"It must be that woman Xue Hongyu, that damn person, I'm going to confront her right now." Lan Cai'er was furious upon hearing this, rolled up her sleeves, and was ready to argue with someone.

"There's no need to waste your efforts. Even if you find Xue Hongyu, she and her subordinates will say that they accidentally used Snake Attraction Powder instead of Insect Repellent Powder. On the surface, the two look exactly the same. This kind of powder can be thoroughly washed away with just water." Ye Lingyue was also full of annoyance.

However, they were currently setting off with the caravan, and it was not good to cause too much commotion, but if they could not do it overtly, they could still act covertly.

"So we're just going to let it go?" The thought alone made Lan Cai'er burn with rage.

"It won't be that easy. You first clean up the tent, I'll go out for a while." Ye Lingyue let out a sneer and left the tent.

Using poison against her was like Xue Hongyu digging her own grave.

Ye Lingyue quickly found Xue Hongyu's tent, and, imitating what had been done to her, she sprinkled a circle of Snake Powder around Xue Hongyu's tent.

The Snake Powder she used was not the mainland variety used by the Mercenary Corps; Ye Lingyue's Snake Powder was refined by Lai Gu, specifically designed to hunt large poisonous snakes and insects. Once this Snake Powder was sprinkled, snakes and vermin within ten miles would be attracted by the scent.

After sprinkling the Snake Powder, Ye Lingyue didn't leave immediately, but hid beside the tent, waiting to watch the show.

It was getting late, and the lights in the tents were gradually going out.

The evening wind blew, and the scent of the Snake Powder slowly spread out.

A rustling sound was heard, and Xue Hongyu walked out of her tent.

By the dim moonlight, Ye Lingyue saw Xue Hongyu's attire: she was wearing an extremely thin gauze dress, with nothing underneath, her body visible through the dress, shockingly bold.

While Ye Lingyue was puzzled, Xue Hongyu joyfully headed towards Feng Xun's tent.

This woman, she couldn't be intending to seduce Feng Xun, could she?

Ye Lingyue suddenly felt a surge of acidity in her stomach.

Feng Xun shouldn't accept this woman, right?

Struggling internally, Ye Lingyue bit her lip and followed her.

Inside Feng Xun's tent, the light was still on, and a figure was vaguely visible, lying inside.

"Young Master Feng?"

After calling out softly a few times outside the tent, Xue Hongyu ducked and went inside.

"Not good, someone has sprinkled powder inside the tent." Ye Lingyue sniffed and felt something was wrong.

Just as she was about to go and save Feng Xun, her hand was suddenly grabbed. Turning around, she saw Feng Xun standing behind her.

"Feng Xun, how come you..."

Ye Lingyue was about to speak, but Feng Xun made a silencing gesture and pulled her down to crouch beside him.

"How could it be you!" Xue Hongyu's exclamation came from inside the tent.

Feng Xun was not in the tent, so the only person inside must have been Sword Slave.

Xue Hongyu evidently also realized that the person drugged in the tent was not Feng Xun. She turned around and prepared to flee the tent, but Sword Slave, having inhaled a large amount of the drug, had already had his mind clouded by its effects.

He only saw a woman wobbling in front of him. He grabbed Xue Hongyu, covered her mouth, and without heeding her desperate pleas, he began.

Inside the tent, Xue Hongyu's voice grew fainter and fainter until, in the end, only a series of disordered breathing sounds remained.

Ye Lingyue's face became more and more flushed as she listened, and Feng Xun's breathing beside her seemed to become somewhat unusual as well.

Feng Xun pulled Ye Lingyue with him, and the two of them quietly left the tent.

It was not until they had reached a corner of the camp that Ye Lingyue hurriedly pulled her hand away from Feng Xun's, both their palms damp and clammy with tension.

"What in the world is going on? Sword Slave and Xue Hongyu... and the drugs in the tent?" Ye Lingyue never expected that tonight, she would inadvertently stumble upon such an... indecent scene.

"Xue Hongyu harbors ill intentions and scattered drugs in my tent. However, she doesn't know that ever since I was young, I have been like a medicine pot, able to immediately distinguish between poison and other medicines," said Feng Xun. When he and Sword Slave entered the tent, Feng Xun felt that something was off.

Especially later, when Captain Xue strongly invited Sword Slave to help keep watch at night, Feng Xun, with his sharp wits, figured it out quickly.

"Then you knew very well that Xue Hongyu was up to no good, yet you still let Sword Slave..." Ye Lingyue was at a loss for words.

She discovered the Snake Attraction Powder, which was intended to sprinkle some powder as retaliation against Xue Hongyu.

But Feng Xun directly... He clearly knew that Xue Hongyu's cultivation was not as high as Sword Slave's, and coupled with Sword Slave having inhaled some of the drug, even if there were ten Xue Hongyus, they would be completely at his mercy.

"Sword Slave has served me for more than a decade without taking a wife. I personally think it's time to reward him," Feng Xun said with an innocent look on his face, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly. He thought his plan served two purposes perfectly: teaching Xue Hongyu a lesson and by the way allowing Sword Slave to break his abstinence. Feng Xun was quite pleased with his "kill two birds with one stone" approach.

"What about you? Why would you suddenly appear outside my tent in the middle of the night?" Feng Xun had made careful arrangements. He feigned leading away Captain Xue and unwittingly allowed Sword Slave to gain an easy advantage. Just when he was about to leave, Ye Lingyue suddenly appeared.

"I... I was just passing by," Ye Lingyue said, looking guilty. She couldn't very well tell him that she had been planning to set up Xue Hongyu.

Under the night sky, Ye Lingyue's face was a picture of embarrassment.

Her reaction, when seen by Feng Xun, carried a charm completely different from that of her daylight demeanor.

Feng Xun had just entered the tent and realized something was wrong in time. Nonetheless, he couldn't help inhaling some of the drug powder. Moreover, earlier outside the tent, the sounds of the interplay between Xue Hongyu and Sword Slave further stimulated the effects of the small amount of powder he'd inhaled.

Hearing the peculiar breathing sounds of Feng Xun beside her, Ye Lingyue lifted her head, and as soon as she did, she encountered his intense gaze.

Startled by Feng Xun's eyes, Ye Lingyue stepped back, but with every step she took, Feng Xun moved one step closer.

"Feng Xun, you..." By the time Ye Lingyue realized something was amiss, she was stopped by a looming darkness overhead, as Feng Xun's lips pressed down on hers.

The moment their soft and moist lips touched, Ye Lingyue's body stiffened, her mind went blank with a thundering blast.

Although she had experienced relatively close physical contact with Feng Xun before, it had been for medical treatment, and Feng Xun was unconscious most of the time, so Ye Lingyue didn't feel embarrassed.

But Feng Xun was awake and proactive tonight, a complete turnaround from before.

Instinctively, she thought to push Feng Xun away, but the usually frail and sickly Feng Xun seemed to be filled with boundless strength at this moment. He firmly embraced Ye Lingyue, lifting her up and gently placing her against the trunk of a tree behind them.