Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu watched this whole operation, cold sweat beading across their foreheads. They exchanged a glance, then both stripped off their clothes and climbed into the ice pool. They'd lived this long without ever bathing in spiritual water. They had to try such a lavish indulgence at least once today.
"Bathing in spiritual water! Even my father's never enjoyed such treatment!" Zeng Shushu exclaimed excitedly as he soaked in the pool.
Qi Hao nodded. "The best decision we made on this trip down the mountain was bringing our two junior brothers from Big Bamboo Peak along!"
Zhang Xiaofan was bare-chested and too embarrassed to enter the cave. Luo Yunji went in alone, barefoot and wrapped in Zhang Xiaofan's outer robe, but a moment later, Lu Xueqi chased him back out.
Watching the chubby boy leave with such reluctance, Lu Xueqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. That little rascal had actually wanted to bathe with her. She'd nearly drawn Tianya!
Outside the cave, the four fellow disciples sat in the ice pool. Luckily, it was large enough that none of them felt cramped. As the spiritual water nourished their bodies, it felt as though every last bit of fatigue vanished in an instant.
Qi Hao contentedly sank his head beneath the water. After a long while, he finally couldn't hold his breath any longer, and a string of bubbles went "glug, glug" as they rose to the surface.
A string of bubbles went "glug, glug" over by the chubby boy, too. Zeng Shushu caught sight of him without his head submerged and instantly realized where the bubbles were coming from. He couldn't hold back. With a sudden "pfft," he burst out laughing, turned around, and leaned against the pool, slapping the ice as he laughed uncontrollably.