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

Mu Chongxi was slightly taken aback. Ye Qiao had already run away without looking back. She was joking. If she wasted any more time, these people would be old and gray by then.

Ye Qiao hurriedly prepared to run down the mountain. Mu Chongxi came to his senses and noticed a talisman behind her. The young man opened his mouth to remind her, but found that she had already disappeared.

Mu Li also reminded her, "You have something on you."

Ye Qiao replied softly, "I know."

Xie Chuxue lightly touched her when they were on the main peak. Ye Qiao was very familiar with this action. When she was plotting against someone, she would usually try to make contact with the other party, otherwise she would not be able to make a move.

As he patted her, Ye Qiao reached back, and a small magical artifact, about the size of a fingernail, slid into his sleeve.

What's this called?

This is called a two-way journey between the master and nephew of the Changming Sect.

Mu Li: "Why don't you tear off the talisman?" Does she actually enjoy being eavesdropped on?

"I need to slowly reveal my origins to my junior uncle so that he can guess my background," Ye Qiao told Mu Li.

Everyone in the Changming Sect suspected her, so Ye Qiao could only reveal this to them slowly through this method.

Ye Qiao walked down the mountain step by step, casually tossing small magical artifacts in her hand. "Actually, I thought he had noticed my little tricks, but I didn't expect him to not notice at all."

As she spoke, she held the magical artifact to her ear, wanting to hear what the current situation of the Changming Sect was.

After Ye Qiao left the main peak, several elders entered the hall one after another, whispering among themselves.

"Where did this little brat come from, daring to come to Changming Sect?"

"She even made her wear her own sect's robes. She's so young and doesn't know any shame! Tell Mu Chongxi to be careful and not to associate with disreputable female cultivators."

"Yes, this little girl who came from who-knows-where is obviously here because she has something to gain from our sect."

An elder coughed and said, "Actually, that girl seems quite well-behaved, not like someone with bad intentions."

"That's true, but she must have come with a purpose." Xie Chuxue's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness. This girl's purpose in coming to Changming Sect out of nowhere was definitely not that simple.

"How did it feel for you two when you fought her?"

Mu Chongxi was staring blankly at the spirit sword, casually remarking, "It seems like she doesn't even know how to use a sword very well, but her sword techniques are really beautiful. It's probably just for show."

Zhou Xingyun and he spoke at the same time, "We have a slight advantage."

Xie Chuxue turned her head in surprise and looked at Zhou Xingyun: "She fought you, and you only had a slight advantage?" He thought that Zhou Xingyun's move was a sure kill.

Zhou Xingyun: "She's strange. Her cultivation level isn't obvious, but her swordsmanship is very proficient. In terms of swordsmanship, we're actually evenly matched."

In a simple exchange, judging solely by swordsmanship, it's impossible to say who is stronger or weaker.

Xie Chuxue: "Ah, that feels like a huge problem. I should have known better than to let her go." He usually deals with trouble either by solving it once and for all or by taking it under control.

After hearing these people's evaluations of him, Ye Qiao remained silent for a long time.

"..."

How cruel and vicious.

I am no longer the light of your Changming Sect, am I?

Ye Qiao didn't listen any further, replaced the Flying Immortal Sword with the Unseen Lord Sword, and swaggered out of the Changming Sect.

The Flying Immortal Sword hanging at his waist clearly identifies him as a swordsman. But he's actually a staff user. When hung at his waist, it looks more like an ornament.

He casually took out a few spirit stones, changed his clothes, and blended into the crowd, becoming completely inconspicuous.

Ye Qiao didn't tear off the communication talisman Xie Chuxue had stuck behind her back. She put her hand behind her head and asked, "If I were to rush to the Yueqing Sect with my sword right now, what are the chances of successfully killing Yun Que?"

Mu Li: "You're dead."

At this moment, Yun Que's cultivation level was probably also at the Refinement stage. With countless magical treasures in his hands and the protection of his envoy, Ye Qiao would be courting death if she went up against Yun Que.

Ye Qiao blinked: "Not necessarily."

Although her cultivation level was still in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, the good news was that with the refinement of the demon core, her dilapidated domain was finally repaired.

If we can find a way to evade the Moon Cleansing Sect's formation and trap the opponent inside their domain.

but……

It seems that this won't work either.

Yun Que is the woman of destiny in this world; with the protagonist's halo, she may be able to turn the tables on her opponents.

