When it comes to cultivating immortality, it naturally starts with upgrading the herb garden.

Ordinary herb seeds cost one spirit stone each, but Song Chen only bought seven with his twenty spirit stones.

There was no particular reason; he simply bought "potential stocks" with a higher probability of transformation.

Once it transforms into a spirit herb, its value is at least ten spirit stones or more. Even if it doesn't transform, it can still be sold for four spirit stones after it matures normally.

This doesn't even take into account the possibility of it producing seeds; if we did, it probably wouldn't take long to break even.

Not to mention, with this system, the probability of transformation will be further increased, and the benefits will be very considerable.

If they all transformed into spiritual herbs... Song Chen felt a surge of warmth in his heart at the thought.

As soon as he got home, he saw Zhou Ming and Jiang Wan chatting animatedly.

Jiang Wan is Song Chen's neighbor on the other side. His wife is named Zhou Hua, and the two have an only son named Jiang Shuyan.

Seeing Song Chen return, Jiang Wan beckoned and pulled him into the crowd: "Kid, I have a great opportunity here, do you want it?"

"..." Song Chen remained silent. Another damn opportunity?

Last month, I managed to create a cave dwelling for someone at the peak of Qi Refining. What is it this time?

Zhou Ming grinned, his eyes filled with greed, and said:

"I've received word that a demonic inheritance has appeared at Guanshi Peak, said to have been left by a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator. No one else has discovered it yet, so we can seize the initiative if we go there."

"Originally, I shouldn't have taken you along because of your low cultivation level, but seeing how difficult your family situation is, I'm kindly taking you along so you can also make some money!"

"You'll just follow behind, and you'll still get 10% of the profits, how about that?"

The path of demonic inheritance is unlike that of the righteous path; it is often accompanied by great danger, and a slight misstep can lead to certain death.

Moreover, Zhou Ming is only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and Jiang Wan and his wife are only at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Where did you get the courage to regard the late-stage Qi Refining demonic inheritance as an opportunity?

Why call for another one when you're already being sent to your death?

Interesting... Song Chen's eyes flickered:

"I'm only at the early stage of Qi Refining, I'm afraid of dying, forget it."

"Oh dear! How can you say that?" Jiang Wan advised. "Who knows, we might just find a treasure! This is a secret inheritance that no one has discovered before! There might be some good stuff inside!"

Zhou Hua chimed in, "Yes! And we've already agreed that we won't delve into the inner workings of the inheritance; we'll just wander around outside and try our luck."

Zhou Ming patted Song Chen on the shoulder and pulled the other two closer:

"Kid, to tell you the truth, our purpose in going there wasn't to inherit the legacy, but to find the person who came to inherit it, so we could ambush them beforehand."

"That inheritance has a special beam of light that shoots straight up into the sky. It won't be long before countless people come. Not just Huanbei, but also Xueluo City, Wanjing City, and Hehuanfang next door. They will come sooner or later, and I don't know how many people will die then."

"We just wanted to take advantage of Guanshiding's proximity to here, like a water tower where you get the moon first."

"Without someone at the late stage of Qi Refining, who would dare to actually go in?"

Guanshiding is a hillside whose top has been cut off. It is indeed close to Duanya Island, just two adjacent islands apart.

Song Chen's expression changed slightly after hearing this, looking somewhat tempted. After hesitating for a moment, he said:

"Forget it, I'm still a coward. My only magic is fire control for alchemy, and I'm not good at fighting. Forget it."

Zhou Ming still had a smile on his face, as if he had him completely under his thumb: "So, what about the rent?"

"No need for Uncle Zhou to worry about that, my master has already paid for it for me."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ming's smile froze.

master?

Before Zhou Ming could react, Song Chen had already turned and gone back into the house.

Song Chen never thought of joining them. He could improve his cultivation level entirely through his own perseverance and hard work. Why would he take such a huge risk to compete with these ordinary people?

Outside.

Zhou Ming and Jiang Wan glanced at Song Chen's courtyard gate, and Zhou Hua asked, "What do we do now that we haven't managed to fool them?"

Jiang Wan curled his lip in disdain, saying, "Losing one Qi Refining level two cultivator doesn't matter. How many coins does Song Chen have anyway?"

"We'll go with Uncle Zhou tomorrow. Three mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators shouldn't be too much for the other cultivators, right?"

Zhou Hua gritted her teeth and made up her mind: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Zhou Ming's expression returned, a smile reappeared, and he looked at the two of them, saying, "Since it's decided, let's set off first thing tomorrow morning!"

"it is good."

Once inside, Song Chen was unaware of the three's plans. He returned to the backyard, dug seven trenches in the medicinal herb field, placed seven seeds inside, and also tended to the herbs that had been neglected for a long time.

