The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

The defensive talisman on Xiao Han's body was as thin as paper. It flashed and disappeared, and then her whole body was wrapped up by the vines and dragged to the bottom of the crack.

This change happened too quickly and suddenly, without any warning. Xiao Han didn't even have time to be frightened for long before she was thrown to the ground.

"Tsk tsk, what a pity, the one who came wasn't some young beauty. She's too old and ordinary."

Xiao Han looked up with a look of fear on his face, and found that on one side of the mountain wall at the bottom of the crack, there was a cave more than ten feet high and about ten square meters in area.

Then a man with disheveled hair, unshaven beard, and whose age could not be determined, sat cross-legged in the cave.

A ground-grade meteorite iron chain passed through his body and sank into the cave wall. His wrists were also cuffed with a pair of meteorite iron handcuffs.

Although the hem of the robe was piled up randomly, Xiao Han could still see that the man's legs were probably gone.

Sensing the other party's unfathomable cultivation, Xiao Han felt the blood in his body run cold.

What bad luck had she taken, to fall into the hands of such a madman with high cultivation, but clearly not a normal person? A high-level cultivator suppressed like this deep in the cracks of the mountain could only be a great demon.

Even if the other party seems to be locked up by chains and unable to escape, it is definitely more than enough to kill me.

So, she is about to die just after she established her foundation?

For a moment, she felt completely hopeless, with only one thought in her mind: it's over, Barbie Q is gone.

"Hey, what's your name? Are you a casual cultivator or a disciple of the Juxian Sect? Or are you from a certain family?"

Although the man looked slovenly, his voice was deep and pleasant, quite pleasant to the ear. It was a pity that his frivolous tone ruined the quality of the sound.

Although Xiao Han didn't know why the person in front of her had such a high level of cultivation and was trapped here, she didn't dare not answer the other party's questions.

"My name is Xiao Han, and I'm a casual cultivator." Xiao Han lowered his brows and answered honestly.

The man looked her up and down again before asking, "Is there anything to eat in your storage bag?"

Xiao Han quickly said, "We have fasting pills, nuts, and monster meat."

The man's eyes suddenly lit up.

The next moment, Xiao Han discovered that a vine had emerged from nowhere, forcibly pulling the storage bag off her waist and placing it in front of the man.

Then, Xiao Han felt her consciousness blur. When she saw the man staring at her storage bag, she immediately realized that he had forcibly erased the spiritual mark on her storage bag, which was equivalent to opening the door to the storage bag.

Xiao Han felt heartbroken when he thought that all his belongings were in this storage bag.

But when I thought about my current situation, I felt relieved.

Forget it. Even her life was in someone else's hands, so what was there to talk about with a storage bag with little money? If they could let her go, she would be willing to give away all her belongings.

The man used his spiritual sense to check her storage bag and immediately couldn't help but sigh, "A Foundation Establishment cultivator is so poor. This is really eye-opening for me."

Xiao Han's most valuable possession was his flying sword, but it had now landed far away. Inside his storage bag, if he didn't count the number of third-tier monsters he'd hunted, the spirit stones he'd previously stored, and all the other miscellaneous items, there were only a few tens of thousands of spirit stones.

This amount of belongings is indeed shabby for a foundation-building cultivator.

He looked at Xiao Han and said sinisterly, "You've trespassed into my territory. I should have killed you, but for the sake of the monster meat in your storage bag, I'll spare your life. As long as you swear allegiance to me, obey my orders, and never betray me, not only will I not kill you, I'll also give you some benefits."

Xiao Han, who originally thought he was dead, suddenly felt hope in his heart.

What was the point of swearing an oath? Even if she betrayed it, she would only be attacked by the inner demon of the oath when she formed her elixir. With her four spiritual roots, even if she could successfully establish her foundation, she would have exhausted all her good luck in her life. As for forming her elixir, hehe, she didn't dream of that.

Besides, she was forced to be loyal to this devil. If the oath was so easy to come true, and if God really had eyes, he should forgive her and kill this devil.

"I wonder how senior would like me to swear?" Xiao Han asked cautiously.

The man said, "Just say that you are willing to be loyal to me, follow my orders, and never betray me. Otherwise, your cultivation will remain at the Foundation Establishment stage forever."

After a pause, he continued, "My name is Xie Yi, so you should say you will always be loyal to Xie Yi."

Xiao Han didn't hesitate and immediately swore, "Junior Xiao Han, I am willing to be loyal to Senior Xie Yi and follow his orders. I will never betray him. Otherwise, my cultivation will remain at the Foundation Establishment stage forever."

She swore, but in her heart, as long as she could leave this place, her oaths meant nothing. After all, a Foundation Establishment cultivator's lifespan was around 250 to 60 years. Living another 200 years was the equivalent of three lifetimes for a mortal, so it was already well worth it.

After Xiao Han finished swearing, the vines on her body suddenly loosened.

Xie Yi then said, "As long as you don't have any bad intentions and don't betray me, I have always been very generous to my own people."

Xiao Han climbed up, bowed with his head lowered, and said, "Yes, I understand."

Xie Yi then said, "Alright, put your storage bag back. First, skin and roast that bamboo rat. Let me have a taste. I haven't eaten monster meat in years. I've almost forgotten what it tastes like."

Xiao Han hurriedly picked up the storage bag and hung it back around his waist. He then took out the bamboo rat and began to gut it with his spiritual wind blade, skinning and removing the internal organs.

Use cleaning techniques to clean the bamboo rat and prepare to start grilling it with spiritual fire.

Xie Yi stared at her every move and saw her performing the cleaning technique. Suddenly, he remembered that he had not cleaned his body for so many years and his beard had grown very long. At this moment, he probably looked like a madman. He immediately felt uncomfortable all over.

Back in the day, he was the famous Jade-faced Young Master Xie Yi in the world of immortal cultivation. Although the male cultivators who envied him called him the Flower Thief Xie Yi, the female cultivators all called him Jade-faced Young Master.

But after being locked up in this hellhole for so long, he no longer cared about his image and just endured the day by day.

At this moment, he looked at the ordinary-looking female cultivator in front of him, and suddenly it occurred to him that perhaps he didn't need her to swear, but could just use his appearance to charm her and make her willingly do things for him.

Xie Yi's mood brightened up, and he said to the busy Xiao Han, "We'll grill the meat later. First, help me perform the cleaning technique and clean my hair and face."

Xiao Han: Am I a maid again?

Forget it, as long as you are under someone's roof, it doesn't matter whether you are a maid or a cook. As long as you can save your life, that's enough.

She immediately took a few steps forward and cast a cleaning spell on the other person, cleaning away all the dust on his body, as well as the greasy dirt on his face, hair and beard.

Then he used the Wind Blade Technique to carefully shave his face.

Xiao Han actually considered using Wind Blade to slash the man's neck. But she felt that since the man dared to let her use magic to cleanse his face, he must be confident.

Maybe this action is to test her loyalty.

Xiao Han, who was a little dazed, cleaned the other person's face, shaved off some of his long hair, and then tied his hair with one of his own hairbands.

After finishing, she subconsciously looked at the other person's face after he had tidied himself up, and then she was stunned for a moment.

Oh my god! This devil looks really good.

If we want to find a reference, it would be that he is more handsome and more imposing than the Taiwanese actor Jiao who played Erlang Shen in modern society.