A white mist filled the Long-Lived One's core area aboard the Sea Wolf...
"Bubble, bubble~" A steaming hot spring had become the newest attraction here.
Such an abrupt change in the Long-Lived One's most vital area could only have been the work of a certain captain.
"Mmm~" A comfortable moan rang out. Through the mist, a perfect body that looked sculpted from marble stretched luxuriously in the hot spring, then leaned back and draped a towel over his face.
"Pfft~" Beside him, Little Octopus spread all eight tentacles in an almost identical pose, his expression beneath his hot towel one of utter bliss.
These were, of course, Nie Yun and Little Octopus, Eight Stripes, making their triumphant return. And anything that could give them such enjoyment was naturally no ordinary hot spring.
A closer look would have revealed wondrous specks of fluorescence shimmering in the water beneath the mist, bathing the entire spring in a hazy glow like some enchanted paradise.
A silver bamboo segment extended into the Long-Lived One's core cultivation pool, letting minute amounts of Water of Life trickle into the hot spring...
To indulge in the extravagance of bathing in Water of Life-probably only the ancestors of the Kara People had ever enjoyed such treatment anywhere in the world.
Even diluted, it still made every cell in Nie Yun's body rejoice. His genes were also slowly undergoing a subtle process of selection, evolving toward greater perfection...
The human body was like an incredibly intricate machine. If merging with the Mechanical Insects had completely changed the materials of the machine that was Nie Yun, then the Water of Life optimized its design and structure!
Meanwhile, the abundant life energy continuously nourished Nie Yun's mental power. The steadily mounting pressure around him made even the Long-Lived One, who was