"When Qi Xiezi gets in here in a minute, don’t blame me for forgetting any history we might have!"

Liu Yao shouted arrogantly, not the least bit panicked inside.

’Looks like I’ve been hit with an aphrodisiac.’

’But so what? Qi Xiezi is still outside. All I have to do is shout, and he’ll come running.’

’Song Wanning isn’t getting away.’

"Is that so?"

Song Wanning found this amusing.

Due to his status, Liu Yao had been cautious and timid since childhood. Even as a True Disciple, he had never been openly arrogant or domineering.

To many, Liu Yao seemed honest and diligent, but they didn’t know he was actually insecure and sensitive, petty and prone to holding grudges.

He would overthink even a casual, unintentional remark, always assuming everyone looked down on him.

He would lose his composure at the slightest provocation, yet he would never admit it.

’For someone so concerned with his pride, it’s more fun to stomp that pride into the ground!’

"I can give you a chance right now. If you get on your knees and apologize, I might just spare you this once."

"What do you say? You’ve already knelt to me before. The first time is awkward, the second time is familiar, right?"

Song Wanning’s words made Liu Yao fume with rage.

The humiliating memory of that day resurfaced, and boundless fury sent the aura within him surging violently.

In just three breaths, the drug’s effects intensified dramatically, invading his entire body.

An unbearable heat washed over him.

"Song Wanning, I think you... you really don’t know your place!"

Gritting his teeth, Liu Yao stood up and lunged at Song Wanning again.

’So what if I’ve been hit with an aphrodisiac?’

’The perfect antidote is right in front of me. Why would I let her go?’

But the beauty before him flickered and reappeared at the mouth of the cave.

"Get over here... Don’t even think... about running..."

He was burning with an unbearable heat, feeling as if every part of his body was screaming for release.

Song Wanning, however, just smiled faintly. "I’m not running. I’m waiting for the show to start!"

With that, she clapped her hands. "Come in!"

The words had barely left her lips when Qi Xiezi scurried inside.

"Master, you called for me?"

He stood fawningly by Song Wanning’s side and shot a glare at Liu Yao.

’That damned bastard!’

’It’s all his fault that Song Wanning caught me.’

He sized up the completely naked Liu Yao, a look of contempt on his face.

Liu Yao, however, was in no mood to care about any of that. He froze as if struck by lightning.

"You—you—you all—"

’Qi Xiezi is actually in league with Song Wanning!’

’Did they work together to set a trap and lure me here?’

’How could this be happening!?!’

Liu Yao was utterly shocked and filled with confusion.

But the reason no longer mattered. What mattered was that he was in grave danger.

Qi Xiezi was supposed to be his backup, but now he was an enemy. Didn’t that mean he had fallen right into Song Wanning’s hands?

Realizing this, Liu Yao’s heart sank.

But it was too late.

If he had been wary from the start and hadn’t inhaled the aphrodisiac, he might have had a sliver of a chance.

Now that the drug had taken full effect, it was too late to even think about running.

Song Wanning’s gaze was cold as she said to Qi Xiezi, "Take out your pill and shove it in his mouth."

’The drug I concocted is potent, but its effects aren’t too extreme.’

’It would be a waste not to use Qi Xiezi’s.’

Qi Xiezi, not yet sensing the danger to himself, replied cheerfully, "Right away!"

He walked over, took out an Elixir Pill, and roughly shoved it into Liu Yao’s mouth.

"This is for getting me into this mess! You’re on your own now!"

’Compared to me, who just did the deed, Liu Yao, the mastermind, is far more hateful. If he draws Song Wanning’s fire, I might even have a chance to survive.’

But despite his unhurried appearance, he was actually frantic inside.

’I don’t know what kind of poison Song Wanning gave me, but the Evil Qi in my body is still completely suppressed.’

’How much longer will this drug’s effect last?’

He couldn’t wait to get away.

"Mmph—mmph—"

Having an Elixir Pill brutally forced down his throat, Liu Yao’s face flushed with rage. He wished he could bite the backstabbing traitor Qi Xiezi to death.

If Qi Xiezi hadn’t led him here, how would he have fallen into this trap?

"Hmph, you’d better behave!"

Qi Xiezi slapped Liu Yao hard on the head, then ignored his murderous expression and turned back to Song Wanning.

He had just opened his mouth, about to plead for himself, when an Elixir Pill shot straight into it.

Qi Xiezi jumped in shock and immediately tried to dig it out of his throat, but the Elixir Pill had already slid down into his stomach, dissolving at light speed and spreading to every corner of his body.

At almost the same instant, an unbearable heat and lust washed over him.

’I’m done for!’

Qi Xiezi’s heart sank. He looked at Song Wanning, his eyes filled with pleading.

But Song Wanning just smiled at him. "If you perform well, we can talk."

Qi Xiezi instantly understood what "perform well" meant.

His face turned pale, then green...

Though he looked like a child of a few years, he was actually over three hundred years old.

But while Song Wanning was smiling, her eyes were so chillingly cold that his heart trembled.

’If I don’t obey...’

Coupled with the uncontrollable surge of energy in his body, Qi Xiezi shamefully relented.

Liu Yao was aghast, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets as he opened his mouth to roar curses.

"Qi Xiezi, let go of me right now!!"

"Believe me, I’ll cripple you!"

"Song—Wan—Ning—"

"Ah—"

Liu Yao’s mental defenses completely shattered. He had never imagined he would end up in such a state.

At this moment, he was filled with nothing but endless regret.

’I never should have come here!’

’That bitch Song Wanning... she has to die!!!!!’

Liu Yao was like a man-eating beast, responding to Qi Xiezi while staring daggers at Song Wanning.

Song Wanning shrugged innocently.

"What, did your good friend not tell you about his nasty little hobby?"

"He gets the most pleasure out of watching people sink into depravity while they’re still fully conscious."

As she said this, Song Wanning’s expression darkened abruptly.

’For a piece of scum like Qi Xiezi, even death is too good for him!!’