“I didn't know there was a hot spring here. If I had, how could I have passed it up?”
“It's too late for regrets. This place is mine now, and I'm not giving it to you.”
“Tch, only what I don't want ends up with you. I don't want that man next to you either. Do you want him?”
“...Huh?” The man next to her.
“I want him.”
“You little hussy, I knew you still had designs. You're asking for a beating!”
“Who's afraid of you? Come on then...”
Young Master Lei watched from the side, feeling a wicked fire rising within him, but there was no one around to quench his thirst. Helpless, he could only restrain his mind and observe the hot spring.
This hot spring should be a natural one, located at the point where spiritual energy converged at the bottom of the valley. Cultivating here would not only speed up the absorption of spiritual energy but also temper the physical body.
Most importantly, the temperature was simply too comfortable.
Having experienced starvation and freezing to death in the apocalypse, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu now had an extraordinary desire and interest in food and places where they could bathe.
“Why do you only come here to cultivate in the evening?”
“This formation can absorb sunlight. By evening, the hot spring has absorbed a day's worth of sunlight, and both the spiritual energy and temperature are at their best, making it most suitable for cultivation. That's why I come over in the evening and go back at night.”
“Alright then, I'll come here every evening from now on too, and bathe with you.”
“Bah, why would I allow you to come and use it with me? This is mine, not yours.”
“This formation is already controlled by that stinky man. I'll just have him give me permission.”
“You, you, you… Don't you have your own cultivation spot? Why do you have to squeeze in here with me? You're just bullying me!”
Hearing this, Fang Xiaoyu smiled mischievously, wrapped her arms around Man Yaoyao's slender waist, pulled her into her embrace, and used one hand to lift her pointed chin.
“Who told you to be so tempting, my little darling? This big sister can't help but adore you when she sees you. Look at this figure, look at this smooth skin, tsk, tsk, tsk. Come on, call me hubby.”
Young Master Lei covered his face from the side, looking disgusted. (Imagine the old man on the subway looking at his phone meme.)
Alas, how pure and aloof was his Xiaoyu in the past? Look at her now, so lecherous. Who did she learn that from?
Young Master Lei couldn't figure it out.
“That'll teach you to not learn good things!”
Man Yaoyao pushed Fang Xiaoyu back into the water, and a string of bubbles rose to the surface, glug, glug, glug...
“That'll teach you to be a hooligan.”
“That'll teach you to bully people...”
The two of them emerged from the hot spring feeling refreshed. Taking a bath was comfortable, especially when using someone else's place to bathe. It felt even better just thinking about it.
The two big hooligans left the formation with satisfaction, leaving behind Man Yaoyao with a wronged and resentful look, as if she had been violated by two perverts.
Fang Xiaoyu led Wan Lei towards a mountain peak not far away. This mountain peak was neither tall nor outstanding, but only one person lived on it, making it exceptionally quiet.
On the top of the mountain, near the east side, there was a small courtyard standing alone, facing east.
“Wow, isn't this our home? You put it here? I thought you were living in a cave dwelling.”
Wan Lei happily ran into the small courtyard. He hadn't been here for two or three years, but every plant and tree still felt so familiar. (Only half a year or so had passed in Lei Feng Realm's time.)
The small vegetable patch, the small fish pond, and the small stove were all so familiar.
Here was the warmth of home, a warm home.
“Dog, come out quickly, where have you been looking?”
Wan Lei knocked on the Hammer of Lei, waking up Dog, who hadn't appeared in several chapters.
“Yo-ho, isn't this the small courtyard? Have we arrived at Kuilian Sect?”
Dog jumped out and ran around happily.
Wan Lei looked around the courtyard and found that there was no open space except for a small passage, so he pulled Fang Xiaoyu back into the house.
The house was clean and cozy, showing that Fang Xiaoyu had put her heart into arranging it.
Wan Lei moved a table to the corner of the wall, revealing a space, and then took out some materials and began arranging them on the ground.
“What are you doing? What are you going to do to my house?”
Fang Xiaoyu frowned and tapped Wan Lei on the head.
“You'll find out in a moment. I'm going to build a secret passage that belongs only to us.”
“Secret passage? Where does it lead to?”
This one-square-meter teleportation array was quickly built. Wan Lei didn't even use a quarter of an hour.
“Alright, before coming here, I already set up a teleportation array in my cave dwelling. Now that this end is also done, we can travel between the two sects anytime, anywhere.”
“Tch, that's unnecessary. Didn't you come to Kuilian Sect this time just to set up a teleportation array? Now that we have a big one, why do we need a small one?”
“It's different. This one is only known to us two. We can travel back and forth secretly anytime, anywhere, without anyone noticing. Doing it stealthily is more exciting.”
“Ew~ You big bad wolf, you're always thinking about bad things.”
“Let's go, let's go take a look at my cave dwelling.”
“Okay.”
The two held hands and stood in the teleportation array, then Wan Lei activated the teleportation array, and their figures disappeared from the spot in an instant.
“Huh? What's that noise? Where did those two go?”
Dog wanted to scratch his head, but his arms were too short to reach.
Yin Yang Sect, Lei Di Cave Dwelling.
A stream of light rose from the teleportation array on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu appeared here.
This was what Wan Lei had been doing in his cave dwelling before coming to Kuilian Sect, something he couldn't tell anyone about.
“So this is the Lei Di Cave Dwelling. It lives up to its reputation. It's just as my sister said, tsk, tsk, tsk, so shabby.”
Fang Xiaoyu looked at the airtight, tomb-like cave dwelling with a look of disgust.
“How could it be? It's quite good. Look at the lightning Dao patterns on the walls and ceiling, they're full of endless mysteries.”
“Can't understand them.”
“Um… How about my arrangement? There's a bed, a sofa, a coffee table, and even a small kitchen.”
Young Master Lei pointed to his cave dwelling, which resembled a shut-in's nest, and couldn't help but show off.
Little Sister Xiaoyu still looked disgusted.
“Alright, we'll rest here tonight and go to Kuilian Sect tomorrow.”
“Bah, your nest stinks, I don't want to sleep here... Ah!”
Before Fang Xiaoyu could finish speaking, Young Master Lei picked her up and threw her onto the bed.
———The following actions are indescribable———
Kuilian Sect, outside the small courtyard.
“Fang Xiaoyu, Wan Lei, come out quickly, the evening banquet is about to begin.”
Yue Lingxi stood at the door and shouted loudly.
Unfortunately, the place was already deserted. All she could see was a small, yellow dog.
“What are you shouting for?”
“Where are those two?”
“Who?”
“Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu.”
“Dead meat.”
“……”