My talent is 1.

A short while later, a figure emerged from the wooden house.

I wonder if a mid-grade spiritual herb can be exchanged for spirit stones.

[Universal Experience Ball]

Current storage experience: 6676

Name: Lu Zifan

Occupation: None

Rating: 4

Realm: None

Qi and blood: 300

Spiritual power: 1

Soul: 10

Physical fitness: 4

Exercise:

【Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique (Not Activated)】

(0/1000000)

Lu Zifan is now desperate to obtain spirit stones.

Although he knew how to cultivate the Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique, he had been practicing it for several months without any results.

On the contrary, I gained a lot of experience from the Universal Experience Orb.

However, after arriving here, the upgrades are not as smooth as before.

Experience cannot be used for leveling up; it can only be used for items or other things.

I started by accumulating over 10,000 experience points with great confidence, wondering if I could use them to improve my skills.

As a result, 2,000 experience points were invested, but not even a ripple was made.

The Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique remained completely undisturbed, with its cultivation progress not even increasing by 1 point.

Helpless, Lu Zifan could only apply his experience to herbs, but it still took some effort to upgrade this motherwort to the level of a mid-grade spiritual herb.

He had absolutely no idea how much a mid-grade spiritual herb was worth.

After all, Liu Family Village was just an ordinary village. During the few months that Lu Zifan had been in Liu Family Village, the only thing he had found out was that there was a herbal medicine shop in town, and the shopkeeper knew some information about cultivators.

Lu Zifan took the mid-grade spiritual herbs and went to the town.

Zhong Wuyai and Liu Shikai arrived in Songhua Town ahead of them.

"Where is the clinic in town?"

"It's on that street up ahead. Why, are we going there now?"

"Of course!"

If you take these pills to a pharmacy, nine times out of ten people will think you're a scammer.

Therefore, Zhong Wuyai needed a suitable opportunity to promote his hand-rubbed pills.

The clinic was undoubtedly a very suitable place. Although he did not know medicine, he could determine which pills would be effective based on the patient's condition.

External injuries are the easiest to treat; they can be resolved with blood-activating pills and blood-stasis-removing pills.

For coughs and colds, the effects of Qingdu Pills are more than enough; they can even clear up poisoning, not to mention colds and fevers.

As soon as I arrived at the clinic, I saw people coming in one after another to see a doctor.

However, Zhong Wuyai was not in a hurry to go over.

They are all ordinary people. Even if you push the pills out, most of them won't buy them, or they won't have enough money to buy them.

Zhong Wuyai's eyes lit up when a person dressed in silk brocade entered the clinic with several servants.

Here comes the big dog.

"Mr. He, I'm sorry to bother you again."

"Master Gao, what's wrong? Have you finished your medicine?"

"Do you still have the medicine you prescribed, the one you gave me?"

"Well...Master Gao, you need to take care of your health now. Besides, this medicine is hard to find. I don't have many pills here."

"Mr. He, what are you saying? Lin Dong, bring the things over here."

A servant respectfully handed over an exquisite wooden box.

He Yan looked at the wooden box, took it, opened it, and immediately closed it again.

Three golden yellow croakers, all for the sake of buying a single pill—only this spendthrift would dare to waste them like this.

"Master Gao, please wait a moment."

He Yan walked into the inner room, knocked on the wall, and then turned a candlestick, opening a hidden compartment.

He Yan took a pill from the hidden compartment, put it in a small bottle, and slowly walked out.

"Master Gao, this medicine is quite potent. Remember to eat something before taking it. Also, ordinary women can't handle it. It's best to take three at a time."

Gao Heng's eyes lit up when he heard this. He took the small bottle, bowed his thanks, and left.

I bumped into Liu Shikai as soon as I came out, and what's more, Liu Shikai's machete was tucked into his waistband, and by sheer coincidence, I got cut.

"Ahhh~..."

"Damn it, where did this peasant come from, daring to hurt my master?!"

Several servants were about to attack Liu Shikai when they started talking.

Zhong Wuyai immediately stepped forward to stop him.

"Where are you hurt?... Let me see!"

