It took several buckets of clean water before Ning Rongrong finally scrubbed the blackish-red grime off her body.
Standing by the edge of the bath barrel, she looked at the thin layer of blood-red impurities floating on the surface of the last bucket of water. Her little face scrunched up. "I-I was this dirty inside?"
"Silly girl, what are you thinking?" Luo Can smiled and rubbed her damp head. "Everyone accumulates toxins and impurities in their bodies to some extent. Compared to Spirit Masters with lower Innate Soul Power, the impurities in your body are already extremely few."
"So that's how it is..."
Only then did Ning Rongrong let out a sigh of relief. She patted her small chest, and a smile returned to her face.
But when she wrapped herself in clean clothes and stepped out of the bathroom, the moment she pushed open the door, an inescapable stench rushed into her face. It made her little face instantly wrinkle up like a bun. She hurriedly covered her nose and looked pitifully at Luo Can.
"Master... could you switch me to another room? It really smells too bad here."
But Luo Can shook his head. "You caused this yourself during the Cleansing Marrow and Washing Meridians, so you have to clean it up yourself."
"Ah... all right."
Ning Rongrong drooped her little face and nodded miserably, resigned to fetching cleaning tools.
After cleaning up the room, Luo Can brought Ning Rongrong to a training room in the Inner Pavilion Courtyard.
"Sit properly." Luo Can gestured for her to sit cross-legged at the center of a jade cushion. He sat opposite her, his expression turning serious. "What I'm about to teach you is the most core cultivation method of my Fate Defying Pavilion—the Mysterious Heaven Skill."
"It differs from every