Steam curled through the medicinal bath, and the specially prepared herbs gave off a pungent yet warm scent.
Xia Xi leaned against the edge of the pool, leisurely observing his two colleagues' reactions.
After all, he had only calculated the concentration of the medicine using Shinjuro's previous data as a reference. As for whether they could handle it...
So far, both of them seemed to tolerate the medicine quite well.
Big Owl eventually found a large wooden tub and climbed in for a soak too.
Xia Xi had not prepared a special strengthening medicinal bath for him.
But he had no intention of engaging in workplace bullying and leaving this senior out, either.
If everyone else were soaking comfortably while he stood outside alone,
wouldn't that leave him looking rather awkward?
So Xia Xi had prepared a wooden bathtub for him too.
The herbs floating inside were merely ordinary ingredients for replenishing blood, vital energy, and kidney energy.
"Yaha! This medicine packs a flamboyantly fierce punch!"
Even though Tengen Uzui had undergone similar medicinal bath training long ago as a ninja,
he still could not help marveling at the medicinal brew he was soaking in now.
Its concentration, potency, and the fiery sting burrowing into his skin were completely different from the medicinal baths in his family's secret traditions.
If the baths he had taken as a ninja had merely loosened his muscles and stimulated circulation,
then the thick liquid enveloping him in this large wooden tub now seemed intent on burrowing into every pore...
But that was precisely why Uzui remained excitedly soaking in it despite his discomfort.
Because he could clearly feel every muscle, every fiber, and even his internal organs
constantly [dissolving] and [regenerating] amid a fiery burning sensation.
It was the feeling of growing stronger.
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