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

He thought Li Qingqing would be self-righteous and condescending, trying to persuade and convince him, even using various rhetoric to prove that she was right. But this is how it turned out.

Lan Cen glanced at his uncle but didn't interrupt.

Next year will also be a headache. He has always been a cautious person, so he would rather believe it than not, and thus he once again advised the clan elder.

"Elder, you are getting on in years. If you don't want to enter the core of the formation, that's fine. Just give me the entry token, and I'll take someone in to take a look. It's just for peace of mind. If we confirm the seal is intact and can last for another five hundred years, wouldn't that be even more reassuring?"

After waiting for a while, the Ming family elder realized that Li Qingqing really wasn't trying to persuade him anymore, and seemed to think it was none of her business. Only then did he say with a dark face, "Then I'll go and take a look again first thing tomorrow morning."

Next year, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief; at least we didn't have a fight. Luckily, Master Lingqin has a good temper.

After the clan elder left with an uncertain expression, he apologized to Li Qingqing next year, and then said to Lan Cen, "Xiao Lie just informed me that he will be arriving at Blood Sun Island soon. Did you two plan this together?"

Lan Cen paused for a moment, then shook her head slightly. "We didn't make any arrangements."

In fact, they had not been in contact since they joined different sects.

Next year, he sighed, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and left first.

Lan Cen felt a moment of disappointment, but quickly regained her composure.

Back in the courtyard where he was resting, he saw his master sitting in the courtyard, looking up at the sunset glow. He walked over and squatted down beside her like a wounded little animal.

"Master, do you remember that I have a younger brother?"

Li Qingqing looked away from him and said, "I remember. You and he like completely different things. The more you like something, the more he hates it, right?"

Lan Cen was taken aback at first, then her eyes seemed to flash with dazzling brilliance, and her heart felt as if a gentle hand had soothed the waves of pain in her heart.

Master actually knew?

"When we're not talking, will Master recognize us?" Lan Cen looked at her expectantly.

Looking at Lan Cen, whose eyes were filled with unease, Li Qingqing smiled and said, "Of course. How could I not recognize my own disciple? Even if you look alike, there are still many differences between you."

"What if sometimes our voices and breaths are the same? Would Master recognize us?" Lan Cen made a preliminary assumption, wanting to give her a hint.

Li Qingqing glanced at him, pondered the question seriously, and then lightly tapped the dual-space storage ring on his hand with her finger.

"This only recognizes one master. It is a special spatial artifact, and the master-disciple positioning system has now been activated, so there is no need to worry that your senior brothers and junior brothers will not recognize you. No matter how similar people are, they are irreplaceable."

Lan Cen's eyes suddenly reddened, and a hint of tears flashed in them, but a relieved smile appeared on his lips.

"Thank you, Master!"

Lan Cen didn't say anything more, and Li Qingqing didn't ask any more questions. The master and disciple watched the afterglow of the setting sun gradually fade away.

Although she had a place to stay, Li Qingqing still chose to stay in the Changling Sacred Spring Space after returning to her room, as it was more convenient for both bathing and cultivation.

But what she didn't know was that Fu Changye had also brought Bai Xiangling to Blood Sun Island that night.

And Lan Lie was with them.

……

The initial rise of blood yang.

A series of urgent knocks on the door woke Li Qingqing from her deep sleep.

Pushing open the door, I saw Ye Bei standing there, looking anxious.

Before she could ask, Ye Bei quickly said, "Master, last night the Spirit Doctor Peak Master also came to Blood Sun Island with Bai Xiangling, and has already opened the cultivation room with spirit stones. He also said that you don't understand formations, and that the seal on Blood Sun Island can be maintained for at least five hundred years."

Li Qingqing was slightly surprised, "They've come to Blood Sun Island too? Has the Spirit Healer Peak Master already checked the sealing formation?"

“They went to check before dawn. The Ming family head was going to send someone to call you, but the Spirit Physician Peak Master said that you and the Spirit Chef Peak Master didn’t understand formations and there was no need to notify us. The Spirit Chef Peak Master overheard this… The Spirit Chef Peak Master was very angry. He just told me to inform you that we are leaving Blood Sun Island today.”

Li Qingqing nodded slightly and immediately went to find the Spirit Chef Peak Master.

The Spirit Chef Peak Master was sitting in the reception room waiting for Li Qingqing, his face still showing signs of lingering anger.

Upon seeing Li Qingqing, his first words were, "Little Li, staying on Blood Sun Island is rather boring. Why don't we head to the Hundred Extremes Tower sooner?"

After pondering for a moment, Li Qingqing said, "Since the Spiritual Healer Peak Master has already opened the cultivation room, then we have nothing to worry about. Let the disciples go to the cultivation room to cultivate as well! Every little bit of progress is good. As for what problems Blood Sun Island may encounter in the future, that is the Spiritual Healer Peak Master's problem. After all, he is a powerful expert at the third stage of the Nascent Soul realm. If he says there are no problems, he shouldn't be wrong."

At most, he simply didn't take into account the fact that people would use the cultivation room over the next three years, causing the seal to loosen and the power to be weakened.

If they say five hundred years, then it's five hundred years!

The Spirit Chef Peak Master quickly understood, "That's right. With the Spirit Healer Peak Master's guarantee, why should we worry about it? Let's go open a cultivation room too."

"Mm." Li Qingqing nodded.

She had some reservations at first, but now those reservations have been dispelled because of Fu Changye.

Fu Changye brought Bai Xiangling here, presumably because he wanted to improve Bai Xiangling's cultivation.

Only when Bai Xiangling's cultivation level is high will their dual cultivation be more effective.

In his past life, Fu Changye would chase after Bai Xiangling and feed her all sorts of rare and precious herbs.

After discussing it with the Spirit Chef Peak Master, Li Qingqing also went to find him for next year.

Feeling apologetic towards them for the next year, he quickly said, "There's only one cultivation room at home, but it's been divided into five small rooms. The Spirit Doctor Peak Master paid 100,000 high-grade spirit stones for one small cultivation room. How about you also pay 100,000 high-grade spirit stones for each room?"

Li Qingqing nodded. "Okay."

After paying with spirit stones, Li Qingqing let the Spirit Chef Peak Master into the cultivation room. She herself did not go in, but planned to keep watch outside.

Xia Nanfeng and the others knew that Li Qingqing had high expectations for them, so they began to cultivate diligently as soon as they entered the cultivation room.

Next year, she explained to Li Qingqing with an apologetic expression, "Peak Master Lingqin, I'm so sorry! It's just that Peak Master Lingyi was very firm in our elders' judgment, which is why we didn't inform you in time..."

Li Qingqing nodded calmly, "It's alright. However, for Lan Cen's sake, I still want to remind you that Hua Ling Jiu Zhou is very large."

She didn't explain what she was going to say clearly, but we'll understand next year. What the Lingqin Peak Master meant was that Hualing Nine Continents is very large, and it's not necessary to stay on Blood Sun Island.