The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

This trip to Xinyue City is completely incomparable to her trip from Fuyuan City to Zixiao City.

First of all, the distance between Fuyuan City and Zixiao City is not too far, and because it is located on the outskirts of the fairy mountain, the spiritual energy is thin, and the number of monsters born that can cultivate to the fourth level is pitifully small.

This ensures that the danger level on the journey from Fuyuan City to Zixiao City is not high.

Moreover, the reason why Xiao Han was able to successfully reach Zixiao City was entirely because Granny Yuan had a good relationship with the owner of the spiritual herb shop in Fuyuan City. Then Yan Zhe's caravan took Xiao Han to Zixiao City for the sake of the old customer.

Most importantly, Xiao Han was only at the third level of Qi training at the time, and she was a casual cultivator from the most remote and peripheral small immortal city. She was obviously a poor casual cultivator with little money. Even if none of the people in Yan Zhe's caravan were good people, they wouldn't bother to kill her for money.

But now, if she wanted to use the same trick to go to Crescent City, it would not work at all.

Firstly, Zixiao City and Xinyue City were too far apart, with no direct caravans going there. Secondly, even if she wanted to follow the caravan into the inner reaches of the Immortal Mountain and reach the next Immortal City first, she would have to consider whether others would try to rob her of her money and kill her along the way.

After all, a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi training will have some wealth no matter how poor he is.

Therefore, following a strange caravan is definitely not a safe approach.

If she went alone, the risk would be even greater. In the vast mountains, she might accidentally walk into the lair of a fourth-level monster.

She had been thinking about the problem over and over again for several years, and even when she had reached the ninth level of Qi training, she still couldn't come up with a safe and effective solution.

Before she found a good solution, she still had to set up a stall to do business and accumulate spirit stones.

That day, Xiao Han went to the main street to buy some auxiliary materials for refining equipment. As soon as he walked out of the shop, he saw a young and beautiful female cultivator holding a little girl who was a little over one year old, and a male cultivator who was at the eighth level of Qi training walking side by side.

Xiao Han stared at the female cultivator for a few seconds, then exclaimed in surprise, "Daoyou, you, you're getting married?"

The young female cultivator holding the child was none other than the female alchemist stall owner who had set up a stall with her a few years ago and told her about the Crescent Moon City.

The female alchemist also saw Xiao Han and smiled as she took a few steps forward. She walked in front of Xiao Han and said, "It's you. I haven't seen you for a few years. You've reached the ninth level of Qi training. Not bad."

Then, she tilted her head and said to the young male cultivator beside her, "Go wait for me in the shop first. I met someone I know and will come over later."

The young male cultivator said yes and then asked, "Nannan, do you want me to carry you over first?"

The nun said, "Forget it. She doesn't like you holding her. I'll hold her myself."

The male cultivator nodded, then nodded to Xiao Han as a greeting, and left first.

Xiao Han saw a teahouse across the street and invited him, "Let's go over there and have some tea. I'll treat you."

The female alchemist nodded in agreement, and the two of them walked into the teahouse together.

Although the two had only met once a few years ago when they were setting up a stall together, they talked a lot that time and were considered acquaintances. Therefore, when they met by chance this time and happened to have some free time, they sat down together to reminisce about the past.

The female alchemist's surname was Tian, and her name was Tian Tian. Seeing Xiao Han's curiosity about her marriage and having children, she told him her story without hiding anything.

It turned out that just two days after she set up the stall with Xiao Han, an acquaintance told her that a cultivation family near Zixiao City had taken a fancy to her identity as a freelance alchemist and wanted her to marry into the family. The condition was that after she gave birth to a child and cultivated to the great perfection of Qi training, they would give her a foundation-building pill.

Tian Tian knew very well how difficult it was for a casual cultivator to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, so she agreed without much thought.

The other party was attracted by her identity as an alchemist, her cultivation level was also good, and she could give birth to offspring with spiritual roots for the family. She was attracted by the foundation-building pills he provided, and the two parties hit it off, so she got married.

Although she was already fifty years old at the time, a Qi cultivator's lifespan was around one hundred and twenty, so fifty wasn't considered old and she could definitely have children. Furthermore, she had taken beauty pills, and her appearance was good, so she looked to be in her early twenties. Therefore, the Taoist companion assigned to her by this immortal family was a direct descendant of the family, only thirty-five years old.

The two of them spent some time together, and Tian Tian saw that the other party had a very honest character and handsome appearance, so she married into this family without any hesitation.

After recounting her experiences, she teased the child in her arms and said with a smile, "Now, watching my daughter grow up day by day, I feel that my choice was indeed the right one. I even thought that if I wait a few years until my daughter can take a spiritual test, and if her spiritual roots are mediocre and she can't receive the family's focused training, I will simply leave my foundation-building pill to her."

Although Xiao Han understood a mother's selfless dedication to her child, she still dissuaded him, "It's not good for you to do this. You know, if you can successfully build your foundation, coupled with your identity as an alchemist, you will definitely be able to provide greater protection for your child in the future. Perhaps you can easily get a foundation-building pill for her in the future.

If you completely lose yourself for the sake of your child, you will lose the chance to become a Foundation Establishment cultivator. It will also be more difficult for you to improve your alchemy skills. If you are not strong yourself, how can you obtain more cultivation resources for your daughter? "

Tian Tian kissed her daughter's cheek and smiled, "What you said makes sense. By the way, you used spirit stones to buy a map to New Moon City from me before. Do you still plan to go there?"

Xiao Han told Tian Tian about his troubles, and she immediately said, "If you want to take a circuitous route, going from one immortal city to another, there's another way. You can follow the people from the City Lord's Mansion. I heard that the resource transactions between the City Lord's Mansion and other immortal cities are led by Foundation Establishment cultivators. You can spend a little more money to have them take you along. The people from the City Lord's Mansion are probably safer than those private caravans."

Xiao Han also felt that her proposal made sense, but he still needed to figure out how to connect with the City Lord's Mansion's connections.

The two chatted for a while, drank a pot of fine spiritual tea, and then parted ways.

Xiao Han paid for the spiritual tea. Although she was stingy with herself, she was not stingy when entertaining friends.

On the way back, Xiao Han suddenly thought that if he could find a few more trustworthy ninth-level Qi training cultivators and form a team to go to Xinyue City, wouldn't the journey be much safer?

Thinking of this, the first person that came to Xiao Han's mind was Ye Qi.

Although she had not dealt with Ye Qi very often and they were not close friends, she felt that Ye Qi was not the kind of cultivator who would think of killing or robbing.

If I could persuade her to go to New Moon City with me, and then let her find two trustworthy friends, the journey would be much safer.

Xiao Han did what he thought. He immediately returned to his residence and triggered the restriction of Ye Qi's cave next door.