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

Elder Zhao is trying to find a way to send Xue Yu and Ye Qiao away.

He was in charge of teaching all his disciples, so he naturally understood some of the principles of talisman arrays. However, this kind of bizarre talisman array was simply unheard of.

He had to look up the information and take the opportunity to reassure the children. Pointing to the inner disciples and Xue Yu who had just arrived, he said, "You guys, we don't know if the outer formation will continue to shrink and attack inwards. Protect these newly initiated children."

After he finished speaking, a group of little radish heads peeked out from behind him.

After Ye Qiao handed the token to him, she ignored him. Xue Yu took the token, smiled slightly, and said lightly, "I've been looking for you for a long time." Then he turned to exchange jade slips with Xie Chuxue.

Ye Qiao was deep in thought.

Her gaze swept over one elder after another, not even sparing Elder Zhao, but she still couldn't find the slightest suspicious sign with the naked eye.

A group of little girls hopped and skipped around, hugging the legs of those people and indicating which leg Elder Zhao and the others had chosen.

Xue Yu was soon surrounded by a group of children.

His smile froze.

Ye Qiao couldn't help but laugh.

She knew that Xue Yu was warm on the outside but cold on the inside, and that he would definitely feel uncomfortable being surrounded by a group of children. Ye Qiao glanced at the group of little girls and estimated that they were only about ten years old.

The age at which major sects recruit disciples is indeed very early.

Children in the cultivation world are generally precocious.

They quickly hid behind the others, each surrounded by a group of children, except for Ye Qiao, who was alone.

Those newbies are very shrewd; they know to choose the strongest ones. For example, the top scorer in the inner sect test was directly overwhelmed.

Ye Qiao was well aware of her reputation, and pointed to herself: "You're choosing me? Are you sure?"

"Sure."

Why?

"Because everyone else has to protect several people, it's inevitable that they can't take care of everyone properly, but you can only protect me."

The little girl grabbed her arm and whispered, "After all, you don't have any other choice."

Chong Yeqiao was chosen because no one else would choose her, and she accepted it even if the other party was incompetent.

Ye Qiao: "..."

"Thank you."

Even a top star like her has fallen on hard times.

"Okay." Ye Qiao looked her up and down. At ten years old, she had already reached the first level of Qi Refining, which was quite impressive.

"You stay here by yourself for now." She handed the little girl several defensive talismans.

There's nothing much going on right now; in the original story, the trouble probably happened on the last day.

The young girl smiled sweetly, looking at the talisman in her hand. She hadn't expected her senior sister to be so generous. She nodded and didn't disturb Ye Qiao.

After calming the little girl down, Ye Qiao stretched, stood up, and prepared to walk away from the crowd when a questioning voice suddenly came from behind her:

"where did you go?"

The Grand Elder's face darkened: "Why aren't you staying in the ranks?"

"Elder." Ye Qiao's face fell when she saw it was this elder. She immediately clutched her stomach and lowered her head, saying, "My stomach hurts."

He choked, then waved his hand: "Go quickly."

Ye Qiao took off running, but someone followed her. Xue Yu caught up with her, his voice drawn out and tinged with a smile: "You've already reached the Abstinence stage, haven't you?"

The implication is, who are you trying to fool?

Ye Qiao turned her head and smiled at him, "Wow, congratulations, Third Senior Brother! You're so smart! You actually got it right."

Xue Yu looked at her, his eyes crinkling, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

She's mocking herself, isn't she?

"where did you go?"

Ye Qiao did not answer him.

She only realized one thing when she came to the cultivation world: damn it, you have to rely on yourself to be a person.

Ye Qiao never expected that one day someone like her, who always acted like a complete slacker, could actually be so positive. She ran forward with her head down, and Xue Yu behind her couldn't shake her off at all.

The two were on the same level in terms of speed and agility, making it almost impossible for them to shake him off in a short time without using their swords.

She paused, looking Xue Yu up and down. "Are you sure you still want to follow me?"

Xue Yu smiled and said, "After all, you're my junior sister, so at least I can protect you."

Ye Qiao remained calm. "That's true, it's really unnecessary."

Xue Yu's only concern was that she might be doing something shady, since the sect had been peaceful before she arrived.

Therefore, he did not answer and continued to follow behind her.

