Chapter 136: There's Something Wrong with the Fruit!

"Xiao Qi, are you alright?" Ji Yun looked up toward Ji Yin.

"I... I need to go relieve myself."

"Should I have your eldest brother go with you?"

"It’s fine, I won’t go too far. I’ll be back soon."

Ji Yun did not insist; after all, she was a young woman. "Don't wander off, and don't go too far. Hurry back."

"Understood."

Ji Yin replied and walked toward the woods, barely able to keep her balance as she leaned against the trees for support.

Right now, she desperately needed something cold to bring her temperature down. She had no idea what was happening to her; she felt so feverish that she wanted to strip off her clothes—she wanted to tear everything off her body!

Ji Yun watched Ji Yin’s retreating figure and let out a long sigh.

For some reason, he felt a surge of heat rising within him. His palms and forehead were slick with sweat. He couldn't help but adjust his breathing, trying to suppress that strange, restless agitation.

Could it be because he had been in the mountains for too long? But he had never experienced such impulses, even in his youth.

The people currently meditating also had beads of sweat forming on their brows, their brows tightly knit together.

Ji Shaofeng noticed something unusual about Mo Chuan. He checked Mo Chuan’s forehead and discovered that instead of cooling down, his temperature had risen even higher than before!

"Hot... so hot..." Mo Chuan murmured deliriously.

Ji Shaofeng hurriedly loosened Mo Chuan’s collar, hoping to help him vent the heat.

Mo Chuan suddenly grabbed Ji Shaofeng’s hand and pressed it against his own flushed face.

Ji Shaofeng immediately pushed him away, his skin crawling.

Looking at Mo Chuan’s condition—his flushed face and heavy sweating—he seemed as if he had been drugged with an aphrodisiac. He looked toward the others and realized they were all in the same state; although they were still meditating, one could sense their growing restlessness.

Ji Shaofeng walked to a tree, plucked a fruit, broke it open, and sniffed it.

The scent was sickly sweet, enticing one to take a bite. He suppressed the urge and tossed the fruit aside.

"Eldest Young Master, what happened?" Seeing the change in Ji Shaofeng’s expression, Wu Yan stepped forward to ask.

"This fruit is problematic." Ji Shaofeng knew that since Wu Yan hadn't eaten any, they were the only two who seemed normal.

"I suspect this fruit contains aphrodisiac properties." Ji Shaofeng quickly took a porcelain bottle from his person and handed it to Wu Yan. "Distribute the medicine inside to everyone—one pill each."

"You carry an antidote for aphrodisiacs with you at all times?" Wu Yan took the bottle and asked.

"It is not an antidote. This medicine contains ice silkworm extract, which has a cooling and suppressive effect. With some self-control, it should work," Ji Shaofeng explained softly.

He really didn't know how someone as refined as Master Xuanyuan ended up with a subordinate like Wu Yan. The look in Wu Yan’s eyes just now clearly suggested that he thought Ji Shaofeng was a man of questionable character.

Ji Yun let out a deep breath and opened his eyes; the heat in his body had been suppressed and had completely dissipated.

Looking up, he saw Wu Yan and Ji Shaofeng distributing medicine to everyone.

He glanced toward the makeshift hammock, but Ji Yin was nowhere to be seen.

"Xiao Qi!" he called out immediately.

Ji Shaofeng and Wu Yan looked up simultaneously and scanned their surroundings. They could not find Ji Yin.

How could they have forgotten about her?

The others had eaten at most one or two of the fruits, but Ji Yin had eaten the most!