The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Xiao Han now only hated himself for being so slow in cultivation and why he had not yet established a foundation.

If I could also successfully build my foundation, I wouldn't be a drag, and could help. Ye Qi and Qiu Yinong would definitely not hide everything from me.

No matter what the reason is for them to temporarily leave Crescent City, I can still stand by them.

Although Xiao Han and his two friends didn't see each other often during their two years in New Moon City due to their different ways of making money, the occasional gatherings and the occasional contact via sound transmission talisman were also a form of emotional sustenance.

Monks may be more tolerant of loneliness and solitude than ordinary mortals, and have fewer social interactions and emotional ties. However, this does not mean that monks are truly detached from love and do not like to interact with anyone.

The reason why humans are social animals is not only because of their cooperative lifestyle, but also because of their emotional need to communicate with their own kind.

After Xiao Han discovered that neither Ye Qi nor Qiu Yinong had successfully established their foundations, their attitude towards her did not change or look down on her because of the huge gap in their cultivation. She was even more glad that she had made two friends with good character, and she felt that her life seemed to have an extra layer of security.

Because she knew that if she needed to go around looking for the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill and find more auxiliary resources that would help her build her foundation, Ye Qi and Qiu Yinong would definitely spare no effort to help her.

But now, they left Xinyue City for special reasons. Xiao Han not only lost his friends with whom he could communicate emotionally, but also lost two helpers who could help him.

How could Xiao Han not feel lonely?

But now that things have come to this, she can only continue her own life, except wishing them no danger, everything goes well, and a speedy return to Crescent City.

As more and more monks entered the scrap collection business, the ways of attracting customers became more diverse, and Xiao Han's income gradually decreased.

When she first came to Zixiao City, she could earn about 20,000 yuan a month. After deducting rent and various expenses, she could save more than 10,000 spirit stones.

Now, she can only earn seven or eight thousand spirit stones a month. After deducting rent and other income, she can save four thousand spirit stones, which is considered very good.

Xiao Han's current focus is on cultivating to the great perfection of Qi training and finding the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill. As long as the scrap business can sustain her life, she doesn't want to look for other ways to make money.

However, there is no other channel to purchase the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill except at the auction and in Huangshi.

Xiao Han also asked Huang Shi why the price of Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill was so much cheaper than the Foundation Establishment Pill, but the quantity available on the market was less than that of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Huang Shi told her that the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill was merely a supplementary elixir, its effects incomparable to those of the Foundation Establishment Pill. Some cultivators considered it irrelevant whether to use it or not. However, the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill was a spiritual herb that had extremely harsh growing conditions and could not be cultivated artificially.

Because the Six-Leaf Three-Flower is scarce, the amount of elixirs it can produce is naturally smaller. Consequently, fewer elixirs are available on the market. Coupled with its somewhat limited effectiveness, the current situation is that while the price isn't particularly high, the item is still quite scarce.

Although Huangshi said that its effect was a bit useless, for Xiao Han, as long as it was effective for building the foundation, she wanted to prepare it all.

If it weren't for the foundation-building period, she could only take one foundation-building pill at a time. Taking too much would cause the body to be unable to withstand the strong medicinal properties and cause damage to the body. She wanted to store up two foundation-building pills before starting to build the foundation.

Since she couldn't take two foundation-building pills at once, but could take the helpful six-leaf three-flower pill, she had to get the six-leaf three-flower pill to increase the probability of successfully building the foundation in one go by 10%.

Time flies. Three years after she came to Xinyue City, when she was forty-nine years old, Xiao Han finally cultivated her Qi to perfection.

From then on, she no longer had the desire to make money through business, and began to concentrate on preparing for the foundation-building process.

The Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill was still not obtained. Xiao Han heard that there would be another underground auction in half a month, so he asked Huang Shi to come out again and asked him if he could help him look for it at the underground auction.

Because He Yanling was most likely at the underground auction buying the Foundation Establishment Pill, Xiao Han didn't dare to take the risk lightly. If Ye Qi and Qiu Yinong were still there, she could naturally rely on them and go to the underground auction herself.

But now they are both away.

Xiao Han, knowing his own worth, would rather spend a few more spirit stones than go to the underground auction alone.

Now, the only person with whom I have a cooperative relationship, whom I can trust, and who will be safe when going to the underground auction is Huangshi.

Although Huangshi's cultivation level is only the seventh level of Qi training, as a disciple of the Juxian Sect, he is much safer than Xiao Han.

The highest auction price Xiao Han offered to Huang Shi was 35,000 spirit stones. As long as Huang Shi could get the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill within this price range, she would purchase it at this price and then pay him an additional 3,000 spirit stones as a running fee.

In other words, no matter what price Huangshi paid for the elixir, she would buy it for 38,000 spirit stones.

This was the final price Xiao Han paid for the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill at her first Four Seas Trading Company auction. This price was ten thousand higher than the price she had previously asked Huang Shi to find within the sect, so Huang Shi was naturally happy to make the trip.

On the day of the underground auction, Xiao Han waited anxiously at home all night.

The next morning, Huang Shi didn't send any messages until 9:00 AM. This made Xiao Han worried that Huang Shi might have had an accident as well.

Xiao Han couldn't help it and sent a sound transmission note to Huangshi.

But after sending the sound transmission note, there was still no response. This made Xiao Han even more uneasy. Could Huangshi also be in trouble?

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later, when she saw the shadow of the sound transmission talisman appear before her, that Xiao Han finally let go of her worries. Regardless of whether or not she bought the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill, as long as he was safe, it was all good. Even if Huang Shi went to the underground auction just to earn her spirit stones, as if it was a deal, she still didn't want anyone to get hurt because of her.

After all, she and Huang Shi are old acquaintances, and no matter from which perspective, she hopes that the other party is safe and sound.

When Xiao Han heard Huang Shi asked her to meet at the old place, she was overjoyed.

Huang Shi must have bought the elixir, which is why he asked her to meet him to trade. Otherwise, he could have just sent a message saying he didn't buy it and that would have been the end of it.

Full of hope, Xiao Han rushed to the private room in the teahouse excitedly.

As soon as he entered the private room, Xiao Han asked happily, "Friend Huang, did you buy the elixir?"

Huang Shi shook his head and said, "No, at last night's auction, there was a Foundation Establishment Pill released, but there was no Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill."

Xiao Han, who was hit with a bucket of cold water, wanted to say, "Then why did you ask me to come here?"

Huang Shi seemed to understand her resentment and said hurriedly, "Please sit down and listen to me first. Although I didn't buy the elixir for you, I heard from my fellow disciples that someone once collected the six-leaf three-flowered spiritual herb in the Yanling Mountains. You can go to Yanling Mountain and try your luck."

"I'll go find the herbs myself?" Xiao Han didn't expect Huang Shi to give him such a suggestion.

Huang Shi nodded confidently and said, "Yes, you can go find the herbs yourself, or you can buy a six-leaf three-flower herb. As long as you can get the herbs, I can find an alchemist in the sect to help you refine the six-leaf three-flower pill."