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

Nanzhou, Hefeng Town.

Bai Xiangling, her eyes brimming with endless charm, was holding a water mirror and looking around.

From any angle, she believed she was impeccably beautiful.

She had been having an extremely happy time these past two days. Not only had she successfully won over Fu Changye and made substantial progress in her relationship with him, but to her even greater surprise, after several intimate encounters with him, her cultivation level had actually skyrocketed.

She is now at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, which is much easier than painstakingly cultivating!

She thought, if she kept going at this pace, wouldn't she be able to surpass Li Qingqing very soon?

When she sees Li Qingqing again, she'll definitely dazzle her!

While Bai Xiangling was admiring herself in the mirror, she didn't notice that Fu Changye had already entered the room and looked very unwell.

Looking at Bai Xiangling sitting in front of the mirror, her clothes half-exposed, his feelings were extremely complicated.

Back then, should he have taken Li Qingqing as his disciple?

A little girl he didn't care about has grown up to be truly amazing. She was actually able to kill Youyi, a great demon cultivator who managed to escape from his grasp!

Bai Xiangling didn't react until Fu Changye came to her side, and she called out in a soft, sweet voice, "Master!"

Fu Changye pulled the person into his arms and kissed him passionately.

It seemed that only in this way could he soothe the gloom and depression in his heart.

Bai Xiangling loves Fu Changye's domineering nature, believing that it is her charm that makes this aloof and powerful master unable to control himself and frantically demand more from her.

She loves men who go crazy in bed!

Fu Changye was indeed insane, because after breaking the taboo against women, he found a different way to vent the darkness hidden deep within his heart.

"Xiao Bai, do you know much about Li Qingqing?" Fu Changye asked casually.

Bai Xiangling didn't react for a moment, "Wh...what?"

Fu Changye took a deep breath and ultimately did not continue the previous topic.

……

Not far outside, two people were listening to the sounds coming from inside the house with furrowed brows.

A moment later, the two quickly left and whispered to each other at the street corner: "If I wasn't mistaken, the person living inside is the peak master of the Spiritual Healer Peak of the Nine Spirits Sect, right? Does he have a Daoist partner?"

"Who knows if they're cultivation partners? I heard that woman call him 'Master' last night..."

"Huh... that Spirit Healer Peak Master usually gives off such a cold and aloof impression, like he's untouched by worldly affairs, but he actually likes to... have some fun with his disciple..."

"Stop talking! It'll be terrible if someone hears us. That person is a Nascent Soul Realm expert..."

The two exchanged a few words and then quickly left.

But some people, once they discover the secret, can't keep it to themselves. So one of them went to the largest brothel in the Southern Continent for a drinking session. After drinking, he talked too much and told the secret as a private joke.

The girls in the brothel didn't keep secrets, so after serving the guests, they would gossip about it among themselves.

The news spread quickly, and the story became increasingly distorted with each passing tale.

Some say that the master of Lingyi Peak fell in love with his female disciple, but because a master-disciple relationship is unacceptable to the world, he hid away in a small town in the Southern Continent to live a secluded life...

Some say that the female disciples the Spirit Healer Peak Master takes in are all incredibly beautiful, all for the sake of enjoying the bliss of having multiple wives…

Some say that the Spirit Healer Peak Master is only aloof on the surface, but is actually a womanizer...

However, some astute individuals quickly drew parallels to the lost scriptures of the Hehuan Sect's dual cultivation practice.

Back then, it was the powerful demonic cultivator You Yi who was seriously injured by the Spiritual Healer Peak Master. Therefore, some people speculated that the Dual Cultivation Bible of the Joyful Union Sect was actually in the hands of the Spiritual Healer Peak Master Fu Changye. Otherwise, he would not have suddenly gotten together with a female disciple in such an unusual way.

They are all powerful cultivators who have reached the third level of the Nascent Soul realm. Unless they are engaged in dual cultivation, they are unlikely to waste time on romantic relationships.

As more and more people discussed it, the story of Fu Changye and Bai Xiangling quickly spread throughout Jiulingzhou.

……

Li Qingqing never expected that so many things would change after she woke up from a nap.

Before she could spread the news, she heard her apprentices talking about it outside.

"I told you Bai Xiangling was a problem! She tries to pounce on any man she sees. And now, she's gone and pounced on her own master! That's impressive!" Qiu Shaoze's words were full of sarcasm and contempt.

"They say it takes two to tango, and how do you know the Spirit Doctor Peak Master is an upright person?" Lan Cen scoffed.

“That makes sense. Some people only appear upright and aloof on the surface; who knows what they're really like? Anyone with a modicum of morality and ethics wouldn't act like that with their disciple…” Wen Yang snorted.

After listening for a while, Li Qingqing changed her clothes and then went out.

Upon seeing Li Qingqing, the group immediately stopped their conversation and exclaimed, "Master!"

Li Qingqing nodded slightly, "What were you talking about just now?"

Qiu Shaoze immediately recounted the rumors circulating outside, and then sighed, "Master, don't you think that Bai Xiangling is too strange? Back then, when the Holy Maiden of the Jade Maiden Sect in the Eastern Continent said she wanted to be the Daoist partner of the Spiritual Healer Peak Master, he didn't even glance at her."

He didn't believe that Bai Xiangling was beautiful enough to surpass the Holy Maiden Xia Guang Fairy of the Jade Maiden Sect.

Li Qingqing glanced at him and said calmly, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You can listen, but don't gossip about it in private, especially when the Spirit Healer Peak Master was at the Nine Spirits Sect. He wasn't as magnanimous as you all thought. Remember that?"

"Yes, Master."

"I'm going to continue playing the Divine Song of Annihilation today. You all should go to the Spirit Pool to cultivate, so as not to be affected," Li Qingqing reminded them.

Yesterday she only went through the details of the Annihilation Song once, and couldn't play the whole piece in one go. She would get stuck towards the end, so she needs to spend more time practicing today.

"Master, this morning the sect leader sent someone to say that the Great Demon Cultivator still has a lot of things left in his storage ring that haven't been claimed yet. He asked what you think we should do with them. Should we go and take a look?" Xia Nanfeng asked.

Li Qingqing shook her head slightly, "You and your junior brothers go together and pick out what you need. The rest can go to the sect! Remember to have the sect leader calculate the sect's contribution points for you. You can divide the contribution points equally among yourselves."

Speaking of this, she remembered something else and took out the Soul-Protecting Soft Armor she had just obtained after completing the mission from her private supply depot and gave it to Qiu Shaoze.

She didn't keep the Purple Spirit Crane either, but gave it to Ye Bei.

She needs to fully equip her apprentices and enhance their overall strength.

Finally, she took out the Flame Bell from Youyi's storage ring.

"Wen Yang, this Blazing Bell is very suitable for you. The Qingfeng Zither I gave you before can be used as an aid to alleviate the excessive fire spirit in your body."

"Thank you, Master!" Wen Yang accepted the Flame Bell with delight, his eyes shining.