My talent is 1.

Zhong Wuyai thought it would be more convenient to stay in the town, since the herbal medicine shops there had a relatively complete selection of medicinal herbs.

It's convenient to buy medicine in town, and you can also get more information about cultivators.

Of course, if you want to learn about cultivators, going to the prefectural city is undoubtedly the fastest way.

However, there are cultivators in the city, and Zhong Wuyai is just a mortal now, so what if he comes into contact with them?

Your own pills might just become your own death warrant.

Lu Zifan plans not to return to Liujia Village for the time being.

Now that the spirit stones are in hand, as long as the cultivation of the Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique takes effect, I will be able to enter the Qi Refining stage and become a true cultivator.

In the evening, after Gao Heng returned home, he first took the pills he had bought from He.

Soon, his body reacted. After a night of lovemaking, Gao Heng felt dizzy and weak all over.

"My lord...you must be tired, please rest for a while..."

Gao Heng blushed, feeling very embarrassed.

I wanted to argue back, but I didn't know what to say.

Perhaps due to severe physical depletion, Gao Heng felt that his limbs were not under his control.

He raised his arm, which trembled slightly.

Gao Heng remembered what Zhong Wuyai had said when he gave him the pills... "You might need this..."

Gao Heng hurriedly rummaged through his clothes... took out the Kidney Qi Pill and swallowed it.

In an instant, a warm feeling spread through my limbs and bones.

"Hiss... Ah... So good... So good..."

Gao Heng felt incredibly relaxed all over; the slight back pain he had felt earlier was now gone.

Not only that, it felt like my body had returned to its teenage years.

"This...this medicine is so miraculous?"

Gao Heng looked at another Qi pill, the same one He Yan had taken.

If he could achieve such great results even at his age, then what about now...?

Gao Heng ate it without saying a word...

"Husband... what's wrong?... why all of a sudden..."

"Don't speak... Hey, call the madam over here too..."

Gao Heng felt that he had inexhaustible energy.

An hour later... the noise inside the room gradually subsided, but Gao Heng was still full of energy.

"Hey girl, come in here for a second!"...

Taking Shenqi Wan and Jingqi Wan together multiplied their effects several times over...

Zhong Wuyai was in the courtyard, constantly mixing the medicinal herbs that Liu Shikai had bought.

In the end, they actually managed to concoct several kinds of medicine.

One method is to first roll the pills into pills, and then use 1 to enhance the attributes. This maximizes the effect and yields excellent results.

Another method is to enhance the properties of the medicine before refining it. Although the effects are generally average, each property is very balanced. Except for the lack of spiritual power, it is no worse than ordinary spiritual medicine.

[Blood Clotting Pills]

Made from common herbs

Qi and blood restored to 23 points

Vitality +3.3

Blood Circulation +4.6

Blood stasis removal +7

Hemostasis +6

Zhong Wuyai made a lot of these things; they're most needed when someone is injured.

【Detox Pill】

Made from common herbs

Detoxification +10.004

Increase muscle strength +0.06

Increases Spirit by +0.03

The most important function of the antidote pill is detoxification.

Therefore, no matter how much the muscles, bones, and vital energy are enhanced, it is merely a backdrop.

I tried the others as well, but the only one that simultaneously boosted both kidney qi and essence was the one that worked best when rolled into pills.

Even if you enhance the herbs first and then roll them into balls, the highest you can achieve is only 3 or 4 points.

It's not as effective as the 10-point method.

Zhong Wuyai thought for a moment and decided that if he used it at 3 or 4 o'clock, the force wouldn't be that strong; at most, it would just cause some heat.

Even if it were the Qi-Boosting Pills and Kidney-Boosting Pills at 10 o'clock, I wouldn't dare take them. I can't exactly fight Liu Shikai, that smelly soldier, with bayonets.

Next time, ask Gao Heng to buy a maid. After all, when improving herbal medicine, one will inevitably have to test the medicine, just in case.

However, Zhong Wuyai had always wanted medicine imbued with spiritual energy, and he didn't know how Lu Zifan had managed to transform the motherwort into a mid-grade spiritual herb...

Lu Zifan wasn't idle either; he spent ten taels of gold to buy a top-grade ginseng, which had excellent properties in all aspects.

