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

"Someone is coming."

Simiaoyan noticed the commotion and warned in advance, "There are quite a lot of people, be careful."

With the alchemist clearing the way, there was no need for others to waste their divine sense to investigate. Upon hearing Si Miaoyan's words, the members of the Changming Sect instinctively protected the alchemist behind them, and their nerves tightened.

It's already the third day, and it's only a matter of time before we run into each other.

However, her warning came too late. As soon as Mingxuan stepped on the ground, golden runes spread rapidly from his feet, and his brow twitched.

Rune Array!

The boy turned around and hurriedly shouted to the people behind him, "Spread out, there's an ambush!"

Mingxuan was quick to warn them, and the others quickly moved aside, but he himself wasn't so lucky.

With only a few formation-breaking talismans in hand, and Song Hansheng's formation-setting skills being superior to his own, it would take time even if he managed to break through the formation. Trapped within the formation, Ming Xuan could only watch helplessly as the situation outside unfolded.

Ye Qiao was the one who ran the fastest. Without the slightest hesitation, she grabbed Miao Miao next to her and was about to retreat.

Their Changming Sect is currently ranked fourth and poses no threat. Ye Qiao does not believe that a few sword cultivators and talisman cultivators are worth the three sects joining forces to ambush.

Therefore, their target can only be Dan Xiu.

Ye Qiao was fast, but Ye Qinghan was even faster. Her landing point was intercepted in advance, and the other party kicked her with full force without mercy. While Ye Qiao was dodging, a few ambiguous words flashed in Ye Qinghan's eyes. She stopped halfway and hooked her fingertips on the mustard pouch at Miao Miao's waist, easily snatching it away.

"Ah!" Miao Miao exclaimed in surprise, caught off guard.

Ye Qiao was actually fooled by his feint. She raised an eyebrow, surprised that her disciples had actually improved.

Finally, it's no longer the attitude of taking life and death lightly at the slightest disagreement, or daring to fight if someone disagrees.

The three factions reached an agreement to focus their efforts on seizing the mustard seed bag. Duan Hengdao flicked out a few inconspicuous beads from his fingertips, instantly knocking the mustard seed bags hanging at their waists off as they fled.

Si Miaoyan reached out to grab it, but Chu Xingzhi launched a sneak attack from behind, rushing over in a swift stride and snatching the mustard seed bag from her hand with a sharp sword strike.

Si Miaoyan put all her pills and alchemy furnace into the mustard seed bag. She realized the intentions of these people and her expression changed drastically. It was the first time she had seen such an operation, where they didn't talk about cooperation or eliminate their opponents, but directly snatched the mustard seed bag.

"You guys..." she gritted her teeth slightly, "You've gone too far."

"All's fair in war," Chu Xingzhi said smugly, and strode away in front of them with an air of nonchalance.

Fighting for identity tokens is such a waste of time; getting entangled with those people is completely unnecessary.

Moreover, they are not in good condition right now, and they may not be able to outlast these people.

However, seizing the mustard seed bag was much easier; the three groups focused their attacks and quickly obtained it.

"Ye Qinghan." Ye Qiao saw that almost all the alchemists' storage bags had been snatched, and her eyes flickered slightly. She suddenly called out to Ye Qinghan, who was about to leave.

Ye Qinghan paused, her expression indifferent: "What?"

Ye Qiao walked up to him casually, reached out and patted his shoulder twice in a friendly manner. "Nothing, just wanted to call your name a couple of times."

Ye Qinghan frowned at Ye Qiao's tactless actions: "Get out of the way."

Seeing Ye Qinghan raise his hand to attack, Ye Qiao grinned and decisively dodged, but couldn't help muttering, "Hey, hey, when masters meet, it's just a greeting. I've calculated that with your bad temper, you'll definitely get cheated on in the future."

In the original story, Yun Que had so many peach blossoms that Ye Qinghan's head was practically covered in grass.

"No one will think you're mute if you don't speak." Ye Qinghan's face turned cold. He felt that this person was acting strangely, suddenly patting his shoulder just to say hello?

He and she weren't familiar with each other.

The three sects retreated as soon as they finished their business, their swift and decisive manner reminiscent of Ye Qiao's style back then, prompting the cultivators to sigh in admiration.

