Raise a sword!

The intense discomfort slowly roused Jiang Peng from her coma.

The dark cave, the cage made of rotten wooden stakes, the traces of blood on the ground, and the lingering fishy smell quickly revitalized his somewhat drowsy mind.

After a moment, Jiang Peng gradually came to her senses.

"Yes, I've traveled through time."

The scene from before flashed through my mind.

Before he time-traveled, he was an extra on a film set. During a break, he fell asleep leaning against a purple-gold cauldron in a Taoist temple where the filming location was located.

When I woke up again, I was already on a mountain path.

At first, after discovering that he had transmigrated, he was overjoyed and excited for a long time, vowing to make a name for himself in the other world.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw a plume of black smoke rolling in from the horizon, and he immediately lost consciousness.

When I woke up again, I was already in this dark prison cell at this very moment.

Jiang Peng looked down and realized that she was wearing a suit of clothing; she had transmigrated.

He was still wearing the ancient folk costume provided by the production team, but the wig he had put on after makeup was nowhere to be seen.

Look around.

Jiang Peng noticed that he wasn't the only one in the cell; there was also a withered-looking old man next to him.

At this moment, the old man was also sizing up Jiang Peng, his eyes full of schadenfreude.

"Excuse me, senior...where is this?" Jiang Peng asked tentatively.

"Who knows where Old Demon Dan's lair is?" the old man chuckled. "I don't know whether to call you lucky or unlucky, you slept for three days straight!"

Jiang Peng's eyes brightened slightly.

Although the old man's accent was slightly different, it was indeed a familiar language.

As for the old man's mention of the Demonic Elder Dan...

So it turns out that the black smoke that swept him away earlier was the work of this so-called Old Demon Dan who captured him.

You can tell he's not a good person just by listening to him!

"Being imprisoned is considered lucky?" Jiang Peng asked, puzzled.

The old man sneered, "Old Demon Dan captured four people in total. The three who didn't faint have already died from drug testing... You, kid, survived for three more days while unconscious. How can that not be considered lucky?"

As they were speaking, footsteps sounded from the other side of the cave.

A moment later, a thin old man dressed in a green robe appeared in front of Jiang Peng.

Upon seeing the green-robed elder, the old man immediately exclaimed, "Old Demon Dan, this brat is awake!"

Jiang Peng froze.

But the old demon Dan didn't even glance at Jiang Peng; instead, he stared intently at the old man.

"Fellow Daoist Hao, we've used up all our essence and blood."

Upon hearing this, the old man's already weak face turned even paler, but after a moment's hesitation, he finally raised his hand shakily, forcing out a few drops of blood from his fingertips.

Seeing this, Dan Laomo waved his hand lightly, and the few drops of blood flew to him and fell into the porcelain bottle that had been prepared beforehand.

"Fellow Daoist Hao, you must take good care of your health and not die carelessly... Blood slaves at the late stage of Qi Refining are hard to find, and blood slaves like you with families are even rarer."

The old man just kept a sullen face and didn't respond.

Dan Laomo didn't care and turned to look at Jiang Peng.

With a flick of his hand, a pill floated in front of Jiang Peng.

"Take the pill, or die."

Dan Laomo's indifferent gaze made Jiang Peng feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

His throat bobbed, and after only a few breaths of hesitation, he felt a killing intent descend upon him.

There's no other choice at all.

He reached out and took the pill, preparing to grit his teeth and swallow it in one gulp.

Suddenly, a golden light flashed before Jiang Peng's eyes.

[Unknown Elixir: Highly poisonous, slightly enhances physical constitution]

Below this text, there are two options: [Purify] and [Refine].

Jiang Peng's pupils contracted slightly, and she subconsciously looked at Dan Laomo outside the cell.

But Dan Laomo's expression remained unchanged, still showing his impatient demeanor.

"Is this my cheat code? Only I can see the words in front of me." Jiang Peng suddenly realized.

Looking at the pill in his hand, he simply couldn't ignore the word "highly poisonous" displayed in the text above it.

