The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 1042: The Way of Survival

That's why they say water is the source of all things.

With water, not only was the thirst problem solved, but these big shots, who had been dealing with sand for days and were disheveled, could also tidy themselves up like normal people.

Xiao Han then asked Ba Dou how far the forest was from here.

Ba Dou said it wasn't far and would arrive soon.

Then, using the last of the light, they continued on their way.

It's not far, but it's still more than ten miles away.

It was completely dark, and even if we could see the woods, we couldn't start a fire by rubbing sticks together.

In the end, everyone slept outdoors again for the night.

The next morning, Fatty Wang and his men couldn't wait to start trying to make fire by rubbing sticks together.

Xiao Han had already explained the principle of fire-making by friction to them, and they had personally witnessed Ling Xiao actually producing sparks, so they were all full of confidence.

However, the conditions for starting a fire by friction are actually very demanding, including the selection of the drill bow and drill board, the material of the bow rope, and the quality of first-grade and second-grade tinder, etc.

Therefore, when Xiao Han lazily got up, Fatty Wang waited and struggled for a long time, but still couldn't get the fire going.

Discouraged, Fatty Wang had no choice but to run over and shout loudly.

"Xiao Han, go and see why we can't start a fire by rubbing sticks together."

Xiao Han went over to check it out, and putting everything else aside, the bark used for the bowstring was no good; it broke after only a few pulls.

She glanced around, searching for materials that could be used to make a bowstring.

Then, she immediately noticed the headband on the beautiful and powerful Yao Guang's head.

This is just a natural rope, the kind that will never break.

With a smile on her face, Xiao Han carefully asked, "Fellow Daoist Yao Guang, would you mind taking off your hair ribbon and borrowing it?"

Yao Guang was startled, and her hand subconsciously went to touch the top of her head.

She likes to tie her hair up with a headband, letting the brightly colored headband flutter along with her hair.

If she took off that headband, she would really have disheveled hair.

Just thinking about how I'm covered in sand right now, including my hair, which is full of sand and dust, makes me look disheveled whether I have a headband or not. I might as well just let my hair down.

Moreover, Qingwei used her hair ornaments as knives to peel skin and remove bones, so it doesn't seem like a big deal that she used her own hair ribbons as bowstrings.

After considering these thoughts, Yao Guang readily untied her hair ribbon.

Xiao Han led his men to find suitable drill rods and drill plates, and used the edge of the petal-shaped magic tool to scrape dry twigs into fluffy material to make first-grade fire filth.

Then, as everyone took turns drilling, they actually encountered a cultivator with great endurance who emerged from the thick smoke.

Yao Guang did not take back the hairband. She took a fresh tree branch, peeled and polished it to make a hairpin, and kept all the tools for starting a fire by friction.

In case we need to use it again later, we can use it directly.

With fire, it seemed like there would be food.

In reality, the only raw meat they had stored was a rabbit and a small snake.

With so many people, there was only enough food for one person to eat, and they even sucked the meat off the bones clean.

Therefore, finding food became an urgent matter.

Xiao Han sent Ba Dou out again.

Xin Ziqi gathered everyone together to discuss the next steps.

Xiao Han's performance these past few days has made everyone realize that this cultivator with the lowest cultivation level actually has more experience in mortal life than all of them combined.

Because of the croton oil, everyone subconsciously looked at Xiao Han, wanting to hear her opinion.

Xiao Han didn't hesitate and openly shared her plans.

"We're going to live in this space for three years. Putting everything else aside, the most important thing is to find food and water to survive. This place is still too close to the desert, and finding food and water is quite difficult. I think we should keep moving forward and find a place with a stable water source and easy access to food to settle down."

Qian Baiwan said kindly, "Xiao Xiao, everyone understands what you're saying, but the problem now is, how are we going to survive if we can't find food?"

They are now unarmed, making it extremely difficult for them to obtain a source of meat.

As for eating wild vegetables, there's no pot to cook them, and they can't roast them. Are we supposed to make them eat them raw like those herbivores?

Looking at this group of big shots who had little experience in mortal survival, Xiao Han patiently said, "For now, the only food we can quickly obtain and that can be cooked is fish. I've already sent Ba Dou to scout out and look for the river. Once we find it, we can travel downstream along the river to find a suitable settlement."

Although she hadn't actually done it herself, in China, during that era of information explosion, what video hadn't one watched with just a mobile phone?

Making pottery jars from clay, without aiming for aesthetics but simply for usability, should be relatively easy.

Everyone thought Xiao Han's plan was very practical, and they all began to express their opinions, mainly about how to obtain food.

Xiao Han then raised another question, "I wonder if there are any real mortals living inside this mustard seed space?"

These words left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.

This mustard seed space belongs to the Azure Heaven God, but it is not an ordinary mustard seed space.

Not to mention that it can make the bodies of these God Emperors, who have been tempered and refined through countless trials, just like those of mortals, the sun, stars, and other cosmic matter are also realistically manifested here, making it more like an independent little world.

It's perfectly normal for ordinary people to live in their own little world.

After all, the Azure Heaven God was a being close to a true deity.

Old Yu said, "That broken wall in the desert must have been left by humans, so I tend to think that there should be mortals in this space."

This theory is generally accepted by most people.

In fact, if there were humans, their lives would be easier, and their missions would be easier to complete.

After discussing it, they set a preliminary goal: to find the river and continue along it in search of traces of other human activities.

The group waited for half a day before Ba Dou finally returned.

They did find the river, but it was a bit far from them, and it would probably take another day to trek there.

The group still had plenty of water, but they were terribly hungry.

There was no other way but to keep going on an empty stomach.

Along the way, everyone's eyes scanned the surroundings like searchlights, hoping to spot some more wild rabbits, snakes, or other animals.

The redness and ulceration on Ling Xiao's hand showed signs of healing, which reassured both of them.

After all, being injured makes everything inconvenient.

The direction of this journey should be away from areas such as deserts and grasslands.

Along the way, there were more and more trees.

However, starting a fire by rubbing sticks together was not easy, so when they left, they took several large burning logs with them in order to preserve the embers.

As they walked for a while, the embers on the wood were about to go out. At this point, everyone had to stop, use dry grass to light a fire, and then burn the dry branches they were carrying to keep the wood burning again.

Xiao Han believed that these big shots probably had a more profound memory of such a difficult survival experience than any treasure hunt.