Stealing the female lead's favor turns her from a heartthrob to a universally disliked figure.

Nine Spirits Sect.

As soon as Li Qingqing returned to Lingqin Peak, her acceptance of disciples caused a sensation in the sect.

The sect leader took it very seriously and immediately brought over the peak masters from all the other peaks, who were equally curious.

When the peak master of Lingfu Peak saw that Xia Nanfeng's skeletal age was older than Li Qingqing's, his face immediately darkened.

"Why did you take on such an old disciple? His bone age is already twenty, and he's still only in the Qi Refining stage, which shows his talent isn't good. Your bone age is only eighteen, what were you thinking?"

These one sentence made Xia Nanfeng's face turn several shades paler.

The master's age wasn't due to some kind of age-preserving technique; he was genuinely young.

Li Qingqing raised an eyebrow indifferently and retorted calmly, "Nanfeng has excellent talent, possessing all five elements of spiritual roots. Although only his fire spiritual root is of superior grade, his aptitude is not bad. Besides, no one stipulates that a master's age cannot be younger than that of a disciple."

"And it's a burdensome mixed spiritual root of the five elements? This means that even if you cultivate until death, you will still find it difficult to break through to the Golden Core stage!" The peak master of the Spirit Weapon Peak exclaimed in astonishment.

He wouldn't accept a disciple like that, even if one of their fire elemental roots was of superior quality.

Li Qingqing frowned. "I have already accepted him. Please, elders, do not discourage my disciple. He is not a burden. At most, the Five Elements Spiritual Root will consume more spiritual energy than ordinary cultivators. As long as he has good talent and sufficient spiritual energy supply, he can cultivate five times faster than others."

"You make it sound so easy. Can't you see what the situation is like at Lingqin Peak right now?" The peak master of Lingjian Peak scoffed.

He didn't intend to discourage the girl, but since she didn't like hearing the truth, he couldn't help but say a few words.

"Sect Leader, you've come to give me gifts because I've accepted a chief disciple, haven't you?" Li Qingqing was too lazy to argue with these peak masters, so she turned to look at the sect leader.

The sect leader originally wanted to say that he had just come to see the disciple she had taken in, but the girl looked at him with a sharp gaze, and it seemed that she was not a disciple he had just found randomly, and she was quite protective of him, so he nodded instead.

"Since this is the disciple you intend to take as your personal disciple, you should give him a gift."

As he spoke, he took out a token of a formal disciple of the Nine Spirits Sect, a high-level protective talisman capable of withstanding one attack from a Spirit Integration Realm cultivator.

Xia Nanfeng was somewhat flattered and dared not accept the gift for a moment.

Li Qingqing remained calm and smiled as she reminded him, "Aren't you going to thank the sect leader yet?"

Xia Nanfeng quickly bowed and thanked him, "Nanfeng thanks the sect leader."

The sect leader nodded, "Study hard and assist your master in carrying forward the glory of Lingqin Peak, so that the lineage will not be broken."

"Yes. This disciple has remembered!" Xia Nanfeng humbly accepted the instruction.

Li Qingqing then looked at the peak masters again.

The head of Lingchu Peak was the first to step forward and hand Xia Nanfeng a pass token.

"From now on, take this token to my Spirit Chef Peak. Since you haven't yet achieved the Great Abstinence from grains, I'll provide you and your master with meals for three years, free of charge."

Seeing that he said that, the peak master of the Spirit Beast Peak followed suit, saying, "Later, go to my Spirit Beast Peak and choose a mount. Consider it a gift from me to you."

"Thank you, both peak masters!" Xia Nanfeng said politely.

"Then I'll give you twenty Gale Talismans and twenty Random Teleportation Talismans! If you encounter danger and can't win, just run away." The Spirit Talisman Peak Master sighed.

The sect leader even sent a protective talisman, probably because he was afraid that Lingqin Peak's only protégé would be lost.

The peak master of Spirit Weapon Peak was somewhat annoyed, but still spoke up: "The disciples of your Spirit Harp Peak all wear women's robes. Go back to my Spirit Weapon Peak and have a new set made for men!"

"Thank you!"

