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

Chu Ling's lips twitched. This was the first time in her life she had seen such a hardcore disciple. She waved her hand and smiled slightly: "I hope you have a good time in Penglai." This group of people had come here to visit.

While Chu Ling had such a clear understanding, she also felt a trace of sadness.

What's going on?

The sword cultivators were responsible for collecting spiritual plants, while the alchemists were responsible for refining the spiritual plants they brought back.

Si Miaoyan was the most skilled among them, but even so, she experienced several furnace explosions, and the entire alchemy site was filled with smoke and flames.

Miao Miao then gestured for Liu Yun to calm down. After experiencing dozens of explosions, everyone was somewhat on edge.

But even Ye Qiao was in trouble, so their failure wasn't so hard to accept.

In any case, all the alchemists present were no exception.

While picking out the spiritual plants that could be used, Ye Qiao was also thinking about Chu Ling's senior brother in a daze.

The other party is undoubtedly very mysterious, skilled in divination, and a cultivator of the Path of All Living Beings.

"This secluded place is truly unexpected." She chatted casually with her third senior brother for a bit, "I never thought I would encounter a Daoist of the Common People."

Xue Yu noticed her distraction and specially helped her categorize the misclassified spiritual plants, speaking softly, "I think perhaps you could have a good talk with the other party. It's really rare to see cultivators of the Path of the Common People in our cultivation world."

Proportionally speaking, the Free and Unfettered Path has the most cultivators, mostly unrestrained and free-spirited rogue cultivators.

Speaking of this, Mingxuan is probably the only one who comes from one of the Eight Great Families but is a cultivator of the Free and Unfettered Path.

Xue Yu also has a sense of family honor, while Song Hansheng has an even stronger sense of collective honor in this regard. It is rare for members of the Eight Great Families to leave the Xiaoyao Dao.

Ye Qiao: "I'll go see who her senior brother really is tomorrow."

After finishing their conversation, the two quickened their pace, preparing to refine the pills in the furnace that very night.

Ye Qiao would be lying if she said she wasn't curious. Everyone has encountered cultivators who share the same path as them, but she hadn't met one even once in all this time. Chu Ling's words about "the path of all living beings" piqued her interest, and early the next morning, she and several of her disciples waited for Chu Ling's senior brother to return.

Apart from Ye Qiao, the others were not very enthusiastic; they only came to wait out of courtesy to Penglai.

People like the eldest brother, who aren't interested, would have already been leisurely climbing up the tree and lying down to sleep.

Ye Qiao had no idea that her meeting with this trusted disciple would be far from harmonious.

"Does anyone know the name of the other close disciple?"

Xue Yu: "I forgot."

"I'm too lazy to look into it, who cares about them?" Mingxuan's attitude became even more indifferent. "You can ask Chu Ling about this, though."

"Yue Qing'an." Just as the three were chatting, a voice suddenly interrupted them. Song Hansheng looked at her silently for a few seconds and repeated, "His name is Yue Qing'an."

Ye Qiao tilted slightly towards him, "Do you know it?" She asked casually, knowing full well that Song Hansheng couldn't possibly know about Penglai, this secluded place.

Song Hansheng shook his head: "No. But even in secluded places, some aristocratic families will thoroughly investigate us to make sure we know who to win over and who is worthless. In fact, before the competition, I specifically investigated the backgrounds, cultivation levels, and personalities of the other four people, except for you."

"Oh, so you investigated all the information you personally passed on, thoroughly?"

Song Hansheng nodded.

Ye Qiao clicked her tongue twice: "You're really controlling."

Song Hansheng: "..."