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

Just as Mingxuan was engrossed in watching, he heard Ye Qiao's voice beside him.

"Hurry up and follow Ye Qinghan to pick up any leftovers."

He paused slightly, "How do I pick it up?"

Ye Qiao had just tossed the stick to her senior brother and caught her breath when she immediately started pointing and gesturing: "Behind Ye Qinghan, behind him, do you know how to finish him off? When he's about to kill the monster, you can surprise him from behind and kill it before he does, so it will count towards our kill count."

Mingxuan was slightly taken aback, then suddenly realized: "Master, I understand."

I didn't know it could be done like that.

After being given a hint, Xue Yu and Ming Xuan quickly put on a concealment talisman each and followed the Sword Inquiry Sect stealthily. When Ye Qinghan injured one of them, they shamelessly rushed over to finish him off.

At this moment, Ye Qinghan had no time to pay attention to the people around her and had no idea that the two shameless bastards from Changming Sect were secretly taking advantage of the situation.

Xue Yu and Ming Xuan were the closest of friends before Ye Qiao came to Changming Sect. They often played together and had a good understanding of each other.

Mingxuan pinched the talisman between his fingertips to support the formation and avoid being ambushed by the demonic beasts. Xue Yu was even more decisive.

He picked up the alchemy furnace in his hand and smashed it, hitting it every time.

Mingxuan stared at the once gentle Xue Yu, now transformed into a pill furnace and a demonic beast, and fell into an eerie silence.

The main reason he and Xue Yu got along well was because Xue Yu had a good personality.

Although both are from the Eight Great Families, Xue Yu has no offensive capabilities. He can only practice alchemy at most, unlike the two sword cultivators who are violent.

Good grief.

Mingxuan was already considering whether he should be nicer to Xue Yu in the future, in case Xue Yu got upset one day and twisted his head off to use as a ball.

Xue Yu swung the charging monster away, "What are you daydreaming about?"

Mingxuan flicked his fingertips, blasting away several injured demonic beasts. Seeing this, he shook his head meekly, "It's nothing."

Ye Qiao noticed the two senior brothers picking up the leftovers, so she quietly passed the stick to them from a distance.

As a result, the Sword Inquiry Sect and the Wind Transformation Sect suffered even more severe attacks from the demonic beasts.

Watching the sword cultivators flying around, Mingxuan thought with great ease, "Let them fight it out. It's fine for the two of them to stay in the back and pick up the scraps."

On the jade slip, the number for Changming Sect, which had remained unchanged until the very end, was now rising dramatically.

Zhou Xingyun was faster than his two junior brothers and sisters, so he used his stick to deliberately sneak into the Wenjian Sect's group.

By the time Ye Qinghan realized something was wrong and slashed with his sword, Zhou Xingyun had already vanished.

Ye Qinghan's forehead twitched, and her facial expression twisted uncontrollably.

Is speed something to be proud of?

And why is Zhou Xingyun joining in the fun with those people?!

……

On the other side of the secret realm, Su Zhuo saw the number of monsters hunted by the three sects on the jade slip increasing at a visible rate and asked with a puzzled expression, "Where did they find these monsters?"

The Changming Sect, which had consistently ranked at the bottom, was surprisingly showing signs of surpassing them.

Su Zhuo felt that things weren't going well, but for some reason, his senior brother was eliminated on the first day, and his junior sister was nowhere to be found. Only he and his two other senior brothers were exhausted from searching for the monster's lair, running to the location on the map.

It turned out that everything was empty.

It was as if all the demons and beasts had vanished overnight.

The audience was also getting anxious: "Idiot, go find Ye Qiao!"

"She took all the demonic beasts away."

"If this continues, I feel like the Moon Cleansing Sect is in great danger."

The rankings on the jade slip were being updated at an alarming rate. So far, Wenjian Sect had 5,000 demon beasts, Chengfeng Sect had 3,000, Yueqing Sect had 700, and Bishui Sect had 600.

Changming Sect, which had remained at the bottom of the rankings, suddenly surged to third place in just one day.

The Azure Water Sect was quite lucky, encountering many demonic beasts along the way. This was thanks to the fact that none of their disciples had been eliminated or gone missing. The five of them traveled together through the secret realm, and the entire journey went smoothly.

Miao Miao glanced at the rankings and muttered, "Changming Sect is actually in second place now."

Bishui Sect remains firmly in fourth place.

Meanwhile, Yueqing Sect, for some unknown reason, ended up in last place in the competition.

……

As the teleportation array flashed with a blinding light, all the direct disciples were sent out after five days.

After the first match, the scores of the five teams were also released.

Two hundred points in the Sword Inquiry Sect.

The Changming Sect is one hundred and five.

Chengfeng Sect, 100.

Bishui Sect, 50th.

Yue Qingzongling.

