1: Chapter 1: Arrival in Another World, Two Beauties Entangled in Aphrodisiacs

Deep in the night.

The moon was hidden and the stars were sparse.

Chen Xuan opened his eyes, his head buzzing.

His last memory was sitting in front of his computer, catching up on a Xianxia novel; unable to resist his drowsiness while reading about the protagonist Undergoing Tribulation and Ascension, he had slumped over the keyboard and fallen asleep.

When he woke up again, he was already lying in a forest.

The surroundings were pitch black, with towering ancient trees whose interlocking branches and leaves obscured most of the sky.

Mist flowed slowly across the ground, like a thin veil covering the withered leaves.

He sat up and looked down at himself; he was wearing coarse cloth clothes and straw sandals, and his waist was empty—no blade, no sword, and no cell phone.

"Did I... undergo Transmigration?"

He murmured to himself, his voice dry.

Looking around, there were no traces of modernity. No signal towers, no roads, not even a plastic bag.

The air was very clean, carrying the scent of soil and decaying leaves.

A few night birds chirped in the distance; other than that, all was silent.

Chen Xuan stood up and patted the dust off his body.

His physical condition was quite good—he wasn't hungry or thirsty—but his head was a bit dizzy.

He tried to recall the contents of that novel, but he couldn't remember much, only tropes like Sect hegemony, being accompanied by beauties, and one sword breaking ten thousand laws.

"If I've really transmigrated into that kind of world, shouldn't the start at least give me a Trash's counterattack script?"

He gave a bitter smile, and just as he was about to take a step to find a way out, he suddenly heard a faint sound of panting not far away.

"Is someone there?"

He immediately became alert, lightened his footsteps, and followed the sound.

Passing through several large trees, a slightly open clearing appeared before his eyes.

A woman was curled up by the roots of a tree, her long hair disheveled, her face flushed, and her breathing rapid.

She was wearing a white martial outfit with a silver soft armor over it and a blue silk ribbon at her waist; one could tell at a glance she was no ordinary person.

"Miss?" Chen Xuan called out in a low voice.

The woman snapped her head up, her eyes clear yet filled with pain.

Her lips trembled slightly, and her voice was weak: "Save... save me..."

Chen Xuan crouched down and observed carefully.

This woman was indeed beautiful, with features like a painting and skin as white as snow.

But at this moment, sweat was beading on her forehead, her cheeks were flushed, and her fingers were tightly clawing at the ground, clearly something was wrong.

"Were you drugged?"

He frowned.

The woman nodded with difficulty: "Aphrodisiac... taking effect... if I don't suppress it within half an hour... I will lose control..."

Chen Xuan's heart tightened.

Aphrodisiac? This was a common bridge in novels.

But he wasn't a doctor, nor was he a cultivator; how would he know about these things?

But looking at her appearance, she was indeed suffering.

After struggling for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I'll help you."

He quickly recalled his past knowledge of plants.

Mint can be sedating, and honeysuckle clears heat and detoxifies; if used together, they might relieve nervous excitement.

This forest was damp and cool, so these kinds of herbs shouldn't be hard to find.

He stood up and searched around, and sure enough, he found wild mint by a crack in some rocks, with a clump of honeysuckle next to it.

He picked the leaves and flowers, crushed them into juice, and applied it to the artery on the side of the woman's neck.

"Inhale some of this, don't swallow it."

He held the remaining juice to her lips.

The woman followed his instructions and took a shallow breath; the cool scent entered her nose, and her expression eased slightly.

"It's working?" Chen Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he was preparing to continue, his right hand accidentally snapped a dry branch.

The branch had long since dried and cracked, and the moment it broke, it kicked up a trace of pale pink dust.

Chen Xuan subconsciously took a breath.

In an instant, his chest felt hot.

His heart rate quickened, the tips of his ears burned, and his vision became somewhat blurred.

"Oh no... I've been drugged too?"

He stumbled back two steps, leaning against a tree trunk to steady himself.

The blood in his body felt like it was on fire, his limbs went numb, and his consciousness began to drift.

He gritted his teeth and tried to hold on, but his physical instincts became stronger and stronger.

