The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

City Lord Yan had just finished negotiating the price of testing spiritual roots with the wealthy people in the city when he was told by his subordinates that Miss Xiao, who had just entered the City Lord's Mansion, had become the fairy's apprentice.

He paced back and forth in the study with a gloomy face, thinking about the purpose of Jiang Yaohua's doing this.

If Jiang Yaohua really liked Xiao Han, she would have brought it up directly when they were in Liuxian Tower. She shouldn't have wanted to take her in as her disciple only after seeing her again at the City Lord's Mansion.

The most important thing is that Xiao Han is too old and has long passed the golden age of cultivation. How could Jiang Yaohua think of accepting such a disciple who is not very talented and is so old?

So, something must have happened that she was unaware of. Or, in other words, Jiang Yaohua saw something in Xiao Han that was worth her taking action.

But according to his investigation, Xiao Han had no family support and no outstanding qualities. What on earth did Jiang Yaohua see in her?

Wait, Yan Congxi suddenly realized that he had neglected something.

That is, Xiao Han suddenly appeared in Lingyun City. It was said that she had lost her memory and didn't know where she was from. She also couldn't speak the local language at first.

So, Jiang Yaohua recognized Xiao Han's background, and for the sake of the power behind her, she accepted someone she originally looked down upon as her apprentice?

Yan Congxi felt that he had discovered the truth, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

If the truth is as he guessed, then wouldn't his previous act of forcing Xiao Han to be his concubine have made him an enemy of the other party?

Thinking that he had only "invited" the person into the City Lord's Mansion and had not yet had time to take the next step, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan Congxi was a man of decisive action, and he immediately decided to go and investigate. If things were indeed as he had anticipated, he would have to remedy the situation immediately, so as not to create an unknown and powerful enemy.

He could bully an orphan girl who had no background or connections and had not yet started practicing, but he did not dare to bully a woman with an unclear origin who had a sixth-level Qi training cultivator as her master.

Jiang Yaohua was not surprised by City Lord Yan's arrival, but she still reminded Xiao Han to remember to call her Master during his stay in Lingyun City.

Xiao Han naturally agreed obediently and put it into practice immediately.

"Master, should I stay here and meet City Lord Yan together?"

Jiang Yaohua said, "Of course you have to stay here. You will be my disciple from now on. He won't dare force you to be his concubine anymore. Let's see what he says later. If he doesn't mention the matter of being a concubine, then just pretend it never happened."

Xiao Han nodded, then stood obediently below Jiang Wan, which made Jiang Wan very satisfied with her ability to know the current situation.

Yan Congxi came in and first chatted with Jiang Yaohua about someone coming to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow to test their spiritual roots. Then he pretended to be casual and said, "I heard that Fellow Daoist Jiang accepted Miss Xiao as his disciple. I haven't congratulated Fellow Daoist Jiang yet."

Jiang Yaohua smiled and said, "I left the restaurant in a hurry before and hadn't thought about taking her in as my disciple. But when I met her again at the City Lord's Mansion and learned that she was an orphan, I felt pity for her and also felt a connection, so I decided to take her in as my disciple."

Her words made Yan Congxi more confident in his own judgment.

She's not a young girl who's just starting out, so how could she have any compassion? You're kidding me.

Yan Congxi said calmly, "I asked someone to invite Miss Xiao to the City Lord's Mansion. Originally, I thought that Lingyun City had produced a cultivator who could cultivate immortality, and I, as the City Lord, also had Rong Yan. Now that Miss Xiao has become a disciple of Fellow Daoist Jiang, it's such a great event, and as the City Lord, I can't help but express my gratitude."

After saying that, he took out five spirit stones from the storage bag hanging around his waist and lifted them in front of Xiao Han using the object control technique.

"Miss Xiao, congratulations on becoming your disciple. I hope you will accept this little gift."

A cultivator at the sixth level of Qi training certainly wasn't considered a master, but it was like a student worshipping a teacher; anyone who could impart knowledge to the other could be called a master.

When Xiao Han saw the gem that appeared out of thin air and was slightly larger than an egg and emitting a bright white light, his eyes suddenly widened.

Holy crap! This is the legendary spirit stone.

Seeing Xiao Han staring at the spirit stone in a daze, Jiang Yaohua realized that Xiao Han hadn't started practicing yet and didn't have a storage bag, so she said, "Disciple, why don't you thank City Lord Yan quickly? I don't have any extra storage bags with me. Let your senior sister keep this gift from City Lord Yan for you. When you return to the Immortal Mountain and have a storage bag, you can use it to buy the items you want."

Xiao Han finally came to his senses and bowed hastily, "Thank you, City Lord Yan."

Then he looked at Jiang Wan beside him. Jiang Wan immediately took the spirit stone happily and put it into her storage bag.

Xiao Han owes her master two thousand spirit stones. These spirit stones will never be returned to her in the future. They will definitely be hers.

Although City Lord Yan could be a local tyrant in this mortal realm, he didn't have many opportunities to earn spirit stones. The spirit stones in his storage bag were basically all left by his grandfather.

Over the years, he had spent more than he earned, and there weren't many spirit stones left. Therefore, City Lord Yan felt that by offering five spirit stones as a gift, he had made a significant investment, and that Xiao Han would no longer hold a grudge against him for forcing her to become his concubine.

After City Lord Yan left, Xiao Han and Jiang Yaohua both breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Yaohua felt that intercepting someone else's fancy was a bit of a bully. Yan Congxi didn't get angry and even sent a gift. The two sides didn't fall out, which was the best outcome.

Xiao Han was worried that City Lord Yan had other cards up his sleeve, and if things went wrong again, it would be troublesome.