Surprise! The Straight Man Long Aotian Actually Steals the Villain's Skirt - Chapter 1 The Southern Border Saint Obsessed with Gu Poison 1

Chapter 1: The Southern Border Saint Obsessed with Gu Poison 1

Reader’s Guide: Contains significant gender-bending elements. The bottom character is genuinely malicious and selfish. The degree of villainy varies across worlds, but he is a true antagonist who loves only himself. Proceed with caution.

A strange incident recently occurred in Shangyun Capital.

Hundreds of young, strong men had successively disappeared from the city, including many young masters from prominent families who had been raised in luxury and privilege.

The peculiarity lay in how these people vanished without a trace. When imperial investigators arrived at the scenes of their disappearances, they found no evidence of any struggle.

Rumors spread among the populace that a seductive spirit haunted the capital, specifically targeting vigorous young men to feed on their yang energy, possessing peerless beauty.

For a time, panic gripped Shangyun Capital. Family members of numerous officials flocked to the palace seeking audience. The Emperor, enraged, immediately issued an edict commanding the Swift Feather Guard to thoroughly investigate the matter within three months.

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Important Notice: Protagonist appearance detected. Villain mission updated!

A white Slime visible only to Xie Rong cheerfully blew a trumpet on his shoulder, just as the bamboo door was knocked upon.

The respectful voice of a Drug slave came through: Valley Master, the new batch of Drug slaves awaits outside.

The young man inside the bamboo dwelling paid no heed.

He lay prone beside the couch, dark hair cascading loosely, wearing a deep purple vest adorned with silver ornaments.

The vest was short, failing to cover his waist. The young man paid no mind, arching his pale, slender waist slightly downward so that a pair of lower back dimples peeked from beneath the vest. Layers of similarly colored garments pooled on the floor around him.

Xie Rong was staring intently at the Mother Gu laying eggs inside a porcelain vase. His heterochromatic black and purple eyes shone with a liquid brightness, clearly reflecting the movements of the Gu insects within the vessel.

The system on his shoulder curiously leaned forward for a look. Upon seeing the plump insect slowly writhing inside the vase, it trembled in its slime-like body and retreated, covering its eyes.

Host, you’ve been staring at this insect for three days straight. Haven’t you had enough?

Xie Rong casually plucked a black spider crawling on his neck and began playing with it, stroking it in his palm.

The youth’s eyes curved into smiles, causing the faint crimson crescent-shaped birthmark on his right cheekbone to shift. Fearful of disturbing the Gu insects in the vase, he lowered his voice to a soft, husky whisper: Soon, new treasures will be born.

The Drug slave outside, having waited long without instructions, knocked again on the bamboo door. Valley Master, you…?

Xie Rong hurriedly covered the vase, but the Mother Gu inside had already been startled by the knocking. It ceased laying eggs, curled its plump body, and hid among the pile of Medicine Dregs.

… His knuckles trembled slightly from the force of his grip on the vase. His gorgeous features twisted momentarily before being shrouded in gloom.

Waste.

Crack.

The porcelain vase and the cowardly precious Mother Gu inside were simultaneously crushed in his palm. He seemed to feel no pain even as shards pierced his tender flesh.

The system fell silent, quietly resting on his shoulder.

Xie Rong stood up and walked to the door in wooden sandals that revealed his pale toes, then pushed it open.

Valley Master, these…

The Drug slave’s unfinished words were abruptly cut off as Xie Rong seized his throat.

The porcelain shards still embedded in Xie Rong’s palm pierced into the Drug slave’s neck.

The green snake coiled around Xie Rong’s wrist, awakened by the commotion, arched its body and hissed at the Drug slave.

With gloomy eyes and a twisted smile, Xie Rong said, You’ve completely ruined my mood.

The drug slave was much taller and stronger than him—a man he had meticulously selected to nourish the Gu poison, far more robust than ordinary men. Yet now, with the Gu poison in his body being manipulated, the slave’s meridians burst inch by inch, leaving him utterly helpless as Xie Rong’s seemingly frail hands tightened around his throat, cutting off his breath.

