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

Someone tentatively asked, "...A blowjob?"

"Holy crap, I saw a live, live blowjob?"

"The eight great families are a bunch of idiots, the five sects are short-handed, and there are only two direct disciples of the Nascent Soul stage. If we don't praise Ye Qiao, who should we praise? You guys?"

"Optimistically speaking, the battle between those powerful figures will last for quite a while. So Ye Qiao and the others have plenty of time."

"No matter who wins, as long as they are safe and sound."

The future of the cultivation world is not just talk. There are only a few dozen known geniuses among the younger generation of cultivators. If even they have an accident, then in the next few years, cultivators will probably live in the shadow of being ruled by the demon race.

Therefore, when necessary, they are willing to pave the way for these protégés.

……

Several senior brothers returned to the sect three days ago, but they couldn't find a single clue. This made Ye Qiao feel that the problem might not necessarily lie with the elders.

Yun Que had no clues worth considering in his memory, so they decided to put the matter aside for the time being and go to the forbidden area to bring out the spiritual artifact first.

After Ye Qiao finished speaking about entering the forbidden area, Mu Chongxi turned his head and asked, "What are you going to do in the forbidden area? Did you do something wrong again?"

He mistakenly thought that Ye Qiao felt lonely entering the forbidden area alone, but that five people would not be lonely.

"no."

Ye Qiao suddenly stopped in her tracks. "Aren't you curious what's inside the forbidden area?"

"Ha." Mu Chongxi shook his head. "This isn't something we should be curious about."

Each magical artifact is unique. Of course, they also wanted to touch their sect's magical artifacts, but they were at least aware that the depths of the forbidden area were definitely dangerous. Although all five of them had been inside, they never wandered off.

"Junior Sister." Mingxuan rested his fingertips on her shoulder, tilted his head, and suddenly asked, "You went to ask the Sword Sect. Did you also enter their forbidden area?"

They hadn't even asked her why she hadn't returned to her sect immediately, but instead went to ask the Sword Sect what she was doing. Moreover, Ye Qiao had only just returned and was already in such a hurry to drag them to the forbidden area.

Is it really that urgent?

Mingxuan felt that they had plenty of time, and, to put it bluntly, once cultivators and demonic cultivators reached the Void Refinement realm or above, it was completely beyond their ability to intervene.

If they didn't create trouble for themselves, after bringing Ye Qinghan back safely, their task would be to go to the cities near their respective sects and see if there were any cultivators in need of help.

Logically speaking, they should have had a rare moment of peace, but the fact that their master wasn't back made them extremely uneasy.

"You're so smart, you got it right." Her voice was cheerful.

Good guy.

Did she really go?

Xue Yu paused for a few seconds before asking the question that everyone present was most curious about: "...How are their sect's magical artifacts?"

"That's good." Ye Qiao patted the mustard pouch at her waist. "The Dark Book and the Moon Arrow are currently in my possession."

In other words, she not only stole the secret book from the Sword Inquiry Sect, but also borrowed the Moonlit Arrow.

"I already have two magical artifacts in my hands. Taking another one won't lessen the punishment the sect leaders will give me, will it?"

Since I've already taken them all, I might as well take them all.

The punishment is already decided.

Yue Qing'an didn't understand her logic. He tried to look at the few normal people in Changming Sect, thinking they would stop her.

Mu Chongxi suddenly realized: "That makes sense."

Mingxuan, a master of comedic timing, remarked, "It's unbelievable that someone as intelligent as you exists in this world."

Xue Yu: "Since we're going, we should go sooner rather than later, otherwise the elders will find out."

Zhou Xingyun: "...Junior Sister is right."

"..." Okay, okay.

Chu Ling and Yue Qing'an often felt out of place with them because they weren't flamboyant enough.

What kind of people are these?

The five of them, like the group of runners, walked around the sect in two groups, one after the other, accompanied by two disciples from Penglai.

The people on the back hill couldn't help but stare at them several times.

"Is the forbidden area guarded?" Generally, no one is there, but sometimes you might run into an elder in the forbidden area if you're unlucky.

Thinking of this, they decided to ask the disciples on the back mountain.

Immediately, they started moving on the gentle breeze, and picked a random lucky person to ask.

Seeing the group of people rushing towards them like wild horses, the inner disciple turned pale. It was too late to escape. Ye Qiao reached out and blocked them, trapping them in a circle. She gently pressed down on their shoulders and smiled, "Hey friend, I want to ask you something."

Inquiring about something?

Wow, so you call this attitude of killing anyone you don't like without hesitation "getting information"?

The disciple turned around tremblingly. "What is it?"

"Is anyone guarding the forbidden area?"

"No." He shook his head quickly. "The elder isn't here. You can go in peace."

Don't come and cause trouble for the inner sect members in the back mountain, really!!

"Alright, thank you." Ye Qiao withdrew her arm. "Excuse me."

It was already broad daylight, and the back mountain was crowded with people. When they suddenly saw several prominent figures from the cultivation world, they were bound to get a good look at them.

Mu Chongxi: "Make way."

"Wow--"

Someone screamed:

"Senior Brother Mu~~"

"Senior brother~!!"

"So cute."

The whole thing was quite a rollercoaster ride.

Mu Chongxi: "..."

His face turned red all the way down to his fair neck because of the shouts of those people.

