Chapter 57 Fire Spirit Hot Spring
Chapter 57 Fire Spirit Hot Spring
Seeing that Shen Yao only smiled and remained silent, Steward Xu thought that she was reluctant to tell him. Just as he was about to find a way to save face for both of them, he heard Shen Yao say, "Steward Xu, my sister and I have been traveling around and we happened to pass through Qiwu City, so we came here to visit."
"As for where my home is... Manager Xu, please forgive me for not being able to tell you. There is an ancestral motto in my family: If you leave home, you have no home; if you return home, you have a home."
"Just think of us as two sisters, or as residents of the surrounding towns."
After Shen Yao finished speaking, she felt that she had kept everyone in suspense quite well. "You can guess what this mysterious thing is all about."
'Leaving home means having no home, returning home means having a home.' Manager Xu was taken aback, finding the teaching profound and not understanding it for a moment. However, he could not neglect the God of Wealth, so he repeatedly said, 'I understand, I understand.'
After leading the group of cultivators to the main bathhouse, they did not see the bathhouse manager. Manager Xu instructed the staff to treat them well, then bid farewell to Shen Yao and Xianyu, hurrying to report to Feng Xuan.
Before even stepping out of the hall, the fairy's domineering voice rang in my ears: "Give me three of your largest hot spring pools, and I'll have the whole place to myself."
As expected, Manager Xu couldn't help but shudder and rushed off to find Feng Xuan.
The largest bath at Fengshi Bathhouse can only accommodate twenty guests at a time, just like the Fairy Bathhouse in Lishui County, but it costs ten times as much.
A customer repairman costs two hundred Ten-Coins!
To book three large hot spring pools, you'd need to pay the price for sixty people, which is 12,000 ten-coins.
Spending 12,000 RMB on a bath is simply extravagant!
The bathhouse staff noticed that the group of monks were dressed plainly, with three of them even dressed simply.
This fairy in the lead came up with such a big mouth right off the bat.
The shopkeeper frowned, but since it was brought by Manager Xu, he could only patiently reply, "Fairy, the largest bathhouse we have here has four rooms. Two of them are already occupied by guests. The other two will cost eight thousand ten coins if you book them all."
Shen Yao: "Two hundred coins per person?"
Shop assistant: "Yes, fairy."
Shen Yaomo did the math and thought, 'It is a bit expensive, ten times more expensive than the Immortal Bathing Pool, but this is the largest bathhouse in the big city, so two hundred is reasonable.'
He glanced again at Wan Li and Lan Ying's clasped hands, pondering: 'There are only two large hot spring pools left. Although Senior Sister Lan Ying is trustworthy, it's best not to reveal Xianyu's demon identity. How should we divide them?'
The shopkeeper frowned even more: "This fairy has been thinking for so long without saying a word, and she's even hesitating over two hundred. What kind of hot potato has Manager Xu given me? Sigh..."
Lan Ying observed Shen Yao's expression and said tactfully, "Fairy Shen, my husband and I can use a small pool."
Zhao Bin and Bai Song immediately replied, "We only need a small pond."
The shopkeeper thought to himself, "I didn't realize this fairy had an attendant with her."
Shen Yao stopped worrying: "Congratulations on your marriage, Fairy Lan and Immortal Wan! Tonight we'll use the large hot spring, and tomorrow we'll book a restaurant for a three-day banquet to celebrate your wedding."
Upon hearing this, Lan Ying and Wan Li realized that the three-day banquet was a celebration of their marriage. Both of them were burdened with a deep-seated blood feud and had been living in anonymity. They had never imagined that they would have to hold such a banquet.
The couple knew that their junior sister had a series of extraordinary encounters, not only greatly improving her aptitude but also obtaining a divine-level cultivation technique and becoming wealthy, but all of that was due to her good fortune.
Lan Ying and Wan Li were about to refuse, not wanting their junior sister to spend money, when Shen Yao raised her hand to interrupt them: "It's settled then. Immortal Master Bai, Immortal Master Xun, would you two like to bathe separately, or would you like to reserve the same pool?"
