The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Since novels with female protagonists are loved by female readers in this time and space, Xiao Han has confidence.

She gave half of the manuscript to Qian Wanshan to read.

When Qian Wanshan heard that the story featured a female cultivator as the protagonist, he resisted. He frowned and said, "The name 'Wandering in Different Time and Space' is quite famous in the storytelling world now. Why don't you take advantage of everyone's popularity and quickly write more similar stories? If you write a story with a female cultivator as the main character, won't it greatly disappoint those male cultivators who like your style of writing and make them stop following you?"

Xiao Han patiently explained, "There are quite a few female cultivators who enjoy reading storybooks. We've taken a different approach and captured this segment of female readers, which will also make the storybooks a hit. Besides, Fuyuan City is close to the mortal realm, and many of its concepts are somewhat influenced by that realm. They subconsciously look down on women, forgetting that in the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected.

I heard that the deeper you go into the Immortal Mountain, the more powerful female cultivators there are. Our books should not only be sold in Fuyuan City, but also in the inner reaches of the Immortal Mountain. Didn't you say before that those people took the good storybooks here directly to other Immortal Cities? Then we can negotiate with them before publishing the books and sell them in advance."

Xiao Han raised the manuscript in his hand and continued, "Just like this book, you can show this half of the manuscript to those merchants who also do the storytelling business. You can also cooperate with them. If there are many people who like to read it in other immortal cities, you can continue to hand over the second half of the book. Once it sells well in other places, we can start selling it here. Wouldn't it be profitable for both sides?"

In fact, a wider variety of vernacular novels is naturally a good thing for a bookseller. The main reason why Qian Wanshan was unhappy was that he didn't want Xiao Han and his sister to spend their energy on a novel with a female protagonist, which was still uncertain whether it would make money.

After all, there is already a mature market for male-centered novels of the type with Long Aotian as the protagonist.

Since what Xiao Han said makes sense, and the manuscript has been written and brought here, let's take a look.

Qian Wanshan began to read the manuscripts, while Xiao Han, as usual, began to read all the books in the store for free.

Xiao Han, who has read books here for free several times, now understands the tricks and cunningness of these booksellers.

If the book is truly useful for cultivation, the bookstore will not display the original version, but only sample books with a little bit of the beginning.

The books that can reveal the entire content are either entertainment books of the storytelling type, or some strange stories about the world of immortal cultivation, whose authenticity is unknown, or the so-called cultivation notes of some senior masters.

When Xiao Han first saw it, he was very happy and couldn't wait to read it.

Then, she realized that these so-called experiences were actually of little use. They were probably written by the monks who wrote the storybooks based on their own shallow cultivation experience and a little hearsay to deceive novice monks like her.

After all, when Qian Wanshan was reading the manuscript, she browsed through all the books in the bookstore, and she also discovered a pattern. Not all valuable books were revealed.

Therefore, when Xiao Han read Strange Stories, he watched it with the mentality of reading a storybook.

However, when she was reading a book introducing the strange spiritual plants in the world of immortal cultivation, there was a passage that still piqued her interest.

It was a spiritual plant called White Jade Red Blood Vine. Before it bloomed, it looked like a small shrub, and its flowers resembled magnolias, but its rhizomes were a blood-red color, as if stained with fresh blood.

The book states that if one takes the rhizome of the White Jade Red Blood Vine and adds it to the main ingredients of the Barrier Breaking Pill and boils them together, this decoction can be used to improve the physical condition of older monks who started practicing late, allowing them to have the same physique as normal monks.

After coming to the world of immortal cultivation for more than half a year, Xiao Han has already learned some basic knowledge of cultivation.

For example, she has passed the optimal time for cultivation, and the meridians in her body have become much tougher. The speed of refining spiritual energy is slower than that of normal cultivators, so it will be more difficult to upgrade.

Even though it only took her half a year to reach the second level of Qi training, it was because she practiced for six hours every night, or twelve hours. Plus, she practiced in seclusion for the last month, meditating day and night, without doing anything else. That's how she was able to reach the second level of Qi training.

Most importantly, the total amount of spiritual energy required to upgrade from the first level to the second level is minimal, and there are no barriers to overcome. When upgrading from the second level to the third level, not only does the total amount of spiritual energy need to increase several times, but there will also be upgrade barriers.

Xiao Han wasn't afraid of the hardships of cultivation; she was afraid that hard work wouldn't make up for her shortcomings. That's why Xiao Han was drawn to this passage, hoping for a pill to improve her aging constitution, which caused her to draw qi into her body late.

Now that they had a method, it felt incredibly unreliable. After all, in the world of immortal cultivation, people only consumed elixirs. They had never heard of a decoction of herbs, like the decoctions mortals used for illnesses, that could be effective just by drinking it. Furthermore, there was no specific dosage ratio for the spiritual herbs.

But, she really didn't believe it. Those words were like a hook, making her feel itchy.

In the end, Xiao Han decided to buy the book. What if there was a chance to try it out in the future? What if it was really useful?

Qian Wanshan read the manuscript at a glance. How should I put it? The plot is still very attractive. The characters and details are portrayed more delicately than the previous two books.

However, many parts are too fussy to watch.

The manuscript could be purchased, but the price was a bit undecided. Qian Wanshan decided to find a female reader he knew well to take a look at it before making a decision.

After all, the female cultivator in front of him was no longer a newcomer to the storytelling world. It was impossible for him to sign a contract at a low price and make a killing like he did with the first book, even though he knew the story was very good.

After agreeing to have Xiao Han come back in three days to discuss the contract, Qian Wanshan got busy.

The manuscript needs to be polished again, someone needs to read it, and I also need to contact people from the caravan to negotiate about selling the storybook in other fairy cities.

Xiao Han went home with the book of strange stories that Qian Wanshan was forced to give him.

No matter what happens with the subsequent contract, or even whether the manuscript can be sold, she has to finish writing the storybook for Grandma Yuan.

As long as her abilities were still weak, her writing talent had not been exhausted, and her income from writing storybooks was decent, she would no longer consider doing anything else.

Everything will wait until she pays off her debts.

She has never been the kind of person who has great ambitions, is capable of doing big things, has hundreds of millions in bank loans, lives in a mansion, drives a luxury car, eats and drinks the best food, and doesn't care about loans at all.

As a small person, her thinking and pattern meant that she had to live frugally, save money, and pay off her debts before she could feel at ease.