The world of martial arts, the immortal swordsman in the mortal realm.

Chapter 224, page 239: The smooth hot spring water washes away the grease.
This is the first time Rong'er has met the girls from the Twin Dragons world.

However, based on Lu Chen's brief descriptions, she recognized them at a glance.

The first one they targeted was Lian Rou, a Persian girl. Her appearance and figure were too striking to hide.

Next is Wanwan, dressed in white and barefoot—walking barefoot, her two beautiful, snow-white feet are spotless, she is definitely the Yin Gui demoness.

Next up is Dugu Feng, whose natural beauty is as cold as ice, like an ice doll. She has a petite and exquisite figure with excellent proportions, especially her full and perky breasts. Rong'er thinks she would be quite suitable to be a wet nurse.

Next is Shi Feixuan. Her gentle and graceful demeanor, with its ethereal and otherworldly air, undoubtedly makes her a successor of the Jingzhai sect, whose cultivation techniques naturally possess an "immortal" quality.

Finally, there is Princess Pingyang, Li Xiuning. She is pretty and bright, with a hint of heroic spirit between her brows. She is indeed a famous female general who combines charm and heroism.

At this moment, Dugu Feng and the others had arrived in front of Huang Rong.

Looking at Rong'er, who was so beautiful and whose charm was not diminished at all even though she was pregnant, even Lian Rou, who was never shy, couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Even if you're nervous, you still have to go forward and greet them.

The five female generals stepped forward in unison, bowed gracefully, and said in unison:

"I met my sister."

Hearing these five masters call Rong'er "sister," Mo Chou couldn't help but feel a subtle emotion—I've always called Rong'er "sister," am I being too presumptuous?
Rong'er smiled sweetly:
“My faction is not bound by formalities. Now that you sisters have entered the Lu family, you are family with me. There is no need to be so reserved.”

Hearing her gentle tone and sweet smile, Dugu Feng and the others breathed a sigh of relief, their tense nerves relaxing slightly.

Shi Feixuan felt a little embarrassed: I haven't even entered the Lu family yet...

Then they introduced themselves and presented their gifts, which Li Mochou accepted.

Huang Rong then took out five more magical bracelets, explained their uses in detail, and asked Li Mochou to distribute them to everyone. She then guided them on how to refine the bracelets. After that, she invited Li Xiuning to demonstrate the bracelets' shield function.

This magical artifact amazed Dugu Feng and the others, further confirming their suspicions about Lu Chen's origins.

In short, today's meeting was harmonious, filled with laughter and joy, and everyone was happy.

……

Since Rong'er and Mochou were newcomers, Lu Chen took a rare day off and accompanied them on a tour of the palace.

In the evening, we enjoyed a sumptuous welcome banquet at Feishuang Palace before heading to Jiulong Palace for a hot spring bath.

In the spacious hot spring pool, Rong'er, wearing only a light and transparent gauze dress, swam around happily, as agile as a white mermaid. Her round pregnant belly did not affect her agility in the slightest.

Mo Chou, who was also wearing only a semi-transparent white gauze dress, kept a close eye on Rong'er's every move in the pool, afraid that Rong'er might suddenly act up and do something dangerous.

Lu Chen half-reclined and half-sitting on the white marble recliner on the second-floor platform, his eyes glued to Rong'er's graceful swimming posture.

Rong'er swam for a while, then giggled and swam back to Lu Chen, wiped her face, and looked at him with a smile:
"The pool is so big, why don't we invite all the girls over and take a bath together?"

Lu Chen raised an eyebrow:
"Is it appropriate to meet on the very first day?"

Rong'er smiled and said:

"What's inappropriate about it? It's just taking a bath together."

Lu Chen nodded:
"Alright, I'll call them over."

He raised his hand and gently beckoned to a long table by the pool, where wine and fruit were laid out. He summoned the Heavenly Soldier Talisman, and with a thought, a thin metal sheet shaped like a bookmark appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"This is a sound transmission talisman, which can help transmit messages within a hundred feet. It is also a small magic artifact made of elite Xuan Iron, and can be used repeatedly."

Lu Chen gave a brief introduction, then channeled his true energy, and the transmission talisman immediately began to flash with a deep blue crystal light.

Lu Chen then spoke to the communication talisman:
"Feng'er, call Xiu Ning, Lian Rou, and Wan Wan to come to the Nine Dragons Palace for a bath."

"And there's also Feixuan."

Rong'er added explanations to the communication talisman from the side.

Lu Chen didn't correct him. He threw the talisman, and the transmission talisman turned into a blue light and flew away.

The communication talisman contained the pre-recorded aura of Dugu Feng and others. Now that Lu Chen had chosen to send a message to Dugu Feng, the communication talisman could directly fly to Dugu Feng by sensing the aura.

However, this kind of small magic tool for practice can only sense qi at a distance of 100 zhang. Beyond 100 zhang, it cannot sense qi and cannot transmit messages.

