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

A low-key genius...

genius……

Mu Chongxi silently swallowed his complaints, feeling an urge to vomit blood. He couldn't help but recall his evaluation of Ye Qiao again: unremarkable, a mid-grade spiritual root.

Ye Qiao looked at Mu Chongxi, who seemed to have been struck by lightning, and then turned to Ming Xuan, "You can contact me if you need anything."

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'll try to make them taste as normal as possible."

Her pills were already of questionable quality. But what could she do when Ye Qiao didn't have a pill-making furnace?

"You should tell Xue Yu about your alchemy skills when he comes." Ming Xuan's lips twitched. He had already calmed down when he learned that Ye Qiao could draw talismans.

但老实说。

Mingxuan patted her head, seemingly lost in thought: "You didn't turn into an idiot?"

That's what surprised him the most.

Spiritual roots, divine sense, and innate talents are closely related.

Putting aside other things, take Xue Yu for example. He has a top-grade spiritual root and is in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. He doesn't experience any discomfort when the other party is refining pills. Moreover, he has the strongest spiritual sense among pill cultivators, artifact cultivators, and talisman cultivators.

Sword cultivators are clearly far inferior.

Divine sense can be used to detect surrounding movements and can even attack the opponent's sea of ​​consciousness.

Those with powerful spiritual senses can even turn a person into an idiot without them even realizing it.

Zhou Xingyun blinked her beautiful eyes slightly, unable to hide her curiosity, "So what level is your spiritual power at?"

Mu Chongxi raised his hand enthusiastically: "How about we let Mingxuan and Junior Sister attack each other for a bit?"

"You're all talisman cultivators, why don't we just try and see who has the stronger spiritual sense?"

Are you there? Shall we hurt each other? The kind where the loser becomes an idiot.

"..."

In the end, Mu Chongxi received a punch each from his junior sister and senior brother. He pouted, already feeling incredibly hot, and unceremoniously reached out to grab Ye Qiao's pill bag: "Since you can also refine pills, Ye Qiao, do you have any pills that make you feel cool after eating them?"

"No," Ye Qiao slapped him away. "Don't touch me like that."

She had done her research beforehand and knew that she needed the Mind-Clearing Pill here, and she also prepared some other pills, such as the Spirit-Returning Pill.

What kind of pill can make people feel cool?

She doesn't even have the most basic spiritual plants, so where is she going to get these pills?

Zhou Xingyun was simply talking without understanding the situation. He looked at his two junior brothers, who were sweltering in the heat, and said in a fake tone, "There are still four days left. Just bear with it."

The audience touched the tip of their nose, deeply agreeing:

"Young people are too hot-tempered."

"The magpie seems quite at ease."

"Of course, a top-grade water elemental root would be comfortable here."

Those with fire elemental roots are in a terrible predicament. They're already hot, and now they're all turning into hot dogs.

Ye Qiao has a lightning spiritual root and Zhou Xingyun has a wind spiritual root. Both of them are fine, but in the end, it's the trio with fire spiritual roots who suffer the most.

"Who can count how many disciples have the fire elemental root?"

"Quite a few. I'd estimate seven or eight, but unfortunately, the Changming Sect has three of them."

Ming Xuan, Xue Yu, and Mu Chongxi are all fire spirit roots.

This Changming Sect is probably lacking the element of fire in its Five Elements theory.

In the mysterious Flaming Mountain, Ye Qiao simply tossed the KFC out to forage for food. Fire-type crystals are generally born in the extremely hot areas of the mysterious realm, and the KFC's cultivation level is currently at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

The cultivation level between the contracted beast and the contractor is in a one-to-one mode. If KFC's cultivation level is even slightly higher, Ye Qiao won't need to cultivate herself to be carried up.

As it turns out, KFC is a weakling, so it can only rely on Ye Qiao to carry it.

After being released, KFC swaggered around for a bit before happily running off to find something to eat. Ye Qiao didn't stop it.

"Let's go," Mingxuan said, still worried. "Let's go check it out."

There are so many monsters in the secret realm. Their sect finally had a divine beast, and it was swallowed up by another monster. Who can they cry to?

……

Yun Que has a treasure-hunting beast. Along the way, she picked up many spiritual plants and fruits that replenish spiritual energy. A blue phoenix with exceptionally beautiful feather color and shape stands on her shoulder, and she also holds a yellow treasure-hunting beast in her arms.

This made the other protégés glance back several times.

This is the first time I've ever seen someone contract two beasts.

The key point is that both of these beasts have very unusual origins.

One is a mythical beast, and the other is somewhat like the legendary blue phoenix.

Yun Que noticed the subtle scrutiny from the Biyue Sect, and her lips curved slightly. Just as she was feeling smug, the blue phoenix on her shoulder suddenly moved.

It flapped its wings and flew away into the distance. Yun Que was slightly taken aback and subconsciously chased after it.

What's going on?

Si Miaoyan was also a little confused. "Let's go take a look."

Since it was a collaboration with the Yueqing Sect, the two sects would definitely be working together. When Yun Que chased after them, she discovered that her Qingluan was frequently showing affection to a red bird.

