Chapter 7: Winning Twice, Winning Outright

"I'm going…"

Seeing this, Li Mu reacted sharply!

This Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll can actually turn events that were unfavorable to him within a period of time into never having happened, and only make the favorable events become reality!

As for the price that should have been borne by me, it will be shouldered entirely by my enemies?

Is this the worth of a divine artifact?

This is way too awesome!

Since that's the case…

Li Mu suddenly had a bold idea.

"Since I can turn all unfavorable events into never having happened, and only make favorable events become reality."

"In other words…"

"Now I can not only enjoy the benefits of the Qi‑Blood Pill, but also freely reap tenfold Heavenly Dao Blessing, with Hundredfold Heavenly Dao Blessing amplification…"

Li Mu curled the corner of his mouth and kept popping pills!

Anyway, all the price will be shouldered by Qin Siwu, that old Lao Bi Deng!

Then as long as I keep training without dying!

Then I'll train to the death!

Li Mu looked at the Jade Bottle in his hand containing the Qi‑Blood Pills, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Li Mu poured ten Qi‑Blood Pills directly from the Jade Bottle, tipped his head back, and gulped them down in one go.

The medicinal scent of the Qi‑Blood Pill was still very strong.

It entered with a clear, sweet taste, the scent rich, and quickly dissolved between his lips and teeth.

Along with that, the text on the system screen before Li Mu began to shift.

【Ding!】

【Identified ten toxic Qi‑Blood Pills, triggering Hundredfold Heavenly Dao Blessing!】

【Congratulations, host, you have successfully obtained one thousand toxic Qi‑Blood Pills!】

The prompt tone rang in his mind again!

"What?"

"Hundredfold!"

Li Mu trembled.

He had thought that this time taking pills would be just tenfold, like the previous attempts, which would have been good enough!

Who would have thought!

This time the system malfunctioned, directly giving him a hundredfold boost!

Ten Qi‑Blood Pills!

Instantly turned into one thousand Qi‑Blood Pills!

Isn't this just too unreasonable?

"Boom!"

Before Li Mu could continue to be shocked.

In an instant.

Li Mu felt as if his throat held a mouthful of scorching magma, and his Qi and blood boiled inside, like countless wild horses raging in a mad gallop.

A tremendously robust and refined heat surged down from his throat, linking segment by segment.

His flesh trembled!

Qi and blood surged!

Li Mu's cultivation, propelled by this terrifying drug power, broke through to the fourth‑grade Refining Qi Realm without any difficulty!

"This also…"

"This is also too exaggerated, right?"

Li Mu looked at his hands, somewhat incredulous.

To think!

He had just broken through to the third‑grade Refining Qi Realm today, and the fourth‑grade seemed a distant dream.

Even if Li Mu practiced '007' for a week, holding the resolve to train to the death as long as he didn't die.

At the same time.

Adding the boost of the hundred Qi‑Blood Pills in his hand, it would still take at least two weeks to breakthrough!

But now!

He covered in the blink of an eye the path that previously required almost half a month to traverse!

"The most crucial part is!"

Li Mu examined himself and soon discovered another awesome feature of the system's Heavenly Dao identification combined with the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll.

That is!

The medicine is three parts poison!

Even the most skilled Alchemist cannot remove all toxins from the pill during refinement!

In plain terms.

The pill essentially trades the future potential of a cultivator for immediate rapid advancement.

And those pills with strong effects and minimal side effects.

None of them are anything less than a masterpiece!

Not a single one is sky‑high priced!

This is why, among the renowned orthodox sects of the cultivation world, they never encourage cultivators to rely on popping pills to boost their cultivation.

After all.

To try to boost cultivation by solely ingesting high‑grade pills without draining future potential.

Then no matter how deep the family fortune, it can't afford to burn that much!

But for Li Mu, all those restrictions are completely meaningless!

As long as the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll is in his possession, Li Mu effectively has an endless supply of "substitutes for death"!

"Tsk!"

"In a sense, it's a powerful combo of the Identification System and the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll!"

"I, Li Mu, am the top prodigy of the Qian Kun Realm!"

"As for the price?"

"Naturally, I'll throw everything at Qin Siwu, that old fool!"

"What does that have anything to do with me?"

Li Mu's mouth twitched upward.

"Continue cultivation!"

Li Mu gathered his mind.

He did not stay immersed in joy!

After much effort, he discovered a way to exploit this system glitch.

He could not afford to slack!

All‑night tonight!

"……"

On the other side.

Xuan Yue Feng.

"Calculate the time."

"That kid Li Mu should also take that Blood Qi Pill now."

"Humph…"

"Do you really think my stuff, Qin Siwu's, is that easy to obtain?"

"From now on, I'll begin secluding myself."

"After I emerge, I'll pin all responsibility on Li Mu's youthful ignorance, his greed for rapid advancement, over‑consumption of Blood Qi Pills, which will tragically backfire with pill toxicity and sever his innate talent!"

"That way, even if Zi Yuan reports to the sect master, it'll be useless!"

Qin Siwu thought with a smug smile, after arranging the formation.

He hurriedly pulled a Jade Bottle from his bosom.

He unscrewed the cap, poured out three pills bearing four faint golden filigrees each, and a lingering mist slowly drifted from the three spirit pills.

