Wang Yu strode along a covered walkway to the little lake. Feeling the warm air rising from its surface, he immediately crouched down, dipped one hand into the water, and closed his eyes to sense it.
After a full dozen breaths or more, Wang Yu opened his eyes again, withdrew his hand from the water, and brought it before his eyes for a closer look.
His palm was now red and scalding hot. He could faintly see that every pore on the back of his hand had opened, with wisps of white vapor seeping out through his skin and giving off a rich medicinal fragrance.
Wang Yu looked satisfied, then began to ponder.
The little lake was not large, but it was one of the most valuable features of this True Disciple Cave-Dwelling. Though called a lake, it was actually a Marrow-Washing Hot Spring with special properties. If Immortal Cultivators soaked in it regularly, it could nourish their bodies, improve their constitutions, and even provide a slight effect in purging pill toxins from their systems.
When he learned of the spring's effects, he was overjoyed. He immediately went to the General Affairs Hall and used his status as a True Disciple to take out a hefty advance of contribution points, obtaining this special Medicated Bath Formula.
The spring had existed on Heaven-Pillar Mountain for so long that, during the centuries the Thousand Bamboo Sect occupied the mountain, they had long since developed ways to make full use of it. When they handed Heaven-Pillar Mountain over, they simply left all such special medicinal formulas to the Four Symbols Sect as well.
According to the formula, for the spring water to truly purge large amounts of pill toxins from the body, more than a hundred different spiritual herbs had to be added