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

The Sword Inquiry Sect is not easy to infiltrate, but with internal and external troubles plaguing the sect, who has time to care about her? In fact, many of the inner disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect know her and wave to her enthusiastically.

Among the many disciples left behind in the sect, Ye Qiao's bright red sect robes stood out conspicuously against the backdrop of the white-clad Wenjian Sect. Afraid of being discovered by the elders, she didn't even dare to greet them, simply stepping through the gentle breeze.

Someone said uncertainly, "I think I saw Ye Qiao from the Changming Sect."

"What is she doing here in our clan?"

"I don't know." The man stroked his chin. "But Ye Qiao is probably the only one who would treat our sect like his own backyard."

"How did she get in? Didn't the elders notice?"

If it weren't for the fact that her religious attire was so conspicuous, no one would even have noticed that someone was passing by.

News circulates easily among the disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect, and Ye Qiao was quite well-known. After someone noticed her, they quietly informed a few of her close disciples.

It is speculated that Ye Qiao may have come to find those disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect.

While Zhu You was at Chengfeng Sect, Chu Xingzhi was nervously worried that his junior sister would be taken away by the people from Changming Sect. At this moment, he was with Zhu You at Chengfeng Sect. Xia Qing and Zuo Yi were busy suppressing the troublemaking disciples in the sect. Only Ye Qinghan was the most free.

When he heard that Ye Qiao had come to his door for some unknown reason, he felt a familiar toothache.

……

Especially after seeing Ye Qiao silently hiding in the rugged cave inside the artificial hill, looking like she was about to stir up trouble, his ominous premonition reached its peak.

"Ye Qiao." Ye Qinghan appeared silently behind her like a ghost, tilting his head in confusion, his voice tinged with coldness, "What are you doing here?"

"Why not go back to your own sect?"

"Hi, Ye Qinghan." Ye Qiao sensed his presence beforehand and, too lazy to hide, waved and greeted him before asking in a low voice, "Do you know where the place where you're often locked up for reflection after making a mistake is?"

Ye Qinghan raised an eyebrow, guessing her intention: "Are you going to the forbidden area?"

Ye Qiao paused slightly before breaking into a bright smile, showing no embarrassment at being caught sneaking off guard. "You guessed right."

"But it might not be safe for me to go alone. After all, you are the only heir of your sect. It will be much safer with you here." She praised Ye Qinghan with her eyes closed.

"So—" Ye Qiao said sincerely, "Want to venture into the forbidden area together? It'll be a lot of fun!"

Ye Qinghan thought she might be having an intermittent bout of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome). He blinked his dark eyes slightly and replied in a cold voice, "I'm not going."

"Alright." Ye Qiao doesn't necessarily need Ye Qinghan's involvement; it doesn't matter whether he's there or not.

"Wait a minute." After refusing her, Ye Qinghan strangely thought of the forbidden areas and secret realms that she had destroyed over the years, as well as the Ghost King Tower that collapsed without warning.

"Never mind," he said calmly. "I'll go with you."

The reason why some sects' most treasured artifacts have never appeared in the world is not because they don't want to take them.

Instead, they are spiritual artifacts, like the most prized treasures of a sect, each one strange and difficult to deal with.

It's impossible to touch it easily.

It would be a lie to say Ye Qinghan wasn't curious about his sect's treasures, so he simply accepted her invitation.

"Come on, come on." After getting Ye Qinghan's approval, Ye Qiao patted the spot next to her, signaling him to come and lie down with her.

"Where is your forbidden area located?" Ye Qiao asked quietly, lying behind a rock and watching the inner disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect come and go.

Ye Qinghan found a comfortable spot to lie down, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know."

"I've never been inside."

"Not even once?"

The boy nodded: "Not even once."

"..." At this moment, Ye Qiao seemed to feel the unevenness of the world.

She treated the forbidden area as her home, but Ye Qinghan never entered it even once.

Ye Qiao observed for a few seconds, then turned and asked in a casual tone, "So, if the two of us teamed up to ambush the elders, would they lock us up?"

Ye Qinghan: "..."

He underestimated her audacity. Ye Qinghan shifted her eyes slightly, uncertainly. "Maybe? You might get arrested and imprisoned. Why don't you ask those cultivators on the forum how many years they'd be sentenced for attacking an elder?"

Ye Qiao actually considered the possibility of this problem. "It shouldn't lead to a prison sentence, right? These are special circumstances. He wouldn't possibly lock us up in the dungeon."

When the cultivation world is truly short of manpower, and both of them are at the Nascent Soul stage, they can still be useful in critical moments. Even if the elder of the Sword Inquiry Sect dislikes her, she probably won't end up in the dungeon.

