The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

The next day, Xiao Han, who was setting up a stall, received a sound transmission note from Ye Qi, asking her to go to the Qinxin Teahouse on Xuanwu Street in the city center. The members of their hunting team were gathering there for tea, and they could come and collect the damaged magic weapons.

For the independent cultivators in the entire fairy mountain, if they do not have any special skills, then hunting is probably the profession that can make money the fastest.

However, high income is always accompanied by high risks.

Therefore, any Qi-cultivating cultivator who dared to go hunting had to have at least reached the late Qi-cultivation stage. The hunting area was generally within mountainous areas where there were no fourth-level demonic beasts.

But how could this certainty be 100% certain? What if, by bad luck, they encountered a Level 3 demon beast that had advanced to Level 4? In such an unlucky situation, not only could individual cultivators be wiped out, but the entire hunting team could be wiped out.

Therefore, the casual cultivators who take hunting as their main profession are all ruthless people who live on the edge of a knife.

Xiao Han rushed to Qinxin Teahouse according to the address provided by Ye Qi and met Ye Qi's teammates.

The entire hunting team consists of five people, including Ye Qi, three men and one woman.

Ye Qi was at the eighth level of Qi training, while another taller and thinner female cultivator was at the ninth level. The other three male cultivators were at the ninth level, the eighth level, and the seventh level, which was the peak of Qi training.

Ye Qi introduced Xiao Han to the others, "This is the Daoist Xiao I mentioned who buys damaged magical instruments. She's also a weapon refiner. She was the one who introduced me to a skilled and inexpensive refiner. Don't you all have magical instruments that are too damaged to be used? You can sell them to her."

The male cultivator at the ninth level of Qi training, who was also the leader of the hunting team, said, "Don't worry about those scrap artifacts. Fellow Daoist Xiao, please sit down and have a cup of tea first."

After saying that, he took out a teacup, placed it on the empty seat next to Ye Qi, and personally poured a cup of spiritual tea for him.

He didn't know that Xiao Han's weapon-refining skills were limited to refining simple, low-level magical instruments, and he wasn't yet a true weapon-refiner. He treated Xiao Han with courtesy, hoping to get to know a skilled cultivator who might one day bring him some benefit.

After all, Ye Qi saved five hundred spirit stones at once.

The business hadn't been done yet, and someone invited her for tea. Xiao Han couldn't refuse, so she bowed to everyone and said, "Sorry to bother you all."

After saying that, he sat down in the empty seat.

The male cultivator at the seventh level of Qi training said with envy, "Having a skill is truly a blessing. Fellow Daoist Xiao can even live in Sister Ye's area, while I still don't dare to rent a cave with a monthly rent of 600 yuan."

He heard Ye Qi say that Xiao Han lived next door to her, which is why he said this.

It's just business flattery, I understand. Xiao Han immediately replied with a smile, "The cultivators in your hunting team are the ones who make the most money. Their income is higher than that of most independent cultivators."

Ye Qi also smiled and said, "Xiao Xie, if you weren't trying to save money to buy the Spirit Cleansing Pill, you wouldn't be unable to afford the 600 yuan monthly rent for the cave."

Another male cultivator at the eighth level of Qi training frowned and said, "I've always felt that this Soul Cleansing Pill is a scam. It only has a 10% chance of successfully cleansing your soul. So, if it doesn't work for you, then you're saying you don't have that 10% chance. So, even if I gave you a fake pill, how could you tell the real thing from the fake?"

The male cultivator at the seventh level of Qi training said, "This was made according to an ancient recipe by the alchemy elders of the Juxian Sect, the largest sect in the Immortal Mountain. I heard that to reassure buyers, the pills are sold by the most reputable shops. Moreover, this Cleansing Spirit Pill has unique elixir patterns on it that cannot be counterfeited. It is said that pills with elixir patterns have extraordinary effects."

The male cultivator at the eighth level of Qi training sneered, "Then do you know Danwen? You just take what others say as your own."

The team leader also joined in the discussion. "There is a way to identify the Danwen. Master He said he can identify it. Let him help identify it when the time comes."

