The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Gongsun Yan's statement about letting Xiao Han stay in Fenyang Valley to help out for three years was naturally a joke.

However, Xiao Han still needs to stay in Fenyang Valley for a while because she wants Senior Brother Li to refine a protective jade pendant for her.

This protective jade pendant can automatically form a protective shield when she is attacked strongly.

This kind of protective jade pendant that can defend itself and cope with attacks at the level of the God Transformation Realm is naturally made of extremely precious materials.

If Xiao Han had not already become a god and could exchange for the few treasures she had accumulated during the Nascent Soul stage, she would not have dared to even think about owning them.

Li Moyun really wanted to give Xiao Han a gift like this as a reward for his help. After all, if Xiao Han hadn't gotten him the token, he wouldn't even be able to enter Fenyang Valley. However, the time he had spent as Gongsun Yan's official disciple was too short, and he hadn't had time to accumulate much wealth.

He is eligible to exchange the rare refining materials in Fenyang Valley for treasures of equal value, but he cannot get them for free.

Xiao Han gave Li Moyun the colorful flowing stones he had traded at the Yunwu City Trade Fair, along with several treasures he no longer needed.

With Li Moyun's level of crafting skills, it was still a bit of a stretch to refine a protective jade pendant that could withstand the attacks of a Divine Transformation cultivator. Fortunately, Gongsun Yan was in the valley and could guide him on the key points and help him refine it.

Gongsun Yan has already invited a great master of talisman making and hopes that Xiao Han will stay in the valley for a while longer so that he can discuss her ideas with the master of talismans.

Xiao Han naturally agreed readily and simply waited until he got the protective jade pendant before leaving.

A few days later, Xiao Han, who was traveling around Fenyang Valley, received a message from Gongsun Yan, asking her to go to the main hall in the valley to receive guests.

As I walked into the hall, I saw an old woman with chicken skin and white hair sitting in the guest seat.

Many cultivators don't care about their appearance and won't take beauty pills. If the techniques they practice don't have a youthful effect, they will just let their appearance slowly age.

But even if the monk's hair and beard turn white and his skin has some wrinkles, because of his high level of cultivation and the nourishment of pure spiritual energy, he basically looks like a young man with white hair.

Just like Master Ou Chun from Sword Test City.

But today, the skin of this old woman in the realm of refining emptiness is full of wrinkles, just like an old woman in the mortal world.

Seeing Xiao Han come in, Gongsun Yan smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Wen, this is Fellow Daoist Xiao Han."

He then introduced Xiao Han: "Fellow Daoist Xiao, this is Master of the Dao of Talismans, Fellow Daoist Wen Shuyi."

Xiao Han hurried forward and saluted, "Junior Xiao Han greets Senior Wen!"

The talisman master looked at Xiao Han and said in a gentle voice, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, there is no need to be so polite."

Gongsun Yan asked Xiao Han to sit down, and then told the talisman master how to develop a new gadget that can be used for communication and transmit movies, TV shows and dramas to others.

Xiao Han supplemented what he said unclearly.

The talisman master listened quietly and only asked questions occasionally.

After Gongsun Yan finished speaking, the talisman master suddenly looked at Xiao Han and asked, "Have you seen this new type of special communication magic weapon? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so sure and detailed in some of the details."

Xiao Han was surprised at the other party's sharp insight.

She chuckled dryly, "I once had a dream where I played with something like this. In my dream, it was only the size of a palm. Holding it in my hand, I could not only chat with many friends, but also send text messages, read books, and watch movies, TV shows, and plays. It was really fun. After I woke up, I thought it was so interesting that I couldn't stop thinking about it."

The talisman master did not ask any more questions and seemed to believe what Xiao Han said.

She turned around and discussed with Gongsun Yan for a few more words, then asked Xiao Han, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, have you dabbled in weapon refining and talisman making?"

Xiao Han said a little embarrassedly, "I only learned weapon refining when I was young. I served as an apprentice for a few years, but before I could get started, I lost the opportunity to learn. I have never learned it since then. As for drawing talismans, I have basically never come into contact with it and know nothing about it."

The talisman master said with some regret: "It seems that you can't participate in the actual experimental stage."

Xiao Han smiled and said, "I am only responsible for providing ideas, and then I will sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor along with the hundreds of millions of cultivators on the Yuantian Continent. We are just waiting for the good stuff to come out so that we can have fun."

The talisman master suddenly sighed, "I have less than a hundred years left to live. I don't know if I can make this thing in a hundred years."

"Ah!" Xiao Han couldn't help but scream.

She didn't expect that the master of talismans in the realm of refining emptiness in front of her would not have much time left.

In an instant, she suddenly recalled Granny Yuan in Fuyuan City who had been very kind to her when she first entered the world of cultivating immortals.

When she met Grandma Yuan, she only had about twenty years left to live.

Later, for the sake of her own cultivation career, she was unable to even see Grandma Yuan for the last time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Han felt very uncomfortable for a moment.

The talisman master waved his hand. "There's nothing surprising about this, and it's not difficult to accept. If a cultivator can't ascend within a limited time, his lifespan will eventually run out."

Gongsun Yan said from the side, "I remember you had a disciple. How good is your disciple at making talismans?"

The Master of the Talismans couldn't help but smile bitterly, "My disciple couldn't even reach the Spiritual Transformation Realm. He died before I did."

At this point, even Gongsun Yan couldn't help but sigh.

Although a cultivator of the Void Refining Sect had a lifespan of five thousand years, which seemed a lot, sometimes a retreat to enlightenment could easily last for dozens or even hundreds of years, so five thousand years felt like it had passed very quickly.

He then asked, "Have you prepared any elixirs to extend your lifespan? If you get a good one, you might be able to live a few hundred more years."

The talisman master smiled and said, "Who doesn't want to live a few more years? If there really is a treasure that can extend life by hundreds of years, how could it be sold on the market? I spent some effort and only exchanged it for a pill that can extend life by a hundred years. That's enough."

After a pause, she continued, "After taking the longevity pill, I won't study the art of talismans anymore. At that time, I'll just travel around and have fun, enjoying life. So, I'll just spend a hundred years researching this new thing. If I can figure it out, that would be great, but if not, I won't continue tinkering with it."

Gongsun Yan said, "Well, if we can't achieve anything in a hundred years, then this thing will probably only be something we can dream about."

Xiao Han immediately encouraged him, "You two seniors are both top-tier experts in their respective fields. With such a strong combination, it won't take a hundred years at all. We will definitely be able to create it."

Gongsun Yan smiled and said, "I think so too."

He was still very confident in his own strength and that of the talisman master.

However, thinking of the talisman master's limited lifespan, he couldn't help but ask, "You don't even have a direct disciple anymore, so doesn't that mean all your skills can't be passed down?"

The Master of Talismans said, "There are quite a few people in Yuantian Continent who are of similar level to me. They are either backed by large sects or big families, with a large number of disciples. They will carry forward the tradition of Talismans. I am just an independent cultivator. When the time comes, I will just pass on the jade slips of my experience to whoever is destined to receive it."