They've all gone astray.

"How can we play like this? Once the pills are gone, we'll really have nothing left."

"To be precise, it's all about how the Azure Water Sect is behaving; they're in a terrible state."

"Changming Sect is about the same now, fourth place. Tsk tsk tsk."

The only good news is that they still have their identity tags on them, so they don't face elimination if they lose their storage bags.

Si Miaoyan snapped out of her daze, her lips pressed tightly together. "Our pills were all inside, and now they've all taken them."

Everyone looked grim, but Ye Qiao remained calm and continued to ask, "What about the alchemy furnace?"

Miao Miao lowered her eyes, looking weak and listless: "It's also in the mustard seed bag."

"That's it then." Mingxuan shrugged.

If there's a pill-refining furnace, you can refine pills on the spot; if there's no furnace, what's there to play with?

Ye Qiao's mustard seed bag was empty of pills, let alone spiritual plants, and the atmosphere became somewhat gloomy.

"Let Ye Qiao lead the team for the next two days," Miao Miao broke the silence and said softly.

Her abilities are undeniable, and it's clear that Liu Yun is not suitable to lead the team.

Mu Chongxi clicked his tongue: "Why didn't you do this earlier?"

Si Miaoyan gently nudged her junior brother with her elbow, "Why don't you go apologize to Ye Qiao?"

If you don't have the skills, don't take on the job. Liu Yun's stubbornness resulted in both of her projects falling to the bottom.

Liu Yun's expression changed, but she remained silent.

"Go apologize and let Ye Qiao come over," Miao Miao urged.

Liu Yun was somewhat unwilling. Considering the many cultivators watching outside, he bit his lip. "What can Ye Qiao's arrival change?"

"Who do you think she is?"

Miao Miao was somewhat displeased by the questioning: "Is it enough that she was able to lead Changming Sect from last place to first?"

The two almost got into a fight.

Liu Yun had heard of Ye Qiao's deeds, but he had never dealt with her. He admitted that Ye Qiao was somewhat clever, but he still couldn't bring himself to apologize.

Liu Yun stubbornly remained silent, seemingly having withdrawn into herself.

Seeing the somber atmosphere between the disciples of Changming Sect and Bishui Sect, the elders of the other three sects would have loved to laugh out loud without a care in the world if it weren't for the presence of so many cultivators.

Even Ye Qiao has met her match.

She always led her men to ambush others, and now she's been caught! She's finally screwed up! She deserved it!

Having just been ransacked, Ye Qiao rudely kicked Liu Yun, saying, "Get up, everyone."

"Hey hey hey friends!" She jumped up, looked at the dejected crowd, clapped her hands, and tried to cheer them up: "I'm asking you, have you ever turned the tide in a comeback?"

Si Miaoyan reminded her, "...Although I don't mean to discourage you, usually we're the ones who get upset."

The Azure Water Sect has always hovered around fourth place; they have always worked very hard and have never been surpassed.

This level of stability is comparable to that of the Changming Sect, which has consistently ranked near the bottom.

"What's the big deal?" Ye Qiao was optimistic. She had already gained experience from this. "If we win, everyone's happy; if we lose, we go back to our clan for the New Year. At worst, we'll just be at the bottom. Can they really arrest us?"

Ye Qiao's words made the others look up and exchange glances.

It seems... strangely reasonable?

"Let's rest for a bit. Tomorrow we'll split into two groups and follow my command." Ye Qiao waved a small magical artifact she had casually taken from the demons.

It's just a little butterfly-shaped gadget that can record people's voices at any time.

When Ye Qiao patted Ye Qinghan on the shoulder, she casually placed the butterfly on him.

This thing is inconspicuous; if you put it on someone as a listening device, no one would notice.

The butterfly on Ye Qiao's side moved quickly, fluttering its wings and carrying the voices of several disciples from the Wenjian Sect next door. Meeting their surprised gazes, she calmly replied, "It's an inconspicuous little gadget. I just put it on Ye Qinghan. It can monitor their movements and location."

"I'm curious about what Ye Qiao actually studied before."

"That action of casually placing things on someone is a bit too practiced."

The members of the Azure Water Sect were all stunned.

