The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Xiao Han saw Shui Wuhen suddenly appear and was still introducing him attentively, "Senior Shui, this is Fellow Daoist Fang who wants to trade the Soul-Nourishing Wood."

Then she noticed that Fang Quan was looking at her with horror and disbelief on his face.

Xiao Han was puzzled. No, what did I do?

Fortunately, she quickly noticed Fang Quan's abnormality, and then looked at Shui Wuhen with a puzzled look on her face.

Shui Wuhen slightly relaxed the other party's restraint and asked, "Tell me, who asked you to help find this Soul-Nourishing Tree?"

Fang Quan didn't know why the other party would confine him because of this question, but this was not something that needed to be kept secret, so he said simply, "It's our city lord."

Xiao Han even said foolishly, "So it's Sister Ye who's looking for the Soul-Nourishing Tree."

Shui Wuhen saw that she called a Lianxu cultivator "sister", which showed that they had a close relationship.

He glanced at her and asked, "Are you familiar with City Lord Ye?"

Xiao Han nodded immediately with a smile on his face, "Sister Ye is so nice to me, she doesn't act like a great cultivator at all."

After saying this, he felt that his words seemed to accuse Shui Wuhen of being arrogant, so he quickly added, "Of course, Senior Shui is also very approachable."

Shui Wuhen: I don’t think this is worthy of praise.

However, now was not the time to discuss such meaningless matters. He was considering whether he could set up a formation that could trap the soul, allowing Xiao Han to summon City Lord Ye and catch him in the act.

However, he thought about how Xiao Han was controlled by the monster's spirit, and everyone was afraid to act rashly, so this time, they had to discuss it carefully.

Shui Wuhen immediately began to contact Ji Shuang, Xuanyuan Heng, Tianjizi and others.

Xiao Han saw that Shui Wuhen ignored her and Fang Quan after asking a few questions and was busy contacting people. She glanced at Fang Quan and they both looked confused.

After contacting the people, Shui Wuhen glanced at Xiao Han and was about to tell her that City Lord Ye might be possessed by a succubus. But then he thought, Xiao Han would have to ask City Lord Ye out later. If she got wind of it and revealed the truth, all his efforts would be in vain.

So Shui Wuhen made a far-fetched explanation, "The Soul-Nourishing Wood is a very precious treasure. I need to find out if the person who is trading it has the ability to produce the treasure."

Then he added, "Xiao Han, please go to the city and buy me some... uh, tea."

Poor Shui Wuhen, a Mahayana cultivator, had to go to great lengths to temporarily get Xiao Han away.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Han immediately took out a small jade bottle from his storage bracelet and handed it to Shui Wuhen like a treasure. "This is the Golden Jade Dew, or the tea you gave me on the Arctic Ice Field. I never drank much of it, and now there's only a little left."

Shui Wuhen was both angry and amused. He gave her a helpless look and said, "This kind of thing is hundreds of years old. No matter how well it is preserved, it will lose its tea fragrance. Don't worry, I don't need you to pay with spirit stones."

After saying that, he took out a small storage bag and threw it to Xiao Han.

"One or two ounces is enough." Anyway, this woman had even bought a handful of tea leaves before, so one or two ounces was already a lot.

Xiao Han glanced at the storage bag and found that there were at least 20,000 to 30,000 medium-grade spirit stones in it, so he said casually, "That's too many spirit stones."

Shui Wuhen: "The extra amount will be considered as your errand fee. Go quickly. I need to discuss a deal with this fellow Taoist. Come back in half an hour."

"Okay." Xiao Han flew to Yunwu City without thinking too much.

Shui Wuhen breathed a sigh of relief. This was even more stressful for him than fighting.

After sending Xiao Han away, Shui Wuhen directly revealed his identity and then carefully asked City Lord Ye if there was anything unusual recently.

However, Fang Quan had always been respectful to Ye Ling and had never looked at Ye Ling carefully. He always replied with a humble look and really didn't notice anything unusual.

Soon, Ji Shuang, Xuanyuan Heng, and Tianjizi all arrived.

