Chapter 63

Ye Qiao had always been very bold. Upon realizing she was in the demon territory, she decisively stripped a demon soldier of his clothes and put them on herself. This reminded her of the task Qin Fanfan had mentioned.

What could be better for gathering intelligence than infiltrating the enemy’s base camp?

Clearly, nothing. So she decided to stay.

Qin Fanfan was utterly baffled when he learned of Ye Qiao’s choice. He had actually wanted her to come back quickly, considering she was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Surrounded by so many Golden Core demons in the demon realm, she’d be lucky to escape without serious harm.

Ye Qiao: “I’m participating in that mission. Make sure to give me a reward.”

The intelligence network of the five sects shouldn’t be so useless as to miss such basic information. Ye Qiao guessed that this was definitely premeditated, aiming to train the personal disciples’ vigilance.

Qin Fanfan replied after a moment of silence: “There is.”

“Those who complete the mission will receive extra rewards.”

Since it was a training exercise, it should be fair. Ye Qiao’s decision to infiltrate the demon territory clearly indicated her intention to participate in the training.

Among the personal disciples, Ye Qiao had the lowest cultivation level. Moreover, given her rare talent for dual cultivation, he initially hadn’t wanted her to go.

But then, that idiot Xie Chuxue had teleported her away!!

Qin Fanfan was so furious that he flipped a table in anger.

The culprit, Xie Chuxue, propped his chin on his hand and blinked. “Hey, hey, hey, who do you think will get first place in this training exercise?”

The mission reward was indeed real, but they had privately agreed with the other four sects that whoever managed to get first place in this training would get the Chaos Pearl.

As for how to determine who would get first place, it would depend on whose performance stood out the most during the training.

Qin Fanfan was silent for a moment. “I think it might be Ye Qiao.”

Don’t ask why; it’s just a hunch.

While the other disciples were still fumbling around, Ye Qiao had already infiltrated the demon army.

Ye Qiao, seizing an opportunity while the demon patrol was busy, adopted a nonchalant expression and discreetly sent messages to several senior brothers.

**Ye Qiao:** “Can you gather information on the Demon Clan’s Saintess? I need it as soon as possible.”

Currently, she only had two invisibility talismans, each with a time limit. Once the demons discovered her as an intruder, she’d be in serious trouble.

Ye Qiao had no choice but to strip a demon soldier of his clothes and put them on herself.

If you can’t beat them, join them. Ye Qiao didn’t see anything wrong with her actions.

Ming Xuan was stunned when he received the message: “Saintess? The Demon Clan’s Saintess is coming too?”

Isn’t this supposed to be a safe mission?

Scratching his head in confusion, he then saw another message from his little sister:

**Ye Qiao:** “There are about seven or eight Golden Core demons on the Demon Clan’s side. Be careful, this mission is quite dangerous.”

**Ming Xuan:** “How do you know there are seven or eight?”

Ye Qiao shouldn’t she be happily playing with Little Uncle?

Worried about drawing too much attention to herself, Ye Qiao urged him: “I’m with the Demon Clan right now. Quickly investigate the situation, the more detailed the better.”

Ming Xuan almost stumbled to the ground.

Demon Clan?

He didn’t expect that while they were still clueless, Ye Qiao had already infiltrated the Demon Clan. Ming Xuan suppressed the urge to twitch his mouth: “We’ve been outside the city gathering information, but haven’t found anything useful.”

They had been asking around for a long time with no useful information, making Ming Xuan almost want to give up and let the personal disciples handle it themselves.

Forget about the Chaos Pearl.

**Ye Qiao:** “Didn’t anyone think to start with the City Lord’s Mansion?”

Didn’t they consider that the issue might not be within the city, but rather that there could be a connection between Yunshui City and the Demon Clan?

Ming Xuan: “…”

This is a mission assigned by the sect. No matter how dangerous, it must be completed. If these sheltered flowers aren’t properly tempered, the future of the cultivation world could be in jeopardy.

Prompted by Ye Qiao’s suggestion, Ming Xuan quickly gathered the other senior brothers to help investigate the Demon Clan.

The group soon discovered that the City Lord’s Mansion indeed had issues.

First, where would a small city get a Chaos Pearl? Secondly, though they were supposedly invited to help, no clues were provided. Whenever they asked, the responses were vague and evasive.

Sitting together, they discussed: “First, based on the clues from our little sister, there is a Nascent Soul stage Saintess.”

