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

The golden-yellow inner core of the demon emperor emitted an aura that kept no demon beast within hundreds of miles from approaching.

Just as they were about to come closer to take a look, Ye Qiao clenched his fist tightly. He was joking, this was for KFC. If KFC couldn't be eaten, the inner core of the Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator could be used elsewhere.

Want to see it? No way.

During training, infighting, murder, and theft were commonplace. This time, mainly because of the presence of the martial uncle, those people dared not attempt to steal anything and could only watch helplessly.

They inevitably felt awkward.

"Can we still steal your things?"

"What is this, Xiao Qiao?" they asked softly, their voices now trembling like clips.

It would be a lie to say they hadn't considered it. Their cultivation levels are high; it can take decades or even centuries for their cultivation to stabilize. This Tribulation Transcending stage inner core is like an opportunity that might allow their cultivation levels to stabilize.

"It's obvious. It's the Demon Emperor's inner core." Xie Chuxue poked the round inner core in her palm. "Its aura can be smelled for miles around."

The moment she took it out, all the birds with low intelligence in mid-air froze in mid-air, watching her pass by with a hint of fear.

"Ye Qiao," an elderly man said with some difficulty, "Are you sure you want to use this to negotiate?"

He couldn't help but exclaim, "Are all the personal trainees these days so audacious?"

A senior female colleague nudged him, exasperated. "Is that the point? The point is how she got her hands on the Demon Emperor's inner core."

It's impossible that she replaced the Demon Emperor in a 1v1 battle in the True Imperial City.

"To be precise, it was a solo kill, since this kid looks so lively and energetic."

Driven by this intense curiosity, they almost blurted out, "What method did you use?"

But regardless of what methods she used, whether unorthodox or honorable, her success demonstrated her strength. Several seniors subtly observed Ye Qiao as she rode her flying sword. With such abilities, it was perfectly normal for Changming Sect to stage a comeback in the competition.

Standing there, Ye Qiao ignored their whispers and scrutinizing gazes, continuing her earnest invitation, "Seniors, would you like to join the adventure?"

Her enthusiastic expression practically screamed, "Let's all play together!"

"..." The crowd was silent for a few seconds. They stopped trying to teach Ye Qiao how to do things, but that didn't mean they would listen to her orders.

Looking at the crowd who had all fallen silent.

Xie Chuxue smiled and said, "I'm sorry, her chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) has flared up again. I'll talk to her."

The others stared blankly as the old man and the young man from the Changming Sect turned their heads and whispered something to each other.

Xie Chuxue muttered under her breath, "Xiao Qiao, don't drag your uncle along when you're having fun. I'm an old man with no bones left." She really didn't want to goof around with her.

If all else fails, he could bring Mingxuan and the others over to join her in her antics.

Anyway, there aren't many normal people in this group.

Ye Qiao was shocked: "Why would you have such a thought? You're not old, you can still work hard with us, isn't that what you all said? This is all for the future of our cultivation world."

Xie Chuxue: "..."

For the first time ever, his smile froze when he was cornered.

Ye Qiao smiled, secretly pleased with herself. Didn't she used to enjoy exploiting them? Ever since the competition ended, Ye Qiao really felt that even landlords didn't exploit farmers as ruthlessly as they did.

Xie Chuxue hadn't known Ye Qiao for as long as his protégés, and he viewed her through a biased lens. Now, he had to face a harsh reality: the person in front of him was a genuine troublemaker who acted on a whim.

How can he refuse Ye Qiao's outrageous idea? I need help urgently.

Not only Xie Chuxue fell into deep thought, but the others were also more or less speechless. Were they old bones going to follow a child's nonsense?

"Ye Qiao," someone sighed, "are you going to play in the demon realm?"

Ye Qiao: "It's not wrong if you understand it that way." A game can have many different outcomes, so why does it have to end in a fight to the death between the demon and monster races? Fighting and killing is exhausting. After her battle with the Demon Emperor, she no longer wanted to fight anyone of higher cultivation level.

Previously, if you dodged the Demon Emperor's fourth move in the domain, that was just a story, something you could brag about. But if you didn't dodge it, it would be a disaster.

Xie Chuxue could tell that Ye Qiao really wanted to go to the demon race.

Not only did she want to go herself, she also encouraged other older generations to join her in this corrupt practice.

"Ye Qiao." A senior broke the silence, looking at her with a forced smile, "Shouldn't you consider helping your sect instead of going to the demon race?"

Even without the Demon Emperor, the great demons of the demon race are not to be trifled with. They are all unpredictable and hostile to cultivators.

It goes without saying what would happen to a cultivator who sneaks in.

"I've already thought about it."

Ye Qiao: "But given the current situation, I think it might be the same whether I'm here or not?"

She wasn't so arrogant as to think she could change the course of the battle. If she really wanted to turn the tide single-handedly, she'd have to reach the Tribulation Transcending stage first. With her domain shattered and the situation on the demon side unclear, even if she went there, it wouldn't make much of a difference.

Listen to this!

