Chapter 83: Such a Beautiful Scene

“Little brother, we’ve arrived. Hurry and get off your horse to take a rest,” someone beside her said, noticing Ji Yin staring absentmindedly into the air and giving her a gentle reminder.

Snapping back to herself, Ji Yin saw that everyone ahead had already dismounted. She quickly swung off her horse and tied it securely.

“Ten people to a tent! Assignments will be given in order. Once tents are assigned, food will be distributed by tent. No one is allowed to leave the camp area!” someone called out from the front.

Ji Yin was about to step forward when she suddenly felt a familiar surge of soul energy rushing toward her. Her waist was seized, and before she could react, someone swept her up and carried her off into the darkness.

The person who had just reminded Ji Yin turned around, only to find she had vanished.

“Where did she go? Did she run off to her tent that quickly?”

In the blink of an eye, Ji Yin was carried into a tent—caught by none other than Xuan Yuanji.

“Why didn’t you stay obediently at the residence?”

“Why wouldn’t you let me come?” Ji Yin retorted instead of answering. “If you told my family, once you all went in, I’d still come on my own!”

Xuan Yuanji released her, and Ji Yin fell straight to the ground.

“Ouch!” she cried out in pain, immediately kneeling, legs apart, fanning herself with her hands.

That posture...

By the light of the tent’s candle, Xuan Yuanji saw that blood was streaming between Ji Yin’s thighs.

Could it be...

He glanced down and saw his own robe was stained as well—undoubtedly from carrying her just now.

Ji Yin, for her part, was grateful she wasn’t a man. If she were, the pain would be unimaginable!

Xuan Yuanji hurriedly helped Ji Yin up. “What happened?”

“My legs got chafed by the saddle.”

Xuan Yuanji had thought it was something else...

“I’d like to take a bath, change clothes, and put on some medicine,” Ji Yin said, looking at him.

If she went into the mountains tomorrow looking like this, she’d move through the ranks like a waddling goose—what a wonderful sight that would be. She’d be impossible to ignore.

Xuan Yuanji swept her up and disappeared from the tent.

“Lord Xuan Yuan,” Ji Shaofeng lifted the tent flap and entered, “where is she?” He’d just seen someone inside, and yet in the blink of an eye, they were gone.

“Are you looking for my lord?” someone asked.

“Did you see him?”

“My lord was just here in the tent.” Wuyan stepped in and found the tent empty. “Where did he go? He was here just now…”

Ahead, the faint sound of water could be heard. Xuan Yuanji, holding Ji Yin, arrived at the edge of a lake. Under the moonlight, a thin mist hovered over the water. The lake was shallow, with many stones jutting out above the surface.

Xuan Yuanji set Ji Yin down gently and spoke to her in a soft voice, “Go ahead.”

Ji Yin stepped forward, dipping her feet into the water. “It’s warm! So comfortable.” She turned to look at Xuan Yuanji, only to find he was still standing there, making no move to leave.

Although her current body was far from that of a real woman, she was a girl after all! She couldn’t possibly bathe in front of a man, even like this.

“Master, could you give me some privacy?”

In an instant, Xuan Yuanji’s figure vanished from her sight.

Ji Yin could sense he was still nearby. But surely, someone as noble, proud, and peerless as he was wouldn’t stoop so low as to spy on someone bathing?

Xuan Yuanji landed lightly on a thick tree branch, only to find a large mass of leaves blocking his view.

He leapt onto another branch and leaned against the trunk.

From here, the view was perfect.