Ye Bufan did not know that someone had already taken a malicious interest in him.
He had only swept his spiritual sense over the area in a hurry and had not dared to probe carefully.
Using spiritual sense in the Heavenly Demon Sect, where experts were everywhere, was courting death.
“A Foundation Establishment stage cultivator has a two-hundred-year lifespan, and with the boost from Blood Spirit Art, I still have more than a hundred years left.”
Ye Bufan did not get arrogant. Although he had achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, his aptitude had not changed and he was still a low-grade yang spiritual root.
Whether he could even achieve Core Formation before dying of old age was still a question.
Hadn’t even a genius like Chu Zixue been stuck at Foundation Establishment great completion?
He took out a bronze mirror and looked at himself. His appearance had returned to that of a twenty-year-old.
Black hair, young, handsome.
He had completely shed that decrepit image.
“So handsome!”
Ye Bufan praised himself for a moment, then activated Divine Concealment Art and restored that aged look, as if he could be laid in a coffin and have funeral banquets at any time.
He then activated Blood Spirit Art again.
After a long while, he opened his eyes, looking disappointed.
“After Foundation Establishment, the lifespan-increasing effect has weakened to almost nothing, and the cultivation speed is no good either. The technique’s level clearly can’t keep up anymore. I need a Foundation Establishment technique.”
The side effects of the Demonic Foundation-Building Pill can speed up cultivation, but Blood Spirit Art is only a Qi Refining technique. Without a Foundation Establishment technique, how is it supposed to speed anything up?
Foundation Establishment has nine levels. The first three are the early stage, and the last six are the middle and late stages.
The farther one goes, the slower cultivation becomes.
Lu Luo had a medium-grade wood spiritual root and had already been stuck at Foundation Establishment level three for years, which showed just how difficult it is to improve after Foundation Establishment.
He had to find a Foundation Establishment technique with severe side effects.
The Heavenly Demon Sect had plenty of demonic arts like that, but he was not a disciple of the Heavenly Demon Sect, so there was no way for him to get them.
“Once I leave the Heavenly Demon Sect, there will be plenty of opportunities later.”
Ye Bufan’s eyes flashed. He needed to run now.
Although he had Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and his cultivation far surpassed that of ordinary people, the opponent he faced was a demonic sect prodigy, Chu Zixue, who had reached Foundation Establishment great completion.
In his storage bag, there were only low-quality magical artifacts, dozens of concealment talismans and Divine Wind Talismans, and a few Fire Dragon Talismans that could kill a Qi Refining perfection cultivator.
The only techniques he had mastered were the low-level Fireball Technique, Wind Blade, Ice Wall, and Divine Concealment Art.
His attack methods were ridiculously weak.
But he still could not beat the other side.
“Still, in the end, this is Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment. With nothing but pure and abundant magic power, I can even handle a demonic cultivator at Foundation Establishment level four.”
Ye Bufan stood up and planned to go down the mountain, casually snatching a Heavenly Demon Sect disciple identity token so he could leave the Heavenly Demon Sect.
This kind of demonic sect was guarded by a mountain-protecting formation. Without an identity token, there was no way out at all.
Creak…
Before he could even lift a foot.
The courtyard gate opened, and Lu Luo walked in, handing Ye Bufan a pill.
“This is the Tiger Demon Pill. It can extend your lifespan, stimulate your potential, and help you break through to Qi Refining level thirteen faster.”
At first, Ye Bufan relied on Blood Spirit Art and broke through realms as easily as eating and drinking, but when he reached the twelfth level, he got completely stuck.
It had already been several days with no movement.
But none of that concerned Lu Luo. She was distracted, still wondering who nearby had achieved supreme-grade Foundation Establishment.
“Who could it be? Zhou Yuan? Li Guihe?”
Lu Luo’s delicate brows furrowed as one figure after another flashed through her mind.
She lived halfway up Demonic Sword Peak, where spiritual qi was far richer than at the foot of the mountain, and only Foundation Establishment stage disciples were qualified to live there.
Only a few were Qi Refining stage disciples.
Those people all had backing; behind them was either an elder or a core disciple.
Before she returned, she had gone to investigate and found several Qi Refining perfection disciples, but none of them was the one.
That disappointed her greatly.
“If I could find a supreme-grade Foundation Establishment disciple to be my dao companion, why would I have to scheme so hard for resources now?”
Lu Luo longed for that. With her looks, even if she could not become a dao companion, she could at least become a concubine or something.
Ye Bufan picked up the pill, and the system prompt rang in his ear.
