In the thirteenth year of the Chengping era, Xizai Mountain shook, and all the sealed evil spirits escaped. The Hall of Light was enraged and dispatched Pingyan Immortal Venerable of Luhua Palace to the mortal realm to subdue the escaped spirits and investigate the incident.
After the spirits escaped, the residents of Xizai Mountain suffered greatly, plunged into misery.
Amid a chorus of cries, a fairy descended from the sky with a young man. With a few flicks of her sleeve, she subdued every evil spirit wreaking havoc in the area.
The people fell to their knees, bowing and thanking the fairy for her great kindness.
Pingyan arrived late. When he landed, he saw the woman in flowing white, flustered as she tried to help the kneeling people to their feet.
Later, when the evil spirits attacked again and the woman was wounded and struggling to hold them back, he naturally stepped in to help.
Overwhelmed with gratitude, the woman promised to repay him handsomely.
That night, Pingyan saw the woman fleeing in a panic with the little deer demon at her side.
Little Deer Demon: Why are we running? Didn't you say that a life-saving kindness should be repaid a hundredfold, and that we should thank him properly?
Liang Ji, running as she spoke: One thing has nothing to do with the other. I have a history with that man.
Little Deer Demon: Did you insult him?
Liang Ji: ...
Telling him you love him when you don't. How is that not an insult?
The little deer demon asked again: Did you hit him?
Liang Ji: ...
Stabbing him in the heart while making love. How does that not count?
Little Deer Demon: Forget it. I'll carry you. We can run faster that way.
After running three hundred li, the little deer demon collapsed from exhaustion, so Liang Ji had to find a cave to rest in.
That night, the moon sank in the west, and all was silent.
Pingyan cornered the little fox, who was trying to escape again, his anger and confusion plain on his face. “You'd rather trust this deer demon than me?”
He stepped closer. “What's so good about him? Is he stronger than me? Better-looking? Or is he better at making you... feel good?”
When Liang Ji was young and naive, she made two mistakes.
First, she threw a childish tantrum that cost her childhood companion his life.
Second, to bring him back to life, she pretended to fall in love with Pingyan and became his substitute for three hundred years, all to steal his spiritual energy and take his life-core pill.
What she didn't know was that some things, once you get entangled in them, can never be escaped.
(Names may change, but the main story will stay the same.
Written on 2025.2.27)
Theme: I want you to come for me.
