Longevity Hacker: When Every Curse Becomes a Blessing

Chapter 2 – Increase life by sixty years! Live out a second life!

The Heavenly Demon Sect had tens of thousands of disciples.

Among them, there were eight thousand inner disciples.

Some of these were exceptionally talented female cultivators, with one foot already in the Golden Core stage, and two of them were Chu Zixue's biggest competitors.

Although Ye Bufan's Yang Spiritual Root wasn't particularly impressive, it was quite rare in the cultivation world and greatly beneficial to female cultivators.

It's possible those two women might come to snatch him away.

If this gets exposed, it won't just be those two.

"By the way, you're responsible for checking his cultivation level during this period. If he dares to slack off, you know what to do."

"Yes, Senior Sister."

Lv Luo kept her head down, only raising it after the other person left.

She looked at the back of her senior sister, her face conflicted, and finally bit her lip, secretly taking out a Yellow Talisman from her storage bag.

"Senior Sister, I don't want to betray you, but I've been stuck at the early Foundation Establishment stage for so long, and... Senior Sister Qingyao offered too much."

She clenched the Yellow Talisman, planning to send a message later to avoid arousing suspicion.

The senior sister was the daughter of the Demon Sword Peak's master, and if not absolutely necessary, she really didn't want to betray her.

She glanced at the small courtyard again, putting away the sympathy in her eyes.

That old man was doomed to die, but if he could bring her some benefits before that, it wasn't too bad.

For the next period, Lv Luo acted as Ye Bufan's steward.

She was responsible for delivering cultivation pills and Fasting Pills on time.

And she supervised Ye Bufan's cultivation.

She thought the old guy would do nothing, slack off, and avoid practicing the Blood Spirit Technique.

She was ready to intimidate and threaten him.

The result surprised her.

The old man was diligently cultivating.

"Does he really think being a furnace cauldron is a good thing?"

Lv Luo looked at Ye Bufan, who was earnestly cultivating under the big tree in the courtyard, with a strange expression on her pretty face.

Indeed.

The senior sister was as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal and had a supreme Water Spiritual Root, reaching the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment at just twenty-six.

Countless people in the Heavenly Demon Sect wanted to be close to her.

But... those people wanted to be dual cultivation partners, not a furnace cauldron.

"A bit of foolishness saves me a lot of trouble."

Lv Luo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she gained a new understanding of Ye Bufan.

They say the older you get, the wiser you become, but she didn't see any wisdom here.

Besides supervising, Lv Luo also had to constantly prevent Ye Bufan from suddenly dying of old age, as the Blood Spirit Technique consumed lifespan, and he didn't have many years left to live.

But what she didn't know was.

The Blood Spirit Technique, which even demon cultivators avoided, not only didn't harm Ye Bufan but was greatly beneficial to him.

His body's functions were quietly changing, and his lifespan was increasing rapidly.

***

On the fifth day.

Taking advantage of Lv Luo going out to get pills, Ye Bufan's cultivation level broke through again.

A vortex formed above his head, and strands of spiritual energy entered his body.

The Qi Cyclone in his dantian doubled in size, like a mist.

Eleventh level of Qi Refining!

Ye Bufan opened his eyes, the cloudiness belonging to an old man was gone, replaced by clear, bright eyes.

"Thanks to this demonic technique, otherwise breaking through to the eleventh level would have taken ten years."

Ye Bufan formed a hand seal, opened his mouth, and spat out a Qi Blade, cutting a deep pit into the ground.

He couldn't help but marvel.

Then he took out a bronze mirror and looked at himself in it.

In the first five days, the changes weren't significant, but with the breakthrough, the roots of his white hair had turned completely black, and his appearance was no longer old but approaching middle age.

Wrinkles were becoming fewer, and he appeared more vigorous.

"Five days of cultivation, twenty years added to my lifespan. In the Qi Refining stage, I'm living a second life!"

Ye Bufan wanted to laugh out loud.

After calming himself, he began to form hand seals to cast a spell.

This spell was something he had searched for many years after entering the cultivation world, called the "Divine Concealment Technique."

It could change one's appearance and conceal one's aura, undetectable even by someone a realm higher.

Without this technique, he would have been captured by a female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect decades ago.

And then squeezed dry into human jerky.

As for Chu Zixue.

Her cultivation level was far above his.

***

Moments later.

Ye Bufan's cultivation level was concealed, and his appearance returned to being old, as if he could drop dead into a coffin at any moment.

"I must quickly reach the Foundation Establishment stage. As I am now, I can fool the gatekeeper Lv Luo, but not Chu Zixue."

