The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

When Xiao Han went to set up a stall again, he sold magical weapons made from parts of monsters at half the price of what he paid in Zixiao City.

Although some cultivators asked about the price and thought she bought it too cheaply and were unwilling to sell it, Xiao Han didn't care.

The market base is huge, her energy is limited, and it is impossible for her to collect all the waste.

As long as she could make a profit of two to three hundred spirit stones from the scrap magic tools she received every day, she could survive in Crescent Moon City.

In fact, there was no fixed price to refer to when buying damaged magical instruments; the prices were all set by her. Some cultivators might feel that they had spent too much money on their magical instruments, and now that they could only sell them for a few dozen or a hundred spirit stones, they felt it was meaningless and were unwilling to sell them.

But so what? There are always people who are annoyed by seeing damaged magic weapons in storage bags and want to just get rid of them. Every penny saved is a penny earned.

So even though Xiao Han only received five magic weapons that day, her business was much more prosperous than when she was in Zixiao City.

You have to know that at that time, on average, she only made one magic weapon every day, and earned about 3,000 spirit stones a month, which was already very good.

Now, with these five magic weapons, she can earn at least a few hundred spirit stones. Over time, after deducting expenses, it will be no problem for her to save about 10,000 spirit stones a month.

In fact, Xiao Han, who came from a marginal city, still underestimated the size of the market here.

After a while, she learned that there were monks who bought damaged artifacts, and some even came here specifically to sell them. During peak periods, she could collect 20 to 30 artifacts in just half a day in the afternoon.

However, this meant that her workload of smelting and separation became very heavy, and sometimes she had to stay in the underground fire chamber for two or three days to finish the work.

It's really hard work.

But it’s real money making.

Her original business of refining and selling small auxiliary magical tools had to be suspended.

A month later, Xiao Han counted his income and found that he had earned nearly 20,000 spirit stones.

This month's income was almost as much as she earned in Zixiao City in a year. After deducting rent and living expenses, she could save more than 10,000 spirit stones every month.

Thinking that he would have the hope of buying spirit stones for the foundation-building pill in the future, Xiao Han felt extremely motivated. He didn't even feel tired from constantly smelting and hammering to separate the raw materials in the underground fire chamber.

Time flies. In the blink of an eye, it has been four months since Xiao Han came to Xinyue City to settle down.

During this period, she, Ye Qi and the other two only asked each other questions through the sound transmission note. Knowing that everyone was busy making money, they did not contact each other much.

Although she spent most of her afternoons setting up a stall at the city gate, Crescent City had four city gates.

Xiao Han lived close to the North City Gate, where she'd originally set up her stall. Business was good, so she hadn't considered moving. Meanwhile, Ye Qi and his companions typically went through the South City Gate when they went hunting. With the distance between them, it was difficult for them to run into each other.

One day, Xiao Han was setting up a stall when he suddenly received a sound transmission note from He Yanling, asking her where she was.

Not long after Xiao Han replied to the message, He Yanling came to her.

Seeing He Yanling suddenly appear, Xiao Han asked happily, "Friend He, did you come here alone? Where are Ye Qi and the others?"

He Yanling smiled and said, "They didn't come over. I came here specially to see you today."

"Looking for me? Is there something wrong?"

He Yanling nodded, then took out a soundproofing array plate and activated it to cover the two of them.

Xiao Han looked at him in confusion, then heard He Yanling say, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, I've found a way to buy Foundation Establishment Pills, but I'm worried I don't have enough Spirit Stones on me, so I'd like to borrow 50,000 Spirit Stones from you temporarily.

Don't worry, if you don't use it, I will return it to you immediately. If you use it, as long as I succeed in building my foundation, a mere 50,000 spirit stones will be no problem.

Even if I fail to build my foundation, I can still earn 50,000 spirit stones a year. There are indeed many monsters in this monster forest, so it is easy to earn spirit stones. When you reach the great perfection of Qi training, I will definitely help you find a way to buy foundation-building pills.

After He Yanling finished speaking, Xiao Han was immediately embarrassed.

Lend it to me, fifty thousand spirit stones is no small sum. If I don't lend it to you, we've all come all the way from Zixiao City through so much hardship, and we're friends who've been through thick and thin together. It's hard to refuse.

The most important thing is that she also wants to buy the Foundation Establishment Pill in advance, but there is no news of a public auction yet.

She couldn't help but ask casually, "Don't Ye Qi and Qiu Yinong need to buy Foundation Establishment Pills?" She didn't say that she wanted to buy them too, but just asked Ye Qi and the others on purpose.

He Yanling said a little embarrassedly, "Because the number of Foundation Establishment Pills this time is extremely scarce, there may not be enough for them. I can't ask them to go with me, so as not to make them feel uncomfortable."

Xiao Han immediately understood that He Yanling just didn't want Ye Qi and the others to know about the Foundation Establishment Pill, so she came to borrow money from him.

"Fellow Daoist He, as you know, I rent a house by myself, and I have more than a month left before I have to pay the rent again. I also need to keep some spirit stones for business, so I really can't lend you 50,000 spirit stones. I can only lend you 30,000. Do you want it?"

Although He Yanling was a little disappointed, he thought that 30,000 spirit stones were not a small amount, so he immediately said that 30,000 was it.

Xiao Han felt uncomfortable having to lend such a large sum of money. But if she were to refuse it outright, she felt that with her personality, she couldn't bring herself to do so.

In the end, he could only pray in his heart that if He Yanling bought the foundation-building pill, he could succeed in building his foundation.

Unfortunately, her wish was ultimately unfulfilled.

Not long after lending the money, Xiao Han received a sound transmission note from Ye Qi saying that they could not contact He Yanling and were worried that something had happened to him.

Xiao Han was shocked when he heard this. He didn't even bother to set up the stall. He directly made an appointment for the meeting place and rushed over.

When Xiao Han saw Qiu Yinong's sad face and Ye Qi's anxious expression, he felt heavy in his heart and tried hard to convince himself not to think the worst.

She told her in detail about what happened half a month ago when He Yanling asked her to borrow spirit stones.

Qiu Yinong couldn't help but complain: "Such an important matter, why didn't you tell us earlier?"

Xiao Han was worried about his friend's safety, and also worried that the spirit stones he had lent out would be wasted. He was already upset, and now Qiu Yinong blamed him, and he immediately said angrily, "Friend He didn't even want to tell you two, and secretly came to me to borrow spirit stones. How could I ignore his wishes and shout about it? How could I have known he would disappear?"

Ye Qi hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Alright, alright, Xiao Han, don't worry about it. He Yanling is her cousin after all. She's anxious now and has lost her composure in her words."

Xiao Han frowned and said nothing. Only Ye Qi began to analyze He Yanling's movements according to the information she provided.