As the female protagonist of the novel, Yun Que has countless examples of accidentally escaping from seemingly hopeless situations. Ye Qiao doesn't really want to be a tool for the female protagonist to break through her limits.

In other words, Yun Que can't really do anything until she's absolutely certain.

Ye Qiao decided to first pull Ming Xuan out of that pyramid scheme-like organization of the Demonic Path.

In the novel, Mingxuan was unable to break through his cultivation level, which eventually spurred him to fall into the demonic path.

In just three years, he reached the Void Refinement Realm, becoming one of the few Void Refinement Realm experts among the Demon Clan.

Damn it, he entered the demonic path at such a young age. The demon race has a bunch of mass-produced young masters. If one dies, another will come. Being a young master of the demon race is a high-risk profession.

……

Xie Chuxue on the other side narrowed his eyes. The moment Ye Qiao's voice came, he held the talisman and listened for a moment.

Then all that was heard was her mumbled words, "Take your sword and go to the Moonlit Sect to kill Yun Que."

Upon hearing this, Xie Chuxue almost shouted out in excitement.

He supported her actions both mentally and physically!

But soon, the girl, whether she had come to a realization or something else, muttered to herself, "Let's go find Mingxuan in the Demon Realm first."

Xie Chuxue was stunned again.

Are you kidding me?

He was listening to the sound of the communication talisman alone. Mu Chongxi also came over to listen, but Xie Chuxue slapped him back.

Mu Chongxi still tried to move closer, but her senior brother grabbed her collar tightly.

Xie Chuxue gave her junior disciple a strange look. "You care about her a lot? She's quite good at asking for trouble, actually going to the Demon Clan to find Mingxuan."

Ye Qiao's behavior from the beginning of her arrival at the sect, as well as her subsequent actions, revealed her familiarity with the Changming Sect.

Isn't that strange?

"Zhou Xingyun," Xie Chuxue said, "tell me what she said after we met."

"Now repeat it."

Zhou Xingyun: "From the very very first sentence?"

Xie Chuxue nodded, "Nothing is too small."

"Yes," Zhou Xingyun replied, lowering his eyes.

*

Ye Qiao was already very familiar with the Demon Realm. She jumped down from the Demon Abyss at the border between the two worlds, wrapped herself in the power of all things, and easily reached the Demon Realm's main city.

I wonder if Meng Liu, that unrestrained and free-spirited young master, is still around. But thinking about it, with Ming Xuan succeeding him, he doesn't need to face any killing in the Demon Realm, so he should be living a pretty comfortable life.

After much deliberation, Ye Qiao decided that the most important thing was to head straight to the main city and find Ming Xuan.

As the young master of the demon race, it's not so easy to get to see him.

However, since she was at the Nascent Soul stage, it wasn't impossible for her to secretly kidnap a high-ranking demonic cultivator and infiltrate the palace. The demonic soldiers had a shift change routine, and Ye Qiao took advantage of their shift change to knock him unconscious with a hand strike. She quickly changed her clothes by making hand seals. She had dealt with Meng Liu before and knew where the young master's palace was.

Ye Qiao understood the mentality of those demon soldiers who wanted to slack off; whether they went to work or not was not important, the main thing was the excitement.

A demon soldier glanced at her, a half-smile on his face: "What are you going to do?"

Ye Qiao calmly said, "Let's go for a walk."

"I don't think I've seen you before?"

Ye Qiao lowered her eyes and said lightly, "That person just committed a crime, so I'm filling in." She knew the Demon Clan's system well. Even the young master and saintess were on an assembly line, so the demon soldiers were even more casual. Sometimes these demon soldiers had a different partner every day, and the partners were different every day, which was as exciting as opening a blind box.

"Oh." As expected, he didn't seem to care and calmly looked away.

Ye Qiao affixed an invisibility talisman and darted into the young master's bedroom. She held her breath and was extremely cautious. However, Ming Xuan was a talisman cultivator, and his cultivation level was even higher than hers, so the invisibility talisman was not very effective. Fortunately, she was skilled in concealment techniques and could find a place to hide, so the possibility of being discovered was not high.

If we want to capture Mingxuan in one fell swoop, we must try our best not to attract the attention of other demons.

Ye Qiao curled up inside the inconspicuous wooden cabinet, leaving only a small gap to observe the situation outside.

In her world, Mingxuan was only twenty years old, but in this world, Mingxuan seems to be only twenty-four. He has become a man who never goes home and has never been to this palace. Just as Ye Qiao was getting impatient and preparing to leave, she finally sensed a familiar aura.

