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

Ye Qiao: "..."

"Friends," she said, deciding to ignore her senior brother's words and turning to clap her hands, signaling them to look over.

"Now that we have the alchemy furnace, you should still have all your spiritual plants, right?"

Miao Miao nodded: "Yes, they are. But all the refined pills are gone; they must have eaten them."

But at least the mustard seed bag was retrieved.

Looking at the many alchemists present, Xue Yu didn't even need Ye Qiao to speak this time. He blinked and softly reminded them, "Since we have spiritual plants, why don't you all come and practice some aphrodisiac pills together tonight?"

"An aphrodisiac?" Si Miaoyan's eyelids twitched slightly, wondering if she had misheard. "What's that?"

"As the name suggests, don't you understand?" Xue Yu saw that all the alchemists were looking over, but fortunately, he had thick skin now and wasn't embarrassed at all. He explained in his gentlest tone, "It's the kind of pill that can make demonic beasts go into heat and go crazy."

"We're running out of time; without some special measures, we'll only be at the bottom."

Xue Yu went from feeling awkward at the beginning to being nonchalant now, all he needed was Ye Qiao.

Si Miaoyan: "...Okay, I understand."

"We'll split into two groups tomorrow morning."

Mingxuan stood up and prepared the talismans. "We'll start tonight. You guys use aphrodisiac pills to lure them over. I'll set up an array to trap the demon beasts. Mu Chongxi will kill the demon beasts from behind, and Miaomiao will finish them off."

"The rest of you should follow Ye Qiao and obey her commands."

The number of demonic beasts in their five sects isn't actually that much larger right now. As long as they coordinate well, the situation in the secret realm is ever-changing, and it's not impossible for them to overtake them in two days.

"Believe me," Ye Qiao said calmly, "They're a pile of shit when they're together, but scattered like stars across the sky when they're apart."

"By staying together, we can buy time until the secret realm ends, while the others go to find the monsters and take the opportunity to overtake them in the rankings."

Ye Qiao glanced at the sky. "Tomorrow we'll stall those three sects. Any way we can delay them will do. As long as we can hold them off until the secret realm ends, victory will be ours."

After the countermeasures were discussed in an orderly manner, it was time for the teaching session.

"All you alchemists, bring out your alchemy furnaces and let me see them."

Upon hearing this, the five alchemists looked at each other and took out their alchemy furnaces.

The palm-sized alchemy furnace suddenly grew larger, thicker, and larger, looking very heavy.

Ye Qiao looked around and was very satisfied.

Not bad.

They were all very energetic.

"When anyone gets close tomorrow, throw your alchemy furnaces out."

Liu Yun asked instinctively, "How did you throw it away?"

"Who's going to smash it?" Ye Qiao pointed at the alchemy furnace and said succinctly, "Who's going to smash it?"

"..."

"Use this." Si Miaoyan looked shakily at her alchemy furnace: "To smash someone?"

No, are all the alchemy cultivation paths of your Changming Sect this wild?

"Look at Xue Yu," Ye Qiao said, seeing that they were all hesitant. "He's the one who knocked Chu Xingzhi out of the game."

"If he can do it, then you can too."

Si Miaoyan felt suffocated just imagining a group of alchemists carrying alchemy furnaces and smashing them on people's heads.

Xue Yu demonstrated for them, enlarging the alchemy furnace and smashing it down, raising a cloud of dust and causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Finally, he gave a gentle summary:

"Under the alchemy furnace, all beings are equal."

"I believe you can do it too."

"..."

Si Miaoyan and the others stood at attention, saying, "Okay, we understand!"

I strive to emulate the alchemists of the Changming Sect.

"These relatives of the Changming Sect are all truly talented individuals."

"That's hilarious, they're all pretty good at brainwashing people."

"Pyramid scheme".

"A group of close associates have gone astray. My son's rebellion has broken my heart!!"

……

When the three sects woke up after a nap, they found that the rankings on the jade slip had been constantly updated throughout the night, with the Changming Sect and the Biyue Sect even catching up in the rankings.

"Grass."