"Hey kid, who are you?"

Zhong Wuyai took out two pills directly.

"Sorry about earlier, he's a rough and ignorant man. These two pills can stop the bleeding; you can take them or apply them topically."

"Hey kid, you're trying to fool me! What is this thing?...Where did you find this lump?!"

Without wasting any words, Zhong Wuyai crushed the hemostatic pill and applied it directly to Gao Heng's arm.

Caught off guard, Gao Heng was grabbed by the arm by Zhong Wuyai.

"What are you going to do?"

Gao Heng tried to break free, but although Zhong Wuyai was not as strong as several strong men, he was much stronger than him.

The servants had just seized Zhong Wuyai when Gao Heng's eyes widened in disbelief...

"Hey...hey hey hey...what is that thing?"

Gao Heng's wrist stopped bleeding, and he could feel an itch at the wound site.

"Let go, your master's injuries have healed."

Seeing Gao Heng's appearance, the servants stopped in time, but Lin Dong's hand was still gripping Zhong Wuyai.

"What kind of medicine is this?... It has such a miraculous effect?... I won't hold what happened earlier against you, but you still need to give me some of this medicine."

"This medicine is hard to come by. I have another medicine here that can restore your wrist to its original state. How about we let bygones be bygones?"

As he spoke, Zhong Wuyai took out the Blood-Activating and Stasis-Removing Pills.

Originally, the Blood-Activating Pill and the Stasis-Removing Pill were separate, but when Zhong Wuyai made the pills, he kneaded half of each together.

They actually came up with several pills that had more than four effects on promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

"If you eat it, the scar will heal in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."

Zhong Wuyai was being conservative; he wasn't sure how effective the 4-point method would be.

Gao glanced at the pill, took it, and scooped out a tiny bit to give to a servant.

"Eat this!"

After the servant tried the medicine, he felt a surge of blood in his body, but it subsided quickly.

"Sir, I'm alright."

Gao Heng was relieved and took the pill.

A surge of heat coursed through my body, and soon, my wrists felt incredibly itchy.

Gao Heng brushed the medicine residue off his wrist, revealing a scab that was visibly expanding.

"What... what's going on?"

"Don't worry, it'll be ready soon."

After a few breaths, Gao Heng felt that the itchy feeling in his wrist was gone.

Zhong Wuyai checked and it was almost done; no new scabs had appeared. He then peeled off the scab.

"Hey... what are you doing?"

"Look, it's all healed, not even a scar left."

At this moment, not only Gao Heng, but everyone else was also looking at Zhong Wuyai with disbelief.

I saw it when the machete cut me; the wound wasn't big, but it was bleeding profusely.

But in just a few words, he was completely healed.

"Ha, that's strange, there's such a medicine!"

He Yan saw all of this.

From initial disdain, to doubt, and then to shock.

He Yan felt that his medical skills were falling behind.

To others, He Yan might have thought it was just a charlatan selling fake medicine.

But Gao Heng, given his status, would never stoop to such a thing.

In other words, the medicine in the young man's hand outside the door is real...

But how is that possible? ...No matter what kind of healing medicine it is, it can't be this fast.

Unless... it's a cultivator's elixir...

However, the pill in Zhong Wuyai's hand showed absolutely no spiritual energy fluctuations, which puzzled He Yan.

Just then, Lu Zifan arrived at the herbal medicine shop.

The herbal medicine shop is right across from the clinic; in fact, both shops are owned by the same person.

However, they had different roles: He Yan was in charge of seeing patients and writing prescriptions, while Qiu Hui from the herbal medicine shop was in charge of selling the medicine.

As soon as Lu Zifan took out the mid-grade spiritual herb, the fluctuation of spiritual energy alarmed everyone.

Even Zhong Wuyai couldn't help but look towards the herbal medicine shop across the street.

"This...young man, I dare not accept your medicinal herbs, I am not qualified to accept them, and I cannot afford the price."

Gao Heng then led his men directly over there.

"Young man, are you selling this herb you have?... I'll offer one hundred taels of gold."

