Chapter 116: Spirit Spring Purification! Senior Sisters, are you scrubbing me or peeling off my skin?

Night fell, and the lights flickered dimly on Cuiyun Peak.

The Restrictions in the backyard of Nuanxiang Pavilion were fully activated, and a faint pink light curtain shrouded the steaming Spirit Spring, isolating all external surveillance.

"Plop!"

Accompanied by the sound of falling into the water, Gu Lan was directly pushed into the water by three pairs of ruthless little hands.

The warm spring water instantly enveloped his entire body, so comfortably that he almost groaned aloud.

But this coziness hadn't lasted even two seconds before Hongxiu's lazy yet somewhat dangerous voice came from the shore.

"Take off your clothes and throw them up."

"They are stained with the scent of the Demon Cult enchantress, so they must be taken away and burned."

Gu Lan lay on the edge of the pool, revealing only his head, and weakly protested as he looked at the three "judges" standing in a row on the shore:

"Senior Sister, this robe is a top-grade Spiritual Artifact, how wasteful to burn it… It can still be worn after washing."

"Cut the crap!"

Hongxiu's willow eyebrows rose, and at some point, a pair of shiny scissors appeared in her hand, cutting through the air with two snips.

"If you don't take them off, I'll cut both you and your clothes together."

"I'll take them off! I'm taking them off right now!"

Startled, Gu Lan quickly stripped himself bare in a flash and threw his clothes onto the shore.

Only then did Hongxiu nod in satisfaction, and with a wave of her hand, that expensive robe was instantly swallowed by a ball of spiritual fire, leaving not even a slag behind.

"Alright, the first step is complete."

Hongxiu clapped her hands, her captivating fox-like eyes narrowing slightly, and her gaze unscrupulously swept over Gu Lan's shoulders and chest exposed above the water.

"Next, it's time for a deep clean."

"Sisters, into the water!"

Splash—

A sound of entering the water rang out.

"I… I'll take charge of the back!"

Lüluo excitedly raised two soapy bath towels and jumped behind Gu Lan.

Lanyu quietly dove into the water, leaving Gu Lan only a cold profile.

"I'll take charge of… the legs."

"Um… Senior Sister Lanyu, the legs won't be necessary, right? I can wash them myself…"

Before Gu Lan finished speaking, he felt his calves tighten, having already been grabbed by a pair of slightly cool little hands.

Immediately after, Hongxiu's "torture" began.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this neck is full of the saliva scent left by that enchantress, it's disgusting to death!"

"Hiss— Gently! Gently, Senior Sister! The skin is going to tear!" Gu Lan grimaced in pain.

"Endure it!"

Hongxiu glared at him, but her movements did not stop; instead, she exerted more force.

"Why didn't you find it painful when that enchantress kissed you? Now you know how to howl?"

"Speak! Was her hand placed right here at that time?"

Hongxiu's fingers suddenly slid down, pressing hard against Gu Lan's pectoral muscles, pinching him fiercely.

"Ah! No! Absolutely not!"

"Hmph, I think there was!"

Hongxiu simply didn't listen to explanations, rubbing and kneading that piece of flesh, "You must scrub away all her fingerprints for me!"

Gu Lan was on the verge of tears.

This wasn't taking a bath at all; this was clearly taking the opportunity to retaliate!

Just as he was being tormented to death by Hongxiu, Lüluo behind him was not idle either.

"Senior Brother, your back is so dirty, it's full of ash!"

As Lüluo scrubbed huffing and puffing, she cried out in a fuss.

"Nonsense! I have the Pure Yang Body, how could there be ash!"

"There really is! Look, it's all black mud!"

Lüluo stretched the bath towel in front of Gu Lan, and there was indeed a layer of faint black dirt on it.

Gu Lan was stunned for a moment.

Those were the Impurities expelled from his body after swallowing the "Great Tonic Soup" earlier, not expecting them to still linger in his pores.

"It seems the Eldest Senior Sister's bowl of soup was really useful…"

Gu Lan had just sighed.

"What? You still dare to mention the Eldest Senior Sister?"

Hongxiu's ears were very sharp, and she instantly bristled.

"Very well, there is a Demon Cult Saintess in front, and an Eldest Senior Sister behind, how many people are actually packed in your heart?"

"Lüluo, scrub hard for me! Scrub off the skin of this flirtatious radish!"

"Alrighty!"

Upon receiving the order, Lüluo became extremely hardworking, her little hands acting like they were equipped with small motors, scrubbing Gu Lan's back with a burning pain.

"Help—"

"Here… is it injured?"

Suddenly, her fingers stopped at a bruise on Gu Lan's calf, which had been grazed by the Qi of the Blood Corpse King earlier.

"Just a minor injury, it doesn't matter," Gu Lan said indifferently.

Lanyu didn't speak, only silently circulating her spiritual power.

"Senior Sister Lanyu is still the one who dotes on me the most."