What kind of negative statement is this?

"If all else fails, I can go to the demon clan myself?" Ye Qiao felt a little guilty under their collective death stares. She took a half step back, clutching the Demon Emperor's inner core in her hand. Having more people would only make it easier to expose her. She invited these seniors mainly so that if things went wrong, someone would be there to cover for her.

What's the current situation in your field?

Ye Qiao obediently opened her palm for Xie Chuxue to see. She didn't know how long it would take for the domain to heal itself. "It's riddled with holes inside, and it can't be opened in a short time."

The pale green light shimmered in his palm, much dimmer than before. The damage to his domain caused by crossing too many realms was irreversible in a short time.

Her biggest trump card is gone for now. If she goes into the demon realm, won't she be torn to pieces?

At this moment, Ye Qiao's unofficial guardian, Qin Fanfan, was also ganging up on the Demon Lord with the other sect leaders. It was impossible for him to suddenly appear and forcibly take Ye Qiao away.

"Xiao Qiao," he pondered for a moment, "why don't you try feeding the Demon Emperor's inner core to KFC first?"

The growth of a divine beast is extremely slow to begin with, so having an inner core at the Tribulation Transcending stage is nothing short of a qualitative leap. With good luck, it's not impossible for it to even approach the Tribulation Transcending stage.

Ye Qiao seemed to be thinking, "I was planning to infiltrate the demon race before feeding it to KFC."

The demonic aura emanating from the Demon Queen's inner core was so intense that the demonic beasts along the way dared not even look her in the eye. Some even mistook her for some powerful demon and trembled with fear the entire time.

She planned to first seal a portion of the Demon Emperor's aura with her inner core, making the Demon Emperor's aura less obvious, and then blend into the demon race to deceive the demons.

The demon race reproduces rapidly, and there are countless powerful demons. After a demon emperor falls, a new demon emperor will immediately appear. Therefore, killing a demon emperor cannot fundamentally solve the problem; it can only be considered that the situation is temporarily under control.

To completely resolve this, the demon race would need to be completely devoid of powerful demons.

She habitually thinks about how to solve problems at their root.

Xie Chuxue was unaware of her plans and assumed she was going to negotiate with the demon race, which drove him somewhat crazy.

Unlike Qin Fanfan, Xie Chuxue habitually pays attention to his disciples. Knowing all the scripts, he wants to arrange everything perfectly, but Ye Qiao is clearly not part of his plans.

"Alright." Xie Chuxue finally relented, sighing, "I'll inform your senior brothers, otherwise they'll always worry that you'll fall into the demon's latrine, or be captured on your way to rescue someone."

Even though the domain couldn't be opened, he still dared to bring the Demon Emperor's inner core to the demon race. He guessed that Ye Qiao had some unknown trump card, or some other source of confidence.

"See you later, Junior Uncle." Ye Qiao scooped up the little prince and KFC, then disappeared on the Shadow Sword.

With one hand holding a loli and the other a shota, she soared through the air on a flying sword, looking like a child thief.

She dared to go to the demon realm because she had a reason to be confident. Besides the little prince and KFC, Chu Xingzhi had also asked herself slyly what the Heavenly Dao had given her after the blessing of the Nascent Soul stage.

Ye Qiao didn't tell Chu Xingzhi what the Heavenly Dao had sent, but her silence didn't mean it didn't happen.

The Heavenly Dao did indeed give her something that time.

Hoping she would save the world, yet she's so stingy that she won't give anything except the curse seal and a Divine Transformation Sword Technique. How could there be such a good thing in the world?

"Ye Qiao—" the little prince drawled, "What are you going to do in the demon realm?"

He really enjoyed spending time with Ye Qiao. He felt inexplicably safe when she was around.

"Let's go have some fun in the demon realm."

The little prince's voice was lively: "Then please be sure to take me with you!"

……

The secret book recognizing its master caused quite a stir, its powerful aura completely exposed in the air. The first to notice the anomaly was the Chengfeng Sect, which had the most extensive research on innate spiritual artifacts.

Duan Hengdao and the others raised their eyebrows.

"Another innate spiritual artifact has recognized its master?"

Su Zhuo frowned. "Three spiritual artifacts have recognized their masters."

Only a few days had passed between them. When the Moon Arrow recognized its master, they had all watched together. The Moon Arrow's spirit was an exceptionally gentle woman, and its movements were never as fierce as this time. Such a big commotion meant that the spirit weapon was no good.

"What kind of spiritual artifact is that? Which sect does it belong to?" Every time a primordial spiritual artifact recognizes a master, it is always accompanied by an unusual appearance, but the fluctuations in its aura are always very small. This time is different. A dense black aura rolls and disappears into the horizon. It is very strange.

"If I'm not mistaken, that should be the aura of our Dark Book?" Zhu You raised her eyebrows. At the time, she was asking the elders in Chengfeng Sect to help her rebuild her sword. She didn't know much about what had happened in the sect, only that Ye Qiao had taken the Dark Book away.