"How did Changming Sect and Biyue Sect jump to third and fourth place respectively?"

Where did they find such a monster in just one night?

"I don't know." Song Hansheng shook his head. "But Ye Qiao has done too many crazy things. There's still a day left before the secret realm ends. We can't continue like this."

They need to go out and find monsters to stabilize their ranking.

Qin Huai was also getting flustered by the ever-increasing numbers. What was going on with the Changming Sect? Weren't they short of pills?

How did it become so powerful overnight? It seems completely unaffected by the secret realm.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Song Hansheng felt that Ye Qiao couldn't just sit and wait to die; he was afraid there might be an ambush on the way.

"Stop dawdling," Chu Xingzhi said. "Changming Sect is almost second to none. If we just sit here and wait to die, it'll be too late."

Forget it.

He gritted his teeth: "Let's go."

Song Hansheng refused to believe that Ye Qiao was able to ambush him before because Duan Hengdao and the other two weapon cultivators set up a trap. Now that they had no weapon cultivators, how could they possibly eat so many of them?

With a group of alchemists by her side, how could the Changming Sect possibly turn the tide?

……

The three sects emerged from their main camp one after another. Along the way, Song Hansheng used his divine sense to probe the path, fearing that he might encounter some traps.

"There's someone there."

After sensing the movement, Song Hansheng immediately said, "Be careful."

An arrow was shot out.

Chu Xingzhi cleaved the arrow in two with a single sword strike, scoffing, "Who do you think you are?"

The next second, Song Hansheng stepped on something, and as he looked down to check, it exploded with a bang.

One of the Vajra Talismans in Song Hansheng's arms was broken, and the others were also covered in dust and dirt from the unexpected bomb.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Qin Huai couldn't take it anymore.

Duan Hengdao looked at it and seemed familiar. He wiped his sweat and said, "It looks like something Ye Qiao has."

She used this ruptured monster's belly back then, which Duan Hengdao remembered vividly.

"This thing can explode." Song Hansheng had also witnessed it before, seeing Ye Qiao's actions inside the monster's belly. "And it explodes very quickly, catching you completely off guard."

"Open all stations separately."

Ye Qinghan said coldly, "Su Zhuo, Zhu You, you two go and pinpoint their location for the sneak attack."

"Take care of them today."

The two exchanged a glance and released their divine senses to search for the locations of the alchemists.

Why alchemists? Of course, it's because alchemists are easy to bully.

Upon seeing the other person, Zhu You thrust his sword at her without hesitation. Si Miaoyan took a half step back, instinctively wanting to run away.

However, glancing at the sky, she remembered Ye Qiao's words about stalling for time. Gritting her teeth, she turned back halfway, took out the alchemy furnace, and smashed it over.

Zhu You was caught off guard and almost got hit squarely.

Not only Si Miaoyan, but the other alchemists followed suit, and anyone who tried to get close was forced back by the giant alchemy furnace.

damn it.

What exactly did these alchemists learn from Ye Qiao?

Seeing this scene from the tree, Ye Qiao threw down two mist talismans without hesitation. In an instant, a large amount of mist spread out, and the entire secret realm was shrouded in smoke.

She loves to take advantage of situations where things are going wrong.

The muddier the water, the more likely an accident will occur.

"What is that cloud of smoke? Where did she get this stuff from?" Duan Hengdao wanted to cry.

But now was not the time for idle chatter. He hurriedly activated his magical artifact, enveloping his sect within it.

The talisman cultivators had Vajra Talismans, which allowed them to barely block the attacks. The only ones who suffered were the sword cultivators, who couldn't distinguish friend from foe in the thick fog and had to face arrows, talismans, and bombs flying out from time to time.

At first, they were able to remain rational and orderly shoot down the flying objects, but things became increasingly chaotic as time went on.

Later on, that despicable Ye Qiao even stopped firing arrows and led a group of alchemists to throw stones at them.

"Damn it," Chu Xingzhi said, "Is she crazy?"

Ye Qiao's strategy of using feints and real attacks was obviously effective. They didn't know what would be thrown at them next, so they could only desperately block and knock it down, repeating these actions.

