Better Be Reincarnated Well in Your Next Life, Don't Cultivate Immortality!

Their eyes met; it was a stranger.

The Fireball in Chen Ze's hand was already hurtling toward the man.

Caught off guard, the Fireball slammed solidly into the man's abdomen.

With a "bang," the man was sent flying, crashing into the wall as the glow of the Fireball illuminated his figure.

Seeing his opening, Chen Ze pressed his advantage, leaping off the bed in a flash to charge at the man.

A second Fireball was already prepared in his hand.

Regardless of the man's current state, Chen Ze reached him and slammed three consecutive Fireballs into his body.

After the three Fireballs landed, the opponent didn't seem to have any movement left.

Chen Ze held another Fireball in his hand, remaining on guard.

The light of the Fireball illuminated the Shadow Figure; he was dead as a doornail.

There was a charred, gaping hole in his abdomen, and his body was scorched black.

Confirming the opponent was dead, Chen Ze brought the Fireball closer to the man's face.

It was indeed someone he had never seen before, though his cultivation level should have been higher than Chen Ze's.

Could it be that person from earlier today?

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

Chen Ze rummaged through the man's belongings; there was no Storage Bag, only 5 Spirit Stones—he was even poorer than Chen Ze.

Aside from that, there was a Short Blade by the man's hand.

Chen Ze pocketed the 5 Spirit Stones and picked up the Short Blade.

He took a look: it was a Low-grade Yellow Tier Magic Artifact.

Magic Artifacts were divided into Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow tiers, each further split into supreme, high, middle, and low grades.

"Not bad, at least it's a Magic Artifact."

After stowing the Short Blade, Chen Ze looked at the man again. "What a pity. Better be reincarnated well in your next life! Don't cultivate immortality."

With that, Chen Ze tossed the Fireball in his hand onto the man to destroy the evidence.

Chen Ze's theory was that this person was just someone who grew greedy at the sight of wealth.

He likely saw him selling goods at the shop and, knowing he had Spirit Stones, decided to come and rob him.

"It's still not safe here; I need to make money and move as soon as possible."

The corpse had been disposed of. Chen Ze noticed the man had pried the door open to get in, so he hurried to lock it properly.

After what had just happened, Chen Ze couldn't sleep. He felt a sense of urgency—he had to raise his cultivation level as quickly as possible.

If not for his upgraded Ignition Art, the one lying on the floor might have been him.

Unable to sleep, Chen Ze began to cultivate once more.

Outside Chen Ze's home, in the darkness of a rented room, the subordinate Shopkeeper Tong had arranged to monitor Chen Ze had only just arrived.

Subordinates were human, too, and they needed rest; besides, as long as Chen Ze was still there, his mission was considered complete.

The fact that he had come to check in the middle of the night was already considered diligent work.

There was one day left before the surveillance mission was over. He didn't understand why Shopkeeper Tong had to make things so complicated.

A piece of trash at the Qi Refining Second Layer—he could have just knocked him out and dragged him away. Why give him a final deadline?

It was a waste of the time he could have spent in the arms of a lover.

A day of cultivation passed quickly.

Today was the final deadline agreed upon with Shopkeeper Tong. Chen Ze woke up in the morning and practiced the Xuantian Record once to ensure his Dantian was filled with Spiritual Energy.

Everything ready, Chen Ze left his room and locked the door.

He didn't intend to wait for Shopkeeper Tong to come looking for him; he decided to go and repay the Spirit Stones early, considering it a weight off his mind.

Moreover, he planned to take the opportunity to see if he could pick up some cheap spirit herbs, or perhaps even Spirit Herb Seeds.

After killing the thief yesterday, he had gained 5 Spirit Stones, and with the 200 catties of Spirit Rice he had in reserve, buying some cheap spirit herbs shouldn't be a problem.

Not long after, Chen Ze arrived at Tongfu Restaurant. "Hmm, this place feels very familiar. It seems I came here quite often in the past."

Glancing at the sign for Tongfu Restaurant, Chen Ze walked straight in. It was still early, not yet time for meals, and there were no customers in the shop.

