The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Asagao's father was also a soldier who followed the Pei clan. He was wounded in the leg on the battlefield, and because of her mother, he did not choose to go home but stayed in the northern desert.

Asagao greatly admired her father. As a child, she always regretted that she did not have spiritual roots, otherwise she should have been able to go to the battlefield.

Chaoyan was one of the few only children in the northern desert, the only child her parents had planned for, and they gave her all their love. While other girls were learning how to be wives, she spent her days playing wildly on horseback.

On the day she decided to join the army, she was fifteen years old and was deeply moved by General Pei, who was twenty years old and spoke in a hoarse voice in the crowd.

She already knew Pei Kuang; he was quite famous among mortals without spiritual roots.

Asagao sighed in the crowd, "That's General Pei Kuang, who's even more powerful than cultivators. Everyone always talks about General Pei, who's always been a troublemaker and has defeated many cultivators."

"Everyone, I have obtained His Highness the Crown Prince's guarantee that the Northern Desert Iron Cavalry's pay and pensions will be five taels more than those of the Feather Spirit Army! The imperial court will also provide us with sufficient weapons and elixirs, unlike before when they would not care about our lives!"

"Our recruitment process doesn't involve looking at spiritual roots, aptitude, or age like the Feather Spirit Army. As long as you're physically fit, we'll take you!"

"Are we all destined to be looked down upon by demons and cultivators for the rest of our lives? To wait to be saved, to forever be protected? Then our lives and dignity will forever be in the hands of the conscience of others!"

"Everyone must believe in yourselves! We mortals can also slay demons! Mortals are no less capable than cultivators!"

"I, Pei Kuang, guarantee that if you follow me, we will be the first to wipe out the demons that dominate the northern desert! We will restore peace to everyone!"

Among the crowd, some people kept questioning, after all, the reputation of the Northern Desert Iron Cavalry as the "Death Legion" was too famous, and people never believed that ordinary people could kill demons. Everyone said that he was a fraud, tricking them into going to their deaths for nothing.

Pei Kuang, accompanied by a few soldiers, was surrounded and mocked by the crowd. He stood in the middle of the crowd, trying to argue, but was interrupted by someone else before he could finish a sentence. Few people listened attentively; they treated him as a source of occasional amusement in life, something to listen to briefly, and then the novelty wore off.

Pei Kuang sat casually on the ground, tilted his head back, and gently shook the empty water bottle, hoping that a few more drops of water would drip out.

"I have water here."

Asagao smiled and stepped forward to hand him her water bottle. Seeing him take it, Asagao casually asked, "You, a mere mortal, have really killed a demon?"

Pei Kuang drank the water and handed it to his subordinate behind him, but didn't reply to her for a long time.

That's a ridiculous question. She was trying to get closer to the person, but instead she asked something they've been emphasizing all along. No wonder they ignored her.

Asagao smiled awkwardly and said, "I think you make a good point, and I completely agree. I don't have spiritual roots, so can I go with you to kill demons?"

Pei Kuang looked up at her and nodded almost immediately.

"Yes! Follow me."

His voice was hoarse and unpleasant as he struggled to utter those few words.

And so Asagao joined the army. She knew her parents wouldn't agree, so she didn't tell them at all. The next day, she secretly packed her bags, led her horse, and left with the general she admired.

Later, she really did kill many demons and survived the battlefield time and time again.

She was actually more afraid of following the general to recruit soldiers and visit families than to go to the battlefield. She feared she would become a swindler who would stop at nothing to persuade other people's children to join the army, making all sorts of uncertain vows.

Normally she talks the most, but at this time she becomes mute, while Pei Kuang is the opposite.

The general was actually a very quiet person; he could go an entire day without saying a word if there was no need. She had been with the general for a long time, and she could count and remember all the things he had said in private and outside of official business.

He once said, "Asagao, we have never been equal to those cultivators. Mortals and cultivators have never been the same race."

He said, "Asagao, what if one day, the spiritual energy in the world increases and the cultivation of immortals strengthens? With a wave of their hand, immortals can kill thousands of mortals, while they themselves live for thousands or tens of thousands of years. What will we do then?"

Asagao knew that Pei Kuang had always disliked cultivators. It wasn't out of jealousy, but rather a hatred akin to that for demons who were different from humans.

Cultivators, like demons, are different from mortals and disrupt the peace of the human world. Pei Kuang said that perhaps when all the demons disappear, the cultivators will become their new enemies.

