I look at the fruits of my labor with satisfaction, but there is still one last step to go. Just like the joke about building the pyramid, the last thing missing is the pharaoh.
Get ready to change clothes, close the door, scrub yourself up and down, and then jump into the pool filled with hot spring water. There were no floor-to-ceiling windows or large glass in the Lost World, so Lin just built the hot spring pool on an open platform. When a person is soaking in the pool, when he turns his head, what he sees is the scene outside the Tower of the Great Sage.
The lush and green forest is everywhere, but there is no human habitation. There was an eagle soaring into the sky, soaring in the air. From time to time, there are birds and magpies flying around on the tree crown, and there seems to be animals galloping below. Looking at the greenery, a feeling of isolation and independence fills my chest.
But to be honest, when we are on Earth, it feels wonderful to occasionally go camping in the wild. But I have lived in a place where birds don’t lay eggs and chickens don’t poop for a long time. The scene in front of me really doesn't suggest anything like ambition. What really made Lin feel extremely sour was the feeling of his whole body being soaked in water.
It would be even more perfect if there is another glass of rice wine with low alcohol content.
Taking a bath in the Lost World is a very troublesome thing. You have to prepare a bathtub in the room, then boil pots of hot water, bring it into the room, and pour it into the bathtub. And cleaning up the aftermath is equally troublesome. Otherwise, you can find a creek or lake outside, strip naked and jump in it. The construction of large baths can only be seen in history books and records of some mediocre kings.
So it is very common not to take a shower for several days. But this was once the thing that Lin, a time traveler, was least used to.
Yes, once. If something lasts for more than ten years, you will get used to it even if you are not used to it. But now that I have the conditions, there is no reason to continue to abuse myself.
But the request for wine was really helpless. Although rice is also available in Midi World, the main alcoholic beverages are beer and fruit wine. The colder it is, the better it tastes, but it is not suitable for drinking warm.
Should we get some more brewing equipment? Lin thought about it in his mind. But brewing is a technical job, and you can't make anything just by looking at it and relying on your impressions. Just the production of distiller's yeast made Lin confused and confused. Physics is still good, but microbiology is on its knees.
"Teacher, what are you doing?"
At Harumi's voice, Lin turned his head slightly, rolled his eyes back, and saw four heads peeking out from behind the crack in the door. Two girls, two dog heads. Lin said lazily: "Didn't I hang an 'In Use' sign on the door?"
"Yes, it is being used. But what is it being used?"
"Take a bath."
"What is a bath?" As he asked, two people and two dogs opened the door and walked in directly. Kaya also stretched out her hand to stir up the water, feeling a little surprised that the temperature of the water in the pool was not too low. The face that had remained unchanged for thousands of years also moved slightly.
"If you soak your whole body in the water, it's called a bath." I felt like I was talking nonsense. But since people are coming in, it’s okay. With this thought in mind, Lin stood up and wrapped a towel around his crotch.
The two girls didn't have much reaction to their teacher's behavior. After all, we have been adventuring together for so long, and it’s not like we haven’t seen each other’s naked butts before. On the contrary, Halumi asked enthusiastically: "Can we take a bath?"
Sitting on a small stool with his back to the two girls, Lin said: "If you want to use it, of course you can. I'm not soaking in the water all day. But not now, don't take off your clothes in a hurry - He stopped the two people who were about to strip off their clothes and jump into the water. "──There are some rules for use that I want to tell you first. But before that, please brush my back for me."
Seeing her teacher pointing at Cai Gua Bu, Harumi rolled up her sleeves, poured a ladle of water on it, and then brushed it vigorously on her back. That feeling of comfort really felt like a lifetime ago. "Oh~, I should invent a back brushing magic."
After a strange groan, Lin's nerves were finally reconnected, and he said to the two girls: "Rule 1, when someone is washing, turn the sign on the door to the 'in use' side to tell others Don't rush in if there is nothing wrong with you. After washing, turn it over to the other side as 'idle'. Rule 2: First scoop water on the side to wash your body clean before you can enter the pool to soak. Rule 3: You are not allowed to wear clothes when entering the pool. , and of course you can’t wash clothes here.”
After saying that, he looked at it, thought about it, and then added: "Rule 4: Those two dogs can't enter the pool either."
"Why?" Halumi asked a little excitedly. After they came back, they found that the habits of the two big dogs were a little different from before. If they are not trained or told what to do, they will always go crazy outside and will be dirty when they come back. Wouldn't it be nice to have a place to wash up?
However, the teacher did not directly answer the question, but said in addition: "If the pool is dirty, I will just ask you to clean it."
The two girls did not hesitate to call out the two big dogs who were testing the water temperature with their tongues and seemed to be planning to jump. The aggrieved look with his tail between his legs and his head raised made people laugh.
Then the two girls were kicked out by their teacher, and Lin Cai went into the pool to soak again. It seems that he has no intention of leaving for a while.
The setting of the artificial magic open-air hot spring has undoubtedly become Lin Xin's source of motivation. Not only did taking a dip in it refresh your spirit when you were withering, but you also had a flash of inspiration and conquered several difficulties you had encountered before.
The two young apprentices also fell in love with bathing. In the past, I didn't have the conditions to take a shower every day, so I just served the teacher. When it was my turn, I was too lazy to move the bathtub, too lazy to heat the hot water, and too lazy to clean up after washing. Because after doing these things for a round, the freshly washed body is covered in sweat, which is really a waste of energy. So when their bodies are really dirty and they can't bear it, they always run to the river to deal with it.
