The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Three days later, Senior Brother Li finally refined Xiao Han's tools.

Xiao Han knew that since Senior Brother Li had said he wouldn't charge for the refining, he definitely wouldn't. There was no need for him to feign condescension by offering spirit stones and arguing with him. He would simply return the favor when he had the chance.

"Senior Brother Li, will you continue to learn weapon refining in the future?" Xiao Han asked.

Li Moyun's relaxed expression due to his successful creation of a mid-grade magical weapon disappeared, and his brows furrowed slightly. "I think there's no one to teach me anymore."

Xiao Han wanted to sigh as well. Yes, it was rare to see a capable and talented independent cultivator open a workshop that could benefit independent cultivators, but then he died, once again blocking the path for independent cultivators to learn a new skill.

Other weapon forging workshops would not recruit apprentices casually, and half-baked people like her and Li Moyun had no way to continue their studies, and were unwilling to give up this craft.

It's indeed an embarrassing situation.

Suddenly, Xiao Han thought of someone, Master Hu Xi.

This loud-mouthed, hot-tempered weapon refiner, although not easy to get along with and often curses at people, is really not a stingy person.

Xiao Han knew that although Hu Xi was open about teaching his students, if he accepted an apprentice, he would definitely be a person with high standards. For example, if she wanted to be Hu Xi's apprentice, there was no way she would be able to do it.

Because she wasn't a cultivator with a natural talent for refining weapons, Hu Xi treated her well because she was honest, obedient, and diligent. If she had asked to be his disciple, Hu Xi would have definitely scoffed.

Because the relationship between master and apprentice, master and apprentice, is two completely different things.

Xiao Han knew Hu Xi looked down on her talent for refining, but she believed that Hu Xi would definitely admire Senior Brother Li's talent for refining. She couldn't study with Hu Xi anymore. If Senior Brother Li succeeded in becoming his disciple and improved his skills, then she could study with him in the future.

Although the plan is sound, I don’t know whether it will succeed.

She told Li Moyun about Hu Xi's character, and then suggested that Li Moyun could try to become Hu Xi's apprentice.

Li Moyun had naturally heard of Hu Xi, a craftsman whose personality was completely different from Jiang Qichuang's, and who was unwilling to repeat the same artifact. However, he had no confidence in his ability to become his apprentice. Furthermore, Hu Xi hadn't returned to Zixiao City yet.

"I understand." Li Moyun replied to Xiao Ha with three words, indicating that he would consider it.

Afterwards, Xiao Han told Li Moyun about his business of purchasing damaged magical instruments and then refining them into usable raw materials, and asked him if he wanted to join in this business.

As she had guessed, few weapon refiners were interested. Li Moyun was equally uninterested, stating that he simply wanted to focus on refining.

Everyone has their own aspirations, so Xiao Han wouldn't try to persuade him too much. He just told Senior Brother Li that if he needed materials for refining weapons in the future, he would definitely sell them to him at a low price as long as he had them.

After the two separated, Xiao Han did not delay and directly rented a Dihuo Room in Dihuo Peak with the tools for refining. He began to refine the damaged magic weapons he had received in the past few days.

In addition to doing this, she also needs to make more watches.

Because of the agreement with Su Jinnian, she cannot set up a stall to sell watches at the wild market closer to the Earth Fire Peak, but she can set up a stall to sell watches in other wild markets and buy damaged magic weapons at the same time.

She has prepared another billboard, which marks the stall opening hours from Shenshi to Youzhong every afternoon. This is intended to be used at the wild market where Su Jinnian is.

The monthly stall fee is one hundred and fifty spirit stones. She sets up a stall there for three hours every afternoon to collect scrap magic tools. This has become a habit. If there are monks nearby who need to sell scrap magic tools, they will go to her at this time.

She could also find a wild market somewhere else and subscribe to a monthly contract, where she could collect waste and sell watches from noon to 3 p.m. every day.

As for the rest of the morning, it is time to go to the Earth Fire Peak to smelt and extract the scrap magic weapons.

From then on, Xiao Han began his career as a waste collector.

After extracting useful raw materials from the first batch of scrap artifacts she collected, she sold them to other artifact refineries on Earth Fire Peak. After deducting the cost, she earned a total of more than 600 spirit stones.

She sold the tortoise shell to Tan's Pharmacy for thirty-five spirit stones. After deducting the principal, she made a profit of fifteen spirit stones.

Xiao Han felt very satisfied. It was much easier to earn money from these fifteen spirit stones than to extract raw materials from waste and then sell them.

This is the real business of collecting waste and reselling it. It's a pity that she hasn't been able to find more business opportunities for recycling other waste products so far.

Then, two months later, she suddenly received a message from the waiter at Yan's Grocery Store, saying that the miniature spirit gathering array she wanted had arrived.

Xiao Han hurriedly packed up his stall and rushed to Dongxing Market.

The waiter named Yan Xin saw her coming and said with a smile: "The caravan just returned. I found a miniature spirit gathering array among the goods, so I immediately sent you a message. This is the array plate of the miniature spirit gathering array. You can try its spirit gathering effect."

After saying that, he handed her a set of formation plates.

After the miniature spirit gathering array is activated, it relies on spirit stones to keep it running continuously. One spirit stone can maintain its operation for three hours.

For someone like Xiao Han who has to practice all night, he would consume two spirit stones in one night. In a year, he would spend more than 700 spirit stones on the spirit gathering array alone.

Fortunately, she now has a way to make money. If she were still a junior apprentice, even if she saved money to buy an array plate, she would not have the spirit stones to support its operation.

Xiao Han first asked about the price, and learned that this set of formation plates would cost 4,200 spirit stones. She immediately sighed in her heart that her family's assets were about to be emptied again.

He took out a spirit stone, placed it according to Yan Xin's instructions, and activated it, then felt it. Sure enough, the concentration of spiritual energy within the range of the formation increased significantly.

After the spiritual energy concentration stopped changing, she compared it and felt that the improvement was not bad. After bargaining failed, she took out 4,200 spirit stones and bought this miniature spirit gathering array.

After I started practicing with the spirit gathering array in the cave at night, I immediately felt that the money was well spent.

As a result, her cultivation speed has been significantly improved.

The days slip away slowly in the busyness.

When she was thirty-one years old, her cultivation finally reached the fifth level of Qi training.

With the improvement of her physical condition, the more advanced cave, and the blessing of the micro spirit gathering array, she finally spent only three years to advance from the fourth level of Qi training to the fifth level.