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

Zhu You was speechless at these unreliable people.

"To fight or not to fight?" She drew her sword, her eyes cold. "Second Senior Brother, don't let his words provoke you."

She didn't have a good impression of the Changming Sect either; they were eliminated in the second round because of Ye Qiao's sneak attack.

When enemies meet, they shouldn't be extremely hostile, but they also shouldn't be as sarcastic as Mingxuan, right?

Mu Chongxi and Ming Xuan put their arms around each other's shoulders, trying to reason with Chu Xingzhi: "It's only the first day, let's not fight and kill each other. We can negotiate."

Zhu You is in the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and Chu Xingzhi is in the middle stage. If they were to fight one-on-one, it would be hard to say who would win.

Moreover, the situation in the secret realm is constantly changing, and you never know who you'll encounter next. Fighting there would be completely detrimental to both sides.

Chu Xingzhi was already enraged; how could he possibly negotiate with them?

The sword energy was fierce, and it rushed towards Ming Xuan in the blink of an eye. With overwhelming force, the sword intent was so strong that two of the Vajra Talismans in Ming Xuan's arms shattered in an instant.

He was forced to take a half step back, and his face darkened.

Chu Xingzhi sneered: "Nothing special."

"You, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, are fighting against an early-stage Golden Core cultivator, and you still have the nerve to mock me?" Mu Chongxi retorted, twisting his wrist to clash with Chu Xingzhi's sword energy.

Two powerful sword energies swept out, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

"Chu Xingzhi." Ming Xuan's eyes sharpened, and he stepped forward. "You forced us to do this."

"Fourth junior brother, I'll count to three."

He blinked frantically at Mu Chongxi.

"one."

Zhu You instinctively gripped his sword tighter, bracing himself, thinking they were about to unleash some powerful attack.

"three."

The next second, Mingxuan's words took a sharp turn. He stuck the speed-up talisman on his body, grabbed Mu Chongxi, and ran.

Wait a minute? Isn't it supposed to be counted to three?

What about the second one?

Realizing they had been tricked, the two exchanged a glance, veins throbbing on their foreheads. Even Zhu You had never felt such a strong urge to hunt someone down.

Mingxuan learned this trick from his junior sister. Regardless of whether they understand or not, he would say a few words to intimidate them, and then run away without looking back.

The two escaped along the same route as Ye Qiao and her group, and the two groups bumped into each other on the way.

"Junior Sister." Mu Chongxi's eyes lit up when she saw the familiar face: "Senior Brother."

Upon seeing his two familiar teammates, Mu Chongxi, who was originally preparing to escape, immediately had the courage to turn around and fight back.

"Charge! Charge!" He drew his sword, Chaoxi, ready for the four of them to gang up on the Wenjian Sect.

Unexpectedly, Ye Qiao grabbed him and started running in the opposite direction as soon as they met.

?

Mingxuan was also puzzled: "What for?" He was going to teach those two show-offs from the Sword Inquiry Sect a lesson.

Ye Qiao didn't even turn her head: "There's a Nascent Soul stage demon beast behind us."

Mingxuan subconsciously said, "Ah. What a coincidence, there's Chu Xingzhi behind us, and his junior sister too."

Ye Qiao also exclaimed, "That's wonderful."

"..."

Just when I was wondering what to do with that Nascent Soul stage demon beast, here comes my helper!

She abruptly stopped, her fingertips flashing with talismans that formed shackles, binding the demon beast for a second before turning to dust in the next instant.

The demonic beast raised its hand and roared, emitting a piercing sound. The pressure of the Nascent Soul stage cultivator was released, and Ye Qiao, whose cultivation was the weakest, almost collapsed to her knees.

Moreover, the beast's voice could also cause mental attacks. Ye Qiao's consciousness throbbed with pain, and covering her ears had no effect.

Mingxuan set up a soundproof array to block out most of the sound. "Let's cooperate first."

Chu Xingzhi, wary of the demonic beast that could pounce at any moment, gripped his sword and roared without hesitation, "Get lost! Who wants to cooperate with you? You brought this beast here."

Anyone with eyes can see that this monster is chasing Ye Qiao and Zhou Xingyun.

Chu Xingzhi didn't want to get involved in this, especially since it was a behemoth at the Nascent Soul stage.

"Let's go." He pulled his junior sister away from this troublesome place.

They had barely taken a step to get away from the Changming Sect members when they looked down and discovered that a binding talisman had been stuck to their bodies, trapping them in place.

Mingxuan pinched a talisman between his fingers, a half-smile playing on his lips. "Why are you leaving? Weren't you just chasing after us like a puppy, acting all friendly?"

Chu Xingzhi: "..."

"Won't Mingxuan get beaten up if he goes out with that mouth?"

"Sometimes I wouldn't be surprised if someone from the Changming Sect got a sack over their head and beat them up, really."

They're such troublemakers.

I originally thought Zhou Xingyun was a normal person, but how could a normal person cut off the hair of a Nascent Soul stage demon beast with a single sword strike?

Ye Qiao also spoke quickly: "If you don't help us, we'll chase after you."

Come on, let's die together!

Ye Qiao wouldn't mind recreating the scene from the first secret realm.

