The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

The old woman flicked her finger, and a light green thread of spiritual power shot out, then wrapped around the red-armored flying insect and brought it back.

The red-armored flying insect was entangled in the spiritual power thread, but its thin legs were still struggling. The old woman pinched it with three fingers and crushed it to death.

“See, it’s that simple.”

As the old woman spoke, she put the dead flying insects into the storage bag. These red-shelled flying insects are one of the favorite foods of spirit chickens. Eating them will make the eggs they lay more delicious and sell for a higher price.

Therefore, she hired people to catch insects, which not only protected the purple vermilion fruit from pests, but also provided high-quality chicken feed for her spiritual chickens, killing two birds with one stone.

Xiao Han had seen Jiang Yaohua use the magic spell used by the old woman, and had experienced it himself, so he knew that it was the entanglement spell.

However, what Xiao Han is worried about now is not only the problem of her own lack of spiritual power, but also the fact that she doesn’t know how to use the entanglement technique at all.

The old woman understood immediately after seeing Xiao Han's expression. She slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, I'm so confused. I'm afraid you haven't learned the entanglement technique yet. Forget it, just go away."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

Originally, she thought that there were not many red-armored flying insects in the orchard, and the monks who used to come to catch insects would definitely not want to continue doing this job. It would be better for her, an old woman, to let this little girl, who seemed to have little work to do, come and catch them and search around every day, rather than continuing to work hard.

It seems that I have to continue to suffer.

Xiao Han hurriedly stopped the old woman and said in a negotiating tone, "Old man, how about you teach me the entanglement technique, and I'll catch insects for you for free. For half a month, no, no, for a month."

Although the bookstore sold books on magic, Xiao Han thought about it carefully and felt that they were not very reliable. After all, Jiang Wan had once said that even if a casual cultivator made money, it would be difficult to learn any magic or skills because there was no one to guide them.

She was afraid that even if she bought a book teaching magic, she would not be able to learn it by reading and studying on her own.

If he could reach a deal with the senior in front of him, he could learn a very practical spell without spending any money.

As for time, she has nothing to do now and has plenty of time.

Moreover, the spiritual power in her body was so thin that she couldn't do much work at all.

Although she didn't have many spirit beads, she could still eat porridge for a month or so. Moreover, after her spirit power ran out, she could use the remaining time to write novels and make money.

The old woman was somewhat tempted by Xiao Han's proposal.

Although she had reached the ninth level of Qi training, she was already over a hundred years old, and her Qi and blood were severely weakened, making it impossible for her to successfully establish her foundation. If she lived another ten or twenty years, her lifespan would be exhausted and she would die.

Therefore, she is now basically in a state of enjoying retirement.

Whether it was the money from selling spiritual fruits or raising chickens and selling spiritual eggs, after deducting living expenses, she saved it in preparation for the opportunity to buy a longevity pill and live a few more years. Although she felt that the hope of buying a longevity pill was very slim, she still had to have some goals in life.

It is also because of this mentality that she does not easily pass on her magic to others and does not have too many taboos.

What's more, Entanglement is not a very offensive spell. Many casual cultivators know this spell, and it is almost everywhere.

Therefore, it seems that there is no disadvantage in teaching this little girl and letting her catch insects every day.

Of course, it is an obvious fact that the little girl has low cultivation and cannot do much work.

The old woman did not agree immediately, but went into the open space between another row of fruit trees and began to search for red-armored flying insects.

Seeing that the old woman neither agreed nor drove him out, Xiao Han continued to follow her.

Even if the other party is unwilling to teach you, you should look at their gestures more often. Even if you can't figure out what they are doing, you can always be prepared in advance when you encounter someone using the entanglement technique on you in the future.

The old woman quickly caught two more red-armored flying insects. Seeing Xiao Han following her with envy on his face, she felt both funny and sad.

Independent cultivators do not have the inheritance and protection of their families, nor the various welfare benefits that disciples of sects have. They have no idea what to learn and everything is difficult for them.

Forget it, we are both miserable people in this world, and there is no conflict of interest, so I might as well teach her a lesson.

