BXBX NOVEL Chapter 506: 507 Arrogant Zong Ya
What had happened to the Zong Family while she had been in closed-door cultivation?
“Make some room for me, I want to take a bath too!”
“Yeah, yeah, brother, move to the front. I’ll stay in the back.”
“Then, sister, you get behind me. It’s not proper with a bunch of men around here staring; I’ll block for you.”
Zong Ya walked towards the training ground. As she drew closer, the rising steam and muffled conversation drifted into her ears, leaving her momentarily dazed. Since when had there been so many people at the training ground?
However, as she stepped into the training ground and saw what was in front of her, she was stunned. Her face became slack, her eyes fixed on everything that was happening around her.
The training ground had somehow transformed into a massive bathhouse. Dozens of male and female cultivators were soaking, some uninhibited, baring chests and backs, but most still retained their modesty, bathing in their clothes within the pools.
But this didn’t impede their enjoyment of the bath; everyone’s face was filled with a refreshed and comfortable expression.
Li Xiaobai was at that moment completely focused on the System panel before him.
[Host: Li Xiaobai.]
[…]
[Defensive Power: Half-step Human Immortal Body (five million seven hundred thousand/ten million) (Immortal Spirit Qi: not acquired) can advance.]
[Attribute Points: Zero.]
[Hellfire (Divine Level Skill) Current Coverage: Eight hundred ten meters.]
[Pet: Pudong Rooster (Current Death Count: Ten).]
[Phoenix Bloodline: 0.01%/100%.]
[Achievements: Trouble Maker (thirty-five/one hundred eight).]
He had accumulated over half of the required Attribute Points, and the goal of ten million didn’t seem so distant anymore. During the competition for Immortal Spirit Qi, Li Xiaobai was confident he’d accumulate enough points to reach the maximum.
Lost in thought, a sharp rebuke suddenly broke his concentration.
“What are you doing in the Zong Family’s grounds?”
“Who allowed you to build a bathhouse here?”
Upon hearing this, everyone lifted their heads in a stunned reaction. The arrival was a purple-clothed young girl, with a face full of anger, glaring at everyone as if she wished to shred all the cultivators present.
“Little sister, that guy is the boss; if you have any questions, just ask him.”
A cultivator pointed to Li Xiaobai and said.
“One top-grade Spirit Stone for half an hour’s bath, miss. How many hours would you like?”
Li Xiaobai lazily lifted his eyelids, speaking indifferently.
“Ptui, a degenerate playboy! Who wants to bathe here with you? In broad daylight, you lot are flagrantly engaging in such indecency, it’s utterly scandalous!”
“Exactly who allowed you to do these things within the Zong Family’s premises? If you cannot provide a justification, today I will take you to the Punishment Hall to earn some merit for myself!”
The purple-clothed young girl glared with both eyes, an icy chill spreading across her pretty face.
“Since I have been able to open a shop within the Zong Family’s grounds, naturally it was with the personal consent of the Zong Family Patriarch, Zongdao.”
Li Xiaobai gave the girl a rather strange look, wondering what her status could be, for she seemed considerably older than Zong Hu, probably around the same age as Zong Yao.
“Nonsense, how could Uncle Zong possibly allow an outsider like you to engage in such unseemly conduct here? All of you, get out of the Zong Family’s property at once, or don’t blame me for being impolite!”
The girl in purple stared fiercely at everyone, her voice filled with malice.
Men and women, in broad daylight, under the watchful sky, how could one even contemplate committing such indecency?
This boss is utterly shameless!
“Could you be Zong Ya?”
Li Xiaobai’s expression changed as he looked at the girl. She did have an impressive aura, but unfortunately, her cultivation strength was still quite weak.
“Indeed, I am she, and now that you recognize me, you had better leave at once!”
Zong Ya nodded, speaking down to them.
“Why not try out the bathhouse’s effects first? Perhaps, you might end up loving it here.”
Li Xiaobai said with a grin.
“Despicable, shameless, it’s just a bathhouse, what effects could it possibly have? Your lustful gaze is clearly set on my body!”
“Let me tell you, even if in the future I was filthy and died outside, I wouldn’t touch your bathhouse, it’s too dirty!”
Zong Ya was furious, her anger about to erupt. Even if the Zong Family had fallen from grace, not just anyone could trample over them. Now someone dared to open a bathhouse on Zong Family property, what did they take their family for?
A public latrine where anyone could get involved?
“You naive girl, with long hair yet short on insight, the miraculous nature of this bathhouse is not something you can conjecture. I’m not afraid to tell you, even the Spiritual Springs of the great clans are not a match for a single drop of water from this bathhouse. If you had any discernment, you would hurry back and ask your elders for Spirit Stones!”
“Yes, the boss has undertaken this venture to bless our fellow cultivators. This young lady not only doesn’t appreciate it but also speaks out against it, truly baffling!”
“Stop disgracing yourself, mistaking gold for stone; you must be quite unique!”
The cultivators were displeased. Building the bathhouse was a charitable act, and it was evident to anyone with clear sight. The fee charged was merely symbolic, intended to benefit the community by improving the strength and foundation of these low-level cultivators.
Now someone was refusing to recognize this, failing to see the magic of the bathhouse and even slandering the boss. This was intolerable!
Zong Ya’s face turned a shade of green with rage. She never imagined that these cultivators, who had received aid from the Zong Family in the past, would turn their backs on her now!
“Fine, today I will see for myself what is so magical about your bathhouse. If it turns out to be nothing special, I will have it torn down!”
Her eyes burning with fury and her expression icy, Zong Ya marched up to the bathhouse and without saying a word, plunged an arm into the water.
In just an instant, her body trembled as if a current had passed through it; her angry expression gradually vanished, replaced by intense shock.
At the same time, a crisp, breaking sound came from her Dantian, as if some restraint had been shattered.
A formidable and fierce aura burst forth, sweeping across the place, with faint golden light continuously emanating from within her Dantian.
“This… this is…”
“Have I broken through?”
“This bathhouse can actually increase a cultivator’s Spiritual Power inside their body!”
Zong Ya’s pupils contracted, and her face changed dramatically. Just a touch of the water had led her to a breakthrough.
Moreover, the surge of Spiritual Power within her Dantian had saved her several days of arduous cultivation. What kind of treasure was this that allowed for such a breakthrough without any cost? Such an effect was unheard of, most likely surpassing even the finest of elixirs and wonder drugs, wasn’t it?
Her own family’s training ground contained such a treasure that aided with breakthroughs. She looked at the content expressions of the cultivators around her and remembered the painful times of her past secluded cultivation, Zong Ya stood dumbfounded. What had she been working so hard for all this time?