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

He's a promising talent.

Unfortunately, they chose the wrong side.

It was actually Station Master Mingzong. He lost his life for nothing; it was a terrible loss.

The four members of the Sword Inquiry Sect stood behind the formation, not moving an inch, determined not to let them get close. The old men were burning with nameless anger. Unable to escape from the domain, they had suffered this great humiliation. The heavy pressure emanating from them made them want to kill to vent their anger.

But there are too many people in the Changming Sect.

Killing a few ants won't solve anything.

Then we'll have to kill these little devils who are blocking our way as a warning to others.

"Nascent Soul stage? Hmph." He sneered, the sound of the sword rang out so loud it made your eardrums vibrate, and the terrifying sword energy poured down like a monstrous wave. You could vaguely hear the sound of bones being crushed. The sword pierced down viciously, almost severing his lifeline.

Intense pain swept over him, but Chu Xingzhi didn't utter a sound. His wrist remained steady, without the slightest tremor. He channeled his spiritual energy and swung it forcefully, shattering their path once more.

However, he also failed to dodge the sword.

At the critical moment, all things sprouted and wrapped around him to protect him and heal his wounds. Chu Xingzhi took this opportunity to quickly take some medicine.

The boy's face turned pale as pain spread throughout his body, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat. After moving around for a while, his complexion calmed down.

Zhu You hurriedly protected her senior brother. The water-elemental sword could be both soft and hard, using softness to neutralize hardness, causing the fierce sword to lose its power. Zhu You avoided direct confrontation and carefully stalled for time.

The man cut down the surrounding vines, his murderous intent still palpable as he tried to kill the boy as a warning to others.

"Wait a minute."

"If I remember correctly, this child was the most outstanding direct disciple of the Sword Inquiry Sect. You killed him; how could the Sect Master of the Sword Inquiry Sect let this go unpunished?"

The man paused, his longsword still in his hand. "He's about to ascend to immortality; what right does he have to concern himself with the affairs of the cultivation world?"

So what if they kill? Who cares if the world goes crazy?

"I'm afraid he'll seek revenge even if it means facing utter ruin."

That's hard to say.

He was, after all, an ascended immortal, at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage.

Sword cultivators are not known for their good temper. Ye Qiao was famous for challenging the Sword Master of the Sword Inquiry Sect and volunteering to lead the team.

The other party probably really wanted to beat Ye Qiao half to death and teach her a lesson. The other party's temper was not very friendly. It was only because he had cultivated himself for hundreds of years and was preparing to ascend that he had not committed any murders.

After considering all the consequences, the man coldly shook his hand, "If he continues to be so reckless, don't blame me for showing no mercy."

The twelfth peak master frowned.

One of the peak masters stepped forward and smiled, "Where did you all get such a temper? Why bother with a few children?"

This implies that they are bullying the weak.

The man's brow twitched several times, his expression darkening: "The Seventh Elder ordered you to capture those troublemaking brats, what are you doing?"

The Sword Peak Master cupped his hands in greeting: "We did try to fight, but whose fault is it that we were outmatched?"

"……"fart.

Even if their skills are inferior to others, they are still considered masters.

Eleven people, how could they not kill one?

Zhu You breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her elders come to help drag it.

Mingxuan stood atop a stone pillar, looking down at the scene below. He pushed the formation forward, blocking the path of those people. Seeing this, Xue Yu cooperated, throwing out the Mountain and River Map in his hand, trapping the three Nascent Soul stage elders who were confronting the peak masters inside.

While the three were still in shock, the reel was suddenly pulled back and shut off.

In an instant, the three roared in unison, "You brat from the Xue family, how dare you!"

The brat Xue Yu: "..."

The young man smiled and said loudly, "Seniors, please come in."

He not only dared to do it, but he also dared to kill them.

The Landscape Painting is a renowned artifact on the artifact ranking list. No matter what realm you are in, if you cannot overcome your inner demons, you cannot escape. The higher your realm, the easier it is to generate inner demons. The scroll unfolded and, in conjunction with the formation, it created a surprise attack.