The Waiter saw a customer walk in and immediately came up to greet him.

Upon seeing who it was, the Waiter, who had been all smiles, immediately changed his expression.

"Do you even have money to drink? You dare to come back?"

Chen Ze glanced at the Waiter, feeling puzzled. Since when does a mortal dare to speak to a cultivator like this? The original owner really lived a pathetic life.

Chen Ze didn't care about the Waiter's sarcasm—he was just a dog acting on his master's authority—so he asked directly, "Is Shopkeeper Tong in? I'm here to pay back the money."

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

"I'm looking for Shopkeeper Tong."

The waiter confirmed he hadn't misheard, but still looked down on Chen Ze, the drunkard, and said unhurriedly, "Wait here."

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

A moment later, Shopkeeper Tong and the waiter walked out from the backyard.

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

Although he had already made up his mind, Shopkeeper Tong resumed his usual demeanor upon seeing Chen Ze.

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

"I owed you Spirit Stones, so I felt uneasy about it. Besides, you gave me time to scrape them together, so naturally, I couldn't go back on my word," Chen Ze replied to Shopkeeper Tong with a smile as well.

He then took 10 Spirit Stones from his bosom and handed them to Shopkeeper Tong.

"These are the 10 Spirit Stones. Thank you."

Shopkeeper Tong smiled as he took the Spirit Stones, "Good, I've received the stones. It's still early, would you like to have a couple of drinks?"

"No thanks, I've quit," Chen Ze said with a smile.

"Quit?" Shopkeeper Tong didn't believe that a drunkard could actually quit drinking.

Chen Ze nodded and said with a smile, "I really have. Well, Shopkeeper Tong, you go ahead and get back to work; I'll be heading off now."

With that, Chen Ze turned and left Tongfu Restaurant, a place he would never return to again.

Watching Chen Ze leave, the smile on Shopkeeper Tong's face vanished, replaced by a flash of gloom.

Before long, Chen Ze had walked far away, and the subordinate who had been tailing him walked into Tongfu Restaurant, "Shopkeeper, are we just going to let him walk away like that?"

"Heh, it's broad daylight, what are you thinking? The City Lord's Mansion's patrol team is still out there.

He's just a drunkard; he won't be able to run. Keep monitoring him, find an opportunity to grab him, and send him straight to the mine."

"Understood."

After saying this, Shopkeeper Tong's subordinate faded back into the shadows.

"Did he think everything would be fine just by repaying the Spirit Stones? None of the miners I've set my sights on have ever managed to escape. Go ahead and work yourself to the bone mining for me."

Having repaid the Spirit Stones, Chen Ze strolled through the market, feeling lighthearted.

He couldn't afford the shops, but he could still browse the stalls set up by the rogue cultivators along the roadside.

After a lap, he found that the spirit herbs were still too expensive; they started at 10 Spirit Stones each, which he couldn't afford.

There was no help for it; no one bothered to pick herbs that hadn't matured, mainly because they had no medicinal value, so no one sold them either.

However, Chen Ze had come with the goal of hunting for treasures.

He eventually found a stall selling Spirit Herb Seeds.

These Spirit Herb Seeds were sold quite cheaply; for the price of 1 Spirit Stone, Chen Ze managed to buy ten different types of seeds.

The rogue cultivator selling the seeds introduced each one to Chen Ze, but unfortunately, Chen Ze had too little experience to tell if the man was telling the truth.

However, Chen Ze could sense a faint layer of spiritual energy surrounding each seed, so even if they weren't what the rogue cultivator claimed, they were undoubtedly spirit herbs.

The Spirit Field inside the Myriad Things Space had time acceleration, so the specific variety of the seeds didn't matter, as long as he could grow spirit herbs from them.

In any case, he still had enough Spirit Rice Seeds left; selling the Spirit Rice slowly to scrape together 100 Spirit Stones would only take 50 days.

It worked out well; he didn't have to worry about food or drink for now, so he should focus on improving his strength. It would be no problem at all to break through a level of cultivation in 50 days.