A Nascent Soul stage can take on three late-stage Golden Cores. Xue Yu couldn’t help but smile wryly, wondering how they could complete this mission.

Mu Chongxi, resting his face on the table out of boredom, said: “If it’s a Nascent Soul, this shouldn’t be a mission for us.”

“Could it be that the intelligence from the five sects is faulty? Is their intelligence network that incompetent?”

Ming Xuan crossed his legs: “Maybe it’s a training exercise.”

A test of their adaptability.

But that means everything depends on Ye Qiao.

Relying on them for quick thinking would only get them as far as gathering information; for everything else, they were clueless.

While they were still at a loss, their little sister had already infiltrated the Demon Clan’s base camp.

That’s the difference between people.

With no clues to go on, the personal disciples from the other sects decided to convene a temporary meeting.

Song Hansheng lightly knocked on the table and said seriously, “I plan to go to the Demon Clan to investigate.”

Otherwise, they would just be spinning in circles. He’d rather take a risk and scout the Demon Clan.

Su Zhu hesitated: “Senior brother…”

“Maybe we shouldn’t wander off.”

Song Hansheng, being in the late stage of the Golden Core, was confident enough to take a chance.

Everyone wanted the Chaos Pearl. Among the personal disciples, obtaining it was a matter of skill. Song Hansheng didn’t want to sit idle.

Miao Miao pursed her lips: “That works.”

“Who else wants to scout the Demon Clan?” she asked. “Song Hansheng’s suggestion is reasonable. Otherwise, staying here is just wasting time.”

In the end, only Song Hansheng and Ye Qinghan stood up.

Ming Xuan, looking at these daredevils, raised an eyebrow: “Are you really planning to go?”

“As far as I know, there are seven or eight Golden Cores. You might get caught.” Though the sects had their differences, Ming Xuan didn’t want to see them get killed. He tried to dissuade them.

Ye Qinghan sneered: “Your sect ranks last because you’re cowards.”

Mu Chongxi rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight: “Do you want to fight?”

Talking was one thing, but personal attacks were too much.

Ye Qinghan coldly placed his sword in front of him: “Afraid?”

Xue Yu quickly pulled his junior brother back, smiling ambiguously: “Forget it, fighting just strains relations. If they want to go, let them.”

Just don’t blame us for not warning these stubborn ones.

“Yeah,” Ming Xuan said meaningfully. “If someone wants to court death, we won’t stop them.”

Ye Qinghan, angered: “Do you want to die?”

Ming Xuan smiled faintly, intentionally provoking him: “You’re so bad, scaring people like that.”

Ye Qinghan’s face contorted in disgust: “Get lost.”

This generation of your sect is insane.

Watching Ming Xuan’s occasional antics, Xue Yu couldn’t help but facepalm, looking at his companions, “I can’t take it anymore. Can someone knock some sense into him?”

“Stop joking around…” Zhou Xingyun lay on the table, feeling even more hopeless with this group.

Ye Qiao spent three full days in the Demon Clan’s territory. Due to her low rank, no one paid her any attention, allowing her to gather extensive information both inside and out.

Much like her sect, the hierarchy here was strict. The higher-ups were as elusive as ever, while the lower ranks didn’t even have the chance to see them.

What surprised her was that several Golden Core stage demon cultivators, who would be considered personal disciples in the cultivation world, only belonged to the middle ranks in the Demon Clan.

Ye Qiao kept her jade slip active to stay in contact with Qin Fanfan. Hearing her disciple’s doubts, Qin Fanfan explained, “Demon cultivators are different from orthodox cultivators. They take shortcuts and advance quickly by absorbing other cultivators’ powers.”

“In other words, these people are quite hollow and will eventually face the consequences.”

Ye Qiao pondered this.

Even so, seven or eight Golden Core stage cultivators were quite terrifying.

As Ye Qiao sat on the ground idly, she took the opportunity to probe other demon clansmen. After confirming that none of them had seen the higher-ups, she felt relieved.

“…”

“Did you hear? Our lord just captured two personal disciples.”

Hearing this conversation, Ye Qiao’s heart skipped a beat, but she maintained her composure and casually joined the chat, “Who did they capture?”

It better not be her senior brothers.

“Seems like they are from Wenjian Sect and Yueqing Sect.”

Hearing it was those two sects, Ye Qiao relaxed immediately.

They deserved it.