RMWDS -Chapter 287 Glug Glug Glug Glug

After ending the video call, Miao Yunyou slumped into her chair and stared lifelessly at the phoenix egg on the table.

But things were what they were.

According to Wu Tong, the longest it would take was fifty years, while the shortest was impossible to predict.

It could hatch in the next second, or much later.

Everything depended on fate.

That was far too vague.

However, the most troublesome issue right now wasn’t the fifty years.

It was where to put the egg.

Wu Tong had said to keep the phoenix-feather necklace together with the egg, but when the two were placed together, they were like a blazing furnace. Ordinary rooms simply couldn’t withstand such sustained heat. Given enough time, even the walls would crack.

“I’ll buy an industrial thermometer online later and see just how hot it gets,” Miao Yunyou muttered as she searched on her phone.

“Then I’ll ask the construction team if they can build a small room for it according to steel-furnace standards.”

As her fingers scrolled across the screen, her gaze returned to the egg.

The egg had been sealed inside the bronze turtle paperweight since the Northern Song Dynasty.

That meant it hadn’t seen daylight for hundreds of years, let alone had anything to drink or a bath.

Holding the egg carefully in both hands, as though cradling a fragile newborn chick, Miao Yunyou said,

“Come on, little thing. Today, I’ll let you experience modern luxury bathing services.”

As soon as she made up her mind, she carried the phoenix egg into the bathroom.

She tightly plugged the bathtub drain, turned on the hot-water faucet, adjusted the temperature, and gently placed the egg in the center of the tub.

Watching the clear warm water slowly rise around it, she nodded in satisfaction, moved a small stool over, sat down, and began scrolling through short videos on her phone.

Her plan was simple.

Once the water covered the top of the egg, she’d turn off the faucet.

Ten minutes of soaking in warm water should be enough.

After watching videos for a while, she looked up—

And froze.

After all this time, the water hadn’t even covered the bottom of the bathtub.

Something wasn’t right.

She took baths often and was very familiar with how long it should take to fill one.

How could so much time have passed and there still be so little water?

“Could the bathtub be leaking?”

Frowning, she checked the drain plug.

It was tightly sealed, without the slightest sign of leakage.

As she puzzled over it, she suddenly saw a tiny bubble emerge from the side of the phoenix egg.

Glug.

Then a second.

And a third.

More and more bubbles appeared, as though something were boiling.

Miao Yunyou’s eyes widened.

At last, she understood.

The bathtub wasn’t leaking!

The egg was drinking water!

Before she could recover from her shock, the egg suddenly sped up.

A moment ago, the amount of water had been enough to cover two-thirds of the tub floor.

Now it wasn’t even half.

The faucet continued pouring out water, but the stream vanished the instant it touched the eggshell, as though an endless abyss lay there.

Miao Yunyou was stunned.

She hurriedly ran out and shouted,

“Someone! Anyone! Come quickly!”

Fortunately, it was still early, and many people were still in the staff dormitory.

Hearing her cry, they rushed over.

“What happened? A thief?”

“Is the Sect Leader alright?!”

“Protect the leader!”

“What?! Assassins?!”

“You people need to watch fewer costume dramas!”

Soon, the small bathroom was packed.

Everyone stared blankly at the phoenix egg lying quietly in the bathtub and the continuously running faucet beside it.

“W-What’s going on?” Hua Yuezhan rubbed her eyes, thinking she was seeing things.

Miao Yunyou briefly explained the situation with the phoenix egg.

Everyone was shocked.

“What? It’s actually an egg?”

“A phoenix egg?”

“And it needs water?”

Fortunately, these ancient people adapted surprisingly well.

Someone suggested,

“If it needs water, we have a lake on the mountain. Why not just put it there?”

“Absolutely not.”

Su Wangkui immediately shook his head.

“No. We still have fish in the lake. What if it drains all the water? The fish would die, and if tourists saw such a phenomenon, we’d definitely have problems.”

His words immediately gave Miao Yunyou an idea.

Her eyes lit up.

“That’s right! The lake won’t do—but the swimming pool will!”

When the new staff dormitories had been built, she had also asked the construction team to add a heated swimming pool.

It had already been completed.

She simply hadn’t opened it yet because the weather wasn’t suitable for swimming. She had planned to wait until after May.

The water supply there was far greater than that of a tiny bathtub.

“Let’s go! Hurry and try it!”

Everyone rushed out of the bathroom and headed toward the swimming pool.

After all, none of them had ever witnessed something like this.

The pool was still filled with water left over from waterproof testing.

The surface shimmered beautifully, crystal-clear and inviting.

Not daring to simply throw the egg in, Miao Yunyou held onto the stainless-steel handrail, crouched down carefully, and gently placed the phoenix egg into the water.

Something miraculous happened.

Despite looking heavy and solid like a giant ruby, the phoenix egg didn’t sink.

Instead, it floated steadily on the surface like a red buoy.

Less than two seconds later, a tiny whirlpool formed around it.

The pool water began spiraling toward the shell and was rapidly absorbed.

The whirlpool grew larger and faster.

Soon, the entire surface of the swimming pool began to churn.

“My heavens, it really is drinking water! This is so cool!”

Su Qingyu was the first to take out his phone and start recording furiously.

After being deprived of water for several hundred years, the poor little thing must have been terribly thirsty.

Seeing the slowly dropping water level, Miao Yunyou immediately ran to the pool’s control room and opened every water valve to maximum.

Eight faucets simultaneously released powerful streams of water.

Massive columns of water crashed into the pool with loud splashing sounds.

It was just like those classic math problems—

One pipe filling the tank while another drained it.

Somehow, a delicate balance had been achieved.

At last, the water level stopped falling.