The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

The fourth-level old turtle hiding underwater cannot be caught just because you want to.

This thing itself has high defense, and it is inconvenient for cultivators to fight underwater, so Xiao Han's desire to catch it is just a thought at the moment.

Xiao Han now understood why there was not even a third-level spirit fish in such a large pond. It was estimated that all those that had upgraded to the third level were eaten by the old turtle.

Seeing that Xiao Han's sword stopped stirring in the water, the old turtle didn't plan to continue attacking her, but slowly sank to the bottom of the water again.

Aquatic turtles are different from land turtles. Aquatic turtles have the protection of deep water, no shortage of food, and very few natural enemies. They can be said to live a comfortable and lazy life.

Land turtles are different. They have too many natural enemies, which makes them more aggressive than aquatic turtles.

This pool of water was clearly the old turtle's territory, so Xiao Han wasn't worried about it migrating away.

She decided to go back and make some preparations before trying to take down the old turtle again.

The storage bag cannot hold living things, so Xiao Han finally had no choice but to knock the spirit fish to death and put them into the storage bag.

Then, Xiao Han flew back on his sword.

With this old turtle in front of him, Xiao Han no longer had the mind to look for those cheap monsters.

Catching one of them is equivalent to dozens of third-level monsters.

What Xiao Han was thinking about was actually to set his sights on Xie Yi.

She believed that a great cultivator like Xie Yi, who was in the late Jindan stage, must have a way to deal with the old turtle.

Anyway, from the current perspective, Xie Yi would not kill her for no reason. Since her life was not in danger, leaving such an experienced monk alone without consulting him would be like guarding a treasure mountain and starving to death.

As for whether Xie Yi would force him to practice dual cultivation with him, Xiao Han didn't think so. After becoming a great cultivator, even an evil cultivator would have his own pride. Facing a mere cultivator in the early stages of foundation building, if the other party was unwilling, he would kill the other party with a single blow rather than lower his status and use force.

But if we go to Yanling Mountains today, we won’t be able to return to the city in time.

Therefore, Xiao Han went straight back to Xinyue City, preparing to go to Yanling Mountains to ask Xie Yi for advice the next day.

After returning to the city, he first sold more than 20 spirit fish.

She didn't take it to a shop that specialized in buying monster meat, but instead found a restaurant.

This restaurant was also the one where she had booked dinner twice.

The waiter thought she was here to order meals again, but when he found out she was here to sell fish, he hurriedly called out the restaurant owner.

When the restaurant owner saw that the spirit fish she took out was dead, he immediately said with regret, "If this black-spine spirit fish was alive, I could buy it from you for 22 spirit stones per catty. But since it's dead, the maximum I can get is 15 spirit stones per catty. The meat of black-spine fish is a bit tough, so the price is not high enough."

Xiao Han asked, "What kind of spirit fish is more expensive?"

She is now very interested in catching fish and thinks it is easier than catching monsters.

Because you don’t have to look for it. Wherever there is water, there will definitely be spiritual fish.

The restaurant owner immediately gave her a detailed description of some difficult-to-catch but delicious spirit fish species, and concluded by saying, "If you catch any spirit fish in the future, as long as they're alive, no matter how many there are, I'll buy them at a higher price than the market price."

Xiao Han nodded, and without comparing prices from different stores, he sold the spirit fish directly.

Now she no longer needs to waste time asking around to see how much she can get for one or two more spirit stones.

Although the price of this black-back fish is not high, fortunately each fish weighs more than ten pounds and was sold for several thousand spirit stones.

Xiao Han originally wanted to keep one of the spirit fish for himself to eat, but then he thought that his cooking skills were very average, so it would be better to sell the fish and spend money to order a good dish in a restaurant.

She can now practice fasting, and eating is purely to satisfy her appetite. So why should she be busy cooking at home just to save a few spirit stones? Moreover, with the same ingredients, how can her cooking skills compare with those of the chefs in the restaurant?

After enjoying a delicious meal and drinking to his heart's content in the restaurant, Xiao Han then went to the Treasure Hunting Pavilion.

The Treasure Hunting Pavilion sells spirit beast bags that can hold living creatures.

It’s just that storage bags are expensive, and spirit beast bags that can hold living things are even more expensive.

Xiao Han picked a storage bag that was six feet wide and six feet high. It cost him nearly 20,000 spirit stones for such a small space.

Alas! Money is hard to earn, but so easy to spend!

After returning to the small stone house, I wanted to sigh again.

She hasn't earned enough spirit stones to buy a house yet.

Forget it, let’s take it one step at a time, there’s no rush.

Although the concentration of spiritual energy in this rental house was totally incompatible with her current level of cultivation, Xiao Han still decided to try to practice the newly acquired skills.

Sitting cross-legged in the small training room, he carefully recalled the methods and routes of practicing the exercises that Xie Yi had described, and then began to try to practice.

After a cycle, Xiao Han was delighted when he felt the refined spiritual energy.

You know, when she didn't have any skills, she practiced according to the method of refining spiritual energy during the Qi training stage, but she really couldn't feel even a trace of spiritual energy.

When she moves to a house with richer spiritual energy in the future, the speed of refining spiritual energy will naturally be much faster.

Although after one cycle, only a trace of stored spiritual energy could be refined, Xiao Han still began to practice all night again.

Small things add up to big things, and hard work makes up for one's shortcomings. This is the only way for ordinary people like her who have no talent to speed up their cultivation.

The next morning, Xiao Han flew to the Yanling Mountains again.

Seeing Xiao Han appear so quickly, Xie Yi raised the corner of his mouth, and said with an expression that said, "I knew this would happen a long time ago, so you finally figured it out and are ready to practice dual cultivation with me."

Xiao Han: Don’t you have anything else in your mind besides dual cultivation?

She bowed deeply and said sincerely, "Senior, I went hunting in the Monster Forest yesterday and encountered a fourth-level old turtle living in a pond. With my fighting ability, I couldn't defeat it. Then I thought of you, senior, with your high cultivation and extensive knowledge, you must have a way to deal with that old turtle. Could you teach me?"

Tsk, so this is why this female cultivator came here so early in the morning.

Xie Yi was a little unhappy.

But seeing that she was asking for advice humbly and seemed to be waiting for him to make the decision, Xie Yi reluctantly decided not to embarrass her.

"Since it's an old turtle living in a pond, you definitely won't have any advantage in a water fight. But even if you lure it to shore, you still won't be able to defeat it without some tricks. That trick can only be to use external objects.

It is not a good idea to attack it directly with talismans, unless you have a talisman that can break its defense in one go. Otherwise, it will rely on its high defense and retreat back into the water when it sees the situation is not good, and your efforts will still be in vain.

The only way to catch it without damaging its shell is to use a formation."