Chapter 1965
Late Ming Dynasty 1
The monsters suffered heavy losses in this invasion of human society, and they will be unable to invade again for at least a hundred years.
Human society returned to peace, with only a few low-level monsters occasionally appearing, the highest being no more than mid-level.
High-level monsters are intelligent and know how powerful humans are now, so they dare not venture into human society.
Even if high-level monsters enter human society, they will hide themselves well and not be discovered by humans.
The mages no longer had to fight monsters all year round and returned to a peaceful life.
Liu Yu and Liu Jin each had a son.
Liu Ruoruo and Luo Shang had twins, a boy and a girl.
When Liu Dong left this world, he had accumulated a great deal of merit.
After refining these merits, Liu Dong entered the next world.
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Prefect Liu of Yangzhou had eight children, four sons and four daughters.
The eldest daughter, Liu Huichun, the eldest son, Liu Jin, and the third daughter, Liu Wenqiu, were all born to the principal wife, Zhao. The second son, Liu Qin, the second daughter, Liu Yinxia, and the youngest son, Liu Tong, were born to the concubine, Qian. The third son, Liu Wei, was born to the concubine, Sun. The fourth daughter, Liu Niandong, was born to the concubine, Li.
Li suffered a difficult childbirth when she gave birth to Liu Niandong, and passed away after giving birth to her daughter.
Lord Liu's other women were unwilling to raise other women's children, so Lord Liu sent Liu Niandong to the old lady's courtyard to be raised by her.
At the same time, Liu Huichun was also raised by Old Madam Liu.
Therefore, Liu Huichun and Liu Niandong had a very good relationship, even better than Liu Huichun had with her younger sister Liu Wenqiu, who shared the same father and mother.
Madam Liu came from a prestigious family and valued etiquette. Liu Huichun, whom she raised, shared her belief that women should be gentle and virtuous.
Liu Wenqiu was spoiled by Zhao Shi and became naive and spoiled, which made Liu Huichun feel that she did not have the demeanor of a young lady from a prominent family, and she disliked her very much.
Liu Wenqiu looked down on Liu Yinxia even more, believing that she was competitive and not a peaceful person.
Her attitude displeased Liu Wenqiu and Liu Yinxia, and naturally, they disliked Liu Huichun as well.
Fortunately, Liu Huichun was ten years older than Liu Wenqiu and Liu Yinxia, and was already married, so she didn't stay at home and get in the way of the two young girls.
The two girls actually became good friends because they had the same "enemy".
Although they often quarrel because of their personalities, they always make up after each argument, and their sisterly relationship does not suffer as a result.
Liu Jin was the eldest son of the family, and in the end, Lord Liu took a liking to him and carefully nurtured him, making him very outstanding.
Although Liu Qin and Liu Wei are illegitimate sons, they have received family support. Although they do not have as many resources as Liu Jin, as long as they work hard, they can still have a bright future.
Only Liu Tong was young, and Lord Liu doted on his youngest son, not being as strict with him as his other three older brothers.
Liu Tong understood this mentality; it showed that they hadn't considered letting their youngest son shoulder the family's future.
Liu Dong didn't care at all, and he never thought of competing with his three older brothers.
Liu Tong was open-minded from a young age. He was intelligent and knew how to hide his talents.
Neither Lord Liu nor Madam Qian knew that Liu Dong was actually a martial arts master.
The Liu family were a family of civil officials, and they looked down on military officials, so naturally they would not let their children learn martial arts.
Liu Dong practiced in secret.
From the age of six, a cultivation technique called Changzhen Jue appeared in Liu Tong's mind.
He cultivated on his own and had no idea how high his martial arts level had reached.
After a year of cultivation, a philanderer took a liking to Liu Huichun and came to the Liu family in the middle of the night to steal her fragrance, but was discovered by Liu Tong.
Liu Dong crippled the flower thief within fifty moves.
Liu Dong thought this was just an ordinary womanizer, unaware that this womanizer was renowned in the martial arts world and was a top-tier expert. Because he didn't know this, he also didn't realize that his own strength was already at the pinnacle of the martial arts world.
Liu Dong was only seven years old at the time and lived in the Qian family's courtyard, sharing the outer and inner rooms of the same house with her twin sister—similar to a gauze-draped room.
Therefore, when he got up to go and catch the flower thief, he was discovered by Liu Yinxia.
Liu Yinxia witnessed her brother's heroic figure as he defeated a strong man, and then pestered Liu Tong to teach her martial arts.
This girl has a rather competitive personality and always hopes to be the best.
Therefore, she studied diligently the lessons her family arranged for her.
Even without a set curriculum, she would find ways to learn.
The young girls are required to learn music, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework, and cooking; their schedules are packed.
But seeing how powerful her older brother was, she became even more determined to learn martial arts.
Liu Yintian pestered Liu Qiu every day, and Liu Qiu couldn't stand it anymore, so he agreed to teach her martial arts.
The moment Liu Yinxia agreed, a martial arts technique appeared in Liu Dong's mind: Mingyu Gong.
Liu Tong explained the benefits of the Mingyu Skill to Liu Yinxia: "The Mingyu Skill is divided into nine levels. Reaching the sixth level allows one to join the ranks of top-tier masters... When you reach the peak of the ninth level, your internal energy forms a true qi vortex, and your skin becomes as transparent as jade. As your skill increases, your appearance becomes younger and younger; you can maintain the appearance of a young girl even in your thirties..."
Liu Yinxia listened to what was said before, but had no opinion about it.
The last sentence excited her.
"Brother, I want to practice! I want to practice the Mingyu Skill!"
Women cannot refuse to stay young forever.
From then on, Liu Yinxia practiced internal energy cultivation with her brother every night.
Liu Yinxia had excellent aptitude, and in less than two years, she mastered the basics of cultivation.
Liu Yinxia's skin is getting better and better, and her appearance is becoming more and more refined.
She inherited most of her original appearance from Lord Liu; she could only be described as pretty.
Unlike Liu Niandong, whose appearance resembled that of her biological mother and daughter, she was a pretty girl.
Even Liu Wenqiu's appearance is several points better than Liu Liuyinxia's.
Liu Yinxia felt frustrated because she couldn't match her two sisters in appearance, so she decided to use her talent to overwhelm them.
Unexpectedly, Liu Niandong was also exceptionally intelligent and had been carefully taught by Old Madam Liu—who was also a talented woman in her youth—surpassing Liu Yinxia in terms of talent and learning.
Liu Yinxia had no choice; they were all taught by the same teacher, while Liu Niandong had tutoring from renowned teachers after class.
Now that's good, she has mastered martial arts, giving her an extra skill compared to the other two.
Moreover, her appearance has now caught up with Liu Niandong's.
The Liu family didn't suspect anything because she was getting prettier; they just assumed she had blossomed.
After all, although Liu Yinxia had become more beautiful, her features had only become more refined, without any other changes; she was still just like Lord Liu.
When Liu Tong and Liu Yinxia were eight years old, Lord Liu was promoted and transferred to the capital.
Lord Liu was very pleased and asked his family to pack their bags and go to the capital with him.
To be honest, the younger generation really didn't want to leave Yangzhou.
Not to mention that they were used to the weather and lifestyle of Jiangnan, they were treated like the sons and daughters of local tyrants in Yangzhou and were fawned over by everyone.
But once they arrived in the capital, they were merely children of a fourth-rank official.
There were far too many people in the capital with higher status than them; they could only keep a low profile. (End of Chapter)