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

Their expressions visibly froze slightly as they stared intently at Mingxuan for several moments, their gazes as if he were some kind of idiot. One of the cultivators raised his voice, "I wonder, who are you descended from?"

Which genius taught him this art of speaking?

The man's words were mostly inquisitive; these people didn't seem ordinary, so they really were disciples of a sect.

Mingxuan: "I won't tell you."

The man looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, then stared intently at Ye Qiao, seemingly lost in thought.

The demon kings stared intently at Mingxuan. The key to the secret realm was in his hands, and they claimed it had been destroyed, but since they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they naturally didn't believe it. Mingxuan, riding on the wind, was being targeted by a group of demon kings and kept running around in circles. He tried to hide behind Ye Qiao, but Ye Qiao ruthlessly dragged him out.

She lowered her voice and told him, "You're the fastest dog in our sect, what are you afraid of? Hurry up and go restrain those demon kings."

"I was just kidding, Ye Qiao, don't go! I can't handle this alone." He quickly grabbed Ye Qiao's sleeve. He was just joking. Did they really expect him, a Golden Core cultivator, to meet those Nascent Soul cultivators or even Void Refinement cultivators?

Ye Qiao patted him and nimbly slipped away, "It's okay, you're already the fastest dog anyway. If you can't handle it, just run away."

Mingxuan's lips twitched. Seeing that Ye Qiao was really unreliable, the demon kings' attacks came one after another, and lightning turned into chains that wrapped around him, as if they could devour him.

It is a lightning-type demon king.

That would be very difficult.

Lightning is a troublesome element no matter where it is placed.

Mingxuan's fingertips twitched slightly, and the snow-white folding fan spun in his palm. The talismans were sent out by the wind, forming five shields that neutralized one attack after another from the Nascent Soul stage. As the talismans disappeared, the fan in his hand changed rapidly, making people wonder just how many talismans this person actually possessed.

"How so?" Mingxuan raised an eyebrow. Ranged attacks were not very effective against him, as he had enough defensive talismans and seals on hand. In close combat, he was fast enough that the demon kings couldn't catch a glimpse of him despite several attacks.

As a member of a prestigious family of talisman cultivators, Mingxuan was quite pampered as the young master at home. To prevent him from being beaten to death when he went out, countless talismans were engraved on a fan.

One was ruined before, and then my family quickly sent me another one.

Ye Qiao: "Damn resource dogs."

"How sour, Ye Qiao. Is it because you can't have something that you resort to slander?"

Ye Qiao delivered an elbow strike, silencing Duan Hengdao.

They were chatting in a group below, surrounded by the evil cultivators. They seemed to be looking for someone, and when they passed by Ye Qiao and the others, they only glanced at them indifferently and did not pay much attention to them.

"Their target seems to be just a group of ordinary cultivators." Mingyi tilted his head, but what could a group of ordinary cultivators be worth the evil cultivators' attention?

Since he wasn't looking to cause trouble for them, Ye Qiao decided to remain neutral and mingled among the crowd, enjoying himself and wanting to see what these evil cultivators were up to.

To ensure she fit in, she would occasionally feign fear, perfectly blending into the group.

Song Hansheng looked at her for a long time, his expression somewhat complicated.

"..." Isn't this toxic? He loves to act so much.

"It seems we won't be able to get out anytime soon."

With demon kings present and evil cultivators surrounding them, the secret realm was closing in less than a day.

"Yes." Duan Hengdao casually sat cross-legged on the ground, placing his hands on his knees. "Then let's settle down in the secret realm for now."

There's no way I'd panic, not in this lifetime. The fact that Mingxuan didn't destroy the key to the secret realm means that even if the secret realm is really closed, it doesn't matter; it can still be opened with the key.

Moreover, since they had been trapped in the secret realm for a long time, other members of the sect would have noticed something was wrong and come to their rescue, so there was no need for them to panic.

The members of Chengfeng Sect had already sat down to meditate. Having just finished eating the Bodhi Fruit, their cultivation, which was constantly increasing due to the surging spiritual energy within them, needed to calm down and pacify.

The dense spiritual energy gathered in the secret realm, forming a small stream. The evil cultivators entered the secret realm with a purpose. After searching around, they reached out and grabbed a few women and a male cultivator. They had fought with the demon race, and since their spiritual energy was exhausted, they had almost no ability to resist and were dragged in front of people.

Ye Qiao glanced around and realized that the people arrested were people she knew.

Those captured by the evil cultivators were all members of the Mu family, including the female cultivator named Xiao Shuang.