When the topic came up, Chu Xingzhi was gritting his teeth frantically, saying something like, "It's you again!"

"Never heard of it." Dark Book? Their knowledge of spiritual artifacts is extremely limited. Spiritual artifacts aren't something you can just use whenever you want; they're quite demanding on cultivators. So far, only Ye Qiao has mastered them to a high degree.

"A secret book." Duan Hengdao murmured, not quite understanding, then his voice turned to "Holy crap!" "A secret book? How could such an evil artifact be brought out?"

"Someone who can suppress the evil energy of the Dark Book must be extremely yang and strong." Shen Ziwei replied without hesitation.

Those malevolent magical artifacts were subdued by predecessors through their personal charisma, not to mention the Dark Book, which was once a fearsome existence.

The Dark Book can absorb blood to become stronger, and if allowed to grow unchecked, the damage it causes will be immeasurable.

Later, due to the excessive casualties, the founder of the Sword Inquiry Sect personally intervened, and with the cooperation of other founders, they were able to suppress it in the forbidden area.

Ye Qinghan couldn't help but shudder when she heard their conversation.

Ye Qiao?

Extremely masculine and vigorous?

What a joke. She's even more sinister than the Dark Book.

The problem of the monsters self-destructing has been temporarily resolved for unknown reasons, and the city is no longer in danger. Now, they should go and check on their predecessors to see if they are alright.

It's not good to always stay holed up in the city.

After discussing it, and with the fearless spirit of newborn calves, they made a simple disguise and prepared to run away to the demon realm.

Zhou Xingyun, who usually likes to slack off, was working hard at the front this time. With his junior sister absent and Ye Qinghan leading the team, it sounded like there were hundreds of ducks quacking in the team.

Zhou Xingyun knew perfectly well that it was impossible to shut them up. He could only walk to the front, away from them, and silently sweep the path ahead with his sword.

The young man flicked his wrist.

The sword energy was like green bamboo, the pale green sword energy cleaved through the demons blocking the way. After clearing the path, Zhou Xingyun led the team to the border of the demons. He knocked on the barrier, interrupting their conversation in time.

"There's a barrier blocking it."

The boundary was sealed by a barrier. Mingxuan bent down to observe for a moment, and after realizing that it was not an attack formation, he said slowly, "It requires the corresponding talisman to break it."

It's not exactly a high-level formation; the demon race's talisman formations are generally quite poor.

But they didn't know how to break the demon's formation.

If you want to cram at the last minute and study it thoroughly, it will take at least seven or eight days, by which time it will be too late.

"Where's the Moon Arrow?" Mingyi stretched out her hand, her voice calm. "Split it open."

Mingxuan: "..." He remembered that Ye Qiao hadn't returned the arrow to Song Hansheng yet, right? He glanced over with amusement.

Mu Chongxi was intently watching to see how Song Hansheng would answer.

The two eccentric members of the Changming Sect were overjoyed.

Song Hansheng: "..."

He was unusually guilty, saying, "It's not on me."

After Song Hansheng finished speaking, Zhou Xingyun picked up the Han Guang shovel in his hand without saying a word, threw it, and the fierce cold light flashed as it struck the fragile barrier and shattered it instantly.

The barrier can be violently smashed open by sword cultivators.

However, the effect was minimal. The shovel, unlike a sword, was known for its strength and was far more lethal than a sword. The light reflected from the broken barrier fell on them, easily smashing through them without any pressure.

"Impressive." Fang Zhiyao's eyes gleamed. "No wonder it's the Changming Sect."

The legendary patriarch, a predecessor who could cleave the path between good and evil, left behind a powerful treasure that truly protects the sect.

"You gave away the Moon Arrow?"

The group of people started chatting about their own things.

Su Zhuo remembered that Ye Qiao seemed to have come by before, and his eyelids twitched violently, almost exploding: "Who did you give the Bright Moon Arrow to? Ye Qiao?"

"Yes." To his surprise, Song Hansheng admitted it. He looked at Su Zhuo, puzzled, "You're sick. Didn't you take your medicine?"

Speaking so bluntly.

Mingyi was taken aback.

No wonder, those three innate spiritual artifacts probably all have something to do with her in recognizing their masters.

"I didn't take my medicine?" Su Zhuo laughed in exasperation. "Fine, fine, Song Hansheng, you can spoil her all you want."

Mingyi: "Youthful sentiments are poetry after all."

Zhai Chen calmly shook his head, "That's called being a simp who ends up with nothing."

Song Hansheng: "?"

Each of them quoted a profound saying, leaving Song Hansheng with a head full of questions.

A simp?

he?!!

This was truly an unprecedented moment of unity for the Moon Purity Sect. Mu Chongxi and Ming Xuan leaned together on the sidelines, laughing hysterically.

They were certain that the Yueqing Sect had never been so united during the Grand Competition.

Dai Zhi, who usually didn't get involved in their feuds, glanced over and said, "Stop making excuses."

Song Hansheng, who was being targeted by the four of them: "..." What the hell? Why?!