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

Qiu Shaoze shook his head regretfully, "We didn't see anyone."

Actually, he was quite curious as well.

When he arrived in Lingtian City, he went shopping separately from his senior brother and two junior brothers. He went to the Brocade Pavilion, and was stopped by the shopkeeper as soon as he arrived.

This Xuanling Robe is no ordinary item, and its price is beyond the reach of most people.

With the 200,000 mid-grade spirit stones that their master gave them, they probably couldn't even buy a single sleeve of a Xuanling Robe.

Who is this person who is so generous?!

The problem is, they don't even leave their names.

Li Qingqing searched her mind but couldn't think of anyone.

However, she put her things away smoothly.

Considering that the Xuanling Robe was light and warm, she gave the Fire Spirit Beast Soft Armor that the Spirit Chef Peak Master had given her to Yao Han, who had a leg ailment.

"The Northern Continent's icy sea is too cold, so here you can have this. Everyone else should move around more and wear warm clothes when they're cold."

"Thank you, Master." Yao Han was somewhat flattered.

After thinking for a moment, Li Qingqing took out all the temperature-regulating talismans and gave twenty to each person.

"The Spirit Chef Peak Master said that this temperature-regulating talisman is actually useless in the Northern Continent's icy sea, but it's better than nothing, so it's good to keep some for self-defense."

"Master, everything we bought is in the shared supplies warehouse. Please see if there's anything you need," Xia Nanfeng said softly.

Li Qingqing glanced at the shared resource space, then grabbed a handful of fire crystals.

"You four can divide the rest of the things among yourselves. Pack up your valuables and get ready to leave."

The four of them went back to their own place to tidy up a bit, and then left together.

Because nearly three thousand people from the nine peaks of the Nine Spirits Sect were going to the Northern Continent's Ice Sea Secret Realm, the sect dispatched a larger and more luxurious spirit ship.

Because Li Qingqing was the peak master, she was also assigned a separate rest room.

While the disciples chattered outside, dreaming about what they would do in the secret realm, only Li Qingqing was cultivating behind closed doors.

On the eighth day of her journey on the spirit boat, her cultivation broke through, and she entered the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

When she came out, Elder Wu, who was with her, looked at her differently.

"Did he just break through?"

Li Qingqing nodded, "Yes. It cost some Spirit Gathering Pills and Spirit Stones."

This breakthrough used up all her high-grade Spirit Gathering Pills and her few remaining top-grade spirit stones, which was a bit of a pain.

Elder Wu smiled and stroked his long beard. “You reap what you sow. I’ll have the sect leader approve more Spirit Gathering Pills and Spirit Stones for you later.”

"Thank you, Elder Wu!" Li Qingqing said with a smile.

Elder Wu smiled, then raised his hand and patted the Spirit Chef Peak Master on the shoulder, but did not say a word.

He didn't say it, but the meaning in his eyes was clear.

This little girl is already in the late Nascent Soul stage, while you, her senior uncle, are only in the mid-Nascent Soul stage!

The Spirit Chef Peak Master was quite troubled. Did he not want to improve his cultivation?

He's stuck at a bottleneck!

Xia Nanfeng and his companions, who had been watching from a distance, were deeply shaken.

They just sat there for eight days, but their master's cultivation level improved.

That's the difference!

No wonder she became a peak master at such a young age!

Then, the four of them sat down in a corner of the spirit boat, intending to take the Spirit Gathering Pill to cultivate.

Upon hearing their plans, Li Qingqing quickly called them to a stop.

"You may go to my resting room! I will not cultivate until I reach the Northern Continent Ice Sea."

"Thank you, Master!" Xia Nanfeng replied and immediately left with his three junior brothers.

This scene was witnessed by the Spirit Chef Peak Master, who was inexplicably drawn into it.

"Since Xiao Li is watching over things here, I'll go and rest too!"

Elder Wu nodded with a smile, "Go ahead! Little Li and I will keep watch."

As he spoke, he also personally sponsored the Spirit Chef Peak Master with two top-grade spirit stones.

"I see you're not far from the late Nascent Soul stage. With a little effort, you'll be able to advance once you get off the spirit boat."

The Master of the Spirit Chef Peak has no choice but to get involved this time, even if he doesn't want to.

The other disciples looked at each other, feeling that it was wrong to just chat instead of cultivating.

