Chapter 57

Fu Practitioner!!

This guy is actually a Fu Practitioner?

Ye Qinghan finally had an epiphany. Why hadn’t the people of Changming Sect been worried after Mingxuan left? Why had she been brainwashing him all along the way, emphasizing how powerful Mingxuan’s talismans were? Why did she have the confidence to negotiate a partnership with him?

It was because she was a Fu Practitioner!!

As a classic protagonist, Ye Qinghan always believed that as long as one’s strength was formidable, any schemes or plots were mere trifles.

But now, Ye Qinghan fell silent.

He silently turned around, looked at the formation above, and swung his sword expressionlessly, only to find it completely unmovable.

No wonder Qin Huai had been trapped. After a fierce battle, their spiritual energy was nearly exhausted.

The Four Directions Formation couldn’t be entered or exited. It was a formation more advanced than a confinement array. Ye Qinghan wanted to see what Ye Qiao could do to them.

As long as she dared to come in, Ye Qinghan was confident he could take down two people.

After calming down, he stood in the formation, staring outside.

Ye Qiao ignored Ye Qinghan inside the formation, her sword moves filled with spiritual energy and relentless, forcing Yun Que to retreat hurriedly.

“Second Senior Sister,” Yun Que felt aggrieved, not understanding why Ye Qiao was targeting her.

Seeing Ye Qiao’s indifferent expression, Yun Que bit her lip, formed a seal with her fingers, and wanted to give Ye Qiao a taste of her own medicine.

Unexpectedly, the moment Yun Que formed the seal, Ye Qiao’s eyes lit up.

Just as Yun Que was puzzled, she saw Ye Qiao following her movements and forming the exact same seal.

The patterns on it were the Yueqing Sect’s patterns.

Maybe it was Ye Qiao’s first time mimicking someone, so her movements were slightly awkward. But it didn’t take long for her to get the hang of it, and she produced two identical seals.

“Yun Que, have you ever tried combining two formations?” Ye Qiao shook the formed seal in her hand and smiled faintly.

Yun Que instinctively took a few steps back, her pupils contracting.

Two formations combined? The result of spiritual energy compression and collision would only be an explosion.

Just as this thought crossed her mind, the next second, the two identical Yueqing Sect formations combined and exploded with a loud bang, creating a huge crater.

Yun Que ran fast but was still affected. The ones who suffered the most were the direct disciples of the Wenjian Sect inside the Four Directions Formation.

The power generated by the two attack formations was so intense that it almost blew them to pieces.

Chu Xingzhi coughed twice, lying on the ground for a long time, unable to get up.

He was furious!

While the Wenjian Sect disciples were unable to rise after the explosion, Ye Qiao turned and shouted, “Come quickly, take their identity tokens.”

Several senior brothers acted swiftly, retrieving their identity tokens from their storage bags. As five Wenjian Sect members were eliminated in succession, other disciples were stunned.

The Yueqing Sect eliminated four, and the Wenjian Sect eliminated five.

This was unprecedented.

Qin Huai couldn’t understand how the strongest Wenjian Sect could be completely wiped out in the second round.

What had happened to the Wenjian Sect to be collectively eliminated on just the third day?

Si Miaoyan made a reasonable guess: “Did the Yueqing Sect and the Wenjian Sect destroy each other?”

Their pill cultivation sect didn’t get involved in such fights, and they didn’t really know what had happened between the two sects.

“Two formations can be combined? Wow.”

“It’s like an alchemy furnace exploding; with the pressure of two formations, it was bound to blow up. She wanted to use this method to eliminate the Wenjian Sect disciples.”

“That’s so impressive; let me see it again.”

“I’d call this the most brilliant batch of disciples.”

Even Su Zhuo and Song Hansheng, who had been eliminated, were shocked when they saw this. “Ye Qiao?”

In their plan, without the threat of the Fu Practitioner, Ye Qinghan would never let the Changming Sect go. Song Hansheng had already prepared taunts for when Ye Qiao’s group got eliminated.

But what did they see?

A Fu Formation.

The Yueqing Sect’s formation.

Identical to the one Yun Que had set up.

Song Hansheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, recalling that Ye Qiao had previously asked him for the sect’s inner techniques and Fu books.

Could it be that she started learning then?

The elders and Yun Que thought she might have secretly learned it in the Yueqing Sect.

But Song Hansheng distinctly remembered that when he encountered her in the secret realm earlier, Ye Qiao was still a novice.

Could she have learned the Yueqing Sect’s formations in just half a year?

His expression turned cold as he looked at the direction of the Changming Sect in the recording stone, preparing to discuss Ye Qiao with his master after the secret realm ended.

