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

Ye Qiao looked the two of them up and down and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It was really interesting. Song Hansheng was hanging upside down along with Su Zhuo, and the sight of the two unfortunate brothers was truly hilarious.

Mingxuan couldn't help but smugly poke Song Hansheng with his finger and laugh, "Hahaha, you've finally met your match, Song Hansheng."

The Moon Purity Sect is the sect that looks down on other talisman masters the most, and Mingxuan has been subjected to a lot of personal attacks in the past.

He was extremely pleased with himself, and Ye Qiao joined in the fun. So the two of them, like a perverted villain, laughed wildly at Song Hansheng and the others.

Not to mention Song Hansheng, even Duan Hengdao felt uneasy upon hearing this.

"Where are the identity tags?" Shen Ziwei was here to do serious business, so he immediately searched through the two people's storage bags, but couldn't find them after looking for a long time.

Clearly, Song Hansheng had learned his lesson from being eliminated in the first round and had become much smarter, hiding his identity card in advance.

"Since they don't have identity tokens, let's just snatch their storage bags." Ye Qiao reached out and unceremoniously tore off the storage bags from the two of them, which were filled with a lot of talismans and spirit stones.

When it comes to money, Ye Qiao is always exceptionally enthusiastic and full of motivation.

"I couldn't help but check Ming Xuan's background information. He's the second young master of the direct line of the Ming family. Damn! What kind of direct line has this kind of personality?"

"This thing is unreliable. It says Ye Qiao is a quiet and honest person, hahaha."

"Okay, I get it. The absurdity of his identity introduction is no less than that of Ye Qiao being an honest person, right?"

Mingxuan wiped the brand off their mustard seed bags and found Song Hansheng's two pairs of underwear inside. He frowned in disgust.

Song Hansheng, isn't he a bit of a pervert?

He actually put his underwear into a mustard bag.

"Junior Sister," he said disdainfully, "we don't want their talismans anymore."

"These men are so dirty!"

Ye Qiao paused for a moment upon seeing the two bright red underwear, then couldn't help but ask, "...Big brother, is this your year of birth sign?"

She was fine until she spoke, then Song Hansheng's face instantly turned as red as a shrimp, and he roared, "What are you looking at! You two just wait!"

They're all here to compete, what's wrong with him bringing his personal belongings?! What business is it of their Changming Sect?

After a long silence, one audience member finally managed to utter:

"These protégés are all playing pretty weird games."

In everyone's eyes, those who are qualified to be personally mentored are high-class, sophisticated, aloof, and otherworldly elites.

Now, all the prestige and so on have vanished.

They seriously doubted whether this group of unreliable disciples was truly the future of their cultivation world.

"..."

Duan Hengdao looked at the two Yueqing Sect disciples hanging there, and pursed his lips helplessly: "What should we do with them now?"

Ye Qiao didn't even turn her head: "Tie them up for now."

"If that doesn't work, how about finding someone to keep watch? I think the eldest brother would be quite suitable."

Zhou Xingyun is bored out of his mind. Have him keep watch; whoever tries to rescue someone, he'll chop them up. What an easy job.

Of course, all of this is predicated on them being able to find Zhou Xingyun.

Duan Hengdao hesitated for a second, then decisively followed suit and slipped away.

The two groups parted ways, leaving Song Hansheng and Su Zhuo hanging there to experience the bitter wind and rain of the secret realm.

*

After being reprimanded by Song Hansheng, Yun Que became much more obedient in the secret realm. Her cultivation was not weak, her talent was also high, and coupled with her identity as a talisman cultivator, soon after entering the secret realm, a sect extended an olive branch, wanting to cooperate with her.

Si Miaoyan was the first to encounter Yun Que.

Since both of them were girls, and Yun Que seemed to have a low IQ, Si Miaoyan quickly reached an agreement with her and began to cooperate.

Having learned their lesson from Song Hansheng in the previous match, everyone hid their identity cards in advance, not giving Ye Qiao any chance to launch a sneak attack.

Si Miao said, "Your Yueqing Sect wants to win first place, but we don't have high expectations for this one. Third place will be fine."

Yun Que's voice was soft: "Then what do you want to do?"

"The Sword Inquiry Sect is nothing to fear, they're just a bunch of brutes. They'll most likely seek cooperation with the talisman cultivators of the Changming Sect." Si Miaoyan smiled slightly. "Let's eliminate Ming Xuan of the Changming Sect first."

Of the five sects, Changming Sect is the weakest and poses no threat to the number one sect. Ye Qinghan would never seek cooperation with Yueqing Sect, so the only remaining talisman cultivator is Mingxuan.

Once Mingxuan is eliminated, she'll see who the Sword Inquiry Sect can cooperate with.

Upon hearing that the Changming Sect needed to be dealt with first, Yun Que immediately agreed.

