In the secret realm, Luo Qingyu patted Duan Hengdao on the shoulder and smiled to smooth things over. “Don't take it to heart. Senior Brother Ye has always been straightforward. We can travel together and look out for one another.”
Duan Hengdao finally recovered and nodded with a grin. “Senior Brother Luo, you really are a good person!”
Luo Qingyu, who had inexplicably received a “good person card”: ...
Ye Qinghan turned his head away, the tips of his ears slightly warm as he pretended to admire the surrounding scenery.
Standing to the side, Zhu You watched silently, sighing inwardly. Their Senior Brother's behavior was simply too obvious.
...
Over the next two days, Ye Qinghan took Luo Qingyu around to hunt demon beasts along the way.
Several times, he would beat a demon beast down to critical health and then deliberately stop, letting Luo Qingyu deal the finishing blow.
Watching from the side, Duan Hengdao could not have been more envious.
Farming like this all the way, the Changming Sect's demon beast points surged from 80 to 120, forcing their way into second place in the team competition and directly suppressing the Chengfeng Sect.
...
In another part of the secret realm, Xue Yu stared at the jade tablet in his hand, full of confusion. “Senior Brother is clearly right beside us, so where on earth are these points coming from?”
Ming Xuan and Ye Qiao spoke at the same time: “It's Fourth Junior Brother.” / “It's Fourth Senior Brother.”
Mu Zhongxi leaned in, rather curious. “But Fourth Senior Brother is just an artifact cultivator. How could he slay so many demon beasts?”
Ye Qiao revealed the answer from the side: “He probably ran into Ye Qinghan.”
Zhou Xingyun quietly added, “There's only half a day left before the secret realm closes. Are we still hunting demon beasts?”
Ye Qiao said nonchalantly, “Don't we have Fourth Senior Brother? We can completely lie flat.”
Hearing this, Xue Yu quickly shook Ye Qiao's shoulders. “Little Junior Sister, how can you think about slacking off!”
“If you don't put in some effort, Fourth Junior Brother is going to be snatched away by Ye Qinghan. When that happens, who's going to buy you delicious food and fun things? Who's going to pay for you?”
The image of her personal God of Wealth being abducted by Ye Qinghan flashed through Ye Qiao's mind, and she instantly perked up.
A meaningful, dangerous smile appeared on her face. “Let's go. We're going to steal Fourth Senior Brother back!”
Mu Zhongxi looked bewildered. “How do we steal him back?”
Looking at his Little Junior Sister beside him, whose smile leaked danger, Ming Xuan silently lit a candle for Ye Qinghan in his heart.
Ye Qinghan, you'd better pray for yourself.
...
On the other side, Luo Qingyu was really starting to find it unbearable. Hunting demon beasts was one thing, but why did Ye Qinghan insist on dragging her along?
Cultivating back in the sect was already competitive enough, yet she still had to keep grinding after entering the secret realm.
With a face full of despair, Luo Qingyu was held tightly by Ye Qinghan and couldn't pull her hand free no matter what.
Just then, the ground beneath their feet suddenly vibrated. Luo Qingyu spread her divine sense to investigate the surroundings, her eyes instantly widening.
“No way, they're going that hard?!”
She turned to look at the solemn-faced Ye Qinghan beside her and warned him seriously.
“Ice-Face, I'm afraid you guys are in for some bad luck next.”
Full of confusion, Ye Qinghan was about to ask for clarification when he saw an endless, dense swarm of demon beasts rushing toward them.
Ye Qinghan immediately pulled Luo Qingyu. “Run!”
Duan Hengdao had never seen such a massive spectacle. He hurriedly looked back, only to see his own Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother being chased by demon beasts as well, with disciples from the other four sects fleeing alongside them.
Right at that moment, a sword light swept over. Ye Qiao stood upon her sword, calling out in a loud voice, “Hey, Fourth Senior Brother, long time no see!”
Hearing Ye Qiao's voice, Luo Qingyu felt a sudden, inexplicable wave of guilt.
She had been dragged around by Ye Qinghan to hunt demon beasts for the past few days, leaving her absolutely no time to meet up with Ye Qiao and the others.
Ye Qiao's gaze fell upon Ye Qinghan, who was holding tightly to her Fourth Senior Brother. Her brow arched slightly as she smiled and said, “Ye Qinghan, do you like this great gift I've sent you?”
Looking at the overwhelming swarm of demon beasts, Ye Qinghan was stunned on the spot.
He didn't seem to have offended Ye Qiao. What's more, he had even helped the Changming Sect farm quite a few points. Why was she turning around and getting demon beasts to chase him down instead?
He furrowed his brows and asked, “What do you mean by that?”
Ye Qiao chuckled, looking at him as if he were her personal coin purse. “Who told you to run off with my personal God of Wealth?”
The disciples of the other four sects who were fleeing along behind them all widened their eyes in an instant, their faces filled with shock.
Duan Hengdao, standing to the side, opened his mouth even wider, staring at Ye Qinghan ahead in utter shock.
This gossip was simply too juicy!
“The Chief Disciple of the Wenjian Sect abducting the genius artifact cultivator of the Changming Sect—if this gets posted on the cultivation world's forum, it will definitely go viral!”
...
Outside the secret realm, all the spectators were utterly dumbfounded.
“Ye Qiao is too incredible! Stirring up a demon beast tide all by herself!”
“The people of the Wenjian Sect are probably going to suffer this time.”
In the elders' seats, Qin Fanfan couldn't have felt more pleased as he watched this scene, secretly feeling relieved.
Fortunately, Qiaoqiao was there. Otherwise, their Changming Sect's precious disciple really would have been abducted by someone.
The Bishui Sect elder clicked their tongue in wonder. “In all my years of cultivation, this is the first time I've ever seen someone chase the disciples of four sects so hard that they're running with their heads in their hands.”
The Chengfeng Sect elder also sighed repeatedly in amazement. “The Changming Sect's style this year is truly wild.”
Elder Zhao sat side-by-side with Duan Yu. Looking at the lively and chaotic scene in the recording stone, their expressions were exceptionally smug.
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