So they all sat cross-legged and began their practice.

Although they didn't have any high-grade Spirit Gathering Pills, they did have some low-grade Spirit Gathering Pills and a few spirit stones.

After everyone quieted down, Bai Xiangling's thoughts, which were mixed in with the crowd, stood out quite a bit.

[Li Qingqing, that sickly girl, has suddenly become energetic. Is she going to adopt the persona of a hardworking genius? Heh, once I enter the Divine Ruins and find the Breakthrough Pill, I'll surpass that pseudo-genius of hers in no time.]

Li Qingqing frowned.

She almost forgot that although Bai Xiangling didn't go to the Divine Ruins in her previous life, many people from the Spiritual Healer Peak did.

A disciple from the outer sect named Zhui Liang brought back a piece of dead wood from the Divine Ruins. Later, when cleaning his storage ring, he casually threw it away, and Bai Xiangling picked it up.

No one would have imagined that a storage ring, the same color as the bark, was hidden inside that piece of dead wood. Inside the storage ring were many ancient pills, including a top-grade breakthrough pill.

I remember that Bai Xiangling's cultivation level increased by a whole realm overnight after taking the Breakthrough Pill.

It seems she'll have to keep a close eye on this guy named Zhui Liang.

While pondering, she began to observe these people.

Before long, she was able to distinguish who Zhui Liang was from her distant memories.

Two nights later, the spirit boat landed near the newly opened secret realm in the Northern Continent's icy sea.

It was at this time that Li Qingqing discovered that Xia Nanfeng's cultivation had made a breakthrough, reaching the peak of Qi Refining.

Moreover, this didn't stop there; the spiritual energy within his body was advancing towards the Great Perfection, as if he was preparing to establish his foundation.

Fearing that he might fail to establish his foundation due to insufficient spiritual energy, Li Qingqing took out the Listening Wind Zither, opened the window of the spirit boat, and began to play the Spirit Guiding Melody.

In an instant, all the spiritual energy in the surrounding area was drawn towards the spirit boat.

The spiritual energy is relatively thin near the icy sea, but it is abundant in the small secret realm.

Because some early arrivals had already entered the small secret realm, the passage here was open, which drew in the spiritual energy from the small secret realm.

Elder Wu was stunned. After regaining his senses, he quickly stopped the disciples who were about to disembark from the spirit boat.

"Sit down quickly, focus your mind and concentrate on cultivation. Don't miss this rare opportunity."

Those who reacted quickly found a good spot to sit down and began cultivating as the elder instructed.

The spiritual energy drawn in is like that which has been tamed, and it is much more effective than directly absorbing spiritual energy in a small secret realm.

At this moment, the Spirit Chef Peak Master was also at a critical stage of breakthrough. He was about to give up because he didn't have enough spiritual energy, but unexpectedly, a stroke of genius occurred, and a large amount of pure spiritual energy gathered near the spirit boat.

He was very familiar with this melody; it was played by Little Li!

This girl not only rolled it herself, but also helped him roll it.

Sigh, although he felt a little helpless, he was secretly pleased!

While the members of the Nine Spirits Sect were cultivating together, a group of rogue cultivators who had just arrived on the icy sea outside the spirit boat, after being shocked, also quietly gathered here, eagerly and greedily absorbing the rich spiritual energy.

A quarter of an hour later, the music suddenly stopped, and everyone was jolted awake in a daze.

Li Qingqing glanced at the scene of spiritual energy surrounding the boat that she had created and was not satisfied.

Because the attempt to summon spiritual energy to form an array failed, the surrounding spiritual energy dissipated in a short while.

She closed her eyes slightly and pondered for a moment before her fingers once again traced the strings.

This time, as the music passed over the strings, there was a slight tremor, but at the same time, there were also flashes of light.

As the entire spirit ship seemed to be enveloped in a sky full of spiritual mist, five bright stars appeared in the sky.

Li Qingqing sensed something and stopped pointing, but the spiritual energy did not dissipate, and the spirit-guiding array was completed!

Elder Wu laughed so hard that he pulled out several hairs from his beard when he was on the spirit boat, where the spiritual energy was so dense that people could hardly see their figures. He was excited.

Who was it that said Li Qingqing was no match for Yunyan Yicheng?

If he said that now, he could kick the person back.