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

"We're overloaded!" Mingxuan couldn't help but shout.

There were six people, three sword cultivators, one person leading three.

Mu Chongxi: "Hey, I've never led three people at once before." The first time he led Ye Qiao, he completely messed up on the spot.

Being tossed around by the passing of time.

"Hold on tight!" Mu Chongxi exclaimed excitedly as his spirit sword swooped upwards, some of whom, being afraid of heights, began to shout in a high-pitched voice.

Xue Yu and Ming Xuan were used to it; the three sword cultivators from their sect would fly around on their swords all day long. But the Yueqing Sect had never experienced anything so exciting before, and they almost got nauseous and had diarrhea from this sword flight.

He even excitedly asked, "Is it fun?"

"You fucking die!!" Su Zhuo grabbed him by the neck.

Mu Chongxi almost choked.

"No, no, no, you'll fall!!"

Seeing this, Dai Zhi silently moved away from the group, afraid of being knocked away.

In the cultivation world, sword cultivators usually bring one or two people with them. Three is truly unprecedented. Someone who saw this overloaded scene couldn't help but mutter to themselves.

"Who's so bold? Bringing three people along, aren't they afraid of getting themselves killed?"

"Hmph." Someone sneered twice: "Who else but the Changming Sect and the Yueqing Sect would dare to do this?"

"What are they doing?"

"Why should you care about them? You should be thanking your lucky stars if these protégés don't cause a huge uproar."

They're all too busy taking care of themselves to have time to care what they're doing.

……

"Could you help me find Ye Qinghan's location? Chu Ling, Yue Qingan?"

They couldn't figure out where Ye Qinghan and the others were.

Chu Ling rolled her eyes: "Did we come down the mountain just to find people for you?"

"Otherwise what?" Mingxuan lazily raised the last syllable of his voice.

Chu Lingwei murmured softly.

Yue Qing'an lowered his head and fiddled with the hexagram in his hand. He had come all the way from Penglai to help, and while casting the hexagram, he casually asked, "Why are they so focused on killing Ye Qinghan?"

His impression of Ye Qinghan as a disciple was that he was quite strong, at least not like Ye Qiao who relied solely on his reputation, but genuinely very strong.

"Perhaps those of you who deduce and peek into fate have heard the saying, 'Child of Destiny'?"

Yue Qing'an nodded. "What need is there for this to be related to him being hunted down?"

"To be honest, we're not entirely sure either," Xue Yu shook his head. "But Yun Que and Ye Qinghan must be of some use. And it's somewhat related to their status as chosen ones."

"Patriarch Ye said that the Demon Clan has mobilized almost half of its people to hunt down Ye Qinghan." Xue Yu informed the Ye family, and the feedback he received surprised him greatly.

"That's quite a generous gesture," Song Hansheng murmured twice.

The demons were already far superior to the cultivators in terms of cultivation level, and their numbers were nearly half that of the cultivators. The Ye family alone simply couldn't handle them. In fact, it would be fine if the eight great families were more united, but since they were divided into eight camps, how could they possibly unite?

Chu Ling felt that things were indeed more complicated than they had imagined. She couldn't help but whisper, "What are they trying to do? Why are they so persistent in hunting down a disciple?" Even Ye Qiao was only imprisoned in the end. Why would they need to mobilize so many people for just one Ye Qinghan?

Of course, it's also possible that they simply can't do anything to Ye Qiao, and regardless of the outcome, they won't be able to carry out their next plan.

"I suspect they want to open the Heavenly Gate and ascend directly to immortality," Yue Qing'an said softly. "Have you read any forbidden books?"

"Holy crap, you look so big and handsome, yet you dare to read forbidden books?" Mu Chongxi exclaimed. None of them had the guts to peek at forbidden books.

"It's not that forbidden book!" Yue Qing'an immediately understood and hurriedly explained, "I mean, there are some books that disciples are forbidden to look at. They contain many forbidden techniques, such as some sacrificial formations and various unorthodox methods. Unless there is no other way, no one will use the things in the forbidden books."

