Time flew by. They said that in just a few more hours, they would reach the legendary Divine Capital beneath the Heavenly Palace of the White Jade Capital, Heaven's Court in this realm.
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Meanwhile, in the family quarters in the rear courtyard on the fifth level of the Cloud Tower Skyship, several maids and matrons bustled between the elegant residences in one of the private hot-spring retreats reserved for women. Each carried basins, towels, fresh clothes, and other things.
This was the most luxurious place aboard the immortal vessel. Built on a foundation of Nine Heavens Warm Jade, its Spirit Gathering Array connected to the heavens beyond, drawing in the spiritual energy of the Nine Heavens to enrich the spring. The entire retreat was enveloped in a mist of white spiritual energy, and the air carried a faint, ethereal scent mingled with the fragrance of spiritual plants.
They said the hot-spring pool had been carved from a single block of Blazing Sun Stone. Its walls were decorated with carvings of phoenixes in harmonious pairs, cranes carrying fungus, and other such designs. The water was a faint milky white, rich in spiritual energy and pleasantly warm. Regular bathing was said to relax the sinews, nourish the body, and improve one's cultivation.
However, it consumed a great deal of spiritual energy, so it was rarely used.
Today was an exception. Lin Daiyu, the beloved granddaughter of Old Madam Shi and a guest of the Rongguo Immortal Estate, needed to use it, so naturally, it had been opened.
See?
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In the pool of one of the smaller hot-spring rooms, Lin Daiyu sat quietly by herself in the warm water. She gazed blankly at its surface, her thoughts a mystery.
About an hour earlier, her cousin Jia Lian had