Life-extending Pill?
Hearing these four words, Lu Heng was overjoyed beyond belief.
He quickly entered the system warehouse and took out the pill that brought him endless hope.
[Life-extending Pill: Made with a century-old ginseng as the principal ingredient, supplemented by 81 auxiliary ingredients, refined over 49 days, it can extend life by two years!]
It only extends life by two years?
No wonder it's a product from the white area.
Although Lu Heng was a bit disappointed, something is better than nothing.
He didn't want to have his memorial day in two weeks.
"I wonder what kind of water is needed to take this Life-extending Pill?"
"Is it pure water? Or honey water?"
"Forget it, I'll just swallow it dry!"
"Whoa... why does it feel a bit stuck?"
Lu Heng quickly patted his chest, finally managing to swallow the Life-extending Pill.
[System Alert: Host has taken the Life-extending Pill, successfully extending life by one year!]
Extending life by one year?
Wasn't it supposed to be two years?
Why the heck did it become just one year?
Lu Heng was dumbfounded.
He quickly checked the specifics, and then his whole being was numb.
Currently, because his body has late-stage blood cancer, any pill he takes only has half of the normal effect.
Even the Spiritual Qi Pill he took before only worked at half-effectiveness.
The Life-extending Pill can extend two years of life, but for him, it was halved, leaving just one year.
That's really a scam!
If he had transmigrated into a normal person, would he even need to worry about his lifespan?
Lu Heng wiped his moist eyes, feeling so wronged inside!
But then his mind had a sudden flash of inspiration.
Previously, when he was cultivating the "Taiyi Five Qi Spell," he miraculously gained two more days of life.
Could it be that continuous cultivation could cure his blood cancer?
Indeed, once he cultivates into an Immortal, what cancer could still be a concern?
Thinking of this, he felt a ray of light in his bleak life.
Life is like a forced×, although now being×, sooner or later, I'll turn×!
"Senior brother, are you there?"
Outside the room, the clear and youthful voice came again.
"I'm here, come in!"
Lu Heng composed himself and also learned the "Heaven-Stepping Cloud Step" from the system warehouse.
With a creak, the door was pushed open from outside by a girl about ten years old, with rosy lips and white teeth.
"Senior brother, Master asked me to call you for the evening class."
The little girl smiled sweetly.
This girl and he were both orphans adopted by their Master, and they had been together since childhood, having a deep bond.
"Qingyue, wait a moment, I'll change my clothes and come."
After saying that, Lu Heng quickly changed his clothes, then took the little girl's hand and headed to Fuyun Hall for the evening class.
Every evening, the Daoist responsible for giving lectures in Fuyun Hall was Qingfeng and Qingyue's master, currently the abbot of Shangqing Tao.
The old Daoist, known as Xuan Cheng, with a strand of long beard and over sixty years old, was well-versed in many Taoist scriptures and doctrines.
Lu Heng brought Qingyue to find a random spot to sit down, then began to meditate and cultivate the "Taiyi Five Qi Spell."
An hour later, the evening class concluded.
"Qingfeng, you stay behind!"
The old Daoist Xuan Cheng called out to Lu Heng.
"Master!"
Lu Heng stepped forward and respectfully bowed.
This old Daoist had done good deeds all his life, and Lu Heng genuinely respected him.
"How has your illness been lately?"
Xuan Cheng asked with concern.
"It's much better after taking the medicine."
Lu Heng didn't tell the truth.
Back then, Qingfeng had gone down the mountain alone for a hospital check-up.
The results of the check-up, Qingfeng didn't tell anyone.
Even his closest Master, Qingfeng didn't mention it.
So, nobody in Shangqing Tao knew about Qingfeng's blood cancer.
"That's good."
Xuan Cheng glanced at Lu Heng, whose face looked radiant, and nodded slightly, "You may go!"
"Yes, Master."
Lu Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and left Fuyun Hall.
...
Five days later.
"System!"
Lu Heng slowly opened his eyes, paused his cultivation, and silently called out the system interface in his heart.
Host: Lu Heng (Daoist Title: Qingfeng)
Age: 18
Status: Late-stage Blood Cancer
Cultivation: Second-Layer Qi Refining
Cultivation Technique: Taiyi Five Qi Spell, Heaven-Stepping Cloud Step
Magical Treasure: None
Life Span: 1
[System Alert: Host is in the late stage of blood cancer with only one year of life left. Please extend your life as soon as possible, or the host will completely die...]
After gaining an extra year of life, the "not long for this world" in the status bar had disappeared.
Although the system still prompted him to extend his life, he wasn't in a hurry.
With another year in the future, even if he had bad luck, he could draw a few Life-extending Pills.
Of course, what made him happiest was that the five days of diligent, sleepless cultivation had advanced his cultivation realm to the Second-Layer Qi Refining.
During the First-Layer Qi Refining, he didn't feel any difference between his body and an ordinary person's.
But now at the second layer...
He felt his physical strength had increased several times over.
He had a distinctive sense of power in every move he made.
To test his strength, he went to the back of the mountain and picked up a rock the size of a fist.
With a squeeze of his hand, the stone in his palm instantly crumbled into pieces.
"Whoa! That's amazing!"
Lu Heng's eyes sparkled.
If it were in his previous life, he'd be exhausted and still unable to crush a stone!
"Let's try again..."
He found a discarded stone slab at the construction site at the back mountain and hit it with a punch.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the stone slab was cracked from the punch.
"This is really like a cow getting a venereal disease—amazing!"
Lu Heng touched his fist, feeling no pain at all.
He guessed that a punch like this would likely send someone straight to meet King Yama.
"Stay low-key, stay low-key!"
"If I'm to become an Immortal's man, how can I be complacent with this little achievement?"
Although he spoke of keeping a low profile, his grin was so wide that even his molars were visible.
"Oh right, let's also try this 'Heaven-Stepping Cloud Step' today!"
Lu Heng channeled his True Qi, clouds formed under his feet, and he turned into a cloud shadow, swiftly moving down from the back mountain.
The thousand-layered stairs couldn't hinder him at all.
With lightning speed, he reached the bottom of the mountain in less than half a minute.
"This is fun!"
Enthused, Lu Heng changed direction and ascended another tall mountain.
In an instant, he surpassed countless tourists climbing the mountain and reached the summit.
At this moment, the tourists on the mountain path, panting heavily, were all dumbfounded.
They only saw a white cloud shadow flash by, flying low to the ground like lightning.
Before they could blink again, the white cloud shadow had appeared over a hundred meters away.
In an instant, the tourists all had expressions of astonishment, as if they'd touched an electric socket.
"Whoa! What was that?"
"Honey, look, there's an Immortal!"
"What just flashed by in front of me?"
"What was that white shadow? It looked somewhat human?"
"An Immortal! We've encountered an Immortal..."
Exclamations erupted from the crowd.
Almost everyone was taking deep breaths like they had eaten five hundred pounds of chili peppers.