Ye Bufan planned to control Lv Luo after entering the Foundation Establishment stage, then seize the opportunity to escape.

"The Heavenly Demon Sect has many demonic techniques. If I cultivate them, I could soar to the top just by relying on the side effects of demonic techniques.

It's a bit of a pity. But survival is more important. This demonic sect is too dangerous, with frequent killings. I can't stay long."

The Heavenly Demon Sect was like raising Gu, where the fittest survived. Besides large-scale battles to the death.

The higher-ups didn't care about personal life-and-death struggles.

Ye Bufan had a very steady mindset.

He knew that being high-profile wouldn't last long.

Staying away from danger and developing quietly was the way to go.

When Lv Luo returned, Ye Bufan contentedly took the pills and continued cultivating.

These pills.

In the past, Ye Bufan could only buy a few after saving spirit stones for a month.

Now, they were supplied without limit.

It was simply too satisfying.

And Lv Luo, seeing the seemingly more aged Ye Bufan, frowned.

"At this rate, he probably won't live for a few days before meeting the King of Hell."

Lv Luo was very worried.

Just then, a voice came from outside the door.

"Lv Luo, I know you're in there. Come out quickly. I just refined a top-grade bronze-armored corpse and plan to give it to you for your use."

Lv Luo's face turned unpleasant, annoyed by the guy outside who was like a fly.

But she couldn't let outsiders know Ye Bufan was here, so she had to go out and deal with it.

Ye Bufan seemed not to hear, continuing to immerse himself in cultivation.

Lv Luo was sweet-looking, and she had many pursuers among the inner disciples. The simp outside was one of them, and since this was Lv Luo's residence, Ye Bufan was long used to it.

After Lv Luo sent the person outside away, she returned to the courtyard to continue watching over Ye Bufan.

Increasingly worried that the old man might suddenly drop dead.

***

Ten days later.

"He's really an old longevity star, having practiced the Blood Spirit Technique for half a month and still not dead?"

Lv Luo was shocked. As the days passed, the old man grew older.

But he just wouldn't die.

It was quite bizarre.

If Ye Bufan hadn't broken through to the twelfth level of Qi Refining, she would have suspected the Blood Spirit Technique was fake.

"Whether he dies or not, I must report to Senior Sister Qingyao."

Lv Luo's eyes flickered as she left the small courtyard, planning to crush the Yellow Talisman from a distance.

And Ye Bufan, after Lv Luo left.

He withdrew the "Divine Concealment Technique," and his aura completely spread out.

The previous aura was just a facade; now it was real!

Peak of the thirteenth level of Qi Refining!

And his demeanor had greatly changed, with a full head of black hair, a middle-aged appearance, and vigorous vitality, making him look very heroic.

In these ten days, he naturally reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage.

His lifespan had increased by forty years.

Completely breaking the lifespan limit of the Qi Refining stage.

If this were spread, it would be enough to shock half of the cultivation world.

"Time to break through to Foundation Establishment. After that, I'll plan to leave!"

Ye Bufan murmured, knowing that the breakthrough to Foundation Establishment would cause quite a stir, so he had to act quickly.

Then.

He took out a Foundation Establishment Pill.

This was something Chu Zixue had prepared long ago, hoping he would reach Foundation Establishment.

Only then would the furnace cauldron's effect be optimal.

And such a pill, Ye Bufan never dared to imagine before. Even in the five great immortal sects of the Zhao Kingdom, Foundation Establishment Pills were quite rare and had no market price.

"Foundation Establishment, I wonder if with my lousy aptitude, I can successfully establish a foundation, even if it's just a lower-grade Dao Foundation."

Ye Bufan looked at the Foundation Establishment Pill with some hesitation, feeling very anxious.

Foundation Establishment was a major hurdle, and over the years, he had heard of many Qi Refining cultivators failing to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Even with a Foundation Establishment Pill, the success rate wasn't very high.

The lower the aptitude, the lower the success rate.

[Ding! Detected Demonic Foundation Pill!]

[Demonic Foundation Pill: Has a sixty percent chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment. Side effect: The pill's toxicity is as high as two hundred percent, severely affecting the foundation, only allowing the condensation of the lowest-grade Foundation Establishment Dao Platform, and greatly reducing cultivation speed after Foundation Establishment.]

[Reverse Negative Effect: Contains no pill toxicity, the foundation will be extremely solid, only allowing the condensation of the highest-grade Foundation Establishment Dao Platform, and greatly increasing cultivation speed after Foundation Establishment.]

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