The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

When Xiao Han walked into the restaurant lobby, he saw four or five Qi-cultivating monks sitting around a table, chatting loudly while waiting for their food to be served.

One person was angrily saying, "Can't we, the human cultivators, send a few more Jindan cultivators to kill or drive away that golden-winged Roc? They're just asking us not to go hunting in the Monster Forest recently. If we don't hunt, how are we going to pay the expensive rent?"

Another person at the table also frowned and asked, "What on earth has gone wrong with that golden-winged Roc? Why is it standing at the edge of the Monster Forest and won't leave?"

Xiao Han felt strange. He had been in seclusion for two days. Could something big have happened in the Monster Forest?

She waved to the waiter who came to greet her and walked towards the table of Qi-cultivating monks.

"Fellow Daoists, I just heard you talking about something big happening in the Monster Forest. Could you tell me more about it? I'll treat you to dinner today."

When they heard this, they were both happy and frightened.

"Senior, please sit down!"

"Senior, please take a seat. If you don't mind, we'll treat you to a meal."

"That's it."

Xiao Han sat down. It wasn't that she was getting carried away by her wealth, but rather that these people were clearly casual cultivators. What kind of expensive dishes could a group of casual Qi-cultivating cultivators sitting in the lobby dining together order? A single meal would cost a few hundred spirit stones at best.

She had made a fortune, so what was wrong with giving away a few spirit stones to make these people happy?

After sitting down, everyone introduced themselves to each other. It turned out that these people were indeed independent cultivators who had formed a hunting team together.

At this time, the waiter started to serve the dishes. There were five of us, so we only ordered six dishes, all of which were very ordinary.

Monk Tian, who was at the ninth level of Qi training and had the highest cultivation level in the team, said a little embarrassedly, "Senior Xiao, we only ordered these few dishes. How about you order two more and we'll treat you."

As expected, Xiao Han ordered two more delicious dishes and a pot of spirit wine worth 100 spirit stones, then said to the waiter, "Calculate the price later. I'll pay first."

She paid the bill first, probably so that these people could eat and drink in peace.

After all, they were not familiar with each other, and people were only so polite to her because of her high level of cultivation.

Sure enough, although Monk Tian said that it was okay and they could just pay the bill, he sat there without moving.

After Xiao Han paid the bill, the smiles on these people's faces were obviously much more sincere.

Afterwards, everyone ate and talked, and Monk Tian told Xiao Han what had happened in the Monster Forest in the past two days.

It turned out that on the second day after Xiao Han returned to Crescent City, many low-level cultivators who went to the Monster Forest to hunt were attacked by the Golden-winged Roc, resulting in heavy casualties.

The Crescent City Lord and Deputy Lord rushed to the scene after hearing the news and joined forces to drive him away.

But yesterday, those monks who went to the Monster Forest to hunt were once again attacked by the Golden-Winged Roc.

Therefore, the Lord of Crescent City had to issue a notice, asking all cultivators not to go to the Monster Forest in the near future, and to wait until the Golden-Winged Roc returned to the depths of the Monster Forest.

But no one can tell when the high-level demon bird will return.

After hearing this, Xiao Han couldn't help but think about it.

She only saw Xie Yi fighting with the golden-winged Roc that day, and guessed that Xie Yi must have gone deep into the Monster Forest. Then, she didn't know who attacked whom first, and the man and the bird fought all the way to the edge of the Monster Forest.

It was said that when the demon bird was attacked by Xie Yi and another great cultivator who came over, it should have quickly run back to its own territory. Why did it retaliate against the other cultivators?

It was just like that day when the golden-winged Roc did not fight with the two Jindan cultivators, but instead captured a foundation-building cultivator and shot him in the head and threw him down. It was unusual.

Forget it, she didn't need to worry about these things. After all, she was the beneficiary of this incident. During this period of time, she should just honestly practice in seclusion at home again.

In this way, Xiao Han, who was originally planning to have a big meal alone to celebrate his windfall, ended up having a meal with a few unfamiliar cultivators in order to find out some news.

When leaving after dinner, Xiao Han gave Monk Tian two communication talismans with his own spiritual breath, and told him to send him a message if there was any new development in the Monster Forest.

Then before leaving the restaurant, she packed herself a jar of good wine and some delicious dishes.

Xiao Han had never expected that he, who didn't even drink beer, let alone liquor, in modern society, would almost become an alcoholic after coming to the world of cultivating immortals.

Actually, it's not her fault. The spiritual wine of the immortal world really tastes completely different from the white wine in modern society.

The spirit wine here doesn't have that spicy flavor at all. How can I describe it? It's like a strong alcoholic drink with a very slight sweetness. The richer the spirit energy, the better the taste.

Of course, the richer the spiritual energy, the easier it is to intoxicate people.

After leaving the restaurant, Xiao Han started shopping.

Now that you have money, you should treat yourself better and buy yourself some nice clothes and shoes.

Over the years, she has been like those house and car slaves in modern society. She has used up all her money to pay off her mortgage, so she has no time to eat, drink or dress well.

For a cultivator, no amount of resources is enough for cultivation; it's a bottomless pit that can never be filled. But life always requires a few brief moments of indulgence, and when it's time to enjoy, you still have to enjoy it.

Otherwise, there would be no point in working like a slave all your life.

Besides, buying good clothes and shoes in the world of immortal cultivation is actually equipping oneself with equipment. Therefore, buying good clothes and shoes when one has money is completely different from wearing those so-called trendy luxury goods in modern society.

After counseling himself in this way, Xiao Han walked into a grocery store with a relaxed mood.

Most monks' clothing and shoes have some auxiliary functions. Therefore, clothing makers can be said to be another branch of weapon refiners.

Some top-tier clothing and shoes will have formations engraved on them to make their functions more powerful.

Of course, things like this are luxury items that appear at auctions held by high-level monks.

Xiao Han had rarely heard of it, let alone seen it.

The female owner of the grocery store was a Qi cultivator. Seeing that she couldn't see through Xiao Han's cultivation, she immediately greeted him warmly, "Excuse me, Senior, what can I do for you?"

Xiao Han walked towards the counter where clothes and shoes were hung, and asked as he walked, "Are all the female cultivators' clothes hung here?"

The female shop owner said, "All the styles of clothes are hung out, but some styles have other colors, so they are not displayed. Let's see what style you need, and then I will take out the other colors for you to choose."

Xiao Han said with a rather ostentatious air, "Please introduce me to some clothes with good quality and strong auxiliary functions."

She has to choose the quality first, then the style. Otherwise, no matter how good the color or how beautiful the style is, if the auxiliary functions are poor, there will be few opportunities to wear it out.