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

Ye Qiao was surprised that Mu Li would actually talk to her. She exclaimed, "I didn't expect Xiao Ai to be so cultured."

After discovering that Ye Qiao had been using the excuse of helping him find a body to brush him off, Mu Li finally understood what it meant to "rely on yourself." So he decided to take matters into his own hands and run out of Ye Qiao's dantian to find a suitable body.

Therefore, the first Demon Lord was busy recuperating and had been too lazy to pay attention to Ye Qiao.

He really couldn't hold back this time.

Ye Qiao hadn't considered this. If she were to fail, would she be torn to pieces by the demons?

They even dared to saunter in front of that group of Buddhist practitioners.

The demons had just lost a group of dinners and were seething with anger with nowhere to vent it.

They were extremely excited at this moment. Following the aura left by the Buddhist cultivator, the demon kings followed together. Taking advantage of their numbers, Ye Qiao joined in the fun and casually reminded them, "Don't rush to attack them."

"To avoid alerting the enemy."

The fact that Buddhist and Taoist practitioners dare to enter the secret realm shows that they must have made thorough preparations.

Otherwise, knowing that there are a group of demon kings inside, coming here would be suicide.

Ye Qiao gave the order, and the demon kings could only suppress their urge to tear this group apart. They followed closely behind, hiding in the shadows and staring intently at the group of Buddhist cultivators. Then, they couldn't help but drool.

Perhaps the demon kings' spying and slightly malicious gazes were too obvious, because after several Buddhist and Taoist cultivators entered the secret realm, their steps were slightly sluggish. They looked behind them several times, but their cultivation levels were not high enough to see what was hidden in the dark.

"I always feel like something is following us."

The divine child glanced back at the empty path behind him. Layers of mist had drifted over the entire Cloud and Mist Secret Realm at some unknown time. Despite the tranquil environment and the complete silence, his sixth sense told him that something was following them all the way.

The divine child felt a chill run down his spine and whispered, "There might be a demonic beast. Be on guard for the surroundings."

"Yes."

Seeing how they were trying to stay alert and tense throughout the journey, Ye Qiao found it amusing. She stroked her chin and quietly landed on a tree, maintaining a safe distance from the Buddhist cultivators.

The group of Buddhist cultivators were alert; there were indeed demonic beasts following them, and quite a large number of them at that. Ye Qiao was also in the demon king's group, preparing to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"She's still not leaving the secret realm. Is she courting death?"

Soon a sound came.

The goddess lowered her eyes slightly, a fleeting gloom crossing her expression. "Perhaps she has other plans."

"Whatever her plans, if we can't take down those disciples this time, surely we can take down Ye Qiao, who's all alone in the secret realm?"

The Buddhist monk who spoke chuckled softly and slowly, "Yes. She's doomed."

"My Lord, your relic has most likely fallen into the hands of that Ye Qiao. We'll subdue her and search her storage pouch. After all, she's the number one cultivator in the world; surely she wouldn't be so stingy as to have nothing in her storage pouch, haha."

Below, the sounds of several Buddhist practitioners chatting and laughing could be heard.

Ye Qiao, who was suddenly called out, slightly straightened her lips. To be honest, she had all sorts of random things in her mustard bag, maybe even a half-eaten apple.

However, that wasn't the main point; her attention was on the first half of their sentence.

Relics?

What relics?

Where did she get that damn thing?

After a moment's thought, Ye Qiao suddenly remembered that Yun Que had obtained a relic a few months ago, and she remembered that it was from the Buddhist and Taoist traditions.

Her mind raced. To be honest, at times like this, Ye Qiao longed to be a single-celled organism that didn't need to think, but the current situation in the cultivation world didn't allow it.

Ye Qiao was furious for a moment. What the hell did this have to do with Buddhism and Taoism? When the demons attacked, Buddhism and Taoism didn't send a single person. She thought they were going to play dead for good.

Now they're sending people in under the guise of helping out. What's the meaning of that?

Was he here to avenge Yun Que? That's why he risked entering the secret realm to kill himself?

So, for ordinary people, it's a monster-hunting dungeon, while for Yunque, it's a romance dungeon.

After considering all the possibilities in her mind, Ye Qiao couldn't help but exclaim, "I really want to be in a relationship!"

Mu Li, who had been tactically silent again, was getting impatient: "Do you know what? Your arrogant tone is exactly the same as when you told the founder of Changming Sect that you wanted to be beaten."

