Chapter 1 The Holy Maiden of Miao Territory

In a villa on the outskirts of the city.

In the dimly lit, secret room.

A stunningly beautiful young woman, dressed in elaborate and intricate clothing, lay unconscious on the ground, her eyes closed, her entire body bound with ropes.

Suddenly, the door to the secret room opened from the outside, and two people walked in one after the other.

Li Xu pointed at Luo Xi and said, "Your Highness, this is Luo Xi, the last holy maiden of Miao territory."

Xiao Yan squatted down, reached out and lifted Luo Xi's chin, his thumb rubbing against her lips. "As expected of the Holy Maiden of Miao Jiang, she is indeed stunningly beautiful."

Li Xu couldn't take his eyes off Luo Xi's face either; after all, she was just too beautiful.

After a while, he came to his senses. “Your Highness, every Holy Maiden of Miao territory is a kind-hearted person who rarely goes out and lives in seclusion.”

"Your Highness, you are handsome and dashing. With just a little trickery, you will surely win her heart. Then, she will do everything in her power to help Your Highness seize the throne."

Xiao Yan looked at her with burning eyes: "Yes, I understand."

Such a beauty should belong to him.

Moreover, he did indeed fall in love with her at first sight.

The next day.

When Luo Xi opened her eyes, she found herself in a dilapidated temple, where several beggars were tugging at her clothes.

Luo Xi's eyes turned cold. Just then, someone entered through the door.

He held a long sword, which was still stained with blood.

He had a gentle and refined appearance, but his face was very pale and he had sword wounds on his body.

He saw this scene but didn't say a word.

Ignoring his still-bleeding wounds, he strode forward, raised his sword, and killed the beggars, saving her.

Xiao Yan clutched his chest wound and glanced at Luo Xi. The next second, he collapsed beside Luo Xi due to excessive blood loss.

Luo Xi:

She sat up, straightened her clothes, and looked coldly at the beggars.

The next second, she released a Gu worm, and the beggars quickly turned into a pool of blood.

After dealing with the beggars, Luo Xi pinched the bridge of her nose, wondering how she got here.

Oh! She remembered.

That day, she went to Lingshan to gather herbs and met a man who was injured. Seeing his pitiful state, she rescued him and took him back with her.

When she woke up again, she was here.

Luo Xi:

How helpful is she? And yet she's so completely unguarded with strangers? She's utterly foolish. She possesses Miao martial arts skills, but doesn't know how to use them properly; she certainly has a lot of good intentions.

The Miao holy maiden is skilled in Gu magic, as everyone knows.

However, each of these Gu worms is very difficult to raise.

Why did that person kidnap her from Miao territory?

He went to so much trouble; he couldn't just leave her in this dilapidated temple to be touched by some beggars.

She had no grudge against him, and she had hardly ever met any outsiders, so she couldn't afford to make enemies with anyone else.

Why is that?

However, one thing is certain: he definitely had an ulterior motive.

Finally, Luo Xi looked at Xiao Yan, who was lying beside her with a handsome face.

She suspected that he had ordered her abduction from Miao territory.

Otherwise, why would his appearance be so coincidental?

As for his injury? It could also be a ruse.

This is both a hero saving a damsel in distress and a self-inflicted injury scheme; is he trying to make her fall deeply in love with him?

If she were naive and easily fooled, she would definitely have fallen for it.

So what is he trying to do?

Do you want to use her to gain money or power?

She looked down and glanced at his wound; it was indeed quite serious.

That's a ruthless person!

It took a lot of effort to fool her.

Unfortunately, one wrong step led to a series of wrong steps.

She found a token on him.

"Rui?"

Luo Xi looked left and right.

This token isn't something an ordinary person could have, right?

Therefore, he is definitely not an ordinary person.

Luo Xi looked at the token and smiled.

Thinking:

Since he wants her to stay, then she should stay.

However, it wasn't that she worked for him, but rather that he worked for her.

The Puppet Gu, he deserves to have it...