The journey to the Sun-Flare Basin was exactly as excruciating as Bai Yue had anticipated.
The problem wasn't the terrain. The problem was that she was hiking through a primordial jungle with three massively overpowered Beastman Lords who were currently under the influence of a magical aphrodisiac, desperately trying to prove their worth to her while simultaneously trying to murder each other with glares.
"Watch your step, Bai Yue," Han Shān rumbled for the fifteenth time, his large hand wrapping securely around her waist to lift her over a fallen log. His touch lingered just a fraction of a second too long, his thumb brushing against the bare skin of her midriff.
"I can walk perfectly fine," she muttered, though her face was burning. She couldn't deny the flutter in her stomach, the slow, steady build of tension that had been growing between them for a while now. But now was not the time!
