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

……

Because of the recent great battle, Changming Sect had been closed for a long time, and other sects did not dare to visit easily, fearing that they would think that they were there to watch the show. However, this atmosphere was quiet for only a few days before they soon welcomed uninvited guests.

It had been so long since anyone had come, and with her four senior brothers nowhere to be found, Ye Qiao was practically going moldy. Upon realizing that someone had arrived, she jumped up excitedly and rushed them into the main hall, where she saw five people standing neatly in front of her.

She asked, "What brings you here?"

The five members of Yueqing Sect were always the most concerned with their image, each dressed neatly and smartly. However, judging from their expressions, they all looked quite unpleasant. They didn't seem to have come to visit her; rather, they seemed to have come to complain.

Ye Qiao was increasingly confused.

These past few days, she'd been meditating in the main hall and getting incredibly bored. Her junior uncle was keeping her from leaving, claiming it was to temper her mind. So she decided to go to the mortal realm. And these five people really came at the right time.

Su Zhuo knelt down with his hands clasped together and begged her, "Let's hide for a while, and when Master comes to ask us, just tell them we're dead."

Ye Qiao: "..."

She was confused. What had Yunhen done to force them to flee to Changming Sect for refuge? The people of Changming Sect didn't like them at all.

"Just kidding." After a pause, Su Zhuo continued with a constipated expression, "You know how terrifying my master has been these past few days?"

"How so?"

Zhai Chen chimed in, also sounding somewhat exasperated: "He just kept going on and on about cursing us!"

All the spiritual plants in the entire Yueqing Sect were about to wilt, and Zhai Chen and Dai Zhi wished they could kneel down and beg him, "Please stop scolding me, Master!"

Are they wrong?

Yunhen spoke without any mercy, pointing at them and cursing them, as if he wanted them to compete with a donkey. Su Zhuo was humiliated and blushed, and could only meekly promise to reach the Nascent Soul stage next time.

Yunhen showed no mercy to anyone, but since Mingyi had only been a disciple for a shorter time than the other three, she was only scolded loudly without resorting to personal attacks. She was alright, but the others couldn't bear it.

Su Zhuo covered his head, his expression blank.

so horrible.

Master has always valued his reputation highly and is a man of few words. Recently, I don't know what triggered him, but he has been scolding them every day. It's one thing to scold them occasionally, but if this continues, who can stand it?

Ye Qiao: "..."

She looked at the five people who were relentlessly complaining and fell silent for a moment.

"Did you know?" Song Hansheng, looking equally dejected, casually sat down on the ground and told her, "The spiritual plants in the area behind our sect have been cursed so much that they're no longer growing."

They've all wilted.

Ye Qiao couldn't help but laugh out loud as she watched the five of them chatter away.

It's nothing that they were scolded, but the fact that the spiritual plants stopped growing shows how terrifying Yunhen's anger was.

They've even cursed spiritual plants, which absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, until they've withered away. It's no wonder they've come to Changming Sect for refuge.

Su Zhuo was even considering whether to go to the mortal realm to hide. No matter how angry Yun Hen was, he couldn't just abandon the Yueqing Sect and come to the mortal realm to capture them, could he? What about his reputation?

Ye Qiao finished laughing, sat up straight, and stroked her chin: "Then what are you doing here?"

Her senior brothers fled to the mortal realm like refugees, but they haven't returned yet. I wonder if they've fallen in love.

Experiencing life in the human world is also a way to temper one's character.

Cultivators also need to travel; spending all day in secret realms killing and plundering can easily lead to inner demons.

Moreover, if a disciple were to kill and plunder all day long, his reputation would not be good.

The eldest brother is out there experiencing life in the mortal realm, while the other three are most likely just watching the excitement.

To be honest, Ye Qiao didn't quite understand how worldly trials were conducted, so she quickly asked Song Hansheng and the others, "Have you ever been to the mortal realm to temper your character?"

Mingyi pondered for a moment, then shook her head: "No."

"Our path is relatively clear and straightforward."

"Zhou Xingyun cultivates the Supreme Forgetfulness of Emotions, right? Actually, it's not a big deal if you can't forget emotions, but his mind is a bit..." Mingyi stretched out her hand and gestured, her words carrying a heavy weight: "A bit too clean."

Of the group, Zhou Xingyun seemed like an otherworldly fairy.

If he doesn't go out into the world to experience and grow, who will?

If you want to break through a barrier, first break through your own mindset.

Ye Qiao clicked her tongue: "Senior Brother can't even handle the affairs of the few of us properly on a regular basis, yet he wants to go to the mortal realm for training?" She could just imagine how badly he would be bullied.

As Mingyi said, Zhou Xingyun has low emotional intelligence and can't read the room.

There are occasional frictions among them within the sect, but overall, the others get along quite well.

Mu Chongxi and Ming Xuan were at odds from the very beginning; there were no major conflicts, but there were constant minor frictions.

Sometimes after an argument, neither side is willing to back down, and they both like to ask someone else to take charge.

Qin Fanfan naturally couldn't be bothered with their trivial matters.

Ultimately, Zhou Xingyun was forced to become a judge of the Changming Sect.

When his two junior brothers were arguing, the eldest brother's thoughts tended to follow theirs, and he felt that one of them made sense and the other had some merit.

"you're right"

What you said makes sense.

This attempt to maintain a balance between the two men angered them both. Mu Chongxi even directly and fearlessly confronted his senior brother, bluntly stating, "You've just spouted a bunch of nonsense."

Mingxuan whispered, "What you're saying is practically the same as not saying anything at all, isn't it?"

The consequence of the two rebelling and forming a group to protest against their senior brother was that they were severely beaten up.

Zhou Xingyun coldly observed them, using overwhelming force to demonstrate to them what it meant to say, "My reasoning is the only reasoning."

Why bother? After arguing for so long, I ended up getting beaten up.

So they're only happy if both of them get a good beating?