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

The evil cultivators were slightly confused. It has to be said that Ye Qiao's move was quite clever. She called out the wrong name right away, making them mistakenly think that these disciples had some serious illness.

Then, in the next second, they were caught off guard, grabbed the person, and ran away.

What the hell is this weird approach?

After everyone had run away, they belatedly realized that they hadn't been crying at the wrong grave at all; Ye Qiao and the others had clearly come to rescue people!

A feint attack—shameless!

"Is she playing us?"

"It's obvious."

"What are you standing there for, you idiot? Hurry up and chase after them!"

The person was rescued right under their noses. The leader was so angry that he almost went crazy on the spot. He kicked each of them, and they hurriedly chased after them.

Old Mu was being carried away by the two sword cultivators, Qin Huai and Ji Huan, and was running at top speed. His mind was still blank, and he obviously didn't understand what Ye Qiao and the others meant.

Just moments before they were locked in a life-or-death struggle, but suddenly he was rescued by the enemy, and he instinctively became wary: "What do you want to do?"

As Ye Qiao ran, she spoke rapidly: "We are a professional team. Don't worry, after we save you, we'll just have the Mu family send more pills to our sect."

The Chengfeng Sect, Changming Sect, and Yueqing Sect are all extremely lacking in alchemy practitioners and elixirs.

Elder Mu never expected such a good thing to exist in the world, to be able to exchange a pill for a life. Of course, he was extremely happy to do so and hurriedly agreed, expressing his sincere gratitude to the group: "Thank you."

If they had saved him before, Old Mu wouldn't have felt anything, but Ye Qiao suddenly rushed forward to block the attack at this critical moment, so the meaning was naturally different.

The evil cultivators couldn't catch up with them quickly enough, but they outnumbered them, and there were also evil cultivators lying in ambush along the way. Seeing her with Elder Mu, the evil cultivators suddenly sprang out.

Without saying a word, Ye Qiao drew her sword. The Jinghong Sword glowed with purple light. The three of them swung their swords at the same time, and with a shake of the sword, the sword energy took shape.

The evil cultivators were forced to retreat repeatedly by the three manifested sword energies. It should be noted that they were also very strong, but they paled in comparison to the sword energies of these three.

The Jinghong Sword covered a wide area, like a dragon emerging from the sea, swooping down with overwhelming force.

—It's actually a manifestation of a lightning-attribute spiritual root!

"Are you Ye Qiao from the Changming Sect?"

The evil cultivators hadn't paid any attention to this group at first. After all, the only impression they had left since entering the secret realm was that the female cultivator had shamelessly taken five Bodhi fruits and managed to escape unscathed from being surrounded by a group of people.

The fact that Lei Linggen possessed such a bizarre method of doing things made it hard for them not to think of Ye Qiao.

Ye Qiao feigned surprise: "Am I that famous?"

The heretical cultivators retorted irritably, "Nonsense!"

The next second, Ye Qiao's sword energy slashed down again, leveling the road in front of him. The evil cultivator who was sent flying almost cursed out loud, "You son of a bitch, you have no martial ethics, you shameless Ye Qiao!"

"It's not like I'm shameless for the first time." Ye Qiao waved her hand and quickly slipped away.

……

"We should hand over the Mu family members instead, otherwise, if we continue to be entangled with these evil cultivators, we will eventually attract the demon kings."

Su Zhuo and his companions set up a concealment formation that could allow people to hide temporarily for a period of time, but after a while, the demon kings with keen senses of smell would also be able to detect their presence. As a result, the group gradually began to argue in order to survive.

"Yeah, anyway, the evil cultivators' goal is just to get rid of them."

Once those demon kings discover this, they will all be dead. Humans are inherently selfish, so it's no wonder they act selfishly in this situation.

The sword cultivators collectively lost their right to bark, since the formation was set up by the talisman cultivators, and only the talisman cultivators had more say. Perhaps they realized that Su Zhuo and the others were easy to talk to, otherwise they wouldn't have saved them in the first place. The Mu family members who were rescued immediately hid behind them, hoping that they could say a few words.

After being sent out by the elders, they ran forward desperately. Along the way, they encountered Su Zhuo and his group, and followed them back to the group. They thought they had finally found a safe haven, but unexpectedly, those cultivators were going to push them out to their deaths.

The girl shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "No."

Zhai Chen prepared to say a few words on behalf of the Mu family, since these direct descendants hadn't done anything wrong, and pushing people to their deaths at this time seemed immoral.

However, amidst the arguing and scrambling, one of them caught a straggler and pierced the shoulder of a young girl from the Mu family. As she fell to the ground, the man sneered and viciously struck her neck. His crazed manner almost made Duan Hengdao jump up, exclaiming, "Holy crap!"