However, her conditions were very harsh.

"I can teach you the entanglement technique. For the next month, you must use up your spiritual energy here three times a day, and the number of flying insects must be at least thirty."

Xiao Han hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

Different from Jiang Yaohua and Hu Linghua who were confident and bold, the old woman returned to her own residence and wrote a contract on special spiritual paper, asking Jiang Yaohua to press his fingerprints and also to put a spiritual breath mark on it.

With this contract, if Xiao Han learns the spell and stops coming, she can file a record with the City Lord's Mansion. Once the record is filed, if Xiao Han rents a house again or does anything that requires approval from the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord's Mansion will arrest him and double the penalty.

In fact, the old woman, a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi training, would not take Xiao Han, a cultivator at the first level, seriously. Just like Jiang Yaohua and Hu Linghua, they were not worried that Xiao Han would dare to default on his debts in the future.

Anyway, they often have to go out on missions. If they want to find Xiao Han, they have to wait until Xiao Han leaves Fuyuan City.

The reason why the old woman did this was simply because she was too lazy to go out and look for Xiao Han everywhere, and getting a deed would be much easier.

The old woman informed Xiao Han of the consequences of violating the contract, and then asked if she was still willing to learn. Xiao Han naturally wanted to learn. After all, she didn't have the courage to violate the agreement, nor would she do anything that violated the agreement, so signing a contract was no harm.

In fact, the debt of favor is the hardest to repay. Xiao Han actually feels very comfortable with this kind of transaction with a clearly marked price.

After the two copies of the contract were signed, the old woman put them away and said, "We are both in the same realm, so don't call me senior. From now on, just call me Granny Yuan."

Xiao Han immediately agreed, "Okay, Grandma Yuan."

Granny Yuan then began to teach Xiao Han how to circulate spiritual power, how to refine the spiritual power into a strand of silk to accurately wrap around the flying insects without damaging the fruit.

Logically speaking, Xiao Han couldn't even perform the Cleansing Technique, so he shouldn't be able to perform the Entanglement Technique.

But Granny Yuan lived for over a hundred years and had cultivated to the ninth level of Qi training. Her understanding and application of magic were far beyond the reach of Jiang Yaohua and Hu Linghua.

If Xiao Han wanted to entangle someone like Jiang Yaohua, she definitely wouldn't have enough spiritual energy. But if she caught a red-armored flying insect and refined her spiritual energy into a thread according to Grandma Yuan's method, she would naturally save a lot of spiritual energy.

Although Xiao Han had little spiritual power in his body, it was still no problem to transform it into more than ten thin threads several meters long.

Granny Yuan carefully explained how to mobilize spiritual power, how to refine spiritual power into silk threads, and how to wrap around flying insects. Finally, she let Xiao Han try to wrap around a small wooden stick a few meters away.

Xiao Han followed the method taught by Grandma Yuan and indeed turned the spiritual power into a thin thread. However, he was not skilled in using it, and the spiritual power thread flew over slowly and wrapped around the wooden stick, and it was wrapped off-center.

The red-armored flying insect is also a spirit insect. Although it has little combat power, it can fly very fast. If it senses danger, it can fly away in the blink of an eye.

Granny Yuan asked Xiao Han to practice over and over again by himself until his spiritual power was exhausted.

She pointed to the kitchen and said, "Go in and meditate to recover your spiritual power."

He didn't want outsiders to enter his bedroom, and he was afraid of being disturbed by others in the living room. However, the kitchen was relatively quiet.

Xiao Han walked into the kitchen and saw the branches trimmed from the fruit trees after pruning, which were neatly cut and stacked for use as firewood. He felt a little envious.

Unfortunately, she used to burn a mess of dead branches and weeds. Later, she paid the village children to chop firewood, which was mostly fresh branches and was not easy to burn at all.

Then he burst out laughing. He was so poor that he even envied others for having good firewood.

He shook his head with a wry smile, pulled up the dry grass that was used to ignite the fire and used it as a cushion, then began to meditate to restore his spiritual power.