"I'll give you a small spirit-gathering array plate!" The usually stingy peak master of the Spirit Weapon Peak was unusually generous for once.

The peak masters of Lingjian Peak and Lingdao Peak exchanged a glance, and then each presented the other with a dagger that could peel skin like mud and a set of miniature knives and hidden weapons that were only a finger's length long. The gifts were quite thoughtful.

The peak master of Lingyi Peak, who was absent, sent a bottle of Foundation Establishment Pills through his disciples.

After the gifts were given out, there wasn't much else to say, so everyone went their separate ways.

As silence fell, Xia Nanfeng was at a loss for what to do.

Li Qingqing pointed to the empty accommodations on Lingqin Peak, "You can choose a place to stay first, then go to Lingqi Peak to make your magic robe. Just make the style you like. Then go to Lingshou Peak to choose a mount, so that they won't deny it later. After that, you can arrange your time as you like. Cultivate when you should and eat when you should."

"Yes." Xia Nanfeng nodded and went to choose a place to stay.

Li Qingqing also changed her residence.

However, she did not choose the exquisitely decorated and luxurious Feiyun Pavilion where Yunyan lived, but instead moved into Qingyin Pavilion, where the Great Sound Mystic Qin was kept.

This must be the quietest place on the entire Lingqin Peak, closest to the forbidden area of ​​the Nine Spirits Sect. She really liked the tranquility of this place.

As for the relics of Peak Master Yunyan and other disciples in Feiyunxuan, she used the sect leader's seal to send a message to the sect leader, asking him to send someone to handle them.

Many of the disciples still have families, so their belongings should naturally be returned.

Upon receiving the message, the sect leader was deeply moved by Li Qingqing's thoughtfulness and righteousness, and immediately sent someone to handle the matter.

When everything quieted down again, Li Qingqing discovered that she had two more Soul Nourishing Pills in her personal supply depot.

The source of the reward is the reward for the disciple's advancement in cultivation.

In other words, her disciple's cultivation has improved, which also benefits her as the master.

As expected of the strongest master-disciple system!

After taking a Soul Nourishing Pill, she lay down on the edge of the bed and fell asleep.

In a hazy state, she seemed to hear several somewhat noisy sounds.

[Strange! Strange! Fatty Bai lost ten pounds after applying some ointment to a few senior brothers whose alchemy furnaces exploded today...]

[Your news isn't explosive enough. The really explosive news in the sect today is: there's an incredibly handsome man who has a crush on our little Xue Li. He's been secretly watching her through the Heavenly Light Stone from down the mountain with that deep, doting gaze...]

Shh! Don't make a sound! Little Snow Pear's mental strength is too weak, and her soul is damaged. She always feels very uncomfortable when we make noise...

The sound disappeared here, and Li Qingqing unexpectedly had a good sleep.

When she woke up, it was already the next morning.

She had never slept so well in seven years, sleeping soundly and deeply without any dreams.

After washing up, she ate a spirit fruit and casually sat down beside the Great Sound Mystic Spirit Qin, listening to the Qin Spirit guide her in learning the Pure Heart Melody from the Nine Volumes of Huayin.

After meticulously studying the details of the piano sound, she tried playing it once.

Feeling there were no mistakes, I played it again.

In an instant, everyone in the Nine Spirits Sect seemed to enter a meditative state. Those who were meditating became more focused and those who were cultivating became more concentrated. Those who had just been angry and about to curse others inexplicably calmed down.

On the main peak of the Nine Spirits Sect, the disciples who were being reprimanded suddenly noticed that their sect leader was smiling.

The sect leader glanced in the direction of Lingqin Peak and then nodded slightly.

The little girl is very diligent; she's practicing the piano early in the morning.

That was quite good; it seems Lingqin Peak truly has a worthy successor!

At the same time, one person was extremely unhappy.

That was Bai Xiangling, who was maliciously knocked down and cursed as a fat pig.

She had already tearfully complained to the outer sect elder, who was preparing to punish the two, but when the Tranquil Melody played outside, the elder casually said, "This is the last time," and let the two go.

Bai Xiangling was so angry that she burst into tears, glaring resentfully in the direction of Lingqin Peak.

I will definitely become beautiful, so beautiful that no one can ignore me!

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