Now that we don’t have those troubles, why not wash them every day? Although it is stipulated that you must wash your body before taking a bath, and you cannot wear clothes or wash clothes, there is no rule that you cannot play in the water. So the two girls always have a lot of fun in the pool.
And one day I unexpectedly discovered that while meditating while soaking in water, I actually felt that the accumulation of mana and power was faster than usual, almost catching up with the feeling in the meditation room. So taking a bath has directly become a daily homework for the two girls.
I thought that the days would continue like this, but on a rainy afternoon, the Tower of the Great Sage welcomed another group of guests. Generally speaking, it is enough for the apprentice to come forward to receive you. But when it rained continuously, Lin felt like he was getting moldy on the third floor, so he went downstairs to say hello to the guests.
In the group of seven, several people were packing their wet luggage, and the leading swordsman was chatting with Harumi. When Lin appeared on the first floor, the new guests followed the two apprentices and greeted the owner of the tower respectfully.
On the surface, Lin responded cordially, but actually he was looking at the direction of the visitor. There is no other way. Anyone who has been welcomed by the Tower of the Great Sage before can be called a bad visitor. There are two waves of villagers who want to make the magician a slave, one wave of prosecutors who want to investigate the crime, and one wave of people who want to crusade against the evil magician after hearing about the incident.
Lin Bu couldn't help but think about the reason why this group of people came to this remote place that was not a traffic hub.
However, everyone looked wary but not disgusted. Maybe these people were just passing by?
"I don't know, where do the guests come from?" Lin asked politely.
"We are an adventure group from the Kingdom of Salamanca, the Sword of Glory. I am the leader of the group, Kohler.──"
The Kingdom of Salamanca is a small kingdom within the boundaries of the Cadiz District Chapter of the Magician Association. As for brilliance or swords, they are market names in the adventure group and can be seen everywhere. Anyway, the world does not prohibit people with the same name, so no one cares about this little thing.
"─Our group is preparing to go to the Dodorian Mountains. We heard that there are ogres making trouble there, and we plan to go to conquer them."
The Dodorian Mountains are located within the scope of the Noonan District Branch of the Magicians Association. Judging from the action path of this adventure group, it can be said that it rushes from the northernmost part of the peninsula in the southwestern part of the mainland to the southernmost part. Ogres are a very troublesome species of uncivilized Homo sapiens. They are very powerful and are not targets that ordinary adventurers dare to deal with.
But this group of adventurers who were full of confidence and planned to go to defeat the ogres were poured a bucket of cold water here. Kaya said in her unique flat tone: "If it is the ogre tribe in the Dodorian Mountains, it has been eliminated."
"What!" Everyone was shocked. Even Lin was shocked when he heard Kaya's words. Swordsman Kohler quickly asked: "How did you know this news? Can you confirm it?"
"It was Count Sita of the Kingdom of Huesca who sent the Thunder and Lightning Legion to crusade. A magician named Mech Lindfries announced it on the forum." After saying that, Kaya called up the forum with the water mirror technique. Picture, I quickly found the show off article.
Lin looked at the name of the person who posted the message, and suddenly remembered that this was not the same member of the group who had accompanied a noble son here to find trouble.
Swordsman Kohler looked at the discussion thread opened by Kaya. It also attached a photo of ogre corpses piled up in mountains, a backward tribe caught in the flames, and a group of soldiers holding military flags next to it. On the military flag is a noble crest, and there is a lightning symbol next to it, which should be the flag of the Thunder and Lightning Legion.
The text is quite wonderful, describing how the legions concealed their whereabouts and secretly surrounded the tribe. Then when fighting, how the soldiers cooperated to reduce their own casualties, and killed a large number of ogres whose individual strength surpassed that of humans. In short, he tried his best to brag and almost praised this army to the sky.
When they learned that the nest of troublesome ogres had been dealt with, the faces of everyone in the adventure group were a little complicated. I am happy that the safety of ordinary people has been guaranteed, but I am also helpless that this trip may be in vain.
However, Kaya continued: "Although the ogres have been solved, the Dodorian Mountains may still need a lot of manpower."
"Well, what's going on?" This time it was Lin Zai's turn to ask.
"In the Adventurer's Guild discussion forum in the Kingdom of Huesca, the post dedicated to publishing tasks stated that it is said that the original king-level monsters in the Dodorian Mountains have disappeared, and the remaining monsters have begun to fight for the king. The entire mountainous area is in commotion. I heard that There are also dragons. In order to prevent the monsters from attacking the town, the Adventurer's Guild has issued a large number of expedition missions. Now go over there and you can get the bounty by killing any monster."
"This is really messy."
...If there were people here who knew the whole story, they would probably be angry to death if they heard what Lin said from an outsider's perspective. I really don’t know who should be blamed as the initiator.
But after reading the relevant text, Swordsman Kohler's attention moved to the forum interface. Said: "It turns out that this is the time when I heard about the so-called forum in Xijia District. This is really convenient. But if you want it, you have to go to Wulian City, which is a bit awkward. It's a pity."
Halumi said proudly at this time: "Do you want to buy a browser? Just ask my teacher directly. My teacher is the inventor of the forum browser technology. If you bring your own magic stone, just I Kil"
The wonderful expressions of everyone in the adventure group are beyond words.