Ye Qinghan shrugged, his expression indifferent: "Then we have no choice but to take a gamble."

He was used to sticking to the rules, so he found it quite novel to suddenly follow Ye Qiao's lead.

That night, Ye Qinghan and Ye Qiao crouched behind the artificial hill, waiting for a destined person.

Just as Ye Qiao was about to fall asleep, Ye Qinghan suddenly exclaimed excitedly in a low voice, "An elder has arrived."

The newcomer was the Sixth Elder of the Sword Inquiry Sect. His face looked somewhat familiar, probably because they had met him during the Grand Competition. His strength was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, a level higher than the two of them.

Ye Qiao quickly said, "Let's do it."

The two leaped up from the artificial hill at the same time, and two palm strikes slammed down on each other's backs. Ye Qiao and Ye Qinghan both held back their strength, but no matter what, it was still an attack from the Nascent Soul stage. The moment the Sixth Elder sensed the danger, his figure disappeared in front of them.

When they turned around, the Sixth Elder was already behind them, holding a sword incantation that was about to take shape in his hand, his eyes full of coldness.

"Wait, Elder." Ye Qinghan sensed the danger of the sword technique and spoke up quickly, "It's us."

"Ye Qinghan?" The Sixth Elder turned his head and saw another person, instantly flying into a rage: "Ye Qiao!"

Seeing the two standing together, his tone was loving towards the former and irritable towards the latter.

Ye Qiao respectfully greeted, "Elder."

However, the Sixth Elder ignored her.

"What are you doing, Xiao Ye?" The other person stared intently at Ye Qinghan. "We were very satisfied with your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage at the age of twenty. We thought your personality would settle down after that." His eyes were filled with uncertainty. "However, you have disappointed us greatly."

They actually joined forces with Ye Qiao to attack the elder.

It's not just Ye Qinghan's behavior that's becoming increasingly unpredictable; the other four are too.

Could it be that these five from the Sword Inquiry Sect saw that the people next door had gone mad and wanted to follow suit?

Ye Qinghan lowered her eyes, feeling guilty.

"And you, Ye Qiao!"

After speaking of Ye Qinghan, he turned his attention to Ye Qiao, clearly heartbroken by their affair.

Being ambushed wasn't what angered the elder the most. What angered him was Ye Qiao's audacity. "If I had attacked immediately, how confident were you in dodging it? Who gave you the guts to ambush me?"

The Sixth Elder's voice was extremely cold. If he hadn't noticed that Ye Qinghan was also present, and recognized his presence immediately, he would have instinctively used his sword technique to kill the disciple the moment he was ambushed.

Ye Qiao touched the tip of her nose; actually, it wasn't too bad.

She was able to withstand three blows from the Sword Inquiry Sect Master thanks to Qin Fanfan's brutal beating and her various defensive training.

She might not be able to defeat the Sixth Elder, but even if she were to fight him, she wouldn't necessarily lose.

"How did you sneak in, you brat?" The Sixth Elder's thoughts raced. Even he couldn't completely conceal his presence, yet Ye Qiao managed to infiltrate without alerting anyone. He wondered what methods she had used.

Ye Qiao: "I used a little bit of magic."

She didn't offer much explanation, so the Sixth Elder didn't press the matter further. He changed the subject, saying, "Since this isn't the first time you've committed such an outrageous act, we'll have your elders handle it."

Given the current special circumstances, everyone is extremely busy and overwhelmed. He waved his hand dismissively, not really taking the matter of his personal disciple's handling of the situation to heart.

The Sixth Elder, growing impatient, began to shoo them away: "Go back to your sect and reflect on your actions."

The two were stunned. Ye Qiao blinked and tentatively asked, "You're not going to confine me to the forbidden area?"

"Ye Qinghan has to go to the forbidden area to reflect on her actions, but you can't." The Sixth Elder quickly chuckled. She and Ye Qinghan going to the forbidden area? What if she corrupts Ye Qinghan?!

Don't think he doesn't know what Ye Qiao has done. She has no sense of discipline and treats the sect rules like air. How could he possibly lock up such a rebellious disciple with Ye Qinghan?

"So you mean you just want me to leave here safely?" Ye Qiao's tone was quite regretful.

The Sixth Elder had originally intended to handle her gently, but Ye Qiao's nonchalant posture—hands behind her back, pointing at the ground—instantly ignited his anger. His brows furrowed so tightly they looked like they could trap a fly: "Stand still!"

Ye Qiao immediately stood up straight.

The Sixth Elder narrowed his eyes, his gaze scrutinizing: "Don't even think about entering our sect's forbidden area. You'll only cause chaos and disorder there."

Hmph, don't think he hasn't heard of this disciple's exploits.