Bai Song said, "One will suffice."
Zhao Bin echoed, "Yes, one is enough."
Shen Yao said to the waiter, "Open two large hot spring pools for us, and also open the second largest one in your area. Book them all."
Hearing this, the shopkeepers dared not be negligent and carefully calculated the bill for Shen Yao: "Fairy, renting two 20-square-meter hot spring pools will cost 8,000 ten-square-meter coins, and renting one 16-square-meter hot spring pool will cost 3,200 ten-square-meter coins, for a total of 11,200 ten-square-meter coins."
Shen Yao waved her hand, and six large bags appeared on the counter: "Each of the six bags is worth two thousand, totaling twelve thousand ten-coins. The remaining eight hundred are for you and the three waiters on duty at the hot springs."
After checking the bag with his spiritual power, the clerk found it indeed contained 12,000 Perfect Coins. Overjoyed, the clerk exclaimed, "Thank you, fairy! Thank you, fairy! I'll arrange it for you right away!"
The waiters waiting at the counter all had happy expressions on their faces. Without the clerks having to call them, they went in pairs to eagerly lead the guests to the hot spring.
Two female servants led Shen Yao and Xianyu, two female servants led Lan Ying and Wan Li, and two male servants led Bai Song and Zhao Bin.
None of the cultivators were used to being served while bathing, so after the servants brought them tea and bath supplies, they sent them to guard the entrance of the hot spring.
The salted fish swam around in the pool and said, "This pool is rich in fire elemental energy. I like it."
Shen Yao: "This is still a flowing water pool. It should be water drawn from a nearby river or stream, filtered, and then heated by a magical artifact."
Salty Fish: "Could that magical treasure be in the pool?"
Shen Yao: "Let's look for it."
The two sisters swam around the pool and discovered that the bottom and walls of the pool were inlaid with many round fire spirit stone discs of the same size, and each disc was engraved with runes.
Having cleared up her doubts, Shen Yao swam back to the edge of the pool, rested her head on the pool pillow, closed her eyes, and lay flat.
The salted fish transformed back into a koi carp and began playing in the pond.
The pool kept making 'bang' sounds.
……
Lan Ying and Wan Li had already confessed their feelings to each other in the Jinchi Pavilion of the guesthouse. Now, they met again in the hot spring, still feeling shy.
The couple were the same age, had known each other since childhood, moved to Xuanhu Town with their parents in the same year, and entered the Lingcao Sect in the same year. Over the years, they encouraged and supported each other in their cultivation, and their friendship was extremely deep.
Later, after experiencing the changes in the sect, they faced strange beasts in the mountains and risked their lives to protect each other. They survived the ordeal together, learned about the tragedy of the hanging pot together, investigated the truth together, and plotted revenge together.
Originally, everyone thought that with the great revenge unavenged and the future uncertain, revenge should be the priority, and personal feelings should be set aside...
I never expected my junior sister to expose me like this...
Lan Ying and Wan Li stood embracing in the pond, cherishing this beautiful moment...
……
Bai Song was soaking in the hot spring, her heart aching.
Zhao Bin's heart was also aching.
Three thousand two hundred perfect coins, just for giving the two of them a bath.
Fortunately, they both agreed to only use one pool, otherwise the younger sister/junior sister would have spent another 3,200.
Bai Song then recalled that half a day earlier, he had bought three communication tokens for 90,000... He hadn't dared to tell the other three, for fear of scaring them to death.
Zhao Bin roughly estimated that since meeting his junior sister at Xiangyuan Garden in Xianmu City, in just five days, she had already spent nearly 30,000 Ten-Coins...
Zhao Bin was genuinely worried about how the money would be spent; he hadn't even avenged himself, and his fortune was already gone...
Bai Song and Zhao Bin were preoccupied with their own thoughts and had no interest in enjoying the hot spring bath. They quickly washed themselves and then began to meditate and cultivate.
Both cultivators possess fire spiritual roots, and in this warm pool made of fire spiritual stones, their cultivation of fire-based techniques is three times faster than usual.
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