The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 517 Return to normal

The terrible days of being controlled by someone inside her body finally came to an end. Xiao Han felt that from now on, no matter what danger she encountered, her mentality would not collapse.

What other danger could be more terrifying than this one, like a leech clinging to your bones, where your body could be controlled by others at any moment?

After finally destroying the monster's powerful soul, Shangguan Yunfei breathed a sigh of relief.

After exiting the forbidden magic circle, Shangguan Yunfei saw Xiao Han, who seemed a little dazed, and comforted him sympathetically, "It's okay as long as you can get through it. This can also be considered as a part of the journey of cultivation. Sometimes, improving your state of mind is more difficult than improving your cultivation."

To be honest, it was also because Xiao Han was alert. After he felt that he was possessed by the monster, he found him immediately and left the monster with no chance of escape.

That's why Shangguan Yunfei was willing to take better care of her.

Xiao Han hurriedly bowed deeply, "Thank you very much for taking care of me, senior."

Without Shangguan Yunfei's protection, other Mahayana cultivators might not be willing to let her be entangled with the monster's soul for so long.

Don't be fooled by the fact that all Mahayana cultivators seem approachable. That's simply their quality as great cultivators; they don't easily express their likes and dislikes. Great figures wouldn't proactively harass a commoner; that would be beneath their dignity.

But no big shot would care about the right or wrong, life or death of an ordinary person.

Seeing Xiao Han sincerely thanking him, Shangguan Yunfei suddenly felt happy.

Even a powerful person like Shangguan Yunfei, who had a peaceful mind, couldn't help laughing when he saw a yellow talisman stuck on Xiao Han's face.

"Let's take off the talisman on your face first."

Xiao Han then took off the yellow talisman on her face awkwardly. She held the talisman in her hand and didn't know whether to throw it away or keep it as a souvenir.

Then I heard Tianjizi beside me say: "This is a good thing. I'm giving it to you. You can use it again in the future."

Xiao Han: Please don’t be such a pessimist.

Despite her complaints, she still quickly put the things away.

Then he bowed deeply to Tianjizi and said, "Thank you for your hard work these days, Senior."

Tianjizi waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Although I still can't see through your fate, because I was watching over you, I did manage to figure out the soul-calming talisman, so it can be considered a gain."

At this time, Shangguan Yunfei said, "Although you haven't worked at the Military Newspaper Office for over a year, you have made great contributions by discovering the monster. I will have them pay you the points you earned during this period as usual."

Xiao Han was overjoyed and thanked him again and again.

It’s more than a year’s salary, don’t waste it.

Then, when Xiao Han left the City Lord's Mansion, he was stunned.

He was only forced to sit in jail for more than a year, but Jibing City had completely changed.

All the old houses are gone, replaced by newly planned streets and newly built houses.

The small house originally assigned to her was naturally gone.

So, as a temporary homeowner, she has no benefits from the demolition and reconstruction?

While other places have been renovated, the City Lord's Mansion has not changed much.

Xiao Han went straight to her former office, but found that the door was closed and she couldn't get in.

After thinking about it, he took out the communication magic weapon and started contacting Qin Yu.

"Senior Qin, isn't the Allied Forces War Report Information Dissemination Office closed?"

Qin Yu's surprised voice came from the communication magic weapon, "Have you solved that big problem?"

Xiao Han: "Yes, Senior Shangguan has already killed it."

Qin Yu: "Come to the meeting hall of Xuanwu Camp to discuss this with me."

After saying that, he closed the connection.

Xiao Han had no choice but to fly towards the Xuanwu Camp.

On this side, Qin Yu contacted Shui Wuhen immediately after finishing the call with Xiao Han.

"The soul of that alien monster has been destroyed. If you want to know the specific details, come to the Xuanwu Camp."

After saying that, without waiting for Shui Wuhen to speak, he turned off the communication magic weapon.

