[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-really-am-a-villain":3,"chapter-i-really-am-a-villain-i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1764":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Really Am A Villain",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1434561,1885,"Chapter 1764 - The Bamboofolk","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1764",1764,"\u003Cp>“Oh? You even brought some humans with you. Not bad,” Panda Seven said with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panda Sixteen snorted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I still remember how you snatched my Black Demon Bamboo last time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That wasn’t stealing. It was fair competition,” Panda Seven replied, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear the two did not get along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what now? Your people go in first, or mine?” Panda Seven asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panda Sixteen snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you always the one who wants to go first? Then you go ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panda Seven did not mind at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You want my people to test the waters for you? Sure, as long as you’re not afraid we’ll get the Heavenly Immortal Bamboo first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Panda Seven said something to the humans he had brought along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human cultivators nodded in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stepped forward and entered through the iron gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate offered no resistance. With a light push, it opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the group entered, the iron gate closed on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s the power of a spatial seal,” Xu Zimo said, frowning slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once someone enters, the spatial seal inside this mountain locks everything down. Unless the people inside die. Judging by this, the one who fell here must have been a space-type powerhouse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo already had a guess in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Panda Sixteen’s claim that the cultivator inside had stolen the Heavenly Immortal Bamboo from their race, Xu Zimo did not believe it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not care what the truth was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only wanted the Heavenly Immortal Bamboo and a path into Divine Mountain. That was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after the group entered, screams echoed from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panda Seven glanced at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Half an hour and they still haven’t come out. Looks like they’re all dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then turned to Panda Sixteen with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well? Want to send your people in now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear that the Iron-Eating Beasts often brought humans here. Death meant little to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a transaction, nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Zhan and Ouyang Xiu, however, had gone pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Panda Sixteen, you only said you wanted us to find the Heavenly Immortal Bamboo. You didn’t say it could cost us our lives,” one of them said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If there were no danger, why would we need you?” Panda Sixteen replied bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s enough. I’ll go in and take a look. You two stay outside,” Xu Zimo said, waving his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Ji Zhan and Ouyang Xiu’s level of strength, entering would only force him to protect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to leave them outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, be careful,” Ouyang Xiu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xu Zimo passed through the iron gate, he immediately felt the surrounding space being sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sealing force was not particularly strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current strength, he could shatter the seal and leave at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This confirmed his suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existence that had fallen here was likely an Infinite Dao cultivator, just like himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the gate lay a grand avenue embedded with countless luminous pearls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the avenue, strands of spatial power twisted and shredded everything in their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped onto the avenue, and the spatial shredding power could not harm him in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued forward and crossed the avenue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead lay a vast sea of bamboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were not Heavenly Immortal Bamboo, but a mixture of countless bamboo species intertwined together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were Purple Radiance Bamboo, Azure Crane Bamboo, Imperial Bamboo, and many others, all of which had developed sentience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Another human. These humans really don’t know when to quit, trying to steal Lord Heavenly Immortal Bamboo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That one already said it. Fair competition. Even killing humans is fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve killed plenty of humans already anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, thousands of bamboo stalks began chattering at once, filling the space with noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several bamboo stalks shot into the air, their sharp tips piercing the sky as they attacked Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bamboo attacked from multiple angles. Xu Zimo shook his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, overwhelming force shattered the bamboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brothers, this one’s tough. Attack together,” a bamboo stalk shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Zimo was faster than all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his right hand. All the spirit energy between heaven and earth surged toward his palm like a whale swallowing the sea, forming a massive hand that blotted out the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant hand slammed down, stirring storms within the bamboo sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom, boom, boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless bamboo stalks collapsed and shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense bamboo forest instantly became a vast empty zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer power left the bamboo spirits stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m only here for the Heavenly Immortal Bamboo. The rest of you shouldn’t seek your own deaths,” Xu Zimo smiled calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re too weak to stop me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was those panda brats who brought you here, wasn’t it?” one bamboo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Heavenly Immortal Bamboo is the enlightenment sacred bamboo of our clan. It cannot be harmed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That has nothing to do with me,” Xu Zimo replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Name your conditions. What will it take for you to leave?” another bamboo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to meet the one behind you. As for conditions, even if I told you, you couldn’t afford them,” Xu Zimo shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation was becoming interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bamboofolk and the Iron-Eating Beast race were natural enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Iron-Eating Beasts fed on bamboo. Conflict between the two races was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the Heavenly Immortal Bamboo had appeared within the Iron-Eating Beasts’ territory, this situation had come to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You cannot let him pass,” one bamboo said firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you want to seize the Heavenly Immortal Bamboo, you’ll have to step over our corpses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t move aside, I don’t mind,” Xu Zimo replied indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a voice suddenly came from deep within the bamboo sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let him in. Do not stop him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the voice echoed, all the bamboo spirits’ expressions changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew exactly who was speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, we can die to defend the honor of the Bamboofolk,” a bamboo cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stand down. Invite our guest in for a talk,” the man said again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though unwilling, the bamboo spirits parted, creating a narrow path for Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Bamboofolk’s cultivation conditions are indeed blessed by heaven. What a pity…” Xu Zimo said, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bamboofolk had too many natural enemies. To truly rise was almost impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that had nothing to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through the bamboo sea, Xu Zimo saw a towering mountain ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain itself was not the focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath it, a figure was being suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a burly man with long red hair, rough and rugged in appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daoist has arrived. Forgive me for being unable to greet you personally in this state,” the man said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo looked at the mountain suppressing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said in surprise, “A mountain of edicts. And it’s the edict of strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right. The Iron-Eating Beasts are truly hateful. With this mountain suppressing me, I fear I’ll never be able to leave,” the red-haired man said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Allow me to introduce myself. I am King Vast-Sea of the human race.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Zimo,” Xu Zimo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he asked directly, “Where is the Heavenly Immortal Bamboo?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the Iron-Eating Beasts offered you terms, we can offer double,” the man said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Heavenly Immortal Bamboo cannot be lost.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1239,"2026-06-06T01:07:29.809Z",1,"novelbin.me","6809fa96743b7ee8b58997e046299b02f55ee9b5094e94e9d551c500fdb146f9","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1765","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-1763",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]