Don't mess with that Miao boy, he's sickly and perverted.

The treehouse was completely silent.

Chai Xiaomi couldn't tell if the boy was really asleep or just didn't want to talk to her.

The furnishings in the house were very simple.

The straw cushion under Wu Li could barely be called a bed, and a rough piece of linen served as his quilt; he didn't even have a pillow.

On the other side was a wooden bucket and ladle for washing, and in the corner there was a small wooden cabinet for storing clothes, with a patchwork curtain tied on it, probably for covering up when changing clothes.

The cabinet was old and worn, but the clothes on it were stacked neatly. One compartment was specifically for books and was crammed full. Chai Xiaomi discovered that there were quite a few Chinese books among them.

Did Wu Li learn Chinese from books?

She pulled out a book and listlessly lay on the table to read it. The light from the tung oil lamp grew dimmer and dimmer, and her eyelids became so heavy that they were drooping, but she had nowhere to sleep.

Chai Xiaomi rested her chin on her hands and let out a long yawn.

Suddenly, the beeping sound of fried dough sticks came on:

"Attention, host! The female lead is about to appear on this map. Prepare to enter the main storyline."

Chai Xiaomi's drowsy eyes suddenly widened.

The words Wu Li had said before going to sleep suddenly popped into his mind.

He said he was going hunting early tomorrow morning and also going to Yaiba.

He said, "Worship, worship..."

This place name sounds familiar.

Ah, I remember now!

The female protagonist first appears in Ribai, which is the largest village in Miao territory with a large population, most of whom are Dong people.

It is said that the chieftain Qilao of the Ribai tribe possesses a magical stone that can absorb the power of demons and spirits for his own use.

At this time, the Central Plains was in the midst of war, with evil spirits rising everywhere and the human race fighting a civil war.

Amidst the fierce competition for power, the heroine's father, as the ruler of Liangya Prefecture, made a marriage alliance with Ribai to obtain the Illusionary Stone.

Although the female protagonist, Song Yueyao, is a princess, she is not favored. Because her mother died early and her father favored his illegitimate children, he married her off as a pawn.

Song Yueyao was raised as a hostage in Lingyu Prefecture from a young age, and was only brought back to Liangya Prefecture after she came of age.

She grew up with the male protagonist in Lingyu Prefecture; they were childhood sweethearts.

The male lead is Jiang Zhiyu, the young master of Lingyu Prefecture. Although Song Yueyao is a hostage, she has never suffered any hardship under the protection of the male lead.

Upon learning that Song Yueyao had been married off to Japan for a political alliance, Jiang Zhiyu immediately went to secretly steal the bride without telling anyone.

At that time, Wu Li also fell in love with Song Yueyao at first sight and tried every means to get close to her, wanting to use a love potion on her.

His first step in getting closer to Song Yueyao was to obtain the Illusionary Stone from the Chief of the Ribai Clan and present it to Song Yueyao personally.

From that day on, Song Yueyao lowered her guard against Wu Li and treated him as a friend.

As the main story progressed to the middle, no one suspected that Wu Li's motives were impure. It wasn't until Song Yueyao happened to witness him using cruel methods to kill a cannon fodder female supporting character that he completely turned to the dark side and parted ways with the main characters.

"Therefore, I cannot let Wu Li obtain the Rainbow Stone! As long as he doesn't give the Rainbow Stone to the female lead, she won't lower her guard against him so quickly."

"That's right, host, you should steal the Rainbow Stone first, so the villain will have one less chance to get close to the female lead." You Tiao agreed wholeheartedly, but then fell into a dilemma.

"But he didn't intend to take you to the temple; he wanted you to stay here and not leave."

"That's easy." Chai Xiaomi slowly curled the corners of her lips.

Not long ago, she discovered one of Wu Li's weaknesses.

He seems to really hate seeing other people cry.

It wasn't sympathy or heartache, just pure annoyance; the disdain in his eyes was quite obvious.

Fortunately, there was no murderous intent.

The next day.

The boy got up before dawn, his gaze sweeping over the girl sleeping on the table, and he subconsciously frowned.

He didn't sleep well last night. The sudden addition of another person to his space, where he had been alone for so long, made him very uncomfortable.

Even though her breathing was very soft, a strange fragrance always wafted into his nose.

He has a naturally keen sense of smell and is extremely sensitive to odors.

The fragrance was faint and elusive, emanating from an unknown source, but it seemed particularly noticeable on her wrists and neck.

The girls in the Miao village have a habit of making spices, but he did not notice that she was wearing a sachet.

I pondered it for half the night, but still couldn't figure it out.