Drag the universal experience orb onto the ginseng, and the 800 experience points will upgrade it to a low-grade spiritual herb. Then continue to infuse it.

Ginseng is far superior to motherwort. It took 1200 experience points to upgrade motherwort to a spiritual herb, but that's not even as much as the spiritual power gained from ginseng.

But ginseng is different; its spiritual power is twice that of motherwort.

However, it took Lu Zifan 2400 experience points to upgrade the low-grade spiritual herb ginseng to a mid-grade spiritual herb.

It broke my heart. I had accumulated months of experience, and now it was all gone in an instant.

He didn't have enough experience to level up; he needed 5000 points, and Lu Zifan didn't dare to level up any further.

After all, having a mid-grade spiritual herb might be due to luck, but a high-grade spiritual herb... if the news that I now possess a high-grade spiritual herb gets out, I'm afraid I'll die very quickly.

Just by looking at He Yan's expression, you could tell that if a mid-grade spiritual herb could make him lose his composure, then a high-grade spiritual herb would probably be a rare find in the city.

After upgrading the ginseng, Lu Zifan took out a spirit stone.

Sit cross-legged, place the spirit stone in your hand, and begin breathing exercises.

The Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique is a cultivation method of immortals; it's unknown whether these ordinary spiritual stones will be of any use.

As Lu Zifan continued to absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stone, it shattered after a few breaths, turning into an ordinary stone.

it works……

Without much thought, Lu Zifan took out all the spirit stones and continued to circulate the Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique.

A spirit stone is gone before it can even complete one percent of a cycle; such a small amount of spirit stone is as easy to waste as throwing it down the drain.

Soon, the spiritual energy on the spirit stones was absorbed one by one, leaving some broken stones on the ground.

Lu Zifan didn't care about anything else now and directly picked up the ginseng that had just been enhanced and started eating it.

He ate while simultaneously circulating the magic technique.

Of course, because of the distraction, the operation of the Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique became slower.

However, Lu Zifan soon realized that he didn't need to swallow it; he could just keep it in his mouth.

He took a bite of the ginseng and focused all his attention on circulating the Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique.

After the ginseng absorbed all its spiritual energy, it turned into a pile of fragments, just like wood chips.

Without spiritual energy, the Wan Shui Xian Yuan Jue (Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique) becomes less effective in the later stages of its operation. However, the spiritual energy absorbed by the body gradually becomes easier to control as the technique is practiced.

The feeling of blockage in the meridians is very severe, which is the biggest obstacle to spiritual practice.

Lu Zifan has no other choice but to continue cultivating like this.

When it comes to the last meridian and a few key acupoints, no matter how much spiritual energy is controlled, it cannot pass through.

Sweat dripped unconsciously from Lu Zifan's forehead.

I tried several times but failed.

It hasn't even completed one cycle. If it stops now, the spirit stones and ginseng will be wasted.

Lu Zifan made a firm decision and poured all his experience into the Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique.

The spiritual energy didn't need to be consciously controlled; it just started operating on its own.

Soon, the first cycle was completed.

Lu Zifan closed his eyes, feeling incredibly comfortable all over, constantly sensing the changes within himself.

"It's done!"

When Lu Zifan opened his eyes, he felt sticky and had a foul stench on his body.

He immediately ran to the yard, took off his clothes, and jumped into the water vat.

After washing up, Lu Zifan changed his clothes, threw his old clothes into the water tank, and then put the water tank and the clothes into his storage bag.

The names and descriptions of the items in the package made Lu Zifan feel somewhat uneasy...

[Stinky water tank]

The bathtub filled with water emitted a foul stench.

But when Lu Zifan looked at his own panel again, he smiled.

"Finally, a breakthrough..."

[Universal Experience Ball]

Current storage experience: 6676

Name: Lu Zifan

Occupation: None

Rating: 11

Realm: First level of Qi Refining

Qi and blood: 1600

Spiritual power: 15

Soul: 10

Physical fitness: 9

Exercise:

【The Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique (Beginner Level)】

(1/1000000)

The Myriad Water Immortal Essence Technique can finally be activated.

Immortal techniques are indeed immortal techniques; with just 1 point of proficiency, I've already entered the first level of Qi Refining.

