Slaying demons and eliminating evil, a martial saint among mortals.

"sister in law!"

Qin Lie reached out to stop her.

But Liu Yunniang seemed not to hear.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he charged straight at Qin Lie with an indescribable ferocity.

Click.

A piercing sound suddenly came from the corner of the room.

Liu Yunniang, who was about to make a move, immediately froze, and Qin Lie also paused for a moment.

Click click...

The sound from the corner of the room grew louder and louder, one after another, making one's scalp tingle.

"W-What was that sound?"

The flush on Liu Yunniang's face had completely faded, and her voice trembled slightly.

Qin Lie remained silent.

Just then, he suddenly felt the Demon-Suppressing Token on his chest become scalding hot.

He pushed Liu Yunniang away, immediately got out of bed, and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

There was a broken cabinet in the corner of the room, pitch black, and you couldn't see anything through it. The sound was coming from there.

It's like gnawing on wood, or like gnawing on bones.

"Brother Qin..."

Liu Yunniang instinctively gripped her clothes and took a step closer to Qin Lie.

Before he could finish speaking, the broken wooden cabinet in front of him suddenly cracked open.

With a bang, a huge dark shadow emerged from inside.

Only then did Qin Lie realize that it was a rat.

And these weren't ordinary rats.

The thing in front of him was several times larger than the rats Qin Lie knew. When it stood upright, it was already as tall as Qin Lie's chest.

"Ah! A rat demon!"

Upon seeing this, Liu Yunniang screamed in fright.

There are all sorts of monsters in this world, and they all like to eat human flesh.

The wealthy and powerful can set up exorcism arrays in their homes and hire martial arts masters to protect them, while the poor can only leave it to fate.

I'd only ever heard of monsters appearing in other people's homes before, but I never imagined they'd actually come to the Zhang family's house today.

The rat demon lay on the ground and did not pounce immediately.

It tilted its head and looked at Qin Lie and Liu Yunniang, its small eyes filled with a longing for flesh and blood.

Qin Lie swallowed, feeling a tightness in his throat.

Knowing that demons exist in this world is one thing, but seeing them with one's own eyes is another.

The rat demon in front of us is so big that its two front teeth are longer than a finger.

If you actually get bitten, it's no joke.

Suddenly, the rat demon moved.

Its four limbs suddenly pushed off the ground, and it pounced directly at Liu Yunniang.

"what!"

Liu Yunniang screamed in fright and hurriedly took a few steps back, almost falling to the ground.

Qin Lie reacted quickly and pulled her behind him.

"Hide well, don't come out!"

The moment Qin Lie uttered those words, the rat demon pounced in front of him.

There's no escaping it now.

Qin Lie could only instinctively raise the Demon-Suppressing Token in his hand and hold it in front of him.

boom!

The rat demon crashed into the demon-suppressing token, letting out a piercing scream.

The sound didn't sound like a mouse at all; it sounded more like a child crying.

Qin Lie wasn't much better off.

He felt a numbness in his wrist, and was thrown backward, his back slamming heavily against the wall.

Fortunately, after the rat demon encountered the Demon-Suppressing Token, a wisp of black smoke immediately rose from its body, and it fell to the ground and rolled around continuously.

Qin Lie's eyes lit up.

It seems that the Demon Suppression Order does indeed have a restraining effect on demons.

"Brother Qin, watch out!"

Liu Yunniang collapsed to the ground, her face deathly pale.

Qin Lie was too preoccupied to reply at that moment.

The rat demon rolled around a few times and then got up again.

This time, it seemed to know the power of the Demon-Suppressing Decree. Instead of lunging directly at Qin Lie's chest, it rushed over along the wall and bit his wrist.

If you get bitten, you probably won't be able to save your entire hand.

In a panic, Qin Lie quickly dodged to the left.

Hiss!

The sharp claws grazed the back of my hand, leaving three bloody gashes.

Fresh blood flowed out instantly.

Qin Lie gasped in pain.

Perhaps the pain ignited his ferocity, for his eyes changed, and he grabbed a chair from beside the bed and hurled it at the rat demon.

boom!

It missed.

Although this rat demon was large, it was not slow at all.

It darted along the ground and circled around to Qin Lie's feet.

The next moment, the rat demon sprang up again.

This time, Qin Lie did not dodge.

He raised his left arm to protect his throat, and with his right hand gripping the demon-suppressing token, he slammed it down hard.

Snapped!

The demon-suppressing order struck the rat demon squarely on the head.

The rat demon let out a miserable scream, and a plume of black smoke immediately rose from the spot on its forehead where it had been struck.