Shui Wuhen waved his sleeves and made Fang Quan fall asleep.

He talked about his discoveries, plans, and concerns.

Several people felt that Shui Wuhen's concerns were indeed tricky.

Ye Ling was not only a high-ranking cultivator in the Void Refinement Realm and the ruler of a city, but more importantly, she had also participated in the Arctic Ice War and had made great contributions. It was impossible for them to disregard Ye Ling's life in order to kill the succubus.

Tianjizi said, "Otherwise, let's find a way to let the succubus possess Xiao Han. Xiao Han already has experience dealing with this kind of thing, so it will be easier to deal with than if it possesses Ye Ling."

Shui Wuhen refused without hesitation when he heard this. "No, the succubus is a more cunning and powerful monster than the alien monsters. With Xiao Han's level of skills, it would be a joke to fight against it."

Xuanyuan Heng frowned, "If we miss this opportunity, once her spirit is nourished and restored to its peak, I'm afraid no one will be able to control her."

Tianjizi sighed, "Without the Sword of the Evil Slayer, perhaps we won't be able to completely slay the succubus. The fact that she was able to retain a remnant of her soul even after millions of years of suppression against those powerful warriors of ancient times, and still not dissipate, speaks volumes about her abilities."

You know, ordinary methods of killing spirits might be effective against ordinary spirits, but these spirits that can be called demons, if even a trace of them remains, they will be able to make a comeback.

Ji Shuang glared, "We can't just sit there and watch her do whatever she wants. Let's take it one step at a time. First, confine her somewhere, use the soul-soothing talisman to suppress her, and then slowly think of a solution."

So, the four of them discussed for a long time and finally found out that they could only do as Ji Shuang said and imprison the succubus first.

If it really comes to the last resort, perhaps neither Ye Ling nor Xiao Han can give up.

Ji Shuang and the other two first hid their cultivation, quietly entered the city, and found a teahouse to set up their formation.

What Shui Wuhen had to do was to let Xiao Han come forward and bring Ye Ling into the room where they had set up the formation without arousing the succubus's suspicion.

Xiao Han bought a pound of Golden Jade Dew, and before he left the city, he met Shui Wuhen.

She hurriedly handed the storage bag containing tea leaves and remaining spirit stones to Shui Wuhen.

"Senior Shui, everything is inside. Oh, where's Senior Fang Quan?"

Shui Wuhen: "Fang Quan has left, these things are for you. I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now and I need your help."

In fact, in order to avoid any complications, Fang Quan was stuffed into a small cave and would not wake up until tomorrow.

Xiao Han was still pretending to be polite. "Whatever you need me to do, just tell me. I don't want these tea leaves and the remaining spirit stones."

Shui Wuhen looked at her steadily, his eyes clearly showing, "If I don't give you any benefits, will you really work hard?" Stop pretending, get your reward quickly and work hard.

Xiao Han smiled awkwardly, retracted his hand holding the storage bag, and asked, "What's going on?"

Shui Wuhen said, "You should think of a way to bring Ye Ling to the Mingxiangzhai Teahouse on Liuyun Street. I'll be waiting for you in Room A on the third floor. Remember, you can't let her know I'm there. You can't let her suspect you have any ulterior motives. You're not bragging, are you two on good terms? This time it's up to you."

Seeing that Xiao Han seemed to want to say something, he immediately said: "Don't ask me why I want you to do this. Don't worry, I won't hurt her, and..."

He wanted to say, "I won't hurt you." But when he thought about the possibility that Xiao Han might get involved and be unable to escape, he couldn't even utter the words.

After a pause, Shui Wuhen said, "In short, if you trust me, don't ask any more questions and just do as I say."

Not to mention that Xiao Han and Shui Wuhen have a close relationship and have known each other for hundreds of years. Even if an unknown Mahayana cultivator asked her to do this, she couldn't refuse.

Therefore, Xiao Han nodded readily and said that he would do it immediately.

Of course, if Xiao Han knew that the reward of tens of thousands of medium-grade spirit stones was at the cost of dealing with a succubus, she would not have agreed so readily.