I'm accumulating points in the cultivation world.

Old Li took Tang Doudou to the largest restaurant in the vicinity and ordered a private room.

"Order as much as you like! I'm in a good mood today!"

Tang Doudou took the menu and was immediately stunned. It contained meats from various spirit beasts that Tang Doudou had never heard of before.

Tang Doudou saw a few familiar dishes, ordered them, and then handed the menu to Old Li.

Old Li added a few more before letting the shopkeeper leave.

"Master, I've never heard of this dish before."

"The meat of these spirit beasts, after being processed, can improve one's cultivation level when eaten," Elder Li said with a smile. "You'll see when the dishes are served in a little while."

Before long, the dishes were served one after another. Tang Doudou looked at the dishes with curiosity. She noticed that the meat on the plate emitted a strange luster and faintly fluctuated with spiritual energy.

Elder Li placed a piece of meat into Tang Doudou's bowl. "Try this Crimson Flame Beast meat. It lived in a volcano before it was born, and its meat contains fire-attribute spiritual power, which will benefit you." Tang Doudou carefully took a bite, and instantly a surge of intense energy flowed into her body. She quickly circulated her cultivation technique to absorb it.

Next, they tasted the meat of other spirit beasts, each bringing a unique experience.

It was as if Tang Doudou had opened the door to a new world.

"Master? How much is this plate of meat?" Tang Doudou asked in confusion.

"About ten thousand spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, Tang Doudou felt as if the door to this new world had closed again!

It's so expensive, who can afford to eat it!

"I only come here occasionally for a meal!" Old Li said with a smile. "I had to make a reservation a long time ago to get this table."

Tang Doudou quickly ate a few more bites.

"When refining an eighth-grade pill to withstand the heavenly lightning, I seemed to sense a wisp of spiritual consciousness within it, like that of a newborn infant. I don't know if it was just my imagination. If it wasn't, then it means that ninth-grade or tenth-grade pills can definitely give birth to true spiritual consciousness, just like nature creating all things!" Elder Li exclaimed. "I wonder if you've heard your master mention this?"

Tang Doudou shook his head; the system hadn't told him about these things.

Elder Li sighed with some disappointment, then smiled and said, "I plan to refine it again at the Pill Pavilion in a few days, and invite the alchemists to observe and learn together. May I ask about the formula?"

"It's alright, Master definitely won't be angry."

"Could you invite him? I mean, I'd like to learn from him," Old Li asked cautiously.

"No, Master hasn't come down the mountain for many years. I asked him before, and he said he has social anxiety!"

"Social fear?"

"I'm just afraid of meeting strangers and having contact with people!" Tang Doudou quickly explained.

"Great people have always been somewhat different from others." Old Li sighed helplessly. "Since the great person is unwilling, then so be it!"

After finishing her meal, Tang Doudou decided to practice her alchemy skills. She had reached a bottleneck in her cultivation, so she decided to take advantage of this opportunity to refine some pills.

As soon as Tang Doudou returned to the alchemy room, a fiery red shadow darted out. Tang Doudou recognized it as the fire fox she had seen that day.

The fire fox nuzzled against Tang Doudou affectionately, and Tang Doudou smiled and handed it a piece of bone that she hadn't finished eating. The fire fox took the bone and started eating.

Tang Doudou glanced at the little green in her hand. For some reason, the little green had been in a coma for a while. She was afraid that once it got through this period, it would be able to break through the transformation stage. However, Tang Doudou was quite curious about what kind of person it would become.

Tang Doudou cleared her mind of the jumbled thoughts and then sat down beside the alchemy furnace.

This time, she wanted to try refining a Grade 3 elixir. Among the Grade 3 elixirs, the most useful was the Marrow Cleansing Pill.

Following the steps she remembered, Tang Doudou placed the various medicinal herbs into the alchemy furnace one by one. The fire fox squatted to the side, its eyes fixed on the furnace, as if it too was looking forward to the birth of this batch of pills.

However, just as the pill was about to take shape, the furnace suddenly began to shake violently. Tang Doudou was startled and quickly increased the input of her spiritual energy, trying to stabilize the situation. But the furnace seemed to have gone out of control, emitting continuous muffled noises.

"Am we going to fail?" Tang Doudou gritted her teeth, beads of sweat appearing on her forehead.

With a loud "boom," the alchemy furnace exploded!