"Don't say that, Elder." Ye Qiao found a perfect excuse for herself: "We can exchange our swordsmanship insights together in the forbidden area."

The Sixth Elder's concern was that he might corrupt their sect's most talented disciple.

Can't the two of them go to the forbidden area to exchange sword techniques?

"What can you possibly communicate with him about?" The Sixth Elder pointed at Ye Qiao, then quickly pointed at Ye Qinghan, his voice strange. "The two of you cultivate different paths. Your sword techniques are also different."

Ye Qiao: "..."

She was taken aback for once, but forced a serious expression. "Although our paths are different and our sword techniques are different, your Sword Inquiry Sect's Quasi-Divine Transformation Sword Technique didn't reject me, did it?"

As she spoke, her voice rose slightly. To be honest, this was the first time Ye Qiao had ever seen an elder so resistant to being confined to her forbidden area.

If it were the Sword Inquiry Sect's Grand Elder, who had long disliked her, he would have thrown her into the forbidden area to reflect on her actions without saying a word.

"Anyway, your only concern is that I will lead him astray." Ye Qiao's smile faded. "But among all the disciples of the Five Sects, only Ye Qinghan and I are at the same level. I can spar with him and build a foundation."

She had only broken through to the Nascent Soul stage a few months ago, so she knew very well how to practice and build a foundation. The other elders had been at the Nascent Soul stage for decades, and sparring with the elders was far less beneficial than sparring with Ye Qiao.

Ye Qinghan blinked, and his gaze towards her became increasingly intense.

He wanted to fight Ye Qiao.

Want it so so much.

It would be best to stabilize the foundation as quickly as possible. At the same time, Ye Qinghan was also curious about the differences between the two at the same level.

The Sixth Elder's gaze turned somewhat strange, as if he were trying to understand her meaning. "You, like Qinghan, are also at the Nascent Soul stage?"

Ye Qiao corrected him, "I was two months ahead of him."

The Sixth Elder digested this sudden news with a blank expression. This was something he had never heard of before. He only noticed the second "Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin" technique, but he was not familiar with Ye Qiao's sword energy. His biggest guess about the second technique was that it was a sword technique created by other members of the Sword Inquiry Sect who had temporarily broken through their limits.

Sword techniques can be continued.

Four people plus Ye Qinghan, who has reached the Nascent Soul stage.

The phenomenon of two swords returning to their origin is not uncommon.

Therefore, the Changming Sect has only one Nascent Soul cultivator.

They asked a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Sword Sect.

The five sects now have two Nascent Soul cultivators.

After figuring it out, the Sixth Elder was so angry he almost twisted his nose out. So the sect only had two Nascent Soul cultivators, and they both came to ambush him?!

He was only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. If those two brats' palm strikes had actually landed on him, he would have been lying in bed, his life hanging in the balance.

The Sixth Elder was angry at their reckless actions, fearing that they might hurt the two of them. In the end, it turned out that he was the one who should be worried the most.

After Ye Qiao finished speaking, Ye Qinghan nodded in agreement: "She is also a Nascent Soul cultivator, and she broke through earlier than me. There's absolutely no problem for the two of us to go to the forbidden area."

"Two Nascent Soul cultivators, is that it?" The Sixth Elder's expression changed for a moment before he sneered and kicked the two of them several times.

To be fair, those two rascals are quite united.

Ye Qiao, relying on instinct, dodged the Sixth Elder's cold leg attack in a few quick movements. Ye Qinghan, however, was not able to dodge and was kicked twice. But he was tough, so he just blinked in confusion, not understanding why he was kicked.

"Ye Qiao. Ye Qinghan." His face was grim. "Both of you, get out of here and reflect on your actions in the forbidden area."

The Sixth Elder's anger soared. Two Nascent Soul cultivators attacking an old man like him was not only disrespectful, but downright despicable.

"Okay, okay." Ye Qiao quickly pulled Ye Qinghan away.

The Sixth Elder was so angry that he kept panting through his nostrils.

But soon, she ran back.

The Sixth Elder was taken aback for a moment, then asked in a harsh voice, "What else is there?"

"I'm lost." Ye Qiao couldn't help but sigh, "The Sword Sect is truly vast. Excuse me, where is the forbidden area?"

Sixth Elder: "..."

Ye Qinghan felt that the elder had been driven crazy by her. Under the murderous gaze of the Sixth Elder, Ye Qiao asked for the location and left the scene of the crime without lingering.

On the way to the forbidden area, she didn't forget to tell Ye Qinghan, "Your elders have such good tempers that they were able to tolerate not hitting me."

If it were an elder from the Changming Sect, they would have given her a good beating without saying a word at this point.

"No." Ye Qinghan shook his head, staring at her. "Didn't you realize it's because you're so capable?"