Lu Zifan ignored Gao Heng and instead said to Qiu Hui, "Find someone who can make decisions; I only want to exchange for spirit stones."

"Well... to be honest, we don't have any spirit stones in our shop. Besides, I can't give you a price estimate for these herbs. You should go to the clinic across the street and ask Mr. He. He knows a bit about spirit herbs."

He Yan certainly knew some of it; he was a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining.

Although He Yan is at the very bottom among cultivators, his cultivation level is a height that ordinary people can never reach in their entire lives.

Lu Zifan looked towards the clinic and exchanged a glance with Zhong Wuyai outside the door.

Both of them couldn't help but feel a little puzzled...

How strange... How can a mortal without any cultivation level possess spiritual power?

Zhong Wuyai looked at Lu Zifan with some curiosity. How could he be at level 4 when he didn't even have that level?

And what's with this 1 point of spiritual power on my body?

What's even stranger is that an ordinary person with no cultivation level at level 4 was holding a mid-grade spiritual herb in their hand.

Suddenly, Zhong Wuyai stared wide-eyed at Lu Zifan's information panel... This name was absolutely correct... Lu Zifan... the God Lu who caused a great disturbance in the City of Light.

But what's going on? ...Could it be that he also stripped himself of everything from that world?

That doesn't make sense. Could it really just be people with the same name?

Zhong Wuyai's gaze made Lu Zifan feel somewhat uncomfortable. He didn't understand why this young man, who was not much older than himself, was looking at him like that...

If it were a spiritual herb in hand, perhaps that would be understandable.

But that look clearly showed that he only glanced at the motherwort and then kept staring at me.

Lu Zifan was somewhat startled. He didn't seem to recognize the guy in front of him. Why did he have this feeling...?

It was like... like he had seen himself before...

Zhong Wuyai had naturally met Lu Zifan; on the forums of that world, the pinned posts were all about Lu Zifan.

His appearance hasn't changed much, but this information is far from the legendary Lu Shen... several times weaker...

The two stared at each other, creating a very strange scene.

Gao Heng wisely shut his mouth and ordered the servants to step back and make way for Lu Zifan.

He Yan looked at the two of them, and for a moment he was a little suspicious.

Could it be a cultivator who is concealing their true strength? ...

I'm only at the first level of Qi Refining. It's normal that a cultivator who can hide their cultivation level wouldn't be able to detect me.

Moreover, Lu Zifan doesn't seem like an ordinary person at all.

Would an ordinary person dare to bring a mid-grade spiritual herb to a pharmacy like that?

He Yan thought about it more and more and felt that his guess was correct.

Zhong Wuyai quickly realized that he had been somewhat rude. The other person didn't even know him, and it was very impolite to stare at someone like that.

Moreover, Lu Zifan's eyes were full of doubt just now, and he clearly didn't know why he was staring at him like that.

However, the spiritual herb in Lu Zifan's hand puzzled Zhong Wuyai even more.

Motherwort is just a common herb, when did it become a spiritual herb? ...And a mid-grade spiritual herb at that...

Lu Zifan glanced at Zhong Wuyai as he passed by, then went straight inside.

He Yan looked at Lu Zifan as he walked in, and he was also a little nervous.

That calm and collected demeanor, combined with his young age, suggests he could never be an ordinary person.

In that instant, they became even more certain that the young man before them was a cultivator who had concealed his true cultivation level.

Then, the young man who had just looked at him outside the door might also have been a cultivator.

This explains the effect of the pill.

Perhaps the medicine was made by a spirit that I have never seen before, and I cannot sense any spiritual energy in it.

The restorative effect of that pill was undoubtedly miraculous.

"Who is Mr. He?"

"That's me."

"Should we take this spiritual herb?"

"This... I don't have that many spirit stones for mid-grade spiritual herbs, but I do have thirteen low-grade spirit stones and three hundred taels of gold. If you're willing..."

"Where did you get the spirit stones and gold? This herb is yours!"

Lu Zifan didn't waste any time and readily agreed.

"Okay, okay... please wait a moment, I'll go get it right away."

