[{"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-740":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},1433315,1885,"Chapter 740 - Underworld Ice Physique","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-740",740,"\u003Cp>As Qin Shuang screamed, Xu Zimo’s body was blasted away by the torrent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the surge of lightning finally dissipated, Xu Zimo’s figure crashed heavily against a nearby wall and then collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Shuang rushed over, sat beside him, and gently placed his head on her lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wake up, don’t scare me!” she said while gently shaking him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo weakly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you feel now?” Qin Shuang asked, her voice trembling with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re worried about me,” Xu Zimo smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You got like this to save me. If you really died, I’d feel guilty forever,” Qin Shuang replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just guilty?” Xu Zimo coughed a few times and asked, exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t overthink. Besides, you’re already like this, why worry about such things?” Qin Shuang lowered her head and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How are you feeling now? I’ll take you out and have my father treat you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m extremely tired, and I can barely breathe. Feels like I’m suffocating,” Xu Zimo said weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t breathe?” Qin Shuang panicked and quickly asked, “Then what do we do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Artificial respiration. Don’t you know how?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“B-but... men and women should keep their distance,” Qin Shuang hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you just offer yourself to me? And now you hesitate?” Xu Zimo said. “Can you really bear to see me die?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Shuang fell silent for a moment. Then, she gently closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling, and lowered her head toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft fragrance filled the air. The closer she leaned in, the more clearly the scent of a maiden wafted through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her expression like she was going to her doom, Xu Zimo couldn’t help but laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You... why are you laughing?!” Qin Shuang’s face flushed with anger and embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had gathered all her courage, and now she felt like a deflated balloon. Her face burned hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I won’t tease you. We’ve got more important things to do,” Xu Zimo said, standing up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You... you...” Qin Shuang stared, stunned. “You’re fine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, were you hoping something was wrong with me?” Xu Zimo said as he walked toward the entrance of the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that thunderous torrent vanished, the cave had fallen into darkness and silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re being weird again...” Qin Shuang mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she found it strange, although Xu Zimo often teased her, when it came to actually doing anything, he never did. It was like he just enjoyed provoking her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at his side profile and thought about how he had risked his life to save her. Somehow, she suddenly felt... he was kind of handsome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Never seen a good-looking guy before?” Xu Zimo asked as he walked ahead into the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not good-looking!” Qin Shuang replied flusteredly and hurried after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave was pitch black, and without light, the two could only feel their way forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking for a while, Xu Zimo saw several forks in the path ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which way?” Qin Shuang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whichever the little rooster lands on,” Xu Zimo pointed with his hand and said, “Let’s go right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After choosing the right path, they found the ground and walls had turned blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It glowed with a soft bioluminescence, and their vision became clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is so beautiful,” Qin Shuang said cheerfully, walking ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a loud “boom” echoed as lightning cracked all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dreamy scenery instantly changed, and thunder filled the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper they went, the denser and more terrifying the lightning became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Way to jinx it...” Xu Zimo muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Shuang gripped Xu Zimo’s arm tightly, afraid to let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why is your cultivation so low? The Qin Clan is the strongest among the Nine Cities,” Xu Zimo asked. “You’re the only daughter. Shouldn’t you be heavily nurtured?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo could tell Qin Shuang was only at the Paragon Meridian Realm, which didn’t match her status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, I cultivate very quickly. I was always top of my generation,” Qin Shuang said, a little disappointed. “But I don’t dare to cultivate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You saw it in the garden earlier. My body is special. The stronger I get, the more likely the cold energy resurfaces,” Qin Shuang said. “Even without cultivating these years, it’s getting harder to suppress.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got an innate physique,” Xu Zimo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My father has been searching for help all these years. They say I have the Underworld Ice Physique. I won’t live past twenty-five,” Qin Shuang said with a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A year ago, a powerful immortal gave my father a secret method, saying it could cure my condition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me guess, this method has something to do with me,” Xu Zimo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Men are naturally yang-aligned, like blazing fire. With medicinal support, the fire can burn endlessly and form a furnace.” Qin Shuang said, “If I combine with such a man and absorb his furnace, I can suppress my Underworld Ice Physique. Each man can suppress it for a year. After forty-nine years, I can completely rid myself of its dangers. Then I could master this congenital power, with limitless potential. That’s what the expert said.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How many years have you suppressed it?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you saying? You’re the first!” Qin Shuang quickly explained. “A woman should only give herself to someone she loves. I didn’t want to combine with random men. But I also didn’t want Father to worry, so I agreed to the marriage contest, to choose someone I liked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder you tried to get me to leave that day,” Xu Zimo realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I have to live that way, I’d rather die,” Qin Shuang said. “I only pretended to agree so my father wouldn’t worry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve had a rough time,” Xu Zimo smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about you? You don’t seem like an ordinary person,” Qin Shuang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me? My story’s too long. So long I can’t even tell who I really am anymore...” Xu Zimo shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they talked, they reached the end of the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exiting the narrow cave, the view opened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead was a large, spacious cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both sides of the cave, two winged dragons lay on massive boulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each dragon was dozens of meters long, with steel-like wings covering their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the head of each dragon were two short, purple horns. They lay there enjoying the lightning that bathed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above them floated a terrifying purple orb.\u003C\u002Fp>",1068,"2026-06-06T01:06:55.597Z",1,"novelbin.me","56d5e9069bc3ffdcc775cc2b499604d7e67c3260fea149028389b891cae6166a","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-741","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-739",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]