In Your Next Life, Be Born into a Better Family-Don't Cultivate Immortality!

Their eyes met. He was a stranger.

The fireball in Chen Ze's hand had already smashed toward the man.

With the prepared striking the unprepared, the fireball hit the man's abdomen squarely.

With a bang, the man was sent flying straight into the wall, the firelight illuminating his figure.

Seeing that his attack had landed, Chen Ze pressed his advantage. With a swish, he leaped off the bed and charged at the man.

A second fireball had long since been prepared in his hand.

Without caring about the man's condition, Chen Ze closed in and hurled three fireballs at him in rapid succession.

After the three fireballs struck, the other party did not seem to react at all.

Chen Ze held another fireball in his hand, ready to strike.

The fireball's glow illuminated the Shadow Figure. The Shadow Figure was dead beyond all doubt.

There was a charred hole in his abdomen, and his body had been burned black in patches.

After confirming that the man was dead, Chen Ze approached his face with the fireball in hand.

He truly was someone Chen Ze had never seen before, though his cultivation was likely higher than Chen Ze's.

"Could he be that person from daytime?"

After selling his Spirit Rice during the day, Chen Ze had felt someone watching him.

Chen Ze searched the man's body again. There was no Storage Bag, and he only had five Spirit Stones on him—he was even poorer than Chen Ze.

There was also a Short Blade by the man's hand.

Chen Ze pocketed the five Spirit Stones and picked up the Short Blade.

After examining it, he found it was a Low-grade Yellow Tier Magic Artifact.

Magic Artifacts were divided into four tiers: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Each tier was further divided into supreme, high, middle, and low grades.

"Not bad. At least it's a Magic Artifact."

After putting away the Short Blade, Chen Ze looked at the man again. "What a pity. In your next life, be born into a better family! Don't cultivate immortality."

As he spoke, Chen Ze tossed the fireball in his hand onto the man, destroying the corpse and erasing the evidence.

Chen Ze guessed that this man had simply been tempted by wealth.

He had probably seen Chen Ze sell things at a shop and known he had Spirit Stones, so he had come to rob him.

"This place still isn't safe. I need to make money and move out as soon as possible."

After dealing with the corpse, Chen Ze saw that the man had pried open the door to get in. He hurriedly locked it again.

After what had just happened, Chen Ze could no longer sleep. A sense of urgency welled up within him—he had to raise his cultivation as quickly as possible.

If not for the upgraded Ignition Art today, he might have been the one lying on the ground.

Unable to sleep, Chen Ze began cultivating again.

Outside Chen Ze's home, in the darkness of a rental room, the subordinate Shopkeeper Tong had assigned to watch Chen Ze had only just arrived.

The subordinate was human too and needed rest. Besides, as long as Chen Ze was still there, his mission would be considered complete.

The fact that he had come over in the dead of night to take a look already counted as doing his job properly.

There was only one day left before this surveillance mission would be complete. He also could not understand why Shopkeeper Tong had to make things so troublesome.

A piece of trash at the Qi Refining Second Layer could simply be knocked out and taken away. Why give him a final deadline at all?

It was wasting his time in the arms of soft fragrance.

A day of cultivation quickly passed.

Today was the final deadline Chen Ze had agreed upon with Shopkeeper Tong. After getting up in the morning, Chen Ze cultivated the Xuantian Record once, ensuring that his dantian was filled with Spiritual Energy.

Once everything was ready, Chen Ze left his room and locked the door.

He did not plan to wait for Shopkeeper Tong to come looking for him. He had decided to return the Spirit Stones in advance and settle this matter once and for all.

He also intended to take a look around while he was at it, to see whether he could find some cheap spirit herbs—or Spirit Herb Seeds would do as well.

After killing the thief yesterday, he had gained another five Spirit Stones. Together with the two hundred jin of Spirit Rice he had stored yesterday, buying some cheap spirit herbs should not be a problem.

Before long, Chen Ze arrived at Tongfu Restaurant. "Hmm, this place feels familiar. It seems the original owner came here quite often."

After glancing at Tongfu Restaurant's signboard, Chen Ze walked straight in. It was still early, not yet mealtime, and there were not many customers inside.

When the waiter saw a customer enter, he immediately came forward to greet him.

But once he recognized the newcomer, the waiter's welcoming smile instantly changed into a different expression.

