Chapter 638: All Soaked Away? (Bonus Chapter)
After a fierce mental struggle and Jiangnan's earnest persuasion, the three finally reached a consensus and looked at Tanya with eyes full of anticipation.
Jiangnan: (๑•̀ꇴ•́) I want a beast-eared girl! Beast-eared girls are supreme!
Wu Liang: (˶･᷅㉨･᷄) I want a muscle battle chariot! Muscles are justice!
Xiong Er: (´,,•㉨•`) I want a cute little loli! Light body, sweet voice, easy to push down!
Tanya: (٥≖̫≖) You guys sure want a lot of fancy stuff. I have small handcuffs, want some?
The three's eyes lit up. Small handcuffs? Sss~ So exciting? Can we wear handcuffs?
Three minutes later, high above the Saint Flame Spirit Ruins! On a dragon-shaped cable car that goes from the entrance of the Spirit Ruins directly to the top of the main volcano of Saint Flame! Jiangnan and the other two sat with hollow eyes and expressionless faces.
What the heck kind of "one-stop service" is this? A dragon-shaped cable car, seriously? Tanya! Give us back our expectations! Thinking about how they just ordered stuff—beast-eared girls, muscle chariot, little loli—they felt mortified to death!
Now Jiangnan was still thinking whether to go back and give Tanya a few fiery little slaps to make her forget about this incident.
Jiangnan: (づ﹏ど) Don't tell Xuexue and Wolfbane about that just now, okay! Keep it secret!
Wu Liang: Don't worry, Brother Nan! Got it, we all got it!
Xiong Er: What a pity…
But saying the dragon-shaped cable car is VIP-level service isn't an exaggeration! With 360-degree panoramic glass windows, they could overlook most of the Saint Flame Spirit Ruins from high above! The entire Spirit Ruins was filled with a wave of heat, thick with mist. Hundreds of volcanoes of various sizes, extremely high altitude, with even white snow on the peaks!
And Jiangnan finally understood why it was called "Mandarin Duck Pot"! At the mountaintop hot spring pool, the water was sharply divided! One side was bright red, bubbling like magma—that was the men's bath area! The other side was milky white, with steam rising—the women's bath area! The two sides met in the middle, like fire and water, clashing to produce thick fog, forming a heavy mist wall separating them! One side clear broth, one side spicy—how was that possible?
From high above, they could see many people soaking in the mountaintop Mandarin Duck Pools! Girls played in the hot springs, their laughter carrying far.
Jiangnan's eyes lit up. He directly pulled out a 318x high-definition telescope from his alternate dimension and looked down!
(˶◯ꇴ◯˶)
"Hmm~ The terrain of Saint Flame Spirit Ruins is something I've never seen before. I need to study it well to broaden my knowledge! These lofty mountains and steep ridges really have their own characteristics, don't they?"
Wu Liang and Xiong Er came closer with shining eyes!
"Brother Nan! We're also kids who love learning! Give us a telescope too, please?"
So the three of them lay on the seats of the dragon-shaped cable car, each holding a telescope to study the diversity of the Spirit Ruins terrain!
(,,⊙㉨⊙,,)(´◯ヮ◯`)
Wu Liang: "Tsk~ This person's trapezius muscles are too weak? Trash! Look at this greasy pectoral muscles, how high is the body fat percentage? How did this guy train?"
Jiangnan: ???
Old guy? What the heck are you looking at, all those weird things!
The dragon-shaped cable car went all the way up, finally reaching the giant volcano in the very center of Saint Flame Spirit Ruins, at an altitude of over five thousand meters! It was the only top-tier Mandarin Duck Pool in the Spirit Ruins! The one-stop service could take them directly up; those without it would have to climb the mountain themselves.
The mountaintop was thick with fog. The hot spring pool was probably about 500 meters in diameter! Seven or eight guys were soaking in the spicy pot, looking quite comfortable! From the clear broth pot, the faint voices of girls could be heard, though they couldn't see clearly. It seemed that today's top-tier Mandarin Duck Pool wasn't just for Jiangnan's group!
Jiangnan rushed into the changing room, said nothing, took off his clothes and showered in three seconds, then quickly changed into the swim trunks he had prepared long ago, afraid of missing the swimsuit show from the girls like Da Lang Mie!
However, at that moment, Wu Liang and Xiong Er were arguing in the changing room, red-faced and thick-necked!
"Of course I have to wear the Little Divine Dragon one!"
"No! Has to be Pikachu!"
"Or Stitch could work!"
"Just Pikachu!"
Jiangnan's face darkened. What the heck are you two arguing about? Is there so much fuss over a small triangle?
Jiangnan didn't wait for them. He teleported directly to the side of the Mandarin Duck Pool and strode toward the clear broth area!
Just as he was about to pass the mist barrier, he was stopped by a woman in a yellow vest work uniform.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Jiangnan said matter-of-factly, "To take a bath. I'm going to wash over there."
The anti-scrub manager aunt glared: "A big young man like you, what are you washing over there for? That's the clear broth pot!"
Jiangnan was stunned: "I know! Isn't it a mixed bath?"
[From Zhang Yan's resentment value +666!]
"Although it's a mixed bath, you can't go there! The reason it's a Mandarin Duck Pot is that the hot spring water on both sides has different effects! Men and women have different body structures. If a girl soaks in the spicy pot for too long, she might grow a beard, her voice will become deeper, and she'll lose feminine characteristics!"
Jiangnan was shocked: "Then what if I go soak over there?"
