The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

However, the young disciple took the small rock-shaped magic weapon in his hand and tossed it around, but showed no intention of buying it.

He glanced around, then lowered his voice and said, "Big sister, judging by your cultivation, you're about to reach the Great Perfection of Qi Training. Do you want a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Xiao Han's heart moved. With a smile on his face, he picked up another small magical weapon and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any foundation-building pills to sell?"

The disciple tugged at his Juxian Sect robes and said, "I am a Juxian Sect disciple, so naturally I have the means to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill."

Xiao Han continued, "Then why don't you take it to the Sihai Trading Company's auction?"

The young disciple glanced at her sideways and said, "Are you stupid? The sect controls the amount of Foundation Establishment Pills that can be released. I definitely can't sell these Foundation Establishment Pills openly."

"Oh, then how much does one of your Foundation Establishment Pills cost?" Xiao Han asked again.

The young disciple said, "It will be sold at an underground auction. The highest bidder will win. However, the price will definitely be cheaper than that of the Sihai Trading Company."

"Then where is the venue for this underground auction?"

Another disciple of the Juxian Sect glared at Xiao Han and said, "If you want to go, we will take you there when the time comes."

Xiao Han smiled and said with a hint of regret, "I really want to go, but I've only accumulated 20,000 spirit stones. I'm afraid this amount of spirit stones isn't enough to even dream of the Foundation Establishment Pill."

The sweet-talking young disciple was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Xiao Han really didn't look eager to get it, he immediately threw the small magic weapon in his hand onto the stall, turned around and took his companion away.

Xiao Han looked at the two people leaving and thought of He Yanling who had been missing for a long time.

Was it in this way that He Yanling was deceived into going to the so-called underground auction?

Haha, disciples of the Juxian Sect, are all disciples of the Juxian Sect righteous people? Alas! He Yanling wanted to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill too much, and believed too much in the golden signboard of the Juxian Sect.

Then again, perhaps the Juxian Sect disciples weren't lying, and a Foundation Establishment Pill had indeed appeared at an underground auction, the so-called black market. But the question was, even if he managed to win it, would he be able to bring it safely back to New Moon City?

Anyway, there is finally some news related to He Yanling.

After thinking about it, Xiao Han informed Ye Qi and Qiu Yinong of his discovery using a sound transmission talisman.

But she didn't receive any news from the two of them, but instead received Qiu Yinong herself.

She still had that chilly autumn air, but Xiao Han felt she had changed a bit. Upon closer inspection, he noticed a hint of murderous intent.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, please explain in detail what you told me earlier."

Qiu Yinong wasn't a very sociable person, and it was only after more than a decade of hunting with Ye Qi that they became close friends. Therefore, she and Xiao Han still referred to each other as fellow Taoists.

When she saw Xiao Han, she didn't say anything more and directly explained her purpose.

Xiao Han nodded, and then recounted in detail what had happened before.

"Then do you still remember the appearance of those two disciples of Juxian Sect?" Qiu Yinong asked again.

Xiao Han nodded, "I remember."

"I'll come back later." Qiu Yinong said, turned around and went back into the city, leaving Xiao Han with a look of surprise.

Then, half an hour later, Qiu Yinong appeared again.

She handed Xiao Han a blank jade slip and said, "Use your spiritual sense to copy the appearance of those two people into the jade slip."

When He Yanling just disappeared, the three of them, in order to find He Yanling, asked Ye Qi to use a blank jade slip to replicate He Yanling's appearance in order to find He Yanling.

Therefore, Xiao Han also knew how to reproduce the appearance of the characters in his memory.

So she copied the appearance of the two Juxian Sect disciples into the jade slip and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Qiu Yinong said, "Don't worry about this. Although my cousin He Yanling is not related to me by blood, he took good care of me when my cultivation was still very low. Now his whereabouts are unknown, and he may have been killed long ago. But I want to do my best to investigate. Maybe when I have the ability in the future, I can avenge him."

Xiao Han opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

After Qiu Yinong got the information she wanted, she left. Xiao Han sat on the small stool in front of the stall and sighed.

Now she felt a little regretful about telling Qiu Yinong about her discovery.

If Qiu Yinong offended someone she shouldn't have while investigating He Yanling's disappearance and lost her life, she felt that she would definitely be to blame.

Three days later, Ye Qi, who had not replied to Xiao Han's message, also came to the north city gate to see Xiao Han.

Seeing Ye Qi flying towards her from a distance, piloting a flying sword, Xiao Han felt an indescribable envy. For someone like her who had never even driven a car in her previous life, the feeling of soaring through the blue sky with a giant sword was even more thrilling than flying a plane. It was unimaginably exciting and exhilarating.

Ye Qi landed in front of Xiao Han, looked at the stall that was deserted, and frowned, "Is business so slow?"

Xiao Han laughed and said, "If this business of buying damaged magic tools becomes too popular, all the magic tools will become paper-thin."

Ye Qi also smiled, then took out a jade pillow from the storage bag, placed it next to Xiao Han's small stool, and sat down on the jade pillow.

Then he said to the dazed Xiao Han, "You sit down too, so we can chat."

Seeing Ye Qi, who had become a Foundation Establishment cultivator but did not have any of the airs of a Foundation Establishment cultivator and whose words and deeds had not changed at all, Xiao Han smiled from the bottom of his heart.

That’s great, she finally has a friend worth making friends with.

After Xiao Han sat down, Ye Qi said, "When you sent me the sound transmission note, I was hunting in the Monster Forest. I can't explain it in a few words, so I waited until today to come see you."

Xiao Han said, "It's nothing. I just wondered if this might be related to Fellow Daoist He's disappearance, so I sent messages to both you and Fellow Daoist Qiu."

Ye Qi nodded, "Tell me what happened in detail."

Xiao Han then recounted what happened that day in detail, and also talked about how Qiu Yinong came here to replicate the appearance of the two disciples of the Juxian Sect, and Qiu Yinong's desire to avenge He Yanling.

Ye Qi stared at the small magic weapon on the stall in silence for a while, then sighed softly.

"Xiao Qiu is actually a very loyal person. It's not surprising that she has this idea."

After a pause, she continued, "Do you know what Xiaoqiu has been doing recently?"

Xiao Han turned to look at Ye Qi, who was speaking with a more ambiguous tone, and shook her head. She squatted at the city gate every day to set up a stall, so how could she know what Qiu Yinong was doing so far away?

Ye Qi said calmly, "In order to quickly earn money to buy the Foundation Establishment Pill, she actually went to the underground Colosseum."