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

Contrary to what everyone imagined, the Han Guang Shovel was difficult to handle. Zhou Xingyun held it obediently the whole time, as if it were weightless.

"The Han Guang shovel, does this mean it has recognized its master?"

Ye Qiao had been prepared to subdue the creature with a secret script if it resisted fiercely, but now it seemed she had been worrying unnecessarily.

They're incredibly obedient in the hands of their senior brother.

Without any fancy decorations or colors, the eldest brother, holding a shovel, looked as if he was about to roll up his sleeves and get to work in the fields at any moment.

Yue Qing'an muttered to himself, "Your sect is truly simple and unpretentious."

Could this be the legendary simplicity of the ultimate truth?

Mingxuan chuckled, looking at the Dark Book in Ye Qiao's hand and the Han Guang Shovel in his senior brother's hand, "This weak Dark Book is obviously no match for the Han Guang Shovel."

The Han Guang Shovel is a power-type spiritual weapon. With just a light toss, the senior brother creates a deep trench in the ground. It is invincible under the crushing force of gravity.

As a functional concealed weapon, it only deserves to be beaten up.

After he finished speaking, the dark book in Ye Qiao's hand, which had been quietly inside, suddenly spoke out viciously: "I'll kill you, you bitch."

Then it let out a shriek, a sound so loud it could almost shake the entire forbidden area.

Ye Qiao quickly pinched the excited Dark Book tightly, afraid that it would rush up directly.

Mu Chongxi had never seen a magical artifact with such a bizarre personality before. He tilted his head slightly, his expression strange. "Is this thing actually a troll?"

They're just spouting nonsense here.

"As the saying goes, 'If the water is too clear, there will be no fish; if a person is shameless, he will be invincible.' 'Shameless' sounds too harsh. You can call me an expert, though." Mingxuan wasn't angry. He flicked his folding fan, revealing his curved eyes.

Anshu unleashed another torrent of profanities at him, a veritable cacophony of birdsong and flowers.

Ye Qiao didn't forget that there were two demonic cultivators following behind, eyeing the spiritual weapon in their hands covetously. Xue Yu subtly gave a wink, signaling his senior brother to subdue them.

These two demons who dared to infiltrate the forbidden area were quite capable. Zhou Xingyun disappeared silently from the spot, while Mingxuan and Anshu's passionate shouting match drew most of the attention.

The daily life of the demon race is very boring. It was the first time that the two demon cultivators were watching the drama from the front row. They were so engrossed in watching that they didn't even realize that a cold sword blade was suddenly pressed against their necks.

The moment the cold sword unexpectedly approached, the female demon's face tightened slightly. She immediately kicked with her toes, leaning back to avoid Zhou Xingyun's sword strike. After creating distance, she realized that perhaps their whereabouts had been completely exposed from beginning to end.

Clearly, they underestimated Ye Qiao's sea of ​​consciousness; no movement within the entire forbidden area could escape its detection.

But since the Demon Lord sent them here, the two of them must have some skills.

The female demon possesses a magical artifact called the Eight-Sided Mirror.

Not everyone can use magical artifacts. She can easily manipulate the mirror to cut the battlefield in half. The female demon was after the magical artifacts. When she saw the Dark Book and the Light-Containing Shovel, she hesitated for a moment.

The Dark Book's ability is merely control, but this Radiant Shovel—judging from the shockwave Zhou Xingyun threw it, one shovel strike could be fatal if you couldn't dodge it.

Between two evils, they chose the lesser and quickly opted to snatch the secret book from Ye Qiao's hands.

Ye Qiao not only has the Secret Book, but also the Moon Arrow. If she can successfully seize these two magical artifacts, she will make a fortune.

The female demon conjured a mirror in her hand, reflecting it onto the crowd. The mirror rose up, trapping different people inside and slicing the battlefield apart.

"I separated them."

None of these people are easy to deal with.

They must bring both magical artifacts back to report. The demons made such a big commotion to ensure their successful infiltration; failure is not an option.

The mirror reflected too fast, and Ye Qiao, seeing that she couldn't break free, simply used a tower strike to press it down.

