"What's up?"

Beautiful, jade-like fingers picked up the wooden lid and placed it on the porcelain bowl, sealing the opening. The worms inside the bowl curled up, and the boy looked up at the uninvited person.

The boy was eighteen or nineteen years old, with his hair tied in a high ponytail. He was covered in silver ornaments from head to toe, jingling and clanging. His features were strikingly beautiful, with bright, dark eyes that had a kind of untainted clarity. His lips were full, and when he smiled, it was like the dazzling summer sun, warm and radiant.

However, Nan Yu thought he looked like a peacock.

He's been coming to see me a lot lately.

When asked what he was doing, he always said he was just checking in.

"There's a sacrificial ceremony tomorrow night. How's your Gu cultivation going? Are you able to win over Liu Pianpian?"

Miao secret arts have always been passed down to women, not men. However, a great war took place a hundred years ago, and since then, every five years a man is selected from a Miao village as a holy son.

An annual competition is held for the Holy Maiden and the Holy Son.

Their competition was conducted in the form of a ritual.

To put it bluntly, it's a battle of poisons, seeing who can devour whom.

Nan Yu was born as the Holy Son, without any chance to react. If he were a candidate, no one would fight for this identity. The Holy Son and Holy Daughter must sever all emotions and love, and have to be in contact with poisonous insects and snakes all day long.

Seeing those densely packed, wriggling insects made the wick's scalp tingle.

I wish I could burn it all down.

He had seen the Holy Maiden put a centipede in her mouth and kill the lamp wick. The lamp wick didn't dare to do it. He didn't plan to compete for first place. He would wait until he had endured these few years and then become the Holy Son, at which point he could be freed.

We'll move out of the Miao village then.

He wants to become a Han Chinese.

The world has missions and a storyline.

The male protagonist and his team want to explore the secrets of the Miao village. They disguise themselves as tourists to enter the village, which is divided into two areas. Tourists can enter the outer area to observe and photograph the Miao village's customs.

The core area is off-limits to tourists. It is hidden by mountains and forests, so many people are unaware of what's there. However, there are also those with strong curiosity who want to trek through the mountains and forests to find out.

The forest is full of Gu worms raised by the Miao village's inheritors.

The red-tailed flame snake, in particular, is fast and highly venomous. A bite from it can kill you within three minutes, and even if you have antivenom, you can't save you.

Someone wants to know.

What exactly does the Miao people use to control the Gu worms? It's said that it can also prolong life. The Miao people are very tight-lipped, and we can't get any useful information out of them. We can only investigate secretly.

The male protagonist has some knowledge in this area, but not in depth.

He had a strong sense of adventure, so he joined the team. He was also curious about what exactly the Miao Gu technique was.

He and his teammates ventured into the deep mountains, only to find that the forest was a den of poisonous creatures. His teammates sacrificed themselves, and he was stung by a scorpion. Just as his life hung in the balance, the female lead appeared. The saintess poured a pill from a bottle, saving Si Yuan.

Fearing that her clansmen would find out, Liu Pianpian hid the person in the room.

When Si Yuan learned that his team members had died, Liu Pianpian, who had never been in contact with outsiders and was unaware of the wickedness of human nature, was curious even though the priest told her that she could not trust outsiders. Moreover, she was a sucker for good looks, and the male lead's face was one of the most handsome men in the world.

She believes that good-looking people are all good people.

With his teammates already sacrificed, Si Yuan knew he had infiltrated their ranks. He pretended to have amnesia and often acted coquettishly with Liu Pianpian, winning the girl's heart. In the end, however, the High Priest instructed him to introduce Si Yuan to the Gu worms.

Someone lives in her room; it's impossible that no one knew all along.

It was exposed two months later.

The original owner, Liu Yu, deeply loved Liu Pianpian, but it was a secret love. Because of his identity, he could not have romantic feelings. If the high priest found out, he would be pierced through the heart by ten thousand poisons. Liu Pianpian deceived her people and saved a person from another tribe.

It's still kept in the room.

