The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Danli is Liang Qi's hometown, and she has a deep attachment to this land.

The mother said that in the Liang family, daughters are the easiest to be abandoned, just like Danli was the easiest to be abandoned in the Great Jin Dynasty.

The Liang family can be considered a well-known demon-hunting family, but their reputation is not very good.

In the past, in the world of cultivation, there were major sects like the Jiujiang Sect, which were powerful and influential. The sect to which the Liang family belonged could not stand out and could only remain unknown in the remote Danli area.

The women of Danli possess exquisitely defined features and graceful figures; their beauty is renowned even in the cultivation world. It's unclear from which sect leader, or which female disciple, first gained favor with them.

Relying on forming Daoist couples, marrying off daughters, and selling children to obtain resources, support, and assistance has become an unspoken tactic of the Liang family's sect.

The Liang family was a large clan. Liang Tiantian's grandfather had forty-one children, while her father had only nineteen. Liang Tiantian was betrothed at the age of ten to a wealthy businessman from Beijing, who was about twenty years her senior.

The Liang family had long planned to move away. With the Guigu seal weakening, it was only a matter of time before Danli was abandoned.

The capital city is rich in spiritual energy, attracting almost all the major cultivation families. To establish oneself there requires even more effort. The Liang family has married off almost all of their daughters, but that wasn't enough until they climbed the social ladder by marrying into the Wen family.

The Liang family first sent several elders to the capital to familiarize themselves with the environment and build relationships with the family's treasures. Only after their relationship with the Wen family had gradually become solid did the family begin to relocate.

The head of the Liang family led the men of the family to the capital first. Just before their departure, Liang Tiantian's elder brother, who shared the same mother, inexplicably developed a fever, and had no choice but to travel later with the women.

Liang Tiantian is the seventh among her father's daughters, and her brother is also the seventh among his father's sons. Liang Qi is not the same as Liang Qi; Liang Qi dislikes Liang Qi.

The seventh young master possessed exceptional talent in alchemy and was highly regarded by the family head. The seventh young lady bore a resemblance to the seventh young master—this was the only impression the Liang family had of her.

Liang Tiantian's door was suddenly kicked open. Her courtyard was secluded, and her maids and servants had been sold off when her father left, so hardly anyone ever came here.

"Liang Tiantian! Get over here! Where are the pills I asked you to refine? You still haven't given them to me. What am I going to do if Father asks about them in the capital?!"

The person who suddenly barged in was arrogant and showed no signs of illness whatsoever.

Liang Qi had run away alone. He hadn't expected that his father would leave someone to oversee his studies and have him cultivate immortality and refine elixirs. But how could he know how to refine elixirs? He had always secretly asked this little brat to help him before.

"This pill takes a lot of time to make. You notified me too late. It's impossible to refine it in such a short time."

Liang Tiantian knelt below and explained slowly and deliberately.

"Is it my fault? Don't you really enjoy alchemy? Didn't Father assign me any tasks? Why did I have to ask you personally?"

“Brother is right. I will try again tonight and make sure to refine it for you before we leave.”

Sitting in the chair like an old man, seeing how obedient she was, Liang Qi finally felt some relief from the pressure of suppressing his cultivation these past few days.

"You little bitch, if it weren't for me, would you even be able to touch this alchemy furnace?"

Several books suddenly fell on Liang Qi's head. He carefully picked them up; they were all secret manuals about alchemy and setting up formations.

"These are my homework assignments for the past few days. Please help me copy them today. After we get to the capital, I'll persuade Father to let you get married later."

So much, will it all be finished today?

Liang Tiantian didn't dare to question her, so she could only nod and immediately sat down in the chair to copy the book.

Liang Qifang also has guards sent by his father to supervise him. These past few days, he has been forced to read books and cultivate every day, which is extremely annoying.

He looked around the room, which was much simpler than his own, and thought that he could hide here and play without anyone noticing. Once the little brat had finished copying the things, he could just take them back to report and no one would dare to say anything to him.

"I'll be here supervising you today! Don't even think about sleeping until you finish copying."

"Yes."

