Will she become stronger if she accepts a disciple? She is definitely going to be the master.

The main peak of Jiuling Sect.

The headmaster, who was originally discussing matters with the elders of the Discipline Hall, suddenly fell silent.

It was a long time before he came back to his senses from the soothing power of the piano music.

He almost fell asleep because he was too relaxed!

And he is the head of the sect. Not only does he have extraordinary concentration, but his cultivation is also much higher than that of the little girl playing the piano.

He coughed uncomfortably and asked thoughtfully, "Elder Wu, what do you think of the Huayin Rumengqu performance compared to Yunyan?"

Elder Wu glanced into the distance, smiled, and stroked his beard. "I can't say she's learned 100%, but she's at least 99%. She's a very talented child, but her health is weak, and she's neglected her cultivation. With time, she might surpass her master."

"That's right. I promised her that as long as her dream song reaches one-third of her master's power, I will let her take over Lingqin Peak. It seems that I have to fulfill my promise."

"I think she can. She has a heart that wants to revitalize Lingqin Peak and understands the importance of inheritance. Her young age is not a hindrance, and she has a promising future!"

With the words "the future is promising", the head of the sect immediately sent the talisman of the master of Lingqin Peak and a storage ring containing one year's worth of cultivation resources from Lingqin Peak.

Li Qingqing was deeply moved when she got the things.

The leader is really good. He keeps his word and always keeps his word.

You know, in her previous life, the master of Lingqin Peak was her master's senior sister Zhu Yao, a beautiful but vicious woman.

Now that she is the peak master, she must work hard to improve her cultivation.

Just when she was about to take the master's seal to the Spirit Gathering Tower to practice for a few days, the system suddenly spoke.

[Triggering the Disciple Recruitment Quest: Host, please accept one disciple within three days. Quest Rewards: One bottle of top-grade Spirit Gathering Pill, one dual-space storage ring, one level of cultivation advancement, one random inheritance jade secret, and one Purple Spirit Crane.]

Li Qingqing was surprised by the generous reward. "Is there any particular requirement for accepting a disciple?"

The biannual disciple recruitment election at Xichen Mountain is in half a month, it’s not the time yet!

She wants to accept a disciple within three days, and it depends on who she wants.

[Apprenticeship criteria: Male, upper-middle-grade spiritual roots, talent value above 50, and favorability towards the host above 30.]

Li Qingqing was silent.

Among all the major cultivation sects, there is no cultivator as young as her who accepts disciples. It is quite difficult for her to gain people's favorability level of more than 30.

Unless people don’t know that she is looking to accept a disciple.

But even if it is difficult, she still wants to try.

She sorted out her belongings briefly, used the peak master's privileges, and went directly down the mountain through the sect's teleportation array.

The other end of the teleportation array is Lingtian City, which is closest to the Jiuling Sect. Although it is night, the city is very lively, with crowds of people and the shouts of various vendors rising and falling.

Li Qingqing hadn't been here for a long time. Listening to all the noisy voices and thoughts, she still felt uncomfortable.

She had been on the street for less than a quarter of an hour when she felt tinnitus and a buzzing in her head.

Can't this mind-reading ear be turned off temporarily?

Just when she felt as if tens of thousands of ducks were quacking in her ears and was feeling extremely depressed, the system suddenly spoke.

[The host's soul power is relatively weak, so it's best to choose a technique that strengthens the soul. Then you can block out external sounds as you wish.]

Li Qingqing stroked her forehead and sighed. It is not so easy to learn the secret of a strong soul.

There is no such spell in Lingqin Peak, so she has never learned it.

Not only Lingqin Peak, but even Jiuling Sect doesn't have any magic formula that suits her, otherwise she wouldn't have been sick for seven years.

After enduring the discomfort and going to the largest Baicao Pavilion in the city to buy a large bag of medicinal seeds, she bought some food along the street and went to the teleportation point of Lingtian City. She spent two high-quality spirit stones and went to Yaoge City via the teleportation array.

Yaoge City is prosperous and has roads leading to all directions, so many people who want to join a sect and go to Xichen Mountain to participate in the major sects' disciple recruitment elections will stop here to rest.

Li Qingqing's idea was to see if there was anyone suitable to be accepted as his apprentice.