Xue Yu could only hope that Ye Qiao would be faster.

Otherwise, they really couldn't withstand such a large-scale brawl.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mingxuan pulled Chu Xingzhi up onto a stone pillar and looked at him with a smile.

Chu Xingzhi took a deep breath, then hurriedly took his medication. After finishing, he continued to help, asking, "What are you doing?"

To be honest, the stone pillar is quite safe. Unless someone who understands formations comes, it's very difficult to break through and find their location. It's much more comfortable for talisman cultivators. Just stand on the stone and enjoy the peace and quiet.

Mingxuan: "Do you want to become a god?"

"What?"

Mingxuan didn't have time to chat with him. He leaned back, turning the blueprints over and over, examining Chu Xingzhi's current level of skill.

Peak of Nascent Soul stage.

Although he hadn't reached the Nascent Soul stage, in terms of theory, Fu Xiu had devoured countless books; Ming Xuan was also a bookworm back in the day.

Chu Xingzhi is a hard-working genius.

Mu Chongxi's talent surpasses his, but his fourth junior brother's personality is quite childish and lacks Chu Xingzhi's determination. If his fourth junior brother were more determined, he would have figured out the sword intent long ago.

Of all the sword cultivators, Chu Xingzhi is the most suitable.

Chu Xingzhi has always been close behind Ye Qinghan, and he only lacks the opportunity to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

Ming's thoughts shifted slightly. "You mean you're going to force-feed him spiritual energy?"

The Ming family is very skilled at setting up spirit-gathering arrays.

Everyone knows that when one tries to break through a cultivation realm by channeling spiritual energy, the most likely outcome is that the spiritual energy will run wild and cause one to suffer from qi deviation.

Only Ye Qiao's spiritual root was extraordinary, and he was able to borrow the spiritual energy of the South China Sea as if nothing had happened.

Forcibly infusing spiritual energy is definitely not feasible.

Zhu You overheard their conversation, her eyes flickered, and she stared directly at Si Miaoyan, blurting out, "Si Miaoyan, your junior sister is being held captive on Kunlun Peak, isn't she?"

Si Miaoyan paused for a moment, then clicked her tongue softly, wondering why this junior sister of the straightforward Wenjian Sect had so many ideas.

Since Zhu You had made her point so clearly, she wasn't stingy and gave him a pill. "If you want to reach the Nascent Soul stage, this can suppress the chaotic spiritual energy for a short time. You can then adjust your breathing. But you need to understand that the prerequisite for everything is that you can get away."

Getting away isn't that easy.

Unless, unless the current situation can be quickly resolved.

It all depends on whether Chu Xingzhi is willing to take the gamble.

Ultimately, there are only four Nascent Soul cultivators among all the direct disciples. Having one more provides extra protection.

Mingxuan is skilled in spirit-gathering arrays. With the enhancement of a spiritual artifact, four talisman cultivators can gather in one array, and forcibly infuse a Nascent Soul cultivator with their power. "Si Miaoyan is right, there are risks involved. Do you want to give it a try?"

There's no doubt that it's a gamble whether Chu Xingzhi will trust Ye Qiao just once.

If Ye Qiao really came prepared, she would definitely be able to quell the situation in a short time, allowing Chu Xingzhi to smoothly reach the Nascent Soul stage.

But if she's not prepared and just rushes in on a whim and something goes wrong, then a whole group of people will have to pay the price for her.

Chu Xingzhi didn't hesitate: "Okay."

He mumbled twice, "Didn't we used to be bossed around like grandsons by her every day? She's willing to go all out, so let alone breaking through to a higher realm, I could go to the Ten Kings of Hell."

Of course, this is just an exaggeration.

In the end, it's nothing more than risking one's life to accompany a gentleman.

"But since Ye Qiao dared to come, I think she must have come prepared." After saying that, Chu Xingzhi couldn't help but swallow. "She must also be at the Fusion stage, right?"

You can't tell anything from looking at the thunderclouds.

