CHAPTER 559: CHAPTER 291: IN THE WANLING MOUNTAIN RANGE, AUV, ISN’T THIS...

The elf maiden leaned on her knees with both hands, crouching, watching the hot spring and Shami while explaining.

"The Water of Life, does it refer to the hot spring water that elves have soaked in here?"

The elf maiden nodded.

"Yes. However, we generally don’t soak in wild hot springs. In the area where the grasslands and forests meet, there’s a dedicated hot spring resort, which has a specialized Water of Life industry line providing free soaking services. The elves choose to soak there, which also facilitates the later collection of this hot spring water to sell to the Human World."

Shami suddenly stared fixedly at the elf maiden, causing her to quickly step back.

"Lureya, let’s soak for a bit now, and then I’ll take some back."

Even though she was reluctant to admit it, soaking in the flat golden haired hot spring water indeed had a significant effect on body recovery. If it’s this hot spring water, the effect would be even better.

"Eh? Why so suddenly? Weren’t you not going to drink it?"

The elf maiden shrunk her shoulders fearfully.

"If you’re planning to give my bath water for someone else to drink, please allow me to refuse."

"Of course, I won’t drink it. However, if you apply hot compresses with your hot spring water to muscles after exercise, it can speed up muscle recovery."

Shami used [Deception]. Even if she drank it, she couldn’t let the flat golden hair know, that’s the demon king’s bottom line.

Otherwise, this guy will definitely become even more audacious in the Demon Realm.

"It really does have that effect... Shami’s idea about this is quite perverted."

The elf maiden gave Shami a look as if he were a pervert.

However, the beautiful and kind-hearted maiden did not refuse Shami. She raised her small hand, and a Spirit Protection Array was triggered, enveloping the two and the roughly five-square-meter hot spring ahead in a mist that obscured the view.

The elf maiden swiftly removed her equipment. In front of Shami, even if her upper body was not covered, she wouldn’t feel shy at all.

But down below, she was still a bit shy.

With her face slightly flushed, the elf maiden gently covered her private parts with her small hands, maintaining her last shred of dignity.

"Shami, do you want to join?"

"No, just you."

Shami shook her head.

Truth be told, drinking her own bathwater was too bizarre.

However, drinking the flat golden-haired bathwater now seemed much more normal.

Shami’s preferences were subtly changing.

The elf maiden didn’t say much. She tested the water temperature with her toes before sliding her whole body into the spring, comfortably soaking.

Shami, on the other hand, sat on the shore, constantly observing changes in the hot spring.

Not long after.

"Can I just let myself relax inside?"

"Absolutely not!!!"

Every other minute, Shami would scoop up a handful of hot spring water and taste it while glaring at the flat golden hair.

About twenty minutes later, the flat golden hair probably absorbed enough; the hot spring’s effect no longer increased.

"Alright, use spiritual power to block the connection to the underground spring below the hot spring, then you can come out."

Shami instructed the elf maiden, who was beginning to sweat slightly.

"Oh."

The elf maiden slowly stepped out of the spring, her entire skin glowing and smooth, steaming, seemingly breakable.

Shami retrieved various containers from the Demon King Ring and collected all the Vortex Spring Water.

The elf maiden, on the other hand, took from the Elf Ring her panties, underwear, and elf skirt, putting them on one by one.

Suddenly, the elf maiden realized, finding the scene before her unbelievable.

Why was the first time undressing outdoors with Shami to collect her bathwater, not to have a wild romantic encounter?!

[Personal Hot Spring Water (Water of Life) from Lureya × 120 bottles, get!]

After collection, the two continued onward.

Soon, they arrived at the foot of the Wanling Mountain Range.

The continuous mountain range had a unique charm compared to the Forest of All Things, where the trees weren’t as tall and thick, with sunshine visible everywhere, while around the mountains, many rock plants grew and peculiar shaped stones appeared frequently.

Occasionally, roars echoed from within the mountains.

A warning sign hung by the mountain path entrance, reading [Ferocious spirit beasts inside, please watch your life safety].

Shami and Lureya ignored the sign, directly heading inside.

"By the way, what kind of spirit beasts are here?"

