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The masters of Spirit Beast Peak and Spirit Chef Peak exchanged a glance, a hint of fear flashing in their eyes.

"Have we fallen for some kind of illusion?"

Li Qingqing also fell silent.

She brought out the six spirit-devouring beasts again and said, word by word, "The only person who can cast this illusion on you is someone whose cultivation is at least two levels higher than yours. And someone you can come into frequent contact with."

"But the Seventh Elder is at the peak of the Spirit Integration Realm! Even he couldn't see it. Then whoever set this illusion for us must be..."

The Spirit Beast Peak Master did not say what followed.

Because an incredible idea had entered his mind.

If he's two levels higher than the Seventh Elder, wouldn't that be the Nascent Soul Realm? And at least the second level of the Nascent Soul Realm?

The only Nascent Soul Realm cultivators they frequently encountered were Elder Wu and Fu Changye.

Elder Wu broke through to the second stage of the Nascent Soul realm in the Divine Ruins, but these Spirit Devouring Beasts he captured existed ten years ago.

This... is very clear!

But, is this possible?

The Spirit Chef Peak Master also thought of this, and he remained silent, showing no particular surprise.

After glancing around, Li Qingqing said, "This illusion must have been created using a special formation based on the terrain of Spirit Beast Peak. You should consider whether you want to invite the Spirit Array Peak Master to take a look!"

"I'll go and invite the Spirit Array Peak Master to come and take a look. You can choose the spirit beasts you want first," said the Spirit Beast Peak Master, before personally heading to Spirit Array Peak.

Li Qingqing wandered around the area and then picked out an inconspicuous featherless bird for Xiao Yao Jiang.

“You raise it.”

Xiao Yao Jiang was stunned for a moment. Although she thought the spirit beast was a bit ugly, she still obediently nodded.

"Yes, I will take good care of it."

Li Qingqing smiled and patted her head, then whispered in her ear, "Don't let its current appearance fool you, it's actually a young ice phoenix. It's a perfect match for you."

Xiao Yao Jiang was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up with excitement.

The Spirit Chef Peak Master also heard it. He stared at the ugly spirit beast, a look of doubt in his eyes.

How did Xiao Li recognize it as Bingfeng?

He rubbed his eyes, and when he looked at Bingfeng again, he suddenly remembered something.

Every year, Spirit Beast Peak would sell off a batch of spirit beasts that no one would adopt and had no potential at a low price. At this time, Fu Changye would exchange them for pills. Some were given away, some were given to his disciples, and some simply disappeared without a trace.

So, is it possible that he did this intentionally?

Over here, Li Qingqing quickly picked out a second spirit beast, a very unique blue-feathered crane. Although its level was one level lower than the purple spirit crane given by the system, it was beautiful enough!

She notified Lan Cen through the system message board to come and collect the Blue Feather Crane, and then continued to observe the spirit beasts in the animal park.

Suddenly, her gaze fell upon a dying spirit bird. Its body was charred black, and its beak was split open, as if it had fought a fierce battle with some ferocious beast and was about to die.

She turned to the Spirit Beast Peak disciple who oversaw the animal park and asked, "What's the deal with this spirit bird?"

"Reporting to Peak Master Lingqin, this Sparrow Spirit Bird has the bloodline of the Vermilion Bird Divine Bird. It was attacked by the Teng Snake during its ancestral reversion, so it was seriously injured and is probably about to die."

"Then give me this sparrowbird!"

When the Spirit Chef Peak Master saw that she wanted a dying spirit bird, he couldn't help but advise, "Little Li, why don't you choose a better spirit beast? You don't need to save money for the Spirit Beast Peak Master. He has at least tens of thousands of spirit beasts in his beast garden. There are better ones available."

"It's alright, I don't know how to control beasts, I just want a spirit beast with strong flying ability. It would be great if this one could be saved. It's okay if it can't be saved."

Li Qingqing said this, but then she took out a top-grade repair pill, crushed it, and then scooped out a bowl of spiritual spring water from the Changling Sacred Spring space to feed the sparrow spirit bird.

All things have a spirit, and the Sparrow Spirit Bird drank the spirit spring water almost instinctively, even nuzzling its head against Li Qingqing's palm.

Li Qingqing smiled slightly. Even a spirit bird knows how to be grateful.

Seeing that she had made up her mind, the Spirit Chef Peak Master did not try to persuade her any further.

Just then, the Spirit Beast Peak Master summoned the Spirit Array Peak Master over.

While the Spirit Array Peak Master was inspecting the Beast Garden, Xia Nanfeng and Lan Cen also arrived.

Li Qingqing gave the blue-feathered crane to Lan Cen, the sparrow spirit bird with ancestral bloodline to Wen Yang, and then picked out a beautiful crane with a golden crown and white feathers and a light gold-dyed tail for Lu Tingbai. She then gave Xia Nanfeng a few instructions.

"Nanfeng, you guys go to Lingtian City now. First, go to the Nine Provinces Auction House to pick up the spirit sword I ordered. Then go to the Brocade Pavilion and ask them if the Xuanling Robes that I ordered with the Spirit Chef Peak Master are ready..."

"Yes, Master."

"Oh, by the way, if you have any spirit whips, buy me a few too." Li Qingqing thought for a moment and then added, before putting a large bag of top-grade spirit stones into the shared resource warehouse.

"Yes, Master." Xia Nanfeng nodded and soon descended the mountain with his fellow disciples.

Li Qingqing then walked back to the Spirit Chef Peak Master's side to watch the Spirit Array Peak Master and the Spirit Beast Peak Master inspect the Beast Garden.

After a long while, the Spirit Array Peak Master finally noticed the anomaly. He said with a somewhat solemn expression, "The original array in the Spirit Beast Peak's Beast Garden has been altered. The alteration is very clever, and an illusion technique has been added to it. I may have to thoroughly check the arrays of the entire Nine Spirits Sect."

The Spirit Chef Peak Master frowned. "How long will your examination take? I feel like I need to go to the Eastern Continent today."

The Spirit Array Peak Master was taken aback. "Going so early?"

"Yes. I've already arranged with Peak Master Lingqin to go out and take a look around, giving the disciples more time to train outside. You don't need us to check the formation, right?"

The Spirit Array Peak Master nodded. "There's no need for you to be here. Since you've decided to set off early, then proceed with your plan!"

The Spirit Chef Peak Master nodded. "That's what I meant too."

At this point, he turned to the Spirit Beast Peak Master beside him and said, "I won't choose any other spirit beasts. Just give me a tamed four-winged roc! I'm taking my disciples to the Eastern Continent this time, so it will save me the trouble of applying for a spirit boat."

The four-winged roc is huge, skilled at flying, and flies steadily, making it very suitable for their trip.

"Alright." The Spirit Beast Peak Master readily agreed.

Li Qingqing stayed at the Spirit Beast Peak for a while, and when the Spirit Array Peak Master decided to report to the Sect Leader, she returned to the Spirit Harp Peak first.

Because she would be leaving the Nine Spirits Sect for a long time, she directly sealed her residence, Qingyin Pavilion, with the Sea of ​​Intent Sea Sealing Technique, adding an extra layer of protection.

As for other places, there's no need to go through them, because Lingqin Peak is now protected by a barrier, and ordinary people can no longer enter.

The only person who could enter Lingqin Peak without her permission was probably the sect leader.

Of course, she did this not to guard against the sect leader, but to guard against accidents and Bai Xiangling.