Chu Xingzhi's face darkened for a moment, clearly remembering how their senior brother had been chased and fled in terror during the first battle. He stared intently at Ye Qiao for a moment, desperately suppressing his killing intent, and said coldly, "If you want to cooperate, after we finish dealing with this demon beast, you can have its bones and inner core."

Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts are treasures from head to toe. Their bones and inner cores are all valuable items.

Mingxuan smirked, "No, no, no, haven't you grasped the situation? There's no need for us to negotiate with you right now."

"There are four of us. And there are only two of you, and now it's us chasing after you whenever we're unhappy."

Mingxuan calmly wiped the dust that had gotten on his hands while setting up the formation onto Mu Chongxi, asking, "What is your status, and what is ours?"

Mu Chongxi exploded: "Why the hell did you smear dust on me when you could just talk to me like that?"

The demonic beasts were also assessing each other's combat strength. Those in the Nascent Soul stage all had intelligence, and they wouldn't fight them head-on if they couldn't defeat them. Of the six people, five were in the Golden Core stage.

It hesitated for a moment, knowing that it was picking on the weakest persimmon, and then decisively rushed towards Ye Qiao.

Ye Qiao was prepared. Without Ming Xuan's cover, she turned and left her original spot, throwing several explosive talismans in her hand, which caused a violent commotion.

No harm was caused.

After realizing that her attack talisman was no less damaging to a Nascent Soul cultivator than a tickle, Ye Qiao stopped overestimating herself. She took out a mist talisman, and a large amount of mist spread out the moment it was ignited.

"Let's do it."

This kind of talisman is perfect for interfering with vision. Chu Xingzhi had no choice but to cooperate. He glared at Ye Qiao and drew his sword.

The boy's sword intent made her understand almost instantly what it meant to break through all laws with a single sword strike.

Compared to the Changming Sect's swordsmanship, which emphasizes speed, their sword intent was more fierce and intimidating. When it struck the tough flesh of the demon beast, the ground around them trembled slightly.

Ye Qiao's talisman was like a tickle, but Chu Xingzhi's sword actually caused it real damage.

The monster was instantly enraged and charged at them recklessly. The monster had many eyes, and it could react to any attack from others. To defeat it, one person would have to draw most of the firepower.

"I'll draw their fire."

"You're attacking from the side."

Ye Qiao spoke very quickly. She had speed-up talismans and fog talismans to cover her up. Most importantly, although she didn't have as much spiritual energy as her other senior brothers, she could take drugs.

Chu Xing instinctively scoffed, "You? You think you can take me?"

It's not that I look down on Ye Qiao, but she's just drawing fire; how dare she, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, do that?

After maximizing her hatred, her spiritual energy was exhausted halfway through, and she was then targeted by a Nascent Soul stage demon beast. Zhou Xingyun wasn't even sure he could save her.

Zhou Xingyun also said, "I can go."

He had long disliked that monster.

Ye Qiao gave him an OK sign: "No problem."

She channeled her sword energy into the first move of the Qingfeng Technique and swung it steadily. Fearing that the damage wouldn't be enough, Ye Qiao took the opportunity to throw a few bombs over as well.

One bomb is no less devastating than the explosion of spiritual energy at the Golden Core stage; after several, the damage is finally sufficient.

The monster stared intently at Ye Qiao and began to hammer her.

Ye Qiao dodged its pursuit with two leaps, occasionally turning back to strike it with her sword. When the Vajra Talisman shattered under another attack, she tasted a metallic tang in her throat.

Suppressing one's realm is undoubtedly difficult.

It's especially dangerous when Ye Qiao has to actively approach it to attract its attention.

If anything goes wrong, she won't see the sun rise tomorrow.

Those watching from the sidelines broke out in a cold sweat.

"Ye Qiao is only in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage; she probably doesn't have enough spiritual energy to sustain her, right?"

"That was too reckless."

"Zhou Xingyun should have gone. Where did Ye Qiao get the guts?"

They're desperate to show off.

Elder Zhao couldn't help but frown, but in his memory, Ye Qiao, that brat, would never go looking for death. If she wasn't confident, she would have run away long ago in this situation.

They soon understood where Ye Qiao's confidence came from.

When her spiritual energy was almost depleted, Ye Qiao took out the Rejuvenation Pill and stuffed it into her mouth in one gulp, which slightly eased her pale complexion.

The spiritual energy in his inner core, which had been almost depleted, immediately became abundant again.

This drew frequent glances from the elders of the Sword Inquiry Sect, who muttered with a tone that was hard to decipher—perhaps envy or jealousy—"...Is your Changming Sect really that rich?"

They're actually using drugs to wage a war of attrition.

Elder Zhao was bewildered for a few seconds.

Each sect also provides pills to its disciples when they enter a secret realm.

But did they give Ye Qiao so many pills?

Ye Qiao avoided direct confrontation with the monster; instead, she acted as a diverter of fire.

Anyway, if you run out of spiritual energy, just take some drugs.

Moreover, Ye Qiao's movements were too skillful, making it impossible to hit her, and the monster was forced into a frenzied and berserk state several times.

While dodging, Ye Qiao promoted her products live, frantically beating GG to the audience outside, and passionately shouting: "Changming Sect's Pill Pavilion, one section is better than six, heals internal injuries, sugar-free, welcome fellow cultivators to call."

"Choose me for alchemy, I'm super sweet."

The audience: "..."

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