152: Chapter 152 This tea tastes wrong!

The fire in his abdomen spread through all his limbs and bones within three breaths.

Lu Chen froze in place, his fingers still holding the posture of crushing the teacup; fragments of porcelain fell from between his fingers, clinking onto the low table.

His breathing suddenly became heavy.

A Physical Body at the Great Emperor Peak, a Physique that had endured the Supreme Lightning Tribulation without flinching.

At this moment, a layer of fine sweat broke out on his forehead, and the veins on his neck bulged slightly.

"Ziyi..."

Lu Chen's voice came out with a tremble.

It wasn't a tremble of anger, but one from forcibly suppressing his body's instinctive reactions.

"You put that thing in the tea too?"

Nangong Ziyi sat on the futon opposite him, her hands still folded on her knees, her posture dignified and her back straight.

She looked at the sweat on Lu Chen's forehead, and the layer of "docility" in her peach blossom eyes vanished.

She stood up.

Her movements were unhurried, even carrying a hint of composure, as her slender fingers pinched the hidden clasp at the waist of her light purple nightgown and gave it a gentle flick.

The hidden clasp popped open.

The Nebula Silk nightgown slid down her shoulders, brushing past her collarbones and arms, silently falling beside her ankles.

Beneath it was not undergarments, but a purplish-red light gauze.

The purplish-red gauze was extremely thin, almost transparent, with only two layers of fabric at the chest and hips; the rest was so thin that the texture of her skin underneath was visible.

The cut of the red gauze clung to her body, following from the shoulder straps down, outlining the full curve of her chest, cinching at her slender waist, and then spreading down along her hip bones, barely covering the base of her thighs.

Two extremely high slits were cut at the sides of her waist, extending from the hip bones to under the ribs, exposing her entire legs when she moved.

This wasn't a nightgown; this was battle armor.

She had been wearing this under the purple nightgown from the very beginning when she entered?

He recalled how she looked when she pushed the door open—collar slightly open, ankles bare, looking casual as if she were just dropping by before bed.

Nangong Ziyi tilted her head and stuck out the tip of her tongue, playfully licking her upper lip.

That movement was a world away from her dignified salutation during the day; her peach blossom eyes were filled with the madness of success, carrying the specific excitement of a hunter seeing their prey fall into a trap.

"Didn't Senior taste it?"

Her voice was no longer soft, gaining a bit of flamboyance, a bit of pride, and a hint of unbridled recklessness that couldn't be hidden in her core.

"It's the same medicine Auntie used on you at the Jiang Family—the great emperor is also crazy."

Those five words drifted into Lu Chen's ears.

He retreated two steps, his back hitting the cabin wall, pressing himself against it with his hands propped behind him, his posture pathetic to the extreme.

More sweat appeared on his forehead, rolling down his temples and dripping onto the collar of his white robe.

That fire had already burned deep into his Dantian, his Great Emperor Origin began to stir uncontrollably, and the spiritual energy in his Meridians was like boiling water, surging and clashing, each impact bringing a parching heat that threatened to shatter his reason.

"Where did you get it from!"

Lu Chen's voice cracked.

Nangong Ziyi did not approach.

She just stood there, her body wrapped in the purplish-red gauze appearing half-lit and half-dark under the lamplight. Her peach blossom eyes scanned Lu Chen's pathetic state against the wall from bottom to top, the curve of her lips growing wider.

She proudly puffed out her chest.

The red gauze was stretched into two exaggerated curves, trembling twice with her movement.

"I've stayed with Auntie since I was little."

Her tone was righteous as she placed one hand on her hip and gently sucked on the index finger of her other hand.

Her fragrant tongue licked lightly, drawing out a silver thread of saliva.

"I've stolen Auntie's things many times; wouldn't stealing some medicine be easy?"

She paused as if reminiscing, then added a sentence.

"Though I didn't steal much."

Her peach blossom eyes curved, and she lifted her chin slightly.

