Longevity Hacker: When Every Curse Becomes a Blessing-Chapter 9 – Negative reversal, against the heavens! Enhance comprehension!

Ye Bufan's lips curled into a sneer.
He wiped Zhou Wangchen's face, tearing off a layer of human skin.
Beneath it was a dark, expressionless, unfamiliar face, resembling an old farmer.
It had to be said, this Zhou was not just ordinarily cunning and deceitful. He hid himself away and used a corpse puppet to impersonate him.
Then, he secretly controlled all the puppets with his spiritual perception.
"What about that bronze-armored corpse?"
Lv Luo shivered at the sight.
Zhou Wangchen had clearly harbored ill intentions toward her for a long time. The so-called "gift" of the bronze-armored corpse was meant to catch her off guard and subdue her.
Luckily, she hadn't accepted it.
***
"Swish!"
At that moment, the real Zhou Wangchen leaped out from another dark corner within the courtyard wall.
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He slapped several high-grade Gale Talismans onto himself, transforming into a gust of wind as he fled the small courtyard into the dark night.
"Damn it! This old man is truly insidious, playing the fool to catch the tiger!"
Zhou Wangchen's horse-like face was drenched in cold sweat, his arrogance vanished as he frantically fled outside.
He never imagined that the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator was an old man.
And his power was beyond imagination, the flying sword driven by his mana was terrifyingly powerful!
That bronze-armored corpse was crafted from a righteous path body refinement cultivator, with incredible defense, even a fourth-level Foundation Establishment couldn't break through it.
Yet it was pinned down with one sword strike, severing his spiritual perception mark!
"Always hunting geese, only to be pecked in the eye by one. This old man is so strong, yet he used a paper doll to set a trap for me! Fortunately, I'm extremely clever, a cut above the rest."
Zhou Wangchen felt relieved, then a sense of pride emerged in his heart.
Relying on his wits, he had no idea how many cultivators of the same level he had killed.
"Once I escape from here, I'll inform the righteous path and have them eliminate this guy!"
A Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator would only make the Heavenly Demon Sect pay more attention, which would be disadvantageous to him.
But if the righteous path people learned of this, they would stop at nothing to eliminate a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator.
After all, the potential was too great, and once he grew, the righteous path would have no way to survive.
However.
Just as he escaped the small courtyard, he caught sight of a blood-red light coming at him from the corner of his eye.
"Blood Escape Technique?! Using this forbidden technique right after meeting? Are you insane?!"
Zhou Wangchen's scalp tingled instantly, and he couldn't help but curse.
This advanced technique, with a first-level Foundation Establishment cultivation, couldn't be sustained for more than a few breaths, and after using it, one's state would greatly decline, affecting the foundation of cultivation.
No one would use it unless in a life-and-death crisis.
"Go!"
Ye Bufan caught up in an instant, and with a wave of his hand, a demon snake shot out.
The demon snake seemed very excited, opening its blood-red mouth and lunging directly at Zhou Wangchen.
"This technique, do you think your blood is free?!"
Zhou Wangchen was filled with terror, shouting as he threw out a humanoid puppet.
He couldn't understand why this old man would use two big moves that greatly depleted his blood essence right off the bat, his actions defied logic.
"Clang!"
The demon snake swallowed the humanoid puppet whole, its demonic energy significantly weakened.
But the demon snake became even more excited, its momentum unabated, its blood-red mouth engulfing Zhou Wangchen completely.
"The Demon Dragon Technique has reached minor mastery! How is this possible?!"
Zhou Wangchen was shocked, this old man was a freak.
In the entire Heavenly Demon Sect, there were only a few who had cultivated this technique to minor mastery.
Then, he fell into complete despair.
He saw that the old man showed no signs of significant blood essence loss, but instead looked rosy and energetic, as if he had taken some medicine.
"Crunch!"
Zhou Wangchen was severely injured by the demon snake, his body covered in bloody holes, and he fell into a coma.
"Return."
Ye Bufan didn't delay, sweeping his sleeve to clean up the scene thoroughly.
At the same time, he took Zhou Wangchen and the three puppets with him.
[You have used the Blood Escape Technique once, reversing the negative effect, resulting in a massive increase in Essence-Spirit-Energy.]
[You have used the Demon Dragon Technique once, reversing the negative effect, resulting in cultivation advancement.]
Ye Bufan felt an unprecedented sense of well-being in his Essence-Spirit-Energy. He glanced at the system panel's information prompt and couldn't help but smile slightly.
When others used such techniques, they would feel mentally exhausted and their cultivation would plummet afterward.
But for him, his spirit was full.
Originally, his cultivation, just entering the first level of Foundation Establishment, had taken a step toward the peak of the first level.
"Is the master's body unharmed?"
As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Lv Luo approached.
She glanced at the bloody Zhou Wangchen, her heart pounding, and looked at Ye Bufan with a newfound respect.
