Chapter 4 The Southern Frontier Holy Son Obsessed with Gu Poison 4

However, before that, let's hang Lu Yi in the Five Poisons Cave for three days and three nights first.

Seven days later.

In order to cultivate a Gu worm that could turn men into homosexuals, Xie Rong locked himself in his room and became obsessed with refining Gu. If the system hadn't suddenly issued an alarm that the protagonist's life was in danger, he would have completely forgotten about the man in the Five Poisons Cave who hadn't eaten or drunk a drop of water.

[Host, although we are a villainous system that specializes in doing bad things, if the protagonist dies now, the host's mission will not be completed.]

"Didn't you say that Song Qingming was turned by the protagonist in the original book and would secretly help him? Why didn't he go and deliver food to the protagonist?"

When Xie Rong got up from the bed, he accidentally kicked a porcelain gu containing a spider at the foot of the bed. Frustrated, he scratched his messy long hair and simply kicked the whole row of porcelain gu off the bed.

The sounds of clanging and banging echoed from the bamboo house.

Seeing the Gu worms being thrown out of the porcelain Gu and then hurriedly crawling back in, Xie Rong's frustration eased somewhat.

Some people are not even as pleasing as Gu worms.

[Host, you're not wearing shoes! You'll catch a cold if you don't wear shoes!]

Xie Rong had already reached the door, but upon hearing this, he reluctantly walked back, slipped on his wooden clogs, and said, "Are you going to tell me what to do now?"

"I'm concerned about my host!" The slime on his shoulder nuzzled against his neck. "My host and I are best friends."

Xie Rong remained unmoved and pushed open the door to walk out.

Unexpectedly, they bumped into Song Qingming.

"What are you doing squatting outside my house?" Xie Rong's face instantly darkened.

Could it be that he's here to spy on the protagonist?

A vibrant color rushed towards him, and Song Qingming lowered his head, not daring to look. But what came into view was Xie Rong's snow-white toes peeking out from under his wooden clogs, and his face turned even redder. "I was worried that the Valley Master would ruin his health, so I came to bring him food."

Xie Rong glanced at the food box he was carrying and suddenly curled her lips into a smile.

"Open."

Song Qingming didn't dare to delay. He was so excited that he quickly opened the food box.

Xie Rong then took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and scattered the newly raised insect eggs into the food box. "Send it to the Five Poison Cave and make sure he eats it."

Although it's only a semi-finished product, it won't kill anyone, so it's a good opportunity to let Lu Yi try it out.

"Yes." Song Qingming picked up the food box and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute," Xie Rong changed his mind again, and said coolly, "Bring him to my room and then feed him."

Men, being such cunning creatures, naturally won't feel at ease until they see their partner eat it themselves.

Xie Rong didn't have to wait long; about half an hour later, several medicine servants dragged the man into the house.

Before he could even say anything, the man, who had been starving for so long, saw the food on the table and pounced on it like a hungry wolf.

Xie Rong lifted his eyelids slightly, and several medicine slaves not far away, observing his expression, stepped forward and dragged the man back.

"Crawl over here to eat," Xie Rong said with a smile, picking up the food from the table and putting it on the ground.

Lu Yi raised his eyes, his deep, dark eyes staring at him without saying a word. Because he hadn't slept for several days, the bloodshot whites of his eyes made him look somewhat fierce, like a lone wolf driven to the brink of despair.

"If you don't want to eat, that's fine too." Xie Rong shrugged, her smile sweet and cloying.

[The protagonist develops intense hatred towards the host, pain level +30! Current protagonist pain level: 50!]

[Host, you're amazing!]

Lu Yi lowered his head, his expression unreadable, and crawled step by step to the bowl of rice.

The only pair of chopsticks was in Xie Rong's hand, and this devil clearly had no intention of giving them to him, so he could only lower his head and eat the rice in his bowl like a dog.

Lu Yi took a bite, and Xie Rong, in a good mood, picked up a piece of fish from the table and put it in his bowl as a reward.