Rong'er watched the communication talisman fly away and asked with great interest:
"Could we forge a magical artifact like a cell phone? Then everyone could have one, wouldn't that make communication much easier? Hmm, it would be best if it also had a video call function..."

"That's a bit difficult. With my current skill level in weapon crafting, I can't make it yet."

In fact, the "Heavenly Soldier Talisman" has a similar function of communicating across distances.

Furthermore, its functions are even more powerful. The corpses of demons obtained through sacrifice with the Heavenly Soldier Talisman are directly teleported away. Various resources can also be exchanged for in real time using merit points, and these resources are also directly delivered to your hands via the Heavenly Soldier Talisman.

With Lu Chen's skills, it was clear that he couldn't forge a magical artifact of the Heavenly Soldier Talisman level.

Even the mobile phone-like communication artifact that Rong'er suggested, he couldn't forge for the time being. The main reason was that the Void Sword Sect's weapon-forging tradition did not have any similar two-way communication artifacts. The only communication artifact was the kind of sound transmission talisman.

However, since he already had the Heavenly Soldier Talisman, Lu Chen felt that once he became more proficient in weapon crafting and his cultivation level was higher, he could try to disassemble the Heavenly Soldier Talisman and explore its functions of information exchange, material transmission, and even personnel relocation.

If anyone else dared to think that way, it would undoubtedly be wishful thinking.

But Lu Chen felt that he might be able to do it.

After all, he could only initially learn to counter his opponent's swordsmanship through sparring and counter-sparring.

Later, the scope of the deduction gradually expanded. First, it was possible to deduce the opponent's special skills such as "shifting stars" when they used sword moves. After that, it was possible to deduce the opponent's fundamental techniques as long as they used a sword.

Later on, it was no longer limited to the opponent's weapons.

No matter what weapon you use, even if you are unarmed and your skills have nothing to do with swordsmanship, they can still figure out all your martial arts techniques and fundamental skills.

Since the scope of reverse decomposition and deduction can be expanded in this way, it is entirely possible to expand from martial arts techniques to objects.

While Lu Chen was discussing the design of the magical artifact with Rong'er and Mo Chou, Dugu Feng had already received a telepathic message.

At first, when the bookmark-shaped, shimmering blue metal sheet flew towards him, Dugu Feng, seeing it for the first time, thought it was some kind of hidden weapon and almost cleaved it in two with his sword.

Fortunately, he sensed Lu Chen's presence and then sheathed his sword.

Then she saw the thin metal sheet fly in front of her, hovering three feet in front of her, then vibrate with a buzzing sound, and Lu Chen's voice rang out:
"Feng'er, call Xiu Ning, Lian Rou, and Wan Wan to come to the Nine Dragons Palace for a bath."

Then came Rong'er's voice:
"And there's also Feixuan."

After those two sentences were spoken, the thin metal sheet seemed to have exhausted its energy, its light dimmed, and it fell down.

Dugu Feng quickly reached out and caught it, her pretty, doll-like face full of surprise:

"It can actually fly to me on its own and even talk... Is it another magical artifact?"

Xiao Feng'er suddenly felt a wonderful sense of "approaching mythology".

Then she went to call Li Xiuning, Lian Rou, and Wanwan.

However, when it was Shi Feixuan's turn, she hesitated a bit.

As for Wanwan, although they haven't fought side by side yet, they have at least taken a bath together.

But Shi Feixuan... it seems she's never even held hands with Lu Chen?
Just as she was hesitating, Wanwan leaned closer, looking at her intently:
"Little Feng'er, what are you hesitating about?" "Sister Rong'er said we should also call upon the Fairy Master, but..."

"Feng'er, have you forgotten Shi Feixuan's identity?"

"Ok?"

"She's a sword spirit too. Since Sister Rong'er has spoken, as a sword spirit, how can I not go?"

Dugu Feng suddenly realized, opened her left hand, clenched her right fist, and gently tapped her palm:
"That's right! Fairy Shi is already one of us! I'll go call her right now."

Wanwan stopped her with a grin:

"Wait. I'll go instead. You guys go to the Nine Dragons Palace first, I'll call her and come right away."

"Alright."

At that moment, Dugu Feng, Li Xiuning, and Lian Rou each carried a small bamboo basket containing pajamas and changes of clothes, and headed towards the Nine Dragons Palace.

Wanwan then went to the Feishuang Palace, to the door of Shi Feixuan's room, gently knocked on the door, and said in a serious tone:
"Sister Feixuan, the mistress has ordered you to go to the hot spring pool in the Nine Dragons Palace to serve her!"

Soon, the door opened, and Shi Feixuan stood in the doorway, looking at her speechlessly:
"Is Senior Sister Wan falsely conveying an imperial edict?"

Wanwan said with a smile:
"It's not a false imperial decree, Sister Rong'er really said so. Now Xiao Feng'er, Princess Xiu Ning, and Princess Lian Rou have all gone, and I'm going there soon too. As for whether you go or not... that's up to you!"

