Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

Zhong Lingxin thought to herself that once she had established her foundation, she would definitely go home to visit her father and mother, and also bring out that ancient zither.

Qingyang Venerable Saint raised his hand and grabbed two first-tier spirit beasts, presenting them to Zhong Lingxin.

The two little spirit beasts quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Uncle Xuanyuan fed them a calming pill, and the two little spirit beasts slowly woke up.

After waking up, they shook their heads and walked with a limp gait. After walking quite a distance, the two little spirit beasts finally came to their senses and ran away from Qingyang Venerable's Mansion (Qingyun Sect's name for Qingyang Venerable's cave).

Zhong Lingxin smiled and played tirelessly for several days, until she felt a throbbing pain in her mind.

It turned out that her spiritual energy had been depleted.

The Venerable Qingyang continued drinking tea by the Jade Lotus Pond, without disturbing his disciple's practice of the zither.

It's just that her spiritual consciousness is a little depleted.

When it comes to a life-or-death situation, this slight depletion of spiritual energy is not even considered an injury.

Xuan Yuan shook his head from the side.

Qingyang is a ruthless old man. He's ruthless to his enemies, ruthless to himself, and who knew he'd be so ruthless to his little apprentice.

Zhong Lingxin stopped plucking the strings, stretched, turned around and went back to the living room, where she fell asleep immediately.

When she was exhausted from navigating the Four Seasons Formation, she would go to sleep.

She felt that she was mentally exhausted, and that sleeping was much more effective than meditation.

After repeatedly playing the piano and resting for a month, Zhong Lingxin believed that she had gained a certain grasp of the Soul Sleep technique and, combined with the Trapping Formation, should be able to deal with those people.

She placed the zither into her dantian, bid farewell to her master and Xuan Yuan, and with a joyful heart, began her first real battle.

Below the arena, those cultivators had been searching for Zhong Lingxin for almost a month, and they were nearly driven mad with worry.

They were really afraid that the kid would go into seclusion and use up all the spirit stones he had earned.

When Zhong Lingxin reappeared on the arena to fight against a cultivator of the same level, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhong Lingxin hasn't made any progress in the past month; she's still relying on her toughness to keep up and is currently exchanging blows with others.

In fact, Zhong Lingxin didn't like this kind of head-to-head battle; she could have easily knocked the person off the stage much earlier.

But she wanted to secretly learn other people's hand, eye, and footwork techniques, which were completely different from the Four Seasons Formation.

Only when Zhong Lingxin felt she had learned enough did she throw a punch straight at her, knocking her off the stage and ending the fight.

Seeing that the sun was already past noon, Zhong Lingxin remembered that there was another battle to fight, so she turned around and headed towards Wanfa Peak.

The cultivators who wanted to rob Zhong Lingxin exchanged glances.

One of the monks took out a communication talisman and said a sentence.

Zhong Lingxin was too far away to hear what he said.

However, there are two fewer people than before, they must have gone to lie in ambush beforehand.

Soon, Zhong Lingxin arrived at the foot of Wanfa Peak.

From a distance, she saw the two people.

Since they hadn't spoken a word, when the two looked over, Zhong Lingxin pretended not to notice and simply nodded politely as a greeting.

Seeing that Zhong Lingxin had no doubts, the two were overjoyed. They nodded slightly and entered the protective formation of Wanfa Peak ahead of Zhong Lingxin.

They need to be on guard in advance.

This time, we can't let Zhong Lingxin slip away again.

Zhong Lingxin pretended not to know anything, stamped the token in her hand on the array gate of Wanfa Peak, and then flashed into Wanfa Peak.

As she flashed inside, she flung out the Illusion-Trapping Array from her hand.

The two cultivators who had ambushed Zhong Lingxin thought they had figured out why Zhong Lingxin disappeared every time she entered Wanfa Peak, completely unaware that Zhong Lingxin's illusion trapping array was meant for them.

No wonder they couldn't tell that this illusion trapping array was made by Venerable Qingyang.

In order not to disturb others, Zhong Lingxin used a sledgehammer to crack a nut, directly employing a ninth-grade trapping illusion array.

Uncle Xuanyuan shook his head, exclaiming that she was wasting her time.

Qingyang Venerable Saint was also using his divine sense to observe his disciple's every move, and he was extremely satisfied.

When dealing with fellow cultivators within one's own sect, one has to use higher-level methods.

What if other powerful figures in the sect see this and say that his disciple is bullying his fellow disciples because of his magic weapon?

When a ninth-grade Illusion-Trapping Array is used, there is absolutely no trace of it outside.

The four cultivators behind rushed into the formation, excitedly asking the two in front, "Where is she? Where is she?"

A cultivator pointed to a figure walking forward and said, "There, I saw it clearly. Every time this kid passes the protective array, he throws out an array plate to confuse people. Fortunately, my brother and I came in early this time, so his array is useless."

One of the more cautious cultivators said, "That's not right. If it were her protective array, the four of us shouldn't have been able to get in, right?"

One of the cultivators cried out, "Damn it! This kid has discovered us! This is a trapping formation aimed at us! Retreat! Retreat!"

The group turned and walked away.

But the road in front of them had changed; it was no longer the road at the foot of Wanfa Peak that they were familiar with.

At the same time, a clear, resonant melody drifted into their ears.

The music was soothing and peaceful. Before they knew it, smiles appeared on their faces as they relaxed their guard and focused on appreciating the blooming flowers, the swaying willow branches, and the gently flowing stream.

Before they knew it, they closed their eyes, lay down on the large stone slab by the river, and fell into a deep sleep.

Zhong Lingxin was still worried that they hadn't fallen asleep, so she played for a while longer.

They even threw two stones at them.

The few people were fast asleep; even the stones covering them didn't make them open their eyes.

Zhong Lingxin took out the rope she had prepared beforehand and very carefully tied them all up.

One bundle of each item was thrown into the black bag.

It was not easy to stuff several people who were sleeping like dead pigs into a black bag, but at least they all managed to fit inside.

Qingyang and Xuanyuan watched as Zhong Lingxin used a black bag to carry a person, then repeatedly stomped the bag on the ground, seemingly unconcerned about whether the person inside might break their head, arms, or legs. They both nodded silently.

Since others have already robbed her, there's really no need to be polite to them.

Zhong Ling patted the black bag with satisfaction, thinking about forging an even bigger one.

It took her a lot of effort to fit these people in.

She stood up, picked up the black bag, attached a talisman to it, and ran to a grove of trees. She released several people who were still asleep, cleaned them from head to toe, and then hung them upside down in the grove.

Since others are trying to rob her, it's not unreasonable for her to rob them back, is it?

Moreover, she neither hit nor scolded these people; she only took their magical artifact storage bags, which was already very gentle of her.

After weighing her spoils, Zhong Lingxin fed the group some Spirit-Sealing Pills, cast a rain spell, and then turned and left.

Xuan Yuan frowned: "Xiao Xiao'er won't do, she's too soft-hearted. Those few bastards, they don't look like good people at all. If Xiao Xiao'er falls into their hands, she'll probably be lucky to escape with her life. She needs to change this habit. In the cultivation world, you can't survive without being ruthless."