A Guide to Raising the Villain - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

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[Did I hear that right? What did Ling Jiuzhu say? He’s hers now?]

[Holy crap, did anyone see how she got over there? What happened to being a salted fish?]

[What’s so surprising about that? She’s the founding patriarch’s spirit pet, a mystic black cat who took human form. In a thousand years of the Righteous Path, she’s the only cultivator to enter the Dao as a demon. She’s been hiding her strength deep.]

[The point is, she stole the Saintess’s plotline!]

[She stunned the villain into silence, hahaha!]

Xie Shiyi was, indeed, stunned.

Forced to tilt his head back, he looked up at me, the gloom in his eyes not yet fully withdrawn.

Mixed with a trace of bewilderment, he looked like a startled little feral cat.

The sect leader cleared his throat and, bracing himself, tried to salvage the situation. “Shizu, this… Putting aside the fact that you have never taken a disciple, this child has a muddled spiritual root of the lowest grade. I’m afraid he will hardly amount to anything.”

“If you truly wish to take a disciple, why not look over there?”

I turned a deaf ear to him, rubbing the skin beneath my fingers with great interest.

Smooth and slippery. Quite pleasant to touch, actually.

“Shizu.”

A clear, cool voice rang out.

Xu Qingyao stepped forward as well, her gentle gaze falling on Xie Shiyi, full of pity.

“This child has a pitiful background, and he also has a Trash Spiritual Root. This disciple originally wanted to…”

“You want to take him in?” I cut her off.

She froze, but still nodded. “This disciple is willing to accept him under my tutelage, teach him to the best of my ability, and guide him toward goodness.”

“You could have,” I refused, clean and decisive. “But now, he’s mine.”

A crack finally appeared in Xu Qingyao’s ever-composed expression.

[Hahaha, what a devilish line! The Saintess is dumbfounded!]

[This is what I live for! Nice steal! To hell with reforming him!]

[Good lord. I can only say, good lord!]

[Villain: Excuse me? You’re stealing my lines now?]

I had no desire to waste any more words.

If I stayed any longer, my return-to-bed nap would be ruined.

Before anyone could speak again, I let go of Xie Shiyi’s chin and grabbed the back of his collar instead.

Like picking up a disobedient kitten.

“We’re leaving.”

I was too lazy to summon my flying sword.

Just like that, holding him in one hand, I lightly tapped the tip of my foot against the bluestone floor.

My figure transformed into a streak of light and shot toward the back mountain.

“Shizu! Please think this through!”

“Shizu! This is against the rules!”

“Rules?”

“I am the rules.”

My impatient voice drifted back on the wind, lazily spreading across the entire grounds.

Leaving only a crowd of people with their jaws on the floor.

[That’s it… she left?]

[Holy crap! She really snatched him away!]

[Help! The plot’s turned into a pot of congee! Everyone, drink it while it’s hot!]