Chaos Green Lotus Foot Basin and the Out-of-Control CEO

"More!" Su Wanqing's eyes were terrifyingly bright, filled only with an extreme craving for that bowl of Chaos Golden Light Noodle Soup. Her previous reverence and fear were cast to the winds! The nourishment and satisfaction from swallowing a single noodle slice had opened Pandora's Box, turning her into a complete glutton who wanted to devour the entire pot!

Ling Ye, however, acted as if he hadn't heard her cries. He leisurely held the ordinary white porcelain bowl, slowly slurping the soup, each mouthful accompanied by a sigh of contentment. His relaxed, enjoying demeanor formed a stark contrast to Su Wanqing's frantic impatience.

The bowl of soup was quickly emptied. Ling Ye put down the bowl, seemingly unsatisfied, and his gaze flickered to the remaining half-pot of amber-golden noodle soup.

Su Wanqing's heart leaped into her throat! An opportunity! The great one left some... no, the great one finished the main course, now it's her turn?!

Just as she was about to rush forward again to beg for a handout--

Ling Ye made a move that stunned her.

He didn't pick up the bowl, nor did he call Su Wanqing. Instead... he very naturally picked up the double-handled soup pot still on the induction cooker, emanating a chaotic golden light and immense life force! Along with the remaining half-pot of divine noodle soup!

Then, under Su Wanqing's ghost-like gaze, Ling Ye carried the scalding hot soup pot and... walked towards the corner of the living room... where it had been quietly leaning against the wall, its edges irregularly circular, neither gold nor jade, with a faint chaotic glow flowing on its surface... the Chaos Green Lotus Scrap Basin?!

Su Wanqing's brain instantly crashed! What... what was he going to do?! Was he... was he going to use this basin... as a foot bath?! To hold soup?! This... this was ten thousand times more outrageous than making instant noodles in a mug!

However, Ling Ye's movements were without hesitation. He walked to the edge of the basin and, very casually... tilted his wrist--

"Splash..."

The amber-golden, scalding noodle soup, radiating the fragmented light of stars and the supreme Dao's resonance, along with those crystal-clear jade-like noodles, was poured all at once... into the Chaos Green Lotus Basin, which seemed like an entrance to the ultimate stillness of all things!

The moment the soup touched the basin's walls, the chaotic glow flowing on the basin's surface seemed to brighten slightly, emitting a very faint hum, like a sigh of satisfaction. The chaotic mist within the basin mingled with the starlight and golden light of the noodle soup, releasing an even stranger, more profound aura!

Ling Ye emptied the soup pot and casually tossed it back onto the island counter (with a loud clatter that startled Su Wanqing). He looked down at the half-basin of "essence" inside, seemingly satisfied.

Then, under Su Wanqing's completely petrified, unthinking gaze--

Ling Ye very naturally... began to take off his shoes?!

He kicked off his ill-fitting old slippers, revealing his smooth, perfectly shaped feet.

Then, he raised one foot and, very casually... stepped into the Chaos Green Lotus Basin containing the essence of the divine noodle soup?!

The scalding soup, imbued with the aura of the Earth Embryo Membrane's Origin and chaotic starlight, instantly submerged his fair ankles!

"Hiss..."

A faint sound, like the mingling of spirit and flesh, arose.

Ling Ye's face displayed an expression of extreme comfort, like soaking in a top-tier hot spring. He even let out a contented purr, like a cat.

Soaking... soaking his feet?!

Using... using divine noodle soup that could trigger a "Galactic Level" energy reaction, containing dust from Breathing Soil and Chaos Origin Qi... to soak his feet?!

Su Wanqing felt her soul leaving her body! Her worldview, after being repeatedly ground down, had completely turned to nothingness! She opened her mouth but couldn't make a sound, only watching as Ling Ye slowly stepped his other foot into the basin, comfortably... squatting down? Letting the precious "soup" soak his feet!

The chaotic starlight and earth essence in the soup, like living sprites, joyfully swirled around his feet, penetrating and nourishing every inch of his skin (even though his feet already looked flawless).

And the moment Ling Ye's feet were fully submerged in the basin--

An anomaly occurred!

Su Wanqing, who had been quietly standing in the center of the living room, having just undergone a "divine power cleansing," suddenly trembled violently!

"Boom--!"

The new power within her, temporarily soothed by a noodle slice and becoming dense and stable, seemed to have received some supreme summons and resonance, instantly losing control! Like a lit dynamite barrel, it erupted!

A torrent of terrifying energy, far more immense and wild than before, mixed with Chaos Origin Qi and the essence of Breathing Soil, surged uncontrollably from her limbs and bones! Faint chaotic patterns instantly appeared on her skin, golden light shot from her eyes, and her long hair floated without wind, emitting a heart-stopping energy fluctuation!

"Ah--!" Su Wanqing let out a groan that was both painful and slightly intoxicated! She felt her body like an overinflated balloon, about to explode! Power! Endless power was surging! Roaring! She was about to lose control!

Her gaze, involuntarily, with an almost instinctive mad craving, shot towards Ling Ye soaking his feet in the corner of the living room... or rather, towards the Chaos Green Lotus Basin his feet were submerged in!

That basin... the aura within that basin! It could save her! It could contain the out-of-control power within her!

"Give it to me!" Su Wanqing let out a non-human roar, her reason completely washed away by the torrent of power! Like an out-of-control locomotive, with an unstoppable momentum, her eyes bloodshot, she lunged towards Ling Ye in the corner... or rather, towards the Chaos Green Lotus Basin!

Her speed was astonishing! It even created a faint sonic boom!

Her target was clear-- to snatch the basin! To kick away the remaining soup... no! To kick away Ling Ye's feet! And soak in it herself!

