novelraw Chapter 1 – I am old and decrepit, and you desire my body?
Chapter 1 – I am old and decrepit, and you desire my body?
Zhao Kingdom, Heavenly Demon Mountain Range.
Heavenly Demon Sect.
In a courtyard.
"Miss, I'm old and feeble, no longer capable of such affairs. Why force me?"
Ye Bufan looked at the enchanting woman, whose beauty seemed unreal.
She appeared to be in her early twenties, her graceful figure wrapped in a purple silk dress, her long black hair cascading over her shoulders, her face stunningly beautiful, like a fairy stepping out of an ancient painting.
If she weren't a witch of the Heavenly Demon Sect, he would have loved to have a beautiful encounter with her.
Ye Bufan was not originally from this world.
He had transmigrated here a hundred years ago.
Upon discovering it was a world of cultivation, he was extremely excited.
He thought he could achieve immortality, but unfortunately, his aptitude was mediocre, just a Lower Grade Yang Root.
He visited all five major sects in Zhao Kingdom, but was turned away at each one.
The reason was the same.
The Yang Spiritual Root was known as the Furnace Cauldron Body, which greatly aided female demon cultivators, but for one's own cultivation, it was no different from an ordinary Lower Grade Spiritual Root.
In this life, there was no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment.
After repeated setbacks, Ye Bufan was unwilling to give up and began cultivating a basic technique as an independent cultivator.
He struggled for a hundred years.
Yet he only reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.
A Qi Refining cultivator could live up to 120 years, and he had already lived 115.
Seeing that he had only a few years left, Ye Bufan resigned himself to marrying a wife and living out his remaining years peacefully.
Perhaps he could even have a few children.
But fate had other plans. Just as he stepped out, he was captured by a passing witch to be used as a Furnace Cauldron.
"Survived a hundred years, and now, at the end, my integrity is at stake."
Ye Bufan had once read news about a young girl bullying an old man for years, and the old man couldn't bear it and called the police.
He had scoffed at it back then, but now he believed it.
"A hundred-year-old virgin body with a Yang Root is quite rare. Though you're a bit old, you'll do. You won't lose out either; I'm still a virgin."
Chu Zixue extended her jade-like hand and tapped Ye Bufan's forehead, smiling enchantingly.
Though she smiled, her eyes were filled with coldness.
She had been searching for a Furnace Cauldron for days.
If it weren't for the imminent competition for the position of Holy Maiden, requiring a breakthrough to the Golden Core in a short time, she would never have used an old man like Ye Bufan as a Furnace Cauldron.
"This is the Blood Spirit Technique. It can quickly enhance your cultivation level. Cultivate well, assist me in my breakthrough, and you'll be rewarded with wealth and honor.
If you don't cooperate... I'll have to throw you into the Ten Thousand Snake Cavern."
Chu Zixue gently caressed Ye Bufan's face, handed him an ancient book, and smiled with a hint of threat.
If Ye Bufan fellow could cultivate to the twelfth level, or even reach Foundation Establishment, combined with his Yang Root and hundred-year virgin body, he might help her break through to the Golden Core.
"I'll check your cultivation progress regularly. You have a month. Don't disappoint me."
Chu Zixue smiled gracefully and left.
She wasn't worried about Ye Bufan resisting; this was the Heavenly Demon Sect.
What could a mere Qi Refining novice do?
"To hell with wealth and honor; you'll suck me dry and leave me a corpse."
Ye Bufan, having mingled in the cultivation world for a century, knew to fight enemies with all his might if he could win, and to destroy the evidence.
If he couldn't win, he'd run immediately, hide for a few years, and then reappear.
He rarely ventured into dangerous places.
He was quite cautious.
And the most dangerous places in Zhao Kingdom were the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Hehuan Sect.
Some witches often captured strong men as Furnace Cauldrons, only to drain them into corpses by the next day.
The outcome was tragic.
But if he didn't do as she said, he'd die anyway.
The difference was whether he'd die painfully or pleasurably.
"And this technique, any technique that rapidly enhances cultivation must have severe side effects."
Ye Bufan flipped through the ancient book; it was an advanced demonic technique.
Such a level was only found in cultivation families and sects.
The content indeed allowed for rapid cultivation enhancement, but the last few pages were torn out.
He didn't need to think to know they detailed the side effects of cultivating this technique.
"Might as well cultivate it; dying pleasurably is better than dying painfully."
Ye Bufan finally sighed in resignation.
He had no choice but to study this demonic technique.
[Ding! You have observed a technique with severe side effects, activating the Negative Reversal System!]
[This system can reverse any negative effects (side effects) of techniques, spells, pills, weapons, etc., into positive effects for the host. Note: It can only reverse external effects, not those of the host.]
[Technique detected.]