Over there, Leng Shuang suddenly shuddered, and the medicinal properties she had suppressed flared up again due to the external stimulus.

She gave a muffled groan, suddenly stood up, and lunged straight at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan wanted to dodge, but his legs were weak and he couldn't move at all.

In the next instant, he was pinned down on a thick pile of fallen leaves.

Leng Shuang wrapped her arms around his neck, her breath was scalding, and her lips almost touched his cheek.

Her body was trembling; she was clearly also desperately resisting her instincts.

"I don't want to... but I can't control it..."

She whispered, her voice hoarse.

Chen Xuan's mind was a mess.

Reason told him he should push her away, but his body was no longer under his control.

The two of them became entangled in struggle and confusion, their movements hurried and clumsy.

Time seemed to pass for a long time, yet it also seemed like only an instant.

When it ended, both of them were slumped on the ground, panting heavily.

Leng Shuang was the first to react; she suddenly sat up, turned her back to him, hugged her knees, and her whole body trembled slightly.

Chen Xuan sat there blankly, his brain still hadn't processed everything.

That scene just now was too sudden and too real to be a dream.

Just then, a mechanical voice rang out in his mind:

"Ding! Bloodline-related behavior detected, 'Many Children, Many Blessings' System successfully activated."

After the voice faded, there were no other prompts.

Chen Xuan's eyes widened, and he repeatedly confirmed that he hadn't misheard.

System? Activated?

He looked down at his hands, then looked at Leng Shuang, who was sitting with her back to him not far away.

The woman's outer clothing was disheveled, strands of hair were stuck to her forehead, and her shoulders were rising and falling slightly.

She didn't speak, nor did she look at him, clearly still in a state of shame and indignation.

"So... I really transmigrated, and for some inexplicable reason, I saved a beauty, got drugged along the way, then the two of us got together in a muddle, and finally, it triggered a Golden Finger?"

He murmured, "This start is just too ridiculous, isn't it?"

Leng Shuang remained silent.

Chen Xuan took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

No matter what, he was still in this forest, not dead or injured, and he had gained a System of unknown origin.

As for that woman...

He carefully moved his body, sitting a bit further away from her.

Although that kind of thing had just happened, she clearly wasn't willing; he couldn't be a beast.

"Hey," he spoke softly, "Are you okay?"

Leng Shuang didn't turn around, only coldly spitting out two words: "Shut up."

Chen Xuan rubbed his nose and gave a sheepish smile.

True, anyone would feel terrible in this situation.

He rubbed his chin again, a habitual movement when he was thinking.

The current situation was complex, and he had to straighten it out.

First, he had transmigrated; second, this world had things like aphrodisiacs; third, he had just saved a female expert, and as a result, they both got drugged; fourth, the System was activated, but he didn't know what it was specifically for yet.

The only thing he could be sure of was—

He couldn't leave for the time being.

This forest was too big, the night was too dark, and he couldn't even tell north from south.

Moreover, Leng Shuang's current state was unstable; if the medicinal properties flared up again, he might not be able to handle it.

Thinking of this, he simply sat down against the tree trunk and looked up at the sky.

The clouds gradually dispersed, revealing a few stars.

"I wonder if Zhao Hongling is also trapped in a place like this."

He suddenly remembered something and muttered in a low voice.

It was said that more than one person had been drugged tonight.

That fiery noblewoman of the Zhao family also seemed to have gone missing.

But this had nothing to do with him; right now, he only wanted to stay alive and, while he was at it, figure out what this System was all about.

When Leng Shuang heard that name, her shoulders stiffened slightly.

But she still didn't turn around, only curling her body even tighter.

Silence returned to the forest.

The wind blew gently through the treetops, and the fallen leaves rustled.

Chen Xuan stared at the branches and leaves above his head, thinking:

"The next task should be waiting for dawn."

What he didn't know was that this night had only just begun.

And his entanglement with this world had also officially begun at this moment.

At this moment, the two of them still remained where they were.

One sat silently with her back turned, her shame and indignation hard to express; the other leaned against a tree in contemplation, filled with surprise and uncertainty.

The mountain forest was deep and secluded, and the morning light had yet to appear.

Everything was not over yet.