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

Fang Zhiyao felt that Mingxuan was somewhat involved in something, so he cautiously remained silent.

After all, this guy seemed to think the whole world was coveting his junior sister.

After exchanging a glance inside the formation, Mingxuan snapped his fingers, shattering the formation. They walked out of the formation together, with Fang Zhiyao at the front, carefully gripping the wind spirit artifact in her hand to defend against external attacks.

Mingxuan casually waved the key in his hand—a key rumored to be able to open any place—"Then shall I crush it?"

Qin Huai and the others suggested destroying it to prevent it from falling into the hands of the demons again. Once a magical artifact recognizes its master, it is very difficult to change. Destroying it is the best option.

Seeing that Mingxuan wanted to crush it, Fang Zhiyao pursed his lips and said softly, "Let's keep it for now. We can find some time another day to have some powerful talisman cultivators erase the contract on the artifact. It would be a pity to destroy it."

Mingxuan: "Can the contract of a spiritual artifact be erased?"

"Yes, it's possible," Fang Zhiyao said. "It's just a bit troublesome, but your senior uncle is very powerful. Since he can forcibly break the contract between a spirit beast and a cultivator, this is naturally no problem for him either."

Mingxuan was slightly taken aback. "Our junior uncle?"

In fact, in everyone's eyes, Junior Uncle is a genius who is wise after the event but a pig before it happens.

If it weren't for his junior sisters saying that Xie Chuxue was only at the Integration stage below the Tribulation stage, Mingxuan really wouldn't have imagined that his junior uncle, whom he had thought about roasting when he was a child, actually had such a level of cultivation.

"Alright, I'll bring it to Junior Uncle then." He deftly tossed the key into his mustard seed bag.

……

Ye Qiao and Elder Mu exchanged blows several times, but Jun remained firmly in his grasp the entire time. Seeing that the old man still seemed oblivious, she slightly raised the corners of her lips and unleashed a sharp arc of light.

The sword energy was a light green color, carrying a sense of vitality. The Qingfeng Technique was fast and light. By the time Elder Mu reacted, there was no way to avoid it. When his eyes caught sight of this gentle sword energy, he expected it to be harmless. However, the moment it struck, it almost broke his bones. The old man almost vomited blood. He was furious: "You... damned little bitch."

How dare they steal his opportunity!

The next instant, the curses he was about to utter were abruptly choked back in his throat. Ye Qiao's fist arrived in front of him without warning, and he was sent flying backward again the moment it struck his face. However, this time, Old Mu managed to steady himself.

Old Master Mu did not expect her to dare to fight him in close combat. You know, physical skills require a long time to accumulate. How high could a teenager's physical skills be?

To avoid being discovered by the demon kings that their demon emperor could use a sword, Ye Qiao simply sheathed her sword and engaged in close combat. With her body suspended in the air, her left leg swept across but missed. Mu Lao's figure was unpredictable, and he struck her calf with a palm, then suddenly grabbed it with one hand. Seeing this, Ye Qiao remained calm and struck him down on the head with her right leg.

The Dragon Clan's physical skills are among the best in the entire cultivation world, possessing both powerful defense and attack capabilities. Elder Mu seized upon her mistake, his expression sinister as he yanked her down sharply, attempting to kill her.

Ye Qiao lost his balance and was pulled swaying. Grabbing the girl's fragile calf, he suddenly squeezed her leg bone, trying to completely cripple this little bitch's leg. However, the sound of breaking did not come for a long time, and he was slightly stunned.

In that moment of distraction, Ye Qiao's attack came immediately. Half of the girl's body was suspended in the air, and a side whip kick, imbued with spiritual energy, struck him hard on the head.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, his brains nearly shattered by the blow.

"!!"

"Elder!"

"How dare you touch our elder?" Xiao Shuang asked, somewhat frightened, as she hurriedly helped the other person up. Her voice lacked confidence.

Ye Qiao's legs, which had been gripped, were finally released, and she was finally free. She straightened up, blinked, and beckoned, "Want to keep hitting me, old man?"

Old Mu staggered to his feet, his face extremely pale. He had finally managed to shake off the group of demonic beasts, but now he was surrounded by them again!

Why the hell is this happening?

Old Mu was indeed a wise old man. With a little thought, he noticed something strange. He stared at Ye Qiao with suspicion and a strange expression. When the two of them fought, no demonic beasts came to attack, but in the instant the water stopped, the demonic beasts surrounded him one after another and continued to bite and pounce on him like madmen.

He remembered that when he teamed up with this kid to venture deeper into the secret realm, they didn't see a single demon beast. At the time, he thought the demon beasts were afraid of the large number of his team and therefore dared not approach. Now that he thought about it, the demon beasts in the great secret realm didn't have much intelligence. They attacked cultivators simply to fill their stomachs, regardless of your cultivation level or how many there were.

Even when several disciples from different lineages competed together, the monsters would still beat them up without hesitation.

However, ever since these brats joined, not a single demonic beast has attacked us on the road. When we fought this little bastard before, not a single demonic beast dared to come forward.

"Could it be that you're behind this?!" Old Master Mu was shocked, vaguely feeling that he had grasped the truth.

Ye Qiao exclaimed in surprise, "What could I possibly be up to? I'm just an ordinary, delicate little girl. You must have mistaken me for someone else, Lao Deng!"

"..."

She stumped Old Master Mu again with her question.

That's true. What kind of tricks could she possibly be up to?

Ye Qiao waved her hand and smiled, "Judging from your predicament, we can't afford to fight. You can have your fun for now."

As long as he doesn't let go of Bujianjun, those monsters won't let him go. Everyone who uses Bujianjun's catnip knows how good it is. If he had watched the competition a few times, he wouldn't still be wondering why these monsters are chasing him.

