I am the villain in the book

The wind and snow continued, causing Li Zimu's black cloak to flutter fiercely.

Unlike the return journey, because they were "flying with a bomb," it would take about one and a half hours to fly from the Mountain God Temple to the Immortal Pool.

As expected, Chu Xianping and Li Zimu rode the eagle demon together, the latter in front and the former behind. In this position, physical contact was inevitable.

"Embracing" the beauty and looking at the hairpin within reach, Chu Xianping's face was a little stiff.

On the contrary, Li Zimu quickly adapted to the panic of her first "flight," and the expression on her face gradually became excited.

"Young Master Chu!"

"The mountains look so small from up here!"

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Because the wind was too strong, Li Zimu had to shout to be heard over the wind.

She looked back at Chu Xianping, her eyes shining with excitement, and a few strands of long hair fluttered across her face.

At this time, the distance between their faces was only a few inches. Although it couldn't be said to be extremely close, it was far less than a "safe distance."

Because of this, Chu Xianping, who was usually unfazed even when Mount Tai collapsed before him, became a little uneasy.

He didn't know how to respond, so he pretended not to hear and stared straight ahead in silence.

Li Zimu naturally saw through his thoughts, but she wasn't embarrassed. She smiled and turned her head back, continuing to shout:

"Young Master Chu! Are you afraid that I will eat you?"

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With his eyes fixed on the back of her head with her hair pulled up high, Chu Xianping knew that Li Zimu was deliberately talking to him like this.

And after not having to look at her, he really felt a lot more relaxed.

"Miss Li, I don't understand what you're talking about."

The word "don't understand" revealed the "low EQ" of the King of Simps, which made Li Zimu laugh.

"Hehehe, Young Master Chu, you're so strange!"

"I don't think there's anything strange about me."

"Don't deny it!"

Li Zimu's voice was even louder: "You clearly have the talent for strategizing, but you're very clumsy when it comes to matters of love between men and women!"

"I'm very good at judging people! You can't fool me!"

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For a moment, Chu Xianping didn't know what to say.

Just like Wei Changtian had told him, Li Zimu was indeed very good at judging people, and he had already felt this in the past few days of contact.

But the sentence just now clearly had another layer of meaning in it.

That was that Li Zimu wanted to develop a different kind of relationship between a man and a woman with him.

Chu Xianping never expected Li Zimu to be so proactive. After hesitating for a long time, he went all out and gritted his teeth, saying directly:

"Miss Li! I am already married!"

"Huh?"

Li Zimu subconsciously turned her head and glanced at Chu Xianping's serious face, then smiled and turned back.

"Hehehe, Young Master Chu, why are you telling me this?"

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"Miss Li, let's just be frank!"

Chu Xianping didn't want to do things by halves, and his tone was extremely serious: "I am indeed a little slow when it comes to matters of love between men and women, but after these few days of getting along... cough, I know your feelings."

"It's just that I'm already married, and I don't plan to marry or take concubines again."

"You are so smart, you will definitely be able to find a satisfactory husband in the future, so don't..."

"Young Master Chu!"

Before Chu Xianping could finish speaking, Li Zimu suddenly interrupted with a smile: "Don't be so sentimental, when did I say I was interested in you?"

"Young Master Wei has saved my life twice, and he is more handsome than you, not to mention he also has immense power. If I really liked someone, it would be him!"

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Hearing Li Zimu suddenly compare himself to Wei Changtian, Chu Xianping not only didn't feel embarrassed or ashamed, but even after being stunned for a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hoo, that's good, that's good."

"Miss Li, what you said is completely correct. Brother Wei is indeed much better than me."

"Young Master Chu, are you sincere in what you said?"

"Do you really want to see me marry another man?"

"I..."

Looking at the eyes that were silently watching him, the "of course" that Chu Xianping had on the tip of his tongue failed to come out.

And it was at this moment that a smile immediately reappeared on the corner of Li Zimu's mouth.

"Hehehe, I knew you wouldn't be willing!"

"Young Master Chu! Don't call me Miss Li in the future, just call me Zimu!"

"That's what my parents called me when they were alive!"

"Ah, ah?"

"Well, I'll call you Xianping in the future too, okay?"

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"Oh, don't look like that! I promise you, I'll only call you that in private in the future!"

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"Okay! It's settled then!"

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No footprints on the snowy ridge, the ice river is full of wild geese's voices.

Chu Xianping, who was suddenly taken advantage of, was like a piece of wood at this time, his eyes wide open and unable to say a word.

Clearly, he had been able to calculate people like Zhuang Zhiming and Ning Yongnian with ease, but now he was being taken advantage of by a "little woman" like Li Zimu.

It was not known whether it was because he was too weak or because Li Zimu was too smart.

Anyway, Chu Xianping only felt that he had inexplicably developed a different kind of affection for the latter, and his whole person was stunned on the eagle's back, even neglecting the scene in front of him.

Until Li Zimu gently reminded him:

"Xianping, we're here."

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After nearly three hours, when the fire burned out and the thick smoke dissipated, the scenery around the Immortal Pool was clearly visible.

Countless deep pits, shattered lake surface, soldiers walking with difficulty with their wounded bodies, and corpses lying scattered on the ground.

At this moment, Chu Xianping could no longer see a single intact camp tent, nor could he see even an inch of land that was not stained with blood.

In his sight, there were only countless soldiers raising their heads, and in his ears, there were only distant and extremely terrified shouts.

"It's, it's coming again!!"

"Run! Run!!"

"Ah!! Help!!"

"I'm not fighting this battle!!"

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The panicked crowd looked like ants fleeing in all directions after their nests were destroyed.

Some people didn't hesitate to abandon the wounded soldiers they were carrying; some jumped into the ice holes blasted open in the Immortal Pool lake; some fell to the ground while running and never got up again; some were red-eyed and kept pulling their bowstrings, shooting powerless arrows into the night sky...

In front of the Tengu Army and gunpowder, they were so weak and fragile.

They didn't even have the chance to confront the enemy head-on, but instead fell in vain under the huge "technological gap."

This scene was undoubtedly very desolate and miserable.

But there has never been fairness in war.

Whether it was the Allied Jueji Army's advantage in strength or the Allied Ning-Shu Army's advantage in technology, they were actually pursuing that "unequal" advantage.

"Everyone! Light the fire!"

At this time, Chu Xianping's expression was completely different from before, as if his IQ had finally regained the high ground.

He shouted coldly, and the three thousand Tengu troops hovering in the air all removed the black cloth and lit the fuses of the gunpowder barrels.

Li Zimu quietly turned her head back, looking at the man within reach, her breathing gradually became rapid, and her cheeks were slightly flushed.

At this moment, there was a hint of admiration in her eyes.