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

It's clear that the tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones had a significant impact on Song Hansheng.

Ye Qiao never asked Ye Qinghan for the debt, mainly because sword cultivators are generally poor. Song Hansheng could borrow money and scrape together the debt, but Ye Qinghan probably couldn't pay it back even if he sold his underwear.

We can keep the IOU to blackmail Ye Qinghan later.

The opening time of the secret realm was uncertain, and they had barely had a few days to relax when Qin Fanfan strolled in, clapped her hands, and said, "I have good news and some so-so news. Which do you want to hear?"

"What's the good news?"

"The good news is that the secret realm won't open for another two months, so you can relax and do nothing."

Ye Qiao immediately clapped hands with Xue Yu.

"I want to film too."

Mu Chongxi also came over and gave a high five.

Mingxuan asked, "What about something that's neither good nor bad?"

Qin Fanfan said, "Someone has entrusted a task to the Five Sects, with a two-month deadline. You probably can't just slack off anymore."

"..." What rubbish news.

Mingxuan rolled his eyes and said, "No way. What kind of mission would make the Five Sects get involved? We're not going to become scapegoats."

The Changming Sect also has missions, which are nothing more than hunting demonic beasts to obtain spirit stones. There is no need to accept such missions, as they are not short of money.

Qin Fanfan interrupted him: "The reward is a Chaos Pearl."

Everyone wanted the Pearl of Creation, which was the source of enlightenment for heaven and earth, so the other sects immediately sent their own disciples without hesitation.

"The demons have been making quite a stir lately. Whoever can defeat them will get the bead." He patted his disciples on the shoulders: "Do your best!"

"Who commissioned this mission?" Mingxuan stopped babbling. The Chaos Pearl—who wouldn't want it? It's said to carry some kind of opportunity left behind by the Heavenly Dao.

Although the truth of the matter is unknown, if the reward is the Chaos Pearl, it's no wonder that all five sects are eager to try.

"A task entrusted to me by the city lord of Yunshui City."

It's a small city, and most of the cultivators there are only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Plus, there are a lot of independent cultivators, so if there were any demons causing trouble, there wouldn't be any clues at all.

"Be careful then, the demons are up to no good."

Ye Qiao poked at the teacup on the table, not wanting to move at all. She was so tired and wanted to sleep.

"You four go ahead." Qin Fanfan glanced at Ye Qiao, who was lying there listlessly. "You, stay."

"Why?" Mu Chongxi was the first to protest. "Why should she be allowed to stay?"

With so many disciples from the five sects going, it was impossible for them to get a turn anyway. Ye Qiao, who was able to stay and slack off, undoubtedly earned envious glances from the other four.

"She's reached Foundation Establishment, and you're all going to reach Foundation Establishment too?"

Mingxuan weakly raised his hand: "I am at the peak of Foundation Establishment."

"You're going too." Qin Fanfan glared at him. "Don't make excuses. You can go and gain some experience."

These children are all delicate flowers in a greenhouse. If we don't give them opportunities to experience life, they might die without even knowing how they died when they go out alone in the future.

When Ye Qiao heard that she didn't have to go, her eyes lit up immediately. She quickly gave her four senior brothers a thumbs-up and said, "It's okay, rest in peace. I will remember you."

"Although my body cannot go, my soul is with you."

Mingxuan: "...Anyone want to beat her up with me?"

Xue Yu: "Forget it, you probably can't beat her without using talismans."

Mingxuan: How despicable.

Seeing the other four looking utterly devastated, Qin Fanfan offered a few words of comfort, "Don't worry, Ye Qiao won't be idle either."

"I found her a very good talisman master to train her reaction speed and familiarity with formations."

After all, it's a rare case of dual cultivation of sword and talisman in the cultivation world. It's one thing to not know before, but now we definitely have to send her to cultivate and find her a master who can draw talismans.

Qin Fanfan clapped her hands and announced, "Your junior uncle is a talisman cultivator. I've notified him to come and teach you."

Changming Sect has about four peaks. She had been to Dan Peak once, but Ye Qiao had never set foot on the other three peaks.