"Druid, Unicorn, Dragon Eagle, Horned Owl Beast, Deer Bear, Butterfly Statue, Centaur, Elf Dragon, Mountain Giant, Chimera... basically a lot of bizarre spirit beasts."

The elf maiden counted on her fingers for a while before giving up continuing the count.

Just then, a commotion came from a group of stones not far in front, and they hurriedly stood still, pretending to be like wooden statues.

The noise grew louder, and countless massive rocks assembled mid-air into an over fifty-meter-tall rock giant, which then slowly walked elsewhere, shaking the earth. The ground’s small stones levitated from the tremors with every step.

The elf maiden pulled Shami aside.

"It’s a Mountain Giant, a spirit beast at the level of a guardian deity of the Elf Forest. When it sleeps, it will hide underground; it’s almost impossible for anyone to detect it. It occasionally gets up to move around."

"Interesting."

"You aren’t thinking of capturing it, are you? That’s suicidal. As long as there are rocks, it can endlessly resurrect. Even if you conquered the Underground Maze, there would be no place to keep it!"

Seeing Shami licking her lips, the elf maiden’s forehead darkened.

Once the Mountain Giant found a suitable place to lie down, the surroundings quieted. Only then did Shami and Lureya continue their journey.

"Since spirit beasts of this level can’t be captured, let’s catch some easier ones to tame."

For the moment, Shami couldn’t handle such gigantic spirit beasts precisely.

If a battle alerted the elves outside Wanling Mountain Range, it would become even more troublesome.

"Yes, we must speed up our progress here. Elven rangers patrol occasionally, and it wouldn’t be good if you got discovered."

The elf maiden and Shami focused on searching for tameable spirit beasts.

As they delved deeper into the mountains, they gradually observed more traces of spirit beast activities.

"How about a Druid?"

Shami pointed to a bear-shaped druid with horns, slowly walking not far away.

"Though Druids are prime candidates for elves’ spirit contracts, they usually appear in groups when in the wild. If we can’t quickly knock this one out and include it, the other Druids will soon catch on."

The elf maiden advised.

Shami hesitated, then looked around at the various spirit beasts appearing around the mountains.

"What about this horse? Such a stately dapple gray."

"That’s a Unicorn. It can fly in the sky, maxing out in speed and agility as a spirit beast."

"How about this one?"

The elf maiden looked up at the sky.

"That’s a Horned Owl Beast, a solitary spirit beast. You could capture it, but putting it in the Underground Maze would be like caging a bird."

Shami was pondering when she suddenly brightened up, excitedly pointing toward a familiar creature that wouldn’t offend either white or Nisai people, being perfectly politically correct.

Auv, isn’t that...

"Oh, that’s a panda spirit beast."

The elf maiden followed Shami’s finger, spotting a black and white round creature munching on bamboo.

"Is it? I think it’s the spirit beast of my dreams."

"No way, this spirit beast is dopey, only knows how to eat bamboo and act cute."

The elf maiden forcibly pulled back Shami, who was drooling and wanted to hug a panda.

"You’re not a panda, so how do you know how dumb pandas can really be?"

"Speaking in ancient Chinese won’t change things; no means no. The jelly at home painted black and white might look just as cute!"

"Lureya, this guy is a diplomatic tool; it could earn me loads of gold."

"But right now there’s only one way out, and since your Teleportation Gate can’t be used, and I can’t sign a Spirit Contract, the only way for a spirit beast to leave the Elf Forest is to have it follow me out."

The elf maiden contemplated the current challenges.

The Elf Forest strictly monitors space magic like Teleportation Gates. Using unofficial gates might very likely attract the attention of elves specifically monitoring this. Even Lureya dared not bet that Shami’s Teleportation Gate would definitely go unnoticed now.

Shami stayed quiet for a while but reluctantly kept moving forward.

"Then let me just pet it and I’ll go."

"Stay away!"

"Just one touch."

"No way! Just come and pet me instead!"

While they were bickering, a loud noise came from a distance, and they stopped their squabble, turning their eyes toward it.

Four or five giant bears scattered in panic, and amidst the thick dust, a sharp yet intimidating voice echoed.

"Fighting, thrilling!"

As the dust gradually settled, a tall half-human, half-horse silhouette appeared in their sight.