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

No one paid any attention to Ye Qiao's sincere suggestion. Ye Qinghan even drew his sword on the spot and slashed at the barrier, but the backlash brought twice the sword energy, causing blood to glisten at the corner of his mouth.

"Senior Brother Ye." Yun Que supported him, her lips pursed in panic, tears streaming down her face. "Are you alright?"

Ye Qinghan shook his head, unwilling to give up, and once again drew his sword to slash at the barrier.

This time, he bent over and spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning pale.

Yun Que immediately took out a silk handkerchief to wipe the bloodstains from him. The two gazed at each other tenderly, and the atmosphere became romantic and ambiguous.

If we ignore the rogue cultivators inside the barrier who are almost going crazy with anxiety.

It can only be said that people's joys and sorrows are not the same; some people are in love, while others are worried about their lives.

"Elegant, so elegant." Ye Qiao, who was watching the spectacle from outside the barrier, clapped and exclaimed.

As expected of a cultivation version of Long Aotian, he doesn't forget to maintain his cool demeanor even when spitting blood.

How did the female lead and the others get out in the original story?

Oh, it's all thanks to Ye Qinghan.

The male protagonist is definitely a master at clearing levels.

He was vomiting blood from the backlash after exhausting his spiritual power, and finally managed to lead Yun Que out of the secret realm. This was the key to the deepening of their relationship.

Yun Que was deeply moved and believed that only a man with such a noble heart was worthy of her admiration.

Ye Qinghan was capable of opening the barrier, but that didn't mean he wouldn't get hurt. With the secret realm closing in two hours, everyone was frantic. Song Hansheng could no longer calm down: "Ye Qiao."

"I know you have a way."

"There are so many of us, you can't just stand by and watch us die, can you?"

"Is this how the elders of the Changming Sect taught you?"

Even at this point, Song Hansheng still couldn't resist using moral blackmail against her.

But Ye Qiao always believed that as long as she had no morals, no one could hold her hostage. She sat cross-legged outside the barrier, smiling slightly in a fake tone: "What can I do if you can't get out?"

Song Hansheng: "Where is that magical artifact of your Changming Sect?" He had personally witnessed her use that thing to blast open the monster's belly.

Then this barrier shouldn't be a problem, right?

Ye Qiao touched her chin: "That's all."

"All of them were used."

Moreover, bombs are, after all, physical damage, and their impact on magical damage like barriers is really not that significant.

Ye Qiao's words left Song Hansheng feeling utterly hopeless.

Undeterred, he took out many talismans from his bag and tried to smash them against the barrier to see if he could break it.

Without exception, they all backfired.

Seeing the busy crowd, Ye Qiao began to give them serious advice: "If you can't finish your work, just do it tomorrow. Maybe if you die tomorrow, you won't have to do it anymore."

"...Shut up, Ye Qiao! Can't you die without using words to hurt people?"

Ye Qiao's dismissive remarks were so scathing they left everyone speechless.

Song Hansheng took a deep breath and looked at Ye Qiao with malice: "If we can't get out, do you think you won't be accused of abandoning someone in distress if you do?"

Unexpectedly, Ye Qiao was even more of a coward: "Then you might as well just die. It doesn't matter if I get labeled as someone who didn't help someone in distress after you die."

Come on, hurt each other.

Clearly, Song Hansheng was powerless against Ye Qiao's nonchalant attitude and ended up feeling frustrated.

Her calm and composed demeanor was a bit too much, so Ye Qinghan had no choice but to negotiate with her.

"How many spirit stones do you want?"

Ye Qiao calmly held the shrunken KFC in her hand and asked, "How much do you think the lives of your Sword Inquiry Sect members are worth?"

Ye Qinghan choked for a moment, then finally exhaled slowly: "One hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones."

"..." Ye Qiao didn't speak, but stared at him with a smile, drawing out her words: "Oh~ so the esteemed disciple of the Sword Inquiry Sect is only worth 100,000 high-grade spirit stones?"