Ling Ye seemed completely oblivious to the "human-shaped beast" lunging at him from behind, still comfortably squinting with his eyes closed while soaking his feet. It wasn't until Su Wanqing, radiating a violent aura, was almost upon him, her fingers about to touch the basin's rim--

Ling Ye's right foot, submerged in the basin, very casually... lifted up.

The movement wasn't fast, even a little lazy.

His foot, covered in amber-golden soup and radiating chaotic starlight, like swatting a fly, very precisely and gently... landed on the forehead of the lunging Su Wanqing.

"Slap."

A light, crisp sound, accompanied by the splash of water.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Su Wanqing's violent forward momentum came to an abrupt halt! Her entire body froze in place as if under a paralysis spell! Her face still held an expression of mad craving, but the redness and golden light in her eyes rapidly receded like a tide!

The "foot-washing water" clinging to Ling Ye's foot, imbued with the aura of the Chaos Green Lotus, the essence of Breathing Soil, and the supreme Dao charm of the noodle soup, like a magical purification force, instantly penetrated her forehead skin, seeped into her sea of consciousness, and surged towards her limbs and bones!

"Buzz--!"

A cool, vast power, with supreme suppression and refinement of will, like the Milky Way pouring down from the nine heavens, instantly washed over every raging river of energy within her! All the out-of-control power, in the face of this will, became like docile sheep, instantly soothed, refined, and guided back on track!

The chaotic patterns on her skin quickly vanished, the shooting golden light retracted, and her floating hair slowly fell. The immense power within her, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, became docile and smooth, deeply settling and integrating into every inch of her flesh and bone!

A sense of power, indescribable yet solid and profound, filled his entire body! It felt as if his feet were rooted in an endless earth, granting him boundless confidence! His mind was clearer and more... peaceful than ever before.

Ling Ye slowly withdrew his foot and sank back into the basin, as if he had merely swatted away an annoying mosquito. He even disdainfully flicked the water droplets from his feet, splashing a few onto the carpet beside him.

"So noisy," he muttered, closing his eyes again to continue enjoying his "medicinal bath."

Su Wanqing stood frozen in place, a faint, warm, damp sensation still lingering on her forehead (mixed with the faint scent of noodle soup foot wash?). She looked down at her hands, which had returned to normal yet contained terrifying power, then touched her cool, comfortable forehead. She felt as if she had just woken from a bizarre, fantastical dream.

I... I just... almost snatched the Great One's foot basin?! And was... stepped on the face by the Great One?!

A wave of immense shame and lingering fear washed over her instantly! She wished she could dig a hole and disappear into it right then and there! Yet, the profound, gentle power that had thoroughly cleansed and settled deep within her body clearly told her that everything that had just happened was real!

That Great One... used his foot-washing water... to help me sort out the chaotic power within me?!

What kind of absurd fortune is this?! And what level of humiliation?!

Su Wanqing stood rooted to the spot, her face flushing and paling alternately, filled with indignant fury, yet she dared not move, let alone look at the man soaking his feet in the corner.

Just then, Ling Ye seemed to have finished his soak. He slowly stood up from the basin, crystal-clear liquid sliding down his perfect ankles and dripping back into the basin without leaving a trace.

He walked barefoot on the carpet, his gaze casually sweeping over the Chaos Green Lotus basin, which still held a bit of golden "essence" at the bottom (foot wash water), and then landed on Su Wanqing, who stood stiffly like a statue, her expression flickering.

"Hey," he said, his voice laced with the languor of a bath, "the rest," he gestured with his chin towards the golden "essence" in the basin, "water the flowers."

Water... water the flowers?!

With this... foot wash water?! To water that priceless Ancient Orchid outside the window, which was just revived by spiritual tea?!

Su Wanqing felt like she was suffocating!

Ling Ye ignored her, his bare feet making soft slapping sounds as he walked towards the sofa, seemingly intending to resume his lazy sprawl.

Meanwhile, three kilometers away from Yunqi Mountain, at a temporary command post.

Before the massive surveillance screen, the silence had given way to numb despair.

On the screen, the energy readings representing the interior of the villa had just experienced a more insane rollercoaster – the terrifying peak when Su Wanqing's energy went out of control (approaching Stellar Level intermediate), followed by extreme containment and stability after being instantly suppressed and sorted (readings plummeted but perceived quality soared), and finally, the uninterpretable, rule-level fluctuation curve triggered when the Chaos Green Lotus basin was used...

The technician stared at the string of incomprehensible data on the screen, his voice as dry as sandpaper friction: "Report... target... the target appears to be using a liquid with a high concentration of mixed Chaos Origin Qi... for foot cleansing? Then... using the residual liquid from the cleansing... to help Su Wanqing sort her energy? Finally... suggesting the residual liquid be used for... plant irrigation?"

Foot cleansing? Energy sorting? Plant irrigation?!

The combination of these words sent everyone in the command vehicle into a dizzying spin, their worldviews utterly collapsing!

Thunderstorm clenched his fists tightly, his fingernails almost digging into his palms. He looked at the blurry figure on the screen, who had resumed his slumped posture on the sofa, and an unprecedented sense of powerlessness and deep reverence, like a cold abyss, completely engulfed him.

This is no longer a gap in power... this is simply... absolute crushing superiority in terms of life form and cognitive dimension!

And deep underground, in a hidden, unknown space.

A pair of immense eyes, seemingly formed from the purest shadow, slowly opened. Deep within the eyes, the blurry outline of the villa in the distant upper strata was reflected, along with... a trace, imperceptible yet enough to make the entire shadow space tremble, of the Chaos Origin Qi that leaked out the moment the Chaos Green Lotus basin was used!

A low, ancient roar, filled with endless greed and a hint of astonishment, echoed silently in the absolute darkness:

"The... Primordial... Basin?!"