This violated a major taboo of the Miao village's holy maiden.

The high priest knew he couldn't let her off the hook.

Liu Yu knew this well. Although he disliked Si Yuan, he didn't want to see Liu Pianpian get into trouble, so he helped Liu Pianpian clean up the mess, cover it up, and handle everything.

Liu Pianpian fell in love with Si Yuan.

She devoted herself entirely to him.

When there's trouble, Zhong Wuyan is there; when there's no trouble, Xia Yingchun is there. Liu Yu helped her handle things and wanted Liu Pianpian to send Si Yuan away, as it was dangerous for him to stay in the village. Liu Pianpian couldn't bear to leave, and the male lead didn't want to go either.

All the pressure was placed on Liu Yu.

Liu Pianpian begged him.

He's soft-hearted.

Despite the pressure, she helped the two keep it a secret.

He thought that this would make Liu Pianpian take a second look at him. The Holy Son and Holy Daughter were not allowed to date during their reign. When the next generation took over, they would be single for two years and could find a partner.

Si Yuan is, after all, a member of a foreign tribe; they cannot be together.

Unexpectedly, Liu Pianpian fell in love with Si Yuan.

Not only did he tell him the secrets of Miao territory.

She also gave the centipede that she had fed with her own blood to Si Yuan. The worm recognized her as its master again. As long as Si Yuan drew 10cc of blood from his body every week to feed it, he could live a long and healthy life.

This thing cannot be explained by science.

Si Yuan plans to take the Gu worms out for research.

During their time together, he did indeed fall in love with Liu Pianpian, a kind and beautiful girl, and planned to go back and make arrangements before taking Liu Pianpian away. Liu Yu was definitely unwilling to do so.

Liu Pianpian asked this question: "Brother Yu, do you really like me?"

Liu Yu loved her so much that he would give his life for her.

Liu Pianpian asked, "Brother Yu, do you think your feelings are more important, or my happiness?"

Liu Yu started by saying that both were important, but Liu Pianpian cried and talked a lot about what would happen if she was unhappy, and how she would regret being with someone she didn't like. Liu Yu had no choice but to choose the latter.

He wanted Pianpian to be happy.

But only Si Yuan can make her happy.

Liu Yu cleared everything for them and helped Si Yuan leave. On the way out, he was captured. For Liu Pianpian's sake, Liu Yu took all the blame in front of the high priest.

Liu Pianpian was unharmed, but Liu Yu suffered the excruciating pain of being devoured by countless poisonous creatures.

Even on his deathbed, he was still thinking of Liu Pianpian.

After losing her status as a saintess, Liu Pianpian left the village two years later. Si Yuan sent people to pick her up, and Liu Pianpian never returned to the village.

He has never offered sacrifices to the boy who died for him.

Because Liu Yu is just cannon fodder at the beginning, and the affectionate second male lead is someone else, as the plot unfolds, after leaving the Miao village, the male and female leads will have to go through tests such as the female supporting character and the villain.

There's no obligation to follow the storyline.

Nan Yu has no desire to lick the female lead's boots.

In this competition, the original owner could have defeated Liu Pianpian.

But he was willing to play a supporting role.

Nan Yu wanted to win. He disliked people like Liu Pianpian who didn't love him but still took advantage of him. Even though he was afraid of certain poisons, he gritted his teeth and persevered in order to win.

He was already feeling guilty enough, and then the flamboyant peacock kept coming to him. In his memory, he didn't have much interaction with the original owner of the body. He only knew that she was a member of the village, beautiful, and loved to laugh.

I haven't learned anything else.

"We don't seem to know each other very well."

Dengxin didn't want to get acquainted with anyone in the village, as it would make things difficult for him to leave later, so he pretended to be indifferent and aloof.

Song Xianqing smiled slightly and asked, "Are you nervous?"

Nan Yu: "I'm not nervous."

Song Xianqing: "I can tell you a little something, do you want to hear it?"

Nan Yu glanced at him: "What are you revealing?"

Song Xianqing: "Liu Pianpian's Gu will increase your chances of winning."