He stared at the glowing lines along the inner wall of the wooden barrel, trying to make sense of their complicated paths.
The aether in the water twisted and turned, even more tangled than the ball of yarn Saina had messed up while knitting yesterday. Su Li studied it for ages, but aside from making his eyes hurt, he couldn't make heads or tails of it.
With his straightforward mind, there was no way he could sort through all these twists and turns.
Forget it.
He decisively cut off the aether circulation within his body, leaned back against the barrel wall, and closed his eyes to rest. If he couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't think about it. Tomorrow, he would just ask a professional.
"Are you washing or not?" Saina slapped the water on his left, splashing a handful of warm water all over Su Li's face.
"Washing." Su Li wiped his face.
Elena shifted into a more comfortable position on his right. The water rippled, and vast swathes of snowy white rose and fell with it. She didn't care in the slightest about exposing herself. Instead, she provocatively leaned closer, her warm skin pressing directly against Su Li's arm.
"Those eight hundred Gold Coins were wasted." Su Li enjoyed the perks while speaking honestly. "It's just a few lousy lines. Totally not worth the price."
The moment Saina heard that, she perked right up.
"See? Wasteful woman! Eight hundred Gold Coins for a lousy wooden basin? With that money, I could buy out every pork stall in the East District!" Saina crossed her arms over her chest. The sight above the water was slightly less impressive than Elena's, but it had an arresting youthful firmness to it.
Elena rolled her eyes.
"What would a village girl know? This