Chapter 210: Shocking! The Taoist Priest and the South China Tigers Did This

The end of the Mountain Cave was like the bottom of a well.

Ning Fei looked up and realized he could see the sky.

The surrounding rocks looked slightly damp. Even though it was autumn, they were covered in green and black moss.

"The temperature here isn't quite right. It's very hot."

Ning Fei noticed that the air had grown significantly warmer, and the heat seemed to be radiating from above.

Ahead, several large, irregularly shaped rocks jutted out, perfectly forming a flight of stairs. Da Qun climbed up a few steps, then turned back to glance at Ning Fei, gesturing for him to follow.

"It looks like there's something up there!"

Ning Fei said to the viewers in his live-stream room.

At this moment, the viewers were entirely captivated by the bizarre scene before them.

Nature was full of wonders, and any kind of landscape could exist; humanity merely lacked the eyes to explore it all.

Many classic foreign nature documentaries frequently featured sinkholes, lakes, and other natural spectacles that astonished the world.

As the Dragon Vein of Huaxia, Qinshan naturally possessed many rare landscapes.

Ning Fei followed Da Qun, climbing upward along the rocks.

The higher they went, the hotter it became.

When he finally reached the top, even Ning Fei's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise at the sight before him.

Before him lay a massive rock platform.

Shielded entirely by the surrounding mountains, this place was completely inaccessible from any other direction.

On the stone platform sat several large and small Water Pools, currently emitting billowing clouds of steam.

"Are those... hot springs?"

Seeing this, the viewers were left dumbfounded.

"There are actually hot springs here?"

"Could there be a dormant volcano in the Qinshan Mountain range? Where else would hot springs come from?"

"It doesn't seem like the Qinshan Mountain range has any volcanoes."

"Then how do you explain the hot springs?"

A trace of puzzlement also flashed across Ning Fei's brow.

He said, "Six hundred million years ago, the Qinshan Mountain range was a vast ocean. Four hundred million years ago, it rose into land. It was formed by the squeezing and uplifting of the earth's crust, gradually folding into mountains. Therefore, there are no volcanoes here."

"However, while volcanoes are one cause of hot springs, they aren't the only one."

"Wild hot springs come in two varieties. The first is formed by magmatic activity within the earth's crust. The second is created through the circulatory infiltration of surface water."

"Many developed hot springs don't have volcanoes nearby. They rely entirely on the circulatory infiltration of surface water. Steam squeezes out through the cracks in the rocks, gradually converging into a hot spring."

"I just never expected the Qinshan Mountain range to have hot springs like this too!"

Ning Fei's expression gradually grew excited.

Looking closer, he realized that Little Qun's mother and Little Qun were both soaking in the hot springs.

The large tiger and the small tiger were in different hot springs. The adult was in a relatively deep pool, while Little Qun lounged in a very shallow one.

Tigers loved soaking in hot springs; there had even been news stories about it before.

Ning Fei walked over to Little Qun's edge and found the cub lying against the rocky wall. Its entire body was submerged in the hot spring, with only its tiger head poking out above the water.

Little Qun's eyes were closed; it looked as if it had actually fallen asleep.

"Little Lord of the Mountain, I've come to see you," Ning Fei said with a light chuckle.

Hearing the voice, Little Qun woke up immediately. It looked at Ning Fei and stuck out its tongue, seemingly quite excited as well.

Ning Fei stepped forward and rubbed its large forehead. The tiger fur was wet and didn't feel quite as soft as usual.

The viewers' eyes were truly opened.

To think that such a paradise could exist inside a Mountain Cave.

It really seemed as though this family of three South China tigers had their own private vacation resort.

"It makes sense. They are the kings of the forest, after all. It's not strange for them to find such a treasured spot in a mountain this huge."

A viewer commented.

The Qinshan Mountain range rolled endlessly. As the kings of these great mountains, the South China tigers naturally knew how to find the most suitable habitats.

At this time, Da Qun also prepared to enter the water to soak in the hot spring.

The way it got in was rather comical. It walked backward, testing the water with its hind legs for a long time, before inching backward into the water bit by bit until its entire body was submerged.

This scene was exceptionally magical.

In an open-air wild hot spring, two large tigers soaked in a deep pit, while a small tiger soaked in a slightly shallower pit beside them. And just a little further over, a young man stood watching.

Under normal circumstances, witnessing such a spectacle would be entirely impossible.

The popularity of Ning Fei's Live-stream Room was already high, and with a scene like this, the barrage of comments simply never stopped.

"My eyes have truly been opened."

"Observing several South China tigers from this close up—this streamer is amazing!"

"How are the tigers this docile? That shouldn't be right."

