1: Baby, are you awake?
“Child, you’re awake?”
“What’s your name?”
An old voice awakened the young man lying on the bed.
The young man’s eyes were dull, filled with confusion: “I… My name is Li Yan, where is this?”
Looking around, he seemed to be in an old, damp, and cold house, with a musty smell in the air.
When he threw off the blanket, the biting cold made him shiver.
He remembered.
Li Yan remembered.
He recalled attending a Hanfu enthusiast gathering and accidentally falling off a cliff while hiking.
This was his last memory before he fell unconscious.
In a daze, Li Yan looked to his right and saw a person standing by his bed.
Upon closer inspection.
The Daoist in front of him was an old man wearing a Daoist robe; his skin was grayish-green, half of his right ear was missing, and his cloudy eyes were bloodshot, always carrying a sinister, scrutinizing gaze when looking at people.
No matter how Li Yan looked at him, this Daoist did not seem like a normal person…
Li Yan suppressed his discomfort and asked, “Old Daoist, my phone seems to be missing. Can you help me call my family?”
At these words, a hint of surprise flashed in the old Daoist’s eyes.
He shook his head repeatedly: “It seems that falling from the mountain caused a hysterical fit, and he’s starting to talk nonsense.”
“It’s not a big deal. This poor Daoist has Medicinal Pills for headaches.”
With that, the old Daoist pulled out a Medicinal Gourd and poured out a scarlet Medicinal Pill from within.
“Come, take this Medicinal Pill, and it will suppress the hysteria in your mind.”
When the old Daoist brought the Medicinal Pill to Li Yan’s face, he frowned. This Medicinal Pill looked absolutely wrong.
The Medicinal Pill pulsed like a heart, occasionally glowing red, and inside, what looked like insect egg embryos could be seen.
Is this a Medicinal Pill?
It looks like apple snail eggs!
Li Yan shook his head repeatedly and refused, “No need, Daoist!”
However, the old Daoist with the crooked eye and torn ear pressed closer, bringing the pulsating Medicinal Pill to Li Yan’s mouth.
“Child, would I harm you?”
“The delusions you just spoke of, one listen is enough to know you are seriously ill. Take the medicine quickly.”
Whoosh!
The horsetail whisk in the old Daoist’s hand seemed to come alive, thousands of fine threads flying out, firmly trapping Li Yan.
The old Daoist in front of him, with his yellowed teeth, let out a series of low laughs.
“This is all for your own good. Be a good boy and take your medicine.”
Li Yan widened his eyes. He wasn't sick, he didn't need medicine!
Seeing Li Yan’s mouth tightly shut, the old Daoist simply used a pressure point technique on his face, and his mouth instantly opened, the red Medicinal Pill forced into Li Yan’s mouth.
“Ugh!”
The moment the Medicinal Pill entered his mouth, Li Yan could clearly feel the Medicinal Pill pulsating in his mouth, wriggling its way down his throat.
This Medicinal Pill is definitely problematic!
Once that insect egg hatched inside his body, Li Yan would become a puppet controlled by parasites.
It’s over…
Just as his heart rate accelerated and his breathing became rapid.
【Detected that the Host has consumed a Medicinal Pill with strong side effects — Lower Grade Blood Ovum Pill!】
【Congratulations to the Host for Awakening the ‘Side Effect Collection System’.】
【The Host not only is immune to all side effects, but can also collect the side effects for your own use!】
When this voice sounded in his mind, Li Yan’s body trembled, then slowly calmed down.
Had he Transmigrated? And he even Awakened a Golden Finger at this moment.
Not only immune to side effects, but also able to turn side effects into his own skills?
This made Li Yan, who had read many web novels, immediately realize something.
He no longer struggled, his expression gradually returning to calm.
Seeing this, the old Daoist’s smile became even more sinister: “Hehehe, it seems the Medicinal Pill refined by this poor Daoist is working.”
“Child, how do you feel?”
Looking at the old Daoist with the ‘crooked eye and torn ear’ smiling in front of him, Li Yan realized that he was definitely not his opponent.
The world he was currently in should have Cultivators.
A wise man knows when to retreat. Before figuring out the situation, Li Yan decided to be cautious.
“Daoist, I feel much better.”
The old Daoist grinned, and a foul stench came from his yellowed teeth.
“Little child, stay within the sect and rest assured to recover from your injuries, hehehe.”
As Li Yan watched him leave the room, the old Daoist muttered to himself, saying some strange things.
It wasn't until that voice faded into the distance that Li Yan exhaled a long breath.
But soon, he felt an abnormality in his stomach.
That Lower Grade Blood Ovum Pill was slowly wriggling inside his body, crawling into his Dantian.
He could clearly feel that thing moving around in his stomach, a sensation that made his hair stand on end.
It was at this moment that the System’s voice sounded again.
【Lower Grade Blood Ovum Pill has hatched within you】
【Lower Grade Blood Ovum Pill Efficacy: Can suppress nervous excitement, restore calmness, better condense Blood Qi, and enter the Blood Condensation Realm faster.】
【Side Effect: While the Blood Egg helps the Host to Cultivate, it will continuously absorb the Host’s Blood Qi.】
【Currently immunizing you from side effects, parasitic worms have been removed, beginning side effect conversion…】
【Host has gained a new ability — Blood Qi Theft: Level 1.】
【Blood Qi Theft: When the target’s strength is not higher than one major Realm, you can silently steal the Blood Qi of Cultivators within ten steps.】
This?!
Li Yan raised his hand and could feel a strange power within him.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a pale-faced young Disciple with dark circles under his eyes walked in.
He was carrying food and a wooden plaque hung at his waist.
The words 【Utility · Ming Che】 were written on the wooden plaque, likely indicating he was a Utility Disciple of this Daoist temple.
While he was thinking, the other party threw a wooden plaque over.
“This is your identity plate. From today on, you are a Guest of our Jingxu Sect.”
Li Yan took the wooden plaque and saw that his own plaque read 【Guest】.
The other party placed the food on the table and said to himself, “Master told me to tell you the rules of Jingxu Sect.”
“You are not allowed to move around freely during the day; you can only move within this Stone Workshop.”
“You must return to your room at night. Jingxu Sect has a curfew.”
Hearing these rules, Li Yan felt even more strongly that this place was by no means a proper Daoist temple.
His identity plaque stated he was a Guest, which sounded like he was here to eat at the Daoist temple.
But who was eating whom? This Guest identity… seemed like a domestic animal kept in the Stone Workshop.
At this moment, Senior Brother Ming Che’s mouth curved upwards, and he made an suggestive gesture.
“Do you have any silver?”
Li Yan showed a puzzled expression: “Senior Brother, what does that mean?”
“What else could it mean? It means for you to show some appreciation.”
Saying that, Senior Brother Ming Che placed two bowls of rice on the table.
“If you give money, you can eat fluffy white rice.”
“If you have no money, then Senior Brother will have to give you this instead.”
Of the two bowls of rice on the table, one contained normal rice.
The other bowl was full of wriggling insect eggs.
And Senior Brother Ming Che’s eyes were greedy, staring intently at the gold necklace around Li Yan’s neck.