Chapter 413: Cultivation at the Ice Springs
By the next day, Omilaena was bloated with qi and soaking in the Ice Springs. They existed within another of the inner caverns of the mountain, behind three layers of sacred seals, but instead of a hot spring, the room radiated a freezing aura. The cavern's walls had been laid with white marble and everything was ornamented in blue, as if to emphasize just how rare of an honor it was for someone to be allowed inside.
None of that changed the fact that they were cold as fuck. Omilaena's nipples were so hard she was afraid she'd jab somebody's eyes out.
Yet somehow, the experience had become less miserable the longer she soaked in the spring. At first she thought it was just her skin growing numb, but she gradually realized that the freezing qi of the room was sinking into her body. The more of it she absorbed, the stronger she became and the less she felt the cold. She really had been given a powerful gift, not that she wasn't owed it for what she'd done.
A cultivator would have been able to simply take a bath, but Omilaena forced the qi to flow through her body to concentrate in her arm. Moving it took effort, like scraping ice across her skin, until it reached the silvery tattoo on her wrist. As soon as the qi got close enough, it was sucked directly into the tattoo, which glowed almost constantly as it gained power.
That was the best decision for her balance of power, but it was also just practical. The sect's ice path seemed to involve the body itself becoming cold, and Omilaena had no interest in that. Ice pussy? No thank you. That sounded like a bad time for everyone.
"Is it working?" Zin Nim emerged from the tunnel that led into the spring, regrettably still wearing all her clothes.
"I think so," Omilaena said. "Why don't you jump in too?"
"No, I don't think that would be appropriate for my path of cultivation." Zin Nim did sit down cross-legged on the marble beside her, though. "I just wanted to keep you company. And the atmosphere is strange out there, with all kinds of new rumors and politics."
"Do you see any trouble with what I'm doing here? It definitely matches the balance of the rest, but cultivation is your domain."