She wasn't so vicious as to want to kill Elder Mu, and besides, the old man was very useful. With him using the "Unseen Monarch" to attract all the demon beasts in the secret realm, the demon kings would have no underlings to command.

If we beat Old Master Mu too badly, it would be a loss.

After summoning the demon kings for ages, hoping to get the monsters to fight alongside them, they turned around and found their million-strong army running around an old man. They were instantly enraged, shouting, "What are those monsters doing? Why are they surrounding an old man?!"

Normally, demonic beasts would absolutely obey demon kings of higher rank than themselves, so what's going on these days?

To be honest, both the demon race and the cultivators were quite confused.

"Maybe it's the old man's charm. Who knows?" The demon kings were truly baffled that an old man could have such great charm.

"Speaking of which, elder brother, I can smell our Demon Emperor's aura." After saying that, one of the demon kings twitched his nose: "It really is, such a strong aura."

"I smelled it too." The demon king, addressed as the eldest brother, remained calm. "The question is, did you see the demon emperor?"

"without."

They were great demons of the secret realm, trapped within it for their entire lives, and naturally had no chance to see the Demon Emperor. However, they were familiar with the Demon Emperor's aura and were certain that it was the scent of their king.

"Perhaps the Demon Emperor has also entered the secret realm. He's observing us from the shadows."

Thinking of this, the demon kings tensed up slightly, afraid of being blamed by the demon emperor. The demon emperor's orders were absolute, and so far they had only smelled his aura, but because there were so many people around, they couldn't tell where the demon emperor was.

Qin Huai conjured a concealment talisman, looked at the chaotic scene, and asked, "Did you two get the spiritual artifact that allowed the demon race to open the secret realm?"

"I got it."

Mingxuan raised his voice, gripping the key in his hand, "But it wasn't destroyed. We'll take it back to the sect and let the elders try to break the contract so we can use it ourselves."

Frugality is a good habit, and besides, this is a magical artifact, while their Changming Sect is very poor.

Qin Huai chuckled slightly, "As long as you're not afraid of any tracking spells or marks left on them, feel free to take them." He was used to being cautious, but he still thought that crushing them after taking them would be the best way to prevent future troubles.

Mingxuan: "Holy crap." That makes sense.

"But I don't think the demon race is intelligent enough to think of that."

Qin Huai didn't want to say more, and said coldly, "Then it's up to you." If he wanted to take it, he could. Qin Huai also felt that the possibility of it being a tracking curse was unlikely.

"We've already set up an array at the exit of the secret realm. Those demon kings can't leave for now. But the secret realm will close in one day. What should we do with those cultivators?"

The two sides were in complete disarray, like a tangled ball of yarn. Their goal was to stop the demon kings from leaving the secret realm, but they couldn't possibly trap the cultivators inside as well. How could they separate the two groups?

Song Hansheng examined the current situation, clenching his fingers anxiously. "If it were Ye Qinghan, his domain might be able to separate the two groups immediately."

The Frozen Domain's effects are immediate; once materialized, everything within its domain can be frozen.

Domain is the only way to break the deadlock.

None of Ye Qiao's trusted disciples were around. With her domain shattered, the situation became extremely difficult.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Didn't Ye Qiao say she had a way?"

"Just wait and see her performance."

Since she's already made that claim, she's bound to do it.

The only big boss in the group has spoken, so what are they still in such a hurry for?

The demon kings pounced into a group of cultivators who were only at the peak of the Golden Core stage, crushing them like ants. Although their cultivation levels were low, they were all at least Nascent Soul stage cultivators, only suppressed to the Golden Core stage due to the limitations of the secret realm. Each of them had their own means of evasion.

However, hiding like this is not a problem.

There are too many demon kings; if this continues, death is the only outcome.

As a woman was fleeing, she was suddenly slammed to the ground by a demon king in the air. The demon king transformed into a beast and opened his mouth, intending to tear her apart and devour her.

"Aaaaaah!!" she screamed, sobbing uncontrollably, "The Bodhi fruit isn't with us!"

"Go kill her."

The woman was deathly pale, struggling to slash wildly with her sword, but the damage she inflicted on the demon king was merely superficial.

The demon king could easily pierce her abdomen with a single claw, his sharp nails pressing against her vulnerable neck. "Where is the Bodhi Fruit?"

To be honest, the scent of the Unseen Sovereign was too strong, and the scents of the Demon Emperor and the cultivators were mixed together, making it impossible for them to distinguish one from another.

The woman suddenly pointed in Ye Qiao's direction: "They're in her hands, all five of them are with her."

She originally came with the main group, intending to kill and plunder.

She was aware that a sacred object like the Bodhi Fruit would attract the attention of various demons, but she did not expect that powerful demons above the Nascent Soul stage would be mobilized.

"How dare you take our demon race's sacred fruit!" The demon kings' voices became sharp and excited, and the piercing sound waves caused countless people to have splitting headaches.

Seeing this, the others, who had been stunned into silence, nodded frantically, all realizing a way out. Overjoyed, they exclaimed, "Yes, yes, yes!! All the Bodhi fruits are on her! We don't have a single one. If you want to eat them, eat her!!"

They were telling the truth. Since that brat dared to take it, he should die in their place first.

"Who?" The Demon King narrowed his beastly eyes dangerously in the direction the woman was pointing, and looked over coldly.

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There might be no update tomorrow, as I need to accompany my family to the hospital for a checkup. The hospital is quite far away, and if I can't get back by then, I might have to stay at my uncle's house while waiting for the test results. If I can't get back, I'll update again when I return. Thank you for your understanding!