『Tiger Demon Pill: It greatly damages potential, can increase cultivation speed, and can extend lifespan by half a month. After the time limit expires, physical condition will deteriorate sharply!』
Ye Bufan: “…”
“Well, I’ll be damned. If I didn’t have the system, I’d already have been ruined by this, wouldn’t I?”
Ye Bufan’s eye twitched.
『Negative reversal: It greatly increases potential, can increase cultivation speed, extend lifespan by half a month, and greatly improve physical condition, strong as a dragon and tiger!』
“Awesome.”
Ye Bufan swallowed the Tiger Demon Pill without hesitation.
At once, he felt his body heat up, his muscles bulge slightly, and a surge of strength rush into his heart.
He felt that even without cultivation, he could still punch a Qi Refining stage cultivator to death.
Cultivators mainly focused on Qi Refining, and body-refining cultivators were rare. For someone like that, this pill was practically a treasure.
It could be said that even if Ye Bufan were not a cultivator, he could still stroll through the Qi Refining stage as he pleased with his tough body.
Not only that.
His mind also became much clearer, as if he had taken Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pills, and he was brimming with energy.
He could even take another strong medicine before leaving.
How thoughtful!
“Come with me. I’ll take you to Demonic Shadow Peak.”
Lu Luo felt that the old man in front of her seemed a little different, but she couldn’t be bothered to care about the changes in some Qi Refining old man and said impatiently.
Shangguan Qingyao lived on Demonic Shadow Peak.
She had to get Ye Bufan to Senior Sister Qing Yao as soon as possible in exchange for benefits.
“Demonic Shadow Peak? Chu Zixue doesn’t seem to get along with Demonic Shadow Peak, right?”
Ye Bufan froze and said with narrowed eyes.
During this time, he had often heard Lu Luo and her bootlicker talking outside, and he had gained some understanding of the internal factions of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
The six peaks competed fiercely, and death and injury were by no means uncommon.
Among them, Demonic Shadow Peak and Demonic Sword Peak were the most hostile and fought the most fiercely.
“Senior Sister Qing Yao wants you.”
Lu Luo said coldly, not even bothering to hide it.
“What do you mean? Someone wants to sleep with me again?”
“What the hell is so fun about an old man like me?”
Ye Bufan stared blankly for a moment, and his face turned black as the bottom of a pot.
He was truly enraged.
Taking a deep breath, he stared at Lu Luo. “If I don’t go, what then? What are you going to do?”
“Not go? That’s not up to you.”
Lu Luo was stunned, then sneered. A soul-crushing Foundation Establishment pressure fell on Ye Bufan like a mountain.
Ye Bufan did not budge, and his expression grew increasingly dark.
“Blood Spirit Art really lives up to its reputation. The cultivation it has boosted can actually withstand Foundation Establishment pressure?”
Lu Luo was shocked.
Although Foundation Establishment did not amount to much in the Heavenly Demon Sect, in the Zhao Kingdom cultivation world, it was an existence on the level of a cultivation family’s Old Ancestor.
Just a sliver of pressure was enough to overwhelm a Qi Refining stage cultivator.
Lu Luo looked down at him as if he were an ant, her eyes full of mockery.
She formed hand seals, and a giant magic hand the size of a door panel condensed in midair and reached for Ye Bufan.
“Before Foundation Establishment, you can’t imagine how powerful Foundation Establishment is. You…”
Boom!
Ye Bufan’s expression did not change. Without even forming hand seals, he casually lifted one hand, and surging magic power gathered into a magic saber larger than a door panel.
That giant hand was as flimsy as paper and was cut apart immediately.
Then the magic saber kept moving and slashed straight at Lu Luo’s beautiful head.
This was one of the marvels of Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, something far beyond ordinary Foundation Establishment: small spells like Wind Blade did not require hand seals or incantations at all.
“What?! Foundation Establishment?!”
Lu Luo froze, crying out in shock.
The depth and quality of this magic power were actually far above hers!
How was that possible?!
“Azure Smoke Shield!”
Lu Luo had no time to think. She slapped her storage bag, and a cloud of smoke blocked the front of her, forming a misty shield.
A high-grade magical artifact!
Clang!
With a thunderous crash, the shield seemed to have taken a mountain’s impact, and together with Lu Luo, it was sent flying backward, smashing hard into the courtyard wall.
Lu Luo was shaken so badly that she grew dizzy and could not help spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Ye Bufan looked at the shield, which had dimmed considerably but was not damaged, and could not help sighing.
“As expected of a major sect. Even a random Foundation Establishment cultivator has a high-grade magical artifact!”