The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

"Um, uh, Fellow Daoist Ye, are you planning to stay in Xinyue City, or will you just go and come back soon?"

Lu Xinyu found a topic to chat about, but this topic seemed to be about prying into other people's privacy, so she regretted it as soon as she said it.

Ye Guchen replied frankly, "I heard it's easier to get Foundation Establishment Pills there. I'll be able to reach Great Perfection of Qi Training soon, so I naturally want to go there and give it a try."

Lu Xinyu immediately felt like they had a common topic. "What a coincidence! I heard that there are more good things in Xinyue City, and that foundation-building pills are auctioned publicly. It's easier for independent cultivators to survive there, and there's more hope for building a foundation, so I decided to go there."

The two of them had common topics and chatted while walking, which made Lu Xinyu no longer feel uncomfortable.

But the more they talked, the more puzzled Ye Guchen became. It was obvious that this girl was not a casual cultivator, so why did she look like she was going to become one and looked so excited?

Alas, I wonder if the smile on her face will still be so bright after she has been a casual cultivator for a few years.

Because the flying boat was powered by spirit stones, the two of them did not consume any energy while sitting on it, so they decided not to rest during the day. They would land and find a place to spend the night when night fell.

This safe route is really not a lie. The first day was so smooth that the two of them didn't even encounter a low-level demon bird.

Seeing that the glow in the sky was about to disappear, Lu Xinyu finally decided to land and find a place to spend the night.

Ye Guchen pointed to a cliff in front and said, "Go a little further and you'll reach the foot of the cliff over there."

I'll find a suitable place to stay on the cliff face later, with my back to the cliff face and my eyes focused on the front. I'll also set up a defensive array and it will be safer.

But the two of them didn't expect that there was a monkey's nest here.

The flying boat landed, and Lu Xinyu folded it up. The two were looking for a suitable place to spend the night when they suddenly heard a squeaking sound.

Then, several fruits flew towards the two people below with a whistling sound.

Ye Gu Chen was startled and subconsciously took a step forward to stand in front of Lu Xinyu. He pushed his palms forward and a surge of spiritual power surged out, colliding with the falling fruit.

The next moment, the squeaking sounds of monkeys continued, and more stones and fruits were thrown at the two of them.

"Hurry up!" Ye Guchen shouted to Lu Xinyu behind him, and cast a spell again. The spiritual power storm knocked away all the attacking objects.

Lu Xinyu found out that they were just a group of second-level monkeys. He immediately became angry and took out a talisman and shot away.

A cone of ice shot towards the monkeys on the treetops diagonally above, causing the squeaking and shouting to become even louder.

Seeing that she wanted to continue throwing talismans, Ye Gu Chen had no choice but to grab her arm and run with her.

"Hey hey..." Lu Xinyu was startled when someone grabbed her arm and tried to break free.

"Let's go, let's get out of here." Ye Guchen pulled her hard and ran.

"Just a bunch of second-level monkeys," Lu Xinyu muttered unconvincedly as she ran. She felt that she had three or four years of hunting experience, and both of them were ninth-level Qi training cultivators. Being bullied and chased away by a group of second-level monkeys was a bit embarrassing.

Ye Gu Chen let her go and cast a lightening talisman on himself while running.

Seeing this, Lu Xinyu also cast a lightening talisman on herself.

At this moment, she sensed a spiritual attack coming from behind her. Just as she was about to stop to respond, Ye Guchen shouted, "Go quickly, don't worry about it."

Lu Xinyu stopped thinking about turning around to fight and quickened his pace again.

The two of them ran for half a cup of tea before Ye Guchen stopped and turned around to look behind him.

"Okay, they won't chase us."

Only then did he look at Lu Xinyu and explain, "Those monkeys dared to attack us because they have a Monkey King as powerful as us, as well as a third-level old monkey. The ones that came after us must have been third-level monkeys, but they were still some distance away from us. Even if they attacked, it would be difficult for them to land on us. If we stopped and got entangled by them, we would be in trouble."

After all, it was almost dark, and it was not wise to fight with a group of monkeys.

Lu Xinyu suddenly felt embarrassed.

When she hunted in the Panlong Mountains outside Canghai City, she basically formed a team to fight monsters in groups, and she had never fought against monsters that lived in groups.

At this time, Ye Guchen apologized again, "I'm sorry, it's all because of my poor choice of landing spot. I happened to land next to the monkey group."

Lu Xinyu hurriedly comforted him, "It's just a coincidence."

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I still have to thank you. If you hadn't acted decisively, I would have been surrounded and attacked by the monkeys."

Although they chatted along the way and the strangeness and politeness between them were gone, the escape from the siege of monkeys just now really made them feel like real teammate.

The two walked for another quarter of an hour, and when they were far away from the monkey group and it was getting dark, they decided to spend the night under a big rock.

Lu Xinyu took out the protective array and enclosed the entire large rock. He then used magic to clear away the weeds and mud from under the rock, and then laid a leather mat ten feet long and three feet wide.

This leather mat was used by her when she was hunting in the past, when she was spending the night in the mountains, and she put it on the ground to keep out moisture.

I didn’t use it before, but I used it as soon as I went out this time.

Ye Gu Chen thought to himself that female cultivators were indeed different from rough men and were too particular.

Lu Xinyu placed her own cushion on her left hand side, pointed to the other end of the leather cushion, and said to Ye Guchen, who was standing by and watching her busy work: "Fellow Daoist Ye, please sit down quickly. I am going to activate the formation."

Ye Guchen was stunned for a moment, then walked to the bottom of the rock with mixed feelings, took out his own futon and placed it on the leather cushion on the right.

He was just waiting for Lu Xinyu to be settled before he set up his own protective magic circle nearby.

But I didn't expect this girl to be on guard at all and let me rest in her protective magic circle without any care.

Is this girl too self-confident? Or is she too insecure when dealing with outsiders?

Just as he was daydreaming, Lu Xinyu had already activated the protective formation.

Then, she sat on her own cushion, took out a small formation plate, and placed it around herself.

Soon, a small white tent enveloped her.

Now, Ye Gu Chen didn’t know what to say.

You said she doesn't know any survival skills in the wild, but she has already set up a high-level defensive array.

You said she was not on guard against others, but she set up a small protective warning magic circle to guard against her companions.

I won't mention the high-level defensive array outside, which requires contact to display the light screen. But this small white tent-like protective warning array is only suitable for use in a secluded place like a cave.

You can use it under the big rock outside now. Those night-roaming monsters will immediately notice the light here.

After enduring for a long time, Ye Guchen couldn't help but said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, I have my own defensive array. How about I spend the night outside the defensive array? You can remove this small array beside you. It's too bright at night."

"Ah?" Lu Xinyu was stunned for a moment, then she understood and her face turned red with embarrassment.

She had never slept in an open space in the wild and had forgotten this.