Just as the last flicker of life was about to fade, one of the newly delivered drug slaves broke free from his restraints, picked up a stone from the ground, and struck Xie Rong’s wrist acupoint with measured force.

A numbing weakness shot through Xie Rong’s left hand, forcing him to release his grip.

He glanced down.

A glaring red mark stood out starkly against his overly pale wrist.

Then he lifted his gaze, meeting the icy glare of a man standing among the crowd. “Taking lives as if they were worthless—aren’t you afraid of retribution?” The man stood tall and imposing, dressed in black, his handsome and upright appearance making him stand out like a crane among chickens.

“What are you all standing around for? Seize him at once! Don’t let him offend the Valley Master!” A young man, clearly of higher status than the ordinary drug slaves, hastily barked orders at the others.

In an instant, chaos erupted in front of the bamboo hut.

Protagonist Card Activated! Current World Protagonist: Lu Yi; Position: Deputy Commander of the Xiaoling Guard.

Main Mission: As the most professional villain, the host must become the greatest setback in the righteous protagonist’s life, inflicting suffering and torment upon him. When the protagonist’s pain value reaches 100, the mission will be deemed successful, and the system will painlessly extract the host from this world.

The system cautiously observed Xie Rong’s inscrutable expression, its demeanor exceedingly careful. If the host has no further questions… shall we proceed without delay?

It was no wonder the system acted so prudently. When scouting for a candidate to play the villain, it had immediately set its sights on Xie Rong—a self-aware antagonist from a cultivation novel.

Xie Rong was a man of unparalleled talent, skilled in both medicine and swordsmanship, once the prodigy whom all in the cultivation world admired from afar.

Yet, during a trial in a secret realm with his fellow disciples, an accident occurred. To save the others, his golden core shattered, and the genius fell from grace.

To make matters worse, among those he had saved, the most mediocre of them—the novel’s protagonist—rose to prominence, gradually usurping his position as the sect’s chief disciple.

Xie Rong not only became the butt of jokes during “friendly” visits from his former comrades but, as a man, was even forced into a marriage of humiliation by the protagonist.

How could he accept such a fate? How could he not resent it?

Thus, Xie Rong feigned compliance and drew closer to the protagonist. Waiting until his guard was down, Xie Rong detonated his spiritual body on their wedding day, dragging the protagonist down with him to a grave-less end.

Only after death did he learn that he was merely a villain in a book, destined to be a stepping stone on the protagonist’s path to immortality. Perhaps the protagonist’s motive for marrying him, beyond humiliation, was to use him as cultivation fodder.

When the system found him, it witnessed the very scene of Xie Rong, in a fit of madness, clutching the protagonist tightly as he self-destructed.

The system, not particularly brave, had trailed Xie Rong’s soul for days before mustering the courage to reveal itself and bind with him.

Even after accompanying Xie Rong for eighteen years in this minor world, the system still found him unpredictable.

System Reminder: Current Protagonist Pain Value: 0

Xie Rong narrowed his eyes slightly, plucked the jade flute from his waist, and brought it to his lips.

A Southern Border folk melody flowed from the flute.

To ensure obedience, every drug slave captured and brought to Rosy Valley was force-fed an insect egg in advance. Only the notes of his flute could command these Gu poisons.
The sound of the flute reached his ears, and the man who had been fighting like one against a hundred in the crowd stiffened, clutching his chest with one hand as he dropped to one knee.

Xie Rong stopped playing the flute and said calmly, Bring him to me.

When the man was dragged before his feet, Xie Rong gripped his chin, forcing him to look up.

Yes, this is the look I adore, Xie Rong remarked, his gaze sweeping back and forth over the man’s icy, disgust-filled eyes. Excitement flushed his cheeks as he raised his hand and slapped the man’s face to the side.

This slap is punishment for throwing that stone and hurting me.

The man’s jaw tightened, his breathing heavy as he turned back to glare fiercely at him.

The protagonist feels humiliated. Pain value +5!

Xie Rong carelessly delivered a second slap.

And this one is a reward for your delightful expression.

The protagonist feels disgusted. Pain value +5!

Host, you truly are the chosen villain! Our mission will surely be completed in no time!