Fantasy: I'm in a discarded alchemy room, but I can turn trash into treasure!

The night wind cuts my face.

Bloodbone Town.

Bai Chenshuang originally intended to catch Qin Mo, who was falling from the flagpole, and escape on her sword.

Her flying sword was already unleashed, and the moment spiritual energy flowed into the blade, she and Qin Mo were about to soar into the sky.

However, a sudden tremor shook the area above, and a crimson magic net gathered from all directions, completely covering the entire plaza of Bloodbone Town.

Blood flowed across the magic net, and every warp and weft line hummed.

Bai Chenshuang was thrown back to the ground by that force, and the stone slab beneath her feet shattered.

"senior!"

Bai Chenshuang knelt on one knee, supporting the unconscious Qin Mo with one hand, and looked up at the blood-red net.

The surrounding mist churned, and a dozen dark figures stepped out from the ruins at the edge of the square.

Each figure was shrouded in a thick demonic aura, forming an impenetrable barrier around the entire square.

The woman covered in blood on the flagpole suddenly moved.

With a struggle, the thick hemp rope binding his wrists snapped.

She floated down from a great height, and the bloodstains and whip marks on her clothes peeled away layer by layer, revealing her intact skin and a bewitching red dress underneath.

It's all an act.

"The mighty King of Pills."

The woman in the red dress stood on the ground, tilted her head to look at Qin Mo in Bai Chenshuang's arms, and sneered, "That's all the skill you have."

Bai Chenshuang's pupils contracted.

She could smell the lingering black poisonous miasma in the air; it was sweet with a fishy smell, and its medicinal properties were terrifyingly potent.

"Heavenly Demon Bone-Corroding Smoke..."

Bai Chenshuang's voice was extremely low, and a chill ran through my heart.

There is no other way to cure this except for the antidote from the Heavenly Demon Sect itself.

Back then, a righteous Nascent Soul cultivator fell victim to this poison.

"It's good that we know each other."

The woman in the red dress raised her chin, looking down at him.

"You are Xue You'er of the Heavenly Demon Sect?"

Bai Chenshuang hugged Qin Mo tightly and took a half step back.

"Ha, the young sect leader of Yunyu Palace does have some knowledge."

Xue You'er clapped her hands, her tone full of mockery.

Bai Chenshuang didn't have time to think further.

Heavy footsteps could be heard in the darkness behind me.

step.

The stone slabs of the entire square trembled.

Two steps.

Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ground.

Three steps.

An elderly man in a black robe, as strong as an iron tower, emerged from the mist.

He wore a pair of dark red metal gauntlets on his fists, the surface of which was engraved with twisted magic patterns, each line of which was oozing blood.

The demonic power of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator poured out from his body, causing the surrounding members of the Heavenly Demon Sect to change their expressions drastically and hastily retreat towards the outside of the plaza.

"Li Cangsheng".

Bai Chenshuang clenched her molars.

Bloodhand Butcher.

One of the three elders of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

These demonic blood gauntlets have claimed the lives of more than one righteous Nascent Soul ancestor.

Li Cangsheng didn't look at Bai Chenshuang; his cloudy old eyes were fixed on the bronze mask in her arms.

"Holy Maiden, is this the Pill King you spoke of?"

"I've caught the man; the rest is up to the elders."

Xue You'er took two steps back and smiled as she made way for him.

Bai Chenshuang had no way out.

She placed Qin Mo behind her, summoned her natal flying sword, and poured all her spiritual power into it.

The sword vibrated, its cold light surged, and a sharp sword aura slashed straight at the approaching Li Cangsheng.

Li Cangsheng didn't even utter a sound.

He raised his right fist, and all the patterns on the Demon Blood Gauntlets lit up as he unleashed a punch.

The force of the fist and the energy of the sword collided in mid-air.

"Clang!"

Sparks exploded.

Bai Chenshuang's flying sword was deflected by that punch, and a visible crack appeared on the blade.

The force of the shockwave flowed back into Bai Chenshuang's body along the spiritual energy link, causing her to be thrown backward. She felt a sweet taste in her throat and spat out half a foot of blood.

"How long has it been since the elixir was shattered and the infant spirit was formed?"