The only problem is that it consumes a lot of resources, more than ten spirit stones.

Lu Zifan was unaware of the preciousness of the spirit stone.

In some sects, anyone with a bit of talent can enter the first level of Qi Refining with just a spirit stone and an introductory technique.

Lu Zifan used more than ten yuan and a mid-grade spiritual herb.

Most importantly, the experience infused can further enhance a mid-grade spiritual herb.

Although the price was quite high, fortunately, I had already reached the first level of Qi Refining and was now considered a cultivator. So, having a low-grade or mid-grade spiritual herb wasn't anything special.

You can buy a lot of high-grade herbs, upgrade them to spirit herbs, and sell them to exchange for spirit stones for cultivation.

The road ahead will be much easier.

What's needed now is to gain experience.

Following the same method as before, Lu Zifan boiled a kettle of water and went to look for ant nests in the yard.

He used to do this all the time in Liujia Village, which made it so that there were almost no ant nests around the dilapidated house he lived in.

By prying open bricks and digging into stones, Lu Zifan found several ant nests.

First, a pot of boiling water was poured in, and Lu Zifan quietly watched the universal experience orb...

"Damn... is that all?"

An ant nest only gives you 5 experience points.

Back in Liujia Village, an ant nest could earn you at least 70 or 80 experience points.

But now... 5 o'clock? ...

The ant nests in Liujia Village are so fat, or something...

After thinking about it, Lu Zifan felt relieved. As one's cultivation level increases, the amount of experience gained decreases.

We can't afford to waste experience points like this.

To improve my cultivation level in the future, I need to accumulate experience first.

Despite his lack of experience, every little bit counts, and adhering to the principle of not wasting a single drop, Lu Zifan spent the entire night boiling water.

The next morning, the yard looked like it had been chewed up by a dog...

Even the blue brick floor inside the house was torn down.

The servants Gao Heng sent were originally there to help Lu Zifan tidy up the courtyard.

I felt something was wrong as soon as I arrived.

Why does it smell like earth...? And it hasn't rained though...

I knocked on the door...

Lu Zifan was preparing to rest in the courtyard when he heard a knock on the door and was momentarily speechless.

He remembered that because he had finished cleaning Zhong Wuyai's courtyard yesterday evening, Gao Heng said he would send someone to clean it for him today.

But looking at the mess in the yard... Lu Zifan's face turned red...

After opening the door, Lu Zifan smiled awkwardly: "You're here pretty early."

"Mr. Lu, my master instructed that you should just tell me what you need and I'll get it done for you as soon as possible. I can't let you spend this money for nothing."

"It wasn't a waste of money, it wasn't a waste of money~..."

Um... the servants who came were stunned... no... what do you mean by that... this isn't how you respond to polite words...

But once inside, they were dumbfounded...

"Mr. Lu, have you been robbed?"

"No... There were quite a few rats last night, so I spent some time cleaning them up."

"Huh?...A mouse?" But that doesn't make sense. If it were a mouse, shouldn't there be a mouse hole...? But here on the ground... there isn't even a hole the size of three fingers.

Looking again... it seems like many places were still watered; the mud isn't dry yet...

"Alright, thank you for your help, please tidy it up!" With that, Lu Zifan took out a small piece of gold and handed it over.

The servants, who had initially looked like they'd just eaten shit, immediately brightened up when they saw the gold.

"Mr. Lu, don't worry, even if it's just a little messy, even if the walls collapse, we'll rebuild them for you today!"

Lu Zifan smiled, didn't say much, and went straight back to his room. He hadn't rested all night and had only managed to get a little over 600 experience points.

It also includes things like rats, cockroaches, mosquitoes, and bedbugs...

I'm really tired now.

"Remember to call me when you're done tidying up, I'm taking a break!"

"Mr. Lu, don't worry, you can rest now. Leave it to us."

Lu Zifan woke up again around noon. The courtyard was almost tidied up. After sending Gao Heng's servants back, Lu Zifan went to the herbal medicine shop.

We need to prepare more herbs. If all else fails, we can temporarily resell low-grade spiritual herbs.

Although the returns are lower, it's safer.

No one would fight to the death with a cultivator over a low-grade spiritual herb.

After all, low-grade spiritual herbs are very common; even ordinary mortals with good luck can encounter them.

