The sickly girl is killing her way through the weird world

If Bai Qian can kill that strange creature covered in rat fur tonight, she doesn't want to leave it until daytime.

[In the thirteenth year, you used the "Willow Touch Snow" move to deduce the other two moves of the Snow Willow Sword: "Snowflakes Fluttering" and "Willow Falling." Because of your mastery of "Willow Touch Snow," these three moves of the Snow Willow Sword are far superior to the original Snow Willow Sword.]

[In the sixteenth year, you mastered the Snow Willow Sword technique you created, and your inner energy naturally arose. Your Snow Willow Sword technique reached the level of a grandmaster.]

[In the nineteenth year, you, who had been diligently studying the Snow Willow Sword, like the Flowing Cloud Leg technique, realized that the Snow Willow Sword had reached its limit, as if there was no higher to climb. You had reached a height that no one before you had ever reached.]

Bai Qian frowned slightly, just like before.

But it seems a little different.

Can we continue to consume the lifespan of the demon to increase it?

In the twenty-third year, you realized that to further improve either the Lianyun Leg or the Xueliu Sword, you needed a special method, but you didn't know what that method was, and no matter how you tried, you couldn't find the right way.

[In your twenty-seventh year, having repeatedly failed to advance your cultivation level, you decided to disregard everything else and, utilizing your mastery of these two martial arts, attempt to integrate and combine them.]

[In your thirtieth year, after continuous experimentation, you successfully combined the Snow Willow Sword and the Cloud-Connecting Leg techniques, creating a martial art that integrates footwork and swordsmanship. You took one character from each of the two techniques and named it [Cloud Willow].]

[In the thirty-fifth year, having founded [Cloud Willow], you continued your efforts. Since it was a martial art you created, you learned it with twice the results with half the effort, elevating it to unimaginable heights in a short time.]

[In the thirty-eighth year, [Yunliu] has reached its limit. Although it only has two sword techniques, they embody all your efforts over the years, and you are not content to let it remain at this level.]

[In the forty-sixth year, there was no progress.]

[In the forty-ninth year, there has been no progress.]

[In the fifty-second year, on a desolate winter day, you, who were cultivating [Cloud Willow], seemed to see something, yet also seemed to see nothing at all.]

In the sixty-first year, you found 'God'.

Volume 1: Chapter 15, Pei Huan

Through years of practice, you've realized that there are only two paths to continue improving: one is to elevate the essence of your life through a special method, but you don't know this method. In terms of technique, you've already reached the pinnacle.

For you, there is only one other way to continue your spiritual practice: find 'God'.

[Or perhaps it should be said that it is the spirit entrusted to the sword, not a deity, but rather the sentiment you have placed in Yunliu; perhaps it can be called your own personal deity.]

[In the sixty-fourth year, after finding the meaning of [Yunliu], which is 'God', you wanted to try to have Him reside in the sword and truly control Him, but it was not easy to do.]

Stopped abruptly.

Bai Qian was slightly taken aback.

I realized what had happened.

Almost terrifying memories flooded into his mind, along with various insights into sword techniques.

Her dark eyes flickered twice in the moonlight. Bai Qian touched her fair forehead and coughed softly.

Slightly annoyed, he hadn't even completed the final step of the deduction, even though the lifespan of the demon in his hand had been exhausted.

It's like watching an anime or TV series, and then it suddenly cuts off at the last episode; it leaves you feeling nothing but annoyance.

Some of the demons' lifespans are still missing.

However, although she lacked some of the demon's lifespan, Bai Qian was not without improvement. In fact, even now, Bai Qian was confident that she could deal with what she had just encountered in Pengzhai.

But nobody wants the show to end just as they're about to see the final scene.

Somewhat annoyed, Bai Qian quickly calmed herself down and began to think about where to obtain the lifespan of the demons.

Revenge should not be delayed overnight. Bai Qian planned to take control of this so-called 'god' here and then return to Pengzhai to find those rat demons.

The way to obtain the lifespan of a monster is very simple: just find the monster and kill it.

If the rat demons can't go there, then there are only a few other ways left.

I asked the carpenter during the day, but he hadn't had a chance to tell me yet.

However, Bai Yao had warned her not to go to certain places in Bai Fengcheng, including Pengzhai, where the rat demon lived, which was probably where the monsters lingered.

After looking around, I only saw a bamboo skewer with some red hawthorns stuck to it; it was probably a skewer used for making candied hawthorns.

Bend down and pick it up.

Bai Qian walked out of the alley under the cold moonlight, her long sleeves hanging down, her shadow swaying at her feet.

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Pei Huan's face was a little pale. She held a small iron rod in her hand. The iron rod, which was covered with bite marks, still looked quite lethal.

However, this kind of destructive power is probably only effective against normal people, and has no effect on the monster in front of her that is taller than her.

Its reddish-brown fur hung to the ground, and its blood-red beastly eyes stared at Pei Huan with a mocking gaze, like a cat that had caught a mouse but wasn't in a hurry to eat it; instead, it wanted to tease it properly.

Pei Huan now felt a pang of regret, regretting that she had been so foolish as to think of going out alone to admire the moon in the middle of the night.