"..." Even Ye Qinghan's unchanging indifferent expression cracked for a moment because of her words. How could there be such a person in the world?

Does Ye Qiao know how to write the four characters "enough is enough"?

Clearly, Ye Qiao was unaware of this; she had even started an auction, asking, "Does the Moon Purity Sect have any higher bids?"

After waiting for a while without any response, Ye Qiao dragged out her words, "Oh~ so even a esteemed disciple of the Yueqing Sect isn't worth 100,000 spirit stones."

Song Hansheng: "..." What the hell are you 'oh' for?!

In comparison, Fu Xiu was still richer. As time ticked by, Song Hansheng finally couldn't hold back and called out: "150,000 high-grade spirit stones."

"I have no more left." He gritted his teeth, wishing he could turn back time and get far away from Yun Que.

If she hadn't insisted on taking this path, how could she have encountered a Nascent Soul stage demon beast? If she hadn't been greedy for spiritual fruits, how could she have touched the surrounding barrier?

Ye Qiao knew that if you fleece the sheep too much, the sheep will eventually go bald. She clapped her hands knowingly and calmly took out a blank sheet of paper from her bag: "Want to draw up a written agreement?"

receipt……

There's even a written agreement.

Song Hansheng held his breath and watched Ye Qiao push the document over from the barrier. He had no choice but to press his fingerprint on it.

Ye Qinghan silently pressed her handprint along with him.

Song Hansheng strangely felt a sense of balance.

This thought, "So I'm not the only one who's so unlucky," probably eased his pain considerably.

Despite offending the direct disciples of two sects in one fell swoop, Ye Qiao showed no sign of guilt. She stood up gracefully and said, "Let's go then."

"Where are you going?" Duan Hengdao almost thought she was playing a trick on those people.

Unexpectedly, Ye Qiao retorted confidently, "Catching monsters, isn't that what I said from the beginning?"

"..." Why does she still remember something like that?!

Mu Chongxi always felt that his junior sister's script was different from everyone else's! In the great secret realm, isn't it all about hiding as much as possible, trying to survive until the secret realm dissipates, and returning to the sect safely?

Who would be so bored as to venture into the lair of a monster at a time like this?

As it turns out, Ye Qiao was capable.

Moreover, she actually managed to find the hiding places of two great demon beasts.

Both demonic beasts were at the Golden Core stage. Although Mu Chongxi could defeat them, he remembered Ye Qiao's instructions and suppressed his urge to attack, instead watching Ye Qiao's daily life of courting death.

The junior sister crouched down furtively and, while the two demonic beasts were asleep, grabbed a stone and hurled it at them.

After ambushing Ye Qiao, they ran away.

Ta Qingfeng quickly changed position, leaping twice to get away from the monster's sharp claws.

The two demonic beasts roared angrily, but Ye Qiao still felt it wasn't enough. During her escape, she kept provoking the demonic beasts by the roadside. Duan Hengdao, who was waiting in place, saw Ye Qiao rushing towards him and had a bad feeling.

"Ye Qiao?"

Ye Qiao didn't even turn her head: "Run!"

Duan Hengdao instinctively ran after her, not daring to look back, because the commotion was already terrifying.

It felt as if some terrifying presence was present, sending chills down one's spine.

"Why did you run?" he couldn't help but ask.

Ye Qiao calmly replied, "I am followed by two Golden Core stage demonic beasts, six late Foundation Establishment stage demonic beasts, and eight mid Foundation Establishment stage demonic beasts."

Duan Hengdao: "?"

Why are so many monsters chasing you? What the hell did you do, Ye Qiao?!

If the timing weren't so bad, he would have transformed into Master Ma, grabbed Ye Qiao's clothes, and roared at her.

Duan Hengdao was halfway through his sprint when he realized that Mu Chongxi and Ye Qiao had already run ahead of him.

He was furious.

"Your Changming Sect's secret is that whoever runs the fastest is worthy of becoming a direct disciple, right?"

These guys are all incredibly agile, masters of escape!