Unlike spiritual herbs, medicinal herbs cannot grow indefinitely. Once a medicinal herb has completed one growth cycle, it is considered mature.

If they are not removed in time, they will rot in the soil, ruining soil fertility and wasting a piece of land. They must be cleaned up in time.

During the tidying process, Song Chen found many herbs that could be picked and cleaned. Almost all of these herbs had produced seeds, some with two or three, others with none or only one.

"Twelve more herb seeds, but unfortunately they are all seeds from inferior herbs and can't be sold."

Inferior herbs cannot be sold on the market and can only be used to refine low-grade pills. This is why Song Chen had a house full of herbs but still owed rent.

In addition, herbs, regardless of their quality, will produce seeds as long as they grow normally, regardless of the environment. However, spiritual herbs only have a certain probability of producing seeds in environments with extremely rich spiritual energy.

This is also the main reason why spiritual herbs are scarce in the cultivation world.

Currently, there are 21 inferior medicinal herbs in the backyard herb garden, 7 herb seeds with a higher probability of transforming into spiritual herbs, and 12 inferior herb seeds.

Recalling my past life's knowledge of statistics and probability, I imagine this medicinal field will soon be entirely transformed into spiritual herbs, right?

Then, Song Chen walked into the dilapidated house, down the corridor to the innermost part, where there was an unremarkable wall. Pushing open the rotating wall, he came to a secret room, which was his family's alchemy room.

The first thing that catches the eye is a four-cornered alchemy furnace, surrounded by square drawers and storage compartments filled with inferior herbs.

The corners of the alchemy furnace connect with the earth's energy. The more corners there are, the more earth energy can be attracted, and the higher the probability of successfully forming an elixir.

This four-cornered alchemy furnace is the cheapest and most useless of all alchemy furnaces. It cannot even support the refining of many first-grade pills, so it only costs ten spirit stones.

Song Chen looked up and saw a row of small characters appear above the alchemy furnace.

[Alchemy Room lv1 (Activated)]

"It's getting late, and there are no problems in the alchemy room, so let's call it a day."

Before reaching the peak of Qi Refining, cultivators cannot abstain from grains and all need to eat.

Song Chen didn't have a single spirit stone on him, so it was impossible for him to go out and eat spirit rice. He also didn't have any grains at home, so he could only make soup with inferior herbs to fill his stomach.

Tasting the lingering bitterness in his mouth, lying on the small bed in the drafty house, he felt incredibly at peace and full of hope.

He is currently only at the second level of Qi Refining, a pseudo-spiritual root cultivator with a fifth-level spiritual root.

Among the five types of spiritual roots, the fire element spiritual root has the strongest spiritual energy, making it suitable for alchemy.

When talking about pseudo-spiritual roots, it's hard not to think of cultivators with single or different spiritual roots. These people don't appear in Huanbei; they have long been taken in by the Lower Sword Sect and nurtured as foundational members.

However, there's nothing to envy. At least Song Chen has a complete spiritual root, unlike some cultivators with damaged spiritual roots... those are truly useless.

The cultivation technique he is currently practicing is called the "Three Thousand Crimson Fire Technique".

Fire-based cultivation techniques are not common and are quite effective. After practicing them, one becomes more adept at controlling fire-attribute spiritual energy, making it easier to refine pills. The power of fire-attribute spells is also increased by about 10%. It is considered a mid-grade Qi cultivation technique and was given to me by my cheap master, Feng Sancai.

From this perspective, Feng Sancai actually cared deeply about his predecessor.

Unfortunately, he knows very few spells, only a mid-grade fire control spell with a slight destructive power, which he is not yet proficient in using. Apart from fireballs, he cannot condense other shapes.

Moreover, his cultivation level was too low to release the fire control technique many times. He could only use it four or five times before the spiritual energy in his dantian was exhausted.

To recover, without spirit stones, relying on the pseudo-spiritual root's extremely high recovery ability, it would take another day.

Ultimately, it was because the pressure was too great before, and there was simply no time to cultivate.

Next, Song Chen only needs to use the function of the alchemy room and the large number of inferior herbs in his home to refine a large number of ordinary pills and sell them to make a profit.

Then use the money you earn to buy seeds that can transform, grow spiritual herbs, and sell them. In the long run, life will definitely get better!

As he pondered, his eyelids drooped, and he drifted off to sleep.

In a secluded corner, under a bright moon and sparse stars, a few rays of moonlight shone through a corner of a dilapidated house, illuminating Song Chen's handsome sleeping face.

......

The next morning.

Song Chen stretched and went straight to the herb garden in the backyard as soon as he got out of bed.

The breeze was blocked by the wall, allowing only a wisp of air to drift in. The sunlight wasn't too harsh, just enough to clearly see the various plants in the herb field.

He stared wide-eyed at the medicinal herb field, where a faint blue hue was hidden, along with a barely perceptible hint of purple.