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

Because Li Qingqing had spent a lot of time collecting "pebbles" and "bones," most of the things on this ancient street had already been looted.

Since she was already there, she went into every shop on the old street and took a look.

However, after visiting ten shops in a row, they were all empty. Apart from the shops that couldn't be moved and the floors that couldn't be pried off, there was nothing left.

She stopped again when she saw a candle and incense shop.

There are quite a few things here: incense, candles, yellow paper, paper figures, and in the middle of the shop there is an altar with an incense burner on it, with three sticks of incense burning. There are also two round straw cushions on the ground.

Just as she entered the incense and candle shop to touch the incense and candles, a soft shout suddenly came from behind her.

"Stop! Everything here belongs to our Hundred Talisman Sect. Please leave immediately!"

Li Qingqing turned around and saw two disciples dressed in the Hundred Talisman Sect's attire holding expulsion talismans at her, clearly indicating that they would attack her if she didn't leave.

Li Qingqing narrowed her eyes slightly. "If you arrived before me, why didn't you take your things with you?"

"We only have spatial bags, but they are already full. We have to wait for our senior brother and the others to arrive. We have been guarding here for quite some time, so please leave as soon as possible."

Li Qingqing raised her sleeve slightly, her fingers twitching, and a stick of incense was transferred into the Changling Sacred Spring space.

But when she saw that the incense sticks had turned into a withered twig inside, she slightly raised her eyes, moved the withered twig out, threw it into the pile of incense sticks, and turned to leave.

They had only taken a few steps when they saw Bai Xiangling walking towards them.

The people around her were not from Lingyi Peak.

Bai Xiangling was somewhat surprised to see Li Qingqing, but she quickly raised her head high, looking indifferent, and made no attempt to greet her.

But deep down, she was gloating.

[It seems Li Qingqing's luck isn't so great either; she's alone too. If her luck were any worse, she might have died somewhere unnoticed. Luckily, I'm smart enough to have infiltrated the Spirit Talisman Hall's group.]

Li Qingqing was already used to Bai Xiangling's subtle, insincere words of belittling and cursing her, so she simply ignored her.

She had only glanced at the shop across the street when she noticed that the people from the Hundred Talismans Sect had already left the incense and candle shop.

Bai Xiangling was also in the group, chatting and laughing with the senior brother of the Hundred Talisman Sect, exuding charm in every gesture.

Li Qingqing didn't want to get too close to them, so she slowed her pace.

When her gaze fell upon some incense ash scattered on the threshold of the incense and candle shop across the street, she hesitated for a moment before heading back to the shop.

Although only a short time had passed, the incense and candle shop had been emptied out, with only a small amount of incense ash and three sticks of incense scattered on the ground.

It must have been that the people from the Hundred Talismans Sect knocked over the incense burner when they took it, causing the incense ash to spill, and they simply didn't want the incense that was already mostly burned.

Although the incense sticks had turned into withered branches, she still picked up the three sticks of incense from the ground and put them into the Changling Holy Spring space.

The next moment, her eyes lit up.

Because those three incense sticks were actually three strings of purple-gold long spirit fruits.

A bunch of Long Spirit Fruits contains nine small fruits. They are rare natural treasures that contain powerful spiritual energy and purifying power, making them extremely precious.

However, because the Long Spirit Fruit was dropped on the ground and suffered some damage, it is not suitable for further preservation.

So she washed the three strings of long spiritual fruits, put them into the shared resource warehouse, and left a message for her disciples, hoping that all of them could break through to the Golden Core Realm within the next three months.

Afterwards, she swept the incense ash from the ground into the Long Spirit Holy Spirit Space.

This first glance was alarming, but a second look startled her even more.

This small pinch of incense ash is actually Nine Heavens Nourishing Spirit Powder. No wonder it can keep the Long Spirit Fruit growing in the incense burner without spoiling.

After taking a deep breath, she quickly collected the scattered incense ash from the threshold, put it all in a small paper bag, cleaned off any impurities, and put it away.

Having found a hidden gem, she left the incense and candle shop in high spirits and then strolled leisurely along the ancient street.

Upon seeing Bai Xiangling again, she suddenly lost the will to avoid them and followed them at a leisurely pace.

Ever since Bai Xiangling acquired the Most Beautiful Divine Doctor System, she has been incredibly lucky in finding all sorts of spiritual plants and herbs in the secret realm. Following her, perhaps I can still snag some bargains.

While Li Qingqing had found her rhythm, Yao Han and Wen Yang got into a fight with Yun Qing, the eldest disciple of the Biyun Sect, and his group over a Dragon Scale Grass.

Although Wen Yang was already at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, Yun Qing was stronger, having reached the mid-stage of the Spirit Division realm. Therefore, in the end, Wen Yang and Yao Han were no match for him and were practically beaten to a pulp.

Just as Yun Qing was about to order his men to break Yao Han's legs again, Lan Cen suddenly appeared and used the Nascent Soul Sword Qi that Li Qingqing had used to save his life to instantly kill the arrogant, smug, and mocking Yun Qing.

The moment Yun Qing collapsed and died, everyone from the Biyun Sect was stunned.

After realizing what had happened, the people from the Biyun Sect were enraged. "You dared to kill our senior brother! You're finished! Your Lingqin Peak is doomed!"

"You were the ones who tried to steal the treasure first and then tried to kill us. Yun Qing deserved to die." Wen Yang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes blazing with anger.

He was considering how to kill all the members of the Biyun Sect in the Divine Ruins in one go, and see who among them could spread the word about Yun Qing's death.

Just as he was about to move, someone noticed first and shouted, "Quick! Let's go find Master and avenge our eldest brother!"

Before the words were even finished, someone had already used a teleportation scroll to escape.

One person ran away, and soon the rest of the group fled in a panic, leaving Yun Qing's body behind.

"Did I cause trouble?!" Lan Cen was only focused on saving people and didn't expect that killing Yun Qing would cause trouble for Lingqin Peak.

Yao Han patted his shoulder, "You did it to save us. Dozens of people from the Biyun Sect attacked the two of us. If we hadn't used some extraordinary means, we would have been dead. You did nothing wrong! It's just a pity about the Nascent Soul Sword Qi that Master gave us."

If used properly, this Nascent Soul Sword Qi could even kill the sect leader of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Without saying a word, Wen Yang walked to Yun Qing's corpse, took his storage ring, and then burned the corpse to ashes.

"We are still too weak. We must become stronger before we leave the Divine Ruins. Otherwise, the people of the Azure Cloud Sect will not let us go once we get out." Yao Han was eager to become stronger.

Today's events were actually caused by his past conflict with Yun Qing, and he is still in a weaker position.

His master was so good; he didn't want to bring her any trouble.

At this moment, Lan Cen suddenly said, "Master previously placed three strings of Long-Life Fruits in the shared resource warehouse, hoping that we can break through to the Golden Core Realm within three months. Why don't we find a place to consume the Long-Life Fruits and improve ourselves first!"