Liu Shikai, standing outside the door, muttered to himself, "This kid is really something else. Luckily, I didn't offend him before."

Zhong Wuyai looked at Liu Shikai in surprise: "Uncle Shi, you know him?"

"He lives on the village road. His name is Lu Zifan. There's an abandoned courtyard at the east end of the village that's been deserted for a long time. He came to the village a few months ago and has been staying there."

"Did you come a few months ago?"

"Yes, he's not from Liu Family Village either, just like you. But this kid is very mysterious. I heard from the villagers that apart from going into the mountains with Liu Luo, he's always in the yard. I live in the mountains all year round, so I don't know much about him."

Liu Family Village? ...This is ridiculous! I remember Lu Zifan, whom I saw in the Celestial Realm, was sent into a passage by the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord.

After the panel was removed, I lost consciousness and woke up on a mountain.

Could it be that Guan Xiangzi also opened that passage and was sent to the same place?

The more Zhong Wuyai thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

So, it's highly likely that Lu Zifan is a demonic cultivator.

However, judging from his information, he doesn't seem like a demonic cultivator.

The only problem is that the cultivation method he practices is invisible, so we don't know if it's a demonic art.

He Yan quickly got his hands on the items.

Zhong Wuyai watched as Lu Zifan took the spirit stone and put it into his pocket.

However, as soon as Lu Zifan's spirit stones entered his clothes, they were already in his bag.

Unlike Zhong Wuyai, Lu Zifan had an extra package, a storage space similar to the player's package in the fantasy world.

Zhong Wuyai went inside, wanting to see what he could get in return for his pills... after all, everyone present had witnessed the effects of the medicine.

The two went in and out separately, one after the other.

Lu Zifan couldn't help but turn around and glance back, just in time to see the pills in Zhong Wuyai's hand.

"Huh?"...How is this possible?

Lu Zifan was somewhat incredulous. He rubbed his eyes to confirm that he hadn't misread it.

10 points of vital energy? ...My own mid-grade spiritual herbs only add a few points, and your ordinary pill adds 10 points of vital energy?

【Essence Pills】

Made from common herbs

Vitality +10.002

Kidney Qi +0.001

This attribute is a bit strange. My essence increased by 10 points, but my kidney energy is only 0.001.

This is... a difference of ten thousand times!

Lu Zifan suddenly became curious about Zhong Wuyai as well.

Lu Zifan, who had originally planned to go back now, decided to follow along and see what was going on.

"Mr. He, what do you think of these pills?"

"this……"

This is really difficult for He Yan. No matter how you look at it, it looks like pills made from ordinary herbs, and the technique is very rough.

Is this guy in front of me really a cultivator?

He Yan took the pill, smelled it carefully, and confirmed that it was Cistanche deserticola, and that it contained no other ingredients besides Cistanche deserticola.

What kind of effect could ordinary Cistanche deserticola balls possibly have...? You can't fool people like that. Could it be that Gao Heng was really acting with him just now?

"What kind of look is that?...Do you think I'm lying to you?"

"No, that's not it... It's just that I'm not good at seeing things, and I really can't tell the effects of this medicine."

"Here's what we'll do. Try taking these pills. If they work, you can give me a price."

He Yan thought for a moment. It was just a Cistanche deserticola. He could eat it, but if someone really came looking for trouble... he would most likely be no match for them.

First, stabilize the situation, then figure out a way to get the information communicated...

He Yan swallowed the essence pill directly.

In the blink of an eye, He Yan's eyes widened...

"This...this medicine..."

He Yan felt as if his whole body was on fire, and he had an inexhaustible amount of energy.

"This drug...it's too strong!"

I'm a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining, how could this happen to me?

Even He Yan himself found it hard to believe.

"Liu Zi, close the shop. Take this man to the pharmacy across the street, get fifty taels of gold, and tell Manager Qiu that the medicine is worth that price!"

After saying that, He Yan walked towards the back.

"Huh?...Closed?...Mr. He, what do you mean by this? It's not even noon yet, and you're already closing?"

He Yan ignored the others and went straight to the backyard. He was burning with anger and needed to vent...

