Chapter 56 (1/2)

“Or do you think it’s a waste to soak in these medicinal herbs alone?”

Xiao Chen couldn’t help feeling a jolt in his heart as he stared into her bewitching eyes. In his mind, a shameful scene took shape…

Xiao Chen shuddered and yelled, “Please! No matter what, you’re still an Elder of the Three Pure Sect! Can you stop trying to take advantage of your disciple all the time?!”

“What I mean to say that you can salvage some of them for next time if you think it’s too wasteful. What are you thinking…” Bai Ying waved her hand with a yawn. “Forget it. I’m going back for a nap. Yell if you need anything. Bye.”

Xiao Chen hung his head, shook his head, and sighed. “This woman…” But when he turned around to look at the barrel full of herbs, he couldn’t help getting a warm feeling in his heart. In the past few months, she would make him cough up money whenever they went to the mess hall. So she had been saving her money to prepare all these herbs for him…

Xiao Chen removed his clothes and entered the tub. He immediately felt a pain rising in him as if there were 10,000 needles pricking his skin. Moments later, he felt as every inch of his skin and internal organs were burning as if he was in a furnace.

White smoke rose from his head as sweat slid off his face. There were several times on the surface was fluent. He nearly jumped out of the barrel on several occasions but then he would think of Bai Ying. If a delicate woman like her could bear it, this amount of pain felt insignificant. Compared to the heartache he felt when he saw Yunyin slamming his sword on her head that day, this pain was nothing.

Four hours passed and the sun was rising high outside. Xiao Chen had nearly jumped out in an instant and noisily splashed water all over the place.

Right then, he felt like a newborn. He looked at his hands, which had cast off to reveal a layer of newly-born skin. His body had been different from ordinary people in the first place and his fighting ability was impressive. Thus, he was nicknamed the “Undead Body” among the Xiao family. Now, after the medicinal bath, he was confident that he could block Immortal’s Swords and magic treasures with his palm alone in the future.

“Not bad. You lasted for an entire four hours,” said a faint voice. The voice came from the cave entrance.

“I…! Pervert! Peeping tom!” Xiao Chen swiftly put on his clothes. Bai Ying walked in with a solemn expression and sized him up. “Not bad. Had I known this earlier, I would’ve thrown in more heart-burning grass.”

“What? You threw in heart-burning grass?”

Xiao Chen wanted to swear at her. There was no use for the heart-burning grass in a bath. The only effect was giving the user a crushing pain. This woman had deliberately added the grass into the bath!

Bai Ying shook her hand. “That’s enough. Stop that resentful look. If I don’t throw in some heart-burning grass, what if you fall asleep while soaking? Wouldn’t that render your effort useless?”

Her words might be reasonable but Xiao Chen still wanted to throw her to the ground, and then do a little something…

“Forget it. Let’s go, kid. I’ll treat you to the signature dish exclusive to the Moon-watch Peak: ‘Dragon Soaring Over Four Seas’.”

Would a fire finally be lit inside the mess hall of the Moon-watch Peak? But why did Xiao Chen feel like the dish would be a complete mess after learning its name?

Just like that, an hour passed.

“Please! Elder Bai, stop fooling around. Let’s hurry and go before the mess hall of the Star-picking Peak closes its doors…”

“Oh, let’s not. It’s so expensive to eat at the mess hall of the Star-picking Peak. Besides, look at how cute this mudfish is. Look, look. It’s even opening its mouth to smile at you…”

“I… You’re the only one who finds it cute! Moreover! Look how tragic its death is! How is it smiling?!”

…

“Ahem. Forgive my disturbance.” Right then, a disciple of the Black Dragon Peak appeared at the door.

Bai Ying turned around. “A disciple of the Black Dragon Peak? What business do you have?”

The refined-looking disciple of the Black Dragon Peak replied a little awkwardly, “Oh… Well, First Elder requests both Third Elder and Junior Brother’s presence at the Three Pure Hall.”

Bai Ying frowned. “Is it severe? Did he say what for?”