Longevity Hacker: When Every Curse Becomes a Blessing

Chapter 22 – Top-Quality Waste Pill? Big Side Effects? That's exactly what I want!

"Ten high-grade magical instruments, four top-tier magical instruments, the Heaven-Shaking Hammer, the Nailhead Arrow, the Golden Chime Bell, and the Mist Wind Boat. Wow, just how many people did Li Kui rob to be this wealthy?"

Ye Bufan poured out four gleaming magical instruments, feeling a bit surprised.

His combat power now was incomparable to before, with strong attack spells, making Lv Luo's flying sword and the Green Smoke Shield no longer enhancing his strength significantly.

What he lacked now were magical instruments.

This robbery had solved his urgent need.

When activated, the Heaven-Shaking Hammer was immensely powerful, making it a formidable weapon in direct combat.

The Nailhead Arrow was a thumb-thick, pitch-black, extremely sinister arrow, coated with poison, clearly a deadly weapon for sneak attacks.

"Good thing I used a decoy to confuse him, preventing him from deploying it in time. Otherwise... even if I could win, it would have been a tough fight."

Ye Bufan couldn't help but feel fortunate. If he had been caught off guard, the Green Smoke Shield might have been destroyed on the spot.

The Golden Chime Bell, on the other hand, was purely a defensive magical instrument, far superior in defense compared to the Green Smoke Shield.

"The Mist Wind Boat, hmm, a top-quality escape instrument."

Ye Bufan picked up a small green boat and tried to activate it, instantly filling the chamber with rolling green mist.

Not only was its flying speed fast, but the accompanying green mist also had the effect of blocking spiritual perception probes and causing confusion.

In addition, there was a defensive treasure garment, which, although not top-notch, combined with the Golden Chime Bell, would make it difficult even for someone at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment to break through the defense.

"With these magical instruments, my strength has increased significantly."

Ye Bufan accepted them with a smile.

Inside the two storage bags, one contained over a dozen bottles of pills, including poisons, pills to enhance cultivation, and even aphrodisiacs.

Besides that, there were over a dozen top-tier talismans and six thousand spirit stones.

The spirit stones didn't seem like much, which left Ye Bufan a bit disappointed.

In the corner lay a few cultivation manuals, which Ye Bufan glanced at and tossed aside.

They were all intermediate-level techniques, useless to him, though selling them could exchange for some spirit stones.

"Is this... a treasure map of the Sealed Demon Ruins?"

Ye Bufan took out a notebook densely packed with descriptions and a terrain map.

It seemed to be drawn by a cultivator who had been there before.

"Somewhat useful."

Ye Bufan pondered for a moment and put it away.

Upon opening the other storage bag, Ye Bufan's eyes lit up.

"No wonder his wealth seemed lacking; turns out he spent it all on spiritual herbs!"

Inside the other storage bag were hundreds of spiritual herbs, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance, roughly estimated to be worth at least sixty thousand spirit stones!

This was considered a wealthy level even among late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators!

Additionally, there were three pill recipes, with the Blood Condensation Pill and Fire Dragon Pill prominently listed.

The last one was called the "Cloud Breaking Pill," a Foundation Establishment pill that could help break through bottlenecks.

Such pills were far more expensive than those that merely enhanced cultivation, valued at no less than ten thousand!

Of course.

Most pills actually had side effects, especially those for breaking through stages, affecting one's foundation and potential.

"Li Kui was really considerate, preparing both the pill recipes and spiritual herbs for me."

Ye Bufan carefully examined the spiritual herb formulas for the Blood Condensation Pill and Fire Dragon Pill.

These pill recipes with significant side effects didn't have strict requirements for spiritual herbs; even if the herbs didn't match, they could be substituted with those of similar properties.

Ye Bufan put everything away, thoroughly satisfied.

"Time to refine pills!"

Then Ye Bufan left the chamber, generously giving Lv Luo a thousand spirit stones to purchase related alchemy books at the market.

And an alchemy furnace.

"Master, alchemy is extremely difficult. Are you sure you want to pursue the path of an alchemist?"

Lv Luo widened her eyes.

The path of alchemy was very profound, requiring a certain talent and was extremely costly.

Almost every alchemist was built from thousands upon thousands of attempts.

