The starry night was brilliant.
Nameless came down from the mountain with a basket on his back. He had gathered a large amount of herbs and was preparing to refine immortal pills.
All right.
They were not really immortal pills, but Body-Strengthening Pills.
On this level, his greatest advantage was identifying herbs. Even if he did not know an herb's name, he could still determine its effects. That way, based on some formulas from his memories, he could refine pills with similar effects.
Originally, he had not wanted to come down the mountain, but he had found no food up there. So he simply came down, planning to eat while refining pills.
He had considered striking first—killing that old man, then slaughtering everyone in the village before slowly studying A-Sheng's mother. But he was not sure whether he was strong enough to suppress the villagers. If Wang Zong was also in the village, he would most likely be unable to defeat him.
Therefore, the key to breaking the deadlock was pill refinement—take medicine and grow stronger!
He returned to the village. Every household was already asleep. Back in his own house, he glanced at his mother, who was still unconscious, then immediately took out the various herbs and estimated their quantities after identifying them one by one.
Although no lamp was lit in the room, he could distinguish the medicinal properties of different herbs by their scent. He soon finished matching them together.
He took out a stone mortar and pestle, mashed the herbs one by one, then put them into his mouth and chewed them carefully. Next, he spat them out and rolled them into little balls.
Then he went outside and lit a fire to cook. He steamed a piece of cured meat over the rice while placing