Chapter 157: No Soaking is Possible
"Where are you two going? The sixth checkpoint is at the Mountain Temple. You're going in the wrong direction."
Old Wei stood in front of the guards and looked coldly at the people who wanted to go back.
Although the words didn't specify, the knives in the guards' hands were obvious.
Wen Wan and Zhou Lingling shrank their necks at the same time, their expressions changed in an instant, and they put on awkward smiles.
"Ah, yes, yes, we went the wrong way. We should go up the mountain."
Wen Wan turned around, tugged at Zhou Lingling's arm, and motioned him to follow.
Zhou Lingling's whole body was stiff, and she barely managed to step onto the stairs leading up the mountain with Wen Wan's help.
The winding mountain road leads all the way to the mountain temple halfway up the mountain. Every few steps along the way, there are guards with knives guarding the road.
It is called protecting the safety of the participants, but in fact it is to prevent the participants from escaping.
Since I can't escape, I can only move forward.
Wen Wan lowered her voice and asked, "Lingling, do you have any birthmarks?"
"Birthmark?" Although she didn't understand why Wen Wan suddenly asked this, Zhou Lingling still thought about it carefully.
After a moment, his eyes lit up, "Yes. I have a butterfly-shaped red spot on my calf."
After a pause, he asked doubtfully, "Why are you asking this?"
Wen Wan glanced at him and said, "Just in case of emergency."
She only said this lightly, then pretended to brush the dust off her shoes and secretly pinched her calf.
At the critical moment, she did not dare to be careless and really used all her strength, pinching herself so hard that she almost died.
Zhou Lingling, who was standing by, was stunned when she saw her action, and then her expression was indescribable.
"You're going to use the red marks from pinching to disguise the birthmark? But it's not certain whether those with birthmarks can pass the next level. What if the one without a birthmark is the correct answer?"
Wen Wan stood up, her eyes red with pain, "Who do you think I'm doing this for? Isn't this just to be on the same level as you, so I can look after you?"
After Zhou Lingling thought about it carefully, she understood her intention.
He was touched, "Sister Xiaowan! You are such a good person."
Wen Wan, who was delighted to receive the "good guy card": "..."
There is no need to be so moved.
*
The sun was shining brightly, and the mountain temple halfway up the mountain was shrouded in the scorching sun. Even the row of poplar trees at the door seemed listless and wilted.
Wen Wan and Zhou Lingling were not martial artists, so they were exhausted and out of breath after climbing up from the foot of the mountain.
When the two of them arrived in front of the temple, they sat down on the stone steps without paying any attention to other people's gazes.
Before they could even sit down, the master from the Imperial Observatory came over and threw two signs in front of them.
There were numbers written on the sign: Wen Wan’s was nine and Zhou Lingling’s was ten.
The two men from the Imperial Observatory glanced at the two men's gray and white painted faces with disdain.
"There's a hot spring pool behind the mountain temple. Men and women can go there to bathe and change clothes. Master Li will be there in the front yard to meet you in person in half an hour."
Bath?
Wen Wan and Zhou Lingling looked at each other.
Zhou Lingling gave her a thumbs up and asked her to strip naked to check if there was a birthmark. Wen Wan guessed it right again.
Wen Wan's mouth twitched. She pointed at the sky and asked softly, "Master, it's so hot, why don't you take a hot spring bath? Aren't you afraid we'll get heatstroke?"
It seemed that no one had ever asked this question, and the young master was suddenly confused by the question.
The people who had arrived earlier and passed the first five levels did not dare to ask more questions. They took the signs and went to the backyard. This was the first person to raise this question.
The young master from the Imperial Observatory looked a bit embarrassed. They just wanted to make people take off their clothes for inspection with a legitimate reason, but they didn't think about this problem.
Seeing that he was about to fail, the young master was sweating profusely in anxiety.
Wen Wan became more and more certain of her guess.
Fortunately, Wen Wan was just testing the waters a bit and had no intention of falling out at this moment.
After all, she and Zhou Lingling were both weak and could not use brute force, so they could only use their wits to escape.
"Hey, but it's just right. We are both weak, so it would be nice to soak in the hot springs to cool down."
Wen Wan pulled Zhou Lingling up and walked back.
The young master finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
The guards not far away had already pressed the hilts of the swords at their waists, but upon seeing this, they let go.
*
Natural hot springs can dispel dampness and cold. If it weren’t the middle of summer, Wen Wan would still be interested in it.
The pool was filled with mist. There were three women who arrived before Wen Wan. At this moment, the three of them were soaking in the pool, but there was no communication at all.
The three of them kept as much distance as possible from each other, occupying three corners of the pool respectively. However, even the long distance did not affect the surging undercurrent of competition between the women.
Wen Wan saw it at a glance.
These three people appear calm on the surface, but they are actually competing against each other secretly.
She puffed out her chest, another one twisted her waist pretending to be unintentional, and another one stretched her legs, revealing her white and smooth thighs.
Fortunately, Wen Wan is a woman. If she were a man, who could resist such temptation?
Wen Wan's mouth twitched, and she looked down at her figure. She really didn't have the courage to take off all her clothes in front of strangers.
"Girl, hurry up and get in the water. It will be time soon."
The maid leading the way behind him whispered a reminder.
Wen Wan responded, her eyes moving rapidly. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she strode to the edge of the pool, rolled up her trouser legs, and just took out the red spot that she had twisted out.
She laughed dryly and said, "I'm weak. I'm afraid I'll faint if I soak in the hot springs in this weather. The doctor said that everything should be done gradually. I figured soaking my feet would be enough."
The maid didn't react much, but the other three women in the pool all changed their expressions.
They were soaking their whole bodies, and she was soaking her feet beside them?
They use her foot washing water to take a bath?
The three women were glaring at her fiercely, as if they would kill her with their eyes if she dared to put her stinky feet in.
Seeing this, Wen Wan withdrew her foot in disappointment.
She turned around and looked at the maid who led the way. "How about I not soak in this hot spring? It's so disgusting to let the sisters soak in my foot washing water."
Perhaps because she had never seen such a frank girl, the maid leading the way suppressed her smile and turned back to glance at the nanny at the door.
Mammy nodded imperceptibly.
The maid replied, "Okay. This hot spring was created by our Wei family out of sympathy for everyone's hard work in climbing the mountain, so it can help everyone relieve fatigue. Since the young lady doesn't want to soak in it, it's not a big deal."
So Wen Wan had just entered the hot spring for a short while when she was led out of the hot spring by her maid.
In the pool, the three women stared at each other, all with confused expressions.
It turns out that soaking in this hot spring is not a must?
What's the point of them soaking in the hot spring pool on such a hot day, not only making themselves sweat but also nearly passing out?
The three women all looked unhappy. They immediately stood up and left the pool impatiently.
At this moment, the three of them were somewhat relieved that this ugly girl with a pale face came to them, otherwise they didn't know how long they would have to stay like that.
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