However, this blow was not fatal; instead, it thoroughly enraged it.

The rat demon opened its mouth and bit Qin Lie's left arm.

The fine teeth pierced into his flesh, causing Qin Lie to feel a sharp pain that made his vision go black.

"Go to hell!"

Qin Lie let out a low growl.

With his left hand firmly pressing down on the rat demon, and his right hand gripping the demon-suppressing token, he slammed it down again and again.

boom!

boom!

With each smash, a plume of black smoke would rise from the rat demon's head.

At the same time, its screams will become weaker.

Liu Yunniang shrank to the side, so frightened that she covered her mouth tightly, tears streaming down her face.

She wanted to go up and help, but looking at the rat demon's sharp claws and teeth, she was afraid that if she went over, she would only distract Qin Lie.

Qin Lie couldn't care less about anything else.

a bit.

Two times.

Three times.

After smashing it more than a dozen times, until the rat demon's head was deformed and its body was completely still, Qin Lie finally stopped.

The room fell silent.

Only Qin Lie's heavy breathing remained.

He sat on the ground, covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell whether it was his own or the rat demon's.

"Brother Qin, your hand!"

Are you alright?

Liu Yunniang then realized what was happening and scrambled over to Qin Lie's side.

Looking at Qin Lie's bloodied and mangled arm, her eyes immediately reddened again.

"I'm fine."

Qin Lie took a breath and then whispered something.

"Button up your clothes first."

Liu Yunniang was stunned for a moment.

Only then did I realize that I had been too flustered and hadn't even straightened my clothes properly.

Her face flushed red instantly, and she hurriedly turned her back and put her clothes back on.

Just then, a few lines of text appeared before Qin Lie's eyes.

[Slay the unranked rat demon]

[Gain 1 attribute points]

Current attribute points: 1

It turns out that killing demons really does grant attribute points.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Lie immediately added the 1 attribute point to his physique.

This body is far too weak.

If it weren't for the Demon-Suppressing Decree restraining the rat demon, it's really hard to say who would have lived or died just now.

[Constitution: 3→4]

The moment the points were added, a surge of heat spread from his chest and quickly flowed into his limbs and bones.

Qin Lie immediately felt some strength return.

Although the wound on my left arm was still bleeding, it didn't hurt as much as before.

By this time, Liu Yunniang had already tidied her clothes.

She quickly found a clean cloth and some water, squatted down next to Qin Lie, and wiped the bloodstains from his arm.

As she wiped, her movements suddenly slowed down.

She looked up at Qin Lie, her gaze becoming somewhat complicated.

Qin Lie used to be not only stupid, but also cowardly.

Even a regular mouse would scare him so much that he would hide behind someone else.

But when that rat demon pounced on her, Qin Lie not only didn't run away, but instead protected her behind him.

Later, he even hugged the rat demon and smashed it to death with the demon-suppressing token.

Is this really the same Qin the Fool from before?

Liu Yunniang then remembered what Qin Lie had just said.

He said he wouldn't stand by and watch the mother and her two children starve to death.

Liu Yunniang originally thought that Qin Lie was just saying it casually to comfort her.

But now, she suddenly felt that Qin Lie might actually be able to do it.

If that's the case, perhaps...

Just as Liu Yunniang was lost in thought, a new prompt appeared before Qin Lie's eyes.

[Solving the Rat Monster Threat in the Zhang Family Courtyard]

[Liu Yunniang's sense of security increased]

[Gain +3 Family Business Value]

Current family fortune value: 3

[Basic exchange now open]

Just as the words in front of Qin Lie began to dissipate, a new panel appeared.

[Currently available for redemption]

[Exorcising Incense: 1 point of Family Business Value]

[Hemostatic Powder: 1 point of family fortune]

[Bone Strengthening Powder: 2 points of family fortune]

[Basic Knife Skills: 3 points of family fortune]

[Crude Hunting Bow: 3 points of family fortune]

……

Qin Lie stared at the newly appeared panel in front of him, his breath catching in his throat slightly.

Slaying monsters grants attribute points, which can be used to improve one's physical abilities.

By protecting your family and resolving family crises, you can earn family wealth points, which can be used to exchange for cultivation techniques, elixirs, and weapons.

The two functions work together perfectly.

If he can successfully join the Demon Suppression Division tomorrow, he will have the opportunity to come into contact with more demons and earn more attribute points.

When we become stronger, we can better protect this family.

The most important thing now is to pass tomorrow's assessment.

Hopefully, nothing else goes wrong.

Especially Zhang Erniu.

He'd better keep his own little schemes to himself.

Otherwise, Qin Lie wouldn't have kept indulging him.