It even shakes its blue feathers incessantly, displaying its beauty like a peacock spreading its tail.

Si Miaoyan: "...What's going on?"

She recognized it; the red one was Ye Qiao's contracted beast.

"People from the Changming Sect are nearby," Song Hansheng warned. The sight of the bird gave him a stomachache, and the thought of Ye Qiao being nearby forced him to brace himself and use his divine sense to scan the surroundings for any traps.

There's nothing we can do; there are no roads in the world to begin with. After being tricked by Ye Qiao so many times, we've gotten used to it.

As Yun Que watched helplessly as her contracted beast was about to leave with the red bird, she immediately recalled the scene of the treasure-hunting beast searching for Ye Qiao, and her face darkened.

"Qingluan, come back."

As a descendant of the phoenix, the blue luan bird instinctively wants to chase after KFC.

The kind of bird that can't be called back even when called by the magpie.

She was a little anxious and instinctively grabbed the KFC chicken, her anger rising within her. She threw it aside, but unfortunately, the spot next to it was lava, and in an instant, a wave of heat engulfed the KFC chicken.

KFC was stunned for a moment.

But I'm too lazy to struggle.

Phoenixes love fire and can even undergo rebirth; for them, this temperature is no different from lukewarm water.

It would also be a good opportunity to get rid of that blue phoenix that was bothering him.

When Song Hansheng saw this scene, he subconsciously gasped.

"What happened?"

"It seems like Yunque threw a chicken into the lava."

"Isn't that a chicken?" a familiar-looking cultivator whispered. "That looks like Ye Qiao's contracted beast."

When Ye Qiao and the others arrived, they witnessed the scene of KFC being thrown down. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw this, and she quickly sensed the location of her contracted beast.

Then my heart, which had been pounding, relaxed slightly.

I discovered that this guy is doing quite well.

Phoenixes belong to the fire element, and fire-type crystals are generally found in extremely hot regions. Even if the cloud magpie doesn't drop it, KFC will find its own food.

only……

"She did it on purpose, didn't she?" Mu Chongxi frowned. Of all places to throw it, she threw it into lava. If KFC were just an ordinary monster, it wouldn't even know how it died by now.

The death of a contracted beast causes exceptionally great harm to the contractor.

Either Yun Que did it on purpose, or she's just a complete idiot.

Ye Qiao thought there was a higher chance that Yun Que was an idiot.

"You threw my junior sister's contracted beast down there?" Mingxuan's face darkened, feeling furious. He had sensed that Yun Que was a bit odd before.

I never expected her to be so brainless as to attack a contracted beast.

Yun Que's face paled, but she forced herself to remain calm and looked at Ye Qiao, trying to appeal to her emotions: "Second Senior Sister, I'm sorry."

"I didn't expect it to fall."

"And it should be alright, right?" If something were wrong, Ye Qiao wouldn't be standing there unharmed.

Mu Chongxi couldn't take it anymore and slashed with his sword. He was going to beat this idiot to death today.

No one expected Mu Chongxi to make the first move. Yun Que was caught off guard and the protective mirror in her arms shattered instantly. She had quite a few good things, including those given to her by Yun Hen and many others obtained through various opportunities.

Take the Heart-Protecting Mirror for example. It could withstand a full-force attack from a Golden Core cultivator, yet it shattered just like that. Even Yun Que was heartbroken.

Ye Qiao moved with a gust of wind, approached Yun Que, grabbed her collar, and punched her in the face.

Yun Que's pupils constricted, a metallic taste rose in her throat, and her face went numb. It was clear that her opponent had not held back at all.

She looked up, biting her lip hard: "Ye Qiao!"

"You're not calling me Second Senior Sister anymore?" Ye Qiao laughed.

She felt like throwing up from Yun Que calling her "Second Senior Sister" so often.

"So you're capable of speaking properly."

Ye Qiao didn't understand, she really didn't understand. She was trying to talk to Yun Que properly, but he wouldn't listen. He had to get a big nasal puncture before he would change his mind, right?

"What are you doing?"

A gust of sword wind followed closely, but was intercepted by Zhou Xingyun. The two domineering sword energies collided and fell, bursting forth with intense light before finally dissolving.

Upon noticing the commotion and rushing over, Ye Qinghan saw so many people bullying Yun Que alone. His voice turned cold, "Hasn't your Changming Sect gone too far?"

"The competition is not a reason for you to gang up on others."

Yun Que took a half step back, somewhat aggrieved: "I didn't mean to. What happened just now was just an accident."

The contracted beast was fine too, wasn't it? She felt that Changming Sect was targeting her.

"There's nothing we can do about that." Mu Chongxi chuckled coldly, sword in hand. "That's just how our Changming Sect is."

Don't ask, the answer is simply that it's a sect of high moral character.

"You go." Zhou Xingyun glanced at Ye Qiao and said succinctly, "I'll do it."

Seeing that Ye Qinghan was being stopped, Ye Qiao immediately turned to find Yun Que.

She had wanted to beat up Yun Que for a long time.

