Reborn in the 1980s: Nine Stunning Beauties Get Pregnant Before Marriage

The next morning, after having breakfast, Chen Yongqiang greeted Lin Xiulian, who was clearing the dishes, saying, "I'm going out for a bit, I'll be back before noon."

Lin Xiulian responded without asking any further questions. Chen Yongqiang slung his hunting rifle over his shoulder and went out.

When passing by Ding Wanru's house, Chen Yongqiang stopped and looked around.

The courtyard gate was ajar, and it was quiet inside. He took out the cloth bag containing the smoky gray cotton-padded jacket from his spatial storage and walked into the courtyard.

Chen Yongqiang walked to the kitchen window and coughed softly.

The noise inside stopped. A moment later, Ding Wanru came out wearing an apron.

Seeing Chen Yongqiang standing in the courtyard, he was about to speak.

Chen Yongqiang took two steps forward and handed over the cloth bag in his hand: "I brought you a cotton-padded coat. It's cold, wear it."

Ding Wanru's gaze fell on the dusty cloth bag. "I have enough clothes to wear."

Chen Yongqiang shoved the cloth bag into her hands: "I just bought it because it's cold. The material is alright, try it on."

After saying that, he turned and left without waiting for Ding Wanru's reaction.

Ding Wanru watched Chen Yongqiang walk quickly out of the courtyard gate, silently wrapped the cloth in her arms, and turned back to the kitchen.

Chen Yongqiang left Ding Wanru's house and walked up the mountain along the familiar path.

After a while, the mountain god temple appeared in front of them, its roof covered with snow.

Chen Yongqiang went inside and first took out a wild boar's head as an offering.

Take three more incense sticks, light them with the matches you carry, hold the incense with both hands, and bow three times to the mountain god statue.

With a solemn expression, he whispered a few prayers, nothing more than "May the mountain god protect me" and "I will use materials from the mountains and forests and refine them with utmost devotion."

Afterward, Chen Yongqiang placed the incense sticks in the incense burner. After doing this, the restlessness he felt due to his eagerness gradually subsided.

With everything prepared, he closed his eyes, his mind sinking into the depths of his heart, touching that mysterious place.

The next moment, Chen Yongqiang's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot, entering the system space.

He walked to the edge of the spiritual field, where two plants, completely different from those elsewhere, were growing quietly. They were the century-old ginseng and century-old lingzhi that he had painstakingly transplanted earlier.

The ginseng leaves are thick and emerald green, and bright red seeds have already formed at the top.

The Ganoderma lucidum is dark purplish-brown, with a large cap that is layered like clouds, and its surface has a moist sheen.

Nourished by the spiritual field, they grew much more vigorously and were full of vitality than when they were in the outside world.

Chen Yongqiang muttered to himself, "The growth is not bad. If we continue to plant it in the spirit field and nourish it with spiritual energy day and night, its medicinal properties will definitely become even stronger in the future."

He felt a pang of reluctance; after all, this was a rare and precious treasure.

"But we need it now, we can't wait until later."

The Body Tempering Pill is the most crucial step for him to improve himself at present, and he must seize this opportunity.

After the two main medicinal ingredients were removed from the soil, Chen Yongqiang left the ginseng seeds in the spiritual field.

He placed the two main medicinal ingredients and the wild boar king's heart side by side on a flat bluestone by the spiritual spring.

With the main ingredients ready, his expression grew even more solemn. He carefully placed the old pottery stove he had bought from the old man, added an appropriate amount of the hardest, most durable firewood, and lit it.

However, as the firewood gradually burned through, the flames quickly stabilized thanks to the excellent heat-concentrating structure of the ceramic stove.

Chen Yongqiang waited patiently, allowing the fire to bake the pottery stove to the appropriate temperature.

"Success or failure hinges on this!"

Chen Yongqiang spent a lot of effort to collect these three main ingredients.

In particular, it took a full one or two months to hunt that wild boar king.

After the fire in the furnace stabilized, Chen Yongqiang calmed his mind completely.

He first scooped up a ladle of spiritual spring water, poured it into a black earthenware jar, and placed it to the side of the stove to warm it.

Next, he took the heart of the wild boar king. Even though it had been removed from the body for many days, it had not decayed after being preserved by the spiritual spring. Instead, it exuded a faint bloody aura.

Chen Yongqiang placed the entire heart into the pottery jar: "Using the heart's blood as a guide, it needs to be gently heated to extract the wild essence contained within."

As the water temperature inside the tank gradually rises, the surface of the heart begins to contract, and a blood mist-like aura carrying the smell of rust rises up.

Chen Yongqiang stared at the changes inside the pottery jar, and when the blood color became even, he knew that the time was right.

He quickly used bamboo tongs to remove the heart and placed it on a nearby bluestone. The heart's color had darkened considerably by now.

The next step was to process the two medicinal herbs. He first picked up the century-old ginseng, and a fresh and rich ginseng fragrance spread out, even overpowering the fishy smell of the wild boar's heart.

He put the ginseng into the medicinal liquid in the earthenware jar. As soon as the ginseng entered the water, the amber-red medicinal liquid seemed to be infused with life.

Next was the century-old Ganoderma lucidum. He used his hunting knife to scrape off a thin layer of purplish-brown Ganoderma powder along the edge of the cap, as fine as dust, which fell into the medicinal liquid.

The moment the Ganoderma powder was added, the originally mild medicinal liquid seemed to be awakened, and began to slowly rotate on its own. The two blended together, forming a unique medicinal fragrance that invigorated the spirit.

Following the order on the prescription, Chen Yongqiang added several auxiliary medicines, and the liquid in the ceramic jar slowly became viscous.

Chen Yongqiang knew that the most crucial moment had arrived. He used a prepared hardwood branch to insert into the liquid medicine and began to stir it slowly and evenly in one direction.

At first, it was very difficult, and the liquid was as thick as honey. After an unknown amount of time, the thick liquid began to shrink and condense inward under continuous and uniform stirring, and its luster became more subtle.

Finally, all that could be seen at the end of the branch was a dark red pill the size of a pigeon egg.

The surface of the pill was not very smooth, but had a fine texture like natural stone patterns. However, it was perfectly round and there was no sign of any medicine flowing out.

Chen Yongqiang took out the still-warm body-tempering pill and placed it in the porcelain bowl that had been prepared beforehand.

"It's done!"

Although the refining process does not involve any earth-shattering manipulation of spiritual energy, it is extremely mentally taxing.

Controlling every step requires precision to the point of being almost instinctive, leaving no room for error.

This is the limit that mortal skills can achieve, relying only on the properties of the elixir itself and the faint spirituality of the spring within this space.

Looking at the dark red pill, Chen Yongqiang muttered to himself, "Is this the Body Tempering Pill?"

He knew that the real test would come next: taking the elixir to temper his body.

Chen Yongqiang sat cross-legged beside the spiritual spring, holding the dark red body-tempering pill in his palm.

"Stepping onto the path of immortality is the dream of many, and I never expected to have such an opportunity after my rebirth."

Without further hesitation, he put the Body Tempering Pill into his mouth.

The pill did not dissolve immediately upon entering his mouth; it slid into his stomach as he swallowed.

After a few breaths, the warmth suddenly turned scorching, as if a mass of magma was bursting inside his abdomen.

Chen Yongqiang groaned, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans instantly appeared on his forehead. His skin quickly turned red, and wisps of white steam rose from it.

The excruciating pain surged in waves, almost overwhelming his senses.

[Host detected to have taken Body Tempering Pill; physical body at risk of collapse. Mountain God's Protection Triggered]