Suddenly, a piercing collision and explosion came from outside the sect. With a loud bang, it crashed into something and was blocked. A powerful airflow swept past, and everyone present, who were all at the Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation stages, could clearly feel the turbulence around them.

The sound of what appeared to be the activation of a magic array caused everyone to stop in their tracks and instinctively turn around to look.

Zhou Xingyun drew out the last syllable softly: "Our home...is blown up?"

The last two words, "eldest brother," were filled with uncertainty.

"No." Mingxuan narrowed his beautiful peach blossom eyes. "It seems that the sect's protective formation has been activated."

"What's the difference between that and blowing it up?"

The formation has been activated.

This means that demons have come knocking on our door.

Otherwise, the formation will not be triggered.

Yue Qing'an's voice was melodious, "It seems the Demon Lord is preparing to attack the sect directly? I'm not going to waste any more time with you."

It was a pipe dream for a few demons to break the sect's protective formation. But if they wanted to create chaos to do something, then the demons achieved their goal. The moment the protective formation was activated, the cultivators were already in a state of panic because of the previous incident between the demon and monster races. Then there were all sorts of disturbances, making the entire sect restless.

When Mingxuan told her that the sect's protective formation had been activated, Ye Qiao's heart skipped a beat.

The sect was in complete chaos.

Many disciples even felt that the sect was no longer safe and had begun planning to escape to find a safe place to hide. They couldn't stop the inner disciples as they passed by.

They were just a group of trusted disciples, and they had never experienced anything like this before. Mu Chongxi and the others were completely dumbfounded. "What's going on?"

They are all disciples of their own sect, and can be considered fellow disciples. Mu Chongxi and his group, who caused trouble, can still threaten with swords, but if internal chaos ensues, verbal threats will only make the situation more chaotic without bloodshed.

Xue Yu grabbed one person at random. "Why are you running?" He asked, puzzled. "It's not time for disaster to strike yet, is it? There's a formation in place."

With the formation in place, and apart from a few very strong demons, the rest were all at the nascent stage and about to die, so Xue Yu didn't feel there was anything to panic about for the time being.

However, the inner disciples naturally knew less than their direct disciples who had fought against the demons many times, so it was normal for them to feel panicked in the face of the sudden attack.

"I advise you to run too. We don't know how many powerful demons there are right now, but there are definitely a lot of monsters. Once the formation is broken, they won't let you go."

"Yes, if you can walk, you should leave quickly too."

Of course, some wanted to escape, while others stayed because they believed in the sect. In such a chaotic situation, they couldn't tell for a moment which ones were prepared to stay and which ones were prepared to leave.

"..." Xue Yu: "Ah."

He hadn't expected this answer, and Xue Yu silently released his grip.

That's true, it's not like they can just run away whenever they want.

At the very least, as direct disciples, they didn't have the option of running away.

"Let's ignore them for now," Ye Qiao said calmly. "Let's go to the forbidden area first."

Her purpose has always been clear, and she would not be thrown off balance by the sudden attack of the demon race. Moreover, Ye Qiao could hardly help but suspect that the demon race was trying to send some demon cultivators to infiltrate the Changming Sect in the chaos by launching this so-called attack on the Changming Sect.

"Okay." Xue Yu felt that the situation was beyond their control. Even if they managed to control it now, it would only be a matter of suppressing it with force, and there was no need to waste their energy on it.

"Let's go." Zhou Xingyun pushed them towards the forbidden area, clearly not wanting to waste any more time here.

Ye Qiao seemed to have thought of something, and turned to look at the two senior brothers and sisters: "If you decide to follow, then hurry up."

Chu Ling stared at their retreating figures for a beat, then blinked and asked, "...Senior Brother, should we...?" Should we follow them?

They are not members of the sect.

And are you sure? Going to the forbidden area at this time would be too dangerous.

Chu Ling always followed her senior brother's lead. Whether it was his deductive reasoning ability or his cultivation level, he was superior to her. Her senior brother's commands had never gone wrong.

Sometimes they are even overly cautious in their actions.

Chu Ling thought he probably wouldn't get involved, but to her surprise, the boy didn't hesitate this time. "I'll listen to Ye Qiao and go to the forbidden area together."

Before coming here, Yue Qing'an had already consulted a divination. It was a dead end, and the way to break the deadlock might lie with that mysterious senior uncle of the Changming Sect. Some people would have to be sacrificed in exchange for victory.

He initially approved of this method, but ended up getting beaten up by Ye Qiao.

Yue Qing'an didn't hold much resentment about being beaten up. He believed his divination was accurate and usually wouldn't be easily changed. Victory was possible, but at a terrible cost.

But this time he felt that there might really be some unique variable in the system.

Ye Qiao and her four senior brothers quickly passed through the familiar sect and ran towards the forbidden area. Along the way, Mu Chongxi asked curiously, "What's inside the forbidden area?"

After they made a mistake, they spent more than a month of the year in the forbidden area, but they never actually set foot inside.

Ye Qiao gave an ambiguous answer: "Who knows?"

As dawn broke, the teenagers, going against the flow of people rushing to and fro, their sleeves fluttering as if they were heading to a grand feast.

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I just found out this book has been adapted into a comic. You can check it out if you're interested; the art style is quite cute, and the senior students who drew it are pretty handsome too.