The talisman blocked Yun Que's path, and the sword's momentum shifted like a snake spitting its tongue, approaching her opponent and attacking her face. Yun Que bent her knee and kicked Ye Qiao in the lower abdomen, creating distance between them.

The magpie reacted quickly.

However, he couldn't withstand Ye Qiao's relentless sword strikes. With one strike, many of Yun Que's magical artifacts in his mustard seed bag shattered, and even the Vajra Talisman was almost completely depleted.

Seeing this, Ye Qiao withdrew his sword stance, too lazy to even use the sword, and started beating her directly.

This is the first time I've ever seen a Golden Core cultivator being completely overwhelmed by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"How did your Yueqing Sect teach its disciples?" The sect leader of the Wenjian Sect could no longer sit still. What kind of power could turn a genius with a top-grade water spiritual root into a piece of trash?

Yunhen also felt embarrassed by Yun Que's performance, but he still tried to defend himself: "We talisman cultivators are not like sword cultivators who fight and kill each other."

Qin Fanfan observed for a while, then frowned, "How exactly did this child form his core? Was he struck by heavenly lightning?"

As soon as he mentioned this, everyone realized that something was wrong. Logically speaking, even if someone has poor talent, the Heavenly Dao should symbolically strike them with two bolts of lightning after they reach the Core Formation stage.

The five sects are observing each other, but they have sent people to keep an eye on them for so long, yet they haven't seen any calamity clouds over the Moon Purity Sect.

"Did she take some kind of pill to force it in?"

The elders discussed the matter animatedly, clearly finding this method distasteful.

"Didn't Ye Qiao break through to the next realm quickly too? Why don't you suspect her?" Yun Hen's expression turned cold. No matter which sect it was, breaking through to the next realm by taking drugs was a disgrace.

The elder of the Azure Water Sect took the initiative to defend Ye Qiao, saying slowly, "What's there to question about someone who cultivates both sword and talisman techniques and breaks through to the next level so quickly?"

Sword cultivators learn through combat, talisman cultivators comprehend through talisman drawing, and the advantage of cultivating both is that Ye Qiao only needs to master one of the two—the talisman path or the sword path—to break through to the next level.

The cultivation world is very tolerant of geniuses. Even Ye Qiao's terrible personality was appreciated by the elders, who even felt it was a pity that she didn't come to their sect back then.

"How fast can she draw talismans?" Elder Yueqingzong laughed in anger. He wasn't the only one who questioned it; everyone was. Ye Qiao's speed in setting up formations was fast, but that was a completely different matter from drawing talismans.

Qin Fanfan had never seen Ye Qiao's talisman-drawing skills, but that didn't stop him from boasting, "It's faster than yours, that's for sure."

……

When Chu Xingzhi and Zhu You arrived, they saw their senior brother fighting with the senior brother of Changming Sect.

Zhu You's eyes widened slightly, bewildered by the situation. "Senior Brother?"

Why fight the Changming Sect? She didn't understand.

"Are you going to get involved too?" Mu Chongxi pointed his sword at Chu Xingzhi. The two were at the same level, but had never fought. The swordsmanship of the Wenjian Sect was more powerful than theirs, but the Changming Sect was known for its speed. It wouldn't hurt to have a fight.

Chu Xingzhi raised his hand and took half a step back: "What a joke! What does this have to do with me? Even in war between two countries, envoys are not killed. This is going too far."

"Are you hunting down Yun Que?" Zhu You asked. "What did she do to offend you?"

Ming Xuan succinctly stated: "She threw my junior sister's contracted beast into lava."

Zhu You gasped slightly, took a half step back, and decisively pulled her second senior brother away. Then she said frankly, "That junior sister from Yueqing Sect is quite good at courting death."

Honestly, even their own Sword Inquiry Sect doesn't dare to start a war with the Changming Sect right now, but Yun Que offended them to death right from the start.

Zhu You felt deep sympathy for Song Hansheng; it must be tough for him to have this junior sister.

Song Hansheng also breathed a sigh of relief. He really couldn't understand where Yun Que got his ability to cause trouble everywhere.

Ye Qiao also gets into trouble, but she can handle it.

Su Zhuo weakly defended himself, "Junior Sister didn't know that it was Ye Qiao's contracted beast, so it's normal for her to abandon it."

Song Hansheng had nothing to say, but in the end he still made a move. He couldn't just stand by and watch Yun Que be eliminated.

Mingxuan stopped Su Zhuo.

Mu Chongxi and Song Hansheng faced off.

As for Ye Qiao? Of course, she'll seek revenge and settle scores with Yun Que.

Yun Que was completely dominated by Ye Qiao, and tears instantly streamed down her face. She became increasingly anxious and pitifully pleaded, "Senior Brother Ye."

"Who is your Senior Brother Ye?"

Seeing the gazes of the Changming Sect members all turning towards him, Chu Xingzhi rebuked them without hesitation: "Don't try to get close to our Wenjian Sect. Otherwise, I'll wake you up even if I don't have time to pee!"

Yun Que's face stung with pain, and a hint of hatred flashed in her eyes.