This matter caused an uproar among the ordinary disciples who witnessed it. If not for their deference to Su Mu's status, they would have rushed to spread the news to everyone they met. But because it involved Su Mu, the crowd tactfully held their tongues, not daring to spread it around. They simply kept today's events bottled up inside.
The area in front of the small hut finally quieted down.
Yang Kai glanced at the sky, somewhat disgruntled. Thanks to Su Mu's interruption, he had already missed the time for cultivating the Tempering Body Chapter. It was truly a shame.
Returning to the hut, he took out his last set of clothes. Running to the nearby pond, he stripped off his tattered garments, intending to wash up. He had spent the past few days wandering in the mountains and had fought with the flower-backed spider, so his body definitely had a strange odor.
Xia Ningshang crept closer to the small hut. She wanted to see just what realm this junior disciple was in now, as she hadn't been able to get a clear feel of it from afar earlier. But the hut was empty. Circling around to the back, Xia Ningshang swept her bright eyes over the scene, and what she saw was two stark white buttocks. Raising her gaze, she saw Yang Kai, completely naked, stripped clean down to nothing, striking a pose as if about to dive into the water.
Xia Ningshang's small face instantly flushed bright red. Although she possessed high strength, she was still an innocent young girl who had never known a man. She had never even seen a man's thigh, let alone a scene like this. How could she endure it?
Too intense! Xia Ningshang's heart pounded wildly, and she quickly hid herself.
How could she have such an affinity with… that place today? The poor girl felt like crying. Forgetting all about spying on Yang Kai's secrets, she stamped her foot, flickered, and vanished from the spot.
This damn junior brother! Acting so improperly on the sect's sacred grounds, running around stark naked in broad daylight! How shameless, how utterly brazen!
In the pond, Yang Kai was washing up and checking his body at the same time.
He discovered that since training the Tempering Body Chapter, his muscles were much more defined and sturdy than before. He was still thin, but in a way that had some flavor.
Moreover, the wound on his stomach from yesterday's battle with the flower-backed spider had already scabbed over. Only the wound on his arm, which had been pierced clean through by the spider, was still aching slightly.
After all, it was a penetrating wound, so it couldn't heal that quickly. But it wasn't as serious as he had imagined. At this rate, he would basically recover in just a few more days.
Thinking back to the life-or-death battle yesterday, Yang Kai felt a surge of excitement. He didn't know why, but he seemed to get more energized the greater the danger he faced. That wasn't his original personality. Could it be that he had some masochistic tendencies deep down, and they had just awoken after over a decade of living?
With that thought, Yang Kai quickly ducked into the pond, holding his breath for a long time before finally sticking his head back out.
Although there were many urgent things he needed to do, after bathing and getting dressed, Yang Kai still picked up a broom to sweep the grounds. After all, this was his job at the Lingxiao Pavilion. Since he had accepted the work, he had to take it seriously.
While sweeping, Yang Kai clearly felt that many of his fellow disciples were looking at him strangely today, their gazes full of doubt. These were likely the ones who had seen the excitement this morning, and they couldn't understand how he had managed to knock out Zhao Hu.
Yang Kai took it all in stride, diligently doing his work.
After sweeping, Yang Kai returned to his wooden hut, opened his bundle, and took out the three-leaf residual soul flower and desolate wood grass he needed, putting the rest back.
These leftover herbs were useless to Yang Kai, but he could sell them to the Contribution Hall in exchange for some Contribution Points.