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

"I am Aunt Jiang. The situation has changed. After you return, please go to the mountaintop east of Wanjing City on the night of the full moon this month."

It happened to be night.

Song Chen glanced at the words and looked up.

The sky was empty.

The cycle repeats every month. If you went out for a full glow night half a month ago, the next full glow night will be half a month from now.

The time was just right, not too much, not too little, barely enough for recuperation.

Song Chen put away the sign on the courtyard gate, closed the door, burned the letter completely, and reopened the system building function.

Then I tidied up the items from the medicinal herb field and the fertilizer and real estate.

Seeing that it was almost ready, he took out a wooden bucket without saying a word, poured in his essence blood, and sat down inside to begin cultivating.

It was still that Qi Refining Peak stage essence blood.

Compared to taking pills that require three days of meditation, cultivating through blood baths in one's spare time is obviously more controllable.

After a few buckets, Song Chen's body became crystal clear, his blood-red light soared into the sky, and the spiritual liquid in his dantian increased by more than twenty, bringing him closer and closer to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

In the past, after a few buckets, my meridians should have been overwhelmed, but this time there was no abnormality. Perhaps I can increase the dosage?

Song Chen examined his physical body and found that his meridians were indeed undamaged. He then poured the essence blood of a peak Qi Refining cultivator into the bucket.

This continued until the sun was high in the sky, and after consuming 30,000 taels of essence and blood, the meridians finally felt the familiar saturation.

If you can no longer improve your cultivation, then hone your spells and increase your strength!

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Song Chen held a cold-colored longsword and swung it wildly.

As it swings, long, black needles surround it, offering both offensive and defensive capabilities. Paired with wind boots, this adds an air of unpredictability to its movements.

Nothing else is wrong, except that the Soul-Stealing Needle is a little strange to control.

Song Chen felt as if the needle was detached from his mind and he couldn't handle it properly.

He guessed it was most likely caused by the loss of his soul, and thought helplessly:

"Soul-snatching needles, soul-snatching needles, ostensibly for stealing souls, but in reality for stealing lives. If only they could also steal souls like the Soul Seal!"

Song Chen shook his head, stopped fantasizing, put away the magical artifact, and began to concentrate on cultivating his magic.

His gaze was sharp as he looked at an open space twenty meters away, quietly channeling his spiritual energy from his dantian to his fingertips.

Suddenly, his right palm trembled, and two fingers extended upwards.

Instantly, three balls of fire rose from the ground, each shaped like a giant thumb, their path engulfed in flames, a truly terrifying sight.

The cultivation of "Earth Fire Finger" has advanced further. At most, there are ten, and three can be summoned. Each one is incredibly powerful and can strike unexpectedly.

"Now, for offense, I possess the Soul-Stealing Frost Blade and the Earth Fire Finger; for escape, I have the Shadow Step Wind Boots and the Escape Boat; and I can cultivate the 'Crimson Rainbow Wanderer,' a high-grade technique for the late-stage Qi Refining realm, which adds another powerful spell to my escape abilities."

"However, their defensive capabilities are extremely limited, consisting of only a fire shield spell, a protective robe, and a single-direction defensive canopy, making them noticeably meager."

Thinking of this, Song Chen probed his storage bag with his consciousness, intending to find a defensive spell to cultivate.

Among the dazzling array of storage bags, there were only three defensive spells, with grades of low, medium, and high respectively.

Unless he uses a blood bath, Song Chen cannot cultivate the superior grade on his own at present, so he can only focus on the middle grade.

This mid-grade spell is called "Blood Wall Technique," which can transform blood into a shield that surrounds the body, greatly weakening external attacks.

The advantage is that it consumes less spiritual energy.

Its weaknesses include limited defensive capabilities and the fact that it obstructs one's own vision when defending, making it a defensive type that relies on hiding and not attacking.

After pondering for a moment, Song Chen decided to start practicing this spell.

Unexpectedly, this method was extremely easy to learn; I mastered it in just one hour and became proficient in three hours.

"It must be the Blood Spirit Root unleashing its power!" Song Chen thought to himself.

"Thump, thump, thump..."

Someone knocked on the door; the aura was somewhat familiar and outwardly perceptible, indicating a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

Song Chen opened the door and saw a face covered in pockmarks; it was Luo Feng, the cultivator who had joined the Zhang family with him.