Come on, let's hurt each other! Both are spatial artifacts, but the tower's advantage is obvious: it has a full eighteen floors. Unless you pass through each floor one by one, once you're trapped inside, you'll never be able to get out.

Ye Qiao was trapped inside the mirror.

Yue Qing'an, who was closest to her, instinctively grabbed her, but his hand was stuck to her as if glued there. The strong suction pulled him in, and when he regretted it and tried to let go, he fell into it.

"Holy crap?"

Can you do this?

Chu Ling instinctively lunged forward, shouting, "Don't grab my senior brother!!"

However, it was too late. The two were imprisoned inside, while the two demons were taken into the tower.

This kind of suicidal fighting style is truly unheard of.

"That's awesome! This is the first time I've seen two demonic cultivators manage to take Ye Qiao away." Whether it's a mutual destruction or just temporarily getting rid of Ye Qiao, it's already incredibly impressive. As long as Ye Qiao is held back, it's a huge boon for the demons.

Following Yue Qing'an, who was imprisoned in the spiritual artifact, made him want to curse. Following Ye Qiao might not be the safest option, but it was definitely the most exciting.

How does she manage to offend every single demonic cultivator so precisely every time? There were seven people present, and even Zhou Xingyun, who tried to kill them, was unharmed, but she was the only one who was captured.

"Senior Brother." This series of events happened so fast that Mu Chongxi couldn't help but call out in a daze, "Junior Sister has been captured again."

Zhou Xingyun: "..."

What could he do? He was quite desperate.

Why is it always Ye Qiao?

……

Meanwhile, on the other side, when Si Miaoyan and the others passed through the Biyue Sect, they discovered that not only their own sect had been attacked, but the other four sects had suffered the same fate. The elders of the remaining sect signaled to them to leave quickly.

Without much hesitation, Si Miaoyan quickly led her junior brothers and sisters away. The sect had a protective formation, which reassured them. However, the protective formation would only be activated when touched by a powerful attack, and the sect could not guarantee that there would be no infiltrating demons.

Leaving is the best option; in fact, they should have left long ago.

"Did you get it?" Si Miaoyan asked, riding on a crane.

Miao Miao nodded obediently: "I got it."

The Biyue Sect's spiritual artifact recognized its master, and she marked it with a lotus flower mark on her wrist.

Yes, that's right. Before leaving the sect, Miao Miao and Liu Yun stole the sect's treasured artifact. Miao Miao wanted to give the lotus flower to her senior sister, but the moment she touched it, the artifact recognized her and fell into her palm.

"If Master finds out, we'll be beaten to death, won't we?" Miao Miao said anxiously.

Stealing the sect's most treasured artifact and running away with it is something that would be condemned anywhere.

"We won't run away," Si Miao said. "Now that we have the magical artifact, let's go down the mountain to help."

The five people, each with a crane, swiftly swooped down the mountain. The territory of the Azure Water Sect was the most prosperous, the center of the entire cultivation world, and the city was also the closest to the Changming Sect. After thinking for a moment, Si Miaoyan directed the cranes to the city in the territory of the Changming Sect.

Changming Sect appears to be the sect that has been attacked the most severely.

This led some demons to gather and try to attack Changming Sect in one fell swoop. Countless cultivators were stationed around the city. It was clear that the cultivation world had been peaceful for hundreds of years and had never faced such a sudden situation. They were all in a panic and defended themselves.

Not only demonic cultivators but also monsters; their serrated teeth easily pierced through the cultivators' bodies, folding them up and swallowing them with a chewing sound.

The bloody scene shocked the cultivators.

"Go and inform the city lord immediately."

"Could the Changming Sect send down some of its direct disciples?"

"You should be more realistic and stop dreaming."

Si Miaoyan's expression was icy. As she swept across the battlefield, she dodged the demonic beasts that attacked from the air, pulled a young man whose left arm had been bitten off onto the crane, and hurriedly stuffed a muscle-regenerating pill into his hand.

The other cultivators then noticed that there were people around. The city lord estimated that the five of them were all at the late Nascent Soul stage.

"Personal instruction?"

A disciple of the Azure Water Sect dressed in green.

They suddenly realized something.

Azure Water Sect...

"What use is the Azure Water Sect? What we lack are sword cultivators."

