Chapter 8: The Great Villainess, Zi Linglong

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Long Shiyan grew silent and contemplated. First, this girl was reluctant to hold her hand, but now she was against releasing her. What was the meaning of this? She thought as the girl didn’t relax her grip. Long Shiyan decided to ask gently. “Was there anything else you needed?”

The little beggar did not dare to look at Long Shiyan. She loosened her grip and shook her head.

Long Shiyan couldn’t help but wrinkle her eyebrows into a little frown as she tried to recall memories about the original work in order to figure out her next actions.

Obviously, this little girl was also one of Long Aotian’s many wives from the original book, but it was slightly strange that she was the only female lead who did not have xxoo with Long Aotian.

And, she still had a secret identity behind the scenes as the main antagonist.

The book was different from most of the stallion novels that Long Shiyan had read because the ending of this book was a tragedy. Due to that ending, it stood out from the other stallion novels as it was one of a kind.

This was the conclusion that she had after analyzing the story for four months.

In the text, although the conclusion was fine, Long Shiyan didn’t know why the author would write such a masochistic thing. Generally speaking, the ending was sad.

After the protagonist’s reincarnation, most of his harem was almost dead. Only the Dark Goddess, who had immortality, and the original Long Shiyan were able to survive.

As for the others, almost all of them were killed.

And the beginning of the tragedy stemmed from this dirty little beggar in front of her. The true villain that had completely blackened and went berserk—the Red Yin Demon, Zi Linglong.

“Yan Yan, let’s go back!” Long Aotian had observed Long Shiyan’s actions toward the little beggar and frowned. This girl… wasn’t she too kind?

“Brother Aotian, you go back first!” Long Shiyan turned his head and smiled at him. She then squatted in front of the girl and said, “Don’t be afraid. If anything happens to you, then you can come and consult me.”

Her name was Zi Linglong, and her Red Yin Demon Body was a symbol of her special physique. In short, her potential was extremely formidable. Even after accepting the will of the God of Creation, Long Aotian was no match for her.

This fact was always peculiar.

In the beginning, the novel was a standard stallion novel. The adventure of capturing beauties was repeated throughout the book and the beauties of the harem were happy. The Crystal Palace, or Long Aotian’s harem, was exceptionally stable.

However, unlike all the other beauties who were brainwashed by the protagonist halo, Zi Linglong was the only woman who was still rational. Although she was also fond of Long Aotian, she couldn’t stand how Long Aotian had so many women.

After being stopped from keeping Long Aotian for herself repeatedly, she met a cute cat.

This cat was not a normal cat, but it was the second antagonist within Long Aotian’s world. Because the cat felt that Long Aotian might threaten his position, he decided to use Zi Linglong’s power to kill Long Aotian.

However, Long Aotian’s halo was too strong and every time it faced Long Aotian, Long Aotian managed to defeat the cat. Later, the cat was once again used by Zi Linglong, causing him to be killed when he was in the battle with Long Aotian.

When Long Aotian was meeting the God of Creation, Zi Linglong completely blackened and dismantled Long Aotian’s Crystal Palace harem.

In the end, Zi Linglong returned to being a “normal” harem member and she met with Long Aotian, who had just returned from meeting with the God of Creation.

She thought that with this, Long Aotian would only belong to herself and no one could compete with her. But little did she know, Long Yuqing suddenly came back. It turned out that she had a life-saving necklace gifted by Long Aotian.

After resurrecting, Long Yuqing kept hiding in the dark. When Long Aotian returned, she immediately came out and broke Zi Linglong’s conspiracy.

Long Aotian was about to never find out that he was betrayed. Fortunately, he had Long Yuqing. After Zi Linglong learned that she was found out, the situation became even worse. She not only obtained the Will of Creation but also detained the Dark Goddess and the original Long Shiyan within the world of nothingness.

She toyed with Long Aotian and made him choose between Long Yuqing’s life or the Dark Goddess’s and Long Shiyan’s life while she showed him a crystal video of the tortured women.

When Long Aotian just looked at the video, he became both confused and furious. He was able to kill Zi Linglong, but he couldn’t move because of two beautiful hands.

Long Yuqing committed suicide. After witnessing this, Long Aotian’ rationality completely collapsed and he charged at Zi Linglong.

This battle was even more terrifying than the battle between the Gods of Creations. The whole world, including other worlds created by the Gods of Creation, were all destroyed.

Surprisingly, Long Aotian’s protagonist halo did not appear. Against the blackened Zi Linglong, it nearly vanished. However, in the end, a strange old man appeared to save Long Aotian’s life.

Since then, Zi Linglong left without a trace and the old man washed away Long Aotian’s memories, allowing him to become reborn to another world. And thus, he began another round of capturing beauties.

As for the identity of the mysterious old man who let Long Aotian transmigrate to another world, it remained unknown.

Henceforth, the novel was completed with an open ending.

After finishing reading, Long Shiyan studied it again for a long time. She was incapable of understanding the author’s intention and did not know what kind of book he intended to write. What type of book was he even writing? Was it an anti-stallion novel? More importantly, was the world that Long Shiyan crossed over really the world inside the novel?

None of these questions had answers.