Strictly speaking, she has four senior uncles. Qin Fanfan should have found Fu Feng's junior uncle, right?

Mu Chongxi: "Huh? Junior Uncle?"

Ye Qiao was a newcomer, so she naturally didn't know much about the senior uncles of the four peaks. She was only slightly surprised when she heard this, but the other four senior brothers seemed to have a strong reaction.

"Why did he have to come?" Mingxuan took a sip of water. "Doesn't he sleep all day?"

They keep referring to him as "him," and none of them show any respect for their elders.

Qin Fanfan succinctly stated: "Having heard that someone had come to practice both sword and talisman cultivation, Xie Chuxue was curious and came in person."

The dual cultivation of two paths is quite rare; who wouldn't want to come and take a second look?

The door was pushed open as soon as the words were spoken.

The man walked in, rubbing his eyes, looking like he hadn't slept well. He glanced at Mu Chongxi, his light brown eyes brightening slightly: "You're that Ye Qiao?"

Ye Qiao leaned closer to Ming Xuan and couldn't help but ask, "...No, is he blind?"

Her name doesn't sound like it could belong to a man at all, does it?

Mingxuan said, "Junior Uncle has been mentally challenged for many years. Our Master has never abandoned him, so please understand."

Xie Chuxue reached out and pinched Mu Chongxi, smiling sweetly, "Wow~ You look so clumsy, yet you managed to win first place in the competition?"

Mu Chongxi's face was pinched out of shape, and he cried for a long time, "Little, Little Martial Uncle."

Stop!

He struggled to break free from the other person's clutches and pointed at Ye Qiao without hesitation: "She is the one you are looking for."

After Xie Chuxue let go, she smiled and said, "Oh, I know, I was just teasing you."

Qin Fanfan: "...Have you made enough of a scene?"

Xie Chuxue has always been an eccentric person. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of a talisman cultivator who needed someone to teach him, Qin Fanfan would never have come to find this junior brother.

"The four of you go to Yunshui City. If there is any danger, crush the jade slip to let others know."

He said, "Ye Qiao's cultivation is too poor, so let her stay."

Qin Fanfan felt it was safer to leave Ye Qiao behind, after all, this child was too restless, and the Demon Clan was not a place for her to cause trouble.

Ye Qiao had no objections.

That's great. She's too lazy to deal with any demons; it sounds like too much trouble.

Besides, we finally have two months of vacation, working overtime is shameful!

Mu Chongxi was dragged away by Zhou Xingyun without any mercy. He looked unwilling and resentful, as if he were a ghost.

Mingxuan cautioned, "Junior Uncle is a very wicked person; stay away from him."

He didn't want to recall his past when he was tricked by this junior uncle.

It's too cruel.

Xue Yu hesitated, then said, "You..."

Rest in peace.

After saying that, he left.

Ye Qiao was left with a head full of question marks.

After the four senior brothers left, only Qin Fanfan and Xie Chuxue remained. Ye Qiao suspected that the previous sect leader's naming skills were flawed.

She came out of the yard, found an open space, took a deep breath, and mentally prepared herself.

"Come on, let's finish this quickly so we can go back to the sect and sleep." Xie Chuxue snapped her fingers, and an array that appeared out of nowhere activated from the center. "Ready?"

He didn't know when the array had been set up in advance. The intricate pattern expanded and spread from his feet, and Ye Qiao was already trapped in the array in the blink of an eye.

The moment she entered the formation, she was attacked by a barrage of attacks, including swords, demonic energy, and both magical and physical attacks.

Ye Qiao was caught off guard and couldn't find a way to break the formation.

Putting aside the realm of cultivation, this formation is far beyond her reach.

Ye Qiao was forced to defend the entire time, but she was bounced out before she could even last the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.

Xie Chuxue said, "I've seen a bit of your memory stone."

"You seem to really enjoy catching your enemies off guard."

"It does work occasionally, but if you encounter someone with faster reflexes than you, you'll just be on the receiving end of their attacks." He lowered his eyes and stared at Ye Qiao for a while: "So..."