She had always looked down on Ye Qiao when she was in the Moon Purity Sect, but ever since the secret realm, everyone has been prejudiced against her. Even though she was the real genius, in the end everyone's attention was focused on Ye Qiao.

Yun Que was eager to prove herself, and agreed to Si Miaoyan's suggestion without hesitation.

Si Miaoyan wasn't the only one with this idea; Qin Huai and the others thought the same way.

If they can eliminate Mingxuan, then they've secured the victory.

The audience couldn't help but observe a moment of silence.

Poor Mingxuan.

"...Apart from the Sword Inquiry Sect, all the other sects now want him dead."

"Don't talk about dying, it's just elimination~"

"If Mingxuan doesn't die, wouldn't the Sword Inquiry Sect take off? His death is the best option."

The first day in the secret realm was relatively peaceful, and Ye Qiao and Ming Xuan worked together to successfully kill many monsters along the way.

They are also faster than other teams.

This quickly caught the attention of the elders.

"Eh." Elder Chengfeng's eyes widened. "These two children are faster than the others."

Something's definitely not right.

How did Mingxuan manage to avoid all the remaining formations? He didn't step on a single one; even Song Hansheng couldn't do that.

However, if there are two talisman cultivators, that's a different story.

The elders of Chengfeng Sect had always suspected that Qin Fanfan, that old scoundrel, was hiding something.

To Qin Fanfan's delight, these personal disciples, unusually, did not slack off but actually began searching for monster lairs. Their rankings kept rising, and they eventually settled on third place.

"He Yunque from the Azure Water Sect is also heading this way."

We're about to crash.

……

Si Miaoyan looked at the two people coming towards her and smiled. She hadn't expected to be so lucky.

If Mingxuan were with Mu Chongxi, she would have to consider whether she could beat him.

But Ye Qiao didn't have this concern. Could a Foundation Establishment cultivator possibly cause any trouble?

Before the two could react, just before she saw them, Si Miaoyan lowered her eyes and played a long, melodious flute tune, light and lively with a slightly eerie undulation.

Suddenly, Ye Qiao felt as if her consciousness was being pulled apart, a line being drawn out, causing her to go blank for a moment due to the pain.

Mingxuan lit a sound barrier, but it had little effect, and his face paled instantly.

"It's a sound attack."

In the cultivation world, some can use a longbow, some can use a flute, and some can only use a sword. Cultivators who can master multiple magical artifacts are extremely rare geniuses.

Mingxuan spoke quickly: "The fact that the Azure Water Sect was able to get here safely with just a few alchemists clearly means they all possess other magical artifacts."

"The soundproofing melody can't stop it."

Enduring the stinging pain transmitted through their divine senses, both of them looked worse than the other, and it was thanks to the strength of their divine senses that they did not faint on the spot.

"Excuse me," Si Miaoyan said in a slightly cold voice, her words directed at Ming Xuan, "You're too much of a threat."

She didn't give the two a chance to cooperate and instead used a formation to divide the battlefield.

The flute music started again, accompanied by a series of killing formations. In their current state, the two of them couldn't possibly last more than a few rounds.

"Tsk tsk tsk. These kids are fighting pretty fiercely."

"If Ye Qiao can cooperate with Chengfeng Sect, then Yun Que can certainly cooperate with alchemists. I just didn't expect Si Miaoyan to use sound attacks."

So, they're all hiding something.

"This year's disciples are all quite talented."

"That magpie is not bad either."

Qin Fanfan took several sips of water, then slammed her hand on the table in anger: "Shameless old bastard, you actually hid a pill cultivator who can use sound attacks!"

The sect leader of the Azure Water Sect glanced at him calmly and said disdainfully, "This is called tactics; all's fair in war."

Qin Fanfan became so angry that she shut herself off.

He couldn't bear to watch what was happening next, so he made up an excuse to run away so he could avoid seeing it.

The sect leader of the Azure Water Sect smiled, extremely pleased: "Sigh, why is your mentality so fragile?"

"Take care of Mingxuan first." Si Miaoyan's goal was very clear; Ye Qiao was not a threat to her.

Yun Que immediately accelerated the operation of the formation.

A chilling light flashed as countless sword shadows pierced towards her. Ye Qiao was already pale with pain, and now she had to deal with the annoying things in the formation. At this moment, she was extremely irritable.

Ye Qiao sneered, "Fine, you forced us to do this."

She rolled away to dodge the thrusting sword, and expressionlessly pulled a suona from her storage bag.

The preparations for collecting the debt were thorough, but considering the need to give Yue Qingzong some face, I didn't play the suona. It doesn't matter now, it'll come in handy.

She wiped the blood from her ear and called out in Mingxuan's direction, "Second Senior Brother, where's your gong and drum?"

"Take it out and knock it on her!"

Seeing this, Mingxuan, who was dodging the killing moves in the formation, quickly took out a gong and drum from his mustard seed bag.