Is the general right?

Asagao didn't know; all she felt now was that everyone, everyone had gone mad.

"Morning Glory! The Mid-Autumn Festival is over, it's over. Going there now is just suicide!"

"The general is still on the battlefield and hasn't returned yet. If he finds out that you led your troops away without permission, he will definitely not let you off easily."

Lin Hu stood in front of her and tried to persuade her.

Asagao gripped the reins tightly, not looking at him. "Our parents and relatives are in Moon Half City; I can't abandon them. Those of you who want to come with me to Moon Half to rescue people, let's go now! Giddy up!"

"Asagao! Come back!"

Lin Hu watched her retreating figure, and then saw the soldiers following Chaoyan away behind her. He roared, "Leaving the camp without permission is a capital offense!"

They completely ignored him and just kept chasing after him.

Lin Hu's subordinates suddenly ran forward and mounted a horse.

"What are you doing!"

"I'm sorry, General Lin! I only brought my parents here half a year ago, and I have to go rescue them! We'll come back after we rescue them."

After saying that, he left.

"Come back! Men, arrest them! Men! Are you deaf?"

No one answered him. Lin Hu turned his head, and the remaining soldiers stood there watching their departing figures.

They also wanted to rescue people.

Lin Hu looked at his injured leg, gritted his teeth, drew his sword and flew towards the battlefield. He was going to tell the general that later, Chaoyan and the others might die at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Crazy! All crazy!

Asagao rode her horse, her mind filled with questions.

Finally, His Highness—no, His Majesty—has returned, but now he is completely obsessed with cultivating immortality and is urging all cultivators in the world to hurry up and cultivate.

On the front lines, on the battlefield against demons, only their Northern Desert Cavalry stood guard, while mortals stood in front to protect the cultivators. What a laughable world.

At the end of July, Liang Tian suddenly launched a rebellion, and Yueban City was captured in just a few days.

Where are they? Where is the army in the Moonlit Valley? The Cloud Valley is such a vast place with so many people, is nobody taking care of them? I remember when the news came, the entire Northern Desert Army was clamoring to return, but the general just coldly said he couldn't intervene without orders. How could he not intervene? Most of the people living inside are their relatives!

Before the demons were all killed, people were already fighting each other.

It was already half a month later when they arrived. Even though they were exhausted, they only rested for a day before rushing to the city gate.

The gate was tightly closed, and Liang Qi stood on the city wall, looking down at her.

"Zhaoyan, you should take your men and get back right now. I will pretend I never saw you today."

The king?

Asagao still couldn't believe that Liang Qi had such ambitions. They had worked together under His Majesty, and in her memory, although Liang Qi seemed aloof and difficult to get along with, they were still friends who could talk to each other a few times.

Why? Why would she do this?

Asagao forced a smile and said ingratiatingly, "Liang Qi! I came here today only to ask you, where are the people of this Moon Half City?"

Asagao looked up and waited for a long time, but she didn't get a reply.

“Liang Qi, I know you are not an unreasonable person. You once saved me from the clutches of a demon, and you are a kind-hearted person. So today, I only ask that you release the people in the city. Most of them are our relatives from the Northern Desert. We must protect them, just as you are protecting the people of Danli.”

"Please, for the sake of the many times our Northern Army has stood in your way, let them go, okay? I beg you."

Liang Qi remained expressionless. She glanced at the group of people on horseback below; there were only a few hundred of them, and they were all ordinary people.

"Zhaoyan, I only want to protect Danli. But given the current situation, someone has to die. If you can't protect Yueban, once Danli falls, Yueban will fall sooner or later."

"Using a half-moon to save Danli, using a half-moon ordinary person to save a Danli cultivator. Chaoyan, get back here, I don't have the person you're looking for." After saying that, the person disappeared from the city wall.

What do you mean?

What does she mean?!

"Liang Qi! Liang Qi, come back! Get back here! Liang Qi! What have you done to them! What have you done to them!"

"You beast! You beast! You beast, get back here!"

The hundreds of soldiers behind Chaoyan also cursed angrily. But no matter how much they cursed, Liang Qi's figure never appeared on the city wall again.

After a long while, she gripped her sword tightly and shouted, "Follow me into the Crescent Moon! Kill!"

"kill!"

……

Asagao died in the middle of the month, in the first year.