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

The Spirit Chef Peak Master sighed with a hint of frustration, "It's that bastard Fu Changye. The Nascent Soul Realm isn't divided into early, middle, and late stages, but into nine stages. Elder Wu just broke through, so he should be in the first stage of Nascent Soul. The Spirit Healer Peak Master was in the third stage of Nascent Soul three years ago, but I don't know now. The Sect Leader is at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Integration Realm."

Elder Wu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "You must work hard."

"Okay, I'll try my best," said the Spirit Chef Peak Master with a smile.

“Uncle-Master, let’s work hard together.” Li Qingqing also became serious.

"Keep trying. Let's grab something to eat and continue our inquiry," Elder Wu said with a smile.

He used to dislike eating spiritual food, but now he feels that his breakthrough is related to his mood, his enlightenment over the past two days, and the spiritual food he has been eating recently.

The competitive spirit of the Spirit Chef Peak Master was also aroused. After eating his fill of a delicious meal, he immediately went to another mountain to inquire about the Dao.

In the following days, Li Qingqing failed to achieve enlightenment again, as if she could no longer hear that ethereal and cold voice.

However, she inexplicably felt that her cultivation speed on Mount Wendao was exceptionally fast.

She had always felt that there was a power within her that had not been absorbed, but while cultivating on Mount Wendao, this power was transformed into her own power more effectively and quickly.

Two weeks later, she broke through!

She had just entered the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul Realm when the Spirit Chef Peak Master next door also broke through.

Whether it was because of the care and encouragement of the two powerful figures, Ye Bei, who had only just entered the early stage of Foundation Establishment, actually broke through again.

Elder Wu, who was watching from the sidelines, was beaming with joy and high spirits.

He was so proud and so happy!

This is a blessing for their Nine Spirits Sect!

Those who witnessed this scene on Mount Wendao were incredibly envious!

“Xiao Li, the people at the Gate of the Divine Ruins are still kneeling. I think we can go back in a while.”

This time, it was Elder Wu who requested to remain at Wendao Mountain.

Li Qingqing naturally had no objection, "Then let's go to the Gate of the Divine Ruins in another month."

Anyway, those people won't be finished kneeling for another month!

The Spirit Chef Peak Master quickly chimed in, "Yes, let's stay at Asking the Way Mountain for another half month, then go to the Heavenly Street in the Northern Continent to shop around and replenish our supplies."

“That works too.” The usually meticulous Elder Wu was surprisingly casual and easy to talk to this time.

After agreeing on the plan, the four of them went to another mountain and continued their inquiry.

However, as soon as she sat down, Li Qingqing heard an ancient tree by the mountainside sighing.

"All the Daoist techniques on Mount Wendao have just been extracted by the Gate of Divine Ruins. There will be no more Daoist techniques circulating on Mount Wendao for the next three years. These people have come for nothing."

Li Qingqing was stunned for a moment. Had the Daoist magic been taken away by the Gate of Divine Ruins?

Since there are no Taoist methods, she'll just cultivate!

She closed her eyes for a moment, then suddenly froze again.

Why has the spiritual energy of Wendao Mountain suddenly become so thin?

She turned to look at Elder Wu and the Spirit Chef Peak Master, who also noticed something was amiss at that moment.

"Why does it feel like the spiritual energy around us has suddenly become so thin?" The Spirit Chef Peak Master was completely bewildered.

This is the Mountain of Inquiry, a place where spiritual energy gathers, so the fluctuations in spiritual energy here shouldn't be so great.

After spreading his divine sense to sense for a while, Elder Wu frowned. "It seems that the spiritual energy from all directions in the Northern Continent is heading towards the Gate of the Divine Ruins."

“Then let’s go down the mountain and head to Beizhou Tianjie!” Li Qingqing stood up and brushed the dust off her clothes.

"Let's go!" Elder Wu also stood up.

The spiritual energy is too thin; even ordinary cultivation is difficult to sustain, let alone seeking enlightenment.

The four of them descended the mountain and spent three days in the busiest street in the Northern Continent, buying what they needed before returning to the Gate of the Divine Ruins ahead of schedule.

……

At the same time, the spiritual energy within a ten-mile radius of the Gate of the Divine Ruins had become so dense as to be alarming.

Those who weren't in the kneeling circle sat on the frozen sea of ​​ice, cultivating in place.

No, not all of them. There is one person who is not cultivating.

That's Bai Xiangling, and she's feeding Fu Changye, who has gained weight, spiritual porridge.

She bought the spirit porridge from a disciple of Spirit Chef Peak.

Fu Changye, a powerful figure in the Nascent Soul Realm, was also in a sad state. He had stopped eating ordinary food, but now he had strangely gained weight, and his stomach had also mutated.

He was getting hungrier every day. Sometimes when Bai Xiangling was in front of him, he would feel like she was carrying two big, fragrant white steamed buns and he wanted to devour them in one bite.

He felt like he was hallucinating from hunger!

Fortunately, Bai Xiangling later became more considerate and started feeding him some spiritual food.

He kneels here every day, his greatest hope being that Bai Xiangling will come and feed him.

Bai Xiangling had her own little scheme in doing this. Although Fu Changye was now so fat that it was unbearable to look at, his cultivation level was high!

He was still her target, so if she wanted him to have a good impression of her, she needed to appear in front of him more often.

So, even though she had the fasting pills, she still chose to feed him spiritual food every day.

In this way, she would have a reason to show herself in front of the other senior brothers and gain some favor.

Outside the kneeling circle, Xia Nanfeng and his fellow disciples used the Spirit Gathering Ball to mark out an area where they were cultivating together.

Qiu Shaoze had gotten used to paying attention to Bai Xiangling, so he couldn't help but make a comment at this moment.

"Why does that woman have the fasting pill but not use it, instead always twisting her waist to feed the Spiritual Healer Peak Master spiritual food? Doesn't she see how fat the Spiritual Healer Peak Master has become?"

“I estimate he must weigh 500 jin (250 kg).” Wen Yang grinned, looking surprised.

Fu Changye is known to the outside world as a powerful figure in the Nascent Soul Realm, possessing both strength and good looks, and is quite famous in the Hualing Nine Continents.

It's quite surprising that someone like that could gain so much weight in such a short time.

"It might not be 500 jin, but it's definitely over 400 jin," Qiu Shaoze said, offering a more objective assessment.

"I wonder if his weight will affect his movements after the Gate of the Divine Ruins opens," Lan Cen said thoughtfully.

"Who cares! The relationship between Lingyi Peak and our Lingqin Peak isn't good either." Yao Han raised an eyebrow slightly.

Of the nine peaks of the Nine Spirits Sect, their master was only on good terms with the Spirit Chef Peak Master.

After chatting for a while, the group resumed their serious cultivation.

When Li Qingqing returned, she found the six of them gathered together, focused on their cultivation. She left Ye Bei behind and told him to join them on his own before returning to the rest room on the spirit boat.

After taking a Nine-Turn Nourishing Spirit Pill, she had a good sleep and rested her soul.

With the opening of the Gate of the Divine Ruins imminent, she felt that her strength was still too weak, so as soon as she woke up, she seized the time to cultivate again.

She didn't stop until the Spirit Chef Peak Master knocked on her door.

"Xiao Li, the kneeling punishment at the Gate of Divine Ruins is over, and the Gate of Divine Ruins is probably about to open. You should quickly take your disciples to the assembly point."

"Okay." Li Qingqing packed up her things in the lounge and immediately followed the Spirit Chef Peak Master off the spirit boat.