How can there be someone with such an annoying personality like her in this world?!

Does she really enjoy being a jerk?

"Haha." Ye Qiao: "Actually, I think being single is great, Xiao Ai. I was just teasing you."

Mu Li: "………"

Damn it, I'll kill her sooner or later.

Ye Qiao is a man of his word; he never speaks the truth and always likes to talk big.

Heaven must be blind to have chosen her as the final trump card.

After finishing his rant while half-squatting on the tree, Ye Qiao continued to analyze the current situation.

First of all, Yun Que was killed by himself.

That happened several months ago. It is said that Buddhism and Taoism have long been detached from worldly affairs, and it is unknown whether the divine son is aware of the news that Yun Que was killed by him.

Anyway, Ye Qiao didn't believe that Buddhism and Taoism really didn't care about worldly affairs. If they really didn't care about worldly affairs, how could they all suddenly appear when the five sects were leaderless and short of people?

Ye Qiao speculated that they must have tried to make things difficult for Ming Xuan and his group outside the secret realm but failed, and then decided to pick on the weaker party first.

The reason why the Divine Child wanted to avenge Yun Que might only be one of the reasons for coming to the secret realm. The purpose of this group of people coming here is definitely not just for this. The entire Buddhist and Taoist sects pretended to be dead for more than half a year and suddenly emerged. As the representative figure, the Divine Child could not possibly be here to attack him entirely for a woman.

Why didn't he do this sooner? Half a year has passed, and the grass on Yun Que's grave is probably three feet tall by now, and only now does he think of revenge?

Ye Qiao spread her divine sense around, locking onto the Buddhist and Taoist divine sons the entire time.

Due to the limitations of the secret realm, the highest realm a cultivator can reach is the peak of the Golden Core stage.

Ye Qiao's sea of ​​consciousness could easily reach the Nascent Soul stage, far exceeding the divine sense of a realm above. Even though he was almost touching the face of the divine child, the other party only frowned slightly and looked around sensitively, unable to find anything strange at all.

When Ye Qiao scanned his face with her divine sense, the divine son's drooping fingertips clenched slightly, and his scalp almost exploded.

His sixth sense was very accurate; he could clearly sense that there were people around him, and more than one.

But it shouldn't be Ye Qiao; perhaps it's the Demon King watching him.

There was only one cultivator in the secret realm. She was outnumbered and outmatched by the demon kings. She must be hiding somewhere secluded right now. It was impossible for her to be so bold as to follow her with the demon beasts.

Ye Qiao was unaware that she had been so easily cleared of suspicion. She carefully scanned the divine son but couldn't see anything. Just as she was about to casually look away,

I suddenly noticed the logo on their clothes.

Each disciple of a sect will have a unique identification mark.

Those small badges symbolized identity, but ordinary cultivators could not identify which sect or faction they belonged to just by looking at the simple badges.

As a cultivator, Ye Qiao naturally couldn't have seen the symbols of Buddhism and Taoism.

For some reason, the more Ye Qiao looked at the mark, the more familiar it seemed.

...I feel like I've seen it somewhere before.

"Xiao Ai, do you think their mark looks familiar?" Ye Qiao suspected that she had read too many books and gotten confused, but it still looked very familiar.

Mu Li glanced casually at the group of Buddhist cultivators, thinking she might really be out of her mind. His tone was cold. "Are you sick? I'm a demonic cultivator. Those are the marks of Buddhism and Taoism." How could a demonic cultivator find the marks of Buddhism and Taoism familiar?

He never wants to have anything to do with Buddhist practitioners in his life.

It wasn't fear, but simply nausea.

Buddhist and Taoist practices are completely incompatible with evil spirits. Even if he had cultivated to the Tribulation Transcending Realm, he would not want to fight against Buddhist cultivators.

Naturally, it would be impossible for them to recognize that weird symbol.

Ye Qiao: "You're the one who's sick."

No, that's not the point. Who's sick is not the point.

Before Mu Li could scold her, Ye Qiao quickly steered the conversation back on track: "Really. I couldn't possibly be mistaken."

"It really looks familiar."

Ye Qiao is a genius, and Mu Li is undoubtedly a genius as well. As one of the earliest ascended beings, his memory is also exceptional.

Mu Li frowned, then sneered, "The problem is, those are Buddhist and Taoist symbols. Why do they look familiar to you?"

She's a Taoist sword cultivator, and they have absolutely no connection. Mu Li thinks she's probably just been reading too much and messed up her brain.

