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

Her hand speed was extremely fast, and the relatively thin spiritual energy above the icy sea was immediately drawn over.

It was at this moment that her cultivation suddenly surged, and she broke through to the late stage of the Spirit Division Realm in the blink of an eye.

While Lu Tingbai was still a little dazed, he felt a warm, comforting spiritual energy enveloping his entire body.

"This uses the spiritual energy drawn by the sound of the zither, and the spiritual energy will be automatically purified according to the fluctuations of the music. You should meditate for an hour."

As Li Qingqing spoke, she placed a dual-space storage ring into his hand.

"This is a double storage space that all disciples of Lingqin Peak have. One side is for personal belongings, and the other side is for items that you are willing to share with your senior brothers. There are already some pills and items in the shared supplies. No matter who put them there, you can take them as needed."

After thinking for a moment, she placed a bottle of high-grade Spirit Gathering Pill and a Spirit Purifying Pill in his hand.

"Thank you, Master!" In just a short while, Lu Tingbai had already felt how much his young master cared for his disciple.

After Lu Tingbai began cultivating, Li Qingqing also went to the side and used the random inheritance jade technique she had just been rewarded with.

This time, the image that appeared in her mind was of a man whose face she couldn't see, holding her hand and making a hand seal in the air, drawing on the five elements of spiritual energy between heaven and earth to transform into a five-element spiritual sword.

Then, the man taught her how to wield a sword and create a flurry of sword flowers, and then she saw those sword flowers bloom into beautiful blood flowers on the heads of the monsters.

Then, she felt herself being lifted into the air and, with a graceful movement, the sword in her hand changed its moves.

This time, the sword flowers of the spirit sword suddenly gathered into a five-colored flower ball, which exploded on a giant beast with a bang, and the giant beast exploded like a firework.

The most unbelievable thing is that the fireworks exploded without leaving a trace, and the target was completely dead.

Later, he thought it was over, but when his body landed, he spun around and the spirit sword split into five short swords. The sword energy rippled out and bloomed into five flowers of blood in the top, bottom, left and right of the target.

At the same time, another name appeared in Li Qingqing's mind: Five Elements Flower Sword.

Although there were only three moves, she was deeply shocked.

Seeing that Lu Tingbai was still cultivating, she started practicing beside him.

When she successfully conjured a Five Elements Spirit Sword that was so light it seemed weightless, Li Qingqing was quite taken aback.

After sensing for a while, she roughly understood that the hand seal she had just made was more like summoning the five elements of spiritual energy, rather than the five kinds of spiritual energy she had condensed herself.

She practiced condensing her spirit sword dozens of times, and only after everything went smoothly did she begin practicing the sword moves she had just learned.

Because it was dark and Li Qingqing was not in the area where Lu Tingbai had lit the fire, even if someone sensed the presence of a spirit-guiding array, no one could see what Li Qingqing was doing.

An hour later, she dispelled the spirit-guiding array and led Lu Tingbai back to the spirit boat.

When the Spirit Chef Peak Master saw that Li Qingqing had brought back a blind disciple after going out, his expression froze.

However, upon discovering that his cultivation had reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he felt that his inability to see was no big deal.

"Master, let's take our sixth junior brother to the spirit boat to rest for a while!" Wen Yang suddenly spoke up.

Li Qingqing nodded, "Go!"

She put away the zither that was beside her and gave her disciples some time to spend together.

After the group left, the Spirit Chef Peak Master said with a smile, "The disciples you've taken in are all incredibly skilled."

"That's true. I didn't expect that myself."

Elder Wu heard their conversation and sat a little closer.

"When Xiao Li chooses disciples in the future, he should still select a few who have been taught since childhood. This way, they will be closer to each other and have a greater sense of belonging to the sect."

Before Li Qingqing could respond, the Fifth Elder of Tianyi Sect, who had been keeping an eye on the area, suddenly approached.

"Master of Lingqin Peak, I have a granddaughter who is five years old this year. She loves the zither and flute very much. I wonder if she would be fortunate enough to become a disciple of Lingqin Peak?"

Elder Wu was taken aback and immediately looked at the other person.

People from the Tianyi Sect want to join their Jiuling Sect?

People nearby who heard this also looked over curiously.

Li Qingqing coughed lightly and said apologetically, "I'm sorry! Because of the matter of my master and senior sisters returning to the Guihai Secret Realm, I swore an oath when I took over Lingqin Peak that I would not accept female disciples anymore."

The Fifth Elder of Tianyi Sect, who was rejected, was stunned for a moment. "You... you don't accept girls anymore?"

The former Lingqin Peak Master was the opposite; he did not accept male disciples.

How come it's reversed?

Elder Wu and the Spirit Chef Peak Master were unaware of this, so they also looked over at Li Qingqing.

"Is it really a decision not to accept female disciples?"

Li Qingqing nodded. "Yes, I won't accept female disciples. I don't want to repeat the same mistake, so I'm sorry. Also, I won't accept very young children. I'm still a child myself and can't take care of very young disciples."

It's better to say this now, so that people who don't meet the requirements won't travel long distances to become my apprentices in the future.

“Learning the zither is like cultivating oneself; isn’t it best to start learning from a young age?” Some people didn’t understand Li Qingqing’s request.

"My Lingqin Peak currently has only six disciples, and will not be accepting inner or outer disciples in the future. In other words, my Lingqin Peak only has direct disciples. The child is too young and there is no one to take care of him."

As soon as Li Qingqing finished speaking, many people started making plans in their minds.

The idea that entering Lingqin Peak means becoming a direct disciple is quite appealing.

Many people previously thought that Lingqin Peak was doomed because it lacked talent, but now it has been proven that the new young peak master is highly skilled in playing the zither and has considerable strength.

Elder Wu didn't say anything at this time. The previous Yunyan Peak Master also didn't accept outer disciples or miscellaneous disciples. She only had one more inner disciple and fewer personal disciples.

Disciples of the Lingqin Sect rely on talent, so they focus on quality rather than quantity.

Having fewer people also has an advantage: they get more resources.

"How long do you all think it will take before the Gate of the Divine Ruins opens?" Li Qingqing suddenly changed the subject.

"It's hard to say. Judging from the current situation, it will probably take another ten days or so." Elder Wu was also uncertain.

"We thought so too ten days ago," the Spirit Weapon Peak Master replied helplessly, having already sighed many times throughout the night.

"Is it possible that the opening of the Gate to the Divine Ruins is related to the appearance of the small secret realm? Could it be that the Gate to the Divine Ruins here is not opening so soon, and what we are seeing is just an illusion?" Li Qingqing made a reasonable guess.

You should know that in the previous life, the gate to the Divine Ruins was actually four or five months away from opening.

"Let's explore that little secret realm when it's light," said the Spirit Sword Peak Master.

He didn't want to just wait here idly either.

"Our cultivation levels are too high to enter the small secret realm, so what's the point of going?" The peak master of the Spirit Weapon Peak flatly refused.

He didn't want to make another trip; it would be a waste of time anyway.

"Let's just wait patiently! Otherwise, the Gate of the Divine Ruins might open instead of us leaving." The Peak Master of Lingfu Peak felt that since they had already waited so long, it was better not to wander off.

Fu Changye remained silent, his face expressionless, seemingly unwilling to join in this pointless chatter.

Li Qingqing sat there patiently, actually hoping to find out what Fu Changye was thinking.

But this person was as calm as still water, with very little emotional fluctuation, and no inner thoughts whatsoever.

Could it be that he was actually emptying his mind and not thinking about anything at all?