Longevity Hacker: When Every Curse Becomes a Blessing

Chapter 23 – Insanity of Cultivation Level Improvement!

[Blood Condensation Pill, Reverse Negative Effect: Rapidly enhances cultivation after consumption, stabilizes the foundation, facilitates smooth blood flow, strengthens the heart immensely, and provides defensive capabilities.]

[Quality Reverse Negative Effect: 99% efficacy, possesses healing properties, no side effects after consumption, and doubles the effect of cultivation enhancement!]

Ye Bufan was momentarily stunned when he heard the voice.

Then, he was overjoyed.

"Doubling the effect of cultivation enhancement! As expected of you, System!"

In his mind, reversing the efficacy of a supreme waste pill to a supreme good pill was already impressive. A pill with 99% efficacy after reversal would be extremely difficult for even a master alchemist to produce.

A premium pill was already remarkable.

He hadn't expected the effect to be doubled!

This meant that consuming one pill was equivalent to taking two.

What a pleasant surprise!

"Unfortunately, only I can reverse the effect after consumption. Otherwise, selling them in bulk could make me rich overnight."

The same type of pill, a supreme one, is much more expensive than a premium one, with stronger effects and minimal side effects, having negligible impact on a cultivator's future.

With a smack, Ye Bufan popped the black pill into his mouth and chewed.

The originally toxic impurities instantly reversed into immense medicinal power, causing Ye Bufan's body to swell.

He was almost bursting, nearly overflowing.

He quickly operated the "Celestial Calamity True Demonic Technique" to circulate the immense medicinal power through his body.

This technique truly lived up to its reputation as a forbidden technique, refining the medicinal power rapidly.

The second Dao platform within him expanded and strengthened quickly.

Ye Bufan's aura was also growing stronger.

Moments later, the medicinal power was completely refined, and his cultivation at the second level of Foundation Establishment increased significantly.

"Double the efficacy!"

Ye Bufan opened his eyes, a smile on his face.

He also felt his heart beating more powerfully, his vitality more abundant, clearly enhanced!

Then, without stopping, he began refining pills again.

With dozens of failures behind him, the number of explosions decreased, and the number of finished products increased.

All were supreme poison pills with 99% impurities.

This wasn't intentional on Ye Bufan's part.

When refining second-tier pills, he could only produce the lowest-grade failures.

However, on the other hand, his alchemy skills were rapidly improving, and he would eventually produce genuine good pills.

Another seven days passed.

On this day, Ye Bufan stopped refining pills.

In front of him were three hundred "Blood Condensation Pills," all pitch black and covered in cracks.

Additionally, there were a hundred "Fire Dragon Pills," all failures as well.

Each one.

To an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, they were deadly poison.

Thus, the six thousand spirit stones' worth of herbs were completely consumed.

"A normal second-tier alchemist should be able to produce dozens of good pills."

Ye Bufan was quite satisfied.

The efficacy of these reversed failure pills was worth no less than a million spirit stones!

After finishing the alchemy, he immediately set up a restriction formation in the secret chamber to isolate aura and fluctuations.

The first courtyard already had formation restrictions, making it impossible for outsiders to spy or sense anything.

But there was still Lv Luo in the courtyard, and with his cultivation growing rapidly, it was better to be cautious.

Then he continued consuming pills for cultivation.

The Dao platform expanded rapidly.

The third Dao platform gradually took shape.

By evening, with a soft sound, the third Dao platform in his dantian solidified.

Foundation Establishment, third level!

At the same time, a small dark cloud appeared on his forehead again.

It seemed that not harming Ye Bufan last time had displeased the small dark cloud.

As soon as it appeared, it eagerly struck down a barrage of lightning, crackling and booming.

"…Ah…"

Ye Bufan couldn't help but cry out, thoroughly enjoying the electric massage of the small lightning tribulation.