Previously, no one had taken the Changming Sect seriously—a weak sect, always ranking last. Although their disciples had decent potential, their newly recruited disciple was just at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Given her ability to dual cultivate with sword and talisman, regardless of Ye Qiao’s potential, they had to carefully plan their next steps after returning to the sect.

“You actually learned our sect’s formations secretly.” Yun Que coughed, her beautiful eyes widening in disbelief.

How did she learn it?

Stealing skills was indeed unethical, but Ye Qiao had a solid excuse: “I used to be an inner disciple of the Yueqing Sect. What’s wrong with learning a few formations?”

She would never admit to having learned it from the talisman books halfway. Otherwise, it would be outright stealing.

Yun Que was momentarily choked.

She couldn’t believe that Ye Qiao, who had always been considered inferior to her, could have mastered the Yueqing Sect’s talismans in just over ten years.

But the scene before her clearly showed that Ye Qiao’s formation was undoubtedly from the Yueqing Sect.

Yun Que took two steps back, panicking as she tried to escape, only to have Mu Chongxi’s sword pressed against her neck the next second.

“Hey, do it yourself or should I help you?”

He generally wouldn’t rummage through a girl’s storage bag.

Yun Que’s eyes instantly turned red.

Seeing that she was about to cry, Mu Chongxi sighed in frustration and grabbed her storage bag, “Do you really want me to eliminate you personally? Fine, I’ll oblige.”

After crushing the token, he hurried to Ye Qiao’s side, observing the large crater she had created.

Two formations exploding couldn’t have caused such a large crater; it was clear that someone had pre-dug it.

Mu Chongxi lay at the edge of the crater and peered inside, “I’ve heard an unreliable rumor in the cultivation world that if you throw the name of someone you dislike into a hole, it can curse them. Is it true? Should we try throwing our master’s name in?”

Qin Fanfan: “…”

Xue Yu added, “Elder Zhao’s name works too.”

“How about Yun Hen? I have a grudge against him,” Ye Qiao suggested after some thought.

Watching the Changming Sect people chat casually, Elder Zhao’s mouth twitched.

A bunch of idiots.

After the four jumped down, they found themselves surrounded by dirt walls in total darkness. Ye Qiao ignited a Fire Talisman and proceeded inside.

Zhou Xingyun led the way, showing no fear as he walked forward. The path grew longer and longer, and just when Ye Qiao thought they might walk for a while, green light suddenly appeared ahead.

Mu Chongxi: “Ghosts?”

Ye Qiao: “I don’t believe it.”

“It’s a demon beast,” Zhou Xingyun said in a somber tone.

These two could start a conversation anywhere, anytime.

Demon beasts in such a place? Ye Qiao’s eyes lit up. She sensed that their cultivation was low, at the Foundation Establishment level. Seeing Mu Chongxi about to charge with his sword, she quickly intervened, “Don’t kill them all!!”

“Leave a few female demon beasts.”

This was great; Changming Sect was currently second and needed more demon beasts than the Yueqing Sect. Now they didn’t even have to look for them.

Mu Chongxi paused mid-step.

He understood leaving one alive, but why leave females?

After giving instructions, Ye Qiao turned to Xue Yu, “Do you have aphrodisiac pills?”

Since there were demon beasts here, there must be more nearby.

She suddenly thought of a way to attract more demon beasts.

“Are you a pervert?” If there were cigarettes in the cultivation world, Xue Yu would have blown a smoke ring to express his weariness and confusion.

Ye Qiao kicked him expressionlessly, “You’re the pervert.”

“I mean, once the demon beasts are in heat, won’t other male demon beasts come over to mate?”

It’s the same principle as dogs in heat, and demon beasts in the cultivation world are even more irrational.

Xue Yu pondered for a moment; it seemed feasible. Why hadn’t he thought of using this method to lure demon beasts before?

But…

“Little sister,” he raised his hand weakly, making a final attempt, “I’m a proper pill cultivator.”

If his family found out he learned to make aphrodisiac pills after joining the sect, they’d probably go crazy.

Ye Qiao was succinct, “One million.”

“Got it,” Xue Yu enlarged his pill furnace and began gathering energy with enthusiasm, “I’ll make more, just in case.”

“Does anyone know what their one million joke is about?”

“No idea, probably something secretive within the Changming Sect? Otherwise, why would they all get so excited whenever it’s mentioned?”

“Let me explain: The direct line of the Xue family, one of the eight great families, is known for their conservative views. In short, they’re a bunch of old-fashioned people.”

“The Xue family head must be cursing like crazy right now.”