It's not that he's stingy; he even brought a gong and drum into the secret realm.

Instead, after returning from the day's gong-beating and drumming with the group, I was so tired that I stuffed the mustard seed bag in and forgot to take it out.

Mingxuan had been holding back his thoughts for a long time. His consciousness was the most vulnerable part of his body; if he exerted too much force, he could become an idiot. The sharp pain that came from time to time and the blood that flowed from his ears made him somewhat abnormal.

Upon hearing Ye Qiao's words, a ferocious smile gradually appeared on Ming Xuan's handsome face. He aimed at Si Miaoyan and swiftly and accurately struck with a hammer.

Come on, hurt each other.

He said that the reason he had suffered so much before was because he hadn't followed the right person.

He used to follow his third junior brother and the others into the secret realm, and they were chased like dogs every day.

It's definitely much more comfortable following Ye Qiao now.

When Si Miaoyan heard Ye Qiao's shout, "You forced us to do this," her fingers paused slightly, and for some reason, she had a bad feeling.

next second.

"Bang!"

The sounds of gongs and drums clashing, along with the symphony of suonas, resounded continuously from the secret realm.

With each gong and drumbeat, a suona horn would sound, following in a rhythmic pattern.

The two voices were so loud that even the nearby escort team could hear them.

"...It's so lively!"

Mu Chongxi clasped his hands together, chewing on a blade of grass, and blinked curiously: "Is someone getting married in this secret realm?"

There was a great commotion of gongs and drums, and the sound of suonas.

Xue Yu frowned: "Let's find Junior Sister and the other girl as soon as possible."

One of them is at the Foundation Establishment stage and the other at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. If they were to encounter Ye Qinghan and his group, they would only be eliminated.

They didn't strive to be number one; trapped in the formation, they leisurely explored different positions until they finally found a breakthrough.

It's so comfortable not to be involutionary.

Mu Chongxi nodded haphazardly, "I know, I know. Aren't you at ease with Ye Qiao around? With her there, there won't be any accidents."

Xue Yu's lips twitched.

But he was afraid that Ye Qiao would cause some more trouble.

……

Two sounds lingered around her, their impact so strong it struck her very soul that Si Miaoyan's pupils trembled slightly, and her flute playing faltered for a second, the rhythm and tone changing in an instant.

Ye Qiao seized the opportunity, channeling the Qingfeng Technique into his Xuan Sword and slashing at the weakest point of the formation. In an instant, the formation crumbled inch by inch beneath his feet, turning into ashes.

The elder of Chengfeng Sect frowned: "Such speed, she knows formations?"

Ye Qiao and Ming Xuan broke out of the formation almost at the same time. It was understandable that Ming Xuan was an expert in talismans.

But how could a sword cultivator like her understand formations?

One elder explained, "It must have been a coincidence."

They hadn't seen Ye Qiao observe the layout of the formation; he simply swung his sword lightly, and the formation broke—it was pure luck.

"Don't try to scam us." Elder Zhao puffed out his beard and glared. "Maybe the Moon Purity Sect's broken formation is too fragile."

"Isn't this going too far?" Elder Yueqing Sect gritted his teeth. What did he mean by the formation being too fragile?

The elder of Chengfeng Sect had a complicated expression. He had always suspected that Changming Sect might be hiding something.

As one of the five major sects, would Qin Fanfan really make a disciple who has only just reached the Foundation Establishment stage and is of average mid-grade level become her personal disciple for no reason?

To be honest, the thing those two pulled out almost killed them.

With all the gongs and drums, and the suonas, who goes into a secret realm without bringing magical artifacts and pills? Bringing this useless stuff is pointless.

Do you even have any normal people left in your Changming Sect?

Without this clever maneuver, with Si Miaoyan's unexpected move and Yun Que's repeated cooperation, let alone Ming Xuan, who was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and Ye Qiao, who was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, even Ye Qinghan would be helpless.

Who could have imagined this?!

They would never have imagined this would happen.

"Hey, those two brats actually survived?"

Qin Fanfan was so scared that she went to the toilet, which was a good way to escape the fate of her two disciples being eliminated.

He had just returned, feeling uneasy, when he saw his two disciples breaking through the formation together.

Duan Yu, who had been so nervous that he stood up, slowly sat back down after seeing the two of them come out, and rolled his eyes at Qin Fanfan: "Watch your words."

What do you mean by surviving? Anyone who didn't know better would think their Five Sects Grand Tournament was some kind of murder scene.

Qin Fanfan ignored her and kept asking, "How did you survive?"

How did they manage to survive the relentless bombardment of sonic attacks?

He guessed, "Could it be that Zhou Xingyun arrived and came to the rescue?"

Forehead…

How should I put it?

"You..." Duan Yu's expression became even more subtle. He hesitated for a moment, his tone indescribable, "...Old Fan, have you ever heard of the combination of suona and gongs and drums?"