So, Jiang Peng pretended to put the pill in her mouth, and at the same time, she selected the [Purify] option.

The pill in his mouth disappeared instantly.

The next moment, a purple-gold cauldron suddenly flashed into Jiang Peng's mind.

The cauldron was exactly the same as the one in the Taoist temple where he had rested before he transmigrated!

Images flashed through my mind.

The pill that had disappeared from his mouth appeared in the image in his mind, then fell into the cauldron, and then flames of blue and red suddenly rose from the cauldron.

After a few breaths, the pills in the cauldron flew out and reappeared in Jiang Peng's mouth.

[Unknown Elixir: High-grade Tier 1, slightly enhances physical body]

New words flashed before my eyes.

It is still an unknown elixir, but the "highly poisonous" property has disappeared.

Moreover, because Jiang Peng kept her lips tightly closed throughout the entire process, even the old demon Dan, who was right next to her, did not notice anything unusual.

"Swallow it!" Old Demon Dan urged in a cold voice.

Actually, there's no need for Old Demon Dan to urge us.

The purified pill, before Jiang Peng could even swallow it, had already transformed into a cool medicinal power that entered his throat and then, within a few breaths, permeated his entire body.

At the same time, a new image appeared in my mind.

It was a figure whose face was obscured, sitting cross-legged in front of the purple-gold cauldron, constantly throwing various materials into the cauldron and then manipulating the flames inside.

The images flashed through Jiang Peng's mind at dozens of times the speed, yet Jiang Peng could clearly see every detail.

Perhaps because of the overwhelming amount of information, Jiang Peng couldn't help but close her eyes and concentrate.

Finally, the figure refining pills disappeared, and a brand new batch of pills flew out of the cauldron.

It was the same pill that Jiang Peng had just taken!

"The cauldron in my mind can not only purify pills, but also replicate the pill-making process?!" Jiang Peng was shocked.

However, Jiang Peng had not forgotten her situation.

He opened his eyes, only to find that the old demon Dan had vanished without a trace.

With a slight sigh of relief, Jiang Peng tried to sense the cauldron in her mind that had returned to calm.

"I seem to be unable to actively drive the cauldron for the time being... Was everything just now because of the pill that Old Demon Dan gave me?" Jiang Peng pondered to himself.

Meanwhile, the elderly man surnamed Hao opposite them looked curious.

Why did you suddenly lose focus?

Jiang Peng was taken aback.

Therefore, when he was looking at the alchemy process in his mind, he appeared to be lost in thought to outsiders.

How long was I lost in thought?

"Just a moment."

Jiang Peng nodded, it seemed that the flow of time was the same inside and outside.

"I felt unwell all over after taking the medicine, but I feel better now," Jiang Peng casually replied.

Old Hao didn't seem to mind and simply nodded casually.

"You're lucky. Old Demon Dan somehow found a fragmented pill formula from an ancient alchemist and has been tinkering with it all day long... The fact that you're still alive means that old demon has made some progress."

Jiang Peng remained silent.

There's been no progress whatsoever. Without the help of the cauldron, he would have already died from the poison.

Thinking of this, Jiang Peng couldn't help but start to feel the changes in her body.

He had actually sensed something earlier.

The weakness and fatigue from not eating or drinking for three days had been completely gone, and his previously thin body now seemed to be stronger.

Jiang Peng's tense emotions relaxed slightly.

For now, I've managed to survive.

As a slave, with the help of the inner furnace, I can temporarily save my life and even get some benefits.

But the crisis is far from over.

Jiang Peng was unwilling to entrust her life to a demonic cultivator.

Jiang Peng could save his life for a while thanks to the cauldron, but he didn't think he could hide his strangeness for long.

What if one day Old Demon Dan uses the same pill to kill someone else, and then turns around and asks why he didn't die?

Even if her cheat ability isn't exposed, just being mistaken for having some special constitution will greatly reduce Jiang Peng's chances of escaping.

With this in mind, Jiang Peng looked at the old man huddled in the corner.

"Senior, that old demon just now said you are a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator?"