Upon seeing everyone's gaze, Tao Yaojun immediately pointed to the pool water, feigning distress, and said, "Look, the water has turned murky!"
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly turned their attention to the pool. After observing it carefully, they found that, just as Tao Yaojun had said, the color of the pool water was indeed slightly darker than before.
However, the change is so subtle that it is impossible to discern anything without careful observation.
"Brother Taoyao, I must say, your eyesight is just too good! You actually noticed such a tiny change!"
Liang Xuanjing couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
But Tao Yaojun had no time to pay attention to this person. From the moment Zhuque entered the pool, he had been observing the situation with great anxiety, fearing that something might go wrong. Naturally, he was able to notice the changes in the pool water immediately.
At this moment, Tao Yaojun felt like she wanted to die.
He then leaned forward slightly, wanting to cup some water in the pool and take a closer look, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, someone grabbed his shoulder.
Yan Qianhe raised an eyebrow at Tao Yaojun's face, which seemed somewhat duller than usual, and then said indifferently, "There is poison in this pool. I advise you to think carefully before you decide whether to touch it."
Upon hearing this, Tao Yaojun's hand trembled, and her movements froze instantly.
He looked at his pool of hot spring water, now unusable, with a look of utter despair. After a moment of difficult deliberation, he reluctantly withdrew his hand.
After a while, the water in the pool became even more turbid, turning from its original clear and transparent state into one that was faintly black, giving it a nauseatingly filthy appearance.
Moreover, due to the evaporation of water vapor, the pool water actually emitted a faint fishy odor.
Although the smell was tolerable, Tao Yao Jun still exaggeratedly pinched her nose and frowned.
The reason he acted this way was not because he was being pretentious, but because he was heartbroken.
Is it really that exaggerated?
Li Chang'an looked up and saw Tao Yaojun's appearance, and couldn't help but frown slightly, then asked in a somewhat annoyed tone.
Upon hearing this, Cangyun looked at the person, his expression turning slightly displeased.
Feng Beichuan naturally guessed what Li Chang'an was thinking, and then joined in expressing his dissatisfaction with Tao Yaojun's behavior.
Things are ultimately just inanimate objects, but people are alive.
No matter how precious a treasure may be, it is still far less valuable than a human life.
Unfortunately, Tao Yaojun was still immersed in sadness and did not notice the strange looks from others.
Yan Qianhe, however, seemed quite pleased. She raised the corners of her lips slightly and announced to everyone, "It's all good now. The remaining poison has begun to be expelled, and I'm sure we'll be fine soon."
Upon hearing this, everyone finally felt completely relieved.
A rare look of joy appeared on Li Chang'an's face, but before she could get up and thank Yan Qianhe, she heard Tao Yaojun start shouting again.
"Wait...is this water still usable? Why is it bubbling?"
As soon as Tao Yaojun finished speaking, everyone looked closely and found that large and small bubbles were indeed rising to the surface of the water.
After the bubbles reached the surface of the water, they burst silently, and then more bubbles kept rising from the bottom of the pool to the surface.
The water in the entire pool seemed to have become thick and heavy, looking less like water and more like soup made from boiled swill.
What's going on?
Li Chang'an's expression tightened. The state of the pool now looked completely different from before, and it had become a stagnant pool.
Furthermore, the constant bubbling gave it an inexplicable feeling that it was about to boil a living person into soup.
The ingredient to be cooked was, of course, the Vermilion Bird in the pond.
After pondering for a moment, Yan Qianhe said, "It must be due to the effects of the toxins. The water has lost its flow and is probably stagnant now, unusable."
"It's not working? My God! Oh my god..."
Upon hearing the words "can't be used anymore," Tao Yaojun immediately started wailing and howling again.
This is the hot spring that I built with decades of hard work. Is it really going to disappear like this?
However, no one present could understand Tao Yaojun's feelings at this moment; they all thought he was making a fuss over nothing.
But Liang Xuanjing's mind was elsewhere. After listening to Tao Yaojun's words, he asked with a face full of curiosity, "Brother Tao Yao, your hot spring is not called 'Better Than Immortals,' is it?"
Upon hearing this, Tao Yaojun composed herself somewhat, then nodded weakly and said, "The full name should be 'Azure Waves Flow Like Immortals'."
Upon hearing such a bizarre and pretentious title, everyone was speechless and felt a bit dumbfounded.
I reckon only Taoyao-jun could come up with such a name.
"I see, it truly lives up to its name, excellent indeed!"
But Liang Xuanjing nodded thoughtfully and even praised the hot spring's reputation in a serious manner.
Then, he glanced at the now-ruined pool and couldn't help but click his tongue in dismay, feeling a little regretful.
Just then, Li Chang'an spoke up with some concern, "Since this water is unusable, what should we do?"
But as soon as she finished speaking, a whirlpool about the size of a fist appeared in the center of the hot spring.
The vortex continued to expand outwards, eventually becoming more than ten times larger than it had been at the beginning.
Moreover, the whirlpool was not only getting bigger, but also spinning faster and faster. The surrounding stagnant water was constantly being drawn into the center of the whirlpool as it spun, and then disappeared as if it had fallen into a bottomless pit.
At the same time, ripples gradually appeared on the outer edge of the hot spring water, but instead of spreading outwards as usual, the ripples moved inwards.
Strangely enough, the ripples seemed to act as an additional driving force, constantly pushing the stagnant water toward the whirlpool in the center of the pool.
The color of the pool water also changed from being murky and heavy at first to becoming much clearer and more transparent.
From the inside out, the water quality seemed to be getting better and better. The outermost ring had returned to its original color, and the strange bubbles on the surface of the water were no longer rising, but gradually became fluid.
"Has the water come back to life?"
Liang Xuanjing's face was filled with astonishment.
If he hadn't witnessed the entire process of the pool's water changing with his own eyes, he simply wouldn't have believed his eyes.
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