The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 445: Mermaid

Xiao Han brought Croton and soon arrived at the beach.

Poor Croton, the demon bird of the forest, saw the boundless and magnificent ocean for the first time, and the first words it uttered were: "Haha, this puddle is too big."

Xiao Han couldn't help but burst into laughter, leaving Badou confused.

Even though Croton had learned to read and write and had lived in the human world for many years, there were some things that a bird like it could not distinguish clearly.

After admiring the sea view for a while, Xiao Han took Ba Dou and flew towards a seaside town.

In some villages by the sea, in addition to low-level cultivators, there also live some mortals who cannot practice cultivation.

These people sailed out to catch fish and shrimp in the offshore areas where there were few fish monsters and sea beasts, and planted some crops on the shore. Although their lives could not be said to be rich, there were no government offices and no exorbitant taxes. Compared with ordinary people in the feudal dynasties of the mortal kingdom, their lives were pretty good.

Of course, if you live in the world of immortal cultivation and don’t have the skills of a cultivator, even if you are near the sea, you will easily become food for sea monsters.

As for the cultivators living here, they naturally rely on hunting fish monsters and sea beasts in the deep sea in exchange for cultivation resources.

Croton is completely useless in such a place, so Xiao Han put it into the spirit beast bag again.

Having just had a full meal, Croton did not refuse and obediently entered the spirit beast bag.

After eating and drinking enough, it's time to sleep, nothing to worry about.

Then Xiao Han walked into the seaside town.

In addition to the low-level monks who lived in the town, there were also some shops that specialized in buying seafood. Of course, they also sold some supplies that the low-level monks needed.

Xiao Han walked around the entire town and was soon disappointed.

The items sold here are all used by weapon-refining monks, and there are no good items at all.

After thinking for a while, she walked into a shop that bought seafood and asked the female owner who was in the middle stage of foundation building for information.

"Fellow Daoist, I'd like to ask if you have ever received a Sea Heart Pearl. I'm willing to pay a high price for one."

The female shop owner smiled and said, "Goods like these are hard to come by for low-level cultivators. Those who can get them are at least Foundation Establishment cultivators. But they can all control flying magic weapons. If they have good things, they won't sell them here. They must be taking them to Linhai City to sell."

Xiao Han continued to ask, "Is the Sea Heart Pearl difficult to obtain?"

The female shop owner said, "That's not necessarily true. Sea Heart Pearls are usually bred by sea clams. Sea clams don't have high cultivation levels, at most they can only cultivate to the third level, and the fourth level is very rare. It's just that they all live in places with coral islands deep in the sea.

If you're lucky enough to encounter them absorbing the essence of the sun and moon on an island or reef, you can catch them with almost no effort. However, whether they happen to have high-quality sea heart pearls in their bodies depends on luck.

Xiao Han pondered to himself that it seemed that he had no choice but to return to Linhai City to look for it, or stay in Linhai City for a year or two to see if anyone was lucky enough to bring back the Sea Heart Pearl during this period.

She was about to thank them and leave when the female shop owner said, "With your cultivation level, you can definitely go out to sea and try your luck. I have a detailed map of the islands and reefs in the nearby waters, as well as a map of the distribution of high-level sea monsters. You can buy a copy to avoid some dangers."

Although Xiao Han didn't plan to go find it herself, since the shop owner recommended it, she decided to buy one.

After buying the most expensive and complete jade map slip, Xiao Han left the seaside town.

Returning to Linhai City again, Xiao Han found an inn to stay in.

For several days, Xiao Han searched Linhai City for news on the Sea Heart Pearl, but to no avail. Those who had received the Sea Heart Pearl before had quickly sold it.

There haven't been any auctions in Linhai City recently, so this approach isn't feasible for the time being.

Xiao Han felt a little impatient if he just waited here.

Thinking that she had originally come out to travel, it would seem too cowardly if she just kept hiding in Linhai City.

Xiao Han finally decided to go to the sea and try his luck himself.

Even if you can't find the Sea Heart Pearl, gaining more experience will always be beneficial to you.

Of course, she couldn't just dive into the vast ocean rashly.

After making some preparations, Xiao Han flew into the sea on a sunny day with calm winds.

When they were so far away from the shore that even the coastline could not be seen, and the vast ocean made people completely lose their sense of direction, Xiao Han truly felt how insignificant he was.

Of course, there are many instruments for distinguishing directions in the world of immortal cultivation, not to mention that cultivators have their own set of methods for distinguishing directions.

Xiao Han followed the instructions on the map and flew towards the first nearest island.

Before anyone arrived, his spiritual sense had already covered the entire island and scanned it, but found no trace of the clams.

Xiao Han was not disappointed. She didn't believe that she would have such a sudden burst of luck that she would encounter clams on the first island.

She flew high and fast, and the map the shop owner had given her was indeed quite good. After three days of wandering the sea, she inspected a dozen islands and reefs, large and small. Aside from encountering some monks hunting sea monsters, she didn't encounter any high-level sea monsters.

With Xiao Han's current cultivation level, unless she encounters a transformed mermaid, even if she cannot defeat a mermaid below level ten, it will still be easy for her to escape.

The level of cultivation required for the monsters in Yuantian Continent to transform is not fixed.

For example, mermaids can transform into humans at the seventh level. Demonic beasts with a trace of ancient mythical beast blood can also successfully transform at the seventh level. Secondly, most demonic beasts must reach the tenth level before they can transform.

However, some monsters require a higher level of cultivation to successfully transform. Some monsters can never transform into humans.

Many demonic beasts, even after transforming into humans, still retain a demonic aura that cannot be dissipated, making them easily distinguishable. One must reach a higher level of cultivation before low-level cultivators can detect the demonic aura.

There are also some monsters, especially the sirens in the sea. Many of them will retain some of their original characteristics even after they have transformed, and cannot completely become human.

In short, based on the descriptions in the anecdotes that Xiao Han had read before, this monster seemed to be divided into different levels by the way of heaven. The lower the level, the more difficult it was to become a real human.

Xiao Han was very glad that the sea clam was a lower creature, so he could kill it and take the Sea Heart Pearl without any psychological burden.

However, Xiao Han didn't expect that before he found the clam, he picked up a mermaid whose life was hanging by a thread.

As soon as her spiritual sense covered a large island, she saw a person lying on the beach.

At first, Xiao Han thought that it was a monk who went out to sea hunting and died here. When he got closer, he found that the other person had long, slightly curly dark blue hair.

Oh my god, it’s actually a mermaid covered in scars?

Xiao Han flew over quickly and landed beside the merman. Seeing the other's exposed legs, she suddenly remembered that this was actually a mermaid in shapeshifting.

With a wave of his sleeves, a burst of spiritual power flipped the merman lying on the ground over, revealing a very handsome male merman face with three-dimensional features and smooth skin.

There was a scar on his face where the blood had already clotted, which actually added a sense of heroic spirit to him.

Bending over to check, Xiao Han was stunned when he felt a faint breath of life.

Could it be that the fairy tale story of the mermaid saving the prince is going to be reversed here?