The Yellow-Haired Villain in Soaring Phoenix’s Novels Also Desires Happiness - Chapter 261



39. Soup

“Ah, I’m going to die, I’m going to die!”

In the hazy heat, Mu En tilted his head back, unable to help but let out a pleasurable moan:

“I’m about to feel so good I could die.”

The time was the next day.

The location was the sea of flowers.

After returning to the academy and enjoying a refreshing nap that wouldn’t consume any energy, Mu En was promptly called over by Teacher Meila.

At this moment, the sea of flowers had changed dramatically.

In the layers of blooming petals, a luxurious outdoor pool made of marble was pieced together, with pink gauze floating, creating a hazy beauty.

This was actually a hot spring.

And the first thing Teacher Meila called Mu En over for was to soak in the hot spring?

Although it felt somewhat off, Mu En didn’t refuse, knowing that refusing would be pointless.

He immediately stripped off his clothes and soaked in.

“Is it refreshing?”

Teacher Meila squatted by the hot spring, her amber-red pupils fixed intently on Mu En, her youthful face radiating a bright smile.

“Refreshing.”

Mu En shrank her neck, a growing unease in her heart, but still spoke honestly, “It’s even more refreshing than the bathroom at the Celicia household.”

“That’s good.”

Teacher Meila squinted her eyes, “You don’t need to be so nervous, just relax and enjoy the soak.”

“I-I’m not nervous at all.”

Mu En stretched her limbs, “See, I’m quite relaxed, aren’t I?”

After all, resisting was useless, so she might as well enjoy herself for now.

Teacher Meila wouldn’t really eat her, right?

“That’s good.”

Teacher Meila nodded her small head, repeating that phrase, her smile growing even brighter.

But for now, she did nothing, just quietly watched Mu En soak in the hot spring.

Mu En felt a bit uneasy and shifted.

Although she had undressed in front of Teacher Meila more than once, being stared at so directly still made her feel a bit flustered.

“Um… Teacher Meila.”

“Speak.”

“Could you not stare at me like that? It makes me feel uneasy.”

“What’s there to feel uneasy about?”

Teacher Meila pouted, disdainfully saying, “Is there something about you that I can’t look at?”

“It’s not that… It’s just that I feel like your gaze right now… is a bit creepy?”

“Oh, come on, you’re so naggy. If I don’t keep an eye on things, how would I know if the timing is right?”

“Wait, timing? You just said timing, right!”

“Oh, you heard wrong. I just said temperature, it’s temperature! To ensure my dear disciple can enjoy a comfortable soak in the hot water after all that exhausting battling… Isn’t it my duty as a teacher?”

“You definitely said timing just now! I heard it!”

Mu En sprang up with a jolt, angrily saying:

“I knew something was off about this hot spring pool. Who has a hot spring pool with a semi-circular bottom? This is actually a pot!”

“Nonsense, what kind of pot is this big!”

While Teacher Meila added various oddly shaped items into the hot spring, she pulled out a ladle taller than herself from somewhere and stirred, speaking gently:

“Come on, just lie down, it’s not that painful, just blink your eyes a few times!”

The sight reminded Mu En of the big bad wolf boiling water and stewing lamb.

“Shouldn’t it be that you just need to blink your eyes for it to be done? You really want to eat me, don’t you!”

Mu En struggled to get away, but an invisible force suddenly acted on him, directly pressing him into the pot… no, pressing him into the hot spring pool.

“Ah, actually, I don’t want to be so aggressive, but seeing my dear disciple suddenly become much stronger after just a few days, how can I, as a teacher, resist this excited heart of mine?”

“Gululu… didn’t you say… gululu… that you would wait for me to fully adapt… gululu… to the sixty times time dilation… gurgle gurgle… before starting the next step?”

“Right, although your progress is indeed somewhat beyond my expectations, to reach that stage, your realm should at least be at the third level, and you’re still a bit short.”

“Then… gululu… why?”

“Strictly speaking, it’s just an optimization based on the previous foundation, or rather, to ensure that a certain step later on goes more smoothly; an important procedure must begin ahead of time.”

“Gululu… what is it?”

“Ah, how come you’re still talking so much in the pot? Be good, this way it will taste better!”

Teacher Meila raised the ladle and gave Mu En’s struggling head a light tap. Mu En immediately felt his whole body go soft, and he completely submerged in the hot water.

Gululu…

The water gradually heated up.

Those ingredients Mu En didn’t recognize at all melted into the water, giving the pool a faint golden hue.

The water in the entire hot spring pool seemed to truly become a pot of soup simmering, gradually becoming richer.

Little by little, Mu En’s figure became indistinguishable from the surface of the water.

Teacher Meila stood by the edge of the hot spring pool, casually tossed the ladle in her hand, and her small face became serious.

“Clench your teeth, kid, it’s starting now.”

She extended her slender finger and gently poked, and in an instant, the water in the entire hot spring pool began to boil.

Under the water, Mu En’s eyes widened in anger.

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So hot!

At that moment, it felt like he was not wrapped in rich soup but in boiling molten iron!

The intense heat stimulated his body, turning him completely red, like a boiled shrimp.

His face contorted, his pores wide open, as if he were about to melt away with the soup!

His teeth clenched unconsciously, as this was yet another brand-new sensation he had never experienced before, making him feel so good that he wanted nothing more than to rush out and beat up that deceitful, shameless old loli!

And as Mu En’s consciousness gradually blurred in this extreme pain, he suddenly felt something equally scalding.

The alchemical core.

And… those artificial magical patterns that Teacher Meila had personally engraved.

Those things, carved and sculpted from special materials and embedded in Mu En’s body, became incredibly hot without any active activation!

Fiery body, fiery core and patterns.

One is a vibrant flesh-and-blood body, the other is an inanimate object constructed from special materials; two things that should never coexist seem to gradually merge into one in this boiling liquid…

“It has begun.”

By the pool, Teacher Meila’s small face was not just serious; it was even extraordinarily grave.

With a small wave of her hand, countless mysterious lines fell into the water, adhering to Mu En’s surface, beginning a series of extremely subtle manipulations.

Ensuring the entire magical matrix and alchemical core remained stable, so they wouldn’t gradually collapse in the ensuing changes.

However, in this intense process of compatibility, Teacher Meila began to clearly feel a layer of separation.

Like boiling water and sizzling oil, it would never calm until one side completely vanished.

Teacher Meila seemed to have anticipated this; she raised her small hand, and in her pale palm appeared… a touch of cold moonlight.

“The power of deathly silence from the moon; I wonder if it can erase the insurmountable boundary between these opposing entities.”

She sighed softly, filled with an expectation whose outcome even she did not know, and cast the moonlight into the cauldron of life and death.