Upon arriving at the herbal medicine shop, Lu Zifan encountered Zhong Wuyai once again.

After Zhong Wuyai took out some pills, Qiu Hui looked depressed.

The items are good, but he doesn't have that much money.

How much money can a small town's herbal medicine shop have?

Yesterday, even the cultivator He Yan emptied his coffers for a single spiritual herb.

With so many pills today, how could he possibly swallow them all...?

"Well, young man, there's nothing I can do about this. I don't have much money left. Besides, your pill array is so good, why don't you go to the city to exchange it for spirit stones?"

Spirit stones? ...I freaking want them...but I'm afraid I won't live to enjoy them.

Zhong Wuyai reluctantly put away the pills.

Lu Zifan was even more surprised when he saw the pills in Zhong Wuyai's hand.

Blood Clotting Pill...this thing...has such high stats?

If I leveled up using experience points myself... how many attributes would I gain after reaching the level of a spirit elixir...?

Zhong Wuyai didn't say anything more. His plan hadn't worked out, and he felt a bit bored.

I'd better go back. Damn it, at least in the mountains, there's a chance of encountering something with spiritual energy in the mountain streams.

But what about here? ...These things can't be sold, so nothing can be done.

Then, their eyes met again.

This time, however, Zhong Wuyai's gaze wasn't so purposeful. The two nodded to each other as they entered and exited before leaving.

After buying the medicinal herbs, Lu Zifan left and returned to Liujia Village.

Unfortunately, you have to kill monsters to gain experience.

He's only at the first level of Qi cultivation now, which is enough to deal with ordinary wild beasts, but against demonic beasts, he'd be completely finished.

When Gao Heng woke up, he not only showed no signs of fatigue, but also felt refreshed.

Gao Heng is confident that he can fight again.

Without saying a word, he went to find Zhong Wuyai.

When they arrived at the courtyard, they found the gate locked.

After inquiring about it, Gao Heng's expression was very strange.

Not only did Zhong Wuyai leave, but Lu Zifan also left.

"That's strange. Both of them asked me about buying the yard yesterday, and they've only stayed one night already, why are they leaving?"

One was a young man with a miraculous medicine, and the other was a young man with a spiritual herb. Both were shrouded in mystery.

The key point is that they both left the city in the same direction...

However, after making some inquiries, Gao Heng learned that Zhong Wuyai sold a lot of pills at the herbal medicine shop, so he immediately went to the shop to buy some.

"What?... Three hundred taels of gold... Manager Qiu, that's not very generous of you~..."

"Oh dear...Master Gao, look at you...don't you know what kind of effect these pills have?...At this price, do you think they're worth it?"

"Manager Qiu, I won't waste my breath on you. We both know exactly how much you bought these medicines for, so why beat around the bush? I won't argue with you either. One hundred and twenty taels of gold for just two pills. You should know that those two were staying in my old courtyard..."

Gao Heng didn't say anything more, but Qiu Hui knew what he meant. If he didn't give him these two pills today, Gao Heng would probably intercept all the pills he had in the future... and then his biggest source of income would be cut off.

The pills are alright in other aspects; their effects are not much different from those of elixirs, but they are only suitable for ordinary people and cannot be used by others.

But this blood-clotting pill… he just showed it to He Yan…

Even the external injury medicine used by cultivators cannot compare to the effect of this blood-clotting pill.

The value of this blood-clotting pill cannot be measured in gold; it must be purchased with spirit stones.

No matter how many taels of gold it sells for, it can't compare to spirit stones.

After thinking it over, Qiu Hui agreed to Gao Heng's terms: one hundred and twenty taels of gold and two pills. He wouldn't lose out; he would just earn a little less.

Gao Heng smiled when he saw the pills in his hand.

I've personally tried the Jingqi Pill and Shenqi Pill.

In particular, this kidney-tonifying pill actually made up for the deficiencies in my body that had accumulated over the years.

If this were given to high-ranking officials and nobles in the prefectural city, Songhua Town would surely need to establish a garrison.

Furthermore, if one had the opportunity to meet higher-level officials, perhaps one could even acquire property in the capital.

In Liujia Village, Liu Shikai made no attempt to hide his presence and, accompanied by Zhong Wuyai, knocked on Li Fengling's door.