With that, he waved to Shi Feixuan, then turned and left, seemingly not caring at all whether Shi Feixuan would go or not.

Watching Wanwan's departing figure, Shi Feixuan, as if possessed, spoke:
"Wait a minute, Senior Sister Wan!"

Wanwan stopped and turned to look at her:

"What's the matter?"

Shi Feixuan pursed her lips, a blush rising to her cheeks. Her eyelids lowered, her long eyelashes trembled, and her eyes sparkled.

"Since it's Sister Rong'er who has spoken, I will naturally go. Senior Sister Wan, could you wait for me and come with me?"

Wanwan smiled sweetly:
"Okay."

Shi Feixuan blushed, her voice barely audible:

"Thank you, Senior Sister Wan."

After saying that, she went back to her room to pack her clothes.

Soon, she also came out carrying a small bamboo basket, and together with Wanwan, they headed towards the Nine Dragons Palace.

During the journey, Shi Feixuan tried to make conversation to ease the tension:
"Um, is it okay to wear clothes while taking a bath?"

Wanwan looked shocked:
"What respectable person would wear clothes while taking a bath?"

She completely forgot that when she first went to the hot spring with Lu Chen, Dugu Feng and the others, she was dressed completely covered up.

Shi Feixuan pursed her lips, her tone slightly hesitant:

"Well, underwear will do, right?"

Wanwan said softly:
"Whatever you want. But if everyone is completely naked later, and you're the only one wearing underwear, you'll seem very out of place."

"..."

Shi Feixuan's cheeks flushed even more, and she felt increasingly nervous as she spoke, so she quickly changed the subject:
"Senior Sister Wan, where exactly is your sword spirit mark?"

Wanwan's lips curved slightly upward, her slender hand gently stroking her lower abdomen below her navel:

"It's here. You'll see it in a bit. Speaking of which, Brother Lu often kisses my sword spirit mark."

"..."

Looking at where Wanwan's hand was touching, the image of Lu Chen kissing that spot involuntarily surfaced in Shi Feixuan's mind. The blush on Shi Feixuan's pretty face quickly spread to her crystal earlobes and snow-white neck.

But Wanwan then added fuel to the fire, saying in a tone that carried a bewitching allure:

"Although you don't have a sword spirit mark, if you want... Brother Lu will still kiss you."

"..."

Following Wanwan's words.

In the scene that Shi Feixuan was imagining, the person being kissed by Lu Chen suddenly changed from Wanwan to herself. Her delicate body shuddered, as if she had undergone some strange change that she was ashamed to talk about.

Seeing Shi Feixuan's subtle expression, Wanwan's lips curled up, revealing a standard enchanting smile.

The closer they got to the Nine Dragons Palace, the slower Shi Feixuan's pace became. Her heart was taut even more than when she went to see Huang Rong with everyone during the day. Her knuckles turned white from nervousness as she held the small bamboo basket.

"It's just a bath, it's not like I'm asking you to feed yourself to a tiger. Relax, Brother Lu won't eat you."

Wanwan said leisurely.

How could I not be nervous?
Shi Feixuan muttered to herself, but she could only try her best to clear her mind and appear more natural.

Finally, she followed Wanwan into the Nine Dragons Palace.

This was her first time visiting the Nine Dragons Palace.

After entering, there is a vermilion-lacquered hanging corridor. Outside the corridor, a large bright yellow curtain hangs from the ceiling of the hall. You can feel the heat of the hot spring, hear the sound of water, and even hear the laughter of girls. However, the hot spring pool is not visible due to the heavy curtains.

Turn left along the suspended corridor and you'll come to a staircase. Go down the stairs, and you'll find a small cubicle. Wanwan led Shi Feixuan into the cubicle and said:

"Change into your bath clothes here first."

As she spoke, she took off her dress, revealing a tube top that just covered her chest but exposed her delicate collarbone and flat stomach, as well as trousers that reached only to the mid-thigh, revealing half of her jade-like thighs.

"Look, this is my sword spirit mark."

Wanwan put one hand on her waist and pressed down her waistband with the other, smiling as she showed the sword spirit mark to Shi Feixuan.

Looking at the intricate and exquisite sword spirit mark on Wanwan's flawless, white belly below her delicate and adorable teardrop-shaped navel, resembling a flat "Y" character, Shi Feixuan, despite her severe lack of knowledge, couldn't help but let her imagination run wild, and her cheeks flushed once again.

"Doesn't it look good?"

"Well……"

Shi Feixuan nodded vaguely. It was very beautiful, but she felt there was something sinister about it, making her blush.

"Alright, stop spacing out. Everyone's here, just waiting for the two of us. Let's change our clothes."

As she spoke, Wanwan draped a light gauze dress over herself and winked at Shi Feixuan:

"Do you need my help?"

"No, that's not necessary!"

Shi Feixuan spoke in a flustered manner, turned her back to Wanwan, and quietly took off her clothes.

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