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

After a long while, the woman opened the door and saw the things Song Chen had left behind. She opened them and gasped in surprise.

After reading the apology note, the woman's gaze grew even colder.

Her face was expressionless, her eyes darting around, no longer displaying the submissive woman she had been in front of men.

Then, looking around and seeing no one, she took the contents of the bamboo basket, put a jade bottle inside, and went back inside. She immediately shouted into the house:

"Husband! Come quick! What is this?"

Upon hearing this, the man hurriedly ran out and immediately saw the bamboo basket.

He didn't open it to check the contents, but stared at the bamboo basket and said in a deep voice:

"Yun'er! Don't touch it! It might have been left here by a villain!"

Upon hearing this, the woman, who was about to open the bamboo basket, immediately withdrew her hand, ran into the man's arms, and said sweetly:

"Thank goodness you reminded me in time, otherwise I fear I would have been in grave danger."

"This must have been left behind by number 17 South Alley! How despicable! Making noise so late at night is bad enough, but now they're trying to retaliate against us!"

The man's lips curled into a smug smile when he heard the first part, but his face darkened when he heard the second part.

Just then, another explosion occurred next door at Song Chen's place.

The man looked at number 17 South Alley and said, "Perhaps we threatened this man last night, and he harbors ill intentions, wanting to take revenge on us!"

"I'll go teach him a lesson right now!"

After saying that, the man put on a fierce expression and ran to Song Chen's door.

Hearing the knock, Song Chen ran out again: "Who is it?"

"Did you put those things by the door?"

"Yes! It's to make it up to you, last night I hugged you..."

"What a vicious person! I only came to ask you to keep your voice down, and you retaliate like this! I have to teach you a lesson today!"

The man actually activated a talisman, summoning a silver seal that he hurled at Song Chen.

Song Chenzhao's body was covered in a golden paper, and a rocket immediately pierced the man's thigh, without poisoning him.

"You've misunderstood! I put gifts in the bamboo basket."

The man was shocked. He hadn't expected Song Chen to be so powerful. He was a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining!

After Song Chen acquired Feng Sancai's memories, both his practical skills and experience were greatly enhanced.

Now, as long as it's not someone in the late stage of Qi Refining who can forcefully suppress him with their cultivation level, he can put up a fight.

"Okay! I misunderstood you!"

The man felt a sense of urgency and bowed slightly before heading towards his home.

At this moment, the woman at the door opened the jade bottle in the bamboo basket, and a purple aura emanated from it.

The next second, the woman's face was covered in green marks and she lost consciousness.

Seeing his wife like this, the man was instantly enraged. He felt a pang of grief and, disregarding his leg injury, immediately turned around and struck out with the golden seal.

"You hurt my beloved wife! Die!"

"This is a top-grade talisman! I bet you can handle it with ease!"

Upon seeing this, Song Chen was startled and exclaimed, "Oh no!"

Without further hesitation, he waved his hand, activated the Heavenly Thunder Talisman, and threw it out, instantly electrocuting the man amidst lightning and thunder.

Song Chen looked up at the golden seal, but his face was full of helplessness.

This golden seal talisman is considered extremely powerful among high-grade talismans. Even if Song Chen immediately affixed several high-grade golden body talismans, he might not be able to withstand it.

Song Chen could only avoid direct confrontation.

Instantaneous Movement Talisman!

Song Chen's figure disappeared, flashing several meters away, barely dodging the powerful blow.

The streets, which were at the center of the battle, were not so lucky.

The entire street was in a mess, with the golden seal talisman having created a huge crater that nearly destroyed the road.

Seeing that the effect of the golden seal talisman had ended, Song Chen returned to No. 17 South Alley.

The woman who should have been lying at her doorstep had disappeared without a trace after the golden seal was deactivated.

Upon seeing this, Song Chen understood the general situation and could only sigh at the unpredictability of human nature and the saying that beautiful women can bring disaster.

This golden seal talisman directly smashed the man's body and storage bag, leaving Song Chen with no spoils of war.

He shook his head, went back inside, and continued his research on the elixirs.

Because of the difficulty in replacing the pill with a superior one, Song Chen opted for a lower-quality pill as a second choice.

Needless to say, even for a fourth-grade alchemist like him, refining inferior pills is an extremely difficult task.