The Heavenly Demon Sect had thirty to forty Golden Core cultivators, but only five or six second-tier alchemists on Dan Peak.

There was only one third-tier alchemist, whose status was comparable to the sect leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect!

Alchemists were the most sought-after profession among the hundred arts of cultivation.

Without exception!

There was a consensus in the cultivation world that only alchemists and talisman masters were not to be offended.

The former had vast connections, with countless people seeking their alchemy skills, and who knew how many powerful cultivators were behind them.

The latter, you never knew how many talismans they had at their disposal.

A talisman master at the first level of Foundation Establishment could throw out thousands of attack talismans, and even a cultivator like Liu Wangchuan at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment would have to flee.

"Just giving it a try."

Ye Bufan couldn't be bothered to explain, waving her off to the market.

Lv Luo, helpless, could only comply.

Alchemy consumed too much time, and with her master having a lower grade spiritual root, the hope of Core Formation was already slim. Wasting time on this made that hope even slimmer.

When Lv Luo returned with the alchemy furnace and a pile of books.

Ye Bufan immediately immersed himself in them.

In the following days, Ye Bufan spent his mornings studying alchemy, afternoons studying talisman crafting, and evenings practicing the "Spirit Forging Technique" to enhance his spiritual perception and comprehension, while also practicing the "Demonic Light Sword Technique" and "Ephemeral Shadow Technique."

He occasionally took time to refine the newly acquired top-tier magical instruments.

And sometimes went out to tease the curvaceous and pretty Lv Luo to relieve loneliness.

He was truly a master of time management.

In the blink of an eye.

Half a month passed.

One day, Lv Luo, with dark circles under her eyes, stared at the chamber door, looking very haggard.

"Boom!"

With a muffled sound, an explosion came from the chamber, even the soundproof formation couldn't block it.

"Great, another failed pill."

Lv Luo completely lost hope in her master's alchemy talent.

A few days ago, her master claimed to have mastered the path of alchemy and began refining pills with great confidence.

Before evening, the pills he was refining had exploded three times.

This left Lv Luo, who was practicing outside, on edge. If not for the quality of the purchased alchemy furnace, she was truly afraid her master might blow himself up.

For several days, the occasional loud noises made little Lv Luo somewhat neurotic.

Inside the chamber.

Ye Bufan, covered in soot, wore a smile.

"Sixty failed attempts, and finally a Blood Condensation Pill is produced!"

He looked at the blackened, nearly cracked pill in his hand, feeling very excited.

It had to be said, his alchemy talent was truly abysmal, struggling even to get started, with every attempt resulting in explosions, unable to even produce failed products.

Of course, this was also related to him skipping first-tier pills and directly attempting second-tier ones.

No one in the entire alchemy world did what Ye Bufan did.

But now, after several days of effort.

He finally produced a... failed product.

Five pills formed, four exploded, and luckily he was quick enough, otherwise, this failed product would have been reduced to ashes.

If those alchemists saw this scene.

They would surely scold Ye Bufan for wasting precious resources, turning expensive spiritual herbs into trash.

"Hmm, ninety-nine percent impurities, not bad."

The quality of pills was entirely determined by the amount of impurities, with thirty percent efficacy and seventy percent impurities being low-grade.

Fifty percent efficacy was mid-grade, eighty percent was high-grade, and ninety percent was premium.

As for ninety-nine percent efficacy with zero point one percent impurities, that was the best!

Like the one in Ye Bufan's hand with ninety-nine percent impurities, it was also the best.

But it was the best poison pill!

Consuming it, let alone enhancing cultivation, surviving would be a miracle.

Then, Ye Bufan heard a prompt in his ear.

[Blood Condensation Pill Side Effect: Consuming it can quickly enhance cultivation, but affects the foundation, easily causing blood flow blockage, with the risk of heart stagnation and instant explosion.]

[Blood Condensation Pill Quality: Supreme Waste Pill, ninety-nine percent impurities, highly toxic, consuming it results in severe injury at best, death at worst, with no efficacy in enhancing cultivation.]

Ye Bufan's eyelid twitched.

He seemed to have underestimated his own craftsmanship.

Poisonous to this extent, even some alchemists might not be able to refine it!

However.

This was exactly the side effect he wanted!

"System! Quickly reverse it!"