Chapter 412
She opened the window and caught sight of the steaming mist rising from the rockery at Wuhua Bulao Spring.
Little Li was blissfully unaware that his casual actions had unexpectedly borne fruit.
He had finished running through the remaining towns, skipping the live cooking segment for the braised beef noodles.
He handed the ingredients over to the locals and let them take care of it themselves.
After a busy day, dusk was settling in.
“Did it gain another layer?”
At the entrance of Qiushui Pavilion, Li Mo took out the Kongming Wanse Tower and discovered an unexpected gain.
But then he thought again.
The higher the realm of a person, the more power they could provide.
So, it was hard to say that this new layer of the Kongming Wanse Tower didn’t owe its existence to the contributions of those from the Huàn Mó Jiào (Cult of Summoning Demons).
He was now a little closer to the projection of the Dao’s divine form.
Unfortunately, the Huàn Mó Jiào could never be in the light; otherwise, he would have wanted to recruit them as affiliates of the Wanxiang Xianzong (Sect of All Phenomena).
Shaking his head, the clouds and mist before Li Mo dissipated, revealing the grand entrance of Qiushui Pavilion.
However, in the courtyard, he didn’t see the figure of Bing Tuozi.
At the table under the banyan tree, only Qin Yuzhi was there, carving bamboo slips with a knife, as she hadn’t yet learned to use a brush.
“Hey, the big talker is back.”
“???”
Li Mo cleared his throat and said seriously, “What do you mean by ‘big talker’? A gentleman like me is recognized as such by the bamboo; every word I say is the truth.”
“Who said that? You clearly tricked me today,” Qin Yuzhi huffed in dissatisfaction.
“What did I trick you about?”
Qin Yuzhi retorted, “You said Xiao Bing’er was waiting for you to take a bath together, but you rushed back to Qiushui Pavilion, using that as an excuse to make me hurry. You’re really too much, even fooling your own people.”
“???”
Little Li’s head was filled with question marks. “That’s true! I made an appointment with her to enjoy the moon at Wuhua Bulao Spring.”
“Then it was Xiao Bing’er who tricked me.”
“What did Bing Tuozi say?”
Qin Yuzhi had a knowing look on her face. “She said she was taking a bath to strengthen her body and that she liked being alone.”
Li Mo pondered, “What did Bing Tuozi look like when you came back?”
“She was wearing a bathrobe, and it seemed like she had something dark underneath. Oh right, her training outfit.”
Qin Yuzhi began to describe.
To be honest, dreamers have an excellent ability to describe things vividly.
Li Mo leaned back slightly.
Training outfit?
What kind of training outfit includes socks?
“Based on my experience, the one you were talking to wasn’t Bing Tuozi.”
“Then who was it?”
“It was Bad Bing Tuozi.”
“???”
Qin Yuzhi recalled the scene she had seen in Ying Bing’s dream.
So who was really fooling her? She couldn’t tell; she really couldn’t tell!
At that moment, Little Li went up to the second floor.
Sure enough, Bing Tuozi’s room was empty.
But the window was open.
If Bing Tuozi had returned to Qiushui Pavilion and wasn’t in the courtyard or the room, then where could she be?
“Xin ji zi wa mo yi du zi!”
Li Mo smirked, pushing up his nonexistent sunglasses.
Bad Bing Tuozi had kept her promise!
In that case...
He should quietly enter the spring; no need for gunfire.
So, Little Li stepped onto the windowsill and flew out.
His target was the peak of the misty rockery!
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**Chapter 456: Sparring**
Now, we are live at the first diving competition of Qiushui Pavilion!
Next up is the only contestant of this event, Little Li!
He chose a high-difficulty move: a somersault with a twist, spinning two and a half times in the air, but clearly, he lacked competition experience.
Splash~
Little Li’s entry into the water was far from ideal.
If there were post-competition interviews, he would probably say that it had nothing to do with his poor performance; the main reason was that he saw a mermaid in the hot spring.
A mermaid!
Who could keep their composure upon seeing such a captivating creature?
Little Li couldn’t hold it together at all, and because of the underwater scenery, he momentarily forgot to surface.
“Why aren’t you coming up?”
Ying Bing, distracted by the sound of the water, stepped forward and lifted his head.
Their eyes met.
“Bing Tuozi, you look beautiful today.”