"Tsk tsk... Look at that big rock, it's not even trying to hide it... knocking on a widow's door in broad daylight!"

"And he brought a young man with him... What's going on?"

"Should we go take a look?"

"Are you bored or what...? What if Stone gets really angry? I'm not afraid he'll beat you up!"

"It's quite lively at Widow Li's house today. It's almost dark in an hour. What could two men want knocking on her door at this hour?"

"Shh~...keep your voice down."

Zhong Wuyai was very embarrassed. He didn't even need to think to know what the old men and women at the village entrance were talking about.

Two men knocked on the widow's door at dusk... Not to mention others, even she herself felt it was somewhat inappropriate.

But Liu Shikai, for some unknown reason, insisted on giving Li Fengling one of the pills he had given him.

You couldn't help it, so just said it directly, instead of pretending you'd leave after delivering the medicine...

However, Lu Zifan, who had just returned to the village, witnessed this scene.

What are they doing here...? No, wait, that man... seems to have been to Aunt Ling's house before.

Could it be that they are also from the village?

But what are they doing? ...Looking for Aunt Ling at this hour? ...

Thinking of the pills Zhong Wuyai sold... Lu Zifan felt a chill run down his spine...

"What are you two doing? Have you no shame? Knocking on a widow's door at a time like this?!"

Zhong Wuyai blushed a little when asked this question.

"Brother, would you believe me if I said it was a misunderstanding?"

Lu Zifan glanced at it: "Look at the words 'believe' on my face!"

Zhong Wuyai wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground...

The door opened... and a woman with a touch of allure appeared.

There might have been no problem with greeting each other before, but after Lu Zifan said that, Zhong Wuyai turned his face away, feeling a little embarrassed to speak.

"Wind chime, I have something for you."

As he spoke, he took out Zhong Wuyai's pills and handed them over.

Both the Kidney Qi Pill and the Blood Nourishing Pill are powerful tonics, the kind that increase by +10.

"You, why did you bring anything with you?... What is this dark thing?!"

When Lu Zifan saw the pill, he felt something was wrong... +10 attribute... This is... can this be made from ordinary herbs?

However, Li Fengling was unaware of the value of this item. After receiving the pills, she invited the two of them in.

"Zifan's here too? You just got back?... I'm cooking right now, come in and eat with us."

"No, Aunt Ling, I've already eaten."

A group of elderly people who were about to go home started gossiping, but they kept quiet and left with smiles.

Lu Zifan, now a Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator, naturally overheard some of it, and his face flushed crimson... he almost wanted to kill someone...

Zhong Wuyai didn't say anything, but Liu Shikai didn't think that much about it.

"Why don't we eat first and then go back? By the time we get back up the mountain it will be dark, and we won't have time to cook."

"You eat, I won't go in."

Lu Zifan glanced at Zhong Wuyai, then at Liu Shikai…

"Hey, why don't you stay at my place tonight? Don't get involved in this mess, it'll save you from gossip!"

Zhong Wuyai looked at Lu Zifan with surprise, somewhat confused.

For a fleeting moment, I was somewhat taken aback upon seeing Lu Zifan's message...

I hadn't noticed at the herbal medicine shop before, but this guy... has actually reached the first level of Qi Refining...

Moreover, with a physique of 9 points and a blood essence of 1,600, and such high attributes at the first level of Qi Refining?

Seeing Zhong Wuyai remain silent and with that look in his eyes, Lu Zifan felt strange.

"It's a bit dilapidated, but it's still barely habitable."

Zhong Wuyai thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

It's getting dark, and Liu Shikai will most likely need to work hard after dinner. I can't just stand by and cheer him on.

"Alright, sorry to bother you!"

Although the two men are gone, the story of the three men and the widow has already spread throughout the village...

Lu Zifan led Zhong Wuyai to the dilapidated courtyard. Before they even entered, Zhong Wuyai had a bad feeling.

What's going on? Something feels off...

Upon entering, Zhong Wuyai looked at the scene before him and felt a pang of regret...

"You call this habitable?"

The walls were crumbling, the roof tiles were falling off, and the house, with its interconnected layout, let in drafts from every direction. Zhong Wuyai truly couldn't understand how Lu Zifan had managed these past few months...