The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

"Yu'er." When Lu's mother saw her daughter walking out of the Forbidden Spirit Tower, looking emaciated and lifeless, she went to meet her with a look of pity on her face.

Lu Xinyu looked at her mother with a numb expression, her lips moved but she didn't say a word.

I haven't spoken for a few years, and suddenly I forgot how to speak.

During the five years she was imprisoned in the Forbidden Spirit Tower, she had not seen a single outsider, could not practice, and had nothing to do. Apart from walking around in the small space, she could only sit or lie down and stare blankly.

At first, she thought that this kind of life would not be too difficult, and that she could just endure it for five years and it would be over.

But only when she was actually locked up and experienced it, did she realize that this kind of life could really drive people crazy.

In the first few days, she thought about Ye Guchen every day, wondering what he was doing and whether he missed her too.

Later, she began to have wild thoughts, wondering if Ye Guchen would fall in love with another female cultivator again, and whether he would forget her.

In the small space, there was nothing to pass the time, no one talked to her, and nothing to distract her. She began to talk to herself at one point, and then started shouting hysterically.

She never knew that a day was so long, and the faint light shining through the gaps in the tower window would never dim.

It turns out that this kind of loneliness can really drive people crazy.

After going through these devastating first two years, she gradually became silent and would sit by the bed in a daze every day.

Later on, she lay in bed motionless every day. When she was very hungry, she would take a fasting pill. She had no energy at all.

She hated her family's cruelty and her own weakness.

She felt that if she succeeded in building her foundation and became a foundation-building cultivator, the punishment her family would not have been so severe.

But today, she finally came out of the Forbidden Spirit Tower, but her heart was surprisingly calm.

At this time, Lu Songyuan also hurried over.

No matter how angry he was at this rebellious daughter who had brought shame upon him, this was still his first child, a child whom he had truly loved.

Seeing his daughter completely changed, Lu Songyuan was heartbroken.

He sighed and said, "Yu'er, if you want to become a free cultivator, then go ahead. Dad will pay the one million spirit stone fine for you."

In the past, he had thought of asking Ye Guchen to pay the fine for Lu Xinyu to gain freedom.

But now, seeing his daughter's emaciated body, her lifeless appearance, and her big eyes that used to be full of life now devoid of any light, like a walking corpse, how could he have the heart to say those words.

The fine of one million spirit stones was a price the family had deliberately imposed to embarrass their daughter, to serve as an example to her. His daughter certainly couldn't afford it, but neither he nor his daughter's fellow cultivator, who had already successfully established his foundation, could afford it.

Wiping her tears, Lu's mother took out a stack of jade tokens with large denominations of spirit stones and handed them to her.

"You are truly possessed by evil spirits. How can a casual cultivator live an easy life? I don't have many spirit stones either, so you can spend what little you have."

There was finally some light in Lu Xinyu's eyes.

She shook her head, her voice a little hoarse from not speaking for years. "No need, you can keep these spirit stones for yourself. Brother Chen and I will gather up one million spirit stones and give them to the family. If Daddy still loves a daughter like me, please send me to New Moon City."

She didn't know whether Ye Guchen was still in Xinyue City, but she could only go there to find him.

Lu Songyuan sighed and nodded in agreement.

Lu Xinyu looked at her mother who was crying with her hands covering her face, knelt down on her knees and kowtowed three times.

After leaving this time, she will really have nothing to do with the Lu family.

Then, she knelt down and kowtowed to Lu Songyuan three times. From then on, all the gratitude for her family and her parents' upbringing was cut off during the five years of imprisonment in the Forbidden Spirit Tower and the one million spirit stones.

Ye Guchen was very worried. Senior Xie was about to come out of seclusion, but in the past few years, apart from the martial arts techniques that could be bought in shops on the market, he had only collected one martial arts technique at an auction.

Alas, I wonder if Senior Xie will be disappointed with my ability to do things.

Suddenly, a sound transmission note appeared in front of him.

Ye Gu Chen clicked it casually.

Then, he heard a voice that he couldn't believe.

"Brother Chen, I'm back in Xinyue City. I'm waiting for you at Zuimingxuan Teahouse."

Ye Gu Chen hurried to the teahouse.

I wonder if the Lu family, knowing that I now have the support of a great Nascent Soul cultivator, would still dare to treat me as an ant that can be crushed to death at will like they did a few years ago?

While thinking about this, Ye Guchen walked into the teahouse box with high spirits, but when he saw Lu Xinyu for the first time, he was stunned where he was.

Is this still the same lively, beautiful, simple and lovely woman?

The woman in front of him was emaciated. The light pink dress that once fitted her now looked empty on her, as if it were hanging on a tree stump, with no aesthetic appeal at all.

"Ayu, you..."

Ye Guchen was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Lu Xinyu, who had been listless all this time, finally regained her energy and a smile appeared on her face.

"Brother Chen, I'm free now. As long as I pay the family a fine of one million spirit stones, I'll be completely free. They'll never take me home again."

Lu Songyuan looked at Ye Guchen, who walked in with high spirits and confidence, then looked at his daughter who had changed a lot, and his eyes darkened.

He said in a deep voice, "Ye Guchen, right? If you still want to become Yu'er's Taoist partner, then pay the fine of one million spirit stones for her. From now on, she will be free, and the Lu family will no longer interfere with her. If you don't want to, I will pay the fine for her, and I will immediately take her away from Xinyue City. She will have nothing to do with you anymore."

Ye Guchen finally came to his senses. He said with some heartache: "Uncle, what did the Lu family do to Ah Yu to make her become like this?"

Lu Songyuan snorted coldly, "Don't worry about this. Just tell me, are you willing to pay the fine for Yu'er?"

Ye Guchen was silent. Of course, there were more than one million spirit stones in his storage bag, but that was the money he received from Xiao Han to continue purchasing martial arts techniques. These were not his own spirit stones.

In the past few years, he has only accumulated more than 500,000 spirit stones.

But at this moment, he couldn't let Lu Xinyu, who was tortured into this state by the family's punishment, down.

He gritted his teeth and said, "As long as the Lu family keeps their word and sets Ah Yu free, I will pay the one million spirit stones for her."

At worst, I can make a few more trips to the Monster Forest in the near future to earn some more spirit stones and fill this hole.

Lu Songyuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. At least the person before him truly liked Yu'er.

"Even though Yu'er has nothing to do with the Lu family after receiving the fine of one million spirit stones, don't forget that she still has a father like me, who is in the late foundation building stage. If you want to bully her, you'd better think twice."

Ye Guchen bowed as a junior, "Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely treat Ah Yu well."