In front of the vice leader of the Huàn Mó Jiào, a master of the Xuan realm, Little Li, who usually spoke his mind, suddenly felt his face flush and struggled to find words.
He was known for being straightforward.
After all, they were in a hot spring, and once soaked, the fabric clung tightly to the body, making the attire from the Southern Region quite apparent.
As the spring water rippled, Li Mo could vaguely see a hint of black wrapping around her fair skin.
It was simply deadly.
The downside of a curious mind is that the more one sees through the mist, the more one wants to explore.
“Hmm.”
Ying Bing subtly pulled her foot back, pretending to look elsewhere.
She had been contemplating what the system meant by ‘sparring’ and to what extent it should go, especially since she had seen more than one scene in Little Li’s mind.
But before she could think it through, he came crashing down from the sky.
She instinctively said, “This is just a bathing outfit; it’s not that great.”
“Why didn’t you change clothes?”
As soon as she asked, she regretted it.
“Oh, oh, then I’ll change now.”
Little Li had only managed to kick off his shoes in mid-air; he truly didn’t see Bing Tuozi as an outsider and began to loosen his clothing.
“!”
Ying Bing quickly turned around.
Splash—
“Are you done?”
“Mm!”
Ying Bing turned back, looking at him with a still-cool expression, but if one looked closely, they would notice she seemed to have forgotten to breathe.
Because Little Li wasn’t changing clothes; he had taken off his top.
“Why would you tie your clothes around your waist while soaking in a hot spring?”
“To hide my wild and free spirit.”
“”
Ying Bing refused to look at him.
It was well-known that Little Li was quite reasonable, and if reason didn’t work, he also understood a bit of physics; his physique was impressive.
And now, she was wearing combat gear under her bathrobe, just a palm’s distance away from him.
After spending a day in the cold pool, she had done a lot of mental preparation, but it all seemed meaningless at that moment.
The Wuhua Bulao Spring fell silent.
Only the sound of flowing water could be heard.
After a moment, it was Ying Bing who broke the silence:
“Was your trip to the Southern Region smooth?”
“Only one place wasn’t smooth.”
“Did you encounter people from the Huàn Mó Jiào?” Ying Bing had already asked Qin Yuzhi about this.
But Li Mo shook his head. “No, just a lot of mosquitoes.”
“?”
“Bing Tuozi, seal it.”
Little Li was no longer concerned about anything else; this was all to suppress the other entities within Bing Tuozi!
This was part of the plan!
“First, let’s practice; improving is important.”
A tingle of excitement surged in Ying Bing’s heart, but she still said rationally.
Observing the Taiyin Yihun (Yin Spirit) would help her forget herself and achieve tranquility.
“Alright then.”
Li Mo could only nod, reaching out to grab her.
The two of them sat down in the spring water.
But as luck would have it, a sound of footsteps came from the entrance of Wuhua Bulao Spring.
Qin Yuzhi had used Dream Escape too many times today and was already exhausted. Plus, she had heard from Shang Wu that soaking in Wuhua Bulao Spring was very comfortable.
More importantly, she knew that no one was in the spring today.
So she planned to come over and relax.
Splash—
A loud sound of water.
“Who’s there?”
Qin Yuzhi looked over warily, only to see Li Mo leaning against the edge of the pool, his hands resting on the stone wall.
“Aren’t you supposed to be back in your room?”
“I can come back even after going to my room.”
Li Mo wore the same expressionless face as Bing Tuozi.
“Tch, I knew you were fooling me. You must have come to find Xiao Bing’er, but didn’t find her, right?”
Qin Yuzhi huffed, a knowing look on her face.
“Right, right, right.”
Li Mo nodded, giving her a thumbs up. “You really are thoughtful.”
But seeing her step closer, Little Li immediately became alert.
“What do you want?!”
“I’m here to take a bath; I’ve come all this way.”
“!”
Li Mo’s expression changed dramatically as he took a deep breath.
“What’s wrong? It’s not that exaggerated to take a bath together, right? I’m wearing so many layers.”
“Qin Jie, can you soak alone tomorrow? You can soak as long as you want. I’m here; it’s inconvenient for you.”
“Stop being so coy; I’m leaving. Who wants to bathe with you?”
Qin Yuzhi rolled her eyes.
Li Mo: “”
In a way, Qin Yuzhi wasn’t wrong.
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