Stiffened (Please follow!!!)

Xishui Town's most famous stream had always been renowned throughout Hangzhou for its clear, sweet water. Many people came to splash around and have fun there, and that was how the town had gotten its name.

But in recent months, a baffling drought had cracked the land, leaving the fields with no harvest at all.

The farmers sat beneath shade awnings, sighing in despair as they watched their crops bake dry under the sun.

Who could see a scene like that without feeling their heart clench?

Jiang Yuan wore casual clothes and carried a backpack, looking out over the fields like a tourist.

Life was already hard for ordinary people, and now they had to suffer a disaster like this too.

Seeing it, he suddenly wanted to use magic to water the fields for these old farmers and bring the crops back to life.

But he had a mission right now, so he could not reveal his magic.

Not far away, a man in a hat walked over to the old farmers. No one knew what he said to them, but afterward, he left.

Once he had completely disappeared from sight, Jiang Yuan went over and asked around.

The man in the hat had gone toward the upper reaches of the stream.

"No time to lose. We'll go over there right away too." Tang Yue's faint voice drifted over, and her alluring figure stepped out from the shadows.

Jiang Yuan nodded, and the two immediately followed.

The stream's upper reaches lay in a mountain near Xishui Town. The mountain forest was lush, yet this little stream had not the slightest trace of moisture, and the plants along the way were withered and yellow.

Jiang Yuan and Tang Yue did not speak, quietly following behind the man in the hat.

His Electromagnetic Domain had already spread out, allowing him to sense every movement around them through the magnetic field.

In his domain, there were more than just these few people.

"Hide your aura!" Tang Yue suddenly said, her breath fragrant as orchids.

She grabbed Jiang Yuan with one hand and pulled him into the shadow of a nearby tree.

The tree was not thick, and its shadow could barely cover the two of them. Tang Yue and Jiang Yuan could only press tightly together.

Immediately afterward, a dense dark aura enveloped them both. Beneath the swaying tree shadows, they looked like a pair of lovers locked in an embrace.

Feeling the warmth and soft touch against his back, with delicate strands of fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose, Jiang Yuan went rigid.

Too rigid. How was anyone supposed to withstand this?

Seeming to feel that this was still not hidden enough, Tang Yue swapped positions with him.

With the positions switched, the tree shadow covered them completely, but the two of them still had to press close together.

"Don't make a sound, or we'll be exposed," Tang Yue said, lowering her voice to an extreme.

Jiang Yuan could not speak, nor did he dare make any movement.

Because the current situation had already made him unbearably stiff, and he was even stuck directly in the gap.

Tang Yue seemed not to have realized what was going on. Wanting to hide a little better, she shrank back again.

That little movement was disastrous.

Jiang Yuan firmly wrapped his arms around Tang Yue's slender waist, stopping her from moving any further.

Tang Yue suddenly shuddered all over and then went still.

Finally, she behaved.

Jiang Yuan let out a breath of relief.

If they had been standing in the sunlight right then, he definitely would have noticed that Tang Yue's cheeks and ears had turned completely red.

Just then, faint footsteps sounded.

Quite a few people were coming.

"You have to believe me. According to my investigation, there must be a Fire Spirit Seed here. Otherwise, this kind of abnormal dryness would be impossible. Those idiots still think it's a drought. Ridiculous."

The crew-cut man walking at the front said, "Before many people notice, we need to take this Spirit Seed quickly. Once we sell it, we'll be able to live it up for quite a while!"

The group laughed loudly, as if they could already see themselves indulging in wine and women, and quickly headed toward the source of the stream.

Once those people had gone far away, Tang Yue broke free from Jiang Yuan's hands and hurriedly ran out of the tree shadow.

She quickly straightened her wrinkled clothes, especially the part behind her hips, then gritted her teeth at Jiang Yuan. "You actually took advantage of your teacher. In the old days, that would've gotten you drowned in a pig cage!"

Tang Yue's face was very red, and her fierce expression was especially cute.

"You were the one moving around first. I had no choice but to hold you down."

Jiang Yuan stressed the last few words heavily, and Tang Yue immediately recalled the scene from just now.

It was true that she had been moving.

It did seem like she could not really blame Jiang Yuan.

Tang Yue instantly felt she was in the wrong, so she looked toward the direction that group had left in and changed the subject. "Let's hurry and follow them. I didn't expect it to be because of a Fire Spirit Seed. Looks like this trouble won't be small."

She had long since taught Jiang Yuan about Elemental Seeds, so she did not explain what a Fire Spirit Seed was now.

After all, Jiang Yuan was not an illiterate like Mo Fan, who knew nothing at all.

Following the group's tracks, the two of them made their way to the source of the stream. This place had originally been a small reservoir, but now it had all but become a dry mud pit.

From afar, they could still see some withered white fish bones baking under the sun.

Jiang Yuan immediately used the Electromagnetic Domain to sense the surroundings, but he found nothing strange.

In the original work, Zhao He had set a trap here and wiped out the Dongfang Family's people and the others.

Perhaps his own mental strength was not enough, so he could not detect it.

At the small reservoir, two groups were facing off.

One group was the one they had seen earlier, while the other had aloof expressions, and both their looks and clothing were worlds apart from the first group's. At a glance, it was obvious they came from a great clan.

Barring any surprises, the second group came from the Dongfang Family.

They were talking, and their tone was far from friendly.

After only a few words, they started fighting.

But the Dongfang Family was clearly stronger, and in the end they drove the first group away. Just as they were about to harvest the Spirit Seed, another person suddenly jumped out.

It was none other than the hat-wearing man from earlier, Zhao He, the murderer wanted by the Judgment Society.

As soon as Zhao He appeared, he activated the trap, preparing to kill the Dongfang Family's people.

Everything happened very quickly. Tang Yue wanted to stop it, but she was too late. By the time she made her move, those people's souls had already been drained dry.

A Star Pattern lit up beside her graceful body.

Tang Yue slowly spread her arms, and Shadow Power abruptly condensed before her chest into a faintly visible giant nail.

The giant nail sliced through space without causing even the slightest ripple. It shot past layer upon layer of trees at extreme speed and landed with absolute precision on Zhao He's shadow.

However, Zhao He was not the least bit surprised by Tang Yue's appearance. Instead, his smile became extremely eerie.

Jiang Yuan slapped his thigh hard.

Crap. He had forgotten an extremely old memory.

Tang Yue had been drugged by Zhao He!

Because it had not been a fatal incident, and because the memory was indeed too long ago, he had forgotten about it.

Sure enough, Tang Yue staggered over there, her expression turning extremely grave.

"How is it? Feels pretty good, doesn't it?"

Zhao He narrowed his eyes into slits and said slowly, "If you want, I can help you take care of your body's needs. After all, women still need men to fill them properly."

"Shameless!! Shameless!!" Tang Yue cursed loudly.

Although she was already furious, her body had begun to react.

Her face grew redder and redder, and her mind recalled the intimacy she had shared with Jiang Yuan beneath the tree shadows just now. Her legs actually went a little weak, and she almost wished she could turn into an uncontrollable greedy little kitten.