"Let's go." After catching their target, the evil cultivators exchanged glances and prepared to quickly retreat from the secret realm. With the secret realm about to close, they knew they would never be able to leave if they didn't go now. Moreover, there were still demonic beasts roaming around, so the evil cultivators dared not be careless.

However, none of them expected that Ye Qiao and his group would seal off the exit of the secret realm in advance. A golden light flashed and the array rose from the ground, with layers of runes tightly sealing off the entire exit of the secret realm.

"Huh?" The evil cultivator, still unwilling to give up, slammed his fist down again, but the exit of the secret realm remained unmoved, firmly locked by the formation.

"Who did this?!"

They were both shocked and furious.

The culprits hid among the monks, concealing their crimes and fame.

"Where are you taking them?" Ji Huan still had a strong sense of justice. Sword cultivators are easily controlled by their emotions, and he couldn't help but ask coldly.

The two girls, held in the hands of the evil cultivators, looked terrified. They sobbed and cried, large tears rolling down their faces, a sight that was hard to bear.

The evil cultivators gave him a cold glance, then cautiously asked, "And who are you? Trying to be a hero and save the damsel in distress?"

Ji Huan stood atop the head of a demon king, his sword flashing rapidly, each strike severing the spikes protruding from the demon king's body. A Golden Core cultivator, relying on his unpredictable swordsmanship, was able to hold his own against a Nascent Soul stage demon king.

These people were clearly someone of great importance. The evil cultivators noticed their strangeness when they entered the secret realm, but since their target was always the Mu family, they didn't pay much attention to them.

"And you too? Are you his companions as well?" The evil cultivator pointed his sword at Ye Qiao and the others, clearly assuming they all wanted to get involved, his expression turning cold and sinister.

Ye Qiao quickly distanced herself from the situation: "I don't know them."

Ji Huan wanted to play the hero and save the damsel in distress, but she wasn't about to be the one to stick her neck out.

Qin Huai coldly retorted, "Why are you arresting them?" The cultivation world is still dominated by cultivators, and all cultivators despise such low-class people as evil cultivators, so it is only natural for them to take action to stop them.

The evil cultivator sneered, "Of course it's useful, so what?"

The moment the question left his lips, the Qin Huai Sword was already drawn, its sword intent pure and sharp. A chill swept across the area, and the next second, the evil cultivator subconsciously touched his neck, where he cut a line of blood. His eyes widened in shock, blood gushed out, and he fell to the ground silently.

One move and you're done for.

What a ruthless cultivator!

Instantly, the cultivators who were originally close to Qin Huai subconsciously retreated.

Damn, when they were chasing this group of people before, they didn't see Qin Huai kill anyone, so they subconsciously thought he was easy to handle.

So they're not going to attack cultivators?

Qin Huai rescued a female cultivator from the Mu family with a single sword strike. The woman hurriedly thanked him, clinging to Qin Huai's clothes and refusing to let go. The fear of being grabbed made her instinctively hold on tightly to the lifeline in front of her.

In broad daylight, Qin Huai and a female cultivator were having this tumultuous relationship.

Duan Hengdao and the others were thoroughly enjoying themselves, thinking that their senior brother had found love.

As the saying goes, people's joys and sorrows are not shared. Mingxuan, who was being chased all over the secret realm by three demon kings, caught a glimpse of what Qin Huai and the others were doing and immediately cracked up: "I'm being chased up and down by demon kings, and you guys are playing the hero saving the damsel in distress?!"

The path for everyone to leave was completely blocked by the formation. As time passed, until the secret realm was completely closed, no one was able to break the formation that was layered on top of each other.

Now everyone is trapped in the secret realm.

The evil cultivators were on edge. After witnessing Qin Huai's unpredictable swordsmanship, they held the Mu family members hostage.

At the same time, I couldn't laugh at all.

Being in the same secret realm as monsters is no less than conspiring with tigers, with the constant risk of being eaten. And now, they have been completely divided into three camps.

The demonic beasts, the evil cultivators, and the cultivators themselves.

Ye Qiao and his group, who originally came here to fish in troubled waters, have become leaders among the cultivators by repeatedly hindering the actions of the demon beasts with their superb skills in luring people away and their rich family background.

Old Mu had just escaped from the horde of demonic beasts, his body torn and mangled beyond recognition, with hardly any good pieces of flesh on his body. He stumbled into the group and nearly coughed up blood when he saw that the group of little devils were leading the way.

Why should I?!