Fortunately, after several rounds of maneuvering, Song Chen still managed to obtain four inferior Cold Qi Pills and four inferior Crimson Qi Pills.

Replacing inferior pills with superior ones is much easier than replacing superior ones.

Firstly, inferior pills are not as potent as superior ones, making them easier to sense with spiritual energy.

Secondly, inferior pills contain impurities that need to be removed through regulation and cutting. By simply following the first step of the pill-setting technique, one can easily obtain a pill with half the medicinal power, thus saving the most difficult step of regulating the medicinal power.

Song Chen held his breath and focused his attention on the two pills in his palm.

Remove the impurities to one side of the pill, creating a clear dividing line, then cut the pill!

This step went smoothly, but for Tsuyoshi Oki, it was just the beginning.

Immediately afterwards, Song Chen racked his brains to exchange the two half pills.

The two pills, both half-finished, touched each other!

A flash of white light!

Song Chen thought he had failed again, so he quickly summoned his fire shield and took several steps back to try to block the impact.

However, the expected explosion did not occur.

Song Chen looked up in confusion and saw a transparent pill with intricate patterns and rich spiritual energy floating in mid-air.

He had a thought in his mind, but he didn't dare to be so sure so easily. Instead, he wanted to confirm it again and again.

The fragrance of the elixir wafts through the air, and one can sense the terrifying spiritual energy contained within it even from afar.

Song Chen was alarmed.

There was no other reason than that the fluctuations were far greater than those of a Grade 3 Spirit Gathering Pill.

After the two second-grade pills neutralized each other's medicinal power, the spiritual energy produced was actually higher than that of the third-grade Spirit Gathering Pill!

This was beyond Song Chen's expectations.

His initial plan was simply to obtain a brand-new Grade 2 pill, but now it seems that this pill is likely to be Grade 3 or higher.

Song Chen swallowed.

The cost of refining a second-grade pill might not even be enough to buy a single spiritual herb to refine a third-grade pill.

If this pill is truly a valuable Grade 3 pill...

Unexpected windfall!

Song Chen will make a fortune, and he will likely never lack resources for cultivation for the rest of his life.

He excitedly stepped forward and carefully examined the pill.

Song Chen couldn't understand the patterns on it.

Why are there patterns? Are the patterns layered or progressive?

"Shouldn't a typical Grade 3 pill be as clear and translucent as a Spirit Gathering Pill?"

Song Chen was completely baffled, but Feng Sancai's memories pointed out a terrifying possibility.

"Could it be... a fourth-grade pill?"

Pills only develop pill patterns starting from the fourth grade, and there are four types: no pill pattern, first-grade pill pattern, second-grade pill pattern, and third-grade pill pattern.

The more Dan patterns a pill has, the stronger its medicinal effect. With three Dan patterns, the medicinal effect increases by more than 50%. Moreover, starting from one Dan pattern, the pill is free of Dan poison and can be taken at will, just like the Qi Gathering and Spirit Gathering Pill.

Song Chen dared not think that way, and assumed it was just his imagination.

More important than these things is to examine the efficacy of the elixir.

"Trial rats, yes! I need to buy a few!"

Alchemists should not take pills with unknown effects casually, otherwise they might accidentally kill themselves, which would be a great injustice.

So the alchemists came up with a brilliant idea: to have demonic beasts taste the pills.

Not only can it solve the problem of alchemists being afraid to take pills, but it can also reveal the effects of the pills.

And this Trial Rat is the most popular and most useful type of monster.

Their bodies are sensitive, and any problems with the elixir will immediately manifest in their bodies.

Similarly, any benefits of the elixir will immediately manifest in the body.

Thinking of this, Song Chen prepared to go out, but he forcibly suppressed the thought as soon as it crossed his mind.

"With this kind of spiritual root and physique, going out will probably just bring a lot of trouble."

But he couldn't not buy the things, so Song Chen paced back and forth in front of the door, thinking hard, and then he thought of Fatty Dong.

"Instead of looking for other people, it's better to go to our old customers. Not only are they all in the South Alley, so we don't have to go to the bustling city center, but we also know them well, so it's both convenient and safe."

Thinking of this, Song Chen's lips curled up, and he immediately turned off the architectural effects and walked straight towards the edge of the South Lane residential area.