It was quite strange that a group of sword cultivators were wielding their swords against an ordinary stone as if facing a formidable enemy.

This method not only wastes spiritual energy, but also physical strength.

Ye Qiao's war of attrition was very successful. Several of the talisman cultivators' talismans were destroyed, and the artifact cultivators suffered the same fate, with many of their magical artifacts being destroyed.

Just as everyone was thrown into disarray, Ye Qiao raised his arm and shouted, "Brothers, the time for revenge has come!"

"Beat them."

Xue Yu unfolded the Landscape Map in his hand. Those who reacted quickly retreated to avoid the range of the Landscape Map, while those who reacted slowly were instantly pulled into it.

Under the cover of the mist, Ye Qiao stuck two talismans towards Chu Xingzhi.

Because he had been hit by the stone so many times, Chu Xingzhi thought it was just a stone and didn't pay attention to it. The next second, the immobilization talisman firmly stuck to his body.

This talisman can only last for thirty seconds.

But thirty seconds is enough to take care of someone.

So, when the teleportation array appeared, everyone's eyes instinctively turned to each other.

—Who got eliminated?

The unlucky Chu Xingzhi hastily left out the words, "I hate all of you on average," before being teleported away by the teleportation array.

silence.

This is the cultivation world tonight.

"Damn!" Zhu You exclaimed in shock. "Wait, who knocked Chu Xingzhi out of the game?"

"Me," Ye Qinghan uttered a single word.

His body was slightly cracked.

"Senior Brother." Zhu You's fingers swiftly formed a sword incantation, deflecting the ambush, and his tone was indifferent: "Chu Xingzhi may be a bit stupid, but you wouldn't kill him during the competition, would you?"

Chu Xing's crime is far more serious than this.

Ye Qinghan was also starting to lose his composure. He forced a cold and indifferent expression and said, "The scene was too chaotic at the time, and Ye Qiao even had a smoke bomb."

Almost everyone was in a state of confusion, so how could he know that the person standing back to back with him was Chu Xingzhi?

Song Hansheng chimed in, "Besides, even a dog knows to move when it's kicked, but this guy didn't make a sound!"

Can we blame Ye Qinghan for this?

After being eliminated, Chu Xingzhi felt like vomiting blood upon hearing these words. Was it because he didn't want to dodge? It was because some cunning old fox from the Changming Sect had cast a immobilization spell on him, and he couldn't dodge in time and was pinned down.

pain.

It hurts too much.

"With a swift stroke, he struck my fellow disciple."

"Is this the tradition of your Sword Inquiry Sect?"

"That's hilarious. The Changming Sect and the Biyue Sect are now resorting to any means necessary to win."

"First, they used a feint attack, then retreated when the enemy advanced, and advanced when the enemy retreated. Then they put on a show of acting skills, and finally they launched a war of attrition. Is this the scene of fighting the Japanese that Ye Qiao was talking about? I love it!"

"I'll say it again: in the cultivation world, Ye Qiao is undoubtedly number one."

The other three elders looked grim, but Elder Biyue and Elder Zhao, whose faces had been tense, finally smiled. "This Ye Qiao really has a lot of ideas..."

Anyone else would have accepted their fate long ago.

To be able to fight against overwhelming odds, especially with a group of alchemists, and force the other three sects into a series of defeats, is a feat unparalleled in the cultivation world.

"Ahhh, look! The jade slip rankings have been updated!"

On the fifth day, as the secret realm was about to end, the rankings for that day basically determined which sect would be number one. Ye Qiao had single-handedly delayed the situation for two whole days, which bought Mu Chongxi and Ming Xuan most of the time.

As the statistics were constantly updated, the first place displayed on the jade slip was a large three-character name: Changming Sect.

"Holy crap, holy crap, they've overtaken us! It's the Changming Sect!"

"They went from last place to ahead in just two days. I'm asking you, who else can do that?!"

The fans of Changming Sect are ecstatic.

"I'll say it again: no matter how strong you are, Ye Qiao is the king of comebacks."

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6400 chapters. Bonus chapter for donations, ahhh I'm exhausted!