This ranking relieved both Xue Yu and Ming Xuan. The two who managed to snag the prize exchanged a glance and gave each other a high five.

People's joys and sorrows are not shared. After seeing the rankings, everyone in the Yueqing Sect except Yun Que looked grim. They still had to have a sense of sect honor, and being last would be ridiculed.

When Ye Qiao passed by Yueqing Sect, she paused and slowly began to tap her feet to the beat.

Oh wow.

so fun.

The expressions of the five members of the Yueqing Sect all changed.

Song Hansheng's tone was chilling: "Are you mocking us?"

"No," Ye Qiao said casually, tilting her head back. "I'm happy to celebrate, is that not allowed?"

"And what about him?"

Mingxuan casually followed along, saying, "I'm happy too."

Zhou Xingyun paused for a moment, looking at their neatly prepared statements, and said succinctly, "Happy."

Seeing that Song Hansheng wanted to say something more, fans of the Changming Sect immediately chimed in:

"Hey, hey, hey, our Changming Sect is only number two! What's wrong with being happy?"

"Right, right, right, what do you mean by mockery? We disciples are just happy!"

"Does your Yueqing Sect, which rules the heavens and the earth, even care about how people are happy?"

"..."

Song Hansheng probably finally realized that he couldn't win the argument, so he shut up in frustration.

Ye Qinghan, who came in first place, was also very frustrated. He looked coldly at Ye Qiao and met the girl's nonchalant and somewhat irritating smile. Perhaps wanting to avoid seeing her, he turned to his junior brothers and sisters and said, "Let's go."

"Although the Sword Inquiry Sect is number one, why do I feel like they're not as happy as the Everlasting Bright Sect about winning first place?"

"I think Ye Qinghan has become withdrawn."

For the second-ranked sect to outshine the first-ranked sect is unprecedented in the cultivation world.

"For so many years, the Sword Inquiry Sect has been so arrogant because of the strength of its direct disciples that even its inner and outer disciples don't recognize their own parents. This is the first time they've run into a brick wall. It's no wonder they're so depressed."

"Whom did you all bet on?"

"I bet on the Sword Inquiry Sect."

"Chengfeng Sect".

"The Moon Purity Sect's talisman cultivators are quite strong."

Immediately, someone in the audience said weakly, "Since you've all bet on other sects, then I'll bet on Changming Sect."

There are a total of 10,000 seats. Those who can come to watch the battle are all well-informed aristocratic cultivators, or skilled rogue cultivators. At the very least, they are young ladies and gentlemen from the cultivation world who come to join in the fun. In other words, they are all rich.

Each person bet higher than the last.

Originally, not many people from the five sects bet on Changming Sect, but after the baptism of the secret realm just now, they couldn't help but wonder if they should also bet on Changming Sect to spend some spirit stones.

"Let's wait and see. I still favor the Sword Inquiry Sect."

"Then you guys take your time watching. I'm going to bet on Changming Sect first. The betting game will be over in a few days."

"..."

The surrounding chatter was incessant. Yunhen suddenly stood up, a slight anger rising in his heart. He prepared to talk to Ye Qiao when no one was around.

Considering her performance in the competition, Yunhen felt that as long as she obediently returned to the sect, he could forgive her for her mistake.

Unaware of what that idiot Yunhen was thinking, Ye Qiao took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to her and ran back to the courtyard to sleep.

After they came out, Qin Fanfan was about to chat with some of her apprentices when she discovered that the biggest contributor had already disappeared.

"Where is that girl Ye Qiao?" he asked, puzzled.

Mu Chongxi knew her well: "She's gone to sleep, right? She's quite tired too."

After all this trouble...

……

After the disciples of the five sects returned to their respective residences, Song Hansheng berated Yun Que, "Are you crazy? Following the people from the Sword Inquiry Sect? Don't you understand that we are rival sects? If Ye Qinghan had been willing to do it, you would have been the first to be eliminated."

Yun Que was somewhat at a loss after being scolded. "...I'm sorry."

"The next battle is the Ancient Battlefield," he said coldly. "You're no longer allowed to follow the Sword Inquiry Sect members, do you hear me?"

The ancient battlefield is filled with all sorts of ancient formations, making it a complete domain for talisman cultivators. Although the first match was a bit embarrassing, the second match will definitely allow them to regain their dignity.

Furthermore, since the Sword Sect has no talisman cultivators, they will definitely come to him for cooperation.

Song Hansheng only hoped that this junior sister wouldn't shamelessly try to get close to Ye Qinghan.

Yun Que lowered her eyes slightly and gave a somewhat aggrieved "hmm." Apart from those few people from Changming Sect, this was the first time a man had treated her so coldly.

Song Hansheng softened his tone, casually mentioning, "Was Ye Qiao really this shameless back in our Yueqing Sect?"

