The man was wearing the standard disciple uniform of Yaoyun Peak.
The light cyan long gown accentuated his tall, slender, and handsome figure, while an unnatural flush spread across his exceptionally handsome and ethereal face.
He panted softly. After being pushed away by Yuan Shu, he instinctively leaned toward her again.
Yuan Shu once again caught the scent of the Huanqing flower.
However, it was not the simple scent of the Huanqing flower used to add fun, but rather a highly concentrated aphrodisiac that had been meticulously refined and developed.
Obviously, this man had been drugged with an aphrodisiac!
Yuan Shu frowned and reached out to push him away once more.
Having just arrived, she had no desire to cause any trouble for herself.
Unexpectedly, just as she pushed him, the man in front of her suddenly grabbed her wrist.
His eyes, shimmering with a fragmented light, looked at her hazily. Under the effect of the drug, he instinctively lowered his head and leaned close to her.
Yuan Shu hurriedly used her other hand to push his forehead away, struggling to step back.
But the man reached out, wrapped his arm around her waist, pulled her into his arms, and held her tightly.
Yuan Shu struggled a few times but could not break free.
Hey, wake up!
She shouted, but the man remained unresponsive, even burying his face directly into the crook of her neck.
She felt his lips rubbing against her neck, which tickled a little.
Was he trying to seduce her?
Yuan Shu was speechless.
The man before her was indeed good-looking, and his strength was not bad either.
However, although she was romantic, she was not promiscuous, and she did not have the habit of taking advantage of others in peril.
Raising her right hand into a knife-hand strike, Yuan Shu prepared to knock him out first.
Barring any accidents, this strike would definitely quiet him down.
However, just as Yuan Shu raised her hand, before it could even fall, the jade-green belt around the man's waist suddenly transformed into a flexible vine.
In the blink of an eye, it wrapped around Yuan Shu's striking hand and pulled it back, away from the man's neck!
What?
What the hell was this?
Yuan Shu was startled. Before she could react, the vine slithered over to her other hand at lightning speed, spiraling and wrapping around her arm.
Then it suddenly tightened, binding both of her hands firmly together.
Yuan Shu's eyes widened.
Good heavens, this man's belt was actually a spiritual artifact of extraordinary quality!
Yuan Shu gathered her spiritual energy and struggled, but she had clearly underestimated the strength of this vine.
Her wrists were rubbed red from struggling, but she couldn't break free, she simply couldn't!
This little thing had disguised itself as a belt so successfully that Yuan Shu hadn't noticed it for a moment, allowing it to successfully ambush her just now!
And now, with Yuan Shu's hands tied, the man easily restrained her.
Ji Qingyan's mind was in chaos. He remembered that he had only made a trip to Ziyang Hall, and hadn't even dared to drink the tea on the table.
He had merely picked up the teacup casually and quickly set it back down.
And then, after leaving Ziyang Hall, his body started feeling wrong.
First, he felt restless and irritable, experiencing an indescribable discomfort.
Then his body became uncontrollably hot, his breathing grew unsteady, and waves of heat washed over him from within.
It was only then that he realized with a shock that he had been drugged!
He stumbled, trying to head back to his quarters, but he had underestimated the drug's effects.
Before he got very far, his legs staggered uncontrollably, and from deep within his body, intense waves of throbbing desire surged like a tide.
He pinched his thigh fiercely a couple of times, the pain temporarily bringing back his reason.
He forced himself to walk a bit further.
But soon, the suppressed urges struck again like crashing waves, this time even more fierce and overwhelming than before!
His breathing grew heavier, and his whole body radiated heat.
The desperate urge to do something to vent this feeling made the veins on his forehead throb wildly.
He never dreamed that the person in Ziyang Hall would actually drug him with an aphrodisiac!
Despite all his precautions and carefulness, he still fell victim to that man's tricks!
His vision began to blur. He stumbled into the woods, his dizzy mind still trying to find the way back to his courtyard.
Right at that moment, the faint sound of footsteps entered his ears.
The woman walking into the woods had a gorgeous appearance, exquisite facial features, and a smug smile on her lips.
So beautiful, so stunning!
He heard his own heartbeat.
But it was only for a split second before the unusual throbbing in his body snapped him back to reality.
He panted heavily a couple of times and turned to run outward, not wanting anyone to see him in this embarrassing state.
Yet, wisps of soft laughter drifted into his ears like silver bells chiming in the wind, slowly eating away at his sanity bit by bit.
How could the drug given by that person in Ziyang Hall be so easily suppressed?
His stumbling footsteps paused. Ji Qingyan grabbed the bamboo in front of him and, amidst his increasingly heavy breathing, turned back into the woods.
The moment he reached out and pulled her into his arms, he caught a faint scent of pear blossoms, crisp and gentle.
Rumor had it that Ji Qingyan, the deacon of Yaoyun Peak, stayed away from women because he suffered from misogyny!
Before today, he himself had believed the same!
Because whether it was the female disciples within Yaoyun Peak or those from other peaks in the Luoxian Sect, as long as they came within three steps of him, he would feel uncomfortable all over.
That physiological discomfort was something he could genuinely feel.
He thought he truly detested women.
But it wasn't until he embraced this woman in the woods that his body uncontrollably pressed against hers.
His head, his hands, and his body seemed to have minds of their own, constantly wanting to get closer to her.
He was no longer sure. Did he really have misogyny?
Ji Qingyan's breathing grew heavier. When he looked up at Yuan Shu, his eyes were deep and dark.
His mind, which had just regained a fraction of clarity, became muddled again. His gaze landed on Yuan Shu's face and involuntarily shifted to her lips.
Those bright red, plump, and moist lips appeared in Ji Qingyan's current vision like the sweetest peach in the world, exuding an alluring aura.
His Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably twice. The next moment, he instinctively leaned toward Yuan Shu's lips.
The first time, Yuan Shu turned her head and dodged.
Undeterred, he leaned in again.
The second time, he was dodged again.
Ji Qingyan frowned and slowly moved closer to her face, inch by inch, as if trying to see clearly how she managed to evade him.
The third time, Yuan Shu's face was cupped, and then her lips were covered from above.
The clumsy and inexperienced kiss was merely a light taste, as if he wanted to alleviate the agony in his body through this method.
Ji Qingyan lowered his eyes slightly, holding Yuan Shu's head, and kissed her gently.
Yuan Shu frowned. A crisp scent of green bamboo drifted to her nose, clean and pure.
Seeing that she could not break free from the man's grip, Yuan Shu quickly used her divine sense to communicate with her Divine Tree Space, taking out two spiritual talismans for an emergency rescue.
To her surprise, as soon as the talismans appeared at her fingertips, the vine branch binding her swept over and snatched them away!
Such incredible speed!
Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment. With no time to complain, she conjured two more spiritual talismans.
Swish! The tail of the green vine suddenly darted over again.
As if knowing that these things posed a threat to its master, the branch moved swiftly, accurately, and ruthlessly, snatching the talismans away once more.
What?
Seriously, was it that decisive?
She had only seen a blurry green shadow!
Her strength was still too weak. If she were in her prime, a lowly sentient spiritual artifact wouldn't even be worth her attention.
Holding back her temper, Yuan Shu pulled out two more spiritual talismans.