Ye Qiao immediately perked up and peered through the gap.

The eldest and fourth senior brothers hadn't changed much, so Ye Qiao didn't pay much attention to them. But Ming Xuan was different. In the original story, he was the main character in the rivalry for Yun Que's affections. He went from being a righteous disciple to a demon, but remained devoted to the female lead. He had quite a few fans in the novel.

Ye Qiao observed her second senior brother's changes carefully, with a somewhat amused attitude.

To be honest, after Mingxuan became a demon, he really did have the air of a devilish second male lead from a novel. His eyebrows and eyes were clear and beautiful, and his peach blossom eyes looked exceptionally bewitching.

Of course, that's not important. What's important is, he's at least at the Void Refinement stage, isn't he?

Ye Qiao cracked; she was completely shattered.

Another Void Refinement cultivator.

So, everyone in their Changming Sect is at the Void Refinement stage now, right?

Why are they all able to reach the Void Refinement stage, while she's only at the Nascent Soul stage? Are they discriminating against her, their direct disciple?

Ye Qiao's emotions were fluctuating wildly, causing her to momentarily lose control of her breathing. The instant she exhaled, the talisman flew out, its dark runes exploding before her eyes, shattering the wooden cabinet into pieces. She quickly rolled away and ran out, looking up with a bright, calm smile: "Hi?"

Mingxuan's lips curled into a smile, a dozen talismans lay at his side, and he tilted his head, scrutinizing her with a dangerous aura. "Who are you?"

Ye Qiao didn't answer, she just stared at him.

A dozen or so talismans shot towards her like arrows, and Ye Qiao was slightly taken aback when she caught sight of the dangerous and mysterious dark patterns on them.

Heavenly Grade Talisman.

Wow, he's really generous.

Ye Qiao had never seen so many top-grade talismans before, and he had just casually tossed them out.

Mingxuan coldly stared at this inexplicable intruder. In his eyes, this person was already dead, and any one of the dozen or so top-grade talismans would have an extremely terrifying effect.

Suddenly, his talismans abruptly stopped, all hovering in mid-air.

Ye Qiao pinched a few Heavenly Grade talismans of the same rank as his between his fingers, and chuckled mischievously, "I'm not telling you."

She wasn't actually that poor; she had received a top-grade talisman from her junior uncle before.

She used up all her resources while leveling up by fighting monsters, but that didn't matter. She liked to rob other people's things wherever she went. In the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm, Ye Qiao found a lot of good things on the body of that evil cultivator in the Void Refinement Realm, including a Heavenly Grade talisman.

Seeing this, Mingxuan glanced at the talisman in her hand a few times, then looked away with little interest. He had thought... it was someone from the Changming Sect. Seeing that it was an unfamiliar talisman, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He quickly formed five hand seals, eager to test them on her, and smiled slightly: "Are you sure you don't want to tell me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mingxuan threw out a spell seal. A fierce, dark red light pierced through her head. If it had been a fraction more accurate, Ye Qiao would have been blown to the head on the spot.

"..."

No way, have these senior brothers all eaten shit? They're all so irritable, Ye Qiao can't even remember how many times they've punched her.

Each of the five curse seals contained immense danger; if they were to explode, the entire palace would be reduced to rubble. Ye Qiao's heart tightened, and a fine layer of sweat broke out on her forehead. No one knew the power of the curse seals better than her. Once the palace collapsed into ruins, it would undoubtedly attract a group of demonic cultivators.

"Can you listen to me? Calm down, I don't want to fight you right now."

She also possesses the Myriad Manifestations Annihilation Curse Seal, whose power may not be weaker than Mingxuan's five curse seals. The problem is that if she and Mingxuan were to use their curse seals to fight each other on the spot, would the entire palace still be in danger?

Mingxuan didn't speak, but complex incantations formed in his hands, surrounding her from all directions. With just a wave of his hand, she would be reduced to ashes.

The main reason he didn't kill her was that she had used the "Stepping on the Breeze" technique when she dodged.

As a former disciple of the Changming Sect, no one knew Ta Qingfeng better than him.

"What do you want to say?" Mingxuan curled his lips and looked at her.

"Mingxuan." Ye Qiao paused, seeing that he didn't seem to have reached the point of being heartless, and approached him, trying to reason with him, "Can we sit down and talk this over calmly?"

Mingxuan focused his gaze on her, his smile fading slightly: "You know me?"

"Of course. We were the best of friends when we were in class together."