"My master is about to undergo his tribulation... It would be difficult to tell who breaks through to the next realm."

Whose thunderclouds can compare to the tribulations that lead to ascension?

The sky over the cultivation world was always dark and gloomy, shrouded in darkness, exuding an eerie atmosphere as if a storm was brewing.

Chu Xingzhi felt smug again upon thinking about this.

Tribulation.

Their master is a Tribulation Transcender.

Back then, the Sword Inquiry Sect's dominance was largely due to the influence of its master. All the big shots addressed his master as "Venerable One," and only Ye Qiao dared to challenge him.

They asked that the direct disciples of the Sword Sect were naturally respected wherever they went.

They're nothing like those neglected, innocent girls from the Changming Sect.

Zhu You quietly spoke up: "Actually, compared to them, our situation isn't too bad. It feels like the neighbors next door got beaten even worse than us." At least they have the peak masters helping them.

The other side is in a terrible situation.

When the fight broke out, it's unclear how the teams were formed in a haphazard way, but the three Nascent Soul cultivators ended up together...

That's incredible.

It's short for "three times the brainless".

To be honest, they are under less pressure, and they should mainly thank Qin Huai.

He single-handedly took on several powerful figures, infuriating the group, who then chased after him and attacked him.

Ye Qinghan and Zhou Xingyun exchanged a glance, thinking that since they were business partners, they should try to help each other out, which resulted in them also being caught in the crossfire.

Xue Yu's lips twitched. "How did those three of them offend those people?"

He glanced at the spiritual realms of those people and felt his heart tremble.

"It's mainly because Qin Huai is so capable." Mu Chongxi chuckled as he watched the three of them attract a lot of attention, and whispered to his third senior brother, "Since the twelfth peak master wouldn't fight him, Qin Huai turned around and went to fight the other old men."

A young cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage naturally wants to challenge a senior of the same level.

Obvious.

I've been taught a lesson.

The three of them were exceptionally gifted and talented. But as the saying goes, even the best kung fu master is afraid of a kitchen knife.

The Seven Elders' camp is filled with countless experts, ranging from the Nascent Soul stage to the Void Refinement stage, and there are even more Nascent Soul stage elders from various families.

If it weren't for the restraint from the talisman cultivators and the intervention of their domains, these people could kill people as easily as cutting vegetables.

A group of people who have lived for hundreds or even thousands of years have come out of the mountains one by one, all to lend a helping hand to the Seventh Elder.

Apart from the eight major families who were cowardly to the extreme and whose patriarchs remained in seclusion, the other aristocratic families even mobilized their patriarchs.

A grandmaster like him could easily defeat you three kids, wouldn't he?

Qin Huai also realized that something was wrong. The spirit of the Qingfeng Sword appeared. He narrowed his eyes and whispered, "There is another Void Refinement Realm cultivator here."

There were very few cultivators at the Void Refinement stage; once they emerged, it was an overwhelming defeat.

I wonder which family's patriarch emerged from seclusion.

Just now, the other side knocked them all to the ground with a single blow.

Perhaps he had lost face. Ye Qinghan's expression also turned cold, and Zhou Xingyun had already silently taken out the Han Guang Shovel, ready to shovel the old man to death.

"Wait a minute." Si Miaoyan paused slightly while playing the flute, still hesitating whether to talk to the other party first.

Those at the Refining Void realm are all ancestral figures; defeating them would be difficult to explain.

As a result, Ye Qinghan's sword, Zhou Xingyun's sect-protecting spiritual weapon, and the Qingfeng Sword were all already in front of the other party.

Her voice abruptly stopped.

—That's reckless.

Si Miao cursed inwardly, "Those three idiots."

So the reason these three are the chiefs is because they are more ruthless than others.

...At least Song Hansheng was still afraid of death and knew that caution was the best policy.

Si Miaoyan always felt that of the four sect leaders, three were simply clueless and one was just grumpy.

However, three against one is still no problem.

Ye Qinghan possesses two sect-protecting spiritual artifacts, as well as a long sword that is said to be invincible, which he supposedly brought out during the trials.