He lived next door, so he was a neighbor.

Upon seeing Song Chen, Luo Feng pursed his lips, cupped his hands, and said:

"My name is Luo Feng. I didn't bother you a few days ago because I didn't see Brother Qian. I just happened to be passing by today and thought I'd drop by to see you."

After exchanging pleasantries, the two finished their conversation.

But Luo Feng did not leave; his expression changed, as if he had something important to do.

Song Chen asked directly, "Brother Luo, is there anything important? If not, I'll go back to my room to cultivate."

"Wait! I do have something important to discuss. Brother Qian, are you also a pseudo-spiritual root?"

"Yes." Song Chen lied without batting an eye.

Luo Feng breathed a sigh of relief, his expression softening somewhat:

"Brother Qian naturally understands the difficulty of breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining with a pseudo-spiritual root."

"We are not as good as those prodigies who can break through to the later stages of the Heavenly Tribe with ease, but we are stronger than those with remnant spiritual roots. Being stuck in the middle is very painful."

Song Chen remained silent, already having some guesses about Luo Feng's purpose in coming.

As if certain, Luo Feng asked, "You must also face the situation where spiritual energy is absorbed into your dantian and then completely drained away in an instant, right?"

Song Chen nodded.

Seeing this, Luo Feng's lips curled into a smile, thinking to himself, "Just as I thought!"

"I have a plan to resolve this calamity! I wonder if Brother Qian would be interested?"

"I'd like to hear the details." Song Chen's eyes lit up.

Luo Feng, beaming with pride, asked, "Brother Qian, have you heard of the Spirit Sea Stone and the Pill Stone?"

Song Chen asked in confusion, "Oh? What is this?"

Luo Feng began to explain.

It turns out that this Spirit Sea Stone can accumulate spiritual energy, helping cultivators to directly form a Spirit Sea in their dantian and break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

However, since the spiritual sea was forcibly stuffed into the dantian by the spiritual sea stone, it was naturally unstable and extremely easy to lose.

At this point, use a second-grade elixir to stabilize it, petrify the spiritual sea and dantian for a day, and then use spiritual energy to break through it with all your might, and it will be stabilized.

Luo Feng's purpose in this trip was to invite Song Chen to the inheritance of a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator that appeared on Winter Island, so that they could search for the Spirit Sea Stone together.

As for Dan Shi Dan, it is sold in various pharmacies and can be purchased afterward.

Song Chen politely declined.

"Why? Brother Qian, are you willing to stop here and become a servant of the Zhang family next year?"

Luo Feng looked puzzled and became anxious.

"No, the inheritance is dangerous. How will we protect ourselves if we encounter danger?"

"Being unable to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining is a minor matter. At worst, I can enjoy my life, which is better than dying tragically and losing my inheritance."

Song Chen spoke earnestly, as if he were sincerely advising him.

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng thought Song Chen was cowardly and gritted his teeth, saying:

"Since Brother Qian is unwilling, I will go alone. If we cultivators were all like you, clinging to life and afraid of death, how could we attain the Great Dao?"

"Without resources, qualifications, or connections, and if you don't work hard, what makes you think you have a future?"

Song Chen wasn't annoyed and just listened.

Seeing that Song Chen remained unmoved, Luo Feng turned and left in frustration.

Watching Luo Feng's retreating figure, Song Chen sneered inwardly: 'I have no bottlenecks, why should I take such risks like you?'

"Moreover, this method has significant drawbacks. Just the single pill it contains will greatly weaken the foundation of the dantian, making it impossible to reach the eighth level of Qi Refining."

Not to mention whether the dantian meridians can withstand the pressure of that vast spiritual sea.

Song Chen closed the door and swaggered back into the house.

He knew the right way to break through.

After all, Feng Sancai, with his incomplete spiritual root, had a wider range of methods for breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining, and it was much more difficult than breaking through with a pseudo-spiritual root.

But what does all this have to do with Song Chen?

Having possessed a blood spirit root, he naturally had no such worries.

"What do I care about other people's lives or deaths?"

Song Chen shook his head. Just as his meridians felt a little more comfortable, he took out a bucket of essence blood and put it into it, feeling quite at ease!