Reincarnated as the daughter of my mortal enemy, all I want is to ascend the throne.

Li Qingyan glanced at the people around her.

They wore black robes, revealing only their eyes. Their eyes were like those of a cat.

"Those who offend the Holy Maiden shall be killed."

His voice was hoarse and unpleasant.

Li Qingyan tilted her head and looked at the girl in white in front of her, smiling slightly. "Holy Maiden? How skilled are the people around you in martial arts?" Li Qingyan waved her hand without waiting for her answer.

Yan Xu, who had been secretly following them, descended from the sky and led his men into a direct battle with these people.

Li Yan stood beside Li Qingyan, not moving an inch, but anyone who tried to attack them was captured by Yan Xu.

This group of people were exceptionally strong, but lacked combat skills. They were quickly defeated by the assassins and eventually were all chained up and thrown into the courtyard.

"Holy Maiden? I've only heard of the Benevolent Man Qingchan. What's your relationship with him, sister?" Li Qingyan looked at the Holy Maiden before her. "You must be human too, right?"

The girl looked up and stared intently into Li Qingyan's eyes, as if trying to see something in them. "My name is Zheng Hui, the saintess of Qingchan Shanren."

With just that one sentence, Zheng Hui fell silent. She didn't say another word.

Li Qingyan didn't intend to ask any further questions, but instead looked at the few people who were covered in darkness.

"Li Yan, Yan Xu, remove their masks." Li Qingyan waved her hand, looking somewhat like a bandit.

Li Yan and Yan Xu followed her instructions and directly removed the masks from those people.

When these people's faces were revealed, the room fell completely silent.

"Flying Fork, what's going on here?" Li Qingyan looked at the "person" with a cat face in shock.

These people are not like Tingfeng, who only has ears and a tail.

The cat's face was covered in patterns. It looked like an enlarged cat's head had been attached directly to a person's body, which was extremely eerie.

Li Qingyan felt a chill run down her spine.

Feicha's keyboard clattered as he frantically searched for information. He didn't even say a word more to Li Qingyan, showing how anxious he was.

[Host, these things are people...]

Feicha couldn't believe it; these people had all turned into demons.

Li Qingyan pinched Zheng Hui's chin, "How did these people become like this?"

Zheng Hui looked at Li Qingyan listlessly, without saying a word.

The "cats" yelled at Li Qingyan not to touch Zheng Hui, fearing that Zheng Hui would be hurt.

"You are neither human nor demon, what exactly are you?" Li Qingyan asked, looking at them.

None of these "cats" would say anything.

Li Qingyan ordered them to be imprisoned. As darkness fell, howling sounds rang out again outside.

Someone in the street shouted, "Murder! Murder!"

Just as Li Qingyan was about to peek out, Li Yan stopped her, saying, "Nonsense."

Li Qingyan pointed to the alleyway outside, indicating that something big must have happened. She drew the dagger from her waist and said she wanted to go and see.

Li Yan and Yan Xu had no choice but to take her with them, since it was better than letting her go secretly.

People in the streets ran frantically, and those who were knocked down didn't even have a chance to get up. In the blink of an eye, they died from being trampled.

Li Yan and Yan Xu led Li Qingyan away from the high ground against the flow of people. Several shadows flashed by quickly on the dark street, so fast that Li Qingyan couldn't even see their faces.

"It's a child." Yan Xu frowned.

Li Yan also saw clearly that it was the child who went crazy last night, but how could those children be so fast?

Li Yan quickly got the answer: a child pounced on a person and quickly bit that person's neck. In the blink of an eye, the child's head turned into a cat's head, and it made a cat's roaring sound.

"Isn't this the same thing that's around that saintess?" Li Qingyan gritted her teeth. Sure enough, it was related to that Qingchan the Benevolent who had never shown his face.

Li Qingyan wanted to see what kind of monster it was that could create so many creatures.

Over the next two days, Li Qingyan sent people to search for the benevolent Qingchan. The information they received became increasingly outrageous.

At first, Li Qingyan could jump up and down, but now she sits motionless in her chair.

Li Yan was somewhat worried about Li Qingyan's mental state. He didn't want her to drive his son crazy; she was the only child he had ever raised.

"Little brat, do you still recognize me?" Li Yan placed the teacup next to Li Qingyan.

Li Qingyan slowly turned to Li Yan and smiled, "I don't know her."

Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief; the child seemed to be doing well.

Li Qingyan took a deep breath. "Are these people joking with me? They've been worshipping this benevolent Qingchan for so long, and now they say they've never seen him?"

Some even said that this kind-hearted Qingchan was a moth to a flame. Li Qingyan didn't even dare to laugh, for fear that the heavens would think she hadn't been fooled enough.

Li Qingyan slammed her hand on the table. "I refuse to believe we can't find this person."

'Knock knock knock'

There was a knocking sound coming from the window.

Yan Xu quickly shielded Li Yan and Li Qingyan, cautiously approaching the window. He thrust his sword forward, and only opened the window after the commotion outside subsided.

A snow-white homing pigeon fell onto the windowsill; the noise from the window just now was caused by this creature pecking at the window.

Li Qingyan raised an eyebrow slightly. Although the carrier pigeon knew the way home, it wasn't very smart; she'd never seen it knock on a window before. It was a pity it died by the sword.

Yan Xu took the letter from the carrier pigeon's leg and handed it to Li Yan.

Li Yan glanced at him, his face so dark it seemed to drip water, and said, "Look at the little brat."

Li Qingyan wondered what could make them both feel so heavy-hearted.

"Meet me at the well and mill in the city at 3:45 PM tomorrow. If I do not appear, this city will become a dead city. Respectfully submitted by Qingchan Shanren."

Looking at the last few words, a hint of amusement flashed in Li Qingyan's eyes. "This threatening letter actually uses such polite language. What a polite suspect."

Li Qingyan crumpled the paper into a ball. "If I don't go, I'll really be letting myself down."

Being threatened like this made Li Qingyan feel extremely uncomfortable. If she was uncomfortable, then the other party shouldn't be comfortable either.

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Li Qingyan pushed open the door of the well mill by herself.

I heard that this mill has been abandoned for many years.

Originally, a family surnamed Dong lived here. The three of them made a living by grinding tofu. They were not rich, but they were not worried about food and drink.

Who knew that after their son turned 20, his temperament changed drastically. He became increasingly irritable and eventually killed his family members with his own hands, and even the chickens and ducks did not survive.

After doing all that, I jumped straight into the well.

After that, everyone in the city said that this place was haunted, and no one dared to go near it.

Li Qingyan had expected to enter a dirty place, but the courtyard was surprisingly clean.

An old woman brought in tea and pastries. "Young lady, our master will be out shortly."

Li Qingyan looked at the room not far away, where a figure was pacing back and forth, seemingly tidying up something.

Li Qingyan sat quietly in her seat, without making a sound.

A water clock was placed in the center of the courtyard.

When Li Qingyan was bored, she counted the water droplets to keep track of time.