The reason for not going directly to Xichen Mountain is that if you try to snatch people away before the disciple selection begins, it will be a taboo and you will be targeted and despised by all the major sects.

As a novice peak master with limited strength, she cannot do anything that would offend others.

Just when she had locked onto an inn and was about to stay there for the night, a vicious curse suddenly came from the corner of the street.

"If no one wants to buy you tomorrow, I will sell you to the Beast Garden for a low-grade spirit stone."

Li Qingqing was stunned for a moment. When she turned around, she saw a dark-skinned man dragging an iron cage on wheels forward with hatred.

And in the iron cage lay a woman with blood on her body and long hair covering her face.

Just as she was frowning, she unexpectedly saw a few lines of words suddenly appear above the woman's head.

Sex: Male.

Spiritual root attributes: gold, wood, water, fire, earth (unpurified five elements mixed spiritual roots, low quality) Note: spiritual roots can be purified and washed

Talent value: 75

Favorability: 0 (does not meet the criteria for becoming a disciple)

Li Qingqing was stunned. There was actually a man in the cage?

But he was clearly wearing gaudy and flimsy women's clothing!

Moreover, even when he was lying down, you could see his bulging chest. How could he be a man?

"Cough cough!" She couldn't help coughing twice because she felt uncomfortable.

When she coughed, the dark-skinned man who was cursing suddenly looked at her.

"What are you coughing for? Don't you know I'm in a bad mood?"

Li Qingqing resisted the urge to slap the man away and pointed at the iron cage he was dragging.

"You're only selling this guy a low-grade spirit stone? Then I'll buy it!"

The dark-skinned man looked her up and down, then smiled, "A low-grade spirit stone won't do. She's a mature maid, capable of doing rough work, waiting on others, and warming the bed. A high-grade spirit stone won't do."

Li Qingqing seemed a little embarrassed and turned to leave.

The dark-skinned man hurriedly stopped her and said, "Since you are young, I will give you a discount! You can take her away for one hundred medium-grade spirit stones."

Li Qingqing hesitated for a moment before nodding, "Alright! Let him out and I'll see if he can be saved. Don't let him die after being bought back."

The dark-skinned man laughed when he heard this, "How could it be, how could it be, he is in good health, it's just a minor injury."

As he said that, he quickly dragged out the unlucky guy who seemed to be dying.

Li Qingqing said coldly: "Even if the price is halved, I'm almost beaten to death by you. It costs me a lot of money to see a doctor and buy medicine."

After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for the dark-skinned man to speak and directly threw fifty medium-grade spirit stones at him.

The dark-skinned man was not angry. He took the money and ran away dragging his black iron cage.

He was afraid that if he ran too slowly, the person would die, and the fifty medium-grade spirit stones would be gone.

You know, that little girl looks young, but she should be very strong. He is in the late stage of foundation building and can't even see through her cultivation level.

If a real fight breaks out, they can take the person away without spending a penny.

What's more, he made a lot of money.

After the people walked away, Li Qingqing performed a water purification technique to wash the face of the person whose face was covered in blood.

She was slightly surprised when she saw the other person's beautiful face that was difficult to tell whether it was male or female.

What a good-looking guy!

"You made a loss. He only sold me a medium-grade spirit stone during the day." The man suddenly opened his eyes and spoke weakly.

"It's okay!" Li Qingqing didn't care. He lowered his head and took out a bottle of high-quality healing pills from the supplies distributed to him by the headmaster and stuffed one into his mouth.

The moment the pill dissolved in his mouth, a trace of confusion flashed in the man's eyes, as if he was not used to someone being nice to him.

"What's your name?" Li Qingqing stood up and asked.

"Xia Nanfeng."

"Well. Can we go?" Li Qingqing pointed to the inn on the street.

"Okay." After regulating his breathing, Xia Nanfeng immediately stood up.

Li Qingqing entered the inn, booked two upper rooms, asked the waiter to help prepare a set of men's clothes, and then took Xia Nanfeng upstairs.

After washing up, Xia Nanfeng came to Li Qingqing's room with a little trepidation.

"Sit down! Don't be nervous!" Li Qingqing calmly poured him a cup of tea.

Xia Nanfeng sat down without drinking tea, but looked into her eyes that were not stained by dust but were full of deep meaning, "Why did you save me?"