Ye Qiao covered her forehead, pondering, "Yeah, that's why I want to know too."

She has a photographic memory and has read quite a few books. Every time she reads a book, she has to brainwash herself, saying, "I love learning, and learning loves me."

Unfortunately, Ye Qiao's defenses crumbled after only a few seconds of love. Did she really not like studying?

Now look what's happened! He's gone crazy studying, his memory is all messed up, and he's even starting to feel that the symbols of Buddhism and Taoism look familiar to him.

Just as Ye Qiao was lost in thought, her gaze casually drifted down and suddenly swept over the mark on her wrist.

—What comes into view is a pale golden mark of divine blessing.

Ye Qiao stared at the mark on her wrist for a long time, seemingly lost in thought.

This mark has been there for almost half a year.

From the day she transformed from a demon into a god, golden light fell upon her, and a very faint golden mark appeared on her wrist.

Past blessings from Heaven will leave a mark, but they will soon dissipate.

But this time she didn't; she gently rubbed the mark on her wrist.

Every time Ye Qiao broke through a realm and was struck by lightning, the Heavenly Dao would give her a few small gifts to appease her. Chu Xingzhi even tried to subtly inquire what the Heavenly Dao had given her.

Ye Qiao hadn't said anything, not because she wanted to hide it, but because apart from the name, she had never really figured out how to use it.

During those few days when she was at the Nascent Soul stage, the entire sect revolved around her. In order to solidify the sect leader's position, Qin Fanfan personally came to spar with her.

This blessing from Heaven was naturally thoroughly studied. Ye Qiao even consulted all the books in the Changming Sect, but he couldn't find any record of the mark.

She also asked many elders, but to no avail.

Ye Qiao thought that perhaps it was because the things given by Heaven were too profound and unfathomable, making it impossible to find any way to use them.

but--

Her gaze was fixed on the symbols on the sleeves of the Buddhist monks.

Suddenly, a very absurd guess came to mind.

Ye Qiao murmured, "I always thought that the skills it gave me were from the Taoist tradition." After all, she was a sword cultivator, a proper Taoist disciple.

"I was so stupid, really."

She had never used it, not only because she was afraid that its power was too great for her to handle, but also for a very real reason.

That means she doesn't know how to use it.

"Why must the mark given by Heaven always be from Taoism?" The cultivation world is not only Taoism, but also other religions.

Ye Qiao: "So actually—"

Mu Li in her mind was also slightly taken aback, and said in unison with her, "It could also originate from Buddhism or Taoism."

"Yes." Ye Qiao slammed her fist into her palm. If a divine child hadn't suddenly appeared, she really wouldn't have thought about other religions. After all, the cultivation world is mostly made up of cultivators, and most of them are Taoist disciples.

Buddhist cultivation only exists in legends. Who the hell could have imagined that Heaven would take such an unexpected turn, giving her a huge gift from the Buddhist and Taoist realms!

Ye Qiao finally understood, but it was too late, which made her want to laugh.

She only figured out how to use the skills that were only for the Nascent Soul stage when she was already in the late Nascent Soul stage, just two realms away from the Void Refinement stage.

Absolutely.

"So," Mu Li asked her calmly, "does your cursed seal have a specific name?"

"Yes." Ye Qiao stroked her chin. "I've always felt that it's a control group for all living things. I considered using it when I was killing the Demon Emperor, but I thought its destructive power might far exceed my imagination, so I didn't dare to use it."

At that time, she was afraid to use it, but the main problem was that she didn't know how.

An unheard-of symbol landed on Ye Qiao's wrist. No matter how Ye Qiao tried to draw it or use it as a spell mark, it had no effect.

To use it effectively, one must observe how Buddhist practitioners form hand seals.

"What is its name?" Mu Li asked with great interest. He was eager to know what skills the extremely stingy Heavenly Dao had given to Ye Qiao, this newly minted daughter of the Heavenly Dao.

When Ye Qiao killed the Demon Emperor, she said that the killing power might be very strong. However, Mu Li thought that she dared to challenge the Demon Emperor, and in his eyes, she was already a corpse.

He didn't listen carefully to what Ye Qiao said.

Who could have imagined that at the last moment, she would be able to survive by relying on a dark book and a few somewhat useless magical artifacts?

In a sense, he also admired Ye Qiao.

It would be a shame if someone with such talent didn't become a demon.

Ye Qiao smiled mysteriously: "All things perish."