"Among them, there is the story of sacrificing the spiritual roots of the chosen ones, using those innate spiritual artifacts as keys to force the Heavenly Dao to open the Heavenly Gate."

Mingxuan clicked his tongue: "Are they crazy?"

Yue Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "It's obvious." They dare to threaten the Heavenly Dao.

Returning to the topic of magical artifacts, they realized a major problem: "They've already acquired quite a few magical artifacts, haven't they? Many magical artifacts from various places have been robbed by the demons. Only the dragon pearls of the dragon race have been preserved."

"But if they don't have the Dragon Balls, they can steal other magical artifacts to replace them, after all, there are also the sect's most treasured artifacts."

Some magical artifacts are created by the Heavenly Dao to quell unrest; for example, the Dragon Balls were created to quell the turmoil in the South China Sea.

The effects vary, but each one is so popular that cultivators are scrambling to buy it.

"Spiritual artifacts and chosen ones of destiny, are they really not afraid of death, daring to provoke the Heavenly Dao like this?" Yue Qing'an sneered slightly. "If the Heavenly Gate is really opened, the cultivation world will probably be thrown into chaos."

After all, who knows what will come out after the Heavenly Gate opens?

"Actually, I have a question." Mingxuan turned his head: "Can the Moon Arrow break through the protective formations of various sects?"

Song Hansheng was also slightly taken aback, and answered truthfully, "I don't know."

Above the strong, there are the strongest; only those who are truly powerful know the limits of these abilities. At most, they can only use them to break some difficult formations.

"If the formation can be broken, then stealing the Moon Arrow will render all the sect's protective formations useless." Yue Qing'an paused slightly. "I think the next target of the demons might be the Moon Arrow in your hands."

"What should we do then?" Su Zhuo was getting a little nervous from their antics. "How about letting our senior brother stay in the sect?"

"Come on. The Moon Purity Sect isn't safe either. Who can guarantee their sect's safety at a time like this?" Chu Ling said bluntly. "Don't tell me you've lost your backbone without your sect leader."

During their conversation, Yue Qing'an quickly located Ye Qinghan and gestured for them to fly down.

Song Hansheng gave each of them a concealment talisman and told them to hold it tightly so they wouldn't be discovered on the spot when they went down.

Those people were generally at the Nascent Soul stage, with the highest being at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, so they weren't too difficult to deal with.

Ye Qinghan's cultivation level had already reached the Nascent Soul stage, but he had not chosen to break through. If someone interfered during the breakthrough, he would suffer a cultivation deviation. In order to avoid breaking through, he could only be at the mercy of others and could not even fight back. Once he made a move, his cultivation level would immediately drop to the Nascent Soul stage.

He hadn't felt this frustrated in a long time.

Yun Que held a dagger in her hand, its cold light flashing. Her beautiful face twisted slightly as she raised her hand and stabbed down fiercely.

Blood gushed out, and the sound of flesh being ripped apart made her teeth chatter slightly, and her whole body trembled.

After stabbing her, Yun Que's hand was trembling.

……

The bloody scene made those hiding in the shadows, ready to rush in at any moment, gasp. Su Zhuo was anxious and couldn't help but urge, "Shoot quickly, or our number one in the cultivation world will be gone."

"I know, don't rush me. I haven't fully mastered the Ye Qiao magical artifact yet." Fang Zhiyao was so anxious that he was almost sweating. He had figured out how to use it, but the problem was that he wasn't good at bows and arrows.

If you shoot and miss, or if it goes off course, it could really cause a problem.

"Are you sure you can handle it?"

Fang Zhiyao adjusted the crescent crossbow and handed it to Song Hansheng, saying hurriedly, "Let Song Hansheng shoot; their talisman cultivators are all accurate shooters."

He's no longer up to par; when it comes to precision, these talisman cultivators are still the best.

