In this situation, taking a hot spring bath together, Lu Zhe felt that if there was no way to vent his fire, he would definitely have problems holding it in!
Therefore, he still said in a slightly reluctant manner: “Forget it, you two can bathe first! I’ll bathe after you’re done.”
Lin Qianqian said: “But that would lessen the sense of anticipation!”
“What sense of anticipation?”
Lin Qianqian thought for a moment, and said very seriously: “Um... the anticipation you feel towards the comfort of experiencing a hot spring for the first time!”
“Qianqian, do you know how I’ve managed to live until now?”
“How?”
“Half by asking ten thousand whys, and half by reciting the Emperor's Order to Leave the Passes.”
“Emperor's Order to Leave the Passes?”
“I now understand why Ah-Dou has lived so long. Reciting the Emperor's Order to Leave the Passes when I have nothing to do not only nurtures my temperament, but also stimulates my blood circulation and prolongs my life. Without this piece, just watching over you few sly little vixens, I'd probably have had to end my own glorious life prematurely like the Jiajing and Xianfeng Emperors. I recommend you recite it from time to time too, Qianqian.”
Qianqian nodded blankly: “I’ve nearly forgotten it all.”
Shen Bing couldn't help but chime in with a laugh: “Alright, stop teasing Qianqian! Let's do this - Qianqian, you go in first, then Lu Zhe goes in, and I’ll be the last one.”
Qianqian said very dejectedly: “Bathing separately, you must all dislike me...”
“Qianqian, listen to Sister Bing.”
Although somewhat unwilling, she still shyly went in. But soon, Qianqian’s shriek came from inside.
“What’s wrong?”
The two rushed in together, only to see Lin Qianqian looking at her arm with a face full of horror.
On her dirty little arm, a leech was attached, sucking blood.
Shen Bing said: "Burn it off with a fire stick."
"No need!" Lu Zhe grabbed Qianqian's arm and pressed it into the sulfur pool. The leech stiffened, and after ten seconds or so, it floated up dead.
He fished it out and threw it away.
Sure enough, the sulfur spring had an insect-killing effect.
Shen Bing pondered: “They probably got attached when we fell into the marsh.”
Lu Zhe solemnly said: “There may be more on the rest of our bodies too. We can't be shy about this anymore - everyone take off your clothes and check each other!”
Qianqian took off her filthy jacket, and surprisingly had six leeches on her body.
Shen Bing took off her jacket, and she had even more, a full eight.
"Oh my god, this is too horrifying..." The two girls couldn't help screaming. Forget Qianqian, even Shen Bing was scared numb!
"What about you, Lu Zhe?"
Lu Zhe took off his shirt, and only had one on his waist.
It slowly crawled down Lu Zhe's skin. It seemed it hadn't bitten through Lu Zhe's skin. Lu Zhe lightly flicked it off, and the leech flew out of the cave entrance.
Qianqian also wanted to follow suit, but Lu Zhe hurriedly stopped her: "My skin is thick and it didn't bite through, but your skin is delicate, you absolutely can't do that!"
Shen Bing breathed a sigh of relief: "Given the situation, let's not stand on ceremony. Let's just go in and wash together."
"But I don't have any!"
"What if there are some in unmentionable places!"
"Just thinking about it makes me shudder!"
Shen Bing thought for a moment, then moved closer to Lu Zhe and said: “Don’t mind this, if it’s really unbearable I’ll help you later!”
“You’ll help me? How?” Lu Zhe subconsciously glanced at Shen Bing’s chest.
Shen Bing whispered in annoyance: “You nasty boy, what are you thinking? At most I’ll use my hands.”
“Okay!” The three took off their clothes and pants, only wearing undergarments as they entered the hot spring.
A warm current washed over them, and their whole bodies felt pleasant.
Outside it was over thirty degrees Celsius, with an oppressive, itchy heat.
But soaking in the 40 degree Celsius hot spring water, there was no discomfort at all.
It opened all the sweat pores, cleansing the skin and spirit.
At this time, the leeches floated up one by one. They fished them all out and threw them away!
Even if some bugs were still clinging to their bodies, they basically couldn't survive now.
Qianqian agreed: “We should still check each other, Sister Bing I’ll scrub you.”
“No need, no need, I can do it myself!”
“Then Lu Zhe, I’ll scrub you.”
As she spoke, Qianqian moved closer to help Lu Zhe check that there were no lingering bugs on his body, with the sweet fragrance unique to the campus belle.
“Girls and boys should all be squeaky clean! We should wash our undergarments later too.”
What could Lu Zhe do?
He could only recite the Emperor's Order to Leave the Passes again.
After a while he really couldn't take it anymore: “I’m going out for a bit...”
Shen Bing also said: “It’s a bit stuffy, I’m done washing too. Qianqian you should hurry up too!”
“Okay...”
With her hair tied up, Shen Bing's clean look was extremely charming: “It’s getting late, let’s wash our clothes again. If we can get them dry before it rains, we can head back.”
Lu Zhe nodded: “Okay.”
“Oh right, hot springs mean there’s magma, but it doesn’t necessarily mean this is an active volcano right?”
Lu Zhe nodded: “That’s right. Many dormant volcanoes and volcanoes that erupt once every few hundred years still have magma activity, and also have sulfur springs. This is very normal.”
“So do you think this volcano is dangerous?”
“It certainly seems very safe now, but I won’t feel at ease without looking down into the crater to confirm.”
“Will we come again tomorrow?”
Lu Zhe shook his head: “There are still many things to do at the campsite, charcoal burning, building fences, cattle sheds, stocking up on forage, and we still need to explore the areas around the campsite. Let’s come back after a few days.”
Shen Bing nodded: “Okay, then I’ll go tell Qianqian.”
After speaking, Shen Bing entered the hot spring cave.
A few seconds later, Lu Zhe heard her shocked cry: “Qianqian, Qianqian!!”
Thinking Qianqian had fainted, Lu Zhe rushed in!
But she hadn't!
The pool water was like a mirror, with only Shen Bing searching around in the pool.
“Where’s Qianqian?”
“I don't know, she was already gone when I came in.”
“How is that possible?”
Lu Zhe's first reaction was also that Qianqian had drowned. He immediately jumped into the water to search with Shen Bing.
But in such a small hot spring pool, where could a person go?
“She’s not here!”
“Did she run outside?”
“Impossible, there's only one exit right?”
“Not necessarily!” Lu Zhe pondered for a moment, then dove into the water. He slowly searched underwater, and finally at the bottom of the pool near the volcano's center he touched a hole!
He quickly felt his way along the hole. After groping about 10 meters or so, the hot spring grew deeper, and there was no longer a stone ceiling over his head. He carefully poked his head above the water's surface.
In the dimly lit stone cave, the rocky shore grew increasingly deep!
Stalactites of various shapes and sizes, and unknown glowing green mosses growing on the walls.
It was like stepping into another world!
The sound of water rang out, and Lu Zhe looked towards the sound. An exquisite silhouette of a young girl was actually crouching between two stalactites.
A stream of water outlined a beautiful curve as it fell into the water, emitting a melodious sound like copper bells.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
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he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
