Chapter 137: Ambiguity

Three hours later, Ning Feiliu, who was staying in front of his own laboratory bench, suddenly felt the soul power fluctuations belonging to Ye Lingling behind him rise sharply.

Immediately following this, the suddenly rising soul power fluctuations gradually fell, then slowly returned to calm, and finally returned to nothingness.

"It seems Lingling has succeeded." Ning Feiliu recorded the alchemy synthesis experimental data on hand, then said with a smile.

He put his research notes back into his Soul Guidance Device, then slowly walked out.

But just at this moment, a cry of surprise came from Ye Lingling, "Ah—!"

Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment, but... because the distance between the laboratory and the courtyard was not far.

He appeared in the courtyard immediately and saw Ye Lingling under the old tree.

Only, the current Ye Lingling looked somewhat disheveled; the always cold and aloof Ye Lingling was now covered in mud, her clothes full of black, foul-smelling grime.

Right! Only then did Ning Feiliu remember one thing, which was that the Mysterious Water Pill also had the effect of Cleansing Marrow and Cutting Tendons.

He had forgotten to tell Ye Lingling about this.

He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Ah... sorry... Lingling, I forgot to tell you about this..."

And after Ye Lingling finished absorbing the Mysterious Water Pill, looking at the grime gushing out all over her body, she suddenly felt somewhat embarrassed.

After all, as a girl who loved cleanliness so much, she suddenly had so much grime on her body, and it was also emitting such a foul odor.

Any girl would feel it was a bit hard to face.

Just at this moment, Ning Feiliu also appeared in front of her.

Ye Lingling immediately bit her lip, stood up, her pretty face flushed red, and she said quite bashfully, "You... don't look! And don't smell... don't... don't breathe!"

She was truly too embarrassed, and at the same time, she was somewhat annoyed at Ning Feiliu for why he hadn't told her about this sooner.

If she had known, she would have taken the Mysterious Water Pill home to absorb it; that way, after finishing the absorption, no one would have seen her in such an unsightly state, and she could have immediately taken a bath to wash off the foul filth on her body.

"Ah... I won't look." Ning Feiliu hurriedly turned his back to indicate he wasn't looking, but he said quite helplessly, "But not breathing is too difficult for a person..."

Although a Spirit Master can use soul power for a brief "internal breath," they are still human after all and cannot hold their breath for too long.

"Then... stay further away!" Ye Lingling gritted her teeth again, her pretty face blushing as she said.

"Alright... I'll stay further away." Ning Feiliu turned his back to her again and walked forward a few steps.

Only then did Ye Lingling feel slightly less embarrassed.

Just at this moment, Ning Feiliu said with his back to her, "Lingling, that on your body is the bodily impurities expelled after Cleansing Marrow and Cutting Tendons. Rest assured, it's nothing; it's also my fault for forgetting to tell you about this... Do you want to go to my bathroom to wash up? I'll go boil some hot water for you."

Of course, he had a place to bathe here; after all, he had been living here for a year since moving out of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's castle.

It's just that in this era, if you want a hot bath, you definitely have to boil the water yourself.

Although Ning Feiliu usually took cold showers, Ye Lingling definitely needed a hot bath to wash off the grime on her body.

"... Alright." Ye Lingling was suddenly a bit bashful, but she still nodded and agreed.

After all, she couldn't possibly walk through the streets and alleys with a body full of foul mud and return home like this.

If someone saw that, how would she ever live again?

Ye Lingling immediately went to the bathroom in Ning Feiliu's courtyard, and then Ning Feiliu went to boil water.

Ning Feiliu usually produced some high-combustion chemical fuel, which came in handy right now. In less than half an hour, a large vat of bathwater was boiled, and then he moved it bucket by bucket to the outside of the bathroom.

He called out to Ye Lingling inside the bathroom, "Lingling, the water is boiled, I've left it outside the door for you."

Ye Lingling was a Spirit Master after all; even as an Auxiliary System Spirit Master, circulating soul power allowed her to possess physical fitness far exceeding that of ordinary people.

So, of course, she had no problem moving the hot water in herself; she didn't need Ning Feiliu to move it in personally.

"... Alright..." Ye Lingling inside the bathroom said, her pretty face flushed red.

But Ning Feiliu had no response at this time; he must have left after moving the hot water over.

Ye Lingling immediately opened the wooden door of the bathroom quietly and poked her head out; she saw that Ning Feiliu's laboratory-cum-residence had lit up.

Clearly, after helping her boil the hot water, Ning Feiliu had gone back to continue his experiments.

For some reason, she felt a bit disappointed.

Wasn't it said... that men always have strange thoughts about girls taking baths?

But Ning Feiliu didn't seem to have any thoughts at all... Could it be that she was so lacking in charm?

Ye Lingling shook her head at this moment, her pretty face flushed red; what was she thinking about?

Better to wash the filth off her body first...

She turned around and circulated her soul power, carrying the buckets of hot water into the bathroom, and then began to wash away the grime on her body.

However, the trickling sound of water while she bathed slowly drifted into the laboratory.

After all, they were in the same courtyard, and this courtyard was clearly meant for one or two people; plus, this was an ancient setting, so the soundproofing wasn't that good.

Ning Feiliu hadn't thought much of it initially, but accompanied by the trickling sound of water, images began to emerge in his mind uncontrollably...

The image of Ye Lingling, stark naked, her skin as white as snow and as smooth as silk, glistening under the impact of the water flow.

Come to think of it, although Ye Lingling was only thirteen years old now, the development of Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent was generally far beyond that of their peers.

In the original plot, there was the example of Zhu Zhuqing having a pair of "big headlights" before the age of twelve... Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were also described as quite mature around the age of twelve in the original plot.

And Ye Lingling's figure could usually be seen... it was quite curvaceous.

Sometimes, such things would truly cause detailed images to emerge in one's mind uncontrollably due to sounds or blurred outlines.

This was just like when Ning Feiliu was taking exams in his previous life, and the lyrics of the songs he listened to while studying the night before would flash through his mind unnaturally...

You know you shouldn't be thinking about these things during an exam, but these lyrics and the singing voice would just keep replaying in your mind.

So human imagination... is sometimes truly completely beyond human control.

Ning Feiliu knew he shouldn't be thinking about these things, but Ye Lingling's graceful, naked body appeared in his mind uncontrollably...

"No... focus, what needs to be done now is the experiment on the extract of the Nine Grade Purple Ganoderma." He shook his head fiercely, trying to shake those images he shouldn't be thinking about out of his mind.

But those images always lingered in his mind, accompanied by the sound of the water flow from Ye Lingling's bath...

(End of chapter)