These days, I've been misled by the seemingly peaceful atmosphere of this county town, thinking that perhaps nothing will happen at night either.

As a result, it was only just dusk when I was caught and brought to this godforsaken place.

The one in front of me... should be a dog demon.

It's roughly safe to enter the country, but it's still some distance from taking human form.

But even if it's just a monster that has entered the territory, you'd need to be a master martial artist with decades of training to deal with it. Someone like me would probably just be slapped to death.

The iron rod in its hand is probably something it uses to grind its teeth.

Under those eyes filled with greed and lust, Pei Huan's legs trembled slightly.

Begging for mercy will definitely not work. The only chance now is to use your only trump card when it opens its mouth, severely injure it, and only then will you have a chance to escape.

Thinking this, she secretly glanced at the gate of the courtyard not far away.

This county is beyond saving; the dog demon can openly establish its lair in the residential area.

The two-story-high pile of bones at my feet is proof of that.

The dog demon moved its massive paws and took a step forward.

Pei Huan took a step back accordingly.

The dog demon took a step forward, and Pei Huan took a step back.

Until I touched the cold, rough wall behind me.

A mocking smile appeared on its face.

It looked terrible in Pei Huan's eyes.

My heart kept dropping.

Until the dog demon opened its mouth, revealing sharp, chilling teeth.

The door was kicked open.

He was indeed kicked away; Pei Huan must not have seen wrong.

The courtyard gate was kicked open, and a black-haired girl in a white robe floated in, stepping through the dust and moonlight.

Although the situation was tense, Pei Huan was still slightly distracted.

One glance at the girl's exquisitely beautiful features, which exuded a cool and aloof quality.

How can such a small place produce such beautiful people?

"Run!" he blurted out almost simultaneously, his hand reaching into his pocket.

The dog demon spoke even faster than Pei Huan.

It launched an attack the moment it saw Bai Qian.

Unlike humans, it immediately sensed that something was wrong with Bai Qian, and this unease made its fur stand on end.

Pei Huan hoped this person could run away. Although she didn't know why she suddenly kicked open the door and came in, there was no doubt that this was not the right time to come in.

Then, Pei Huan saw her raise the thing in her hand.

"...?"

A bamboo skewer?

Pei Huan didn't know how to describe what she had seen.

Pei Huan saw the girl lift the bamboo stick so lightly, just as she had just lightly walked into the courtyard.

Her slender, jade-like fingers pinched the bamboo skewer, aiming it at the dog demon that was howling towards the girl.

Because the dog demon had its back to Pei Huan, Pei Huan couldn't see what was happening in front of her.

It only saw the dog demon smash into the wall next to it in a chaotic mess, shattering the brick wall.

what happened?

Pei Huan looked somewhat bewildered.

Bai Qian glanced at the broken bamboo skewer in her hand and gently frowned.

Looking around, he saw Pei Huan standing blankly by the wall.

He paid no attention to Pei Huan, focusing instead on the iron rod in her hand.

When he walked up to Pei Huan, Pei Huan was still in a daze.

"Please give me this." Although Bai Qian said this, she had already taken the iron rod.

Pei Huan only barely realized what was happening at this moment, and her first reaction was to awkwardly put the vermilion talisman that was sticking out halfway from her pocket back in.

"Um..." Before Pei Huan could finish speaking, Bai Qian had already turned around again.

Behind her, a dog demon with one eye blind stared at the two of them with a ferocious expression.

Bai Qian held the iron rod, looking at it expressionlessly.

Without the dog demon getting close, Bai Qian took the initiative to approach.

They walked very slowly, one step after another, their footsteps light and gentle.

The dog demon lay sprawled on the spot, growling menacingly, its crimson beastly eyes fixed intently on Bai Qian.

It was as if it was warning her not to come any closer.

Bai Qian seemed not to hear.

The footsteps sounded like they were pounding on its heart.

Or perhaps they couldn't bear the girl's approaching footsteps.

It charged forward.

Under the soft moonlight, the reddish-brown head rolled twice on the ground and stopped beside the dried-up well.

Volume 1: Chapter 16, Sword Intent

The headless corpse fell to the ground.

The girl in white had not a single trace of blood on her body. She stood in the moonlight, her eyes lowered, while blood still dripped from the weapon in her hand.

Pei Huan was slightly dazed, staring at this scene as if her heart was about to stop beating.

Looking at Bai Qian's figure, he blinked expectantly.

Then she saw the girl's petite figure walk towards the courtyard exit without turning her head.

It's as if they've completely forgotten there's anyone there.

Seeing this, Pei Huan quickly followed with small steps.

The moment she got close to Bai Qian, something cold pressed against her throat.

Pei Huan was certainly familiar with this thing; he had just been holding it in his hand.

There was still blood on it.

"What is it?" The cold and crisp voice perfectly matched Pei Huan's fantasy of this voice.

But this somewhat distant attitude made Pei Huan shrink her head slightly.

"Sir, what we're saying is that you saved me, so I definitely have to repay you," she said with a smile.

"Master?" Bai Qian glanced at her.