The girl's vision blurred, she couldn't breathe, and she struggled frantically for a few moments, but the man's hand remained unmoved. Suddenly, the girl crushed a piece of jade in her hand, tears welling in her eyes, and sent out her final cry for help.

*

Outside the secret realm, all the disciples split into three groups. The sword cultivators were all on the demon side. As non-combatants, the alchemists naturally couldn't go to the demon side. Besides, with their own elders present, the other alchemists weren't of much use.

Therefore, Si Miaoyan, along with her four junior brothers and sisters, traveled to various cities to provide elixirs and continuously save lives.

When the several alchemists were approached with a task, Si Miaoyan couldn't hide her surprise.

"Task?"

"Giving us a mission at this time?" Liu Yun found it absurd. Right now, cultivators in the cultivation world are all living in fear and wish they could hide at home to avoid being affected by the struggle between the two races and cultivators. Giving them missions? Are you kidding me?

Previously, I would accept missions for every event, but only during breaks in competitions or when I had nothing else to do, as a form of training.

"Yes." The patriarch bowed slightly, his attitude becoming increasingly humble. "I know this is a bit of a stretch, and I struggled for a long time before deciding to ask for your help."

"In our clan, every direct descendant is born with a jade, inside which is sealed a wisp of our child's soul. If it is crushed, the soul can escape, and even if the child dies, a remnant of their soul will remain. We will sense the moment the jade shatters."

Not long ago, one of the children in the clan shattered his Soul Jade.

This clearly means something has happened.

But the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm is isolated from the world, and no one knows what happened inside. Was it murder and robbery? Or perhaps they encountered demons or evil cultivators?

Miao Miao reminded her, "We understand how you feel, but we are just alchemists, and we're afraid we can't be of much help." Why ask alchemists for help instead of sword cultivators? What were they thinking?

He immediately put on a smiling face, "No cultivators have emerged from that secret realm for several days. I've heard that Chengfeng Sect has a magical artifact that can open secret realms. Could you please borrow it from Chengfeng Sect, Fairy?"

"Let us go, why don't you borrow it yourself?"

The patriarch was quite flexible, cupping his hands and smiling wryly, "None of the elders of Chengfeng Sect would agree, so I had to shamelessly beg the fairy for help."

Si Miaoyan could understand it as the reason why Fengzong refused to lend it. After all, in such a tense situation, who would easily lend a spiritual artifact?

After much deliberation, the head of the Mu family decided to contact the Biyue Sect. After finding out which city Si Miaoyan and her group were in, he rushed over to their door.

"Are you from the Mu family of Beicheng?"

He nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes."

Si Miaoyan nodded her chin and smiled faintly, "What a coincidence. I've long heard of the Mu family's reputation, and it just so happens that a few of my friends have also entered that secret realm."

"Oh? Then who are the fairy's friends?"

His probing words were quite obvious. Si Miaoyan smiled and said, "The disciples of Changming Sect and Chengfeng Sect, as well as the talisman cultivators who were originally left behind, I don't know if they went or not."

The head of the Mu family's eyes lit up immediately, and he continued to try to get closer to Si Miaoyan, "Do you know Ye Qiao from the Changming Sect?"

"There should be." After saying this ambiguous sentence, Si Miaoyan heard the other person murmur, "That's good, that's good." She chuckled, "With Ye Qiao here, you're all relieved?"

Is Ye Qiao some kind of reassurance?

"The clan elder took several children with him, he was really worried about them." He smiled bitterly. He always felt that there was something strange about that secret realm. In this time of crisis, everyone was on edge, yet the clan elder took a group of children and risked everything.

"So you're relieved with Ye Qiao around?" Liu Yun couldn't hold back her吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments) any longer. "She's clearly the biggest danger! You're so foolish!"

No place is peaceful when Ye Qiao is around! When will they ever understand this?

"I'm just trying to put my mind at ease." He waved his hand. "My kids have always been outspoken and simple-minded. I don't expect them to get anything good from inside; I just hope they come back alive."

Wherever Ye Qiao is, the survival rate of cultivators rises dramatically; you can't argue with that.

Si Miaoyan smiled and continued, "I have another question. Why are you so sure that your direct descendants will be in danger?" Danger is common in secret realms, and it is not unusual to lose one or two people. However, it seems that the head of the Mu family has made a very clear decision that all direct descendants will meet with misfortune.

His arrival was so strange that Si Miaoyan had to be more cautious.

The head of the Mu family hesitated and couldn't give a clear answer. Si Miaoyan grew impatient and smiled, "Since you can't explain it, then please leave, head of the family."

"No, wait." The head of the Mu family panicked, gritted his teeth, and whispered the secret of the clan, "Our Mu family's direct line is full of innate spiritual bodies. I'm afraid they've been targeted. With this kind of physique, being trapped in the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm for a long time will only lead to the annihilation of the entire army."

