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

Finally, to prevent a repeat of the previous tragedy, the five of them each wore a black mask and furtively searched for the alchemy furnace in the night market.

"To be honest, I feel like we're some kind of weirdos who've gone out." Mu Chongxi stroked his chin.

Their attire makes them look like bad people.

"Look, there's a pill furnace over there!" Xue Yu grabbed them and plunged into the crowd.

There were hardly any people at the alchemy furnace stall. After all, alchemy furnaces are expensive, and there are few alchemists in the cultivation world. Basically, those who come to buy them are all wealthy people.

Seeing so many gullible vendors at once, the stall owners' eyes lit up. "Which of you is a pill cultivator?"

"Her." All four hands pointed at Ye Qiao.

Seeing that it was a girl, the stall owner cleared his throat and said enthusiastically, "Little girl, what color do you like? How about a pink alchemy furnace? Or do you prefer green?"

Ye Qiao's eyes nearly went blind looking at the rows of colorful alchemy furnaces. The worst part was that they were all quite expensive. She didn't know how to choose, so she looked at Xue Yu.

Xue Yu asked, "Which one is the best here?"

The stall owner rummaged through his bag and pulled out a gold-carved alchemy furnace, gesturing to Ye Qiao to show it: "This is a high-grade alchemy furnace. I've only ever had one high-grade one in all my years of selling them. 150,000 high-grade spirit stones. What do you think, young friend?"

When Ye Qiao heard the price of '150,000,' even though it wasn't her own spirit stones, her heart trembled. Xue Yu took it, examined it carefully, and nodded to her, indicating: This is acceptable.

A superior alchemy furnace must at least be of good quality.

The Changming Sect can currently afford 150,000 spirit stones.

After purchasing the alchemy furnace, the five decided to head back home.

……

Meanwhile, in the courtyard of the Moon Purity Sect, after Song Hansheng finished his angry review, he angrily berated Yun Que, "Use your brain! Shake it and listen to see if it's all water inside! Why did you offend Ye Qiao for no reason? Have you gotten arrogant, or are those sword cultivators incapable of wielding their swords?"

Now, besides the Sword Inquiry Sect, the most troublesome group is the sword cultivators of the Changming Sect. They had a great hand but played it terribly, and Song Hansheng is extremely annoyed.

Yun Que felt a little wronged: "But they're deliberately targeting me."

"Who do you think you are, to give them the right to target you?" Song Hansheng sneered. "Didn't you realize that the Changming Sect people target all sects equally?"

"But she'll have a tough time in the next match."

Song Hansheng laughed gleefully as he spoke.

Who told Ye Qiao to reveal such a bad thing, revealing her talent for cultivating three things? Right now, the disciples of each sect are probably thinking about how to get her out of the game as soon as possible on the first day.

Yun Que pursed her lips and remained silent. Now, hearing Ye Qiao's name filled her with an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Song Hansheng asked, "How's your talisman drawing coming along?"

"Forget it." Looking at Yun Que's slow pace, Song Hansheng got annoyed. The speed of drawing talismans represents a talisman cultivator's talent. Yun Que draws one stroke and then rests for a while. It's a wonder she has a top-grade spiritual root.

"Come back to the Song family with me." He looked at Yun Que coldly: "Find a cultivation technique that suits you, and don't embarrass our Yueqing Sect in the individual competition."

At this moment, Song Hansheng still naively believed that Yun Que was drawing talismans so slowly because he hadn't found the right technique.

Upon hearing this, Yun Que pursed her lips and softly hummed in agreement, "I will try my best to defeat Ye Qiao."

Upon hearing this, Song Hansheng thought to himself: Ye Qiao probably doesn't even care about you.

……

On the other side, the Sword Inquiry Sect was still reviewing their performance late into the night.

After witnessing Ye Qiao lead a group in putting on a show and then casually take the clothes, the disciples were greatly shocked.

"Senior Brother, so Ye Qiao stole your clothes." Zhu You rested his chin on his hand, looking serious. "I didn't expect her to love you so deeply."

Ye Qinghan's temple throbbed: "...Why don't you just say that she's actually a pervert who's been secretly eyeing my clothes for a long time?"

Chu Xingzhi countered with reason and evidence: "But aren't all the disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect wearing the same sect robes? Why haven't I seen anyone taking ours?"

The sect robes of the Sword Inquiry Sect are all white, and I didn't see Ye Qiao taking anyone else's.

Ye Qinghan hardened her fist and punched Chu Xingzhi away, uttering a single word: "Get lost."