The aunt looked down at Jiangnan!
"What do you think?"
Jiangnan's face showed horror: That terrifying? Would he become girly? Tend toward a girl's appearance? That's too terrifying, right?
Suddenly, Jiangnan saw a figure sitting by the edge of the clear broth pool! Wearing a pair of blue knee-length swim trunks and a sports vest on top! A towel wrapped around their head, leisurely paddling in the water! Jiangnan's eyes widened, and he pointed at that person: "You're lying! How can that man soak in the clear broth area? I think you just don't want me to soak!"
The aunt turned to look at that person, her body stiffening. "What the hell? A straggler?"
The person by the pool stiffened too, jumped out of the water, eyes full of anger!
"You're the man! Your whole family are men! Believe it or not, I'll chop you to death!"
"Uh... Jiangnan? You damned one!"
[From Nightingale's resentment value +1000!]
[From Nightingale's resentment value +1000!]
Jiangnan was stunned. Nightingale? Nightingale came to soak in the hot springs too? No wonder he mistook her. He didn't expect that after such a long time, Nightingale hadn't grown at all, still so narrow-minded.
Nightingale put him in an unstoppable headlock! Jiangnan struggled: "Let go! Your ribs are digging into my back!"
Nightingale: (ꐦᵒ̌minᵒ̌) "I'll dig you to death!"
[From Nightingale's resentment value +1000!]
The aunt said in shock: "Th-this little girl, have you soaked in the spicy area? Sss~ See! And you say I'm lying to you? She soaked and it all got soaked away, so pitiful! If you soak in the clear broth area, maybe you'll..."
Nightingale: "!!! Ghost of a soaked away! I didn't soak in the spicy area! I-I've always been like this!"
Jiangnan: ꉂꉂ◟(˃᷄ꇴ˂᷅ૂ๑) "Pfft hahaha! Let me go, let me laugh a bit..."
What the heck "soaked away"!
Nightingale's face turned red, she stomped her feet in anger and paced back and forth!
"Where's my knife? Where's my blade?"
Jiangnan rubbed his eyes: "Alright, I'll stop teasing you. How come you're here? Where's Little Mila? I was planning to go pick her up these days."
Nightingale said grumpily: "This ticket is my year-end bonus. I come every year. How unlucky that I ran into you this year! Little Mila's rehabilitation will be finished in a few weeks. If it's convenient, you can also pick her up early."
Jiangnan's eyes lit up, he stepped forward and punched Nightingale's chest: "You're great! You didn't disappoint my entrustment! Here's a reward!"
Nightingale: "!!! You hit again! There was barely anything there, and you've hit it all away! Compensate!"
Just then, bursts of laughter suddenly came from the mist! Ye Xingxuan was the first to rush out! She wore a white tank top on top and a tie-side bikini on the bottom, showing off her perfect figure to the fullest! Her pretty face was flushed as she looked at Jiangnan, eyes sparkling!
"Damn, South God's figure is too explosive, right? These toned muscles are mouthwatering, okay?"
"How... How is it? Does it look good?"
Jiangnan: (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ "Nice~"
The next moment, the three cat-girl sisters jumped out of the mist! All wore bikinis, with cat ears and cat tails, even with a cat logo!
(๐˃̶ﻌ˂̶๐)ฅ "Meow~"
"Eh? I thought South God would still get a nosebleed, but how come he held up this time?"
Jiangnan curled his lip: "I've seen bigger spectacles. This small scene—I can handle it!"
The other girls also made their appearances. Jiangnan's state of mind was as calm as an ancient well, just waiting for Wolfbane and Xuexue's new swimsuits! Nightingale stood beside Jiangnan, looking inferior!
｡°(°¯᷄◠¯᷅°)°｡ "Did I eat all my meals for nothing?"
At this moment, Da Lang Mie with silver hair, wrapped in a bath towel, bounced out of the mist! Her wolf ears twitched straight up, wolf tail wagging left and right!
"Eh? Sister Nightingale, how did you come?"
Nightingale covered her face: "I'm here for my annual leave!"
Xia Yao grinned mischievously, turning her gaze to Jiangnan: "Little Nan! Ready? New swimsuit!"
Jiangnan nodded like a chicken pecking rice! "Photographic memory mode activated! I am a human camera!"
"Bring whatever ultimate move you have! Come on! Big Wolfbane!"
Xia Yao suddenly flung off her towel: "Nah~"
Jiangnan: ∑(๐ŏkouŏ)
Seeing Xia Yao wearing a one-piece standard swimsuit! A school swimsuit! It covered everything! But her perfect figure combined with beast ears and wolf tail gave a unique youthful flavor!
Jiangnan covered his face: "School swimsuit—pfft! Sure enough, beautiful girls are all big liars! Give me back my expectations!"
Xia Yao giggled: "Where did I lie? It's a style you don't have in your Hulk brand shorts, right? This is a mixed bath, okay? How could I wear so little?"
At that moment, a figure walked out of the white mist: "Eh? Sister Nightingale, you're here too? Long time no see! What a coincidence!"
The one walking over was Zhong Yingxue! And Jiangnan's eyes widened as he froze on the spot! Zhong Yingxue came out wearing a black diving suit! Except for her small hands and feet, even her neck was covered, and she even had goggles on her face!
Jiangnan: (⑉ԾзԾ) "Pfft~ Diving suit? Xuexue is so ruthless! Are you here to soak in the hot spring or to dive? Her protection awareness is a bit too high, isn't it?"