Hearing this, Hongxiu, who was committing violence above, paused her hand and pouted somewhat jealously.

"What? Do you think Senior Sister's hands are too heavy?"

She lightened her movements, her fingertips changing from the original rubbing to gently drawing circles, wandering between his sensitive chest and abdomen.

"Then… what about this?"

That voice became meltingly seductive, carrying a captivating nuance.

Gu Lan's entire body stiffened, feeling a current rush straight from his tailbone to his crown.

This damn thing… was even more fatal than before!

"Senior Sister… stop messing around… the fire just died down…"

"What are you afraid of? Aren't we in the water?"

Hongxiu pressed her entire body close.

"Boom!"

Gu Lan felt the string in his brain snap instantly.

Who can withstand this!

Just as he was preparing to seize the initiative regardless of life or death.

"Gurgle—"

A terribly inopportune loud noise came from the side.

Lüluo covered her belly, looking at the two of them with a wronged expression.

"Senior Sister, Senior Brother… I'm tired of scrubbing, and I'm hungry."

"When are we going to eat?"

The ambiguous atmosphere shattered all over the ground instantly.

Hongxiu's movements froze, and she helplessly supported her forehead with a long sigh.

"You girl, what else can you do besides eat?"

"I can also scrub backs!" Lüluo raised the bath towel righteously.

Gu Lan was also caught between laughter and tears, taking the opportunity to slip out from under Hongxiu's demonic claws and swim to the edge of the pool.

"Alright, alright, everything is washed clean, almost a layer of skin has been scrubbed off."

He glanced at his red skin and smiled bitterly:

"Now, even a dog's nose wouldn't be able to smell any Devilish Qi."

"I'll go get you something to eat, and coincidentally tally up the spoils inside that Yinsha old ghost's ring."

…

A quarter of an hour later.

The four of them sat around the soft couch in Nuanxiang Pavilion.

"Although this old ghost is poor, he is after all a sect Master, so he still has some family foundation."

Gu Lan dumped everything out of the storage ring all at once.

Clatter—

A huge pile of Spirit Stones, probably about fifty or sixty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and a few thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Aside from that, there were various jars and cans of poisons and corpse oils, as well as a few rather famous evil Cultivation Techniques in this Dao, such as the Corpse Refining Scripture, the True Explanation of a Hundred Poisons, and the like.

"These heterodox things should sell for quite a bit of money if taken to the black market."

Gu Lan put away those poisons and Cultivation Techniques separately, and then divided the Spirit Stones into four portions.

"Finders keepers, everyone share these Spirit Stones."

"No need," Lanyu shook her head. "I don't lack Spirit Stones."

"Just buy me chicken legs!" Lüluo was quite unceremonious.

"Take them."

Gu Lan forcefully stuffed them into their hands. "You will need money to Cultivate in the future, besides, this is also mental damage compensation given to you by that old ghost."

After dividing the loot, Gu Lan picked up the corpse core.

This was the most valuable thing.

Gathered from the lifelong essence of a Golden Core Stage evil cultivator, although the Yinsha Qi was extremely heavy and ordinary people would die upon touching it, for Gu Lan, who possessed a different fire, this was a great tonic.

"I plan to go into seclusion for a few days to refine this corpse core with the different fire."

A flash of sharp light crossed Gu Lan's eyes.

"If I can absorb the energy within it, my cultivation level should break through to the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, or even… touch the threshold of the Golden Core!"

"So urgent?" Hongxiu was somewhat surprised.

"Yeah."

Gu Lan nodded, and his expression became slightly more serious.

"Although we resolved the Yinsha Sect this time, I also exposed my strength and even exposed the different fire."

"Moreover… although Saintess Ji Wushuang has left for the time being, the Demon Cult will definitely not let the matter rest."

"And as for Master, after returning from this mission, I haven't gone to report back yet."

Thinking of Master Su Yunjin, that Prodigy Master, Gu Lan felt a dull ache in his kidneys.

"I must raise my strength first before I have the confidence to face the subsequent troubles."

"Whether it's the Demon Cult's retaliation, or… Master's 'reward'."

Hearing this, Hongxiu nodded thoughtfully, then broke into a smile.

"Alright, then you can go into seclusion with peace of mind."

"Senior Sister will guard the gates of Nuanxiang Pavilion for you."

"No one will even think of disturbing you."

Looking at these three Senior Sisters in front of him who liked to be jealous and horse around on ordinary days, but were absolutely reliable at critical moments.

Gu Lan's heart warmed.

This is probably what the feeling of coming home is like.

"Then many thanks, Senior Sister."

Gu Lan drank down the fruit soup in his bowl in one gulp, stood up, and stretched lazily.

"However, before going into seclusion…"

He glanced at the deep night outside the window, and then looked at the three freshly bathed beauties in front of him.

"In this long night, shouldn't there be some… other activities?"

"For example… Fighting Landlords?"