Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

According to the booklet, the Rejuvenation Pill is a very simple elixir, but because the refining process is complicated and requires precise control of spiritual power and heat, many alchemists cannot refine it.

The improved version by Yuan Jiu is more effective and easier to refine.

Xu Lingguang was somewhat tempted, but he thought that he had never tested this version of the pill before and did not know if it would be suitable for his condition, so he dared not take the risk and thought he would try to see if he could refine the Rejuvenation Pill first.

After all, patience is something he has no shortage of.

With that in mind, Xu Lingguang laid out the medicinal herbs one by one, put spirit stones into the alchemy furnace, introduced spirit fire, and began to refine the pills.

Compared to refining the Nourishing Spirit Pill, the Rejuvenating Pill is indeed much more complicated. There are as many as twelve kinds of medicinal materials that need to be processed. After the medicinal materials are processed, they are either put into the spiritual liquid alone or mixed with other medicinal materials. Xu Lingguang not only has to remember that every step and time point must not be wrong, but at the same time, he also has to pay attention to controlling the spiritual power and spiritual fire so that there are no fluctuations.

When he was halfway through the refining process, he felt a stinging pain in his body's spiritual meridians, as if they were about to be drained. But he thought that since he had already started, he couldn't give up halfway, so he endured the vague pain and continued.

However, the more he went on, the more distinct the faint pain became. By the time he was about to condense the core, Xu Lingguang was sweating profusely, and his fingers were trembling slightly.

However, there were six clumps of spiritual liquid separated from the alchemy furnace. Under the baking of the spiritual fire, their surfaces had already turned slightly milky white. If they could just persevere a little longer, they might succeed.

This is his life-saving medicine. If he can successfully refine it, he will no longer have to worry about not being able to afford medicine and losing his life.

Thinking this, Xu Lingguang bit his lip, stared intently at the clump of medicinal liquid in the alchemy furnace, and squeezed out the last bit of spiritual power from his spiritual veins, sending it into the furnace.

The spiritual fire in the alchemy furnace suddenly intensified, the moisture in the spiritual liquid instantly evaporated, and regular spiritual patterns formed on the surface of the pure white pill.

Become!

Xu Lingguang's lips curled up. He opened the alchemy furnace and was about to take out the pills to examine them closely when he suddenly felt a sweet, metallic taste gushing uncontrollably from his throat, and a strange wetness in his ears and nose.

He ignored the pills and absentmindedly touched under his nose, only to find it wet. He looked down at his fingers, but everything seemed hazy and red, as if filtered through a red lens.

Xu Lingguang froze, and it took him a long time to realize that he seemed to have vomited blood.

No, it seems it's not just vomiting blood. He touched his ear and felt a wet liquid; it seems his ear is bleeding too.

Xu Lingguang stared blankly at his blood-stained hands, thinking that the aftereffects were too severe. He regretted not practicing it.

But his regret was quickly torn apart by waves of pain. Intense pain shot through his internal organs, and he groaned in pain, clutching his abdomen and curling up on the ground.

Consciousness was overwhelmed by unbearable pain.

The cubs were playing outside when they suddenly heard a short cry of surprise, followed by a dull thud as something fell to the ground.

The cubs that were playing stopped, and Yun Feng twitched his ears and called out, "Brother Ling Guang?"

Xu Lingguang was refining pills at home today. Before he started, he specifically instructed the cubs that he needed quiet and could not be disturbed.

The cubs were very well-behaved, and tried not to make too much noise while playing in the yard. It wasn't until they heard strange noises coming from inside the house that Yun Feng tentatively called out.

But there was no response from inside the house, and the little ones looked at each other in bewilderment.

Yu Rong scratched his face with his hind paw and said hesitantly, "Should we go take a look?"

Mu Yun squatted down next to him, also a little hesitant: "But didn't we say we can't be disturbed?"

Yun Feng thought for a moment and said, "Let's peek through the window and keep it quiet."

The cubs thought it made a lot of sense. Zhaoling chirped and took the lead, flapping her short little wings and flying towards the window, with the three cubs following closely behind.

Zhaoling pecked a small hole in the window paper, peeked through, and the three little ones squatted below him, whispering, "Can you see them?"

Zhao Ling tilted her head, looked for a while, then pulled back and said, "She's asleep."

"Weren't you supposed to be refining pills? How come you fell asleep?" Yu Rong asked, puzzled.

Yun Feng glanced at him with disdain, then pressed her face against the window to look. She saw Xu Lingguang lying face down on the ground. She glared at Zhao Ling and said, "You idiot, he's not asleep, he's passed out!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Rong and Mu Yun quickly pushed open the door and went inside. They saw Xu Lingguang lying on the ground, unconscious, with congealed blood in his ears and hands.

The two little ones had never dealt with such a scene before, and they were immediately stunned, looking at Yun Feng together: "She's bleeding, what should we do?"

Yun Feng was also startled. She cautiously stepped forward and touched Xu Lingguang, calling him softly, "Brother Lingguang."

Xu Lingguang made a strange sound in his throat and moved his body slightly.

The cubs were delighted to see this and quickly went over to help him up.

Using the force, Xu Lingguang rolled over and lay on his back on the ground, staring blankly at the four cubs. His gaze swept over Yu Rong and Yun Feng in turn: "Cheng Huang?"

His eyes were very different from usual; they were like a cold, venomous snake staring at people, emanating an unsettling aura.

The cubs were a little frightened by his appearance, and their claws, which were holding onto his clothes, involuntarily loosened.

Even Yun Feng, who is usually very bold, looked at him timidly: "Brother Ling Guang, you look so scary."

Xu Lingguang squinted, moved his fingers with difficulty, and said in a soft voice, "Don't be afraid, come here and let your brother hug you."

He spoke very softly and gently, but the cubs looked at each other, all frightened, and none of them dared to go over.

Just then, the black snake, which had just finished hunting and was leisurely crawling back from the corner of the wall, tensed up instantly when it saw Xu Lingguang lying on the ground. The snake raised its head high and adopted an aggressive posture, staring coldly at Xu Lingguang.

Xu Lingguang noticed him and frowned.

As if provoked, the black snake bit down on his neck without hesitation—