"Although it's not much—only a third of the amount Auntie used back then—it should be enough to make me comfortable for a night and make my dream come true against a Senior who has already let down his guard and is continuously exhausted!"

She extended an index finger, placing it against Lu Chen's lips, making a "shh" gesture.

"It's enough."

"Senior, you know, I have no choice either."

"As a woman, you've already unbuckled it, seen it, and touched it last time. Although you didn't lick and eat it, I can only conclude that I am yours!"

Lu Chen's head buzzed; he finally understood one thing.

Why did Nangong Ziyi suddenly become so well-behaved today? Why did she speak so little? Why was she so restrained throughout, not competing or grabbing, making even Ye Qingxian think she was "too well-behaved"?

Because she had something on her mind.

Waiting for everyone to let down their guard, for the dead of night, for everyone who should be asleep to be asleep, and for him to return to his room alone.

Then, bringing a pot of tea while wearing a nightgown.

Wearing red gauze underneath! Coming to serve tea! This wasn't serving tea; this was a bone-eroding soup.

Lu Chen felt a fire inside him that had reached its limit. He was a bit "fired up" now and urgently needed to vent.

He was shaking violently, feeling his whole body go stiff—and his little brother was the same.

In his mind, the System's loli voice popped out.

[Ding! Detected Peerless Grade Aphrodisiac "the great emperor is also crazy" entering the body again.]

[Friendly Tip: This drug is specifically developed for a Great Emperor's Physique. The higher the cultivation level, the more powerful the effect. Host, don't hold back anymore; what you need is release!]

The corners of Lu Chen's eyes twitched thrice.

"Is there no king's law! Is there no justice!"

"Can a Great Emperor these days not even drink a cup of tea in peace!"

"First Jiang Yi drugged me, then Nangong Waner drugged me, and now even the niece's generation has learned! Is drugging tea an ancestral tradition of the Nangong Family! Is your family heirloom a Magic Treasure or Aphrodisiac Powder!"

Nangong Ziyi stood under the lamplight, the red gauze rising and falling slightly with her breathing.

She wasn't scolded away; instead, she took a step forward.

Her bare feet stepped on the wooden floor, her ankles small and rounded; with every step, a section of her fair thigh flashed from the slit in the red gauze.

"Senior, the drug's effect spreads very quickly." She tilted her head, her peach blossom eyes full of calculation.

"If you continue to use your cultivation to suppress it, your Origin consumption will be even greater, and you won't be able to hold out then. Since it's bound to happen sooner or later, you should just give in to me!"

She took another step forward.

"Better to save some strength."

Lu Chen moved sideways against the wall.

A Great Emperor Peak was now on his own ship, being pressed into a corner by a little girl at Half-step Sendai.

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The adjacent cabin.

Ji Ziyue sat cross-legged on the bed, not cultivating.

Her Phoenix eyes were half-open, her Divine Sense lightly touching the cabin wall; the commotion next door was heard clearly.

She had been awake from the moment Nangong Ziyi knocked on the door and entered.

With the Divine Sense of a Pseudo-Emperor Seventh Level, it was hard even to block it out.

She heard the sound of the teacup shattering.

She heard Lu Chen's cracked questioning.

She heard the words "the great emperor is also crazy."

She heard Lu Chen shouting to the heavens, "Is there no king's law?"

A sharp light flickered in Ji Ziyue's Phoenix eyes, and the curve of her lips curled up bit by bit.

This little girl really did have the medicine.

That well-behaved and sensible appearance during the day was all an act; even she had almost believed it.

Subverting the superior, drugging a Great Emperor for a forced conquest—this was something Nangong Waner was capable of, but she didn't expect the niece to surpass the aunt.

Ji Ziyue rolled over, facing the direction of the cabin wall, and completely retracted her Divine Sense.

She had no intention of going out to stop them.

Her Phoenix eyes lit up in the darkness, her lips moved, and she spat out a few words.

"I want it too!"

She closed her eyes. No rush; let the little girl of the Nangong Family test the waters first.

The road ahead would be easier to walk.