Li Cangsheng stepped forward slowly, his voice hoarse, "Your foundation is no match for three punches from me."

Bai Chenshuang knelt on the ground, her chest aching terribly, as she forcefully steadied her flying sword to block in front of her.

She knew that Li Cangsheng was telling the truth.

She had only been in the Nascent Soul stage for a few days, and her foundation was not yet stable.

Opposite her was an old demon who had been immersed in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm for decades. In terms of combat power alone, she couldn't even come close.

But the Pill King was lying behind him.

She cannot back down.

"Again!"

Bai Chenshuang wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and her flying sword rose again.

Li Cangsheng threw the same punch again.

The sword energy shattered.

Bai Chenshuang was blasted away again, this time crashing directly into the broken wall at the edge of the square, shattering bricks and stones all over the ground.

She tried to stand up, leaning against the wall, but her legs were weak and her spiritual energy was almost depleted.

Xue You'er clapped her hands and walked towards Qin Mo, who was lying on the ground, laughing.

"What a load of bull, the Pill King."

She crouched down, tilting her head to examine the face behind the bronze mask. "After all that fuss, she was knocked out with just one dose of poison."

"Holy Maiden..." a black-armored guard approached, "This person is still breathing, should we tie him up first?"

"What's the rush?"

Xue You'er stood up, raised her chin, and said, "Drag that one up here so our Pill King can see him clearly."

On the other side of the square, the grating sound of chains dragging on the ground rang out.

A man in black, gripping the other end of a chain, pulled a woman out of the darkness.

The chain was locked around the woman's neck, and with each step she took, the chain scraped against the wound on her collarbone, and blood flowed down the rust.

Hua Mei Niang.

Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were tattered beyond recognition, there was a horrifying charred wound in her dantian, and her spiritual energy was so chaotic that it was almost dissipated.

Barefoot, the skin and flesh of my feet mingled with the pebbles, each step leaving a dark red footprint on the stone slab.

"Hua Meiniang's appearance is quite durable."

Xue You'er chuckled, "Still able to stand even with a shattered dantian, no wonder she was trained by the Netherworld Sect."

At this moment, Qin Mo's finger twitched slightly on the ground.

The Qi of Heaven and Earth circulated wildly within his body, and the Furnace of Transformation exerted its full power to suppress the corrosive smoke of the Heavenly Demon.

The poisonous miasma was forced back a third, and his consciousness struggled to rise from the darkness.

Vision is blurred.

The first thing he saw was Hua Meiniang.

Those feet.

He remembered that Hua Meiniang's feet were extremely beautiful.

Now, flesh and blood are rolled up, and white bones are faintly visible.

Qin Mo squeezed out a hoarse syllable and sat up, supporting himself on the ground.

Xue You'er raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, you're awake? You're quite tough."

Qin Mo didn't look at her.

His gaze was fixed on Hua Meiniang, and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

"who……"

His voice was so hoarse that it was almost inaudible.

"Who gave you the audacity?"

Qin Mo raised his head, his eyes burning like fire beneath the mask.

He spoke slowly and deliberately, each word squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Those who harm me."

Xue You'er was stunned for a moment, then threw her head back and laughed.

"Touch your people?"

She laughed so hard she almost fell over, then pointed at Qin Mo and said to the followers around her, "Did you hear that? Lord Dan Wang is angry."

The surrounding members of the Heavenly Demon Sect joined in the laughter.

"Don't try to persuade your people."

Xue You'er stopped laughing, leaned down close to Qin Mo, and spoke in a soft, airy voice.

"From this day forward, your life, your hands, and every pill you refine belong to me, Xue You'er."

She paused, then a smug smile curved her lips.

"Just accept your fate, Lord Pill King. From now on, if anyone bullies you, just... call me by my name."

Xue You'er looked up and laughed.

Li Cangsheng behind her also revealed a cruel smile, his heavy footsteps slowly approaching Qin Mo.

But she didn't notice.

Beneath the mask, Qin Mo's lips were also twitching upwards.

That wasn't despair, nor was it a twisted expression of extreme anger.

It's a smile that only appears when a hunter steps into a trap and discovers there's prey underneath.