All three of them had valuable items.

Both sides are fighting. Si Miaoyan sighed. If this drags on any longer, they have little chance of winning.

Unless Ye Qiao's domain changes rapidly.

But these powerful beings must also know about this field. They didn't waste any time and all squeezed into the formation. If this group of people broke into the formation, the situation would only get worse.

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Song Hansheng brought up the rear. He knew the purpose of Ye Qiao's formation, so he stepped into the center of the formation without entering it. Instead, he chose to activate the formation for defense and maintain the power of most of the formation.

Within the formation, he was the leader.

This is used to defeat sword cultivators who do not understand formations, trapping them outside the formation and preventing them from taking a single step inside.

Someone gritted their teeth and blurted out, "He does have some of your sect leader's demeanor."

Song Hansheng gave him a professional fake smile, then coldly struck down with a lotus flower in his hand.

The nameless white lotus has his reasons for daring to take charge.

He didn't know what Ye Qiao and the Seventh Elder were up to. The formation was on the verge of collapse several times, but he managed to stabilize it by relying on his own superior skills. He had to guard the formation and stop those who slipped through the net to prevent them from entering. Song Hansheng was exhausted.

The moment the lotus was thrown out, a continuous stream of power was drawn upon him, a faint fragrance filled the air, and all the restless spiritual energy was suppressed.

It frees one from worldly desires, bringing peace and tranquility.

The area covered by the lotus flower firmly protected the formation and the people inside.

Compared to the Golden Lotus of Merit for salvation and the Pure Lotus for purification, this flower gives people a strong sense of security. It has no harmful power, but it can make people very weak, and it also has its own defensive effect.

This is good stuff.

Mingxuan stared intently at the scene. "Where did you get this flower?"

Although he knew that everyone was hiding things, the things these people were carrying were indeed tempting.

Su Zhuo became smug: "Why don't you guess why the Moon Purity Sect's symbol is a silver lotus?"

Mingxuan was straightforward: "I thought it was an implication that your sect is full of hypocrites." Their family has cranes, and there are indeed cranes in the sect, but they are all ordinary cranes.

Who knew they had such a treasure?

Su Zhuo: "..."

Mingxuan ignored Su Zhuo's boasting and looked at Mingyi, "This lotus, is it perhaps one of the Four Lotuses? Did the elder allow you to bring it?"

"The elders will definitely not allow it." Mingyi made a hand seal to change the formation, and whispered, "We begged for it."

I dare not bring the Moon Arrow.

But white lotus can.

Song Hansheng is Yunhen's beloved disciple, without exception. Yun Que's affection is at most a mixture of pity and doting on his youngest disciple. The eldest brother is truly grooming him as his successor, which is a different story.

He even knelt down and begged, and the elders couldn't bear it. They quickly relented, telling them with stern faces that if they couldn't resolve the issue, they should run away immediately.

They claimed that this was the only way to bring the treasure down the mountain.

The old monk, whose mind was still restless from the long absence of the Seventh Elder, urged his disciple to leave, saying, "Go into the formation and deal with Ye Qiao. I'll take care of these two brats for you."

"No." Chen Muzhen was taken aback, then shook his head: "I'm not going."

He would rather be hit by chess pieces from Chu Ling or attacked by Yue Qing'an's formation than go to the Samsara Formation to meet Ye Qiao.

He actually went to the meeting, but it was truly a case of karma, and he too was sent to reincarnation by Ye Qiao.

"Are you going or not?" The master's tone suddenly turned serious, with a hint of threat.

Chen Muzhen shouted loudly, "I'm not going!"

Go there and you'll die.

The old monk roared, "Fine, you unfilial disciple! If you won't go, I'll go myself!"

Chen Muzhen hesitated for a few seconds, but didn't stop him. He felt that his master was too old to be so arrogant, so it would be good to teach him a lesson.

Ideally, Ye Qiao could give his master a tiny bit of the shock that comes from being at the Tribulation Transcending stage...