The three of them ran towards the barrier with sparks flying everywhere. Just as a Golden Core stage demon beast pounced on them, Ye Qiao suddenly rushed into the barrier where Yun Que and the others were.

Living people are allowed to enter outside the barrier, but demonic beasts are not permitted.

A group of monsters, blocked outside, began to rage in a fit of impotence, frantically smashing against the barrier, the scraping sound sending chills down one's spine.

"What did you do?"

When Song Hansheng, who was inside the barrier, saw Ye Qiao rush in, his head was about to explode.

"You lured all those monsters here?"

Two Golden Core stage demonic beasts were seen frantically flapping their claws and crashing into the barrier, wave after wave of attacks. It was hard not to suspect that Ye Qiao had done something utterly beastly.

Ye Qiao shrugged: "Nothing much. You guys wait until they've almost exhausted the barrier before you make your move."

Make good use of everything around you.

She firmly believed that as long as the hatred level was high enough, even demonic beasts would be unable to resist coming to kill her. Didn't she see that the demonic beasts in the outer sect were already on the verge of going berserk?

"I...I escaped." Duan Hengdao, who had been chased all the way, was still in a daze.

He felt that the time he spent with Ye Qiao was more exciting than the year he spent training outside.

Ye Qinghan glanced at the demonic beasts surrounding the area and guessed her intention. "You want to use these demonic beasts to break the barrier?"

It's not impossible.

But... shouldn't normal people think about how to break the barrier through their own efforts?

"You're trying to take shortcuts like this," Ye Qinghan said coldly, staring at her with an incomprehensible look. "You'll regret it later."

"I don't believe in the idea that suffering a loss is a blessing," Ye Qiao retorted. "You guys go ahead and eat, we're not eating."

Why work hard when you can take shortcuts?

Ye Qinghan remained silent, her expression indifferent, feeling that she was stubborn and lacked any of Yun Que's integrity.

Seeing this, Ye Qiao could probably guess that he had started comparing himself to Yun Que in his mind again.

Too lazy to engage in such pointless conversation with the male lead, she turned to Duan Hengdao and asked, "Do you have the kind of net used to capture monsters?"

"have."

Ye Qiao breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at him, "Have you ever played Fishing Master?"

When traveling, Duan Hengdao had all sorts of magical artifacts. He took out the golden beast-catching net, scratched his head in confusion, and asked, "What's a fishing master?"

"It's about casting nets to catch fish."

After explaining, Ye Qiao stared at the barrier and stroked her chin: "How's your aim?"

Duan Hengdao: "It's fine."

This is not an exaggeration. As qualified artifact cultivators, they need to throw their artifacts to cultivators who need them in battle at any time, so in terms of accuracy, he is definitely one of the best.

"Then I'm relieved."

Ye Qiao murmured.

A group of demonic beasts frantically pounced on the barrier, and the originally thick barrier weakened in power with each slap and attack.

It is now becoming thinner at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"It's going to break," Mu Chongxi whispered a warning.

The moment the barrier shattered silently, all the cultivators rushed out at lightning speed. They were joking, of course; the secret realm would close in less than an hour, and if they couldn't escape, they'd be trapped inside.

After carefully putting away the written agreement, Ye Qiao skillfully began her escape.

Wuhu, take off!

Ye Qiao's skill in riding the wind was not in vain; a string of demonic beasts chased after him, some running in the sky and some crawling on the ground, creating a spectacular scene.

The place she ran through was so desolate that not a single bird could fly over it, and no human trace could be found on any path.

Since it was she who offended the demon beast, Duan Hengdao was safe as long as he didn't stay with her, so the boy immediately followed behind and diligently began casting his net.

The group of demonic beasts had exhausted most of their strength attacking the barrier, and Ye Qiao had been walking them around like dogs, so Duan Hengdao could catch them one by one without breaking a sweat.

Well, how should I put it...

He finally understood what Ye Qiao meant by "catching monsters".

Duan Hengdao murmured, "So that's how it is."