What merit do these brats have?

Old Mu's voice was aged and filled with indignation: "Don't forget that they have five Bodhi fruits in their hands."

A passerby sneered and said, "We're all completely trapped inside the secret realm, and a bunch of us are about to die. You're still thinking about those few spirit fruits? These fruits are probably just bait."

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; the Mu family is the cicada that gets caught.

Although it is unclear what the evil cultivators are doing to the younger children of the Mu family, one thing is clear: the other cultivators are merely being dragged into it.

As long as they don't relentlessly pursue Ye Qiao, the demon kings won't be drawn by the scent of the Bodhi Fruit, and there won't be any more troublesome situations like being besieged by demon kings and evil cultivators.

"I have a question." From within the crowd, a man pointed at Ye Qiao and challenged her, "Is she a talisman cultivator? Or does she possess something special? Why aren't those demonic beasts attacking her?"

"..." Good question.

They were also quite curious, as there wasn't a single demonic beast bothering Ye Qiao within her range. This made the cultivators subconsciously move closer to Ye Qiao, almost squeezing her into a meat patty.

"Who knows if there's something fishy about your background?"

"You might not believe it, but I'm a sword cultivator," Ye Qiao said.

He didn't believe it: "Then why do you have so many talismans? Did someone else give them to you? That's impossible." What kind of talisman master would be so generous as to share the talismans they painstakingly drew with other people?

"Couldn't it be a talisman I bought with my extra money?"

"Impossible, you look very poor."

Ye Qiao: "..."

"I didn't expect you to see through me. Actually, my main profession is a talisman cultivator, and sword cultivation is just a kind of camouflage for me." She talked nonsense with a straight face. "In essence, I cultivate both paths."

Everyone: "..." Are you out of your mind?

Everyone else was looking at her as if she were mentally ill, but one man kept glancing at her, seemingly preparing himself mentally.

Ye Qiao had some impression of him, except for the question he asked about Ming Xuan's lineage.

Just after Ye Qiao uttered the phrase "dual cultivation of two paths," he seemed to have finally confirmed something. He walked up to her, mentally prepared himself, knelt down with a thud, grabbed Ye Qiao's legs, and began to howl at the top of his lungs, "I beg you, please think of a way to get us out of here!"

The monsters aren't attacking them now because Ye Qiao is there, but who knows if they'll lose their minds and attack them later?

There was also a group of energized evil cultivators eyeing them covetously. These evil cultivators broke through their cultivation levels by absorbing the essence of other cultivators, and none of them were easy to deal with. The group of exhausted cultivators were like lambs to the slaughter.

Ye Qiao, bored out of her mind, lifted her leg and swung it back and forth, trying to shake the person off, but the person was holding on too tightly. She simply pointed to herself and said, "What can I do? As the saying goes, it's better to rely on yourself than on others."

"I'm begging you, Ye Qiao. I'm begging you." The man almost burst into tears and kowtowed to her; it was clear he really wanted to live.

His reaction was truly a bit over the top. Ye Qiao's lips twitched: "You know me?"

Song Hansheng also looked at him, raising an eyebrow slightly. This man's reaction made one think he was a die-hard fan of Ye Qiao.

"Anyone who knows anything about the new generation of disciples in the cultivation world knows you." He desperately sought help from this legendary disciple who could turn the tide, trying to awaken Ye Qiao's conscience.

"Please help us." He felt that Ye Qiao had a conscience.

This time, Song Hansheng surprisingly agreed. Ye Qiao's conscience, though not much, was enough; she wouldn't watch someone die in front of her.

Ye Qiao blinked. "I'm quite famous where you are, huh?"

"Of course. Although some people who don't follow the competition may not recognize you, I do." The man had been suspicious when he saw their clan uniforms. He didn't have much of an impression of their appearance, so he didn't think of them as his direct disciples.

Now that it was confirmed, he spoke rapidly with excitement, shouting, "Aren't you the infamous troublemaker known throughout the Five Sects? You've already destroyed several secret realms and forbidden areas, what's one more? I beg you, please find a way to destroy this secret realm too! We want to get out!"

"..." There was a reason why she destroyed the secret realm before.

The man wept bitterly, "There have always been rumors that as long as you're around, nothing bad will happen, but usually, the place where you are is the greatest danger." The cultivation forums were right!

Ye Qiao: "..."

"Am I some kind of virus? What makes me the greatest danger wherever I am?"

"You didn't know?" He looked at Ye Qiao in shock. "In the cultivation world, you're known as a disaster-maker!"