Not only did the Azure Water Sect not expect this, but even Ye Qinghan probably didn't realize that Ye Qiao's seemingly casual pat on the shoulder was actually to release a magical artifact to listen to their movements.

On the other side, Xue Yu, after wandering alone for three days, almost burst into tears when she found the main group. "Junior Sister."

Hearing the noise, the group turned around to look.

It was Xue Yu, who had been missing for three days.

In an instant, everyone's eyes lit up.

As if they had found an oasis in the desert, or a bone in the dog's eye, the whole group swarmed around Xue Yu, enthusiastically surrounding him.

"It's been so long, I've missed you terribly, Xue Yu." Mingxuan was extremely enthusiastic and reached out to start rummaging through his mustard bag.

They were dying of heat.

Without any more elixirs to help him, Mingxuan felt that either he or this secret realm would die sooner or later.

This was the first time Xue Yu had received such a warm welcome, and he was somewhat flattered. Just as he was about to say something, he realized that his dear fellow disciples had snatched his mustard seed bag and were now circling around it, rummaging through it.

"...There's absolutely no camaraderie among fellow disciples!!"

Xue Yu understood, and remained silent for a moment: "You all miss my mustard seed bag, don't you?"

"Third Senior Brother," Ye Qiao said, also rummaging through the bag, and took the opportunity to ask the owner, "Are there any more spiritual plants for alchemy?"

"Yes, we do." Unlike their carefree attitude, Xue Yu always did some research before venturing into the secret realm, and spiritual plants were naturally an essential part of his preparations. He looked at the group, hesitating to speak, "You...were you robbed by someone?"

Apart from a few members of the Changming Sect, the places where mustard seed bags were hung at the waists of the others were empty.

It felt just like encountering robbers.

"We've encountered three other sects," Mingxuan said listlessly. "Now we've been robbed. Sigh, the world is going to the dogs, and people are so cold-hearted."

"That's right, that's right." Ye Qiao nodded in agreement enthusiastically, not feeling at all that this was a trend she had started.

Xue Yu asked incredulously, "So, you were ganged up on by the three sects?"

What deep-seated hatred could lead to an alliance between three sects?

He truly hadn't expected to face something like this so soon after their reunion. Xue Yu couldn't help but ask, "So what should we do next?"

"The night is long ahead." Ye Qiao paused, looked at everyone, and smiled, "How about we..."

She drew out her words, making everyone think that Ye Qiao was about to say something uncivilized.

The other party then loudly announced, "Let's refine elixirs together!"

Everyone: "..."

"What will we use to practice without a pill-refining furnace?" Miao Miao thought she had forgotten this point and reminded her, "Our pill-refining furnaces are all in the mustard seed bag."

"What's the big deal?" Ye Qiao's mustard bag wasn't intercepted again; she also had several large pots inside.

Moreover, now that Xue Yu has joined them, it means that the spiritual plants that were previously lacking are now available. What else can a group of alchemists do if they don't refine pills?

She immediately sat down, took out her several large iron pots from the mustard seed bag, and waved to signal them to look over.

Ye Qiao cleared her throat and asked earnestly, "Does anyone here know how to refine pills using a large cauldron?"

"...What?" Si Miaoyan's first reaction was that she was deaf.

Ye Qiao repeated, "For alchemy, can we use a pot?"

Since we don't have alchemy furnaces right now, let's not be pretentious and just use the big cauldron together.

"Are you kidding me?" Liu Yun raised her eyes, her first reaction was that she was joking.

Even at a time like this, he still had the leisure to joke around. He didn't know if Ye Qiao had a good attitude or if all the people in the Changming Sect were that carefree.

Ye Qiao: "I'm not kidding."

She touched the corner of her lips, somewhat helpless.

Wasn't my tone sincere enough?

"The problem is Ye Qiao." Liu Yun looked at the other's serious expression, her lips twitching slightly. "Have you ever seen a pill refiner use a large cauldron?"

Ye Qiao gave him a strange look: "You're alchemists, why can't you use a large cauldron to refine pills?"

Liu Yun: "We are alchemists, not cafeteria ladies!! Have you ever seen a superhuman use a pot?"

Ye Qiao instantly felt like she was being subtly insulted, but she calmly replied, "I can."