Shui Wuhen hesitated for a moment, but finally went to Xuanwu Camp.

When Xiao Han arrived at Xuanwu Camp, he immediately discovered that it had also been replanned and rebuilt.

The various magic weapon houses of the monks disappeared, replaced by rows of neatly arranged ice houses.

In front of the densely packed barracks, there is a tall and imposing palace-style building complex, which serves as the residence and office area for the high-ranking monks of the Xuanwu Camp.

Xiao Han handed his identity token to the monk guarding the gate for inspection before being let in.

The cultivator on duty outside the conference hall had obviously received Qin Yu's orders. As soon as Xiao Han explained her purpose, the other party let her in directly.

There were two people sitting at the head of the hall, Qin Yu and Shui Wuhen.

Xiao Han hurriedly saluted the two of them.

Qin Yu waved his hand and said, "Don't bother with that. Tell me how you got rid of that thing."

After saying that, he pointed to the seat below and asked her to sit down and talk.

Xiao Han was not polite. After thanking him, he sat down and gave a brief account of what had happened.

Finally, he stood up and bowed to Shui Wuhen to express his gratitude.

"If it weren't for Senior Shui's Divine Tempering Technique, I wouldn't have been able to drive that evil creature out of my sea of ​​consciousness so quickly. Thank you so much for saving my life."

Shui Wuhen replied calmly, "You're welcome. This is what I promised you before."

In fact, Tianjizi made the greatest contribution to Xiao Han's escape.

Shui Wuhen used to dislike people like Tianjizi, believing them to be charlatans. Cultivation is inherently against the will of heaven, so how could there be a predetermined destiny or trajectory?

After this incident, he realized his mindset was too narrow. Divination was an ancient art, so what made him think Tianjizi was not doing his job properly? Furthermore, the fact that he could draw such an exquisite soul-calming talisman, a rune-shaped talisman paper that was completely outside the realm of ordinary talismans, showed that this was a field completely unfamiliar to him.

Sigh! No wonder I'm stuck at the Half-Step Mahayana realm, unable to advance any further. My vision and perspective are still lacking.

After today's reflection, Shui Wuhen felt that his state of mind seemed to have loosened a little.

After Xiao Han finished speaking, he asked about work.

As soon as she asked, Qin Yu immediately started complaining.

"For over a year, I've been helping you compile the military newspaper. Now that you're back, quickly take over this mess."

Xiao Han's four subordinates now handed him the manuscripts they had collected and written for review. Qin Yu simply selected a few suitable ones and sent them out together.

Qin Yu also took a copy of every military newspaper published in the past year and gave it to Xiao Han to take back and read carefully.

In this way, she can find out more quickly what has happened on the front line over the past year and what can be reported later.

After the work was handed over, Xiao Han also asked about the accommodation issue.

Then she learned that the frontline monks now lived in barracks with large spirit gathering arrays, and lived there for free. Administrative staff like her, as well as errand runners, odd jobs, and monks of low cultivation and status, all had to rent houses based on points, and could rent houses with different concentrations of spiritual energy.

Of course, if you don’t want to spend points, you can live in your own magic house outside the city, but the concentration of spiritual energy can only be said to be better than nothing.

For Xiao Han, earning points is for cultivation. She is willing to spend more points on a house with a high concentration of spiritual energy.

She directly rented the house with the highest spiritual energy in Jibing City. The monthly rent was almost a quarter of her salary.

However, Xiao Han rented it without much hesitation.

Although Liu Dacheng's Ascension Dew had spared her twenty to thirty years of arduous cultivation, the spiritual energy required to reach the Nascent Soul stage was too terrifying. A treasure like the Dew, which could rapidly improve cultivation, was something she could only come across by chance and was incredibly rare.

Therefore, down-to-earth and daily meditation is the foundation of practice.

She can just envy the protagonists in fantasy novels whose cultivation levels rise like rockets, but she must never imagine herself as the protagonist.