Xie Chuxue's tone became serious, and Ye Qiao finally stopped making unserious comments about him.

"Hahaha," he laughed, "So let's continue~~"

Ye Qiao: "..."

In the following days, Ye Qiao was trapped in the formation for three whole days. On the fourth day, she barely managed to find the core of the formation. This time, she was lucky that her junior uncle had some conscience and did not draw any more offensive formations. Otherwise, she might not have survived for three days.

"Are you out?"

Xie Chuxue lazily opened her eyes wide. "Pretty fast."

It's a little faster than he expected.

After Ye Qiao came out, she collapsed like a pancake. The next second, before she could even react, she was already inside the formation.

Gan!

Ye Qiao learned much from books and had accumulated some experience in the secret realm, but she had never seen such a troublesome formation before; it could drag people down to their death.

Xie Chuxue initially trained her reaction speed, but after she adapted to the speed, she began training her formation-breaking speed. Illusion formations aside, she trained her more with trapping formations.

After the seventh day, her speed in breaking through the formation gradually increased, but she was also exhausted and almost died.

Every now and then, a monster would jump out of the formation to scare you. Ye Qiao would reflexively use her bamboo shoot-snake ...

"Junior Uncle." Ye Qiao emerged from the formation, her face pale and head bowed. "Did Mingxuan go through the same thing back then?"

Xie Chuxue nodded, "Yes."

The methods of talisman cultivators and sword cultivators are different. Although they won't be attacked, the endless arrays are even more troublesome. Ye Qiao's eyes gradually lost all light.

She lay sprawled on the ground, like a salted fish without dreams.

Seeing this, Xie Chuxue shook her vigorously, turning Ye Qiao into a wobbly noodle.

Then he seemed to see Ye Qiao tilt her head back, as if she were spitting out a small, drifting ghost.

"..." No way? He blinked, tilting his head in confusion.

Is it really that fragile?

He remembered that Mingxuan and Xueyu used to be quite resilient.

Xie Chuxue once tried skewering Mingxuan and Xueyu together and grilling them when they were young.

He was eager to figure out the recipe for roasting little kids.

Back then, the two of them were quite resilient, and it seems they hadn't really suffered like this, right?

When Qin Fanfan arrived, she saw his junior brother grabbing his disciple by the collar.

Then Ye Qiao looked like she was about to die.

Qin Fanfan flew into a rage and punched Xie Chuxue on the head: "What did you do to my apprentice?"

Xie Chuxue: "She's fine."

Ye Qiao snapped out of her daze.

"Haha, I knew it! Nothing's wrong, is it?" Xie Chuxue smiled and immediately released her grip on her collar.

Ye Qiao fell to the ground again with a thud.

Qin Fanfan: "..."

Ye Qiao was completely jolted awake by the fall.

She was completely out of her mind at that moment.

"Junior Uncle," Ye Qiao asked weakly, "Do you have a teleportation talisman?"

She was going to find her senior brother and the others.

I never want to deal with formations again in my life.

Xie Chuxue blinked: "I don't have a teleportation scroll."

"But you can try the teleportation array." He smiled. "Although the teleportation array is a bit of a waste of time, it can transport a lot of people at once."

"Want to learn? I'll teach you." As she spoke, Xie Chuxue formed hand seals with a speed that was dazzling. Before Ye Qiao could even stop her, a pale golden array appeared beneath her feet.

"Look!" He stared wide-eyed at Ye Qiao, who had vanished without a trace within the formation, for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "My junior disciple is gone!"

"..."

Qin Fanfan watched helplessly as his beloved disciple vanished. He immediately cracked, punching Xie Chuxue so hard she was embedded in the wall, unable to be pried out. "Where's my Ye Qiao?"

died?

"...It seems like I was teleported away by the teleportation array." Xie Chuxue let out a howl, struggled to climb out of the wall, then fully recovered and walked over as if nothing had happened, her voice light: "I don't know exactly where I was teleported to."

It's important to know that the location teleported by a teleportation array is never fixed.

All we can do now is wish Ye Qiao good luck.

Qin Fanfan: "..."