He ignored her, took the bow from the wall, and crouched down to crawl out of the treehouse.

With the crossbow slung over his back, Wu Li nimbly climbed down the rope ladder that hung from the tree trunk and drooped towards the ground.

Then, he curled his fingers and whistled.

In response, a loud cry came from afar, and a dark shadow broke through the morning mist. A falcon shot out like an arrow and landed steadily on his raised arm.

"Anan, look for traces of the wild boar."

The falcon understood, flapped its wings, and disappeared into the dense forest in an instant.

The joyous news of the marriage alliance between Yuebai and Liangyazhou had already spread throughout the entire Miao region.

As the largest village in the Miao region, it is customary for surrounding villages to offer generous gifts as a sign of respect during important events.

Hunting a wild boar was the task that the clan chief assigned to Chi Lie and the others, along with Wu Li, as a joint mission. Although it was supposed to be a joint mission, it ultimately fell on his shoulders alone.

Wild boars are fierce and rare, hiding deep in the mountains and difficult to hunt; moreover, evil spirits often lurk in the depths of the forests.

Such dangerous tasks were always naturally pushed onto him by his clansmen.

As the nephew of the high priest, Chi Lie has always been arrogant. If Wu Li disobeys him, the Crimson Blood Silkworm implanted in his body will activate, gnawing at his tendons and bones, making him wish he were dead.

Wu Li stepped alone into the depths of the misty, dense forest, where the forest was shrouded in a hazy mist.

He had already noticed the person following him.

Wu Li smiled coldly. Chi Lie had always been competitive and would always steal the prey that Chi Lie had hunted and drag it back to the village to claim it as his own achievement, which made the girls in the village marvel and admire him.

Today will be no exception.

When he shoots the wild boar, Chi Lie will definitely appear and then claim the prey for himself.

The falcon searches extremely quickly.

Wu Li found the wild boar without much effort.

Chi Lie, hiding in the bushes, clicked his tongue in amazement, wishing he could also possess that eagle.

I don't know where Wu Li got such an obedient animal. No, he himself is an animal, and only animals can understand what animals say.

Driven by jealousy, Chi Lie thought angrily.

Without any hesitation, Wu Li fired the arrow. Just as the arrow pierced the boar's forehead with perfect accuracy, he said calmly, "No need to hide anymore, come out."

Chi Lie swaggered out of the bushes with a smug look on his face, put the rope he had prepared beforehand around the dying wild boar, and after working for a while, he turned around and cursed, "What are you looking at? Come and help, you bastard!"

As before, Chi Lie not only wanted to take away the prey, but also ordered Wu Li to help him drag it back to the village.

However, this time, Wu Li remained completely still.

Instead of stepping forward, he calmly drew another arrow from his quiver and steadily nocked it onto the bowstring.

Wu Li calmly raised his bow, the arrow slightly deflected, and aimed precisely at Chi Lie's direction.

He exuded a gloomy and cold aura, tilting his head and curling a playful smile, as if he were sizing up an interesting prey.

"If you don't run now," he whispered, his tone laced with danger, "it might be too late."

Chi Lie was first startled, then flew into a rage: "You bastard! Have you forgotten who you are? How dare you point an arrow at me?"

Wu Li remained silent, but used his slender fingers to tighten the bowstring and slowly pull it to its full length.

The fog grew thicker and thicker, but it did not affect his accuracy in the slightest.

Chi Lie knew that Wu Li's archery skills were the best in the entire village, and probably no one in the whole Central Plains could compare to him.

He could even shoot through a swirling fly with a single arrow.

A chill ran down his spine, and Chi Lie's face paled, then twisted into a ferocious grin: "If you dare to hurt me, the High Priest will make you wish you were dead! I will ask the High Priest to perform a ritual so that your mother will never be reincarnated in the underworld, and that your soul will be forever imprisoned, becoming a servant of the mountain spirit!"

"Whoosh—"

The moment the arrow left the bowstring, the fletching grazed the silver ornament on Wu Li's earlobe, and the gentle breeze stirred his long eyelashes and sideburns.

The boy's profile was as sharp and handsome as if carved by a knife, and his beauty was so striking that it made Chai Xiaomi, who was hiding behind the tree, skip a beat.

The sharp arrow grazed Chi Lie's face, narrowly missing him, leaving only a shallow cut.

Chi Lie let out a heavy sigh.

Sure enough, that bastard didn't dare do anything to him.

He was about to grin and sneer at Wu Li for being a coward when a deafening roar suddenly came from behind him, causing the ground beneath his feet to tremble.

Countless birds in the mountains were startled and fluttered into the sky.