The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 977: The Divine Palace of the God Realm With plenty of time before nightfall, Xiao Han, carrying a total of twenty-five divine stones, went to the market again.

By this time, most of the monks who used to set up stalls in the market had disappeared, but the shops with stone houses continued to operate.

Xiao Han randomly picked a general store and went inside.

The shop owner was a kind-looking, young female cultivator. Upon seeing Xiao Han enter, she greeted him, "What would you like, fellow cultivator?"

Xiao Han asked, "Are there any books or jade slips that introduce the distribution of various forces in the God Realm, its unique geographical environment, and its various local products?"

The female shop owner shook her head, "I don't have any jade slips with special information about the divine realm here."

Xiao Han thought of her idea of ​​a risk-free, highly profitable business: writing storybooks. So she asked, "Are there any storybooks for sale here?"

The female shopkeeper laughed and said, "Every ascended cultivator was once a top-tier cultivator. Who would read those boring stories?"

Xiao Han: No way, have these people really cultivated themselves to the point of having no gossip at all?

She had no choice but to ask again, "What kind of books and jade slips do you sell here?"

The female shopkeeper said, "Books related to alchemy, talismans, artifacts, arrays, and all the arts of cultivation."

Xiao Han's interest was piqued again. "How much are the jade slips related to talismanic arts?"

The female shopkeeper said, "Five hundred divine stones per set."

Xiao Han instinctively exclaimed in surprise, "So expensive?"

She only earned twenty divine stones in a day's work, which means she would have to work for almost a month to earn enough to buy a book.

The female shopkeeper seemed to understand something when she thought of Xiao Han's previous words. "You're a cultivator who just ascended to the God Realm, right?"

There's nothing to hide, Xiao Han nodded.

The female shopkeeper continued, "The books and jade slips in the divine realm related to cultivation and learning skills are not like those in the lower realm, which can be freely copied and copied."

She paused, seemingly searching for the right words to explain, "Let me put it this way, for example, if you want to learn how to draw talismans in the void, then this jade slip will contain the unique insights of the talisman master who inscribed this jade slip about drawing talismans in the void, so that you don't have to figure it out on your own, and you can get it right away in one step."

This not only saves time but also makes it easier for learners with poor comprehension skills to learn.

Xiao Han suddenly realized, "Indeed, there's a reason why things are expensive."

If she really wanted to learn something, she would rather spend more money to save a lot of time.

In this case, she really wanted to buy all the jade slips related to the Dao of Talismans, but unfortunately she was short of money.

It now seems that the few divine stones she possesses cannot buy anything.

Seeing Xiao Han's slightly embarrassed expression, the female shopkeeper immediately understood. Every ascended cultivator who had just arrived in the God Realm was penniless.

She immediately said, "If you have any top-tier items from the Immortal Realm, they're worth some money in the God Realm. I'm willing to buy them."

Xiao Han, however, no longer wanted to sell the things from the Immortal Realm at a low price.

If she ever has the chance to return to the Immortal Realm, those things will be even more useful.

"I'll wait until I've earned some divine stones before I come here to buy things."

The female shop owner comforted her, saying, "It's alright, everyone goes through this."

Perhaps thinking of her own impoverished experience when she first ascended to heaven, and feeling a sense of shared suffering, she said, "If you want to understand the realm of gods, I can give you a general overview."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Han's eyes lit up immediately. "Then thank you very much, fellow Daoist."

As the female shopkeeper explained, Xiao Han learned that the Divine Palace was not a single sect.

Well, it's actually a product of the combination of the imperial court and a sect.

Among the human race, there is only one major power, the Divine Palace. Its management system is somewhat similar to the imperial court of a mortal kingdom, with each region managed by layers of divine officials from the Divine Palace.

However, the supreme ruler of the Divine Palace is not a ruling figure like the Jade Emperor; the supreme ruler is usually a God Emperor. This God Emperor is more like the leader of a large sect, and above this leader is a council of elders composed of divine deities.

The high and low priests who serve in the shrine receive salaries and help manage the divine realm.

As for independent cultivators, as long as they do not infringe upon the interests of the Divine Palace, they generally live in peace.

Because the Divine Palace is similar to a large sect, its benefits and treatment are definitely much better than those of independent cultivators.

Hearing her say that, Xiao Han immediately regretted not joining the Divine Palace. Joining the Divine Palace would be the same as entering the system and getting a government job, wouldn't it?

Perhaps because her expression was too obvious, the female shopkeeper changed the subject, "Don't think that joining the Divine Palace means there are no downsides. Putting aside everything else, just the fact that you can't leave the Divine Palace after joining is something many people can't stand."

Xiao Han said, "If the benefits are so good, why leave the Divine Palace?"

The female shopkeeper retorted, "Then why did you become a rogue cultivator when the guiding priest asked you to join when you ascended? It's because you didn't want to be bound by anything. Besides, many cultivators in the Divine Palace have mandatory tasks to do, just like the mandatory tasks of a sect, which you can't refuse."

Thinking of the day job of planting divine herbs that Xiao Han had done today, he couldn't help but say, "There are policies from above and countermeasures from below. The task I did today was the task of the Divine Palace cultivators themselves, paid for by them."

The female shop owner nodded. "Yes, that's why you have to do the tasks assigned to you. Finding outsiders to do them is just one way to solve the problem."

After a pause, she added, "I know some cultivators from the Divine Palace. Sometimes they ask me to help them find people to do tasks. If you'd like to do it, I can introduce you to some later."

If she successfully introduces someone to a client, she will also receive a small commission.

Although Xiao Han wanted to escape the life of a beast of burden, life forced him to sometimes do it even if he had to.

He immediately expressed his gratitude, saying, "Okay, if there's a suitable task, I'm willing to do it. Thank you so much. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Xiao Han."

The female shop owner smiled and said, "My name is Xu Xingwan."

However, after taking out the communication magic item, Xiao Han suddenly remembered that his communication tool from the Immortal Realm was no longer usable in the God Realm.

After all, this kind of communication artifact is related to the laws of heaven and earth of the interface it was in at the time. If the interface changes, the power of the laws of heaven and earth will be different, so it will naturally become unusable.

Then he asked, "Fellow Daoist Xu, what's the cheapest communication magic item you can get?"

Xu Xingwan said: "Fifty sacred stones."

Okay, it sounds like it's not expensive, but Xiao Han really doesn't have it.

An embarrassed expression immediately appeared on his face.

However, Xiao Han quickly realized that she was a talisman master.

She immediately took out several blank talisman papers, drew a few low-level one-time communication talismans on the spot, and then infused them with her spiritual energy.

The runes are universal across any interface. Even though the blank talisman paper she used was from the Immortal Realm, it was only of relatively lower quality, but it did not affect its use.

Xu Xingwan took the talisman and said she would let her know when there was work to be done.

The two had been chatting for a while, and it was already time for the shop to close.

Xiao Han thanked Xu Xingwan a few more times before flying back to her cave.

She felt that she had been too impatient, just like those max-level players, and had lost her composure.

Even if you don't want to be an ordinary beast of burden, you have to wait until you've accumulated some capital before thinking about other things.

So, I'll continue looking for day jobs tomorrow, accumulate a few hundred divine stones as capital, and learn more about the divine realm before thinking about anything else.