[{"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-756":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},1433531,1885,"Chapter 756 - Little Gui Gravely Injured","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-756",756,"\u003Cp>“Get on the boat,” the middle-aged man said, beckoning to Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo stepped onto the small boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man rowed, and the boat slowly drifted across the Clear River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They all went to worship the Dragon-Tiger God. Why didn’t you?” Xu Zimo asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no need. The Dragon-Tiger God guards this city for his own reasons, not because he wants the people's worship,” the man said, shaking his head with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strokes were rhythmic, as if following a specific tempo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re interesting,” Xu Zimo said, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not from Dragon-Tiger City, are you?” the man asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, just passing through,” Xu Zimo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thousands come and go from Dragon-Tiger City every day. I have a good sense of them all,” the man chuckled. “I’ve lived here a long time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you’ve been guarding this city all along?” Xu Zimo said calmly, looking at the end of the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water was crystal clear, lotus flowers in bloom, white blossoms like girls dancing in white skirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xu Zimo’s words, the man looked up and stared deeply at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course the Dragon-Tiger God wouldn’t need to worship himself,” Xu Zimo laughed. “Don’t worry. I mean no harm, and I have no interest in your city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man studied Xu Zimo for a moment, then took off his yellow conical hat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he did, Xu Zimo noticed that the man’s hair was yellow, and he had a pair of tiger ears, very unique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…” Xu Zimo was slightly stunned. He hadn’t expected this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only sensed the strong demonic aura from the man earlier, which led him to probe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I used to be a resident of this city,” the man smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later, I came upon a stroke of fate and ended up like this. I guard this place because I love it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good luck,” Xu Zimo said with a smile. The boat had reached the other shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No fare for you, consider it payment for keeping my secret,” the man said with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the boatman row away, Xu Zimo shook his head with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was like a guardian deity of Dragon-Tiger City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If danger struck, he would surely rise to protect it. But normally, he lived in seclusion, unnoticed by others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How laughable that the city’s people only knew to worship a dead statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving Dragon-Tiger City, Xu Zimo was not far from the True Martial Sacred Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He summoned the Dark Sky Tiger and rode off into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The season of autumn rain arrived. Heaven’s Will continued forming in the sky, unaffected by anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsewhere, light rain began to fall, and the cool breeze brought both freshness and a slight chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the drizzle, Xu Zimo arrived at a valley before nightfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain seemed to be picking up, so he stopped beneath a dense tree for shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He patted the Darksky Tiger’s back. The tiger rose and uprooted several large trees, placing them around Xu Zimo to block the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo wrung the moisture from his clothes and was preparing to enjoy the autumn rain when footsteps reached his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, he saw a group of people in red robes approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their robes were bright crimson, with the character Nether printed on the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo recognized the attire, one of the imperial lineages of the Eastern Continent: the Blood Nether Sacred Ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s someone here,” one of them said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others quickly looked toward Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not him,” someone nearby said, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They walked up to Xu Zimo. The leading disciple looked down at him arrogantly and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, kid, did you see a man and a woman pass by here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just got here,” Xu Zimo replied. “And I don’t like your tone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got some attitude,” the disciple sneered and raised his sword to strike Xu Zimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo merely lifted his eyelids and glanced at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With several loud explosions, the entire group was crushed by a powerful force and exploded on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, well, the imperial lineages sure like to throw their weight around,” Xu Zimo said, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the blood and broken bodies, he mounted the Darksky Tiger and headed deeper into the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any filth left behind would be washed away by the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking some distance, Xu Zimo smelled a faint scent of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also bloodstains not yet washed away by the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two steps further, he triggered a trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A string snapped, and countless poisoned tree spikes shot toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These spikes were coated with deadly venom, contact meant death by flesh rotting away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zimo waved his hand, obliterating all the spikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted to a nearby cave, where he sensed someone hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come out,” Xu Zimo said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief hesitation, a figure darted from the cave and bolted into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had only taken a single step before Xu Zimo froze them in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Turn around,” Xu Zimo said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain poured down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It drummed on leaves and echoed through the valley, sounding both chaotic and strangely quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the figure slowly turned, Xu Zimo’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You?” the two said in unison, surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yao Shengnan, what are you doing here? What are you hiding from?” Xu Zimo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Xu, I don’t have time to explain, please, save Guilin!” Yao Shengnan cried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened to Little Gui?” Xu Zimo frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s in the cave, he’s dying!” Yao Shengnan said urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her panicked expression, Xu Zimo realized something serious had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He followed her into the cave, where he found Little Gui lying in a pool of blood on a raised rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was covered in wounds, large and small, and he was barely hanging on, soaked in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did this happen?” Xu Zimo asked with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was the Blood Nether Sacred Ground, they’re hunting us,” Yao Shengnan replied quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>",1011,"2026-06-06T01:06:56.727Z",1,"novelbin.me","eb8d009fe564bdd752453dded251c4f91420c91590b5861ee69a1e87aa55e0a2","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-757","i-really-am-a-villain-chapter-755",1822,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-a-villain-cover.jpg"]