The male cultivator at the eighth level of Qi training still refuted: "At that time, 50,000 spirit stones were already paid. Even if we knew it was fake, it would be impossible to recover it."

Xiao Han was so curious that he couldn't help but ask Ye Qi who was sitting next to him in a low voice.

"What effect does this Spirit Cleansing Pill have? Why does it cost 50,000 Spirit Stones?"

Ye Qi then explained the effects of the Xiling Pill.

It turns out that this Soul Cleansing Pill was a special elixir created over a decade ago by the highest-ranking alchemist in the world of immortal cultivation, using an ancient recipe. It's said that this elixir can improve the purity of a cultivator's spiritual roots.

In fact, the level of a cultivator's qualifications and the number of spiritual roots are one aspect, but there is another important factor, which is the purity of the spiritual roots.

Apart from the recognized genius spiritual roots, single spiritual roots, double spiritual roots, and three spiritual roots that are neither good nor bad, if the purity of four spiritual roots and five spiritual roots is all above 90%, then when practicing under the same conditions, not only will the speed of absorbing spiritual energy be no slower than that of three spiritual roots, but the bottleneck of upgrading will also be reduced by half.

In other words, if a cultivator with four or five spiritual roots could raise the purity of their spiritual roots to over 90%, then their normal speed in refining spiritual energy would be no slower than that of a cultivator with three spiritual roots. The weakening of the upgrade barrier also made it easier for him to break through each layer of the barrier.

Because of its incredible efficacy, the Cleansing Spirit Pill, after its initial success, became a hot commodity for cultivators with lesser aptitude but richer fortunes. This caused the price of the Cleansing Spirit Pill to soar to 80,000 spirit stones per piece.

However, as the elixir was taken, fewer and fewer cultivators were able to successfully cleanse their souls. After everyone discovered that its success rate was at most 10%, the popularity of the Soul Cleansing Pill gradually decreased.

After all, although it is an ancient elixir restored according to ancient recipes, most of the spiritual herbs used are substitutes with similar medicinal properties. It is rare to have a 10% chance of successful soul cleansing.

However, the price of the Soul Cleansing Pill was far too high. At 70,000 to 80,000 Spirit Stones per pill, the probability of it being wasted was 90%. Even a cultivator with a rich family couldn't afford such a price. Consequently, the number of cultivators buying it gradually decreased, and the price of the Soul Cleansing Pill returned to a normal range.

The cultivator at the seventh level of Qi training was a cultivator with three spiritual roots, but the purity of his spiritual roots was very low, so he wanted to buy a spiritual cleansing pill to try his luck.

One spirit stone costs 50,000. Even if he makes a living by hunting and joins a reliable hunting team, it is no problem to save 20,000 spirit stones in a year, but it will take more than two years to collect 50,000 spirit stones.

After hearing about the effects of the Xiling Pill, Xiao Han was inevitably tempted.

For her, any elixir that can increase the speed of cultivation is a life-saving straw.

Unfortunately, this price was also beyond her reach.

What’s the difference between this and asking ordinary modern workers to spend millions at a time to buy a house?

Despite this, Xiao Han still inquired about where to buy the Soul Cleansing Pill. After learning that the pill had to be purchased in another immortal city, he felt that he might never be able to eat it again in his lifetime.

This hunting team had recently left the city and had a fruitful but also extremely dangerous journey. Therefore, upon returning to the city, everyone agreed to take a longer break and take the opportunity to practice more.

Xiao Han received more than ten damaged magical weapons here, which means two and a half per person on average.

This was because they had saved money long ago to buy high-level magical instruments. After all, high-level magical instruments were the best and most valuable items among Qigong cultivators, and they were not easily damaged.

Therefore, most of the damaged magic weapons Xiao Han collected were low-level and mid-level magic weapons.

After Xiao Han calculated the profit of this business, a sincere smile appeared on his face.

Then, she thought of something. Ye Qi and his friends must know a lot of hunting monks. If she printed some business cards with the address of their stalls and asked Ye Qi to bring them to those people, then she would just have to wait for business to come to her.