Mu Yanxi’s earlier words had only been spoken in a moment of impulsive anger, and she regretted them as soon as she stepped out of the bedroom.
Agreeing to bathe together with Shangguan Yun, who knew what kind of unexpected situation might occur?
Right now, she could only hope the other four roommates happened to be using the bathroom so she would have a reasonable excuse not to bathe.
Unexpectedly, the doors to the other two bedrooms were tightly shut. Who knew what the four of them were doing inside, or perhaps they had already gone out in pairs. In any case, they were not here.
As if seeing through Mu Yanxi’s thoughts, Shangguan Yun smiled and said, “Stop overthinking. Even if they wanted to bathe, they would go to the Spiritual Moon Sect’s Lingyue public bath.”
“Very few disciples use the dormitory bathroom. The spiritual water here is not high grade. Aside from convenience and the narrow space being suitable for flirting, it has no advantages.”
Mu Yanxi ignored her last remark and focused on the part about the spiritual water not being high grade. She asked, “Why would they choose the public bath? Does it have some benefit?”
In her understanding, cultivators cared greatly about privacy and personal distance. Most preferred cultivating alone in seclusion, and double cultivation was only for the sake of faster progress.
But the Spiritual Moon Sect actually had a Lingyue public bath, and disciples would even prioritize going there. When every dormitory already had a bathroom, creating a public bath seemed unnecessary.
The only explanation was that the spiritual energy content there was denser and higher, which attracted disciples.
The reason Mu Yanxi said she wanted to bathe, besides being unable to calm her mind to meditate while staying near Shangguan Yun, was more directly that if she did not soak in spiritual water she could not cultivate the virgin fairy bathing method.
Now that there might be higher grade spiritual water, she naturally had to ask clearly.
“Hehe, I knew it. The cultivation method you used earlier while fighting me to stay clear headed was a very high level water attribute cultivation method.”
“And water attribute methods suitable for cultivators with no spirit root are mostly ones that can absorb spiritual water. I guessed right, didn’t I?” Shangguan Yun asked with a smile.
“You were testing me?” Mu Yanxi asked displeased.
Even if Shangguan Yun was her former fiancee and now her double cultivation partner and study partner, she should not casually probe other people’s privacy, especially by fishing for information.
“Don’t be upset. I didn’t do it on purpose. Anyone could tell you were using a water attribute cultivation method just now.”
“And for cultivators with no spirit root who want to cultivate water attribute methods, aside from drinking spiritual medicine, the only option is soaking in spiritual water. Anyone could guess that. I really was not deliberately speculating,” Shangguan Yun explained.
“Besides, I wasn’t lying to you. The spiritual water resources in the Lingyue public bath are more than a level or two higher than those in the dormitory bathroom.”
“Not only does it have a Spiritual Spring source, but the Great Sect regularly pours in spiritual liquids like myriad flower nectar and supreme purity jade dew to assist disciples’ cultivation.”
“That extravagant?!” Mu Yanxi exclaimed. Both of those were famous immortal liquids in her previous life, priceless treasures that could help a Nascent Soul Cultivator break through bottlenecks and increase cultivation.
Yet here they were used for Qi Refining cultivators, and not even drunk, but poured directly into bathwater as additives. What a waste of heavenly treasures.
“That’s not really extravagant. Several kinds of immortal liquids can be bought in bulk from supplying medicine merchants at low prices.”
“Using them to raise the overall cultivation level of disciples is quite cost effective. So, how about it? Want me to take you to experience the Lingyue public bath?” Shangguan Yun asked, her eyes lighting up.
“No, no need. Let’s just bathe in the dormitory bathroom today!” Mu Yanxi suppressed the impulse and longing in her heart.
Of course she knew the cultivation effect of the public bath would be far better than the dormitory’s, but she had barely held herself together earlier in the changing room.
Facing a whole group of youthful girls in the bath would be even more unbearable.