The Innate Spiritual Body is a special physique that can be compared with the Innate Sword Bone. It is born with the ability to automatically gather spiritual energy and transform it into the most concentrated and pure spiritual energy, which is coveted by countless cultivators.

Miao Miao exclaimed, "It is said that a single drop of blood from a person with a congenital spiritual body can have a great nourishing effect." Once targeted by someone with ill intentions, the only outcome for that person is to be drained dry and die.

The head of the Mu family smiled bitterly. Previously, their city was protected by the Wenjian Sect. With the powerful sect leader of the Wenjian Sect, no evil spirits dared to approach easily.

Now that the sect leader of the Sword Inquiry Sect is not here, all his disciples have also disappeared. He originally intended to lock the gates, but he never expected that the elders would take several direct descendants out.

Seeing his worried expression, Si Miaoyan didn't press the matter and quickly agreed, "Then it just so happens that we also need to go to the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm. You can come along with us."

It has been six days now, and the secret realm should have closed long ago, but Ye Qiao and the others still cannot be contacted. Si Miaoyan can't help but suspect that they are trapped inside the secret realm.

We can borrow the magical artifact from Chengfeng Sect to open the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm and rescue Ye Qiao and the others.

"Thank you, fairy." He was so excited that he almost knelt down before Si Miaoyan and the others on the spot.

Si Miaoyan is a woman of action; she does what she says. After borrowing a few cranes, she flew to Chengfeng Sect to borrow a spiritual artifact. As the chief disciple, she has always had an excellent reputation and is unlike Ye Qiao and the others who like to cause trouble. She said she wanted to borrow the key to the spiritual artifact that opens the secret realm to rescue Qin Huai and the others who were trapped in the secret realm. The elders of Chengfeng Sect quickly agreed.

"Thank you, Elder!" Si Miaoyan's eyes crinkled with joy as she received the magical artifact. With a flick of her wrist, she rode away on a crane. "We will return the key to the artifact to you as soon as possible."

The elder of Chengfeng Sect watched them go, stroking his beard, and remarked with emotion, "...Why has the chief disciple of the Biyue Sect become so loud and boisterous?"

The female disciples of the Azure Water Sect, who used to be the most reserved and quiet, have become more so.

"She must have learned it from Ye Qiao of the Changming Sect!" He was somewhat angry, but after his anger subsided, he realized that it wasn't just his own sect that had been corrupted, and he miraculously calmed down. He flicked his sleeve and chuckled, "Just wait and see when she will return the spiritual artifact."

Now, one by one, the disciples of their sect have gone down the mountain. Seven days have passed, and Qin Huai and the others have not made a sound. They can only worry anxiously, but they cannot easily leave the sect.

Si Miaoyan's calm and composed personality and their investigation reassured the elders of Chengfeng Sect somewhat.

……

Within the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm.

When Ye Qiao arrived with Old Master Mu, they saw them pushing and shoving the Mu family members out to their deaths. A man was viciously choking a girl by the neck, trying to kill her.

"Stop!" Ji Huan shouted, his sword flashing like lightning as he slashed down, but the sword energy forcibly stopped his movement.

The man could only reluctantly let go, glaring fiercely at the Mu family members, wishing he could skin them alive.

In his view, it was this group of people who had dragged him down.

Everyone was injured. Some cultivators lost limbs under the Demon King's attack. The situation of everyone inside the formation was extremely miserable.

Knowing they were in the wrong, the Mu family distributed all the pills they had, but it was still a drop in the ocean.

Faced with the angry stares of countless people, they became increasingly silent.

"I'm so sorry." The girl sobbed, feeling that it was all their fault for attracting the evil cultivators and causing the current situation. She cut her wrist, and as blood gushed out, she held it to a cultivator's mouth. The moment the blood flowed in, her wounds miraculously healed.

"Holy crap!" The incredible scene drew gasps from the crowd.

What kind of blood is this that's so awesome?

Song Hansheng frowned slightly, then whispered, "Innate, spiritual body?"

Song Hansheng then understood why the evil cultivators had come here.

This kind of physique is a great tonic for evil spirits.

If you don't stay at home, once your special constitution is discovered, you'll only end up being dismembered and eaten.

Song Hansheng's muttering was extremely soft, and only Ye Qiao and the others who were close enough could hear it clearly. Ye Qiao had browsed through the library and had a rough understanding of what a congenital spiritual body was. She didn't expect that the Mu family would actually have this kind of physique, which was only a rumor in the cultivation world.

"Wow!" Ye Qiao turned her head, looked at Elder Mu, and exclaimed, "I never expected your family's physique to be so amazing! Those evil cultivators should thank you for sending their heads from afar. Elder Mu, you're such a kind person!"