might have split open on the spot, right?

The next morning, as the secret realm was about to close, all the cultivators gathered together to search for the exit. There were quite a few familiar faces. The Yueqing Sect disciples, led by Song Hansheng, had gone through something, and their sect robes were now tattered and worn, completely unlike the bright and beautiful ones they had when they first entered.

Ye Qiao guessed that they must have been chased by a group of rogue cultivators, which is why they ended up in this terrible state.

Song Hansheng spotted Ye Qiao at a glance, but he didn't have time to settle scores with her right now. Instead, he stared intently at Yun Que.

He was furious. Not only did he get nothing from the secret realm, but he was also chased by a group of rogue cultivators who kept asking him where he had hidden the crystals.

Song Hansheng almost cursed. How did he know where Yun Que hid the crystal? His junior sister was very resourceful, always following behind the Wenjian Sect and chasing after the Yueqing Sect people.

If you're so capable, go and fight the Cloud Magpie.

Thinking this way, he suppressed his temper and grabbed Yun Que: "Junior Sister, did you get the fire-elemental crystal?"

Yun Que was taken aback. A fire-type crystal?

"No." She looked blank. Hadn't Ye Qiao taken the crystal? Why was she being asked?

Song Hansheng, however, thought she was pretending to be stupid and wanted to keep the crystal for herself. So he became even angrier.

Just as he was about to continue questioning, the exit of the secret realm opened. Yun Que found him utterly inexplicable and didn't want to pay him any attention. She turned around, took Ye Qinghan's hand, and smiled gently, saying, "Senior Brother, let's go."

"I have a map of the secret realm and know which path is the safest."

The location of the exit from the secret realm is uncertain, and cultivators need to explore it themselves. Yun Que spoke with great confidence, and she did indeed have a map in her hand.

But Ye Qiao is a woman with a script.

The path she pointed out in the novel was indeed correct, but the casualties were quite heavy. The large group encountered a powerful demon beast at the Nascent Soul stage, and some rogue cultivators who were not strong enough to protect themselves were all swallowed up by the demon beast's belly.

Perhaps in order to deliver equipment to the female lead, although many rogue cultivators died on that road, Yun Que also reaped a great harvest. After working together with a group of people to kill a Nascent Soul stage demon beast, she obtained a lot of spiritual fruits. However, because of this, she triggered the surrounding barrier, causing everyone to be trapped inside, unable to call for help.

Seeing that the group of rogue cultivators was about to leave with Yun Que and the others, Ye Qiao still asked, "Is anyone coming with us?"

Her words were rather presumptuous.

A group of cultivators stared at her, their eyes clearly saying: A Foundation Establishment cultivator? What are they doing following you?

Yun Que also took a deep breath, turned her head as if she was helpless: "Senior sister, stop messing around, I have a map."

Ye Qiao was silent for a moment: "I advise you, you really shouldn't go."

Following the path of the male and female protagonists might save them from death, but some insignificant bystanders will definitely be implicated.

Song Jian scoffed, "What are you dawdling about, Ye Qiao? Are you that eager to show off?"

"The irony is that I'm the type of person who, if others tell me not to do something, I'll do it anyway."

However, Song Jian's almost provocative words did not cause the slightest ripple in Ye Qiao's heart.

She even had the composure to retort, "Why do you insist on doing things that others forbid you from doing?"

"So, can I interpret this as," Ye Qiao said thoughtfully, "that I told you not to eat shit, but you insisted on eating it anyway?"

"..."

Who taught you to understand it that way?!

After Ye Qiao finished criticizing Song Jian, she repeated what she had just said. Seeing that everyone else was determined to follow Yun Que, she stopped wasting her time and said to her two friends behind her, "Let's go."

If you can't stop someone who wants to die, then don't stop them.

Of course, some were frightened by Ye Qiao's serious tone and hesitated for a moment before choosing to follow them, but these were only a few rogue cultivators. Most of them felt safer following the disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect.

At first, Duan Hengdao didn't quite trust Ye Qiao and was nervous the whole time, fearing that he might encounter some kind of monster on the road and be disemboweled. In the end, he realized that he was just overthinking it.

Forget about monsters, we didn't even see a bird.

Everything went incredibly smoothly.

"Wow!" Duan Hengdao grabbed Ye Qiao. "You're not some kind of cultivator who studies fortune telling, are you?"

Ye Qiao blinked: "Of course not, I was just making it up." She couldn't very well tell them that she was the woman holding the script.

After leading the group of rogue cultivators away, Ye Qiao successfully earned their grateful glances.

Duan Hengdao's eyes lit up when he saw the exit. "Let's get out of here quickly!"

Having successfully emerged from the Great Secret Realm and obtained quite a few good items, Duan Hengdao was already very satisfied. Ye Qiao did not follow him out, but instead turned around to prepare to return the way she came.

