Ancient Eden - Chapter 135
~End of chapter 134
Recently Xiao Hei was very crazy, it often slipped outside during the day to act wildly, and would not come back until dark. Sometimes it came back with a wild bird or rabbit in its mouth. But it was really not common for it to come back this early.
Mu Qing was busy collecting the yellowed and withered grass and vines with the shovel, intending to carry it to the sun, so she didn’t have time to pay attention to Xiao Hei. But Xiao Hei looked a little abnormal …… or should she say excited, it was shaking its head uncontrollably, using its claws to push at Mu Qing’s feet, and wailing with its throat. So Mu Qing and Li Mang put down the work on their hands and followed it out together.
Chapter 135
(42.2)
Xiao Hei leaped forward quickly, ran out for a while, and seeing that the people behind did not follow, had to turn around and come back, it was like this for five or six times, as they walked out of the valley.
Mu Qing hardly ever came out of the valley, except for the first two days when she accompanied Li Mang to pick resin in the jungle not far away. That was the last time they picked resin this year.
When Li Mang first arrived here, he scraped the bark from the trunks of the tree branches, so that the resin could slowly secrete out and flow into a pre-positioned container, which he would then collect when it was estimated to be full. They used the resin as a combustion supporter for the torches, so the firelight was not only long lasting and bright, but also had a light fragrance, which Mu Qing found very nice.
The direction that Xiao Hei went towards was the jungle. After walking out of the valley entrance for just a few minutes, they arrived in front of a low cliff, and then Xiao Hei in front of them suddenly stopped, turning back towards them, it clawed its paws somewhat uneasily.
Mu Qing and Li Mang looked at each other and immediately followed after Xiao Hei. After going around that cliff, Mu Qing opened her mouth in surprise.
She remembered very clearly that when she passed by here a few days ago, behind the cliff, there was still a rock pit with a thin crack at the bottom, which was probably caused by the earthquake. But now, what appeared in front of her was a small pool radiating steaming hot air, and the water surface was even bubbling non-stop.
A hot spring.
She let out a cry of surprise and ran to the spring side in just a few steps.
She smelled a faint odor of sulfur, but it wasn’t pungent. She put her hand into the spring to check the temperature of the water, it was as hot as the water she used for a winter bath, the kind of hot that warmed the pores of one’s entire body to a comfortable state.
The surrounding of the pool was all snow and ice, it was only steaming hot here. Enjoying the snowy scenery while soaking in the hot springs, what a pleasant thing !
Mu Qing was so excited that she was starting to laugh out loud.
She didn’t expect that a scenery that one could only imagine in fantasies had become a reality here, and that that hot spring belonged exclusively to her!
Li Mang was obviously just as cautious as Xiao Hei about this strange pool that had suddenly appeared. So even though she repeatedly beckoned for them to come over, the two guys just stared at it, and in the end, Li Mang even went up to her to carry her back, fearing that she would fall headfirst in it if she missed a step.
When they came back, Mu Qing tried to explain it to him in a way that would be easiest for him to understand.
She said that underground there was cold water flowing, as well as hot water. When the cold water overflowed to the surface of the ground, it became an ordinary spring water, and when it was hot water coming out, it would become just like the hot spring they saw. That one overflowed from underground after that earthquake last time, and it was a way for the jungle god to make up for the fright they had received. So they didn’t have to be skeptical, and should instead go and enjoy it.
She felt that Li Mang still hadn’t fully accepted this hot pool that came out of nowhere. But he listened to her carefully and then solemnly nodded his head.
Mu Qing smiled and pinched his chin. Thinking that the way he was listening seriously right now was really cute.
Ever since discovering this hot spring, Mu Qing added one more thing to her daily routine, and that was to go check out the situation there, along with Xiao Hei.
The source of the hot spring at the bottom of the pool looked like it was still gushing water out, and the area of the pool had expanded a bit from the time when she first saw it. But the temperature remained about the same.
Before throwing herself into this bubbling pool, she wanted to make sure that it was actually safe to soak in it. So she took a jar to fetch some of its water and brought it back, and when the water had cooled, she went to the stream and caught a fish and put it in. A few days passed and the fish was still swimming, and wasn’t dead.
She couldn’t wait to go to soak in the hot spring, but of course she had to drag Li Mang with her.
Translator : Laura
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