Although Zhou Wangchen's cultivation was low, his puppets were strong and had a small reputation on Demon Sword Peak.
The most crucial aspect was his extreme cunning; several late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators had tried to kill him, but he had escaped unscathed.
"It's just excessive blood essence loss, nothing serious."
Ye Bufan feigned a pale complexion.
By nature cautious, even though he had taken Lv Luo as a servant, he wouldn't reveal certain secrets in front of her.
"The master's talent is extraordinary, achieving mastery in the Demon Dragon Technique and Blood Escape Technique in just a day or two."
Lv Luo said admiringly, and her words were sincere.
She had worked hard for years on this technique and hadn't reached minor mastery, yet Ye Bufan had achieved it so quickly, which was simply unbelievable.
"Stop flattering."
Ye Bufan waved his hand, setting Zhou Wangchen down and beginning to count the spoils.
Three puppets, all at the peak of the third level of Foundation Establishment.
The bronze-armored corpse had even reached the fourth level!
This undoubtedly elevated his strength significantly.
"Zhou Wangchen relied on these puppets for his current reputation, and many fellow disciples were quite envious."
Lv Luo congratulated.
Ye Bufan was also very satisfied, then he opened Zhou Wangchen's storage bag, pouring out a large pile of items.
Most were materials for crafting puppets.
There were also pills, poisons, and over a thousand spirit stones.
The total value exceeded two thousand!
"Quite a fortune! Even among Foundation Establishment cultivators, this is considered wealthy."
Ye Bufan clicked his tongue. When he was an independent cultivator, he had saved for most of his life and didn't even have five hundred spirit stones.
Two thousand, just enough to fill the gap.
Previously, he had Lv Luo purchase materials and demon ape blood, which had nearly exhausted three hundred spirit stones.
"Almost enough to raise my Demon Ape Grand Technique by two levels."
Ye Bufan put away the spirit stones and materials.
In addition, there were a few manuals.
"Spirit Forging Technique, Foundation Establishment chapter, can refine spiritual perception. No wonder that guy could manipulate the bronze-armored corpse so skillfully and even make it speak; his spiritual perception was comparable to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment."
Ye Bufan picked up an ancient book, pleasantly surprised.
Controlling flying swords and puppets relied heavily on spiritual perception.
His spiritual perception was already stronger than others of the same level, but he couldn't simultaneously control flying swords and so many puppets. However, with the Spirit Forging Technique, that wouldn't be a problem.
And such techniques were extremely rare; even a large sect like the Heavenly Demon Sect might not have many copies.
The ancient book's pages were old, not a product of this era.
Clearly.
Zhou Wangchen had found it in some ancient cave dwelling.
"Side effect: extremely slow cultivation speed, and during cultivation, severe damage to spiritual perception, leading to mental confusion and potential idiocy."
Ye Bufan's eyelid twitched involuntarily upon reading the content.
This technique was more dangerous than demonic techniques.
He glanced at the unconscious Zhou Wangchen, thinking it was a miracle this guy had survived until now.
Just then, Ye Bufan heard the system's prompt in his ear.
[Spirit Forging Technique, reverse negative effect: cultivation speed extremely fast, and during cultivation, spiritual perception is nourished, with a slight increase in comprehension.]
Ye Bufan was stunned, then overjoyed.
Not to mention the rest, just the increase in comprehension.
That alone would drive the cultivation world crazy.
Even if it was just a little.
The speed of cultivating techniques wasn't much related to spiritual roots, but required strong comprehension. The higher the comprehension, the faster the technique could be cultivated!
His comprehension was mediocre, so he could only cultivate techniques with significant side effects.
But with this technique, he could quickly cultivate other normal techniques too!
Breaking through realm bottlenecks required even more comprehension!
And comprehension was the one thing that couldn't be improved; it was determined by fate.
"Truly defying the heavens! I've struck gold!"
Ye Bufan suppressed his excitement and carefully put it away.
The only regret was that this technique only had the Foundation Establishment chapter, with no follow-up.
The other two were Foundation Establishment techniques, with mediocre power, which didn't interest Ye Bufan much.
However, the last secret technique made his pupils contract slightly.
***
Outside the courtyard, under the moonlight, a petite figure in a white dress sat on a rock.
Her face was fair and tender, with a bit of baby fat, and her peach blossom eyes gazed at the small courtyard where Ye Bufan was, blinking slightly.
Like an innocent little girl.
"So this is the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment? He's quite handsome."
The Lolita in the white dress propped her small hand on the rock, her bare white feet swinging back and forth.
"To take a disciple or not to take a disciple."
The Lolita in the white dress pouted, a bit conflicted.
"Take him, a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, the cultivation world hasn't seen one in ten thousand years. I must capture him for study."
At that moment, a girl's figure appeared beside the Lolita in the white dress, her bright eyes as devilishly sinister as a demon's.
Clad in a black dress, her appearance was identical to the Lolita in the white dress.
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