The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

The seventh-level demon bird was in the sky in the blink of an eye.

It swooped down from a high altitude, its target directly at the blackthorn fruits on the red thorn branches in the center of a circle of cacti.

However, a layer of transparent light curtain suddenly shone brightly and blocked it.

The demon bird flapped its wings and flew high into the sky again. It circled around the blackthorn fruit, then rushed down again and grabbed it with its sharp claws.

This time, the light curtain of the formation not only shone brightly, but the entire curtain was also shaking.

On the other side, Xiao Han, who was in the formation, saw that the demon bird ignored him and was only focused on attacking the black thorn fruit formation. He became anxious and his spiritual power poured into the talisman frantically, wanting to activate it as soon as possible.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

The runes on the talisman glowed from faintly to shining brightly.

Feeling that his consciousness had also established a connection with the talisman, Xiao Han flashed out of the defensive formation and shouted at the demon bird that was still attacking the black thorn fruit formation: "Hurry!"

The talisman suddenly transformed into a one-foot-long sword and stabbed at the demon bird like lightning.

The demon bird sensed the terrifying attack power of the small sword and did not dare to underestimate it. The demonic spiritual power around it surged, and it grabbed the small sword with one claw.

When the two collided, there was a sound like metal colliding.

The attack of Fu Bao's sword was blocked. It turned around and attacked the monster bird again.

The demon bird spread its wings and flew high, and Xiaojian chased it relentlessly.

Seeing that his spiritual sense was struggling, Xiao Han hurriedly controlled the small sword to fly back.

The demon bird refused to give up and swooped down again.

Xiao Han had no choice but to command the small sword to attack again.

The two fought again, and the demon bird finally cried out and flew away.

Xiao Han retracted the small sword and saw that the spiritual energy on the talisman had obviously weakened a little, and he sighed inwardly.

If I hadn't been so timid and kept Yin Shu's talisman, I wouldn't have had to use up Senior Brother Li's talisman.

We have to be more cautious. We suffered a loss in Yanling Mountains before, and we can't make the same mistake again.

After putting away the talisman and taking a look at the blackthorn fruits in the formation, Xiao Han decided to start picking them.

Since even high-level demon birds were attracted to peck at the fruit, it was obvious that the fruit was ripe.

She opened the formation and did not destroy the cacti surrounding the red thorn bushes. Instead, she controlled the flying sword and dropped down from above as she had done in the past.

Each of these blackthorn fruits is about the size of a soybean, so Xiao Han put them in a bottle used to hold pills.

A bunch of red thorns only yielded more than thirty blackthorn fruits.

There were still four or five fruits that were obviously not fully ripe, so Xiao Han removed the formation and continued to wait here.

She also didn't know how many blackthorn fruits were needed to make a furnace of Ningyuan Dan, so naturally she would not miss any.

Fortunately, most of the blackthorn fruits were harvested, and then the fragrance of the ripe blackthorn fruits disappeared, and the monsters that were attracted by the fragrance no longer appeared.

After waiting for another ten days, Xiao Han finally collected all the remaining blackthorn fruits. He then removed all the formations and happily set out on the return journey with Croton.

When they reached the edge of the desert, Xiao Han glanced at the hill where many treasures were buried, and flew away reluctantly on his sword.

She'll come back in a few years.

Xiao Han, who had been in an excited state, did not suddenly remember that he had left Xinyue City for almost a year until he saw the tall city walls of Xinyue City.

The remaining four months' rent wouldn't be wasted with Lu Xinyu living there. The key question was, could she get her deposit back?

Xiao Han didn't go home. Her house lease had expired long ago, so it was useless to go back. She sent a sound transmission note to Lu Xinyu, asking her to meet at a teahouse.

Lu Xinyu arrived quickly, and upon seeing Xiao Han, she immediately said happily, "Sister Han, that's great, you're finally back."

Xiao Han originally said that he would be back in just a month, but he didn't come back for a long time. She had no long-distance communication magic weapon to ask him, and deep down she was afraid that Xiao Han might have met with danger and died.

It was not until she received Xiao Han's sound transmission note that she felt relieved.

Seeing her Qi training reaching the Great Perfection, Xiao Han was pleased, but couldn't help asking, "Haven't you taken the Foundation Establishment Pill yet to try to establish your foundation?"

Lu Xinyu's expression darkened, "I failed in building my foundation."

Xiao Han paused for a moment and comforted her, "Don't be discouraged. You are still young and there is still a chance."

Whenever she heard this kind of news, she felt so lucky to be able to successfully build the foundation in one go.

However, if I hadn't prepared the Six-Leaf Three-Flower Pill that time, I might not have been able to successfully build my foundation with just one Foundation Building Pill.

Lu Xinyu nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Chen also succeeded in building his foundation the second time. He is now a foundation-building cultivator. He said he would find a way to help me get another foundation-building pill."

Xiao Han looked at Lu Xinyu who was smiling happily, and could only sigh that the magic of love was indeed powerful.

Judging from her appearance, it was obvious that Ye Guchen treated her very well.

Xiao Han never rejects love, nor does he think that cultivators should not find a Taoist partner. If two people can love each other and achieve mutual success, it can be a beautiful story.

She just didn't want Lu Xinyu to lose herself for love.

Then Lu Xinyu started talking about the house again.

Xiao Han never returned, and the rental deposit could only be refunded if he brought the restriction token. Lu Xinyu could only live in the house until the lease expired, and then take the restriction token of the house to the rental office of the City Lord's Mansion to hand over the token, so that they could take back the house first and refund the deposit after Xiao Han came back.

Now Lu Xinyu has become a Taoist couple with Ye Guchen and lives together.

She had been away from home for several years. Although she missed her parents, she did not dare to go home, let alone let them know that she had found a casual cultivator as her Taoist partner.

She wanted to wait until she had established her foundation before going home to visit her parents.

If the family agreed, she was willing to persuade Ye Guchen to marry into the Lu family. At that time, she could be reunited with her parents and be with her beloved. Even if she was asked to have a child at that time, she would be willing to do so.

Xiao Han naturally had no idea what Lu Xinyu was thinking. After the two met, they went to the rental office of the City Lord's Mansion together to collect the deposit.

Then she rented a small stone house for two thousand spirit stones a month.

She has now reached a bottleneck period. Cultivation is useless, and living in a house that costs 20,000 spirit stones a month seems like a waste.

The minimum rental period for a house that costs two thousand spirit stones a month is relatively short, just three months.

Six thousand spirit stones are naturally a piece of cake for Xiao Han now.

The most important thing for her now is to find a suitable alchemist to refine the Ningyuan Pill.

Once she gets the Ningyuan Pill, if she can break through the barrier, it won't be too late for her to rent a house for 20,000 spirit stones a month.

Xiao Han would not feel sad about losing four months' rent and wasting 80,000 spirit stones, nor would he think that renting a house for 2,000 yuan a month was excessive.

As for money, be generous when you should be generous, and save when you should.

After renting the house, she started contacting Li Moyun again.

In addition to returning the talisman to Senior Brother Li, she also wanted to ask Senior Brother Li if there was an alchemist in the Juxian Sect who could refine Ningyuan Dan.

Find an alchemist from a large sect; he should be more reliable both in terms of skills and character.