As night fell, on a certain street in Greenwood City, Gu Heng and another person sat around a table, drinking and chatting merrily. Their hearty ughter occasionally drew the attention of passersby.

  Gu Heng looked at the money pouch pushed in front of him. Without opening it, just by weighing it in his hand, he khat Brother Wu had definitely given him more than enough.

  "Oh, this is too much."

  "Du, don't refuse. You've taken such good care of everyone. If I give you too little, never mind others, my wife would beat me with her shoe when I get home!"

  "In that case... alright, thank you, Brother Wu!"

  "Haha, Du, you're a straightforerso's not talk about money anymore. e, let's drink a!"

  "Alright! Let's do it!"

  Gu Heng was in high spirits, having finally sold his Medie Hall after spending some time on it. This Brother Wu was a well-known local ty, never short on silver when buying medie from Gu Heng. Tonight, he had spent a hefty sum to buy Gu Heng's Medie Hall, naturally making Gu Heng overjoyed.

  Since he was eaining his beor, he couldn't refuse his hospitality, so he drank along. Although this wine was sidered top-notch by ordinary people, Gu Heng found it bnd and not intoxig.

  Of course, Gu Heng kindly reminded Brother Wu that Greenwood City would soon be in chaos aioned his iion to leave. However, Brother Wu didn't seem to care much. He was a mert, well-traveled and knowledgeable, and though an ordinary persoen hired cultivators.

  To him, cultivators were just like that.

  Although Gu Heng admired Brother Wu's ce, he still couldn't shake his desire to leave.

  After several rounds of drinks, the two parted ways a home. Gu Heng pushed open the door of the Medie Hall, where Little Xi was lying on a nearby wicker chair, eyes half-closed. He couldn't tell if the cat was tired or sleepy.

  He petted Little Xi's fur and began pag his things.

  Gu Heng searched through every drawer in the medie et, st the herbs in the "System Backpack."

  This System wasirely useless. Although it only allowed Gu Heng to practice "skills" that couldn't earn money and were uo cultivation, it had other funs. For example, the "System Backpack"—Gu Heng still hadn't figured out how much it could hold, but it was certainly vast.

  It was akin to the "Mysteri" used by cultivators, but Gu Heng couldn't afford such expereasures, nor did he hem.

  After a short while, Gu Heng took out some herbs he po use up and pced them oable.

  There weren't many herbs left, so he decided not to take them. He would use them to brew a medial soup ter.

  Just as Gu Heng was about to head to the ba to pack more things, he paused at the door, then turned back to the table where he dispensed medie and pried open a stone block to retrieve a book from underh.

  The book was old, like an a artifact, but not damaged. The cover was intact, though covered in dust.

  "The Grand Medie pendium."

  This book was a gift from the System after Gu Heng's "medical skills" reached a "masterful" level.

  The name was grand and mysterious, but after flipping through the not-so-thick book, Gu Heng found its tent uo its title.

  Because the book taught how to refine medie, and the names of the herbs inside... Gu Heng pared them with those in the System mall, and then—

  They were the same!

  All that mystery, and it was just something that matched the System mall. If he showed this book to u Heng was sure they wouldn't uand it, or even if they did, they wouldn't take it seriously.

  Gu Heng used to chat with other ordinary doctors in Greenwood City, but he soon stopped. His herbs all came from the System mall, while athered theirs from the mountains or bought them from elsewhere, with pletely different names!

  But following the instrus in "The Grand Medie pendium" and using herbs from the System mall, Gu Heng could refine medie and cure illnesses. Yet, from herbs to refinihods, others were entirely different from him... or rather, only he was the "odd o."

  Gu Heng worried that if his "odd" method of refining medie was discovered, people would accuse him of being a quack doctor, causing harm, which would be a big problem.

  "Sigh, I'm tired of flipping through it. It's useless to keep, but... well, it's a uem, so I'll hold onto it."

  Gu Heng muttered to himself, tossing the book oable.

  He had memorized the book's tent, but he couldn't bring himself to throw it away.

  Because such a System gift was one of a kind. If he discarded it, it would be gone forever. Gu Heng valued such items, even if they were worthless to others. Sihe Grand Medie pendium" was the only one in the world, it was worth keeping.

  The System had given him other things, but Gu Heng hadn't paid much attention to them.

  "Let's keep pag. It's getting te, and I o leave early tomorrow..."

  Gu Heng grumbled, heading to the ba.

  The ba and the small courtyard had a lot of things, which would take quite a while to pack.

  "...Hmm?"

  Su Jinxi looked at the book tossed oable, her cat eyes narrowing. She slowly jumped down from the wicker chair, her short legs pushing off as she leaped onto the table.

  o her were several herbs, exuding a rich spiritual aura. With a gnce, she reized them.

  "Tsk, Seniu really doesn't care about these things."

  The Hundred Spirit Sacred Fruit could repair damaged souls, a treasure sought by all the world's strong, as it could prevent the soul from shatteriremely rare.

  The Dragon Cw Flower, a body-refining item, could grant cultivators the temporary pohysique of a dragon after being made into a pill.

  There were other herbs too, all extremely rare treasures of heaven ah.

  Su Jinxi was no longer surprised.

  Seniu's wealth far exceeded her imagination. She had once mahe Medie Pavilion of the King of Ten Thousand Demons, but the treasures there were not as abundant as those on Seniu's medie et.

  But what caught her attention was the book.

  Because the book emitted an unfathomable aura, a profound presence, as if it taihe ultimate truths of the universe!

  "The Grand Medie pendium..."

  "This... could it be real..."

  Judging by Seniu's attitude toward the book, he probably... wouldn't mind if she took a loht?

  Meow!

  Su Jinxi g the ba, which was quiet. She gently lifted her furry paw and slowly opehe cover.

  Then, in an instant, her cat eyes were engulfed by a blinding light!

  Bang!

  With a crisp sound, Su Jinxi was sent flying, crashing into the wall and sliding down.