"Ah, this is the life!"
Lying back comfortably in the bath, Lin Qi hummed like a well-fed piglet as the scalding water opened every pore across his body. The water was still bubbling; it had only just been brought to a boil, hot enough to scald even boarhide.
But Lin Qi was a demigod, and his body had been strengthened countless times. Water this hot was just right for a bath. Never mind boiling water—even in molten lava, he could soak for three to five years.
This was No. 1 Glory Street. The enormous bathroom could accommodate nearly a hundred people, yet Lin Qi was the only one in the vast pool. Four flying-dragon statues stood around it, continuously spouting scalding water from their mouths into the bath with a rushing splash. Several fire-element magic arrays lay at the bottom of the pool, their crimson fire magic crystals gleaming as they constantly heated the water and kept it boiling.
It had already been two days since his return from the Continent's Appendix. At Quli Viscounty, Lin Qi had merely left behind a batch of gold coins and military equipment, then transferred several Saint-level swordsmen, two Saint-level mages, and more than two hundred Heaven-rank warriors and mages from the Fifth Abyss. With such a formidable force stationed there, even if Viscount Quli were a pig, he could still spread his strongholds throughout the entire canyon passage.
Under Hu Xinzhu's management, the Longshan Family's intelligence network was expanding outward in every direction, with Berely as its core.
Just half an hour ago, Lin Qi had received the latest intelligence: a small fishery had been established in New Dunkirk Port. After the Black Tiger Family left the Gallic Empire, this was Lin Qi extending his hand into the empire's northern coastal waters once