Chapter 36: Who Has Stinky Feet?!

Inside Bai Yue’s room, the door was pushed open at a snail’s pace.

Xiao Yueluo forced herself to step into Bai Yue’s room as if she were walking to her execution.

The black gothic miniskirt barely covered her thighs, and the lace-cutout thigh-high stockings clung tightly to her skin.

Every step she took felt like walking on knife points.

The overwhelming embarrassment from wearing such an unnatural outfit was nearly burning away her sanity.

But the moment she entered, that agonizing shame transformed into something far more intense—fear.

A wooden tub, about half a person’s height, sat beside the bed.

Inside it was filled with a sticky, translucent slime that writhed like a living creature.

Those semi-transparent globs slowly squirmed, churned, and intertwined at the bottom of the tub.

A faintly cool, slightly sweet, fishy moisture filled the air.

So disgusting.

“What is this?”

Xiao Yueluo gasped sharply, her steps halting abruptly.

She stared fixedly at the wooden tub, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

This was the first time she had ever seen something like this.

Her mind had turned into a mess of confusion.

Bai Yue had told her to wash up and come over.

And now, the room was prepared with an entire tub of moving slime…

Could it be—

Xiao Yueluo’s face instantly drained of color, turning pale as paper.

Was she supposed to soak her entire body in that?!

No… absolutely not!

Just looking at those semi-transparent, writhing, twisting globs made her breathing grow tight.

If her entire body were soaked in it… those slimy, cold things would cling to her skin, wriggling madly.

They might even seek out every opening, forcing their way deep inside her body.

Just picturing that scene made Xiao Yueluo’s stomach churn violently.

Bai Yue, meanwhile, was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at the system panel floating in mid-air.

“This is a creature that lives only in lakes with particularly abundant spiritual energy.”

Bai Yue’s tone was flat.

“Because they’re natural products of heaven and earth, their bodies contain some innate primordial qi, which is perfect for repairing your damaged Water-attribute spiritual root.”

After explaining, Bai Yue shifted her gaze from the system panel to Xiao Yueluo at the door.

And then, she froze completely.

The black gothic miniskirt had ridden up slightly from Xiao Yueluo pressing against the door, revealing a large expanse of pale “absolute territory.”

Below that, the lace-cutout thigh-high stockings clung tightly to her skin.

Her slender hands were gripping the hem of the black skirt so hard that her knuckles had turned white.

Her normally cool, stunningly beautiful face was now filled with terror, tears of panic even welling at the corners of her eyes.

Her entire body was trembling uncontrollably, especially her long legs, which were shaking nonstop.

Stunning.

Though she had seen it before, the visual impact was still far beyond Bai Yue’s expectations.

But the expression on this girl’s face right now—

Though that pitiful look was indeed quite adorable, the source of her fear was completely baffling.

Bai Yue frowned.

“What’s with that getup and that expression like you’ve seen a ghost?”

Bai Yue asked, confused.

She was just trying to fix her spiritual roots—why was she scared half to death?

“Y-You…”

Xiao Yueluo’s voice trembled, a clear sob in her tone.

She extended a shaking finger, pointing at the half-person-tall wooden tub by the bed.

“You’re not… going to… make me soak in that, are you…”

The air fell silent for two seconds.

“Huh?”

“Isn’t it obvious?!”

Xiao Yueluo pressed her back against the cold door panel, her eyes filled with despair.

“You told me to wash up… and you even prepared a bath tub… filled with this stuff…”

“What else am I supposed to think?!”

Bai Yue was nearly laughing in exasperation at this girl’s train of thought.

“I told you to wash up because I was afraid your feet would stink.”

Bai Yue crossed her arms and let out a cold snort.

“After all, you’re always sweating so much—you must have some serious foot odor.

What if you suffocated these water spirits to death?”

“What did you think I was going to do?”

Bai Yue spread her hands.

The next second, she stepped forward, abruptly closing the distance between them.

Xiao Yueluo had nowhere to retreat.

Her back pressed firmly against the door, and she could feel the grain of the wood digging into her spine.

Bai Yue placed one hand on the door panel beside Xiao Yueluo’s face, leaning down slightly, trapping her between herself and the door.

A faint, cool fragrance instantly enveloped Xiao Yueluo’s senses.

But she had no mind to appreciate it right now.

The oppressive feeling from above made her breath catch.

“Could it be—” Bai Yue narrowed her eyes, letting her gaze rove brazenly over Xiao Yueluo’s flushed cheeks.

Her eyes traveled downward, past her heaving collarbones, finally settling on the hands clutching her skirt.

“—that your filthy mind thought I was going to do something beastly to you?”

“Otherwise, why would you dress so slutty to seduce me?”

That sentence was like tossing a lit match into a powder keg.

Xiao Yueluo’s face erupted in flame.

“I-I did not!”

Flustered and furious, Xiao Yueluo shoved Bai Yue’s hand away, her voice rising an octave.

“Th-This outfit was given to me by you!

And you said before you had no intentions toward us—now you’re admitting these aren’t proper clothes, aren’t you?!”

“And besides—who has stinky feet?!”

“I do NOT stink!!!”

Watching Xiao Yueluo look like she was about to jump up and bite her, Bai Yue felt a surge of satisfaction inside.

Sure enough, teasing a tsundere was addictive.

But seeing that completely red face, Bai Yue decided to quit while she was ahead.

If she kept teasing, this girl might actually die of shame and bash her head against the door panel.

“Alright, get all those garbage thoughts out of your head.”

Bai Yue straightened up and pointed at the wooden tub.

“Take off your shoes and put your feet in.

Or do you not want to restore your spiritual roots anymore?”

Xiao Yueluo blinked, looking up: “Just… just my feet?”

“What else?”

Bai Yue rolled her eyes dramatically.

“Did you want to soak your whole body in there?

Or are you actually secretly curious about what it feels like to be completely covered in slime?”

“No, no, no, no, no!”

Xiao Yueluo shook her head like a rattle-drum, scrambling away from the door and toward the tub.

Watching Xiao Yueluo obediently go to take off her shoes, Bai Yue sneered inwardly.

In reality, if she followed the original game’s setting, this spiritual root restoration scene was actually a little more perverted than what Xiao Yueluo had imagined.

Bai Yue silently recalled those graphic CG images from the game.

With the game developers’ twisted sensibilities, these water spirits weren’t meant for soaking at all—they were used with a thick hollow tube device!

Then those slimy, living creatures would stimulate her internal meridians from the inside, releasing their primordial qi directly within her body.

All in the name of: “Closest to the spiritual roots, fastest absorption, and no waste of primordial qi.”

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