Finally, after the lightning subsided, the small dark cloud retreated hastily, seemingly unable to endure the enchanting cries of this tribulation crosser.

"Comfortable."

Ye Bufan stretched lazily, and upon introspection, found that the third Dao platform had become more refined after the baptism of the lightning tribulation, with mana much purer.

"Foundation Establishment, third level, mana comparable to the seventh level, strength on par with the eighth."

Ye Bufan was quite pleased.

"Continue."

In the following time, Ye Bufan immersed himself in consuming pills.

This extravagant behavior of stuffing large amounts of pills into his mouth for cultivation would likely drop the jaw of any white-dressed lolita who saw it.

Even the son of a Elemental Infant cultivator wouldn't dare to consume pills like this.

Even if they dared, they wouldn't.

Pills contain medicinal toxins, and consuming them like this can boost cultivation in the short term but severely damage the foundation, making Core Formation in this lifetime a distant dream.

Ye Bufan had no such concerns.

With the system reversing the negative effects, his cultivation was growing at an exaggerated pace.

Not to mention medicinal toxins, his mana was even more refined and pure than without consuming pills, with no trace of pill consumption visible.

During his secluded cultivation.

He didn't forget to practice spells.

Including the auxiliary spells of the "Celestial Calamity True Demonic Technique"—"Celestial Calamity Demon Armor" and "True Demon Phantom."

However, the "Celestial Calamity True Demon Form" was a major spell of the Golden Elixir Realm, which he couldn't practice.

Simultaneously, Ye Bufan also studied talisman crafting.

To his disappointment, the failed talismans he crafted, because they didn't work on himself, were useless failures.

Finally, he sent Lv Luo to purchase books on improving talisman quality, hoping for some luck.

Day after day.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

As the opening of the Sealed Demon Ruins approached, the Heavenly Demon Sect became even more lively.

Disciples who had been away for years all returned, among them rising stars who amazed the higher-ups.

Their strength was not inferior to the candidates for the Saint and Saintess positions, extremely formidable.

Among them was Li Kui's younger brother, Yu Cheng.

After a lucky breakthrough to Great Perfection, he fought against the Saint candidate Chen Guangli and was only slightly weaker.

Additionally, there was a young girl who returned from Gu Peak, possessing a juvenile sacred Gu, extremely terrifying.

It could be said that the Heavenly Demon Sect was now filled with prodigies.

In contrast, the once-renowned first disciple of the patriarch, Ye Bufan, had been hiding in the first courtyard since joining the sect, never stepping out.

This had been mocked for a long time, jokingly calling him a turtle cultivator.

Eventually, he was no longer even discussed.

He seemed to be a marginal figure at the lowest level of strength.

Except for a few who couldn't forget him.

Almost no one paid attention anymore.

And on this day.

In the secret chamber.

As the small dark cloud dispersed in frustration, Ye Bufan's cultivation rose once again.

"Foundation Establishment, sixth level!"

Ye Bufan introspected the sixth massive Dao platform in his dantian, feeling unprecedented strength.

In just two months.

After refining five hundred pills and spending all those thousands of spirit stones, he finally broke through to the sixth level of Foundation Establishment!

Two months to cultivate from the second level to the sixth level.

Not just in the Heavenly Demon Sect, but even in the long history, this was unprecedented!

A supreme spiritual root would take ten years to break through four realms.

Even with fortuitous encounters and the help of elders, it would take five to six years.

"The further I go, the more pills I need, the harder it is to improve. Fortunately, there's the double efficacy boost."

Ye Bufan exhaled.

Five hundred pills, with the reverse negative effect doubling the efficacy, effectively amounted to a thousand!

This quantity was absurd.

Of course.

Ye Bufan's breakthrough to the sixth level of Foundation Establishment was unlike ordinary cultivators.

With the Heavenly Dao Foundation and primarily practicing the "Celestial Calamity True Demonic Technique."

His current strength.

Was extremely terrifying!

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