For a moment, the vast quiet chamber filled with the fragrance of the pills, and a single breath made one feel exceptionally refreshed and invigorated.

"I hope this Fourth-Grade Obstacle‑Breaking Pill in my hand can break through the Second Grade Foundation Establishment Realm!"

In the Qian Kun Realm, no fourth‑grade elixir is without price and unavailable; they are exceedingly rare.

Anyway, I'll be in seclusion for a while, so I'll use this chance to assault the Second Grade Foundation Establishment Realm!

If I succeed in breaking through, plus Li Mu's dismissal,

That's like winning twice on both sides—truly a massive win, right?

Thinking that, Qin Siwu couldn't suppress his grin; the look of a petty triumphant man was unmistakable on his face.

"Li Mu, Li Mu!"

"Let this old man give you the first lesson of the cultivation world."

Having said that.

Qin Siwu directly swallowed the Obstacle‑Breaking Pill.

A moment later.

He could clearly feel his true Qi, long dormant and unruffled, suddenly revitalized at this moment.

Aiming to help him break the bottleneck of the Second Grade Foundation Establishment Realm!

"It's loosening!"

"The bottleneck that has trapped me for decades is finally loosening!"

"Breaking through the Second Grade Foundation Establishment Realm, today!"

"Today itself!"

Qin Siwu's smile grew even brighter, but just as he prepared to make a single bold push to complete the breakthrough,

"Ow—"

The next second!

Qin Siwu let out a sudden scream!

He felt his blood and Qi suddenly raged like a mad dog, tearing through his eight extraordinary vessels.

The ferocity of the surge was clearly intent on bursting him apart alive!

"Puwah!"

Qin Siwu felt a needle‑like pain in his meridians intensify, and he immediately spewed a large mouthful of fresh blood.

And that's not all.

He kept bleeding from every part of his body.

In no time at all, his whole body turned into a blood‑filled gourd!

Terribly nauseating!

Qin Siwu was also so frightened that his soul scattered.

He hurriedly rushed out of the pass, shouting.

"Quansun, save me!"

Having said that.

Qin Siwu's vision went black, and he immediately fainted.

"……"

The next day.

A blaze of sunrise filled the sky.

Li Mu pushed open the door and stepped out.

He showed no trace of fatigue after an all‑night cultivation; instead, he was radiant with vigor!

That night, Li Mu's pill‑aided cultivation no longer triggered the system's hundred‑fold recognition; it was only ten‑fold!

Yet Li Mu's cultivation advanced again, reaching the Fourth‑Grade Qi Refining Realm Peak!

With such exaggerated cultivation speed, not even the Ziyang Sect's heavenly elites could match it.

Even if one searched the entire Qian Kun Realm, few could compare.

At the same time, the Eight‑Nine Profound Skill itself rose two levels in one night, reaching lv: 2.

The key was that he didn't have to endure any side‑effect cost!

I've won big!

This time I really won big!

"At this pace,"

"As long as the pills are plentiful, I can raise my cultivation to the Eighth or even Ninth‑Grade Refining Qi Realm in the Four Peaks Grand Competition a month from now."

"That way, I'll have at least two Thousandfold Heavenly Dao Blessings at my disposal!"

Li Mu's smile at the corner of his mouth just wouldn't fade.

"Perfect, let's see if there's any martial skill that suits me!"

Originally, Li Mu held two Personal Disciple jade plaques.

However, one of them had already been transformed under a Ten‑thousandfold Heavenly Dao Blessing into a divine artifact: the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll!

The other could be used to freely select a Yellow Tier technique or martial skill from the Gong Fa Dian.

In the Qian Kun Realm, cultivation techniques and combat arts are divided into four tiers: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.

Each tier is further split into Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced levels.

There seems to be something above the Heaven Tier!

For example, the Eight‑Nine Profound Skill Li Mu is currently cultivating is rated by the system as: Unknown!

As for the reason?

None other!

Not to mention the Eight‑Nine Profound Skill itself, even the myriad divine abilities under it, taken alone, are unquestionably beyond the Heaven Tier!

Therefore, Li Mu doesn't need any techniques.

Once he raises the Eight‑Nine Profound Skill's level, he will naturally master those divine abilities.

Li Mu only needs a handy martial skill usable at this stage!

Thinking this, Li Mu found himself already at the Gong Fa Dian.

He saw a towering palace shaped like a pagoda, rising from the ground, six stories high.

The overall architectural style exuded a sense of vicissitude and ancient aura.

Li Mu looked up.

Directly above the Gong Fa Dian, an extremely mysterious formation seemed to be slowly rotating.

The terrifying pressure unintentionally emitted as the formation operated made one feel a sudden sense of insignificance.

It seems that before the designated opening time, even senior cultivators of the Foundation Establishment Realm's Golden Core stage won't dare step near this place.

With that thought, Li Mu stepped forward, only to see many Longtan Feng disciples already gathered before the Gong Fa Dian.

They waited for the Gong Fa Dian to open its doors, clustering in groups of three or five, chatting animatedly.

Seeing this, Li Mu's eyes lit up; he casually took a packet of sunflower seeds from his pocket, ready to snack on fresh seeds.