"You got money to drink? And you dare come here?"

Chen Ze glanced at the waiter, puzzled. Since when did a mortal dare speak to an immortal cultivator like this? The original owner really had it rough.

Chen Ze did not care about the waiter's mockery. He was merely a dog borrowing the tiger's might. Chen Ze asked directly, "Is Shopkeeper Tong here? I'm here to repay my debt."

"Huh?" The waiter stared at Chen Ze in disbelief.

"I'm looking for Shopkeeper Tong."

After confirming that he had not misheard, the waiter still looked down on Chen Ze, the drunkard. He said unhurriedly, "Wait."

The waiter went to the back courtyard to call Shopkeeper Tong, while Chen Ze stood there waiting.

A moment later, Shopkeeper Tong and the waiter emerged from the back courtyard.

When the waiter called Shopkeeper Tong, he had already told him that Chen Ze had come to repay the Spirit Stones.

Although he had already made his plans, when he saw Chen Ze, Shopkeeper Tong still returned to his usual manner.

He greeted Chen Ze with a smile. "You're here. I didn't expect you to be quite trustworthy. You said five days, and it was five days."

"I owed you Spirit Stones, so I felt bad about it. Besides, you gave me time to gather them. Naturally, I couldn't go back on my word." Chen Ze replied with a smile as well.

Then he took ten Spirit Stones from his robes and held them out to Shopkeeper Tong.

"These are ten Spirit Stones. Thank you."

Shopkeeper Tong accepted the Spirit Stones with a smile. "Good, I'll take them. It's still early. Want to have a couple of drinks?"

"I won't be drinking. I quit." Chen Ze said with a smile.

"Quit?" Shopkeeper Tong did not believe that a drunkard could quit drinking.

Chen Ze nodded with a smile. "I really quit. Then please carry on with your business, Shopkeeper Tong. I'll be leaving first."

With that, Chen Ze turned and left Tongfu Restaurant. He would never come to this place again.

As he watched Chen Ze leave, a flash of gloom passed over Shopkeeper Tong's formerly smiling face.

Before long, Chen Ze had gone far away. The subordinate who had been watching Chen Ze entered Tongfu Restaurant. "Shopkeeper, are we really just letting him go?"

"Hehe, what are you thinking? It's broad daylight, and the City Lord's Mansion's Patrol Team is outside.

He's just a drunkard. He can't run. Keep watching him. Find a chance to capture him and send him straight to the Mine."

"Yes."

With that, Shopkeeper Tong's subordinate vanished back into the darkness.

"You think repaying the Spirit Stones means you're fine? None of the miners I've set my sights on have ever escaped. Go obediently sell your life digging in the mines."

Having repaid the Spirit Stones, Chen Ze wandered leisurely through the Market, feeling as light as if a great burden had been lifted.

He could not afford the goods in those shops, but he could still browse the stalls run by Rogue Cultivators along the roadside.

After making a round, he discovered that spirit herbs were still far too expensive. They started at ten Spirit Stones at the slightest turn, and he could not afford them.

There was no helping it. No one harvested spirit herbs that had not aged enough, because they had no medicinal value after being picked, so no one sold them either.

However, Chen Ze had come specifically to hunt for bargains.

He eventually found a stall selling Spirit Herb Seeds.

These Spirit Herb Seeds were quite cheap. For the price of one Spirit Stone, Chen Ze bought ten kinds of Spirit Herb Seeds.

The Rogue Cultivator selling the Spirit Herb Seeds introduced what kind of spirit herb each seed would grow into. Unfortunately, Chen Ze had too little knowledge to tell whether the Rogue Cultivator was telling the truth.

However, Chen Ze could sense a faint layer of Spiritual Energy lingering around every Spirit Herb Seed. Even if they were not what the Rogue Cultivator claimed, they were certainly spirit herbs.

The Spirit Field in the Myriad Things Space had time acceleration. The variety of seed did not matter; as long as it could grow spirit herbs, that was enough.

In any case, he had kept enough Spirit Rice Seeds. Slowly selling Spirit Rice to gather one hundred Spirit Stones would only take fifty days.

Perfect. Now that he did not need to worry about food or drink, he should focus on increasing his strength. Breaking through one cultivation level in fifty days would not be a problem at all.