Mingxuan stared at her suspiciously, finally concluding that Ye Qiao was talking nonsense. He didn't recognize this person at all. Not to mention that she was dressed in demonic clothes, even if she were wearing the Changming Sect's robes, he didn't remember seeing her at the Changming Sect.

He didn't answer, his attacks becoming increasingly ruthless. Mingxuan sneered slightly, "Trying to play me?"

The talismans were incredibly fast, making them impossible to dodge. Each strike carried a deadly threat, and the consequences of being hit would be unimaginable.

Ye Qiao kept dodging, and when she couldn't dodge, she used the Stepping Breeze to find a good position to receive his attack. Because the attack was too intense, her fragile bones creaked, and her arm was both painful and numb.

Damn it, why?!

Ever since she entered this hellish place for trials, she has been constantly chased and beaten by various senior brothers.

After Mingxuan, a righteous disciple, fell into demonic cultivation, he relied entirely on diligent practice to improve his realm. Although he was a demonic cultivator, his realm was a genuine Void Refining Realm.

Therefore, Ye Qiao was fine after blocking two or three moves, but the continuous blocking of the murderous attacks made Ming Xuan raise his eyebrows.

His attack faltered slightly, and Ye Qiao seized the opportunity to reach into the mustard seed pouch at his waist. He threw something out, which exploded in mid-air with astonishing power.

Mingxuan casually waved his magical artifact, shattering the exploding debris in mid-air into scattered dust. A smile played on his lips, his folding fan spinning steadily and powerfully. "Is this all you've got?"

Ye Qiao's lips curled up as she smiled back at him, "Mingxuan, do you know that the smug look on your face is exactly like someone giving their last instructions?"

Mingxuan: "..."

Ye Qiao had just finished her rant when she looked down and saw a strange array suddenly appear beneath her feet. The dark light approached her at lightning speed, like an invisible hand enveloping her with nowhere to escape.

It's not a trapping formation, it's a real killing formation.

Once caught in the formation, it's a fight to the death.

Mingxuan's expression was icy; this time, he was determined to kill this inexplicable intruder.

However, after years of training together, Ye Qiao understood his fighting style better than anyone else. Long before Ming Xuan set up his formation, she had already taken up a key position in the formation, moving quickly and lightly, and even taking the initiative before him.

Mingxuan hadn't expected that she had broken the final link of the formation beforehand. The young man's breath caught in his throat. Ye Qiao followed up with a swift and powerful punch to his abdomen. She used all her strength in this blow, and the intense pain made his eyes sting. As the magical artifact in his hand was flung away, Mingxuan grabbed the mustard pouch at her waist and quickly pulled it away. He then used the Stepping Wind technique to create distance between them.

Mingxuan didn't have a penchant for robbing others, but her storage pouch was filled with far too many treacherous items, so it was safer to just snatch them.

Seeing the mustard seed bag being taken away, Ye Qiao's expression changed slightly.

Mingxuan clutched his cramping abdomen, glanced at her reaction and sneered slightly before tearing open her sachet.

He casually flipped through the bag and found only a few talismans, defensive magic artifacts, and a pile of miscellaneous junk. Having been used to Yun Que casually producing top-grade magic artifacts and heavenly-grade spiritual artifacts, he was stunned for a moment when he suddenly saw such a plain and unadorned mustard seed bag. He casually flipped it again and found a pile of recording stones.

He picked up a photo stone and kept a safe distance from Ye Qiao.

He currently has no magical artifacts, and after several exchanges, Mingxuan couldn't help but feel strange. Could she be a newly recruited personal disciple of the Changming Sect's talisman cultivator? Xie Chuxue's shadow was present when he scouted the formation in advance.

Ye Qiao might not have been lying to herself; she really was a member of the Changming Sect. Thinking of this, Ming Xuan narrowed his eyes. "Why are you hoarding so many recording stones?"

Ye Qiao's heart was pounding with nervousness when she sparred with Ming Xuan. After all, she was fighting a true Void Refinement stage cultivator. If she didn't know Ming Xuan, she would have been dead the next second. She licked her dry, cracked lips and warned expressionlessly, "Don't touch my memory stone."

Those were all the things she was using to threaten everyone involved in this trial.

Moreover, the content inside isn't very friendly to Mingxuan either.

Mingxuan's eyes crinkled. He was rebellious by nature, determined to touch her even if she forbade him to. He picked up a memory stone and quickly crushed it.

*

Sorry it's late. I'll make up the 5,000. I'm late going to the hospital, I have to go again tomorrow.