"Where is Ye Qiao? Where are those sword cultivators?"

"Although I know you all like Ye Qiao," Liu Yun said speechlessly, "she has other things to do."

Being appointed as a disciple in a time of crisis is already troublesome enough, but having to be questioned by a group of cultivators on top of that is even more troublesome.

"What's wrong with her?"

"How should I know!" Liu Yun said impatiently.

The city lord raised an eyebrow when he saw them: "Who sent you?" Dan Xiu was not a combatant, so he was surprised that he had come instead of running away.

Liu Yun pursed his lips, feeling slighted, and replied coldly, "I came by myself."

They didn't want to run away.

But there was little that Dan Xiu could do, so Ye Qiao simply encouraged them to take the forbidden spiritual artifact with them and then gather together later.

Si Miaoyan surveyed the scene, then activated her domain with a single step. Anyone who stepped into the domain was devoured. She could take away most of the threatening demonic beasts. With her disappearance, many cultivators felt the pressure decrease dramatically.

"That's... a domain?"

The city lord couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

The Azure Water Sect is truly unassuming.

Seeing her senior sister disappear without a trace, Miao Miao did not jump off the crane, but instead chose to fly to the back of the crowd.

Everyone present was stunned.

A pale green light blooms, revealing a pure blue lotus.

Miao Miao raised her hand, and a lotus flower appeared in her palm; this was a spiritual artifact of the Azure Water Sect.

The Pure Lotus at the Beginning of Heaven and Earth.

The Demon Clan is naturally countered.

The demons who were originally besieging those disciples scattered in an instant. They were afraid of the aura emanating from Yu Fei Jing Shi Lian, which burned the attacking demon cultivators as if they were on fire. Those with slightly weaker cultivation collapsed to the ground as if they had been scalded.

Every magical artifact in the forbidden area is extremely powerful. Like the lotus flower in Miao Miao's hand, when it unfolds, it's like a celestial maiden scattering flowers; demons in areas enveloped by its light are burned to death. The lotus's fragrance when it blooms can quickly heal a cultivator's wounds.

That's awesome.

No wonder the demons coveted it; they would have coveted it too.

I've never seen a nanny-type artifact before.

The demonic cultivator whose body was pierced by the flower petals was instantly burned with a large hole. That was the innate treasure of the Azure Water Sect, the nemesis of all demonic cultivators.

The demons take pleasure in torture and slaughter. Some of the captive cultivators are tortured to death bit by bit. Suddenly, when the lotus flower shines on them during the torture, the cultivators who were half-dead suddenly spring up and kill back. The situation is reversed too quickly, and screams fill the scene.

"Take down the one with the lotus first!!"

Someone shouted out.

The city lord restrained the people and signaled Miaomiao to take Jing Shilian and retreat. The demon leader, seeing this, suddenly curled his lips and quickly gave chase.

His voice was casual as he appeared lightly behind Miaomiao, blocking her path.

"We were just looking for a magical artifact, and one just happened to come to us."

A mere alchemist dares to take a spiritual weapon? He's really not afraid of being robbed.

Miao Miao felt a little flustered. There were always sword cultivators or talisman cultivators blocking her way when she was practicing alchemy. This was the first time she had faced the demons face to face. But since she had come, she was mentally prepared. No matter what, since she had brought the spiritual artifact out, she would never give it away.

"Your Pill Sect only sent you? Are you crazy?" He suddenly moved closer to her, the two of them only three meters apart, his tone carrying a hint of disdain. "Sent a Pill Cultivator."

Miao Miao's fingers clenched unconsciously, then quickly relaxed.

At this distance, a sneak attack would be 100% unsuccessful.

calm.

As a pill cultivator, they are the easiest profession to make people lower their guard. Few sword cultivators would regard them as a threat. This is also the reason why Miaomiao has been standing here safely until now. She is weak and harmless, and she holds the Purifying Lotus in her hand, making her easy to deal with and control.

Therefore, this demonic cultivator did not unleash a killing move immediately.

The other party was unusually nonchalant.

"I'm probably the strongest here, right? Neither your senior sister nor your senior brother are a match for me." He smiled, even teasing her, "If you don't want to suffer, give me the lotus."