Such amorous cultivators are generally suspicious. Seeing that he insisted on following, Ye Qiao said, "If you want to come along, that's fine too. Come on up." She knew that Xue Yu was not the kind of alchemist who had no defensive means.

Putting everything else aside, his field is very tricky. It's not worth going head-to-head with Xue Yu at this time.

With a flick of her wrist, the Shadow Blade landed at her feet.

"You're a part-time sword cultivator?"

Xue Yu subconsciously reached out his hand, but she pulled him onto the sword.

"Didn't Junior Uncle tell you?"

"No, in our cultivation world, only Yun Que cultivates both sword and talisman cultivation." He said cryptically, "What a coincidence, so you're also a sword cultivator."

Ye Qiao smiled: "Oh, yes, yes."

"My junior uncle said that cultivating multiple paths simultaneously is actually very distracting, and it's difficult to balance the abilities of both," Xue Yu said in a gentle voice, asking without any malice, with a light chuckle, "Is your sword cultivation pure?"

"It's alright, you'll find out soon enough whether I'm a pure swordsman or not." It would be a miracle if she couldn't tell that she was being tested. Ye Qiao hated these people's roundabout probing. Without looking back, she stepped on the Shadow Strike Sword and swooped down into the forbidden area, the whistling wind filling her ears.

It perfectly illustrates what it means for the body to fly ahead while the soul chases behind.

She wanted to take the Han Guang shovel.

The unparalleled power of the Han Guang Shovel.

It can easily cut through the defenses of combined beings and even those undergoing tribulation using gravity.

Its strength is undeniable. Compared to crowd control like the Dark Book, the Light-Containing Shovel can be used for both support and combat. The only magical weapon she can wield is a sword, but without the blessing of a sword spirit, the only difference in their effects is their attribute. Their power is largely the same.

The only one that can reach a certain level of power is the Flying Immortal Sword.

But its strength depends on itself; if she is strong, it is strong.

Besides the sword, we also need to find a suitable magical weapon to break through that blue light barrier.

Therefore, the only option for Changming Sect is the Han Guang Shovel, which is also the only one she has a chance to obtain in a short period of time.

Perhaps, if she has the chance to bring a magical artifact during the trial, she could even steal it.

Ye Qiao's plan was sound. Xue Yu on the sword was in a terrible state. If she hadn't been holding him back, he would have fallen off the sword in the next second.

Who taught her to carry people on a sword like that? Her speed was like an arrow released from a bow, so fast that his soul seemed to be flung away.

Xue Yu, pale-faced as he stepped down from his sword, suppressed the urge to vomit. "Ye Qiao, do you have a solution for the current situation?"

He inexplicably thought that ever since Ye Qiao came to Changming Sect, she had been busy running around, stealing things from all over the place, and was even ridiculed by other disciples from both the inner and outer sects for being unsophisticated. He suspected that she had foreseen something.

"There's nothing I can do. I'm just an ordinary person, what can I do?"

Xue Yu: "Ha."

Just as the two were chatting, Ye Qiao looked up at the direction of the only way to the forbidden area, her lips twitched slightly, and then her smile vanished.

There were even elders guarding it.

It's poisonous, isn't it?

Ye Qiao tugged at Xue Yu: "Is there a side path to the forbidden area?"

This Changming Sect was not much different from what she remembered, but in terms of familiarity, Xue Yu had been in the Changming Sect for more than ten years. He nodded: "There is a hole that can be crawled into to avoid the elders' detection."

Xue Yu held her down and quietly led Ye Qiao down another path, gesturing for her to follow: "Come with me."

The two concealed their presence completely and crawled into the cave. It was a real cave, filled with mud at its deepest part.

When the two of them crawled out of the cave covered in dust and dirt, they looked at each other and fell silent at their disheveled appearance.

Xue Yu pondered that the two of them could probably cosplay as beggars on the spot.

"Ye Qiao," Xue Yu couldn't help but chuckle, and asked, "Do you feel like we're in the same boat right now? Like a sister who's been mentally challenged for years, and her brother who's never abandoned her?"

"?"

Are you going to insult her?

Ye Qiao's expression twisted slightly for a moment, then she broke into a bright smile and said sincerely, "Actually, I don't feel like we're brothers in misfortune."

Xue Yu tilted his head. "What does that look like?"

Ye Qiao: "Like Shi."