“Do you feel uncomfortable?” Seeing the little beggar not replying, Long Shiyan asked in a gentle tone. The people around were shocked after watching this scene. It was incredible that this lovely aristocratic lady could be so kind to a beggar.

The little beggar shook her head gently, clutching Long Shiyan’s hand while not speaking.

“What do you want? We saved you and gave you gold coins. You still hold onto her and refuse to say anything?” Finally, Long Aotian could not bear it anymore after watching the beautiful and lovely Long Shiyan have to bear with this little beggar. No matter who looked at the scene, they would feel uncomfortable, let alone his own cousin.

Although he declared this beggar as one of his identified subordinates, if the beggar infected his cousin with a disease, then he will use his methods to hurt the beggar.

After being yelled at by Long Aotian, the little beggar could not help but let go of Long Shiyan’s hand as she lowered her head.

“Why is she acting this way?” Long Shiyan frowned, ignoring Long Aotian’s words and still clinging onto the beggar’s hand. Her mind kept thinking, constantly speculating, and finally figured something out.

In the original book, Zi Linglong was a tragic little girl. When she was born, she was different in appearance. Her pair of red pupils seemed to be the same as the pupils of the evil spirits from hell. Her family feared that they would receive misfortune due to those eyes. They abandoned her when she was young, but fortunately, a kind old man saved her and raised her until the present.

After the death of the old man, Zi Linglong was bullied by her peers as they forced her to steal and commit crimes. If not, she would not be given food. Zi Linglong’s weak will could not resist against them and so, her days passed like that.

Until one day, she stole things from a landlord’s family, got chased by a group of hooligans, and then got rescued by Long Aotian. Furthermore, she was presented with gold coins as she was also told to come to his house and rely on him.

For the first time, Zi Linglong heard someone telling her that she was beautiful. The moment he told her that, she could not move away from Long Aotian. She thought that he was a good master given by God and that he was worthy of her allegiance.

Later, she entered the Long family, became the Long family’s maid, became Long Aotian’s personal maid, and finally fell in love with him.

However, she did not dare to act on her feelings because of her humble identity. Unfortunately, she could not control her own feelings. She witnessed more and more women joining Long Aotian’s harem while she herself could not act on her feelings like them. It was extremely discomforting to her.

Finally, when Katherine and Yu Qingrou helped build the Crystal Palace, Long Aotian realized that there was such a beauty by him all this time. Zi Linglong had always been a beautiful girl and he wanted her to take away his first time.

In the evening of the same day, Long Aotian’s awe-inspiring conquering of beautiful women would begin. But who would have known that Zi Linglong’s body was extremely special? Even Long Aotian was envious of it. Around this time period, it awakened. Her extraordinarily special constitution—the Red Yin Demon Body.

At this moment, Long Aotian was greatly aroused but his mighty “golden gun” became soft. Even when he used his internal force, he could not lift it. After a while, he slowly returned to normal.

In the end, although Long Aotian did not say it, he still had an inexplicable fear of Zi Linglong. However, after a while, he began to have thoughts about Zi Linglong and then added her to his Crystal Palace. As the man of the night, how could he concede to a woman?

However, it was extremely pitiful. When he faced Zi Linglong, he couldn’t lift his “gun”. His protagonist halo was ineffective. Even if Zi Linglong closed her eyes and laid down flat without doing anything, he couldn’t make a move.

This also made Zi Linglong very sad and hurt. She always thought that she was in the wrong. She blamed her eyes and wanted to gouge her eyes out. But before she could become blind, the white cat appeared.

The white cat explained to her about her physique. It said that if Long Aotian didn’t love it enough, then it would be impossible for her to do “it” with him. Long Aotian’s love had already been divided, so she would never be given favorable treatment.

The temptation of the white cat’s words ruined Zi Linglong’s rationality as she already had inner demons within her heart. At this point, she could no longer control her feelings nor the darkness within her heart. She resented God for being unjust to her. And thus, Zi Linglong was completely blackened.

However, regardless of the original work, the current Zi Linglong was just a girl who was eager to redeem herself. Although there was plenty of darkness within her heart, she still longed for the light, that was to say…

Long Shiyan snapped back to reality and suddenly smiled. “I’m not uncomfortable at all. I don’t want the gold coins back. So, would you care to follow me?”

The girl looked down and didn’t answer, but judging from the situation, what she truly wanted was obvious.

Long Shiyan sighed and seemed to have guessed right, which means that she won’t give up the opportunity that was right before her. “Then, follow me. I will take you back to my house and give you a bath.”

The girl nodded first, then shook her head again.

Long Shiyan flickered her lovely eyelashes. Regardless of the little beggar’s rejection, she gripped onto the beggar’s hand and pulled. The girl resisted a couple of times but did not dare to go against Long Shiyan as she lowered her head and followed behind her.

“Yan Yan, are you going to take him back?” Long Aotian frowned, this “guy” was dirty, and his identity was unknown. If this beggar was to follow Long Shiyan, wouldn’t Long Aotian be killed by the old men at home? If she was fine with letting the beggar come with her, couldn’t she at least find an excuse to avoid the inquiries of the people at home?

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