"Stay away from me!"

The demon approached Miaomiao step by step, enjoying her disheveled state and listening to her utterly useless warnings, his laughter growing even more excited.

Miao Miao turned to leave, but was stopped by the ghostly fire that brushed past her cheek. The scalding temperature made her scream and her arm quickly turned black. The pain made her face turn pale.

The flickering ghostly flames danced at his fingertips as the young man, dressed in black, stepped onto the ground, unleashing the oppressive aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Haha, is that all you've got? You think you can keep the sect's magical artifacts safe? You're too weak."

He grinned, a happy smile on his face.

This demon is a bit neurotic.

He enjoys dealing with righteous sects, except for difficult ones like Ye Qiao, of course. For a small, weak sect like the Azure Water Sect, it's more interesting to bully the gentle and weak alchemists.

The young girl held the Pure Lotus in her hands, and her dark green sect robes made her look like a goddess descending to earth.

Indeed, the moment Miao Miao brought the Pure Lotus, she was undoubtedly a goddess in the hearts of all the cultivators in the city.

The more she acted this way, the more he longed for her to kneel down and beg for mercy, looking pitiful.

Miao Miao frantically urged the lotus to ripple, but the Nascent Soul cultivator seemed completely unaffected. The young man approached her step by step, his footsteps stomping on the ground like a leech, chilling her to the bone. The pressure gradually intensified, causing her knees to bend involuntarily.

Spiritual artifacts are powerful, but under absolute power suppression, and without protection, they can become somewhat cumbersome.

He had locked up and blocked all his way from all sides. The ghostly fire swirled at the tip of the boy's finger, and the rising flames even smelled of burning hair.

Being slowly devoured and watching the prey struggle for its death is a despicable trait of the demon race.

Although Miao Miao had less dealings with the demons than Changming Sect, the fact that Ye Qiao could easily roam around the demon stronghold for so long suggests that some demons were deliberately playing a cat-and-mouse game.

Sure enough, once you become possessed by a demon, you turn into a madman.

Miao Miao kept backing away, her expression filled with terror, her face deathly pale. "Don't come any closer."

"Want to try and escape from me?"

Torture and slaughter were his pleasures. The boy casually flicked out several flying knives formed from demonic energy from his fingertips, which stuck into the girl's body and were pressed against her face, one of them only a finger's distance from her eyeball.

He dared not approach Miaomiao, after all, he was also afraid of Qinglian.

But the girl's tearful expression excited him so much that he couldn't help but approach her step by step and throw a flying knife that pierced her feet.

Fearing that the magical artifact would be stolen, Miao Miao hurriedly hid it behind her back.

"Don't come any closer." Miao Miao's voice lowered. "If you come any closer, I'll... I'll have no choice but to..." Her words were somewhat incoherent, and she kept repeating these words, her eyes red.

The boy walked up to her, tilting his head to avoid Miao Miao's attempt to unleash her lotus-like attack. "Useless." He approached slowly, his smile widening as he gazed at Miao Miao's pale face. "What will happen if you come any closer?"

"If you come any closer, I'll have no choice but to..." Miao Miao's voice suddenly turned cold: "...to smash you to death."

As soon as she finished speaking, the excited smile on the demon boy's face froze. The pitch-black alchemy furnace magnified before his eyes, as if a thousand-pound furnace had grown larger without warning and struck him hard on the head.

"Bang!"

that moment.

He seemed to see the River of Oblivion.

It hurts, it hurts too much.

Miao Miao's lotus flower attack was just a feint; she was hiding her hands behind her back, trying to find a spot for the shrunken alchemy furnace.

Miao Miao had enough experience to be sure that this attack would hit.

"Who is the most capable person present?"

The girl's competitive spirit was stronger than ever before; she slammed the alchemy furnace into the ground, demanding, "Who do you think is the strongest?"

Seeing him struggle to lift his head, Miaomiao slammed the boy's head back in, cursing, "Say it! Say it, you idiot!"

The boy's skull was smashed in a few blows, and he lay on the ground bleeding profusely.

Damn it, I was careless.

I thought she was a delicate, graceful goddess, but she turned out to be Lu Zhishen, who could kill someone with a single punch!