"Cui, don't wash those clothes yet, come to my room for a bit!"

He Yan went inside immediately after speaking. He was in great pain and was trying his best to hold it in, afraid that he might lose control and relieve himself right there in the yard...

If this happened in broad daylight and others found out, I'd be ruined in my old age...

Although Liu Zi didn't know what had happened, since his manager had said so, he naturally had to close the shop.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Zi led Zhong Wuyai and Liu Shikai to the herbal medicine shop.

Qiu Hui looked at Liu Zi with suspicion...

"What's going on today?... Why did they suddenly close?"

"The shopkeeper told me to close the shop, and then instructed me to bring the customer over to collect fifty taels of gold."

"Fifty taels of gold?" Qiu Hui stared wide-eyed at Zhong Wuyai and Liu Shikai in disbelief.

What did these two people give He Yan? ...They actually asked for fifty taels of gold.

It's understandable that the person just now was offering a spiritual medicine; even ten thousand taels of gold wouldn't be considered expensive.

If these two remember correctly, they took out two pills...

Is that pill really worth that much?

"The customer's medicine is very good; the shopkeeper said it's worth the price."

After thinking about it, Qiu Hui also chose to believe He Yan.

After all, he knew that He Yan was a cultivator, even if he was only at the first level of Qi Refining. Since He Yan had already confirmed it, he didn't need to make a fuss about it.

Lu Zifan knew the properties of the pill; He Yan should be full of energy right now, far exceeding the normal range.

But Gao Heng was unaware of these things.

He had seen He Yan take his medicine just now, and his complexion was very similar to the medicine He Yan gave him, but the effect seemed stronger.

"Hey young man, do you have any more of this medicine?"

Zhong Wuyai was delighted upon hearing this; the rich bastard had taken the bait…

"What?...You want to buy it?"

"To be honest, I took two concubines a few months ago, and my body really needs some nourishment."

"Then you should need this."

As he spoke, Zhong Wuyai took out a kidney-tonifying pill.

"I won't ask for an exorbitant amount. Fifty taels of gold, and you can take the medicine."

Gao Heng glanced at the Kidney Qi Pill that Zhong Wuyai had taken out, and then thought of the effects of the two pills from before, and had no doubts.

"Young man, wait a moment, I'll have someone get you the money."

"How about this? I won't take the fifty taels of gold. Instead, you buy me a courtyard to live in, okay?"

"No problem, no problem. It's just a courtyard. I have deeds for two courtyards at home. However, they're a bit small. If you want a bigger one, fifty taels won't be enough."

Zhong Wuyai smiled and took out another Qi Pill.

"What about adding this?... This is the same as what Mr. He just ate. You should be careful and not eat here. Go back and eat it with your concubine."

"Ah...this is exactly what I wanted!"

Gao Heng's eyes lit up as he stared at the pill in Zhong Wuyai's hand.

"Let's agree on this first: let's look at the yard."

"No problem... Lin Dong, go back and tell the butler to bring the land deed for the courtyard at the west end."

After saying that, Gao Heng looked at Zhong Wuyai and said, "Young man, if you have time, go over now. I'll have someone tidy up for you, and you can move in today!"

"No rush, I have two more pills here. I wonder if the shopkeeper would be interested?"

Qiu Hui finally chimed in.

"Since Mr. He has already given his permission, of course I have no problem with it. If you're willing, I'll take these two pills for one hundred taels of gold."

Both He Yan and Gao Heng were very interested in the pill.

I have to get these two pills no matter what; I might even make a profit.

Lu Zifan looked at the group and greeted Gao Heng.

"Do you still have that courtyard?... I'd like a better one!"

As he spoke, he took out the gold he had just earned from He Yan.

Gao Heng glanced at Lu Zifan with surprise, but seeing those little yellow croakers, he didn't think too much about it.

No matter what, we have to make this money.

A courtyard in a small town might not be worth much, but this time it's worth almost ten times more.

How could Gao Heng possibly refuse?

"No problem, no problem... This young man is a straightforward person. I'll give you a larger courtyard deed in a bit."