"You clearly haven't seen the way these two big tigers act like spoiled kittens in front of Ning Guan master."

"This is Ning Guan master, after all. Anything is possible."

At this time, however, Ning Fei controlled the drone to hover right in front of him.

Looking a bit apologetic, Ning Fei said, "Everyone, I'm sorry, but I'm going to end the stream."

The moment they heard this, the viewers were immediately unhappy.

The popularity was already over 24 million right now, and he actually wanted to go offline?

That was too much!

A massive wave of question marks swept across the screen, with countless people asking why.

Ning Fei walked to the side. There were several more pools over there, one of which was roughly the size of a pool in a public bathhouse.

Ning Fei scooped up a handful of water, examined it closely, and then said, "The hot springs here come from subterranean mountain springs. There aren't any heat-resistant microorganisms, so it's very clean."

"Soaking in a hot spring promotes the expansion of surface blood vessels, which aids the body's blood circulation. At the same time, it relaxes the nervous system, offering great benefits to the body."

"Therefore, I plan to soak in the hot spring for a bit."

Ning Fei glanced at the screen and saw everyone begging him to keep streaming. The comments were densely packed, and many people had tipped super rockets and other gifts.

The popularity of the live-stream room remained incredibly high.

Ning Fei felt helpless and didn't want to be a killjoy, so he said, "I did bring a towel with me when I came out, planning to use it to wash my face, but even with that, it's still a violation of the rules. The platform will ban the stream."

Before he could finish speaking, super-administrator [A Duo] immediately chimed in:

"It won't be banned. Don't worry!"

Seeing this comment, the viewers instantly erupted into cheers.

"Ning Guan master, just be bold and strip! The beautiful A Duo already said it won't be banned."

"Don't worry, Ning Guan master, we won't look."

"You can just stream the South China tigers."

"I never thought we'd get to see such a good thing today."

Ning Fei shrugged, not really minding. He moved the drone's camera away, stepped up to the edge of the hot spring, took off his backpack, and then completely stripped off his clothes. Wrapping a towel around his waist, he slowly sat down inside the hot spring.

The temperature of the hot spring was just right.

The water was around 38 to 40 degrees Celsius. Soaking his body in it felt incredibly refreshing.

Moreover, since it was a natural mountain spring, it contained minerals that provided many health benefits.

Only after sitting down did Ning Fei command the drone to hover back up.

The live-stream feed showed a massive rocky platform filled with hot spring pools of various sizes. Two large tigers were soaking in one pool, a small tiger lounged in a smaller pool nearby, and a young man soaked in yet another pool right beside them.

The three tigers and one human all wore expressions of absolute relaxation, their faces practically screaming:

"Ah! So comfortable!"

Witnessing this scene, the viewers didn't even know what to say anymore.

Soaking in a hot spring with tigers.

Anyone who wasn't an immortal wouldn't dare claim they could do such a thing!

"We just don't understand the world of a cultivator!"

"Fierce! Too fierce!"

"I just got here. Are those tigers real? Is this a movie shoot?"

"No, this streamer is just practicing cultivation."

"Didn't you see the special title? Ning Guan master's journey to find the South China tigers."

"I saw it. I thought the streamer was just taking a camera into the forest to film traces of the South China tigers. Who would've thought he'd be taking a hot spring bath with them instead?"

"Brother, never mind that you're new here, even veteran fans didn't expect Ning Guan master to be this wild."

"Hurry and check Weibo, the trending searches have already exploded."

"It's not just the trending searches; Ning Guan master has already made the news."

The scene unfolding at this very moment was simply too astonishing.

Without a doubt, the internet had completely exploded.

First, the hashtag #NingGuanMasterSoaksInHotSpringWithSouthChinaTigers topped the trending search rankings.

Then, several news outlets published articles about the event simultaneously.

Penguin News: "A Godly Man Descends! Streamer Soaks in Hot Spring with South China Tigers!"

UC News: "Shocking! A Naked Taoist Priest Actually Did This to the South China Tigers!"

Toutiao News: "Taoist Priest Soaks in Hot Spring with Tigers as Ten Thousand Watch!"

In short, the event had gone incredibly viral online.

The viewers watching the live stream stared for a long time, still unable to believe it was real.

Compared to the boiling excitement of the netizens, Ning Fei appeared much more tranquil right now.

Soaking in this wild mountain hot spring was genuinely comfortable.

It completely relaxed a person's entire body.

Looking up at the blue sky framed by the towering mountains, while occasionally feeling a faint breeze that seemed to seep in from nowhere, the sensation was profoundly unique.

He never expected that coming to visit Little Qun and the others would lead to such an encounter.

So comfortable!