"What are you going to do?" Startled, Duan Hengdao quickly grabbed her hand. "The secret realm is closing in less than two hours, what are you going to do?"

Ye Qiao sighed dramatically, "I'll go catch a few monsters."

Duan Hengdao: "???" If he remembered correctly, the lowest cultivation level of the monsters in the Great Secret Realm was the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, right?

She's a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator who catches monsters?

Are you sure it wasn't captured by a monster?

"Are you serious?" Duan Hengdao asked incredulously.

Ye Qiao nodded.

Duan Hengdao had no idea where this person got the confidence to say something like "capturing demonic beasts." He gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it."

"I'll stay with you." We've spent so many days together; I can't just abandon her!

Mu Chongxi looked at his junior sister who was about to court death, covered his head, and felt a headache coming on. But what could he do but spoil his junior sister?

The trio returned the way they came. Duan Hengdao had gradually gotten used to following Ye Qiao's orders, so he asked, "Where are we going to catch monsters?"

Ye Qiao simply replied, "Don't rush, let's go see what's going on first."

lively?

Whose liveliness is this?

The two quickly found the answer.

It turns out they went to watch the excitement of the Moon Purification Sect and the Sword Inquiry Sect.

The Yunque group, who had taken a different path, were trapped in the barrier. With the secret realm closing soon, everyone was anxiously pacing around.

They didn't want to be trapped and die inside the secret realm.

Seeing this, Ye Qiao calmly tossed a sound transmission talisman into the barrier.

Those inside the barrier cannot get out, but those outside can enter. To prevent herself from slipping into the barrier, Ye Qiao deliberately kept her distance from them and communicated using a sound transmission talisman.

Song Hansheng reached out and grabbed the communication talisman. Upon hearing the voice, he froze: "Ye Qiao?"

"You're not dead?"

Ye Qiao: "You're the one who's dead."

She walked out unhurriedly and greeted the people trapped inside the barrier with a smile: "Hi."

The voice from the transmission talisman clearly resonated throughout the entire barrier.

Mu Chongxi: "Hi~"

Under everyone's gaze, Duan Hengdao had no choice but to follow the formation: "Hi."

Upon hearing the familiar "Hi," Song Han's stomach began to ache.

Ugh, it's those three again!

Just as Song Hansheng was about to curse, Ye Qiao didn't give him the chance and swiftly cut off the communication talisman.

Mu Chongxi: "Huh? Aren't you going to listen?"

"I won't listen," Ye Qiao said calmly. "My pride is too strong. I can't stand hearing him say anything more to insult me."

"..." As expected of you.

Mu Chongxi was starting to worry that Song Hansheng might get a stroke from anger.

After the transmission talisman was cut off, Song Hansheng cursed even more fiercely, but unfortunately, no one could hear what he was cursing because of the barrier.

After the other party had almost run out of energy to curse, Ye Qiao leisurely and in an extremely irritating manner, sent him another communication talisman.

This time, Song Hansheng was smarter; he didn't take the transmission talisman, but instead tossed it to Song Jian.

Song Jian still vividly remembered being rebuked before, so he immediately threw it to his senior brother as if he had gotten a hot potato.

Ye Qinghan: "..." He subconsciously didn't want to communicate with Ye Qiao, and when he turned around to throw her to someone else, he found that there was no one left for him to throw.

no way.

Ye Qinghan, who was entrusted with this critical mission, had no choice but to accept the communication talisman.

"Hi." Ye Qiao greeted him warmly, then got straight to the point: "Do you want to go out?"

"You? You have a way to get out?" Song Hansheng, who had been holding back his anger, peeked out and asked the communication talisman with a cold smile.

The rogue cultivators, finally losing their temper, roared, "What's it to you? If it weren't for your junior sister leading the way recklessly, so many of us wouldn't have died!"

They followed the path Yun Que took, and as a result, none of the disciples from the major sects were harmed, but a lot of the rogue cultivators died. In the end, all the good stuff was taken by Yun Que, and they were even trapped inside because Yun Que triggered the barrier.

A group of people were extremely resentful.

Yun Que's face paled, and she shrank into Ye Qinghan's arms, apologizing, "I'm sorry."

"..." No one cared about her apology; everyone just wanted to get out.

Ye Qiao, standing outside the formation, rested her chin on her hand and smiled, "How about this, both the Yueqing Sect and the Wenjian Sect can bid. If you offer enough spirit stones, I'll find a way to let you out."

Both Song Hansheng and Ye Qinghan, who had just been swindled out of their spirit stones, turned pale.

Duan Hengdao was utterly impressed: "Aren't you really afraid that these two sects will team up against you during the competition?"

Ye Qiao said confidently, "But we've already offended them, so we're bound to be mortified."

As the saying goes, "When you're heavily in debt, you don't have to worry; a dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water."