A bowl of rice is just a few bites for a hungry man, far from enough to fill his stomach.

Xie Rong was not surprised, because the man's disheveled appearance was enough to please him, so he considerately ordered the medicine servant next to him to add more food to his meal.

When the seventh bowl was added, Xie Rong was no longer so happy.

All that food cost him his money.

"From now on, in the Valley of Mysteries, it'll be one tael of silver for a bowl of rice," he said coldly. "If you don't pay, you'll go hungry!"

The monthly salary of the Xiaoling Guard is only two taels of silver; this is robbing people.

Money is not as important as life, especially since he has a mission to complete now.

Lu Yi took out a money pouch and threw it on the ground.

The medicine slave added two more bowls of rice for him.

“I thought you had a lot of backbone,” Xie Rong raised an eyebrow with pleasure, leaned close to Lu Yi’s ear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “You’re nothing special.”

Lu Yi licked his dry lips and said in a hoarse voice:

"water."

Xie Rong chuckled and straightened up, resting his chin on his hand, glancing at Song Qingming beside him, "Give him water."

The man drank the bowl of water quickly and hastily, his chest heaving violently, completely abandoning his usual manners.

Lu Yi raised his hand to wipe the water stains from the corner of his mouth, feeling as if he had finally come back to life.

He knew that Xie Rong had hung him on the Five Poisons Cave so that he would know that in this Misty Valley, Xie Rong was the local tyrant.

"You must be tired today, so I'll take pity on you and let you go back." Xie Rong waved his hand, yawned, and said, "Get lost."

He kicked over the rice bowl that the man had eaten clean, as if kicking a dog's bowl, with the malice of mocking a beast.

Lu Yi remained expressionless and turned to leave.

He stepped out of the bamboo hut, turned his head to look at the closed window behind him, and spat a perfectly intact insect egg into his palm.

On their first day at the Xiaoling Division, the requirement they were given was to be able to easily distinguish whether the food they ingested was unusual.

If someone would secretly use poison on their own territory, there must be a wicked scheme involved, otherwise he wouldn't fall for it.

Lu Yi sneered and walked away.

Half an hour later, in front of the low house where the medicine slave lived.

From afar, Lu Yi could hear the tense argument between the young masters of noble families coming from the leftmost room.

That wasn't Lu Yi's house, and he didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but his current task was to rescue these young masters from aristocratic families and bring them back to Shangyunjing.

After a moment's thought, he walked over and pushed the door open.

The people inside the house didn't notice his intrusion.

These people were divided into two factions, and the two leaders were fighting over something.

"This was given to me by the Valley Master! The Gu worms I fed them yesterday have laid a lot of eggs!"

"What do you mean 'given to you'? It's clearly a reward from the Valley Master for watering the herbs well yesterday!"

"This jade pendant was simply delivered to our room; it wasn't given to anyone by name. Whoever grabs it first gets to keep it!"

Just as a fight was about to break out, Lu Yi stepped in to stop it with one hand.

"Lu Yi, this isn't Shangyunjing, stop showing off your official arrogance!"

Lu Yi said in a deep voice, "I am acting on His Majesty's orders to rescue you."

"I'm not going out. Oh, this guy surnamed Xu was just making a fuss about escaping, take him away quickly."

“I’m not leaving either!” the young man surnamed Xu immediately replied.

“It’s good that you’re not leaving. It just so happens that one of the concubines in the Xu family had a son last month, and Lord Xu has already announced that he is the legitimate son of the Xu family,” Lu Yi turned to look at another person, “It just so happens that Vice Minister Zhao has many children, and I suppose your brothers don’t want you to go back either.”

The room fell silent. The young men from prominent families looked at each other, finally waking up in surprise.

However, I was still somewhat skeptical.

Lu Yi's earnest advice to them—was he truly without ulterior motives? Seven days ago, Lu Yi washed the Valley Master's feet, touching him here and there—they all saw it!