That day, Liang Qi copied texts in his room from day to night.

While everyone else was fast asleep, she had to stay alert and sneak into the alchemy room when no one was around.

Liang Tiantian carefully put away the copied book, glanced at the person sleeping soundly on the bed, and carefully walked out.

It was quiet outside. Most of the people from the Liang family had left, and the mansion was suddenly much emptier.

Liang Tiantian walked along without encountering many people. After walking for an unknown amount of time, she suddenly heard someone shout, "The barrier is broken! It seems a monster has broken in."

Is there a monster?

Liang Tiantian looked up and vaguely saw people and demons fighting in the air.

Everything happened without warning. Several monsters suddenly broke into the Liang residence, and more and more monsters started to enter.

Liang Tiantian was a little scared, so she quickly ran back, trying to run as fast as she could to find the guards and the demon hunters who had stayed behind.

The Liang residence descended into chaos even faster, with everyone shouting and some courtyards suddenly catching fire for no apparent reason.

There were probably over a hundred monsters who broke into the Liang residence; they had planned this all along.

Liang Tiantian felt only a daze about that day. She didn't know how anything happened, but she clearly remembered that she was lucky enough to run into the guards responsible for protecting them.

She heard them clearly: they said to ignore everyone else, and that if anything happened, just protect Young Master Liang.

They shouted Liang Qi's name and searched anxiously everywhere.

Liang Tiantian froze on the spot.

No one will save her, no one will care about her.

As the guards ran towards Liang Qi's courtyard, Liang Tiantian immediately turned around and ran back to her own courtyard.

Liang Qi was in her room.

As soon as she ran back, she saw Liang Qi, who had already woken up, about to run out. In her haste, Liang Tiantian fell to the ground, and she quickly got up and grabbed him.

"Brother! Don't go out!"

Liang Tiantian pulled him back into the house and closed the door tightly. She looked at Liang Qi, who looked confused, and tried her best to calm herself down.

Liang Qi shook off her hand and asked, "What's going on outside?"

what happened?

Liang Tiantian didn't know what to say.

"Brother, a monster is coming! It's very dangerous outside. Don't go out. I'll go out and find someone to save you."

monster?

Liang Qi was also a little scared by the commotion outside.

"Let me go! You little bitch, get out of my way! I want to get out, I don't want to stay here!"

He commanded, "Guards! I'm here! Quickly, someone rescue me!"

Liang Tiantian's courtyard was too remote, and now that there were no servants, no one paid any attention to Liang Qi.

"Liang Tiantian, take me to find the housekeeper and my mother!"

"No! I... I need to find my mother! I need to get out! Help! I'm here... Someone help me..."

Liang Qi cried and screamed to leave, giving Liang Tiantian a headache. The sound of the guards calling for Liang Qi was still ringing in her head...

Just as Liang Qi opened the door and was about to run out, Liang Tiantian didn't know what to do. By the time she realized what was happening, the hairpin in her hand had already been inserted into the back of Liang Qi's neck.

When did she remove the hairpin? How did she insert it?

She didn't know that things were finally quiet now.

After realizing what had happened, she immediately closed the door and washed the blood off her body with water.

She stared at the corpse on the ground, remaining motionless for a long time without panicking; she seemed to know exactly what she was going to do.

No one noticed that the Seventh Miss's courtyard had also caught fire, and the entire Liang mansion was in chaos, with women screaming everywhere.

"Master! Master!"

"Seventh Young Master! Seventh Young Master!"

"Young Master Liang, where are you?"

"Liang Qi! Liang Qi! Liang Qi..."

The Liang residence had become a hellish place, with more and more corpses lying on the ground. None of the demon hunters who stayed behind to protect them could be saved; they cried out for Liang Qi.

After searching for a long time, a small figure finally ran out of the burning study.

"I'm here!"

The guards quickly surrounded him. The boy was wearing a thin shirt, his loose hair was slightly burnt, and his face was blackened by smoke, but his features could be vaguely identified as Liang Qi.

The guard hoisted Liang Qi onto his shoulder and shouted, "Found him! Get out of here!"