"Dig out his spiritual root before he becomes a Nascent Soul cultivator! Yun Que, what are you hesitating for? Once he becomes a Nascent Soul cultivator, none of us will be able to do anything about him!" The others urged anxiously.

They dared not touch Ye Qinghan; the protective Heavenly Dao could strike them dead. But Yun Que was different. Both of them were chosen ones by destiny.

Furthermore, Ye Qinghan possesses an ice spiritual root, a rare mutated spiritual root. In the cultivation world, ice, lightning, and wind are all types of mutated spiritual roots, and the spiritual roots of the chosen ones are what they need.

Magpie...

Her only value was probably that she dug out Ye Qinghan's spiritual root for them, preventing the Heavenly Dao from punishing them.

Yun Que plunged the knife in, only to be met with Ye Qinghan's emotionless gaze. Her fingers tightened abruptly, and the second stab was far more ruthless than the first.

It would only take three more cuts to remove his spiritual root. He would only lose his spiritual root; he was born with a sword bone, and the spiritual root was just icing on the cake for him. Yun Que hypnotized himself like this, and his originally trembling hands gradually became firm.

The demon beside her was very satisfied with her performance: "Yes, that's it. Once you dig out his spiritual root, your mission is complete, Yun Que."

Yun Que closed her eyes and plunged down. An arrow suddenly bloomed in mid-air, like countless crescent moons, and then suddenly closed up and pierced her wrist, sending a wave of pain as if her flesh had been ripped out.

Yun Que let out a piercing scream.

The crescent crossbow was so fast that no one noticed where it came from.

Seizing the opportunity, Song Hansheng fired three more arrows, each hitting one of the men holding Zhu You down. He quickly ordered, "Make your move."

What came into view was a scene of talismans and swords flying everywhere. These disciples who came down the mountain brought almost all the secrets of each sect. Although Changming Sect was poor, their development was really well-balanced. They had both talismans and pills.

A major sect like the Moon Purification Sect, specializing in talisman cultivation, would certainly not lack offensive talismans.

Amidst a dazzling array of collisions, these close disciples didn't even get a scratch.

Suddenly, so many people appeared. Yun Que's face turned pale. She subconsciously gripped her dagger and then held it to Ye Qinghan's neck.

At the same time, she tried to take a step closer to Song Hansheng, pressing Ye Qinghan in front of her as a shield, and forced herself to remain calm: "Senior Brother."

Then, the boy raised his hand, the bow and arrow gleaming with a pale yellow light that reflected a cold luster, and, expressionless, aimed at her—

It was as if it were a warning to her.

If I get any closer, I'll kill her.

His indifference deeply hurt Yun Que.

She bit her lip, and Yun Que admitted that she hesitated for a moment when digging out Ye Qinghan's spiritual root.

After all, Ye Qinghan had treated her fairly well. And she wasn't exactly a heinous villain, was she?

As a result, when this group of people attacked her, they never considered any sense of camaraderie whatsoever.

Song Hansheng gave her no more chance to speak, and fired three spirit arrows from different directions to interrupt her attempt to continue attacking Ye Qinghan. Yun Que was forced into a flustered state by the grazing spirit arrows, and she could not even hold her dagger steady.

"Useless." One of the demons tried to snatch Ye Qinghan away to use as a hostage to control them. The next second, a cold spiritual arrow pierced his heart. The sight of him stiffly falling to the ground terrified Yun Que, who let out another pig-like scream.

Song Hansheng didn't bother to even glance at the demon, his gaze fixed intently on Yun Que.

He shot several arrows at her, each aimed at her vital points, but she always managed to dodge them in various 'accidental' ways.

Logically speaking, the speed of the Crescent Crossbow is much faster than the Crescent Arrow, and given Song Hansheng's accuracy in throwing talismans, there should be no such accident or deviation.

Everyone frowned in unison.

This cloud magpie is almost too lucky, isn't it?