If their sect really had someone named Ye Qiao before, given her ability to cause trouble, there's no reason why Song Hansheng would only find out about her now.

Yunque shook his head blankly.

In her memory, Ye Qiao was taciturn, but who knew she would evolve after coming down the mountain.

……

The disciples of the five sects are currently all living in courtyards arranged by the Sword Inquiry Sect. Presumably to prevent them from fighting, they are not allowed to live together, but rather each sect has its own courtyard.

Ye Qiao was half asleep when Elder Duan Yu pulled her out of bed to review what had happened in the secret realm.

As the culprit, she deserved to be questioned for a long time.

"What's up with that stick you're holding?"

Ye Qiao barely opened her eyes: "I found it, it's called 'Snake Sprout.' I don't know what's going on, but it's quite attractive to demonic beasts."

It looks like a good thing.

Duan Yu clearly thought so too. After carefully examining it, he said, "I'll find a few weapon crafters later and have them see if they recognize it."

After a pause, Duan Yu's tone softened as he addressed Ye Qiao, the hero of the night, patting him on the shoulder: "And well done."

Ye Qiao nodded haphazardly, her arm aching from the patting from Elder Duan.

After she emerged from Elder Duan's courtyard with a pained expression, looking like a ghost, her four senior brothers had already gathered together to discuss what to eat that evening.

"Shall we go to a restaurant? Let's celebrate!"

"No way!" Mu Chongxi pouted. "Everything in Fusheng City is so expensive."

They thought prices in their Changming Sect territory were already high, but they didn't expect there to be something even more expensive; things near the Wenjian Sect were even more expensive.

"A meal like this costs at least a hundred high-grade spirit stones."

They were not happy about the thought of giving the spirit stones to the restaurants in the territory of the Sword Inquiry Sect.

Ye Qiao rubbed her shoulder, which had been slapped so hard, and turned to look at her senior brothers. After a moment's thought, she said, "In that case, why don't we go find the sect next door? Song Hansheng still owes me money."

"We'll take the spirit stones he gave us to the restaurant then."

Spend the spirit stones you took from your enemy, and you won't feel so bad.

Ye Qiao hadn't had a chance to meet with the Yueqing Sect in the previous secret realm, but now that there was still some time before the next secret realm opened, it was a good time to go and collect the debt.

Hearing this, Xue Yu, who was resting his chin on his hand, peeked out and asked, "How much does he owe you?"

Ye Qiao thought for a moment, "A few hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones, I guess."

Mingxuan immediately stood up: "Let's go, let's go collect the debt." We can't let so many spirit stones go to Yueqing Sect.

"It's late at night," Xue Yu muttered to himself, "They probably can't hear us, right?"

If you go directly to their door, you will be judged as causing trouble and provoking, and your competition points will be deducted.

"That's easy." Mu Chongxi pulled out three gongs and drums, struck them twice, producing a dull sound: "Use these."

"We'll just block their door and knock on it. I don't believe the Yueqing Sect can afford to lose face like that."

"That's not a good idea." Xue Yu hesitated. If they did this, they felt that the four of them would be criticized again.

"It's nothing." Zhou Xingyun, who had been relatively quiet until now, finally spoke up slowly: "We're second."

The implication was: they had just secured second place for the sect, and their master wouldn't punish them for something like this.

Since the eldest brother has spoken, there's absolutely nothing left to worry about.

Mingxuan took out two talismans from his storage bag: "I have amplification talismans. We'll use these to shout."

"Me! Me! Me! Leave it to me! I'll call it!" Mu Chongxi was extremely excited.

Screw sleeping, let's party!

……

As the moon rose above the willow branches, the once quiet Wuzong Courtyard suddenly became lively.

Mu Chongxi took the lead, shouting loudly, "The Yueqing Sect owes money and refuses to pay!"

Xue Yu replied casually, "May he be struck by lightning."

Mingxuan: "Worse than pigs and dogs."

Ye Qiao: "Utterly devoid of conscience."

Zhou Xingyun chuckled, "Why are they all using idioms?"

Mu Chongxi walked in front shouting slogans, and the others followed suit, banging gongs and drums. The noise was so loud that it woke up the people from other sects.

The first dungeon raid had just ended, and all the disciples were exhausted. They went back to their respective residences and fell asleep immediately.

They were all sleeping soundly when the sudden sound startled them awake.

"What's going on?"

Could this commotion mean that the Demon Lord has invaded the cultivation world?

"..."

Qin Fanfan, who was on his deathbed, suddenly sat up and heard the loud noise of gongs and drums outside, as well as the familiar shouts of his apprentices. He wiped his face and took a deep breath.

I feel like all the face I just regained has been completely lost tonight.

We finally got second place, can't you bunch of brats just behave yourselves?!