Was she planning all of this? She deliberately provoked the demonic beasts to break the barrier, not only swindling the spirit stones from the other two sects, but also taking advantage of the situation to wipe out the exhausted demonic beasts in one fell swoop?

So how did she know there was a barrier here?!

According to normal human logic...

No, that's not right.

He couldn't understand Ye Qiao from a normal person's perspective.

Would a normal person go out of their way to provoke a group of sleeping monsters, and when going out for training, would they not forget to offend the disciples of the other two sects?

The three worked together perfectly, managing to bring all the monsters out before the secret realm closed. Almost the instant the secret realm disappeared, the strange barrier around them also vanished completely.

"I'll keep the demon beast bone for you." Considering that Duan Hengdao needed to refine weapons, Ye Qiao took the initiative to speak.

Duan Hengdao scratched his head. "You can keep the inner core."

The harvest from this trip was considerable; the materials he obtained for refining weapons alone would last him a long time.

The three quickly finished dividing the spoils, but Ye Qiao felt like she had forgotten something. "Oh, right."

"Where's my chicken?!"

Monsters are not allowed to enter outside the barrier, so where did KFC go?

Her shout was quite loud. Mu Chongxi looked around and finally found the KFC on top of Ye Qiao's head.

This little guy is quite good at finding a spot; he nestled on Ye Qiao's head and even seemed to be planning to make a nest there.

She snapped, yanked the KFC chicken off her head, and pointed at it, saying, "Don't you dare sit on my head!"

KFC pretended not to hear.

"..." Alright. These monsters can understand human speech, right?

"Let's go." Ye Qiao calmed herself down, then suddenly had a thought: "Speaking of which, isn't that red bird still tied to the tree?"

"Yes, that's right." Mu Chongxi looked at her, puzzled. "Weren't you planning to take it back to the sect?"

Ye Qiao pulled him along, "Let's experience what it's like to fly on a bird."

In ancient times, Santa Claus rode a reindeer; later, Harry Potter rode a broomstick; now, they fly on birds.

It's not that it's impossible, is it?

Mu Chongxi: "???"

So, at Ye Qiao's urging, the two found the bird that was tied to the tree with the demon-binding rope. The red bird was now so timid that it had no will to live. Looking at the two hateful humans, it could no longer muster any resistance.

Duan Hengdao was somewhat familiar with her outrageous behavior, and he said helplessly, "Then, shall we part ways here?"

See you at the Grand Competition.

Ye Qiao was studying how to ride a bird and flew, and without looking up, she replied to him:

See you at the Grand Competition.

The two had been missing for five days. If nothing unexpected happened, Qin Fanfan and her senior brother would already know that they had secretly gone down the mountain.

"drive."

Ye Qiao studied it for a moment, then simply sat on its back. "Run!"

The red bird was furious.

This human actually used it to pull a cart.

Mu Chongxi hesitated before sitting down, feeling that this mode of transportation was rather strange...

The red bird was already indignant enough at being bullied by two humans, but then the two humans wanted to use it as a cart puller. The moment it took off, it began to deliberately sway left and right.

Ye Qiao held on tightly, but as they approached the Changming Sect's territory, the red bird shook even more violently.

She couldn't hold on to it no matter how hard she tried. In the moment she was thrown off, Ye Qiao's only thought was, "Riding a bird is really no good."

Just moments before the two people and one beast fell from the sky, Elder Zhao was having a friendly conversation with disciples from other sects.

The disciples of the Azure Water Sect have been coming to Cloud City these past few days supposedly because of the opening of the Great Secret Realm. However, the secret realm opened ahead of schedule not long ago, and everyone was blocked at the outer gate. They could only regretfully stop. Since Cloud City is close to the territory of the Changming Sect, they decided to visit the Changming Sect on the way.

Xue Yu and Ming Xuan were released from the forbidden area and were now chatting casually with the two disciples of the Biyue Sect.

Just then, something dark suddenly fell from the sky.

With a "bang," dust flew up.

Then, under the bewildered gazes of the group, Ye Qiao nonchalantly got up from the ground and said, "Hi. Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother."

"..."