The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

"Fellow Daoist, are you going to New Moon City?"

He Yanling bowed and said with a smile.

The female monk cried out, seeming a little frightened, and then her eyes involuntarily looked at the old monk.

The old monk immediately looked at He Yanling with a wary look, "What do you want to do?"

He Yanling bowed to the old monk again, smiling sincerely. "Fellow Daoist, I heard you say you were looking for companions to go to New Moon City. It just so happens that the four of us are also going to New Moon City. Why don't we go together so we can look after each other along the way?"

He pointed at the three people standing next to him.

The old monk sensed the cultivation level of several people and then shook his head and said, "No, no."

The young monk suddenly said, "Who knows if any of you four are bad guys?"

He Yanling smiled and said, "The innkeeper can testify for us that we are indeed going to Xinyue City. As for whether we are bad people, I really can't prove it. Do you want me to swear an oath with my Dao heart?"

The oath sworn by Daoxin only has a restraining effect on cultivators when they are at the stage of forming a pill. In fact, if you say this now, it will have no effect until you have formed a pill. It's just that He Yanling didn't know how to gain people's trust at the moment, so he said this.

These three people were afraid of He Yanling and the other three, but Qiu Yinong, one of the four, was also not very reassured about them. She walked aside and asked the waiter in a low voice when these people came to the inn.

The inn waiter said two days with a wandering look in his eyes.

Qiu Yinong was immediately relieved.

Xiao Han and Ye Qi stood there, waiting for He Yanling to negotiate with the other party. The three were already afraid of them because of their numbers and high cultivation level. If the three of them moved closer, wouldn't they scare them even more?

As for Qiu Yinong asking the waiter, the two careless people didn't think much of it. After all, the three of them were much weaker than the four of them, so how could they dare to play any tricks?

He Yanling spoke earnestly for a long time before the old man gritted his teeth and said, "You can go together, but I know the safe route. You must each pay a guide fee of 300 spirit stones."

After he said that, Xiao Han and the other three no longer had any doubts. After all, if someone wanted to mess with you, they wouldn't ask for a small amount of money first.

He Yanling naturally agreed without hesitation. However, while He Yanling wanted them to leave the city immediately and head for Xinyue City, the old man wanted to leave together tomorrow morning.

He Yanling was worried that the night would be too long and she insisted on starting her journey now, but she said that it was still early, just after noon, and she still had a long way to go.

So the old man and his two children went to the corner of the lobby and whispered to each other.

Then, the old man came over and expressed his agreement. He then scolded the female cultivator, "Amei, hurry up and go to your room and put away the things you took out."

The female cultivator sighed and hurried inside, winking at the waiter who was hesitating whether to stop her.

The waiter hesitated for a moment and followed her upstairs.

Xiao Han and his three companions naturally didn't have anything left in the guest room. They had already paid for tonight's room, but when they paid, the shopkeeper said that once the money was paid, it would not be refunded whether they stayed in the room or not.

The four of them didn't care about the room fee they paid in vain at this time. They were only thinking about how to arrive in Crescent City safely and smoothly.

After a while, a female cultivator named Amei came down from upstairs in a relaxed manner, and a group of seven people immediately walked out of the inn.

However, when they got to the street, the old man said that he wanted to buy some more pills and asked several people to wait for him on the street. Then he went to a rather large and impressive pill shop across the street and spent quarter of an hour choosing before buying two bottles of pills.

After the old monk bought the elixir, the group started to leave the city.

When they got outside the city, the old monk stopped again and stretched out his hand to ask several people to pay first.

Without any hesitation, He Yanling and the other three paid the guide fee of 300 spirit stones each. Having already spent several thousand on the journey, they didn't need to worry about the last 300 spirit stones.

Then, the old monk said in a serious expression that he had in mind the specific route and how to avoid the territories with fourth-level and above monsters, and hoped that He Yanling and the other three would not have any bad intentions.

He Yanling and the other three naturally made repeated assurances.

So, the group put on the lightness talisman and started on their journey.

He Yanling and the other three had repeatedly reviewed the map of Xingyao City's surroundings, so they naturally knew where Xinyue City was located within Xingyao City. Seeing that the old monk was leading them in the correct direction, they were even less suspicious.

After more than half an hour, the old monk began to slow down. He pointed to a large tree with lavender leaves in the valley ahead and said, "This tree is a landmark, indicating that our route is correct. However, we may have to slow down from now on, because I have never been this route before, so I can only look for special marks as I walk."

Everyone expressed understanding.

As time passed and the sun was about to set, He Yanling suggested that everyone find a safe place to rest and continue their journey tomorrow morning.

The old monk said, "Don't worry. The caravan's designated resting place should be a short distance ahead. Let's walk a little further."

Everyone had no choice but to continue following him.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, the old man's eyes flashed, and his pace slowed down a lot. He searched everywhere with his eyes and muttered, "The place to stay should be nearby. Don't worry, I'll look carefully."

After walking a little further, his eyes lit up and he pointed to a cliff in front of him and said, "That's it. There's a cave there. It's the caravan's safe place to stay. Let's go there quickly."

When everyone looked over, they saw a cave entrance not far away that was blocked by a huge rock, but not tightly.

The old man led the way, followed closely by his two children, then He Yanling, Qiu Yinon, while Ye Qi and Xiao Han were at the back.

Xiao Han began to look around at everything around him.

Then, she whispered something to Ye Qi. Ye Qi glanced at her, quickly stepped forward, and suddenly pointed at the top of the mountain in front of him and shouted, "Look, what's on that mountain over there?"

Everyone's eyes immediately looked in the direction of her finger.

At this moment, Xiao Han lowered his sleeves and looked up, but his lowered hands quickly threw several palm-sized objects, like flat rocks, onto the path they had just walked.

"Didn't you see anything?" The leading old monk turned his head in confusion and looked at Ye Qi.

Ye Qi stretched his neck to take a closer look, then frowned and said, "Could it be that I am seeing things? Isn't that a demon beast spying on us?"

The old monk's eyes flickered as he smiled, "This place is still quite close to Xingyao City. There shouldn't be any powerful monsters here. Even if there are monsters spying on us, with so many of us, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"That's right." Ye Qi responded.

Everyone continued walking towards the cave, and Ye Qi turned his head to glance at Xiao Han.

Xiao Han blinked his eyes to indicate that he had finished.

PS: This book needs to be tested with multiple titles. Book friends, please help me think of a few titles. As long as they fit the theme, the more novel the title, the better. Thank you all!