The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Mei Yunchu took a few steps forward, picked up the still-breathing little demon bird, and said in a deep voice, "We might be being targeted."

These words startled everyone and they gathered around.

Xia Muxin pointed at the little demon bird and asked, "What kind of bird is this?"

Mei Yunchu said, "This is a Zhique bird. Once tamed, it can detect the traces of demonic beasts or cultivators within a radius of a hundred miles from the air for its owner. Someone tried to sell it to me before, but I didn't think I would need it, so I passed on it."

Chen Yuqi said uncertainly, "Then maybe this little demon bird hasn't been tamed by anyone and is just passing by."

Yan Zhe had just instinctively observed his surroundings and found nothing unusual, so he said, "We've been walking this route for a long time, so it's not impossible for someone with ulterior motives to target us. In short, everyone should be cautious. It's better to have a false alarm than to be careless."

Xiao Han didn't expect that he just saw that the demon bird was not strong, so he wanted to take it down and see if he could sell it for some money, but he didn't know that the other party was so powerful.

Yan Zhe took the still-living bird from Mei Yunchu's hand and said to Xiao Han, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, would you mind giving me this bird?"

This little demon bird was shot down by Xiao Han. It was her trophy. Even if it was worthless, he had to explain it to others.

Xiao Han waved his hands hurriedly, "It's okay, it's okay, you take it."

Yan Zhe used the rejuvenation technique on the bird, and after healing it, he caught it in his hand and carried it on his journey.

When they set off again, everyone slowed down a lot, and everyone focused their consciousness and paid careful attention to their surroundings.

After walking for another half an hour, the leader, Yan Zhe, raised his hand and gestured for them to stop. Everyone stopped and looked at him.

Yan Zhe turned around and looked at everyone.

"If there really are monks who want to rob people on the road, then the Yixiantian Gorge in Tianjian Mountain ahead is the best ambush location."

The other three people in the caravan nodded at the same time, indicating that this analysis was correct.

Just ten miles ahead, there was a steep cliff, six or seven hundred meters high on either side, with a gap of only two meters wide in the middle. It was said that long ago, a Nascent Soul cultivator clashed here, splitting the mountain in half with a single sword strike.

Because of this stunning sword, later generations named this mountain Tianjian Mountain.

The Yitiantian Canyon in Tianjian Mountain is seven or eight miles long. If the enemy has a large number of people, it would be easy to set up an encirclement in the middle and wipe them out.

Xia Muxin frowned, "If we don't take the narrow path and take a detour, it will take at least an hour and a half longer. If we go directly over the mountain, it will consume a huge amount of our spiritual energy."

Yan Zhe looked at Mei Yunchu and Chen Yuqi again, "What do you two think we should do?"

Mei Yunchu said straightforwardly, "Let's just cross the mountain. It's already late. If we take a detour, it will be dark before we're even halfway there. With our cultivation level, it's too dangerous to travel at night. Sleeping outdoors in an unfamiliar mountain forest is equally dangerous. Although crossing the mountain directly will consume a lot of spiritual energy, we can stop for a while at the top to meditate and recover our spiritual energy. And the spiritual energy consumed going down the mountain will definitely be much less."

Everyone thought it made sense, so the matter was settled.

Yan Zhe was still leading the way, avoiding the range of detection by the spiritual sense of the Qi-cultivating cultivators who were ambushing near the Yixiantian, and then began to climb the main peak of Tianjian Mountain.

He still relied on the leaping technique to climb the mountain, but the steeper the mountain, the more spiritual power he consumed.

After reaching the top of the mountain, everyone immediately found a place to sit and began to meditate to restore their spiritual energy.

In just two quarters of an hour, before Xiao Han's spiritual energy had even recovered halfway, Yan Zhe gave the order to begin descending the mountain. Naturally, they didn't use the leaping technique; instead, they used the lightness talisman and spiritual energy to control their bodies and leap directly. Their toes would occasionally rest on protruding rocks or branches to slow their descent.

By the time we reached the area where the mountains were flat, the sky had begun to darken.

Yan Zhe raised his hand to ask everyone to stop moving forward, and then released the bird that had been imprisoned in his hand.

Everyone's eyes followed the movements of the little demon bird. Then everyone saw that the little demon bird circled in the air for a while and flew directly towards the direction of the narrow sky.

Chen Yuqi cursed softly and stared at Yitiantian with resentment.

Everyone knew that Mei Yunchu's judgment was correct, and the ambushers were most likely lying in ambush at Yitiantian.

Yan Zhe said, "Stay here for a moment. I'll go over and take a look. If the situation is dangerous and you see the warning message I send, you can ignore me and take Fellow Daoist Xiao and leave first."

Everyone nodded in agreement with a serious expression. Yan Zhe did not delay any longer and chased in the direction the bird had flown away.

Time passed by little by little, and the sky became darker and darker.

The other three people in the caravan were talking in low voices, wondering which group might have ambushed them.

Xiao Han simply sat cross-legged on the ground and meditated to recover his spiritual power.

She had the lowest cultivation level and her spiritual energy was consumed the fastest. If she really had to escape, no one would care about her anymore, and she would have to rely on herself.

Another quarter of an hour later, Yan Zhe came back.

Everyone immediately gathered around, and the anxious Xia Mu asked hurriedly, "What's going on? Is there an ambush?"

Yan Zhe's eyes were icy, and he said in a cold voice, "I didn't dare get too close, but I saw with my own eyes that the demon bird flew into the narrow passage."

This is the real evidence that the Zhique bird was domesticated by a monk, and the ambush point is indeed within the narrow passage.

Chen Yuqi said bitterly, "I'm going to go back to the top of the mountain, sneak over from the top, and use the talisman to smash these bastards to death."

Mei Yunchu clapped his hands lightly and chuckled, "Okay, okay, since you have a lot of talismans, it's worth it to throw them at them."

Yan Zhe didn't bother to pay attention to the two men's chatter, and said seriously: "For safety reasons, we can't rest at our base tonight. Let's go directly to the area ahead and find a suitable big tree and spend the night in the tree."

After all, no one knows whether the place where they are staying has been discovered or whether there will be an ambush there.

The other three people in the caravan did not raise any objections, so Xiao Han naturally would not say anything.

So everyone continued to travel in the dim light until it was completely dark, then they found a tree that was about thirty or forty meters high and required three people to hug it, and climbed up using the leaping technique.

The main branches were thicker than the tree's waist, and the leaves were dense, so it was no problem for four or five people to hide on them. Everyone found a sturdy branch to sit on and sat down on it.

Because the prepared food had been eaten long ago, and now they were relying on the fasting pills to survive, there was no need to eat dinner, so there was silence among the treetops.

At this time, Yan Zhe spoke up, "We were able to escape danger today thanks to Fellow Daoist Xiao accidentally shooting down the Zhique bird that was monitoring our whereabouts. It was also thanks to Fellow Daoist Mei recognizing the power of this demonic bird. Fellow Daoist Mei is one of us, so I won't mention it. But Fellow Daoist Xiao accidentally saved everyone's lives this time. I declare that everyone should return the travel expenses Fellow Daoist Xiao gave her. How about that?"