[Blood Spirit Technique: An advanced demonic path technique that can greatly enhance cultivation in a short time. Side effects: Cultivating one cycle reduces lifespan by ten days, and after one month, cultivation rapidly falls to Qi Refining level one, leaving the foundation crippled!]
[Reverse negative effect: Cultivating one cycle increases lifespan by ten days! After one month, cultivation rapidly surges! Foundation remains stable! Note: The higher the cultivation level, the weaker the cultivation effect.]
Ye Bufan was stunned, then his eyes widened, and he couldn't help but shed tears of joy.
"Damn! The system activates upon contact with a technique with severe side effects? Why didn't you say so earlier!"
So he had been cautious for a hundred years, only to find out he had been cautious for nothing?
He quickly examined the system panel.
"That witch really is something; cultivating this technique would have ruined me!
But this system's reversal is truly heaven-defying; turning side effects into enhancements? Others cultivate to death, while I cultivate to rapid progress?
The stronger the side effects, the stronger I become!"
Ye Bufan was truly amazed.
Because he saw a bright path ahead!
Not just techniques, but also pills and weapons.
If he swallowed poison, he could quickly reverse the side effects and turn the poison into a healing medicine!
"First, I need to become stronger, then find a way to escape that witch."
Ye Bufan suppressed his excitement and carefully studied the Blood Spirit Technique.
That woman was at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, equivalent to the ancestor of a small family in the outside world; facing her was certain death.
And he only had a month; he didn't expect to defeat her.
Escaping would suffice!
In no time.
Ye Bufan sat cross-legged, dissolving his previous cultivation technique.
It was worth mentioning that he had previously cultivated an attribute-less basic technique, so switching to another technique didn't require dispersing his cultivation.
After switching techniques, he began to operate the Blood Spirit Technique.
This technique used blood as a guide to connect with heaven-and-earth spiritual energy, essentially burning one's lifespan to enhance cultivation.
The side effects were too severe; no one in the Heavenly Demon Sect dared to practice it.
But this was a boon for Ye Bufan.
As he cultivated.
A Qi cyclone formed above Ye Bufan's head, drawing streams of heaven-and-earth spiritual energy into his body.
The barrier at the ninth level of Qi Refining, which had held him back for twenty years, began to loosen!
***
Half a quarter of an hour later.
The Qi cyclone in Ye Bufan's dantian doubled in size, and spiritual energy surged.
Tenth level of Qi Refining!
"Awesome!"
He couldn't help but shout, his expression excited.
After the breakthrough, his senses became sharper. With a light pinch of a seal, a fireball appeared, burning a pit in the ground.
"The fireball technique is more powerful now; it could instantly burn my previous self to ashes, and the casting speed is faster too."
Ye Bufan was full of praise.
Qi Refining had thirteen levels, becoming increasingly difficult as one progressed.
Most with lower grade spiritual roots reached only the eighth or ninth level in their lifetime.
Yet the demonic path technique allowed him to break through on the spot!
This speed was almost comparable to top-grade spiritual roots.
Then, by chance, he glanced at a puddle not far from his feet, reflecting his appearance like a mirror.
His previously aged and coffin-ready appearance now showed a hint of vitality!
His full head of white hair was even starting to turn black.
He was becoming younger!
"The technique after reversing the side effects is truly perverse! Running fifty major cycles increased my lifespan by five hundred days, a year and a half!"
Ye Bufan was invigorated, almost moved to tears.
"This is practically a divine technique!"
Ye Bufan dared not delay and continued cultivating the Blood Spirit Technique.
Cultivating one cycle increased lifespan by ten days; who could resist such temptation?
***
Meanwhile.
Outside the courtyard.
Chu Zixue sensed the strengthening aura inside, a charming smile appearing on her exquisite face.
"Good that he's willing to cultivate the Blood Spirit Technique. It won't be long before he becomes my perfect Furnace Cauldron."
Chu Zixue's eyes were filled with longing, as if she could see the Holy Maiden's throne beckoning her.
The Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Her status was second only to the Sect Master! Countless disciples envied the power and resources!
Beside her, a petite girl in a green dress remained silent, her gaze toward the small courtyard full of pity.
"That's the Blood Spirit Technique. The last person who cultivated it was sixteen or seventeen, and a month later, he was full of white hair and eventually died of old age as his cultivation declined.
This Ye Bufan already has only a few years left; he probably won't last long."
The girl in the green dress shuddered at the thought of the rumored person's tragic end.
The Blood Spirit Technique, suitable for the Qi Refining stage, was created by an ancient demonic path ancestor.
Many demon cultivators in the Heavenly Demon Sect avoided it!
"Lv Luo, I'm going into seclusion for a while to prepare for breaking through to the Golden Core. Guard this place for me, and don't let anyone near! Especially those bitches!"
Chu Zixue thought of her competitors and snorted coldly.
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